Posted on 09/03/2008 12:22:32 PM PDT by BGHater
An escalating turf fight between warring drug cartels in Mexico is spreading into the United States with federal officials warning that deadly shootouts and ambushes along the southwestern border pose a serious threat to both U.S. law enforcement and American citizens, according to a confidential multi-agency government report.
The Aug. 29 report predicts a rise in the use of "deadly force" against U.S. police officials, first responders and residents along the border, and further spillage of drug-gang violence deeper into the United States.
Written by the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center (AcTIC) and the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Investigative Support Center, the report also said the drug cartels are expected to hire members of deadly street gangs now in this country, including Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), to "carry out acts of violence against cartel members in the U.S."
"U.S. law enforcement and first responders need to maintain a heightened awareness at all times," the report said.
According to the report, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Times, cartel members and police officials in Mexico, in a bid to spare their families from the violence that has overwhelmed many Mexican border towns, could begin relocating them to the United States, resulting in more homicides and home invasions along the southwestern border, increased availability of high-powered weapons to Mexican drug smugglers already in the U.S., and the potential for the family members to continue drug operations in the U.S.
The report also predicted an increase in assaults against illegal immigrants and rival cartel members in this country, suggested that the presence of cartel members in the U.S. would allow them to gather intelligence on police enforcement activities, and would facilitate their "transport of weapons and currency southbound in tractor trailers."
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Wonder what the security candidate has planned to deal with this situation?
Shhhh... not too loud. The President is sleeping.
An anti-crime, anti-gang 22 year old Fairfield California City Councilman was murdered last night by a Mexican gang.
He’s busy nailing down a party plank to clean carbon from the atmosphere.
easily fixed with about 60 helicopter gunships on the border. Kill what moves!!
A few AC130s too!
They're getting into the neighborhoods of Sacremento, too.
Mexico is quickly becoming the Colombia of the 21st Century.
A couple of weeks ago, Hugh Hewitt briefly quoted on his radio show an email that he had received warning of an impending military coup in Mexico.
He blew it off, because HH is not into ANYTHING controversial (I was shocked that he would even refer to such an email).
I hope that someone in our government is seriously considering such a scenario, and/or a complete collapse of authority in Mexico.
Yep. We have MS-13 all over the place anymore. Makes you get all misty eyed and nostalgic for the ‘good old days’ when all you had to worry about was the Crips and the Bloods.
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