Arizona's makeshift border wall topples, authorities suspect it was deliberate 

Part of Arizona’s temporary border made out of shipping containers toppled over this week, leading Arizona authorities to believe it was done deliberately, reported the New York Post. 

Last week, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey issued an executive order to fill in the gaps in the border wall with shipping containers topped with razor wire. 

Two of the shipping containers used as the border wall fell onto their side at some point during Sunday evening. Border Patrol discovered the incident at around midnight and reported it to Ducey’s office. The containers were put back into their place by 6:30 a.m. on Monday. 

While there were no witnesses to the incident, it was initially believed that two of the 60 containers, which are double stacked to create a wall that is 22 feet high, toppled over due to high winds. 

“There still seems to be some unfounded speculation that wind knocked these things over,” Ducey's communications director CJ Karamargin told The Post.

“The idea that it was a weather-related event seems unlikely. These things weigh 8,800 pounds,” he told the outlet. “There were two of them together — 8,800 pounds is basically the weight of a Ford F-450. We have a lot of strong winds in Arizona. You don’t see a lot of Ford F-450s flying around when we have strong winds.”

“One of the containers that was knocked over … shows some sort of equipment was used to move them because it dented and put a hole in one of the sides of the container,” Karamargin said. “That doesn’t happen with wind.” 

Arizona is pressing forward with the project despite not having explicit permission from the federal government to do projects on federal land. Ducey blamed the Biden administration for not acting to secure the border, despite announcing that they would fill in four border wall gaps in Yuma last month. 

"For the last two years, Arizona has made every attempt to work with Washington to address the crisis on our border. Time and time again we’ve stepped in to clean up their mess. Arizonans can’t wait any longer for the federal government to deliver on their delayed promises," the governor said last week.