On Fri, 8 Nov 2013 17:19:46 -0800 "Greg Fiorentino"
<gf...@dslnorthwest.net> wrote:

> La Migra is the Mexican's term for a US Immigration Officer or Border
> Patrol agent or for a group of such agents collectively.  In common
> parlance the noun "Migra" is often modified by the adjective "pinchi"
> or "pinche" indicating a certain level of disrespect.


Oh! So the original statement,

> Same thing happened to us in South Texas once, but the LE were La Migra.


really should have been translated,

> Same thing happened to us in South Texas once, but the LE were Border
> Patrol.




> Greg
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> On Fri, 8 Nov 2013 16:20:30 -0800 "Greg Fiorentino"
> <gf...@dslnorthwest.net> wrote:
> 
> > There is no direct translation, but you may substitute any crude and 
> > nasty adjective.  Most non-literal translations I've heard would have 
> > to appear on "banned".
> 
> And what does "La Migra" mean? I tried looking that up on Google's
> translation site and got no answer.
> 
> Craig
> 
> > Greg
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Craig
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> > 
> > On Fri, 8 Nov 2013 15:52:08 -0800 "Greg Fiorentino"
> > <gf...@dslnorthwest.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > << Same thing happened to us in South Texas once, but the LE were
> > > La Migra.>>
> > > 
> > > You mean La PINCHI Migra.
> > 
> > And in English that is ... ?
> > 
> > 
> > Craig
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Present:'95 E320        Sebastian  124 kmi
        '94 E420        Oskar      127 kmi (awaiting parting out)
        '82 240D/3.0    Bluebell   267 kmi (diesel leak fixed, I think)
Past:   '86 190E/2.3
        '72 220/8
        '64 190Dc       Emma
        '72 220D/8      Herman     186 kmi

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