Posted on 05/25/2010 11:57:34 PM PDT by donna
PHOENIX -- Trucks packed full with border crossers. Smugglers carrying guns. Others carrying drugs.
Those are just a few of the videos recorded by two websites documenting the activities on Arizona's border in the past two months.
"Not only is it realistic, this happens on a daily basis," said Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu.
Armed with small hidden cameras, SecureBorderIntel.org and BorderInvasionPics.com have logged hours of video and thousands of undocumented immigrants and drug runners.
The websites' creators say they are looking to bring awareness to "the magnitude of the problem."
Pinal County is one of the major routes for human and drug smugglers. Babeu says these videos provide an accurate glimpse into what his deputies see.
(Excerpt) Read more at abc15.com ...
The links to the raw-video sites are there, too.
ping
Sending in the National Guard, armed, is long overdue. And it is long past time to start sending in special forces to deal with the armed drug runners and couriers. One shot, one kill.
Just imagine all that has gone on for decades and decades...the human caravans. It is surprising that it never seemed to be addressed in such a vocal manner until now. This is nothing short of an invasion, and it must be stopped. The cost for controlling this will be much, but it will be worth it.
Look what happened in 2007 [This is Big Sis talking when she was still AZ governor]:
Arizona Border Encounter Gets Political
Jan. 29, 2007
Excerpt
Four National Guard soldiers from Tennessee were at a lookout post at the border when they were approached by six to eight gunmen wearing bulletproof vests. One of the gunmen came within 35 feet of the observation site, according to investigators’ summaries.
The soldiers contacted Border Patrol agents and pulled back, investigators concluded. The Border Patrol tracked the armed men back to the border but could not locate them. No shots were fired.
Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano, National Guard officials and some state lawmakers defended the decision to call in the Border Patrol, saying the troops are not supposed to perform law enforcement duties. The governor’s office has said the rules allow Guard members to use force when they believe they face an imminent threat and all other means are exhausted.
“I don’t think that it’s up to the committee to negotiate the rules of engagement,” Napolitano said. “Those rules of engagement were negotiated with the National Guard at the federal level.”
The troops were among the 6,400 National Guard members sent to the four southern border states to support immigration agents, and leave the agents with more time to catch illegal immigrants.
The support duties include monitoring border points, assisting with cargo inspection and operate surveillance cameras.
“We don’t apprehend,” said Maj. Paul Aguirre, a spokesman for the Arizona National Guard. “We don’t detain. We don’t transport.”
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/1/29/80614.shtml
Private Citizens doing the job of the Press.
God Bless um
This is a good idea.
this video shows they are working the boarder moving drugs not crossing to live here. I really believe drugs should be legalized... what business does government have with drugs?
If you state wants to legalize drugs, it should do so.
I am sorry what was that?
Somehow I'd like to think that in the back of his mind he was thinking "you don't need to 'transport' when you've opened up on them with Ma Deuce." However, this 'spokesman' was probably a Napolitano clone droid basically saying "we're really not out here to do shit, just a photo op for Janet."
Is anyone else struck by the irony of a television station with videographers on staff relying on links and submitted video to document the shambles at the border?
That’s exactly what I was thinking about “god bless” the private citizens. Not only that but the guberment has tried making it difficult for private citizens in the process ... not even having the class to just stay the hell out of the way.
Ping!
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