Posted on 07/22/2004 6:03:33 PM PDT by JackelopeBreeder
Members of a border-watch group conducted an experiment this week: They snuck into the United States carrying a fake "weapon of mass destruction" and made it to a house in Sierra Vista without being caught, the group said.
The test was to show how vulnerable the border is to terrorists, said Glenn Spencer, a spokesman for the group, the American Border Patrol.
The two members carrying a suitcase in a backpack crossed into Arizona west of Naco on Monday night. At one point, the two men crossed a border fence that separates the United States from Mexico, one member said.
U.S. Border Patrol officials had no immediate comment on the claim by the Sierra Vista-based group.
The Mexican government is reviewing a videotape of the event taken by Spencer's group to see if the mem entered Mexico, said Miguel Escobar, Mexico's consul in Douglas. "If the incident can be confirmed, a formal letter of protest will be submitted to the U.S. government," he said.
Mike King, a former Army sniper who was assigned to Fort Huachuca as a National Guardsman after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, said he's hoping the demonstration will help convince government leaders that the country's southern border is a national security risk.
"I mean, you have people with backpacks, bottles of water and zero training coming across. I just wanted to show how easy this is for somebody with training to come into this country," said King, who now works as a technical director for the border-watch group.
He said the Department of Homeland Security's focus on established ports of entry and the U.S. Border Patrol's deployment strategy and lack of resources make the border attractive for groups to enter.
King says he and his partner Mike Christie, another American Border Patrol member, were able to get to the border from this side without being detected. There, they crossed a border fence, but remained within three feet of the fence, which is still part of the United States.
They then re-crossed the fence where they were able to avoid Border Patrol units on the ground and an agency helicopter and a pilotless plane flying overhead to rendezvous with a waiting truck. King said radio traffic indicated the two had at some point been spotted by Border Patrol agents but they were never apprehended. They hid in the bed of the truck, which took them to Sierra Vista.
King said he plans to repeat the experiment, perhaps starting deeper in Mexico.
"I guarantee they won't catch us. We'll get right by 'em," King said about the U.S. Border Patrol and Mexican law enforcement.
Ping!
I figure if the Mexican's can smuggle in *tons* of drugs each year, terrorist could easily smuggle in what ever they want.....
LOL!
Dear Senor Escobar,
Consider this my official letter of protest informing you of the presence of millions of your countrymen in the U.S.
Come and get 'em, OK?
P.S. You suck.
From a related article:
"Thousands of Mexicans invade the United States everyday," said Glenn Spencer of ABP, "the idea that the Mexican government would protest if one American set one foot on Mexican soil is the height of chutzpah."
LOL!!!!
That's what Kerry/Edwards and all the Lord Chamberlain like Dems think we should do on the war on Terror.
File a strongly worded letter of protest.
Michael Nicely
Interim Chief of Tucson Sector
U.S. Border Patrol
Tucson, Arizona
Dear Chief Nicely:
My name is Jose Ricardo Humphries Gonzalez. (You can call me Ricardo; Carlos and Carl both do) and I have a request of you, concerning recent policy shifts with your organization and its acquiescence to and cooperation with Mexico.
I am an illegal alien and have been working in the Willcox area for some months. I have a Matricula Consular card, which proves I am here illegally. (If you will send me $50 and a passport photo, I can get one for you, too).
I need to return home for a few weeks and hereby request that you send one of your agents out here to arrest me and take me to the Tucson Airport, so that I can be flown to Mexico City, at American taxpayer expense. Since this is a long flight, I hope I can assume there will be a full meal served instead of just a bag of peanuts. Also, could you tell me how much luggage I am allowed to bring on board?
I need to do a little shopping in Tuxtla Gutierrez so I will also need a free bus ticket there after arriving in Mexico City. The bus will need to be air-conditioned, as it is quite hot down there this time of the year.
I warn you not to quibble with me about this, as the Mexican Secretary of the Interior, Senor Santiago Creel, as well as your President Bush, has made it clear as to what my rights as an illegal alien are.
Actually, your Homeland Security Director, Tom Ridge, pretty much assured Creel that your organization would do just about anything Mexico demanded, including giving me the choice to either fly home or just be taken back to the border, so that I could cross again the following day.
I have done that numerous times in the past but I really want to see my family for awhile, so this time I will fly home.
One thing I don’t understand: the American public seems to be reacting badly to this new program and their anger is not justified. If they are able to pay for us Mexican citizens to fly back to Mexico, I see no reason why they cannot set up a taxpayer-funded program to fly Americans to Mexico. Guadalajara is a very beautiful city, and we would welcome the added tourism.
Please do one more thing for me: After a couple of weeks, alert the Mexican authorities to the fact that there is an American illegally in Mexico, posing as a Mexican, and have them arrest me.
With Mexico’s concern for human rights and its avowed cooperation with you, I am sure they will then give me a limo ride back to Arizona.
Thanking you for your assistance,
Jose Ricardo Humphries Gonzalez
La Perra Flaca, AZ
There's no doubt our gubm't leaders know the know security risk on our southern border. Might as well scream at a brick wall.
They don't want to offend our "friends" south of the border. Yeah, those who chant "Osmama bin Laden" to the US Soccer Team during a match.
PC will kill us. Well, might not all of us, who are willing to defend our turf.
LOL! All pedro girls think alike....
They had better check the bull ring in Tijuana for missing bull ba***. I think Mr. Escobar stole a pair.
How tight can you roll that letter, Señor Escobar?
Most folks in the desert southwest know that you can literally drive an old Sherman tank across our southern frontier without being caught.
As for startling the folks in Northeast into action with these well intended stunts, Forget about it until their neighborhoods are full of Mexicans and their property values just outside the beltway have plummeted.
Talk to the folks in the triangle in North Carolina or anybody in the city of Chicago. The illegals aren't that far from DC right now.
LOL.
I've decided that my Matricula card name will be Pinche Villa.
We need to start putting prices on Mexicos Consul Generals to let them know what it feels like!
bttt
Intersting.
Dear Senor Escobar:
Screw you and the burro you rode in on!
Sincerely,
Redbob
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