The town on the wrong side of America's drugs war - Americas, World - The Independent: "The best-laid political schemes do not always work out as planned, though. When government engineers arrived in Ms Taylor's neighbourhood (in Brownsvlle, Texas) their plan hit a snag: the Mexican border follows the meandering Rio Grande in this area. And the river's muddy banks are too soft and too prone to flooding to support a fence.
As a result, this corner of south-eastern Texas had its barrier constructed on a levee that follows a straight line from half a mile to two miles north of the river, leaving Ms Taylor's bungalow – along with the homes and land of dozens of her angry neighbours – marooned on the Mexican side."
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