Washington, some time in the future. WoC News. Surviving Minutemen deny having military weapons.
Bush Administration officials confirm the Mexican army's account of the fire fight between army personnel and Minutemen vigilantes that claimed the lives of Americans.
"Our joint investigation shows that 78-year-old Maude Fricket probably fired a clip of eight rounds from her late husband's W.W. II M-1 rifle," said a Bush Administration official. Mexican army personnel rushed to protect an annual gathering of citizens in Mexican territory celebrating hard work, family values, and paying taxes, the official said.
After the fire fight Mexican army personnel found Mrs. Frickert dead from wounds with her thumb trapped by the weapon's bolt. "She was trying to load another eight-round clip, a Mexican Embassy official told reporters "That's how we know she started it," the official said. . . .