Posted on 10/12/2010 2:42:06 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
ZAPATA - A dozen Border Patrol boats, including some from the Valley are now in Zapata. They will be used to patrol and protect Falcon Lake.
The increase comes after the disappearance and presumed murder of David Hartley.
Both the Mexican and American governments are still searching for his body.
People who live along Falcon Lake say the increased security helps. Still, they'd like to see even more.
"I think they can do a lot better and bring more troops so that we can have the homeland security. We need more law enforcement around the border," says Leo Cuellar.
No word on how long the boats will stay in Zapata. A Border Patrol spokesperson declined to comment saying details of their role at Falcon Lake must remain top secret.
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And we should continue the work of fixing our broken immigration system -– to secure our borders and enforce our laws, and ensure that everyone who plays by the rules can contribute to our economy and enrich our nation.
Do you really think she'd go to such a dangerous place to erase her husband?
How about troops taking over all the land surrounding the lake?
You have a very good point. These bloodthirty, piratical thugs should be met with overwhelming force. A few of them, nay, a bunch of them blown to smithereens would quickly put a damper on their terrorism.Obviously the Mexicans can't or won't do anything of the kind. That's why criminals rule Mexico.
Ping!
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It is going to be interesting to see how the Mexican government takes the beheading of their police investigative head that was trying to bring the two fellows determined to be persons-of-interest to ground.
It is amazing that they can show their faces in the press when the cartels kill the police and belittle their capacity to retaliate with something such as a head delivered in a bag.
NAFTA supporters? I see what you did, there.
It would seem that someone figured out that if the coast guard or the border patrol doesn’t put a stop to this crap someone else will, and it won’t be pretty.
I live in one of the more comfortable neighborhoods in Phoenix - close to the I-10 ‘drug route north’. Even our quiet neighborhood is not immune from the cartel’s influence - the traffickers pass through regularly although a few arrests have been made and reported on the Phoenix news shows.
I also work in one of the ‘barrios’ in central Phoenix, needless to say, it is not a safe place. Theft is rampant and security cameras and barbed wire fences are not a deterrent.
My concealed carry permit, even though not required in AZ, is my security blanket, and my Ruger P90, of course.
The answer to the Mexican problem is so simple.....make Mexico the 51st state. Great revenue from tourism, agriculture, oil, lots of resources. It would be a viable and balanced answer.
Come on, UCFR...there were reasons to have some skepticism of the wife’s story. I did for a while, and I live in the Falcon Lake area.
It was, or perhaps I need to say “in a reasonable and sane world, should have been” telling that 3 or 4 congresscritters and Rick Perry seemed to believe the woman. But with the poor judgement that so many elected officials show, one can’t simply take their appearance on TV as credible support for the story.
Now, we seem to have more reasons to believe at least that she probably didn’t kill him.
Horrible idea. Their GDP per capita is less than 20% of ours.
For your own safety... put down the crack pipe and slowly move away from the keyboard.
Like what for example?
All the stuff broadcast, no body, no ski, no lifejacket, the wife’s demeanor, differences in her story etc.
Note I said SOME skepticism. Referring to a reasonable prudent amount.
Just wondered.
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