Bloomberg wrote:July 12 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico's Attorney General Rafael Macedo de la Concha said he had a non-removable microchip implanted in his arm as a security measure to track him throughout Mexico and to give him access to a crime data bank.
Other high-ranking law enforcement officials who have access to the databank will also receive the chip implants, Macedo said in a transcript of an informal interview he gave to journalists in Mexico City provided by the attorney general's office.
``The system is already in place and I already have it,'' he said. ``It's only for access, for security and so that I can also be located at any moment anywhere I am.''
The $26 million data bank was created to link information on criminals and records of outstanding arrest warrants among the attorney generals branch offices in all 31 states and the federal district.
The chip can't be removed, but will be deactivated after Macedo's term as attorney general expires, he said.
About 160 Mexican officials will carry the microchip, according to the Mexico City daily El Universal.
When asked if the implant hurt, Macedo replied, ``a little.''
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in a related story, De La Concha was arrested Wednesday by US Border Patrol Officials who used the microchip to track the Mexican Attorney General as he attempted to illegaly cross the US-Mexico border into Arizona in the back of an truck. Film at eleven.
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HemlockGrey wrote:Um, how does a microchip implanted inside of him give him access to a databank?
my guess is it'd act like some type of passcad used by manufacturing plants that you have to pass over a scanner in order to get access or something similar. the scanner reads the chip barcode and gives him access to certain information.
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It's just that I am not so sure about the non-removable part... - what is that supposed to mean? Why can't they get it out the same way they got it in?
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GySgt. Hartman wrote:It's just that I am not so sure about the non-removable part... - what is that supposed to mean? Why can't they get it out the same way they got it in?
Probably means that it would be non-trivial to remove the tag.
Maybe it burows itself into the bone, or it releases poison into the blood if removal is atempted?
More seriously, being non-removable could only be intended to prevent it from being stolen and abused, so it could be made to break if someone tries to remove it. But then, why can't they take it out at the end of his turn?
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you will be a minister of death, praying for war." - GySgt. Hartman
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GySgt. Hartman wrote:
More seriously, being non-removable could only be intended to prevent it from being stolen and abused, so it could be made to break if someone tries to remove it. But then, why can't they take it out at the end of his turn?
Propably because that would require surgery of an extent that simply isn't worth the effort. The chip's not likely going to be reusable or valuable, and if leaving it in is not a health hazard, why bother?
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When asked if the implant hurt, Macedo replied, ``a little.''
Considering he will live with it quite a while after his term, I don't understand why he didn't say "you put it in, you get it out".
All the other articles I read tell basically the same story, off of Reuters; none elaborated on it.
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you will be a minister of death, praying for war." - GySgt. Hartman
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GySgt. Hartman wrote:Maybe it burows itself into the bone, or it releases poison into the blood if removal is atempted?
More seriously, being non-removable could only be intended to prevent it from being stolen and abused, so it could be made to break if someone tries to remove it. But then, why can't they take it out at the end of his turn?
Why not just cut the guy's arm off then. Non-removable my ass.
evilcat4000 wrote:I wonder how is the chip powered. Since they can track the attorney general the chip must be giving off radio signals which requires electrical power.
