Border violence leads to armor-plated vehicles

Thursday, March 5, 2009

SAN ANTONIO -- The drug violence in Mexico has gotten so bad that booming numbers of Mexican and American professionals are having their cars fitted with armor plates, bulletproof glass and James Bond-style gadgets such as electrified door handles and push-button smoke screens.

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