INVASION USA: ARMED STANDOFF ON RIO GRANDE

World Net Daily ^ | Sunday, November 20, 2005 | Staff

[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.

[SerpentDove]

Someone notify the President. He will want to do something about the borders when he hears this.

/sarcasm

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

OK, Jorge, either do something about this right now or get out of the freakin Whitehouse!

[strange1]

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.

So let me get this right, armed military enters our country and were OK with that. I suppose the Dems will say they had no choice.

[G.Mason]

"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." "

That is exactly my take. After all ... what good is a garbage man that is afraid to dispose of the garbage?

[FerdieMurphy]

This invasion by Fox's hoodlums will be the first action item on his desk upon his return from China.

[LachlanMinnesota]

Do not fire until you smell the tacos on their breath!

[FerdieMurphy]

I hope we offered them food and drink.

[SerpentDove]

>>This invasion by Fox's hoodlums will be the first action item on his desk upon his return from China.<<

I hope so. Enough is enough.

If the President ignores this, as has been his custom, then he is a royal idiot, pretending to protect us from terrorism while leaving us open and vulnerable.

[PositiveCogins]

"This invasion by Fox's hoodlums will be the first action item on his desk upon his return from China."

He will pick the report up, read it, blow his nose on it and throw it in the trash. Then he will send someone down to Texas to tell them to keep a lid on any other incidents like this. After all he's just doing what Fox tells him to do.

[BlackbirdSST]

The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico recently married the wealthiest woman in Mexico. What are the odds that he'd do anything to offend his wife's country? What are the odds that he actually represents U.S. interests?

That's the day he should've been relieved of his duties. Blackbird.

[Tammy8]

There was an article in the El Paso paper yesterday that said when agents attempted to stop the truck- it fled back to Mexico. I don't think it was headed to Mexico to begin with, but away from the border on I-10.

It is very common where I live for suspects to try to flee back across the border if they are pursued near it. Happens all the time.

[texianyankee]

Also, you might try clicking on the audio link below of a radio interview of Congressman Culberson.

http://www.760kfmb.com/asx/2005/11/congressman.asx

[raybbr]

"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."

Seems to me an 'international incident' has already occurred.

Oh, wait! George Bush doesn't believe in a southern border so this can only be described as a dispute among friends.

[CindyDawg]

Ok. That makes sense:')

[burzum]

President to SECDEF: "You now own the southern border. Have fun!"

Problem solved.

[DumpsterDiver]

I wish I could find out the name of the sheriff.

These sheriffs were mentioned in this article. Do any of these names ring a bell?

Sheriff Arvin West of Hudspeth County, Texas

Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez Jr., Zapata County, Texas

Sheriff Erasmo Alarcon Jr., of Jim Hogg County, Texas

[DirtyHarryY2K]

Isn't there an Army Base right there?

I think Ft Bliss is an Army Air Base.

[CindyDawg]

IMO, it's time for Gov. Perry to call in the NG. This wasn't only a U.S. attack but Texas was invaded also.

[texianyankee]

"On the Rick Roberts Show Congressman Culberson said one of the Al Qaeda members he knew of being captured and held at the Hudspeth County Jail in West Texas (recently picked up by the FBI) was operating across the river from El Paso for at least a year. During that year he had been keeping a diary of the movement of people, law enforcement officers, wildlife, and climate patterns. Hmmmm… Wonder why he was tracking those climate patterns?"

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