There is a lot of conjecture on this thread.
Recommend a Freedom of Information Request be sent to US Customs and Border Protection asking for Report Number CBP-0020-07, Subject: Possible Mexican Military Incursion, Date 01/04/07, Reference 07-TCA-TUS-010407000038. Report is marked FOUO but I have a really difficult time determining how it can possibly be exempted from release.
This report includes the who, what, where and when.
The NG did call for assistance. The Border Patrol arrived and an SRT was deployed. The event took place .76 miles North of the border. The intruders were tracked back to the border by the SRT.
Not only do we not secure our borders we willingly put our troops at risk. I think impeachment is in order.
Yes there is. Interesting that you have the real information trail already to go. Not gonna ask where you work....
The NG did call for assistance. The Border Patrol arrived and an SRT was deployed
Isn't it sort of comically pathetic that the poor, pitiful National Guard - an element of the United States Army - has to call for rescue from a police agency?
We all know that's because they have been legally hamstrung by the political stunt of putting them on their border with their hands tied.
I have been all over the desert just to the north of Sasabe. Not so long ago, things like this would have been unimaginable. Sure, there were smuggler incidents - but those were police actions, not much more. But slowly, over the years, the audacity on the part of the gangs (and that includes the gang known as "the Mexican Army") has been growing - in direct proportion to their perception of weakness in the U.S. government. And now we have things like this actually happening quite frequently. That shows the contempt for the forces of the U.S. to the South.
Interesting that you recommend a FOIA - that could take months for a release. By then, no one will remember the incident.
Which is pretty much what I think the administration wants to have happen.
If one of the Guardsmen had made the mistake of trying to defend himself, I'm sure they'll bring in Johnny Sutton to prosecute him.