Mexican Troops Cross Border, Hold Border Agent

Newsmax ^ | August 6, 2008 | Jim Meyers

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Mexican troops crossed the border into Arizona and held a U.S. Border Patrol agent at gunpoint on Sunday, according to a published report.

Agents assigned to the Border Patrol at Ajo, Ariz., said the Mexican soldiers crossed the border into an isolated area southwest of Tucson and pointed rifles at the agent, who has not been identified.

The Mexicans withdrew after other American agents arrived on the scene, The Washington Times reports.

It’s not known why the troops crossed the border, but American law enforcement authorities have said that current and former Mexican soldiers have been hired to protect drug and immigrant smugglers.

“Unfortunately, this sort of behavior by Mexican military personnel has been going on for years,” union Local 2544 of the National Border Patrol Council said on its Web site.

“They are never held accountable, and the United States government will undoubtedly brush this off as another case of, ‘Oh well, they didn’t know they were in the United States.’ It is fortunate that this incident didn’t end in a very ugly gunfight.”

Ricardo Alday, a spokesman at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, told the Times on Tuesday: “Law enforcement operations have led, from time to time, to innocent incursions by both U.S. and Mexican law enforcement personnel and military units into the territory of both nations…

“We always try to solve these incidents in a cooperative fashion, and as acknowledged by the Border Patrol, this was the case in the episode at Ajo.”

The General Accounting Office estimates that $23 billion in illegal drugs flow across the border each year.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

PING!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

PING to non-AP source.

[wastedyears]

Something has just got to give.

[Don Corleone]

Its a bloody war zone! Period!

[BuffaloJack]

Sounds like Mexico has committed an act of war. It’s time to send in troops and annex tha pest hole. 20 or 30 years of martial law in the Mexican Territory out to be the start.

[Man50D]

Meanwhile Ramos and Compean remain in prison.

[Gondring]

“They are never held accountable, and the United States government will undoubtedly brush this off as another case of, ‘Oh well, they didn’t know they were in the United States.’ It is UNfortunate that this incident didn’t end in a very ugly gunfight to teach them a lesson.”

[Gondring]

time to send in troops and annex tha pest hole.

As if we don't have enough money pits already.

[Gondring]

[...]the United States government will undoubtedly brush this off as another case of, ‘Oh well, they didn’t know they were in the United States.’ [...]

Guess we'd better build a big ol' fence to make sure it's clear.

[Gondring]

Meanwhile Ramos and Compean remain in prison.

...and the Bushbots still bleat out support for Jorge.

[cripplecreek]

Something has just got to give.

The border gives a little more every day but have no fear, John McCain will save us. LOL

[FlyVet]

I live in AZ, and this has been reported on several radio news sources. What will our oh-so-Compassionate Conservative President say about it?

My guess is.....NOTHING.

When it comes to border issues, my President is a worthless little man.

[varon]

bttt

[Clinton's a liar]

Ricardo Alday, a spokesman at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, told the Times on Tuesday: “Law enforcement operations have led, from time to time, to innocent incursions by both U.S. and Mexican law enforcement personnel and military units into the territory of both nations…"

Yes, we quite innocently cross over into the United States and hold a Border Patrol Agent at gunpoint. WHAT A CROCK.

Thanks for the ping.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

What in G—’s name are we waiting for?

Deploy the military into Mexico. Take their oil. And point a nuke at Mexico city. Let's stop playing games with this jackass drug-based tyranny.

[alicewonders]

It’s not going to happen with either of the two clowns in the lead running for President of the United States of America.

[Will88]

If this keeps up, Jorge might return from Beijing to put a stop to these provocations by the US Border Patrol.

[Windcatcher]

I say we give our Border Patrol use of Reapers, complete with munitions, EO/IR sensors, the whole shebang. *Then* we’ll see who gets caught unawares next time.

[Force of Truth]

The geldings in Congress need to grow a pair. Send the Marines SOTB already!!