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In this Sept. 17, 2016 photo released by Mexico Federal Police, an officer stands next to a van outfitted with a 10-foot (3-meter) air cannon in Agua Prieta, Mexico, along the border with Douglas, Arizona. According to federal police, it was used to shoot projectiles into the U.S. and the van was reported stolen from the city of Hermosillo in the Mexican state of Sonora over the summer. a U.S. Border Patrol spokesman said that the most common common use for this sort of device is lobbying marijuana packages over the border fence. (AP Photo/Policia Federal Preventiva)
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