Posted on 11/20/2005 5:34:36 AM PST by FerdieMurphy
Uniformed Mexicans with guns, bulldozer seize drug-bust truck from Border Patrol
U.S. Border Patrol agents were backed down this week by armed men, dressed in what appeared to be Mexican military uniforms and carrying military weapons, who seized a captured dump truck filled with marijuana from the U.S. agents and dragged it across the border into Mexico with a bulldozer.
The border incident occurred Thursday evening when Border Patrol agents attempted to pull over a dump truck on Interstate 10 in Hudspeth County, Texas. The driver fled from the agents, exiting the freeway and driving toward the Rio Grande which runs within 2 miles of the interstate in this portion of West Texas.
The driver abandoned the truck after it became stuck in the river bed, escaping into Mexico.
Agents called for reinforcement from the Texas state troopers and Hudspeth County sheriff and began unloading the haul – estimated to have been nearly 3 tons – when everything changed.
Officers "started to retrieve the bundles when the armed subjects appeared," said Agent Ramiro Cordero, Border Patrol spokesman.
According to Hudspeth County Chief Deputy Mike Doyal, the dump truck driver returned with armed men, some of whom drove "official looking vehicles with overhead lights." Some of those armed, Doyal told the El Paso Times, appeared to be Mexican soldiers in uniform with military weapons.
"It's a very serious incident," Doyal said. "We are very fortunate ... no one got hurt. Everyone had the presence of mind not to cause an international incident, or start shooting."
As WorldNetDaily has reported, there are widespread reports of U.S.-trained Mexican commandos, called the Zetas, making cross-border runs into U.S. territory in military-style vehicles, armed with automatic weapons.
The Zetas were trained as elite commandos by U.S. forces to combat the drug cartels, but they have switched sides and are working for the drug smugglers in the border area posing a special hazard to American law enforcement and Border Patrol agents, according to a U.S. Justice Department memo. Under the control of reputed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the Zetas are conducting a bloody war for control of the entire southern border in an effort to secure a monopoly on drug-smuggling and people-smuggling routes.
As both sides faced off, a bulldozer appeared from the Mexico side of the river and was used by the armed men to pull the dump truck – and the two-thirds of the marijuana that had not yet been unloaded – into Mexico. The bulldozer, Doyal said, is believed to be used regularly to make makeshift crossings over the Rio Grande.
The "armed encounter with drug smugglers," as Cordero described it, is under investigation. No confirmation was made as to whether or not the "soldiers" belonged to the Mexican military.
"Everyone had the presence of mind not to cause an international incident, or start shooting.""
That isn't presence of mind, it's cowardice. These cops were doing their job--ANYONE interfering should have been dealt with.
They SHOULD have taken cover and responded with fire for that reason and also to FORCE an an "incident."
Doubtless they had been previously warned NOT to fire on Mexicans in just such a situation.
These are Vincente's own thugs. Where do you think Fox get's his money to stay in power? It's not from 10000% futures trading like Hitlery (sarcasm)....
Exactly why are we (as in the US) putting up with this crap? Oh- it's because Bush loves Fox and all Mexicans - especially those who are here illegally.
Nevermind.
That's right... they'll call you when they need you to bury the dead.
I think the sheriff's name is N. Existent. Or possibly Justin Urban-Legend.
And our gov continues to allow this pi##hole of a country beat up on us.
bttt
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Because it is more important for some people to maintain access to an endless supply of underclass labor.
This is pathetic!!!!
Nah....we wait until they are storming the US Capitol building in DC. Then we get out the non-lethal rounds - we don't want an international incendent of one of them were to be hurt by a White American doing his job.....
Good point. This is what I've been saying about Fischer in Germany. His new girlfirend, after his 4th or 5th five had dumped him (any surpises?), is Iranian. How could this man still be negotiating with the Ayatollahs about nukes when he was most probably being whispered traitorous words in his bedroom?
We need a fence like the one proposed in the movie Coneheads.
And we laugh at France.
Google is your friend. Cut and paste.
Take a Look at this!!!!
The only TV time this might get is from Brit Hume or BOR.
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