function onPlayerSpawn ( spawnpoint ) --creates blip for player on team join 
    local team = getPlayerTeam (source) 
    if (team == teamMexicans) then 
        createBlipAttachedTo ( source, 0) 
    end 
end 
  
function onPlayerSpawn ( spawnpoint ) --creates blip for player on team join 
    local team = getPlayerTeam (source) 
    if (team == teamBorderControl) then 
        createBlipAttachedTo ( source, 0) 
    end 
end 

blips = getElementsByType ( "blip" ) --sets blip colour 
for blipKey, blipValue in ipairs(blips) do 
    red, green, blue, alpha = getBlipColor (  blipValue ) 
    local team = getPlayerTeam (source) 
    if (team == teamMexicans) then 
        setBlipColor ( blipValue, 255, 0, 0, 255 ) 
    end 
end 
  
function onPlayerQuit () 
    destroyBlipsAttachedTo ( source ) 
end 
  
function onPlayerWasted ( totalammo, killer, killerweapon ) 
    destroyBlipsAttachedTo ( source ) 
end 
  
addCommandHandler ( "setblipscolor", setBlipsColor ) 
addCommandHandler ( "setblipcolor", setBlipColor ) 
addEventHandler ( "onResourceStart", resourceRoot, onResourceStart ) 
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerSpawn", root, onPlayerSpawn ) 
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerQuit", root, onPlayerQuit ) 
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerWasted", root, onPlayerWasted ) 
  
function destroyBlipsAttachedTo(player) 
    local attached = getAttachedElements ( player ) 
    if ( attached ) then 
        for k,element in ipairs(attached) do 
            if getElementType ( element ) == "blip" then 
                destroyElement ( element ) 
            end 
        end 
    end 
end