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[*] posted on 10-17-2014 at 02:13 PM


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Originally posted by sargentodiaz
Well, I've often wondered why Mexico doesn't build more, not only in Baja but Sonora and Sinaloa. I can't find a link but was once told by a Mexican from the area that in the late '40s or early '50s, the US Army Corps of Engineers helped Mexico build some dams in the area.


...I'm not sure about the dams, but the Transpeninsular Hwy was first conceived as a way for the US military to survey the peninsula, keep the landing strips connected, the threat of the south pacific at bay and be able to respond to any attempt to sneak to the US thru Baja (open attached link and read page 360 note 87)

http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/Framework/ch13.htm

[Edited on 10-18-2014 by carlosg]




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