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Wealthy Mexicans Getting Chipped in Case of Abduction

Because the number of abductions in Mexico has jumped almost 40% in the past 3 years, the wealthy are getting subcutaneous transmitters so they can be tracked when kidnapped. Xega, the Mexican security firm which makes the chips, has seen a sales jump of 13% this year. The company injects the crystal-encased chip, the size and shape of a grain of rice, into clients' bodies with a syringe. The chip then sends radio signals to a larger device carried by the client with a global positioning system in it. A satellite can then be used to find the location of the missing person. Things must be a lot worse in Mexico than I thought.

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  1. Re:Please make it stop by DaedalusHKX · · Score: 1, Redundant

    What makes me so damn angry about people wanting to be tracked like livestock, is simple...

    If you want to be treated like cattle, I certainly hope you get EXACTLY what you wish... and you get it good and hard.

    --
    " What luck for rulers that men do not think" - Adolf Hitler
  2. Re:Wealthy Mexicans? by stewbacca · · Score: 0, Redundant

    damn you....I just posted anonymously, only to find out that my racist comment is not only racist, but redundant as well...