Posted on 06/12/2010 9:02:23 AM PDT by AuntB
CASA GRANDE, AZ - Two men shot earlier this week could be the result of the ongoing battle between Mexican drug cartels now spilling over deep into Arizona, officials say.
Pinal County investigators say an area known as the smuggling corridor now stretches from Mexico's border to metro Phoenix.
The area , once an area for family hiking and off road vehicles has government signs warning residents of the drug and human smugglers.
Night vision cameras have photographed military armed cartel members delivering drugs to vehicles along Highway 8.
"We are three counties deep. How is it that you see pictures like these, not American with semi and fully automatic rifles. How is that okay?" asked Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu.
Babeu said he no longer has control over parts of his county.
"We are outgunned, we are out manned and we don't have the resources here locally to fight this," he said at a Friday news conference.
Five weeks ago Deputy Louie Puroll was ambushed and shot as he tracked six drug smugglers.
Sheriff Babeu said the ambush mirrored military tactics.
Even more disturbing, Babeu said the man who called in to 911 operators for help seemed to know a lot about the sheriff deputy's case.
"He told operators they could find him where the deputy was shot and talked about our search helicopter. Things that were talked about on the news," Babeu said.
When operators asked the fatally wounded man how he knew the area, he claimed he sold cantelope near mile post 150.
Both men were found dead several hours later.
Detectives say next to them was a Bushmaster automatic rifle used by police officers for patrolling. It does not appear to be stolen.
Investigators also revealed that an autopsy showed strap marks on one of the men that likely came from hauling heavy loads, they suspect were drugs.
One of the men, deputies say, was voluntarily deported seven times.
Babeu said he doesn't believe the drug cartel problems will not be solved when SB 1070 becomes a law, or with President Obama's promise of 1,200 troops spread out among four border states.
"It will fall short. What is truly needed in 3,000 soldiers for Arizona alone," Babeu said.
Got the same crap here in Texas. A few miles east of Ft. Hancock. The mexicans build earth BRIDGES across the Rio Grande to get the vehicles across.
Next day or two the gubbermnt backhoes show up and dig them out. You can see the big piles of dirt on the US side of the crossing area. You know when it happens because the BP will stop you from going into that exact area if you are around the border till they are done and the backhoe is gone.
Explain to me about Reagan. He’s kind of sacred on FR.
I don’t have any, but there certainly must be plenty of photos and a pile of other evidence. This isn’t something that is merely “suspected”, it’s a well accepted fact.
are any civilians monitoring the area?
I don’t know.
Unbelievable.... We’re heading up that way today, guess we’ll be dodging bullets again *sigh*...
Thank you AuntB for the ping.
"Babeu said he no longer has control over parts of his county.
"We are outgunned, we are out manned and we don't have the resources here locally to fight this," he said at a Friday news conference. Five weeks ago Deputy Louie Puroll was ambushed and shot as he tracked six drug smugglers.
Sheriff Babeu said the ambush mirrored military tactics.
Even more disturbing, Babeu said the man who called in to 911 operators for help seemed to know a lot about the sheriff deputy's case."
Um how many firefights have his deputies engaged in with these desperadoes?
Clearly not enough if the Criminaliens control parts of the county.
Deputize as many well armed citizens as necessary... Put one active Officer and two or three deputized citizens in every patrol vehicle..
Stop the bad guys if they get out of hand..
Light the bgs up.
End of Story.
One hardly needs Soldiers to do that.
W
Back in the 80’s during Reagan’s administration, they devised an amnesty plan. Ted Kennedy was involved IIRC, anyway, the deal was, okay, I’ll grant amnesty for how many million it was at the time, and you shut down the border so we can end this.
Guess who didn’t live up to their end of the bargain?
Ron made a bad deal, got screwed, and so did America.
Unfortunatly, it happens.
Because the US Government, starting several Administrations ago, has made the cynical calculation that a few dead Americans are a low price to pay for relieving the social and economic pressure on the Mexican government, and thereby a Communist revolution there. Enforcing the black letter law of the land would greatly increase the risk of Mexico's government falling. It's not really about placating a few reconquista-talking college professors in LA, nor about the availability of cheap labor, nor about illegals contributing to Social Security, though some politicians might also be gaining short-term benefits from all of those things.
In short - there is no help coming from Washington, whether a Democrat or Republican is President. The Federal Government has sold us out, in the interest of achieving geopolitical stability on the cheap.
So you are right - if you take up arms against illegals, you are taking up arms against an unpublicized, unauthorized Federal welfare program...and they will crush you for it. Look at the reaction of both parties to Arizona's new law - the state's politicians are daring to interfere with The Plan, so they are getting the full Race Card treatment.
Oh Sharky... ready to go hiking?
Bad BQ.
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