Border Patrol encounters Mexican soldiers: Heavily armed foreign troopers on U.S. turf near Tecate

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Saturday, March 16, 2002 | By Jon Dougherty

[JohnHuang2]

Quote of the Day by goldstategop

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

This is beginning to sound like we are going to have a shooting war along the border. These Mexican soldiers may have some financial interest in smuggling people or drugs and are trying to intimidate Border Patrol officers who are too close to the source of the smuggling.

[4Freedom]

A fence constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers and patrolled by our military would prevent these incidents in the future.

George Bush will pay for sneaking this amnesty bill through, behind the backs of the American people, come election time.

[germanicus]

Maybe Bill O'Reilly is right. We may need a military presence along the border very soon. Our border patrol is trained and equipped to deal with illegal civilians crossing the border, not soldiers.

[gunnyg]

Hey, the First Marine Division is bivouacked just up the road from there--what's the problem, aside from balls, that is?

Semper Fidelis
Dick Gaines

[Brownie74]

"This could easily have escalated into a real tragedy," Jacques told reporters. "Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed."
The Border Patrol's Washington, D.C., headquarters did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment.
The March 10 incident signals a growing trend of Mexican military forces crossing into the United States.

[CWRWinger]

Texas needs to start taking its sovereignty seriously. The US government is in violation of the Constitution when it does not protect the borders from invasion.

But, we have a weak president who is not interested in enforcing the laws concerning illegal entry into this country.

[Lessismore]

We don't need no stinkin GPS!

[SpookBrat]

"This could easily have escalated into a real tragedy,"

That's what I was thinking. Whew!

"Get your butt back on YOUR side of the border".

[Brownie74]

"Get your butt back on YOUR side of the border". And stay there!!

[Twodees]

This is bizarre. After the second incident, US troops should have been patrolling also. When it becomes apparent that the military of a neighboring country (one which refuses to make an ally of itself to the US) is making forays across the border, our military needs to be deployed to counter this even while a diplomatic solution is being pursued. When there is more than one incident in which these military personnel fire upon clearly identifiable Border Patrol personnel, deployment of some of our troops should have been automatic.

Isn't it obvious that this administration doesn't take US sovereignty seriously? If Bush can't handle his job, he should step down. There's a VP in place who might be able to grasp the concept of national sovereignty and the neccessity of integrity of our borders. I certainly looks like Bush is more concerned with being pals with Vincente Fox than in defending our borders.

[SpookBrat]

I think O'Reilly is right on this one too.

[flamefront]

From the earlier WND article referenced:

As confirmed by Border Patrol officials, the Juarez cartel, one of Mexico's biggest drug gangs, has indeed placed a bounty of $200,000 on U.S. lawmen.

That would be enough to further corrupt the already bad Mexican officials.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Sounds like a simple navigation error, I wouldn't make too much of it. U.S. Army patrols occassionally stumbled into Czechoslovakia during the Cold War. On at least one occassion they were collected by local lightly armed gendarmes, disarmed, detained and returned. I heard a story about a Pershing Missile battery looking for Grafenwehr training area, showing up at the Czechoslovak border. Fortunately, the local border guard didn't let them in.

[gunnedah]

This is Mexicos way of sending America their lowest of the lowest.It is no more than America sending all of its welfare people,homeless and prisoners to another country and the Mexican authorities are complicit in it.Maybe when the situation arises where they go to taking over our towns and cities we will awaken but I think by then it will be too late.

[Brownie74]

Isn't it obvious that this administration doesn't take US sovereignty seriously?

It is quite obvious. I would lose no sleep if Bush were to step down and I think you are right about Cheney. I consider him to be the "father figure" in the Bush administration.

[Brownie74]

As confirmed by Border Patrol officials, the Juarez cartel, one of Mexico's biggest drug gangs, has indeed placed a bounty of $200,000 on U.S. lawmen.

This was a true article but it got such negative press in Mexico and here that Fox had to go after the cartel and get the bounty removed. Naturally Fox did it after the fact.

[cake_crumb]

"Sounds like a simple navigation error, I wouldn't make too much of it"

Sounds like one to me, too.

On the other hand, something has got to be done to fix the problem. Like I just said to hubby before reading the replies, Bill O'Reilly has the right idea. (BUMP to the FReepers who said the same thing before me)

[tangerine]

These incidents did not happen in Texas. The border is clearly marked beÝween Texas and Mexico by the RIo Grande. In part of New Mexico, all of Arizona and all of California it is not.

[stlrocket]

Some of these guys are just so clever - they are hard to spot.

CAN YOU FIND THE ILLEGAL?