Mexican soldiers crossed clear line

Washington Times ^ | 10/14/2008 | Jerry Seper

[markomalley]

The nation's border czar has concluded that Mexican soldiers who held a U.S. Border Patrol agent at gunpoint in August did so after bypassing a barbed-wire fence and other clearly visible barriers to cross into the United States, contradicting claims by the State Department and the Mexican government that the soldiers were simply lost.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner W. Ralph Basham, in a private letter to the National Border Patrol Council Local 2544 in Tucson, Ariz., described the Aug. 3 border incident as a "potential lethal encounter involving four Mexican armed military soldiers north of the international boundary."

"There is a barbed-wire fence and new tactical infrastructure within sight that marks the borderline where the incident took place," Mr. Basham said. "Our uniformed agent, in a marked Border Patrol vehicle, identified himself in both English and Spanish."

Mr. Basham, who oversees the Border Patrol, said that while most incursions into the United States by Mexican military or law enforcement authorities take place in remote areas where the international border is poorly marked, "that was not the case in this particular incident."

He also described the tactics used against the agent, including the pointing of automatic rifles at him, as "unacceptable," adding that the incident had been "thoroughly documented by the Department of Homeland Security." He said the matter has since been sent to the State Department "with a request for diplomatic action."

[happinesswithoutpeace]

The zetas have wanted to kidnap and murder US agents for a long time.

I think this would have had a very bad ending if this guys backup didn’t arrive when they did.

[Eric Blair 2084]

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[Jeff Chandler]

the State Department and the Mexican government...

[teletech]

I know, but don't lose heart. Kerry was just as ahead, if not more so on Oct. 22! What that tells me, is being it was so close, we CANNOT AFFORD TO ALLOW ANY VOTE FRAUD!

I will believe we have gotten serious about vote fraud when I see ACORN people indicted. I think by now all the fraud, sadly, is a done deal.

I'm in Illinois but I will still crawl on my hands and knees over broken glass to vote for Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin. I have talked to everyone I know both family and friends and we are all voting for McCain/Palin. I know it won't matter much here in Illinois but at least I can rest easy knowing I did the right thing.

[DTogo]

contradicting claims by the State Department and the Mexican government that the soldiers were simply lost.

The Bush Administration is the one who's lost on this issue, and many others.

[April Lexington]

Simple solution. Move the Southern US border to the Mexico/Guatemala line. 98% of Mexicans would love us, the Social Security system would be flush with new cash and the illegal alien problem would end. Tippy McCain and Tyler too!

[Fichori]

S³

Sooner or later, it'll quit happening.

[Netizen]

You mean it wasn’t one of those high tech ‘virtual barbed wire fences’?

[JSDude1]

UH HUH.

I say we restart the doctrine of “mercantilism”..It’s time the USA recoup some of our losses in Mexico!

[Netizen]

HaHa That’s great!

[BellStar]

The state department always covers for the mexicans!

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[wac3rd]

GWB...”Transporting narcotics Americans just won’s smuggle themselves.”

[Mind-numbed Robot]

So the state department covered for the mexicans, it seems. Condi Rice needs to be terminated immediately. Let her sell her PC globalism back at Stanford. Reminds me of the Dept of Homeland Security a**holes that lied about Ramos and Compean. BTW, were they fired?

I am inclined to give both Rice and Bush the benefit of the doubt. I think our State Department and our CIA have been so thoroughly penetrated by the Left that they are getting bad information.

[kevinw]

I agree with you. Next time Mexican soldiers come here, we should shoot them.

[pissant]

You may be right. But where are they publicly castigating the continued malfeasance, and just as importantly, firing these hacks?

[roamer_1]

I am inclined to give both Rice and Bush the benefit of the doubt. I think our State Department and our CIA have been so thoroughly penetrated by the Left that they are getting bad information.

Yeah, riiiight. See you at the signing.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

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[American in Israel]

Shoot, shovel and shutup.

[roamer_1]

Arbusto Is Lookin'Out For US Ya' Know!!!(Barf!!!)...:0(

He needs to go off to KennedyBunkMatePort with his Pappy where he belongs. And he can take John "the traitorous bastard" McCain with him, as far as I am concerned.