[Jim_Curtis]

Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., said he was shown a report by the Border Patrol in 2001 that detailed incursions by military units. His complaints to the State Department and Mexican ambassador were brushed off, he said.

Not surprising. See if you can make any sense of this from 1996:

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On the issue of drug smuggling, for example, Wilson urged Dole this spring to push the Clinton administration to officially cite Mexico for not adequately helping U.S. authorities crack down on traffickers.

Bush, however, responded to the issue by writing a letter telling Dole that any such step "would have devastating effects for the citizens of the U.S.-Mexico region."

http://groups.google.com/group/mex.noticias/browse_thread/thread/d8252c001278e9f3/d7a06eda754c0dd5?

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It makes me wonder if there is some serious blackmailing going on. Otherwise, I can't figure it out.

[rodguy911]

It could be all about oil. We desperately need their crude since our own lib/rats have succeeded in making us the largest oil beggars in the world.

[Larousse2]

Are you speaking about Liddy Dole?