Posted on 03/08/2012 7:38:54 AM PST by SwinneySwitch
Authorities in Eagle Pass shut down the two international bridges there Tuesday night after shootouts in its sister city of Piedras Negras.
One female police officer was killed and six people were wounded during the fighting, and prosecutors in the border state of Coahuila said a wounded officer is in serious condition.
Traffic to Mexico was shut down on both bridges about 9 p.m., according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Traffic from Mexico at the city's larger bridge, the Camino Real International, was rerouted overnight to the Eagle Pass International Bridge.
Both resumed normal operation Wednesday at 7:40 a.m., according to the agency.
Eagle Pass Police Chief Tony Castañeda said the decision was made after U.S. officials received a report that drug traffickers had used an 18-wheeler to set up a blockade about a quarter-mile from the Camino Real bridge.
“Once the reports started filtering into the United States from the port of entry, the decision was made to keep the bad guys from fleeing this way,” he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
Should have left them closed.
Ha! And yesterday the Mexican Government was “outraged” at the TXDPS’ Travel Warning.
Where are the complaints now, amigoes?
I am sure obama will say they bought the rocket-propelled grenades and grenade launchers from gun shops in the US.
Gee. Wonder where they got all them big, bad weapons?
Were these drug smugglers, or weapon smugglers?
Yep.
I'll give you three guesses--and the first two won't count--LOL!
Narco terrorists.
Dang... next time I go to my local gun shop I'm gonna have to ask to see the grenade section.
The border has never been safer nor more secure!
Yeah. When you hear idiots talking about the 'gun show loophole' facilitating smuggling of guns to mexico, remember this. These folks have RPGs and launchers. Unfortunately, you can't get that kind of hardware at gun shows.
What a disgusting evil sow she is.
Sorry to offend sows around the world.
Neither. It is a revolutionary army that finances its operations through drug smuggling.
OFF TOPIC... Speaking of Eagle Pass...
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NOTE The following text is a quote:
www.ice.gov/news/releases/1302/130204delrio.htm
News Releases
FEBRUARY 4, 2013
DEL RIO, TX
Southwest Texas man extradited from Mexico for smuggling defense articles
DEL RIO, Texas — An Eagle Pass, Texas, man appeared Monday in San Antonio federal court following his extradition from Mexico Friday on federal charges of smuggling prohibited defense articles.
This extradition and criminal charges were announced by U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman, Western District of Texas, and Deputy Special Agent in Charge Monica Mapel, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) San Antonio.
A federal grand jury in Del Rio returned an indictment in June 2012 against Erik Alan Garza, 25, on six counts of aiding and abetting smuggling goods from the United States. According to the indictment, on various occasions between June 19, 2010 and Feb. 17, 2012, Garza and an accomplice, Rolando Tamayo, 32, also of Eagle Pass, illegally attempted to smuggle defense articles into Mexico from the United States.
These defense items included: night-vision monocular goggles, a thermal goggle, 400 sets of AR-15 front and rear flip-up tactical sights, about 5,000 high-capacity assault rifle magazines, and about 6,000 rounds of ammunition, including 100 rounds of .50-caliber ammunition.
The indictment also charges Tamayo, who remains a fugitive, with two counts of aiding and abetting the smuggling of goods from the United States. Each charge calls for a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison upon conviction.
“Gun and drug trafficking fuels violence by criminal organizations, and threatens the security of the people along our borders and throughout the country,” said Mapel. “HSI special agents will continue to work jointly with our law enforcement partners to utilize our expertise in import and export enforcement to help keep our citizens safe and secure.”
This case was investigated by special agents with HSI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The Department of Justice Office of International Affairs, and the U.S. Marshals Service assisted with Garza’s extradition.
An indictment is merely a charge, and should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Galdo, Western District of Texas, prosecuted the case.
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