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650+ UN Vehicles & photos from Bastrop Federal Pen
Message #39
Date: Aug 16 1999 12:21:22 EDT
From: "Greater Things" <Greater_Things-owner@listbot.com>
Subject: 650+ UN Vehicles & photos from Bastrop Federal Pen
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Two aerial photos from AllTexas Net showing:
~650+ U.N.-white Vehicles Stockpiled at Bastrop Federal Pen.
5 rows of 40; ~8 rows of 60; 1 and 1/3 rows of 140.
Nestled behind a hillside, just out of sight.
***from busy Highway 95 in Bastrop County, Texas, lies a growing fleet of
nearly a thousand showroom-new SUVs, 4WD pickups, suburbans and vans.
These vehicles are not overflow storage for an overstocked dealer. This
fleet is owned by the federal government.
All the vehicles are U.N. White. Rumors have been floating in the area for
months about a fleet of suspicious vehicles being outfitted with prisoner
cages, shackles and insignia such as "U.S. Police Force" and the U.N.
roundel. None of the vehicles observed in the storage area appeared to
have any markings at all other than window stickers with equipment data.
However, prison officials did confirm that the SUVs and vans were in fact
being outfitted with prisoner cages and shackles. When pressed for
information on the intended users of these vehicles, a prison spokesman
said they were intended for the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
However, vehicles assigned to the INS are predominantly painted green and
those assigned to the Border Patrol are usually the same. The suitability
of a high-visibility color such as white for either agency is in question.
Large, white vehicles can be seen approaching from miles away.
This $30 million fleet of unused government vehicles has been steadily
growing, but has not been deployed. It seems the vehicles keep coming in,
but none go out to user agencies. This field-full of top-of-the-line
utility vehicles, bought with taxpayer dollars, is sitting idle, soaking
up Texas sun.
The site is located a few miles North of the city of Bastrop on U.S.Prison
property. The high-security prison itself takes up the Southern part of
the property. The area where the vehicles reside is fenced-off from the
public road with no more precaution than a farmer might use to keep his
cattle from straying. The unguarded entrance warns that the area is U.S.
Prison property and trespassing is prohibited. Another sign strangely
warns of "Poison Gas."go to
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