Strange in the Valley

This is pretty far away from San Antonio, but I had to share it!

McALLEN, Texas -- Customs inspectors scored the makings of a barbecue when a 21-year-old South Texas woman declared several soiled baby diapers at a U.S.-Mexico border crossing.

The inspectors with U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the international bridge in Hidalgo weren't buying the story. Suspicious of the chunky diapers, they found inside several links of spicy pork sausage, called chorizo. A U.S. Customs statement says the diapers had been folded to look soiled.

(from KSAT-12)

She got fined, and they kept her chorizo, but do you think she should get an "A" for effort? After all, she declared dirty diapers! What cojones!

Oh, and you can tell this came from some wire service and wasn't produced locally. How? Because of the obligatory explanation of chorizo. I think just about anyone in Texas knows what it is.