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[South Texas:]CBP: Mexican soldiers crossed Valley bridge onto U.S. territory
The Brownsville Herald/Monitor ^ | July 26, 2011 | ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

Posted on 07/26/2011 6:03:45 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch

DONNA — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers were processing 33 Mexican soldiers late Tuesday afternoon after the troops inadvertently crossed onto the U.S. side of the Donna-Rio Bravo International Bridge.

Details of the incident remain unclear, but CBP spokesman Felix Garza said his agency was processing the soldiers for return to Mexico after they found themselves in U.S. territory with four Mexican Humvees.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: borderwar; incursion; mexico
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International News, if this had been the other way around!
1 posted on 07/26/2011 6:03:54 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
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To: SwinneySwitch

How much dope did they find in the Humvees?


2 posted on 07/26/2011 6:06:02 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: HiJinx

PING


3 posted on 07/26/2011 6:12:50 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SwinneySwitch

Yet another act of war that will go unpunished.


4 posted on 07/26/2011 6:13:40 PM PDT by ronnyquest (I spent 20 years in the Army fighting the enemies of freedom only to see fascism elected at home.)
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To: Arrowhead1952; Racehorse; chicagolady; K-oneTexas; fuzzthatwuz; publana; deadmenvote; ...

Ping!

If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.


5 posted on 07/26/2011 6:16:37 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch (Nemo me impune lacessit)
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To: SwinneySwitch

inadvertantly???

inadvertantly???


6 posted on 07/26/2011 6:16:49 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: SwinneySwitch

No way they crossed "by accident"

7 posted on 07/26/2011 6:19:13 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: SwinneySwitch

A second lieutenant and a map...


8 posted on 07/26/2011 6:20:07 PM PDT by GAB-1955 (I write books, love my wife, serve my nation, and believe in the Resurrection.)
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To: SwinneySwitch

As President Bush would say, “So?”


9 posted on 07/26/2011 6:20:45 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Allowing Islam into America is akin to injecting yourself with AIDS to prove how tolerant you are...)
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To: SwinneySwitch

We bombed Libya for less...


10 posted on 07/26/2011 6:20:45 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: GeronL
Inadvertently. Troops of my old regiment invaded Canada once. The border isn't always well-marked and as I noted earlier, lieutenants and maps...
11 posted on 07/26/2011 6:21:31 PM PDT by GAB-1955 (I write books, love my wife, serve my nation, and believe in the Resurrection.)
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To: GAB-1955

Hard to miss the old Rio Grande/Rio Bravo.


12 posted on 07/26/2011 6:25:17 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch (Nemo me impune lacessit)
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To: GAB-1955

This is a well marked international bridge with border guards on both sides, signs, flags and everything else.


13 posted on 07/26/2011 6:26:35 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: ronnyquest
Not an act of war, just a Kinetic Military Action TM.
14 posted on 07/26/2011 6:27:49 PM PDT by LearsFool ("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
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To: LearsFool

LOL!


15 posted on 07/26/2011 6:32:15 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch (Nemo me impune lacessit)
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To: GeronL

Well, it’s confusing, ya know?


16 posted on 07/26/2011 6:39:01 PM PDT by SuzyQue
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To: SwinneySwitch

were they the Sandcat variety?


17 posted on 07/26/2011 6:39:04 PM PDT by RitchieAprile
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To: SwinneySwitch
Hmmmmmmmmmm. 33 soldiers in four HMMWVs. Must have been troop carriers. Those hold at least eight in the back and two in the driver compartment. Nothing to see here. Move along.
Inadvertently? My @$$. What did big sis just say not long ago? The border is more secure than ever.
18 posted on 07/26/2011 6:39:34 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (zero hates Texas and we hate him back. He ain't my president either.)
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To: SwinneySwitch

“...after the troops inadvertently crossed onto the U.S. side...”

Liars!!


19 posted on 07/26/2011 6:48:13 PM PDT by G Larry (I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his character)
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To: GeronL
"This is a well marked international bridge"

I don't get it.

20 posted on 07/26/2011 6:53:59 PM PDT by AGreatPer (Support the troops. Every Friday night at Walter Reed.)
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