Posted on 05/27/2005 7:16:01 AM PDT by Mikey
WASHINGTON – Elite Mexican commandos, trained by U.S. forces to combat the drug cartels have switched sides and are working for the drug smugglers in the border area posing a special hazard to American law enforcement and Border Patrol agents, according to a U.S. Justice Department memo.
The commandos, trained by the U.S. Army at Fort Benning, Georgia, are known as "Los Zetas.".
The Justice Department warning was sent to law enforcement agencies throughout the Southwest..
Using the commando training, Los Zetas are known to be extremely violent and have been blamed for an outbreak of violence along the Mexican border..
There are reports of the commandos making cross-border runs into U.S. territory in military-style vehicles, armed with automatic weapons..
The U.S. government has spent millions of dollars training Los Zetas to intercept drugs, some of them coming from Mexico's southern border, before they could reach the U.S. The U.S. government has also sent U.S. Border Patrol agents to Mexico's southern border with Guatemala to train law enforcement and military forces to intercept human smugglers destined to reach the U.S..
"Things like that are a concern to us, especially trained here on the U.S. side," Pima County Sheriff Tony Estrada told KVOA, channel 4 in Tucson, Arizona. "They've gotten pretty special training. ... Now, they are working with drug traffickers on the Mexican side.".
Lt. Ron Benson added: "Not only did they receive some early military training but they developed their own internal training as well increasing their violence far beyond their own original capabilities.".
Benson has worked with the Department of Homeland Security and tracked the rogue Mexican commandos. He is now retiring from the Pima County Sheriff's Department and will be working with the FBI..
"They are a threat to authorities not only in Texas, but in New Mexico, Arizona and California," he said. "Because we believe Los Zetas are being used as protectors for narcotics coming into this country.".
Benson says sons and nephews of Los Zetas are starting their own organization and taking part in the drug wars.
Why dont we just bulid a wall down there.Hell we could hire mexicans from home depot to bulid it.
bump for when my bloodpressure drops.
Our good friend Suxico strikes again.
Using the commando training, Los Zetas are known to be extremely violent and have been blamed for an outbreak of violence along the Mexican border..
This is not good!
Better yet...that hunting by Internet would be popular....
>>>Imagine how effective border watch would be if we mounted air conditioned fire towers, equipped with high power infrared binoculars in each, radios, beds, kitchen supplies, and yes even machine guns -- put them up every few miles with air support at nearby airbases.
This is going around on the Legion State commands email distribution lists still in regard to this WND story.
Quote:
POLICE SAFETY WARNING! Mexican drug commandos expand ops in 6 = U.S. states=20 Law enforcement officers in Oklahoma at risk. Also, Tennessee, Texas, California, Georgia and Florida. See below. =20 Mexican drug commandos expand ops in 6 U.S. states=20 Feds say violent, elite paramilitary units establish narcotics routes = north of border=20
*the 'See below' is this WND story.
Nope, bad idea, and totally unnecessary. All you have to do is keep the towers at full height until sensors indicate movement on the support structure as somone tries to climb the tower.
Just before the 'someone' reaches the platform that the sensors are resting on, the hydraulics fail and the whole tower collapses. You know how shoddy defense contractors' work is supposed to be, right?
Same result, no liability.
There are a lot of Googles in this subject.
http://www.google.com/search?q=+are+terrorists+using+narcotics+routes+to+the+U.S.&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&client=googlet&biw=
http://www.google.com/search?q=+establish+narcotics+routes+to+the+U.S.&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&client=googlet&biw=
LOL on this one, I must ad my comment.......
I had been adding words to the search and taking away, then
wound up with this, it produces links worth checking out.
Proper english when used for this search, would pull 10 links, none worth passing on....
http://www.google.com/search?q=where+are+the+routes+that+are+being+used+by++terrorists+using+narcotics+routes+to+the+U.S.&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&client=googlet&biw=
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=mexican%20mafia
http://www.google.com/search?q=violent,+elite+paramilitary+units+establish+narcotics+routes+&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet&start=10&sa=N
We trained Mexicans to fight? Why do we do such stupid things? You dont train the soldiers of a nation on your border. Sooner or later it will always bite you in the ass.
No, not here. It's only an act of war in Iraq.
Partly not paying attention to what's been going on over the years. Ya know..vote for 'em then forget about 'em 'til the next election. It's pretty infuriating and frustrating.
Shoot them too...
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