Posted on 11/03/2011 6:24:14 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The recent arrests of three alleged drug gang leaders from Mexico and the shooting of a sheriff's deputy in South Texas are raising fears among some Lone Star State officials that the brutal drug wars plaguing Mexico are taking hold north of the Rio Grande.
On Sunday, Deputy Hugo Rodriguez of Hidalgo County in the southern tip of Texas was shot several times when he pulled over a vehicle containing a person kidnapped by members of Mexico's Gulf Cartel, County Sheriff Lupe Trevino said. Rodriguez's bulletproof vest saved his life, Trevino said.
"I have always said we have never reported spillover violence, but I have to say that this particular incident is our first example," Trevino said.
Trevino said cartel leaders told members to enter the United States to search for marijuana stolen from the cartel. The Mexican gang used members of a Texas-based street gang, mostly illegal immigrants, to seek out the drugs, Trevino said.
And three alleged high-ranking leaders of the Gulf Cartel have been arrested in Texas in the past two weeks after seeking refuge in the United States in the aftermath of internal gang warfare, according to federal court documents released this week.
"Amazingly, these individuals are using Texas as a safe haven to protect themselves from the very violence that they have created," U.S. Senator John Cornyn, a Republican from Texas, told reporters this week.
The internal warfare was sparked by the September murder in Mexico of Samuel Flores Borrego, a top Gulf Cartel leader, according to the court documents. His death has led to a power struggle between two factions of the Gulf Cartel.
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I suggest “OPEN CARRY”
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“Yeah, we welcome them to the hooskow.
Texans risk their lives to stop this stuff.
A deputy was shot trying to stop this stuff.”
What are you talking about? We’re not ‘heartless’ here in Texas. If anyone, you should know that.
Yes, our leaders do. You know it's bad when little 6th graders know all about gangs and can name names. Also, the AP is reporting today that Perry once again said we should give them visas to come and go anytime they wished. Is it any wonder he's polling at 8%.
“In state tuition and a work visa to come. What’s not to like for a cartel member? “
But if we elect the ‘wrong’ person, we’ll be perceived as ‘heartless’, and we can’t have that...
Only a brain dead cockroach liberal (Bush, Clinton, O’Bummer, et al) could possibly deny the wetback druggers are here.
And this surprises — who?!
Texans and other Americans used to risk their lives to stop the illegal drug alcohol. Now, how did we solve that problem ...?
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