Thread: Agents, Deputies come under fire from Mexico

Agents, Deputies come under fire from Mexico
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 Posted: 10:45 PM


Gunmen invade Mexican ranch house, shoot at American law enforcement

DONNA - Border Patrol agents and Hidalgo County Sheriff deputies are pinned down by automatic weapons fire from across the Rio Grande.

Deputies believe Mexican gunmen stormed a ranch house on the Mexican side of the river. Two men fled the invasion by swimming across the river to the U.S. side. When deputies and agents responded to area, they came under fire.

"Our deputies and Border Patrol agents came under fire," said Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino. "Under automatic weapons fire from the Mexican side. Our deputies and Border Patrol agents took cover. The firing lasted three or four minutes."

Law enforcement then came under fire from the American side of the river from what they believe were gunman chasing the escapees.

Later on, firing would again come the Mexican side. Deputies believe gunmen from across the river were covering for members of their group which crossed into the United States.

According to agents and deputies, no one was hurt on the American side, and they did not return fire across the river.

The men who escaped say the gunman killed one ranch hand and kidnapped their father, but that has not been authenticated by American law enforcement.

http://newschannel5.tv/2006/7/12/8411/A ... rom-Mexico

What was that saying again about family values and the Rio Grande?

A fence might have prevented some of this.

Dixie

I've heard they are getting bolder and bolder along the border and this adds credence to that. Oh, where oh where has our president gone, oh where oh where can he be?

jean, I do believe he has taken a recess!

Bush is headed to the Geneva and G8 talks.

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1017242006

Members of the Bush administration head to Geneva later on Wednesday for discussions with World Trade Organisation chief Pascal Lamy, while President George W. Bush will meet heads of state from the group of seven leading industrial nations plus Russia at a weekend summit in St Petersburg, Russia.

Wonder what secret pact he is going to sign there. Will it be called The Super-Super Prosperity Partnership? Stay tuned!

Dixie

More globalistic stuff. Sure is hard not to use words I'm not suppose to.