Authorities Release New Info in American's Shooting Death on U.S. Border Lake

Fox News Latino ^ | December 15, 2010

[La Lydia]

Wish they would have said what is being done to secure that lake and the surrounding U.S. border. Ahem.

[Waverunner]

Navy Seal Teams - Fast Boats - Coast Guard Interdiction Jayhawks - A-10’s on Call .... Oh wait, Obama doesn’t give a shit.

[itsahoot]

Wish they would have said what is being done to secure that lake and the surrounding U.S. border.

Actually they did. Nothing.

[RWGinger]

The issue with the lake is that over half of it is in Mexico so it is really hard to make it safe.

This news makes it look more like the 2 were involved in a drug deal. They did not deserve this no matter what and they don’t deserve the mexican gov’t doing nothing

thanks for the link

[Lurker]

but said he’s optimistic the killers will eventually be caught and brought to justice...

I'm optimistic that tomorrow morning there will be a magic Unicorn which defecates 100 dollar bills in my backyard.

[rickb308]

It was the wife. Something’s fishy./s
What were the other accusations/excuses Freepers gave, even after REPEATEDLY being told that this was par for the course in this area/on this lake?

[La Lydia]

No, not exactly. The entire lake is under the control of the International Water and Boundary Commission (IWBC), which is made up of representatives of both the U.S. and Mexican governments. Both sides have veto power over plans by the other to increase security on the lake or anywhere along the Rio Grande in IWBC property. Half of the lake is, technically, in Mexico, but there is no reason why we could not be policing the entire body of water except that the Mexicans object. Parts of the border fence in Texas were delayed or blocked because of IWBC objections.

[SENTINEL]

Since 2006, over 28,000 people have been killed in the mexican/US border area drug war.

That's more than half of all the US troops killed in Vietnam.

[ScottinVA]

Gonzalez expressed frustration with Mexican law enforcement, saying sometimes "they just won’t call back," but said he’s optimistic the killers will eventually be caught and brought to justice...

By WHOM???? If the past is any indication, the "law enforcement" in Mexico cashes cartel paychecks. Don't insult our intelligence, Mr. Gonzalez.

[SECURE AMERICA]

The issue with the lake is that over half of it is in Mexico so it is really hard to make it safe.

Sorry but that is just nonsense. We have the technology to determine the border on water and we sure as heck have the firepower to kill a few dozen drug goons.
Kill several dozen and the lake would become much safer I would bet...

[OldDeckHand]

"I'm optimistic that tomorrow morning there will be a magic Unicorn which defecates 100 dollar bills in my backyard. "

When he's finished grazing at your place, can you send him down to mine?

[Frantzie]

Neither do cowardly Texas RINOs like Rick Peryy, Kay Bailey and John Cornyn.

The TExas GOP is filled with RINOs like FL.

[OldDeckHand]

I’m still pissed that there were voices in the “immigrant community” that were peddling the idea that Hartley shot her husband and was just trying to “blame the Mexicans”. All that nonsense disappeared after the Mexican investigator was decapitated. This latest development only underscores what miserable liars there are in the so-called “immigrant community”.

[smokingfrog]

They never did recover the guy’s body, did they?

[La Lydia]

No, they didn’t.

[smokingfrog]

never mind - I just read it again - still no body

[no-to-illegals]

This situation is moving much slower, than I would like. I do not have a say, so what is done will be on their own (LEO's) schedule. I noticed down thread where Mexican officials are, per your post at #7 there is no reason why we could not be policing the entire body of water except that the Mexicans object. Is this opinion or fact? I have no reason to doubt it is a fact, yet I am not close enough to the situation to be involved and wonder are Mexican officials actually speaking this way. I do not doubt Mexican officials would speak this way, yet I have seen no official report where Mexican officials have spoken and said such. Just asking. I've seen no mention of the comment till now. Since I cannot read everything, I could have missed a report of this being said by Mexican officials or a Mexican official. Any thoughts?

[La Lydia]

If you go back and read the stories that came out at the time this happened, there were several discussions of why we didn’t just load up that lake with Coast Guard boats and take control. And the reason is as I have explained. The Mexicans wouldn’t even let our LE people go over to “their” half of the lake search for his body and his Jetski. It has all been reported. I say “their” half because we actually paid for its construction.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Oh wait, Obama doesn’t give a shit.

Not only does he not give a ..., he wants more illegal aliens to join him and vote for his socialist agenda.

[ozzymandus]

Yeah, I remember Freepers saying the American couple were drug smugglers, the wife killed the husband, etc. Some people are just so eager to find a conspiracy they really make themselves look stupid. Sort of like Jesse Ventura’s stupid conspiracy show.