From Homeland Security NewsWire:
Mexican border agents cross into U.S. again without permission
Published 8 September 2011
A national watchdog group warns that incursions along the southern border by the Mexican government could be a serious potential security threat
A national watchdog group warns that incursions along the southern border by the Mexican government could be a serious potential security threat.
An investigation by Judicial Watch, a national watchdog group based in Washington, DC, found evidence of several border incursions by the Mexican government in the past several years.
“We were shocked to find that the incidents involved shots fired on both sides of the border, unmarked helicopters invading U.S. airspace, drug smuggling and confrontations between U.S. Border Patrol Agents and armed members of the Mexican Military,” said Tom Fitton, the president of Judicial Watch.
Last week a group of Dove hunters in El Paso, Texas near the Zaragoza Bridge were reported to have run into Mexican Federal Police Agents who allegedly shot at the hunters and stole some hunting equipment.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol confirmed that Mexican agents had crossed into the United States without permission, and the agency is currently investigating the matter.
There is no evidence to confirm what happened during the incident, but both the Border Patrol and the Mexican government are looking into the case.
Fitton said that the most recent incident indicates that the incursion “was not only purposeful, but criminal in the sense that [Mexican agents] came over and seemingly robbed folks.”
He went on to argue that the incursions suggest the federal government has not done enough to secure the border.
“What it means, and it shows, is the border is obviously un-secure and unsafe. With the recent restrictions regarding hunting on the border you have to wonder, who controls our territory? The Mexican Government or the U.S. Government?”
Mexican border agents cross into U.S. again without permission
Published 8 September 2011
A national watchdog group warns that incursions along the southern border by the Mexican government could be a serious potential security threat
A national watchdog group warns that incursions along the southern border by the Mexican government could be a serious potential security threat.
An investigation by Judicial Watch, a national watchdog group based in Washington, DC, found evidence of several border incursions by the Mexican government in the past several years.
“We were shocked to find that the incidents involved shots fired on both sides of the border, unmarked helicopters invading U.S. airspace, drug smuggling and confrontations between U.S. Border Patrol Agents and armed members of the Mexican Military,” said Tom Fitton, the president of Judicial Watch.
Last week a group of Dove hunters in El Paso, Texas near the Zaragoza Bridge were reported to have run into Mexican Federal Police Agents who allegedly shot at the hunters and stole some hunting equipment.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol confirmed that Mexican agents had crossed into the United States without permission, and the agency is currently investigating the matter.
There is no evidence to confirm what happened during the incident, but both the Border Patrol and the Mexican government are looking into the case.
Fitton said that the most recent incident indicates that the incursion “was not only purposeful, but criminal in the sense that [Mexican agents] came over and seemingly robbed folks.”
He went on to argue that the incursions suggest the federal government has not done enough to secure the border.
“What it means, and it shows, is the border is obviously un-secure and unsafe. With the recent restrictions regarding hunting on the border you have to wonder, who controls our territory? The Mexican Government or the U.S. Government?”
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