Killing fields

We used Agent Orange to kill off foliage in Vietnam. It also created a generation of vets with diabetes and other major health problems.

Now we want to do the same thing to consumers of grapefruit from the Rio Grande Valley.

The U.S. Border Patrol plans to poison the plant life along a 1.1-mile stretch of the Rio Grande riverbank as soon as Wednesday to get rid of the hiding places used by smugglers, robbers and illegal immigrants.