Posted on 11/28/2004 12:16:54 PM PST by RepublicanReptile
A band of Mexican army deserters that smuggles illicit drugs into the United States across the southern Texas border has offered bounties of up to $50,000 for the assassination of U.S. Border Patrol agents and state and local police officers, U.S. law-enforcement authorities said.
The gang, known as the "Zetas" or the "Z's," is suspected in nearly 90 deaths of rival gang members in the past two years as part of a violent drug war to control trafficking across the Mexico-Texas border. Members use their military training and stolen equipment, including high-powered weapons, to fight competing organizations.
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PING
SO9
This article just begs for US Troops on the border! Let's Roll!
I don't know what keeps those Border Patrol agents on the job. It is a thankless position. Our government doesn't support them, and now Mexican gangs are going to off them.
Pings, guys.
Not enough. We also need to send an Expeditionary Force into Mexico to clean out thte border area.
So9
It's getting more dangerous as the Mexican government gets more aggressive. And desperate --- the very reforms that they MUST make aren't going to be made as long as they can keep the borders open.
Our POTUS would NEVER do anything to "offend" Mexico. So this is only a pipe dream...although I agree 100%.
This uncontrolled immigration agenda as well as his willingness to "bend over" for MX is getting tiresome from our "conservative" POTUS.
Why stop at the border? The whole country needs a capitalist enema.
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