Border Patrol Agents Help Quell Texas Prison Riot (Immigration detention center)

Marfa, Texas – Border Patrol agents from Marfa, Texas Friday responded to a request for assistance at the Reeves County Detention Center in Pecos, Texas. An uprising of prisoners was underway at the prison that had escalated to the level of a riot.

Approximately 30 Marfa Sector Border Patrol Agents responded and provided perimeter security to aid in the prevention of prisoner escapes from the facility and to end the situation peaceably after approximately 17 hours.

The Marfa Sector Special Response Team was activated and responded to the prison with a variety of specialized skills and equipment. They had an assortment of less-than-lethal weapons at their disposal. An armored vehicle was deployed for the first time in anticipation of hostage rescue or evacuation of injured personnel.

Customs and Border Protection Air & Marine responded with a Huey helicopter to support the Border Patrol as well as other local, Border Patrol agents responded to the Reeves County Detention Center in Pecos, Texas to assist in quelling unrest at the facility.

state and federal agencies. The CBP aircraft was utilized to allow a prison official to conduct aerial surveillance of the compound, which helped the incident commanders develop strategies.

The Reeves County Detention Center is a medium security prison housing mainly inmates detained for immigration law violations. The riot involved about 1300 prisoners. The rioting prisoners ignited a fire in one of the facilities’ recreational buildings and were evacuated to an outdoor containment area (the yard). The rioting prisoners took two recreation workers hostage and held them prisoner in the yard.

Hostage negotiators from the Odessa, Texas, Police Department were successful in securing the release of two hostages and the return of all prisoners to the control of prison officials. Early Saturday morning, the riot was resolved with no escapes, injuries, or deaths.

Border Patrol agents remained on scene during the entire 17 hours of the incident.

The incident was a demonstration of Marfa Sector’s ability to deploy rapidly and forcefully in support of local and state agencies and to assist them in their efforts to maintain peace and suppress criminal activity in area communities. Additional support was provided by members of the Border Patrol Tactical Team from El Paso, Texas.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws. Contacts For This News Release

"The Reeves County Detention Center is a medium security prison housing mainly inmates detained for immigration law violations. "

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 The threat that is Mexico has FINALLY hit the media!

http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/

You know it’s BAD, when they finally report it. Last night, CBS Nightly News with Couric did a solid 10 minutes on the WAR in MEXICO that has NOW spilled over our borders.....More deaths than Iraq....more beheadings (even showed the bodies!)....5th journalist killed this year....citizens in terror...and ALL the stuff we’ve been crying about for how many years??

Well, McCain, et al’s PC immigration experiment has finally left us with what I believe is a terrible dilemma. We will be overrun with an exodus from Mexico like nothing this nation has ever seen. We will either take them or we will be forced to send troops to Mexico to work along side a corrupt army and police.

One way or another a lot of people are going to die over some people’s greed/ideology.

WATCH THE VIDEO!

http://www.cbsnews.com/

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4672298n AND even Associated Press suddenly ‘gets it’

Mexican drug smugglers pose top crime threat Associated Press Dec. 15, 2008, 6:34PM http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/6166344.html

WASHINGTON — Mexican drug traffickers who pair up with gangs and use a sophisticated network to smuggle drugs across the border have become the biggest organized crime threat to the United States, the Justice Department reported Monday.

Most of the cocaine available in the U.S. is brought across the southwest border by Mexican groups, according to the annual report by the Justice Department’s National Drug Intelligence Center.

Additionally, Mexican drug smugglers are increasingly working with Italian Mafia and other traditional organized crime groups nationwide, the report says.

“Mexican drug trafficking organizations represent the greatest organized crime threat to the United States,” the report concluded. “The influence of Mexican drug trafficking organizations over domestic drug trafficking is unrivaled.”.[snip]

MORE: Unruly Passenger Forces Emergency Landing A JetBlue flight headed from New York to Burbank was forced to make an emergency landing in Salt Lake City late Monday night (Illegal Alien......)

Air travel.....and this today about rail travel...

http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2008/12/15/heightened-awareness-recommended-for-railways-operating-along-the-us-mexico-border/

GlobalIncidentMap.com Recommends Heightened Awareness For Railways Operating Along The US-Mexico Border

“Based on information from trusted Law Enforcement sources, we are recommending a heightened state of awareness for all railway operations along the USA-Mexico border, based on recent threats and observed activity”

Heightened Awareness Recommended For Railways Operating Along The US-Mexico Border Submitted by national on Monday, 15 December 2008 Note: Special thanks for much of this information from our retired border agents group. Meet them here: http://www.nafbpo.org

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