Only because the border patrol was trying to stop them on this side of the border. The truck was attempting to flee back into Mexico to avoid apprehension when it got stuck.
The incident began when Border Patrol agents tried to stop the dump truck on Interstate 10, sheriff's officials said. The truck fled to Mexico in the Neely's Crossing area.
The truck got stuck in the riverbed, and the driver took off running. Agents "started to retrieve the bundles (of marijuana) when the armed subjects appeared,"
ah - that makes more sense now. thanks.
The Mexican drug cartel is growing so much pot in our national forests that they may be shipping it back to Mexico. It's difficult to tell if the truck was going north on I10, would it be able to turn around and head the other way on a freeway?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1524578/posts?page=36#36 National parks' pot farms blamed on cartels San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 11/18/5 | Zachary Coile Posted on 11/18/2005 7:54:52 AM PST by SmithL Mexican drug lords find it easier to grow in state than import -