Border Patrol Fires Tear Gas Into Mexico

Breitbart.com ^ | Dec. 17, 2007 | ELLIOT SPAGAT

[waimea.man]

SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Border Patrol says its agents were attacked nearly 1,000 times during a one-year period along the Mexican border, typically by assailants hurling rocks, bottles and bricks. Now the agency is responding with tear gas and powerful, pepper-spray weapons, including firing into Mexico.

The counteroffensive has drawn complaints that innocent families are being caught in the crossfire.

"A neighbor shouted, 'Stop it! There are children living here," said Esther Arias Medina, 41, who on Wednesday fled her Tijuana, Mexico, shanty with her 3-week-old grandson after the infant began coughing from smoke that seeped through the walls.

A helmeted agent on the U.S. side said nothing as he stood with a rifle on top of a 10-foot border fence next to the three-room home that Arias shares with six others.

"We don't deserve this," Arias said. "The people who live here don't throw rocks. Those are people who come from the outside, but we're paying the price."

Witnesses in Arias' hardscrabble neighborhood described eight attacks since August that involved tear gas or pepper spray, some that forced residents to evacuate.

[waimea.man]

We're at war with Mexico?

[gubamyster]

ping

[Misterioso]

We're at war with Mexico?

I don't know about you but I am.

[reagan_fanatic]

Border Patrol Fires Tear Gas Into Mexico

Great. Now all those illegal aliens streaming over the border will by crying as well.

[Logical me]

A neighbor shouted, 'Stop it! There are children living here

Then stop the damn rock throwing. Typical nitwit.

[ricmc2175]

This is the Reconquista of Azatlan, do you not know?

[DLfromthedesert]

They’re certainly at war with us.

[wastedyears]

Where’s Teddy Roosevelt when you need him?

[from occupied ga]

We're at war with Mexico?

You bet, and we're losing.

[no-to-illegals]

We're at war with Mexico? __________________________________________________________

nope, medico is sending everyone over here for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, America gets what's left, after the invasion eats.

[wastedyears]

Why something so small?

[kc8ukw]

“The Border Patrol says its agents were attacked nearly 1,000 times during a one-year period along the Mexican border”

And if the television media reported this regularly, Americans would be up in arms.

[Rick.Donaldson]

"We don't deserve this," Arias said. "The people who live here don't throw rocks. Those are people who come from the outside, but we're paying the price."

Then guess what, pardner, you need to wake yer ass up and STOP those outsiders from makin' life TOUGH on you!

[Ajnin]

The Border Patrol says its agents were attacked nearly 1,000 times during a one-year period along the Mexican border

If this number only includes reported assaults then this number is extremely low.

[Rick.Donaldson]

This crap (these attacks) have been going on for over five years. In fact, I remember doing an investigation myself that found there were people being attacked as far back as 99 or so (I am going from memory). Somewhere, I have those reports posted.... (another site? I’ll have to look)

[Misterioso]

We don’t even have to bring tanks, just get our trusty .30-30s, .308s and .30-06’s and get on our horses!!!!

Damn! My horse is in the shop.

[HD1200]

There is a business potential here.

For a fee, how about allowing paintballers to sit up on the fence and paintball rock throwers.

Just throw up some 4 way pallets for protection for the Americans and let them blast away with their paintball guns..........

[Rick.Donaldson]

Mine’s been dead a few years. Gonna have to take a Jeep I reckon - or walk. I’m not far. Just a state south...