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Texas Town on High Alert as Mexican Town Across Border Braces for Cartel Gun Battle
Fox News.com ^ | March 31, 2010 | Ed Barnes

Posted on 03/31/2010 5:12:02 PM PDT by UCFRoadWarrior

Residents of a small Mexican border town under siege by at least one of the country’s most notorious drug cartels are fleeing into a tiny Texas community, which is on high alert and preparing for a surge of illegal immigrants should a street battle break out with another cartel – or if gunmen begin carrying out a threat to start killing the town’s children.

At least 30 residents of El Porvenir, located about four miles from the Texas border town of Fort Hancock, have crossed into the U.S. and asked for political asylum, telling authorities that they fear for their lives. Fort Hancock officials tell FoxNews.com that they consider the situation serious.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; bordersecurity; drugcartels; illegalaliens; mexico; texas
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To: Mamzelle
Don’t forget George W Bush and Karl Rove. They wanted a “Congress they could work with on amnesty” in 2006.

See ya at the signing!

21 posted on 03/31/2010 7:21:46 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: SantosLHalper

Alas, citizens of AZ and SC are unable to understand this or just plain uninterested, or they would not have the twin senators there in the first place.


22 posted on 03/31/2010 7:50:14 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Mamzelle

Yes, the Bush-Rove fallout has been as deadly to us as the kind of fallout JFK railed about in 1962.


23 posted on 03/31/2010 7:51:29 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: OrangeHoof

Better yet, send all the new IRS agents. (2 birds, one stone)

Unbelievable that the Dem congress hires bean counters to go after safe US citizens — with a job, yet !!! -— when we need our borders protected.


24 posted on 03/31/2010 7:54:31 PM PDT by hocndoc (http://www.LifeEthics.org (I've got a mustard seed and I'm not afraid to use it.) (RIA)
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To: Theodore R.
SC here and believe me I won't be fooled again!

2008 I held my nose and voted for McCain, never again.

F__K McLame and Grahamnesty! The two of them have done as much damage to this country as any Dem.

As much as I despised Ted Kennedy, you knew he was liberal, he told you. McCain and Graham pretend to be conservative before election time hoping no one remembers their votes in congress.

25 posted on 03/31/2010 8:22:07 PM PDT by SantosLHalper (Eat some bacon.No, I got no idea if it'll make you feel better, I just made too much bacon.")
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To: SantosLHalper
I've yet to receive a response from McCain or Grahamnesty.

I've never emailed McPain directly. Pandsey takes about 6 weeks to answer an email and he does it via snail mail. What a waste. Of course his letters are a waste also.

26 posted on 03/31/2010 8:35:48 PM PDT by upchuck (Subjects to citizens to subjects in less than 250 years.)
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To: upchuck

Where the hell are out Helicopter gun ships? Instead of arresting Christians in Minnesota lets get some law down here on our freekin borders!


27 posted on 03/31/2010 8:55:11 PM PDT by rogertarp
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To: UCFRoadWarrior

Hey Mexico, how’s gun control working for you?


28 posted on 03/31/2010 9:13:51 PM PDT by ksm1
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To: Republic
Sounds like a good time for our government to place well armed reserves along the border....WELL ARMED.

Obama does nothing to protect the US or keep borders secure. Says that is the state's responsibility. No matter what the US Constitution says, leftists make up their own rules as they go along.

29 posted on 04/01/2010 3:35:54 AM PDT by Rapscallion (God is no longer protecting America from Marxist Communism. Pray!)
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To: rogertarp

Where the hell are out Helicopter gun ships?

If they run, they’re illegals . If they stay still, they’re well disciplined illegals


30 posted on 04/01/2010 3:50:48 AM PDT by Einherjar (PEACE THROUGH SUPERIOR FIREPOWER)
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To: sockmonkey

Sounds like he should updgrade to Apaches.


31 posted on 04/01/2010 5:46:16 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ( FIRE STUPAK: LindaForCongress.com)
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To: Einherjar
"If they run, they’re illegals . If they stay still, they’re well disciplined illegals."

Comin' down the highway
With my saber and my gun ...
Cut you if you stand,
Shoot you if you run.

S.M. Stirling
The General (Raj Whitehall Series)
Book 1 - The Forge

32 posted on 04/01/2010 5:57:30 AM PDT by BlueLancer (I'm getting a fine tootsy-frootsying right here...)
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To: Rapscallion

Did Janet Nappy, just tell us the borders were in secure shape.. but now she is worried about the elites on the east coast getting flooded, but not the flood of illegals and drugs and drug king pins coming acorss.


33 posted on 04/01/2010 6:13:04 AM PDT by JoanneSD
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To: rogertarp

Agreed!


34 posted on 04/01/2010 6:59:25 AM PDT by upchuck (Subjects to citizens to subjects in less than 250 years.)
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To: UCFRoadWarrior; rimtop56; carjic; patriot08; ezoeni; Yehuda; Texas Gal; RC one; DirtyHarryY2K; ...

Ping

If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.


35 posted on 04/01/2010 10:46:18 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch (Mexico - beyond your expectations.)
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To: UCFRoadWarrior

” This has been brewing for a few days....finally being reported.

It is now getting real ugly on the border. Thanks to all our Open Borders/Amnesty friends (I’m talking to you John McCain, Lindsey Graham)

I own land not too far from Fort Hancock. It will be sad that my land will be overrun by Drug Cartels and tehir trafficking.”

I’m so sorry to hear that, UCF. This could have all been prevented, and I fear it will get much worse before it gets better. I understand El Paso is overrun with ‘refugees’ and the cartel thugs are coming with them.

The guy who killed our people from the Mexico embassy had lived in El Paso for 30 years, an illegal alien, who followed them into Mexico under orders from Mexico.

Barrio Azecta Leader Arrested in Mexico in Connection With U.S. Consulate Murders
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2483924/posts


36 posted on 04/01/2010 10:54:45 AM PDT by AuntB (WE are NOT a nation of immigrants! We're a nation of Americans! http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/)
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To: UCFRoadWarrior

It’s time for Otto Mcnab to cross the river and kill Benito Garza once and for all time.

What Texas needs is a revival of the old time Rangers that grew up slaying Mexican bad guys.


37 posted on 04/01/2010 11:38:16 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Ostracize Democrats. There can be no Democrat friends.)
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

Ping!


38 posted on 04/01/2010 10:28:41 PM PDT by HiJinx (Angels are found where you least expect them; let them comfort you.)
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To: UCFRoadWarrior

Maybe McCain is not playing with a full deck.


39 posted on 04/02/2010 12:27:30 PM PDT by Dante3
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