Four heavily armed men stand watch around a pickup truck. The point man is wearing a balaclava and what appears to be a vest loaded with spare magazines for the AK-47 slung across his chest. Chambered in 7.62×39mm, AK-pattern rifles are generally more powerful than anything law enforcement carries on the beat.
Border Patrol’s FLIR thermal imaging camer…
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