[South Texas: Mexican]Human Rights Group Watching Minutemen

KRGV-5 ^ | April 10, 2007

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People reporting group handcuffed them

REYNOSA - A human rights group in Mexico is taking a stand against the Minutemen.

Fortino Lopez Balcazar says, "They're dangerous and their entire group is dangerous for people who want to cross illegally."

Balcazar is the president of Reynosa's human rights organization. He tells us he doesn't advise people to cross illegally, but he does tell them how to do it safely if they're going to do it.

The organization says it's out to warn people what they're up against when they cross the border.

Balcazar says people who cross and have been deported are saying negative things about the Minutemen.

He tells us, "When they intercept them on the other side, they handcuff them, tie them up, holding them for the Border Patrol."

"What gives them the right to believe they're in a position of authority?" he asks. "That's what the Border Patrol is for."

Balcazar is out on the river a few times a week, looking for anything out of the ordinary. He tells us he's looking for the Minutemen.

He laughs and adds sometimes he spots people looking at him through their binoculars on the other side of the river.

We asked the Minutemen organization here in South Texas about its policies. They tell us no one is allowed to speak, gesture, or touch illegals. They say their job is to observe the activity and report it to Border Patrol.

But Balcazar says he'll be watching.

"If we see something going wrong, we're here. And we're going to report it to the authorities," he tells us.

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"What gives them the right to believe they're in a position of authority?"

Ever read the U.S. Constitution, Balcazar?

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their entire group is dangerous for people who want to cross illegally."

That sentence just cracks me up.

[100-Fold_Return]

In a few short months the MSM will have Americans applauding as Minutemen start heading for federal prisons, with some turning state’s witnesses.

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Border Watch Ping!

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[Regulator]

In a few short months the MSM will have Americans applauding as Minutemen start heading for federal prisons, with some turning state’s witnesses

Johnny Sutton's dreaming about it right now. Well, in his case, maybe a bit more than that. After all, he's been imprisoning American police at a dizzying rate, what's a few upright citizens to lock up as well?

He'll probably be paid handsomely by his superiors in Mexico.

[Ben Mugged]

Another good reason to build the wall, so they can’t see.

[wolfcreek]

“In a few short months the MSM will have Americans applauding as Minutemen start heading for federal prisons, with some turning state’s witnesses.”

That will be the day when the chingalara hits the fan.

[Man50D]

"They're dangerous and their entire group is dangerous for people who want to cross illegally."

Good! Then cross legally!

[potlatch]

"They're dangerous and their entire group is dangerous for people who want to cross illegally."

LOLOL, that stopped me in my tracks right there!! Hilarious.

[SmoothTalker]

Breaking the law is a human right?

[JamesP81]

Breaking the law is a human right?

In the land of PC, sure...

[andyk]

"If we see something going wrong, we're here. And we're going to report it to the authorities," he tells us.

Unless, of course, it's a Mexican illegally entering the US.

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Fortino Lopez Balcazar

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[3AngelaD]

I like this one, too. "Balcazar says people who cross and have been deported are saying negative things about the Minutemen." So these jokers are standing on the Mexican side of the border telling illegals to watch out for the Minutemen, because the Minutemen are meanies?

Also, "If we see something going wrong, we're here. And we're going to report it to the authorities...." I wonder which authorities that would be. This story reads like it was written by a someone who didn't managed to make it through the 4th grade.

[brytlea]

Fortino Lopez Balcazar says, "They're dangerous and their entire group is dangerous for people who want to cross illegally."

Gosh, I do feel like Alice when she fell down that rabbit hole. I thought for sure when I read that line that this was a parody, but I guess not. People really are stupid.

susie

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“Stupid is as stupid does.”

[nosofar]

"If we see something going wrong, we're here. And we're going to report it to the authorities," he tells us.

I'd say he views illegal entry as 'something going right'.