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Mexican Troops Kidnap Texas Family?
newsmax.com ^ | Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003 | Jon E. Dougherty

Posted on 12/03/2003 4:41:07 PM PST by VU4G10

As many as eight armed Mexican soldiers crossed the border near a tiny Texas hamlet and kidnapped an American family of five last week, and are still holding one of them, sources tell NewsMax. According to a law enforcement source who spoke on condition of anonymity, the incident was reported to local authorities by family members upon their release the following day. From there, local officials reportedly contacted the FBI; federal officials are said to be looking into the incident.

The source said the Mexican unit may have been prompted to cross into the U.S. because the family – a father, mother and three minors – were shooting rabbits on their property near Candelaria, Texas, which is located along the border in Presidio County, about 170 miles south-southeast of El Paso.

A law enforcement bulletin describing the incident said the "family of five kidnapped … by Mexican officials at gunpoint" occurred around 5 p.m. local time Nov. 24. U.S. border authorities were notified the next day.

The family was "taken by gunpoint by Mexican officials to Mexico," the bulletin said. "As of Nov. 25 … four of the family members – one female and three minors – were released, while (the father) Escarcega, Ladislado remains in custody."

Presidio County, Texas authorities confirmed to NewsMax the incident had been reported to the sheriff's department, but a spokesman there said the FBI had taken over the investigation and referred questions surrounding the report to them.

An FBI spokeswoman in Washington, D.C., referred NewsMax to the bureau's El Paso, Texas office, but no one there returned calls seeking comment.

Nevertheless, the bulletin provided more specifics.

Shooting at Rabbits

"It's believed that the family members were shooting at rabbits along the [Rio Grande] river at the time of their kidnapping," the bulletin said. "Local law enforcement was contacted after the release of family members."

In the meantime, said the bulletin, "sector intelligence is continuing to gather information on the occurrence where … follow-up information is needed."

Law enforcement sources said the family was not shooting into Mexico or otherwise threatening Mexican military or civilian personnel.

The latest incursion into the U.S. by armed Mexican troops follows a series of similar incidents directed against U.S. civilians and law enforcement authorities. The most high-profile kidnapping occurred in August 1985, when an eight-man squad of Mexican troops crossed the border onto private property in San Diego County.

The troops came looking specifically for Robert Maupin, the land owner, after he reported the presence of a met amphetamine lab to the Drug Enforcement Agency, which in turn reported it to Mexican authorities. The lab, Maupin told officials, was visible from his land inside the U.S.

More recently, in May 2002, three armed Mexican troops in a military Humvee on the U.S. side of the border near Ajo, Ariz., fired on a Border Patrol agent in his vehicle. As the agent drove away from the scene, a bullet shattered the back glass of his Chevy Tahoe patrol vehicle, which as clearly labeled with U.S. Border Patrol markings.

House Immigration Reform Caucus chairman Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., told the Washington Times in a year ago his office had documented 118 instances where Mexican military or law enforcement had been seen on U.S. soil. In 60 percent of those cases, he said, the Mexicans were armed.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; invasion; mexico; nationalsecurity; texas; wod
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To: CindyDawg
Our military are where they were told to be.
Our politicians are still weighing one common American family against acting like a real American.
141 posted on 12/04/2003 7:28:21 PM PST by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get)
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To: No Blue States

At $65 an acre you can hardly go wrong, they stopped making land a long time ago. I've often wanted to buy some even as an investment

Sure, but don't forget to factor in the cost of razor wire.

142 posted on 12/04/2003 7:38:29 PM PST by Dan Evans
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To: philetus
The problem as I see it, is that we who live near border towns have to have something really bad happen to get news coverage. It's all about Washington, LA, and NY.
143 posted on 12/04/2003 7:46:20 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: CindyDawg
I guess the mexican army,invading the United States, kidnapping an American family is not bad enough, because I've seen zilch about it on the national news.
144 posted on 12/04/2003 8:29:26 PM PST by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get)
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Something funny just happened. This story no longer appears on Newmax's headline news page.
145 posted on 12/04/2003 8:57:58 PM PST by Dan Evans
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To: mercy
I just love it when a so called conservative goes ballistic in defending the worlds oldest and most corrupt institution...blah blah blah...Everywhere the RC church has slithered...blah blah blah...they have been rendered incapable of entering the modern world by their backward looking religion.

I actually started laughing when I read this. I get a distinct mental image of you typing this out while waiting to hitch a ride on the Hale-Bopp comet after you shed your "vehicle". I just can't believe that after I emphasized not once, but twice, my request for a non-delusional explanation as to why the Catholic Church is to blame for Mexico's corruption, I still got this response from you.

Oh, and one more thing: ballistic? I haven't even used any swear words yet. You sure are sensitive.
146 posted on 12/04/2003 9:44:52 PM PST by fr_freak
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To: Sabertooth
Schwarzenegger wouldn't get on board with the Save Our License referendum.

California to Yank Driver's Licenses From Illegal Aliens

147 posted on 12/04/2003 10:07:34 PM PST by PRND21
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To: PRND21


Searched your link for "referendum."

"Not found."

Here's one for you...

"What we want to do is get insurance to them
because they're driving anyway,"

Schwarzenegger said on one Tuesday radio show.


148 posted on 12/04/2003 10:14:53 PM PST by Sabertooth (Credit where it's due: saveourlicense.com prevented SB60, and the Illegal Alien CDLs... for now.)
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To: VU4G10
Well, Dougherty wrote about this with more detail today on WND:

Kidnapping in Candelaria: Jon Dougherty on recent battle in escalating border war with Mexico

149 posted on 12/05/2003 2:41:49 AM PST by JustPiper (Teach the Children to fight Liberalism ! They will be voting in 2008 !!!)
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To: Dan Evans
But it is here today, see post # 149
150 posted on 12/05/2003 2:43:57 AM PST by JustPiper (Teach the Children to fight Liberalism ! They will be voting in 2008 !!!)
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To: sarcasm
Hmmm, the intersection of those bandoliers makes a mighty convenient point of aim.
151 posted on 12/05/2003 9:51:48 AM PST by Redbob (this space reserved for witty remarks)
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To: Sabertooth
Searched your link for "referendum."

Search you fridge for sour grapes.
Arnold did what he promised.

152 posted on 12/05/2003 10:04:29 AM PST by PRND21
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To: JustPiper
betterimmigration.com gave him an F-.
153 posted on 12/05/2003 2:25:22 PM PST by 4.1O dana super trac pak (Don't avoid. Read Joe Guzzardi.)
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak
Don't know if you seen the confirmation story and yet the 3rd story that this family has been recovered and the DHS is involved
154 posted on 12/05/2003 5:20:58 PM PST by JustPiper (Teach the Children to fight Liberalism ! They will be voting in 2008 !!!)
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
It's interesting because it was the Mexican government who killed Pancho Villa (federales took him out) and Emiliano Zapata --- but they will make a big deal out of the US trying to get him. They get to play both sides on that.
155 posted on 12/06/2003 7:00:00 AM PST by FITZ
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To: fr_freak
but twice, my request for a non-delusional explanation as to why the Catholic Church is to blame for Mexico's corruption, I still got this response from you.

The truth is --- the Mexican government is very anti-Catholic Church and has been since the Revolution. It's illegal in Mexico for a priest or nun to wear their collars or habits on the streets. Mexico is run by anti-clerics ---- the Church has no power in that government at all. Back when it was a more Catholic country we didn't see huge levels of immigration from Mexico either.

156 posted on 12/06/2003 7:02:43 AM PST by FITZ
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