In Texas, a French Killer Is Hired to Do Job Americans Couldn’t
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They’ve burned it, bulldozed it, hacked it and poisoned it. Now they want to try wasps -- imported from France, no less.
The target is carrizo cane, a bamboo-like reed that’s a fearsome enemy of officers patrolling the Texas-Mexico border. Dense stands have camouflaged stash houses, half-ton steers and a caged Bengal tiger someone tried to sneak into the country.