Texas, Mexico plan biometric surveillance network. Privacy advocates are unimpressed

Mexico has begun building a 20-story biometric surveillance hub on its border with the United States.

Designs call for a sleek, glass tower in Ciudad Juarez, topped with a helipad, linked to surveillance systems and operations in 13 Mexican cities in the northern half of the country.

If successful, it could coordinate police and military operations fighting increasingly violent criminals and kidnappers. It might also spot immigration trends and coordinated regional criminal activities.

“If” is the key word. The nation …

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