Posted on 07/07/2002 9:31:51 AM PDT by Spiff
(Sierra Vista, AZ) Reports from unnamed informants within the U.S. Border Patrol describe an incident which occurred on July 2nd at a checkpoint 20 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. Sources say that a number of illegals were spotted by Border Patrol agents moving through the desert in an apparent attempt to go around a permanent checkpoint located on State Route 90 just 12 miles north of Sierra Vista, Arizona. It was surmised by the agents that these illegals had been dropped off from a smuggler’s vehicle a few miles south of the checkpoint and were going to meet back up with the smuggler vehicle a few miles north after circumventing the checkpoint. From there, the illegals would have been driven to Interstate Highway 10 and taken to points unknown. This sort of activity is a common occurrence at this checkpoint.
The illegals were apprehended by the Border Patrol and taken into custody. It was determined that among the group was one Yemeni national and several Mexicans. When questioned, the Yemeni national said that he had been among a group of six Yemenis who had earlier crossed the border together. The report of the five additional Yemeni intruders caused the Border Patrol to dispatch a helicopter from Tucson (approximately 70 miles northwest) to the checkpoint. In addition, it is reported that U.S. Customs dispatched a helicopter to the area of the apprehension to conduct a search from the air. The Yemenis were not found and may still be at large. Sources say that the FBI was notified but that the level of FBI interest and/or involvement is not known at this time.
These same sources report that U.S. Border Patrol Agent in charge of the Tucson Sector, David Aguilar, has ordered his agents to keep quiet about this incident. Reportedly, Aguilar has issued several such gag orders recently – demanding that Border Patrol agents keep quiet about happenings along the border. In June, Aguilar spoke at the annual convention of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and told of the government’s humanitarian responsibility to protect Mexican citizens who are illegally crossing into the United States (See Washington Times - June 27). As evidence of Aguilar’s confusion about the Border Patrol’s mission, he recently redeployed his agents away from the border itself and has instead deployed them into the larger desert areas to rescue illegals found to be in distress. It is also reported that Aguilar has ridiculously attempted to explain away the trails of footprints, garbage, and trail markings left by the hordes of illegals crossing through private, state, and federal lands as instead being evidence of the area’s new popularity to hikers and campers because of the success of the Border Patrol at apprehending and stopping the illegals.
I wonder how many of these citizens of Macedonia and Yugoslavia are really Kosovo Albanian muslims, and therefore, at least potentially KLA terrorist and drug-gang infiltrators? (One can imagine muslims coming across our borders who are citizens of such countries as the UK and France as well--remember the "French" "twentieth highjacker" Massaoui!)
I know many Serbian Orthodox Christian immigrants (from inner Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia, and Krajina) who are professionals and are fine additions to America, and some of whom may also chose to become helpers and leaders of the Serbian homeland as it recovers from the debilities of war and clintonism. But the Albanian population that lands on our shores includes among them gang members, fifth columnists (like the infamous "pizza mafia" in New York that provides funds to the KLA and other terrorists), and undoubtedly KLA and al Qaeda sleepers. Since it isn't too hard for Kosovo and "Western Macedonian" Albanians to get here legally (given the anti-Serbian, clintonite preference for these groups), I imagine that those Albanians who sneak across our borders contain an even higher percentage of criminals and terrorists!!!
Keep up the good work, MI!!!!
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