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  • Mexican Troops Fire on U.S. Border Watchers

    12/23/2003 12:31:21 PM PST · by Tailgunner Joe · 91 replies · 918+ views
    www.newsmax.com ^ | Dec. 23, 2003 | Jon E. Dougherty
    An official with a civilian border group says a squad of Mexican soldiers opened fire on a position only moments after it was vacated by group volunteers patrolling private property near Douglas, Ariz. Jack Foote, national spokesman for property protection group Ranch Rescue, told NewsMax a reconnaissance squad of his volunteers spotted two armed Mexican soldiers wearing green combat fatigues and Kevlar helmets on U.S. soil adjacent to property the group was asked to protect. Foote said his volunteers, part of a mission Ranch Rescue dubbed "Operation Thunderbird," deployed at the landowner's request to interdict smuggling of illegal aliens and...