Posted on 01/11/2006 8:08:29 AM PST by xsrdx
LOS ANGELES -- Federal officials have warned U.S. Border Patrol agents that they could be the targets of assassins hired by immigrant smugglers, according to a confidential memo obtained by the San Bernardino County Sun newspaper.
"Unidentified Mexican alien smugglers are angry about the increased security along the U.S./Mexico border and have agreed that the best way to deal with U.S. Border Patrol agents is to hire a group of contract killers," the Department of Homeland Security said in a Dec. 21 Officer Safety Alert.
The alert states that the smugglers intend to bring members of the Mara Salvatrucha street gang -- known as MS-13 -- into the country to perform the killings, The Sun reported Tuesday.
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Date should be Jan 11, 2006.
It's about damn time to send the Army down there isn't it?
Mexico forgets its history...but then few people there go to school past the fifth grade.
For these exact same reasons we occupied Mexico City, once upon a time.
Looks like we are going to have to do that again.
This has been discussed before, but this looks like an updated threat.
Build the Duncan Hunter 15' Fence already!
Ping...
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