Albert Paul, 79, has spent most of his life in prison for a string of crimes and is currently serving a life sentence for a 1971 murder. The Department of Corrections has estimated that it has spent nearly $1.5 million since the early 1950s to keep the Maine man locked up.
The border separating Mexico and the United States is the most frequently crossed international boundary in the world, with approximately 350 million legal crossings taking place annually. There are 48 U.S.âMexico border crossings, with 330 ports of entry.
During 2004, the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico (IBWC) carried out various activities related to boundary demarcation, maintenance of the channels of the international. rivers, control and use of the international waters, and monitoring of the quantity and quality of these waters.