Posted on 01/24/2006 12:40:36 PM PST by Main Street
Texas — Men dressed as Mexican Army soldiers, apparent drug suspects and Texas law enforcement officers faced off on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande...
...Texas Department of Public Safety troopers chased three SUVs, believing they were carrying drugs, to the banks of the Rio Grande during Monday's incident.
Men dressed in Mexican military uniforms or camouflage were on the U.S. side of the border in Texas...
...included an armed standoff involving the Mexican military, suspected drug smugglers and nearly 30 U.S. law enforcement officers. ...Mexican military Humvees were towing what appeared to be thousands of pounds of marijuana across the border into the United States.
...in the Bulletin on Jan. 15 that said the Mexican military had crossed into the United States more than 200 times since 1996.
...Border Patrol agents called for backup and were joined by Hudspeth County deputies and DPS troopers. Mexican army personnel had several mounted machine guns on the ground more than 200 yards inside the U.S. border...
...deputies captured a Cadillac Escalade that had been reported stolen from El Paso, and found 1,477 pounds of marijuana inside. He said Mexican soldiers set fire to one of the Humvees stuck in the river.
"It's been so bred into everyone not to start an international incident with Mexico that it's been going on for years,"..."When you're up against mounted machine guns, what can you do? Who wants to pull the trigger first? Certainly not us."
After the...reported on Mexican military crossings, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the report was overblown and most of the incursions were just mistakes.
In November,...Border Patrol agents...called for help after confronting more than six men dressed in Mexican military uniforms. The men allegedly were trying to bring more than three tons of marijuana across the Rio Grande...
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Chertoff's lack of action or interest is very understandable --- They were all Mexicans, therefore it would be racist and/or profiling to defend our border. (sarcasm)
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,
1. The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.
Build the Duncan Hunter 15' Fence! 
I do wonder what the disconnect is with the Feds and actual border security. I would understand it if the dems were in control- they would probably set up welcome stations, but we are in charge now.
Mark my words, it's only a matter of time until we send troops in for nation building.
Drones. A couple of dozen drones flying along the border with bombs that go boom.
Also, spray the border with a material or powder that can be tracked. Then you follow the tracks day and pick up the bandidos.
out of curiosity - how often do US soldiers stray into Mexican territory?
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The disconnect is that most of our "leaders" support the creation of the "North American Community," with one common security border around Canada, Mexico and the USA.
IOW, they support leaving our security up to the same Mexican Army which is up to its ears in drug smuggling!
It may be insane, but it's a fact. That's why they will never build a serious security fence. Why build a fence, when your goal is to erase the border? A fence runs 180*counter to their plan.
""The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government."
Well then we better get cracking because those Democrat forms of government are bankrupting us.
Exactly! UAV Bump!
Ouch! I thought Nuns only were armed with rulers!
Well, considering that Bush has made stern statements that illegal immigration is of no problem, I don't think he ever will take the issue seriously.
Let 'em get a few miles inside the border then send in a company of infantry to cut them off. Next stop Gitmo.
Will that be filafel or frijoles Fernando?
Next uniformed incursion is fired on!
same guy who is pulling Senor Bush's: Uncle Vincente...
Nuns packing heat? Now THATS scary!!
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