Right. But, what about the river? Had it entirely dried up and disappeared amongst the shrubs, without even a trace of the riverbed?
Somewhere I read some US official was saying the riverbed in the area of the incident was flat brushland with the actual border hard to see, but, what about the water itself? Is this some area where the river's course takes multiple complex paths, like the Mississippi does along some parts of the MN / WI border? Or... I also see a few spots, one is near a place called "Red Light Draw", where the river is apparently NOT the border -- likely because of a course change since the border was drawn.
Still, you'd think even half-competent military (Mexico) should be well aware of such locations.
Something else I've not heard stated - granted I've only read a few articles about the incident: Were our people in uniform? Granted that even then, someone might try to impersonate a couple US soldiers, so the Mexican soldiers might be wary. But again, this is leaning over backwards to give the Mexicans the benefit of the doubt. They SHOULD know where they are.
True.
There is land, north of the Ohio river, that is Kentucky.