Mexican soldiers enter Arizona, hold agent briefly

AP via SFGate ^ | 8/6/8

[SmithL]

Tucson, Ariz. (AP) -- Four Mexican soldiers crossed into a remote area of Arizona and briefly held a U.S. Border Patrol agent at gunpoint before realizing where they were and returning to Mexico, U.S. authorities said.

Border Patrol spokeswoman Dove Crawford said the incident early Sunday on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, about 85 miles southwest of Tucson, was in an area where the border likely was marked only with barbed wire.

[SmithL]

Practice?

[SolidWood]

AoW!

[3AngelaD]

Keep. Building. Fence.

[nhoward14]

In the Middle East, this would be labeled an incursion and troops would be placed on the border immediately to prevent further such acts.

But, alas, this is not the Middle East.... yet.

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

Any connection to the Medellin execution?

[UCFRoadWarrior]

And Guadalajara George stands by and do nothing....

[SlowBoat407]

Borders? We ain’t got borders. We don’t need borders. I don’t have to honor any STEENKING BORDERS!!

[thefactor]

sounds like an invasion to me. let’s go get ‘em!

[WayneS]

In a sane country, that would be considered an act of war.

Of course, Mr. Bush is probably checking with some International Court to find out how he should word our apology.

[SlowBoat407]

In the Middle East, this would be labeled an incursion and troops would be placed on the border immediately to prevent further such acts.

In the middle east there would already have been a rocket salvo followed by a couple of suicide bombings and a demand for an apology - coming from the side whose soldiers made the incursion!

[DuncanWaring]

Another account here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057413/posts

[WayneS]

“State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos in Washington said the encounter “stemmed from a momentary misunderstanding as to the exact location of the U.S.-Mexican border.””

What a complete crock of crap. The people who work along the border (on BOTH sides) know EXACTLY where it is.

[RandallFlagg]

Shots have been fired across the border in the past. Foreign troops have entered our nation’s borders.

Last time I checked, that was a declaration of war.

[Jaded]

A real fence would eliminate this problem.

[donna]

The Mexicans know where the border is, they just don’t respect it.

[RandallFlagg]

What a complete crock of crap. The people who work along the border (on BOTH sides) know EXACTLY where it is.

And we could place mines to be sure that all others knew, too.


Just a thought.

[SmithL]

Thanks

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

'Punition' time!

[Coffee200am]

Is there anyone in Washington D.C.? Hello?

[2CAVTrooper]

40 such “incidents” this fiscal year?

That is an absolute outrage, and it’s long past time to put armed troops on the border and relegate the under gunned and under staffed Border Patrol to conducting formal arrests, and deportations of those caught by the military.