Posted on 11/20/2005 5:34:36 AM PST by FerdieMurphy
Uniformed Mexicans with guns, bulldozer seize drug-bust truck from Border Patrol
U.S. Border Patrol agents were backed down this week by armed men, dressed in what appeared to be Mexican military uniforms and carrying military weapons, who seized a captured dump truck filled with marijuana from the U.S. agents and dragged it across the border into Mexico with a bulldozer.
The border incident occurred Thursday evening when Border Patrol agents attempted to pull over a dump truck on Interstate 10 in Hudspeth County, Texas. The driver fled from the agents, exiting the freeway and driving toward the Rio Grande which runs within 2 miles of the interstate in this portion of West Texas.
The driver abandoned the truck after it became stuck in the river bed, escaping into Mexico.
Agents called for reinforcement from the Texas state troopers and Hudspeth County sheriff and began unloading the haul – estimated to have been nearly 3 tons – when everything changed.
Officers "started to retrieve the bundles when the armed subjects appeared," said Agent Ramiro Cordero, Border Patrol spokesman.
According to Hudspeth County Chief Deputy Mike Doyal, the dump truck driver returned with armed men, some of whom drove "official looking vehicles with overhead lights." Some of those armed, Doyal told the El Paso Times, appeared to be Mexican soldiers in uniform with military weapons.
"It's a very serious incident," Doyal said. "We are very fortunate ... no one got hurt. Everyone had the presence of mind not to cause an international incident, or start shooting."
As WorldNetDaily has reported, there are widespread reports of U.S.-trained Mexican commandos, called the Zetas, making cross-border runs into U.S. territory in military-style vehicles, armed with automatic weapons.
The Zetas were trained as elite commandos by U.S. forces to combat the drug cartels, but they have switched sides and are working for the drug smugglers in the border area posing a special hazard to American law enforcement and Border Patrol agents, according to a U.S. Justice Department memo. Under the control of reputed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the Zetas are conducting a bloody war for control of the entire southern border in an effort to secure a monopoly on drug-smuggling and people-smuggling routes.
As both sides faced off, a bulldozer appeared from the Mexico side of the river and was used by the armed men to pull the dump truck – and the two-thirds of the marijuana that had not yet been unloaded – into Mexico. The bulldozer, Doyal said, is believed to be used regularly to make makeshift crossings over the Rio Grande.
The "armed encounter with drug smugglers," as Cordero described it, is under investigation. No confirmation was made as to whether or not the "soldiers" belonged to the Mexican military.
And we laugh at France.
Amen, Sarge!!
"Doubtless they had been previously warned NOT to fire on Mexicans in just such a situation."
Bank on it!
My sentiments exactly!
And, of course, there are no photographs?
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Great article!
BTTT
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Good Luck getting your questions answered.
These incidents do happen regularly on the border. Witnesses tell the same story, the men coming up from Mexico are dressed in military clothing, either no insignia or no one gets close enough to see one, BUT they don't just have the clothing, they are heavily armed with military type weapons and they usually have military type vehicles. They are actively helping smugglers. Whether they are Mexican military or a private group of thugs outfitted by smugglers is anyone's guess. However, firearms laws are very strict in Mexico- not just anyone can have one, that is a fact. So whoever it is, the Mexican government has to be at least aware and turning a blind eye.
I know it is hard to believe a story like this, but I do believe it, and have heard worse, in Arizona these military types have shot at BP, and rammed BP vehicles. No one wants to report these incidents- so usually they are reported only locally and very little is reported there, until another one happens. One day there will be a battle and there will be dead BP, or US citizens and also dead military types from Mexico and then it will be hard to keep it quiet. I expect that to happen any day, and am surprised it hasn't already happened.
You obviously do not live in California or Arizona or you would not post this. This kind of crap happens every month or so down here!
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FOFLOL!
I suggest you remove your head from the sand.
There have been other threads on FR about this subject of incursions from military types from Mexico- here is one link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1064460/posts
Yep!
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Absolutely!! There is very strict "fire" or "return fire" rules on our officers, in fact it is so political, rarely does an officer near the border fire a weapon- just too iffy. They have taken fire and not returned fire.
It's time to go down there and get ole Pancho Villa. It's bên awhile but we have dealt with the Mexican bandits before.
While we're at it, let's get a list of ALL the chickenpoop nations to which we furnish welfare and the amounts involved.
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