Posted on 01/09/2008 7:10:19 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
Judicial Watch Releases Border Patrol Report on Mexican Government Incursions Into the United States for Fiscal Year 2006
Of 29 Incidents, 17 Involved Armed Mexican Government Personnel
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - January 9, 2008) - Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released a U.S. Border Patrol report titled, "Mexican Government Incidents -- 2006 Fiscal Year Report," obtained under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). But for Judicial Watch's September, 2007 FOIA request, this information would not have been made public. The report describes 29 confirmed incidents in 2006 along the U.S. - Mexican border involving Mexican military and/or law enforcement personnel, 17 of which involved armed Mexican government agents. Among the incidents cited:
MEXICAN MILITARY ENCOUNTER (ARMED/INTENTIONAL) EL PASO - FORT HANCOCK STATION -- At 2 P.M. on January 3, 2006, [Troopers] attempted to apprehend three vehicles believed to be smuggling contraband on I-10... As the vehicles approached the border, [Troopers] stated that a Mexican Military Humvee armed with a .50 caliber weapon and several soldiers were seen assisting smugglers return to Mexico... Officers then noticed several armed subjects dressed in fatigue type clothing unload the contraband into the Humvee. These subjects set fire to the stalled vehicle before leaving the area...
MEXICAN POLICE INCURSION (ARMED/INTENTIONAL) TUCSON NOGALES STATION --
On June 2, 2006, a Border Patrol Agent assigned to the Nogales, Arizona station encountered two Mexican Police Officers that had illegally entered into the U.S. one mile west of the Mariposa Port of Entry... the Mexican Police Officers ran back into Mexico when ordered [by Border Patrol] to remain for questioning.
MEXICAN MILITARY INCURSION (ARMED/INTENTIONAL) EL CENTRO SECTOR - CALEXICO STATION --
On September 16, 2006, a Border Patrol Agent assigned to the Calexico, California Station observed an individual in an olive drab uniform with a possible Mexican flag on the shoulder approximately 100 yards north of the International Border near the Calexico POE. The individual appeared to be carrying a sidearm and was running southbound to Mexico through the vehicle lanes of the Calexico POE.
The document also states that between 1996 and September 30, 2006 there were 253 confirmed incursions into the United States by Mexican government personnel. Prior to release to Judicial Watch, the Department of Homeland Security evaluated the information in the report as "For Official Use Only" and containing "Law Enforcement Sensitive Information." Additional Mexican government incursion reports for 2003 through 2005 are available on the Judicial Watch Internet site at: http://judicialwatch.org/5898.shtml.
"These documents not only show the dangerous and chaotic situation at the Mexican border, but also the complicity of some Mexican government agents in violating U.S. law," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "The U.S. government must begin to take these incidents more seriously, publicize them and take measures to bring the crisis at our border under control."
Contact: Jill Farrell 202-646-5188
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Too bad this “nation” (in quotes because the term denotes actual borders) doesn’t believe in cause belli (sp?) anymore...
If we don’t get this under control soon the nation will disintegrate. Does anyone believe that this is not the exact goals of our many enemies both foreign and domestic?
Bush apparently does not care, or maybe he does, but in the wrong way.
2006 Report From Homeland Security, Rep. Michael McCaul. 39 page PDF, 4.42 meg. Very interesting.
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He's absolutely disgusting.
Too bad Jorge didn’t gaze deeply into Vincente’s eyes, to grasp his pure soul.
Mexico is actively complicit in the invasion of our country.
We ought to remind them what happened to them when they peed us off in the 1840s.
I have said it before...if there is any impeachable offense, it is the traitorous failure to protect the border.
Invertigaions? Yep, right page. I thought you had left out a letter.
Judicial Watch is a useless organization. They took a lot of people’s money back during the Clinton days and didn’t land any blows or get any meaningful results. Good fundraisers, though.
Anyone else get the feeling there will be more of these incidents now that Calderon has moved the military into the border cities on the pretense of dealing with drug dealers and gangs?
This is one reason Jorge El Segundo will go down in history as one of America’s worst Presidents. He’s right up there with Bill Clinton, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Woodrow Wilson and FDR.
I don’t trust my own typing, that’s why I cut and paste when I can. I didn’t notice that.
“Bush apparently does not care, or maybe he does, but in the wrong way.”
You nailed it!!
devil’s advocate on
Suppose that smuggler thugs stole Mexican military equipment and uniforms, so that the USA would be hesitant to get in a firefight, which could develop into a major international problem.
/devil’s advocate off
I do not know of any efforts by our government to even try to get to the bottom of these incursions. To counter what my devil’s advocate persona wrote above, in some cases the Mexican government people themselves might be the smugglers.
“....253 confirmed incursions into the United States by Mexican government personnel.”
One of the incursions of Mexican officials was straight into the White House, where said official remains in charge of the US.
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