It comes into play if the Minutemen make any arrests--and it's a long-standing requirement of international law.
It comes into play if the Minutemen make any arrests--and it's a long-standing requirement of international law.
The Minutemen (MMCDC) do not "make arrests." We do not have that power (unless it is a citizens arrest on private property), and are not law enforcement. We report our sitings directly to the Border Patrol, and they make the formal arrest.
I pinged a few MM to clarify if I am not accurate in my understanding.
The only positive angle I can see in this whole thing, is that if the BP tells the Mexican gov't where the MM are posted...the illegal invaders will go to another area to avoid the encounter with them. From there, the BP can lie in wait for them for arrest.
Minutemen do not make arrests, and you know it. You are simply being a pot stiirrer, and you know that too.
I live on the border, I call BP or other LE whenever I see something I think they should be aware of. Suspected smuggling, illegals, you name it I call on it.
The Minutemen are doing the very same thing I do, only there are more of them, so they see more things going on.
The Minutemen activities are very much like a neighborhood watch operation in a very large neighborhood. Do city police give criminals intel about neighborhood watch programs? I hope not.
Next you will saying that we are taking the rights of the drug addicts away by inhibiting their ability to procure drugs coming across the border.
Take your "International Law" made up by third world dictators and and put it somewhere else.
Wrong. It has nothing to do with international law.
Consular notification is an agreement between the United States and other countries. Some countries have mandatory consular notification and others are voluntary. Mexico is mandatory.