Thread: Report shows 29 incursions by Mexican officials in U.S.

Report shows 29 incursions by Mexican officials in U.S.

January 9, 2008

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol confirmed 29 recorded incursions into the U.S. by Mexican military or other government agents in the last 12 months, according to a report made public Wednesday by a watchdog group.
Judicial Watch, a conservative, U.S.-based public interest group, said in a news release that Mexican officials were armed in 17 of the 29 incursions during the fiscal year between October 2005 to October 2006.

The group obtained the information through a request under the Freedom of Information Act. The report includes a description of a January 2006 confrontation between Texas officials and several armed men in military uniforms who were seen in a military Humvee near Fort Hancock, Texas. No shots were fired and the suspects fled back into Mexico.

Mexican authorities denied that any Mexican soldiers were involved but the confrontation heightened already tense relations between the U.S. and Mexico over border enforcement.

For years Judicial Watch has publicized government statistics on incursions by Mexican officials that range from drawing guns to wandering unintentionally a few feet across the border.

"These documents not only show the dangerous and chaotic situation at the Mexican border, but also the complicity of some Mexican government agents in violating U.S. law," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a news release.

Officials at Mexico's Foreign Relations Department did not respond to requests for comment.

Between 1996 and 2006, there were 253 confirmed incursions into the U.S by Mexican government officials, according to figures supplied by the Border Patrol to Judicial Watch.

There were 18 confirmed incursions in fiscal year 2005 and 23 in fiscal year 2004, according to the U.S. Border Patrol reports, which are posted on Judicial Watch's website. The most confirmed incursions were 2001, with 43.

U.S. officials also have been accused of incursions into Mexico. In November 2006, U.S. Border Patrol agents chasing suspected drug traffickers on the Texas border allegedly crossed into Mexico and had a brief standoff with Mexican police officers.

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Every Single one of these are an International Incident... yet our pathetic wannabe leaders in DC are shaking in thier shorts from a third world country and are scared to act and frozen with fear.

While our Department of Homeland security, Secretary Michael Chertoff (which by the way reminds me of Barney "no rounds in the chamber" Fife) insists it did not occur....

an incursion could be playing on CNN while he is standing right there and he would denigh that it was happening...

You tell me... do you feel safe

What is the difference between fast boats surrounding our ships at sea from Iran or assults on our US borders from Mexico? What is the damn difference? Why is not Bush threatening Mexico? This is crazy

Mexican soldiers found invading United States
Government report documents dozens of armed campaigns in Texas, Arizona

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A federal document obtained and released by Judicial Watch reveals that there were dozens of armed incursions by Mexican soldiers and police into the United States during Fiscal Year 2007.

The report was obtained by the Washington-based organization that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and it documents 29 confirmed incidents along the U.S.-Mexican border involving Mexican military and/or law enforcement personnel during that time.

"These documents not only show the dangerous and chaotic situation at the Mexican border, but also the complicity of some Mexican government agents in violating U.S. law," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

"The U.S. government must begin to take these incidents more seriously, publicize them and take measures to bring the crisis at our border under control," he said.

The report documents incidents such as the one at the Fort Hancock Station in El Paso.


"[Troopers] attempted to apprehend three vehicles believed to be smuggling contraband on I-10 … As the vehicles approached the border, [troopers] stated that a Mexican Military Humvee armed with a .50 caliber weapon and several soldiers were seen assisting smugglers return to Mexico … Officers then noticed several armed subjects dressed in fatigue type clothing unload the contraband into the Humvee. These subjects set fire to the stalled vehicle before leaving the area."
Judicial Watch noted that of the 29 documented instances, 17 involved armed Mexican government agents.

Another situation:


"On Sept. 16, 2006, a Border Patrol Agent assigned to the Calexico, California Station observed an individual in an olive drab uniform with a possible Mexican flag on the shoulder approximately 100 yards north of the International Border near the Calexico [Port of Entry]. The individual appeared to be carrying a sidearm... "
It's not as though the situations are new, but Judicial Watch spokeswoman Jill Farrell said it appears the U.S. government's policy on such cases is to count them and file the paperwork.

The document also states that between 1996 and September 30, 2006, there were 253 confirmed incursions into the United States by Mexican government personnel. The government has documented shots fired on both sides of the border, unmarked helicopters invading U.S. airspace, drug smuggling and actual confrontations between U.S. Border Patrol agents and armed members of the Mexican military.

One such case happened near Brownsville:


"As the boat proceeded to go down river towards the scene, the [Border Patrol] Agent on board advised via radio that several Mexican soldiers were pointing their rifles in his direction. The agent decided for his safety and the safety of the crew to turn back, but advised that the soldiers were still aiming at them."
Another case found a "Mexican Military boat" that was "providing security and escort for the two others that were later found to be transporting 2,716.53 pounds of marijuana."

"It seems as if, once again, the government is failing to secure our border," Fitton said.

Farrell told WND that the government needs to take such situations seriously, and make sure the public knows. Her group, which obtained the federal reports through a Freedom of Information Act procedure, believes there are some real concerns about the border crisis, she said.

"You would think that the State Department or DHS [Department of Homeland Security] would be involved," she said.

Revealingly, the U.S. government report notes that many of the incursions were both "armed" and "intentional" and cited one incident in a location where construction of a security fence was incomplete.

In another case near Yuma, two uniformed Mexican police officers advanced onto U.S. soil and spent some time there "before walking back south into Mexico."

Previous government documents obtained and released by Judicial Watch note that such "incursions" have been documented in sectors including San Diego, El Centro, Yuma, Tucson, El Paso, Mafa, Lareda and McAllen.

WND previously has reported such armed trafficking has in a series of research projects in the southwestern U.S. deserts.

"I got kind of allergic to pistols being held to my forehead," botanist Richard Felger said in the report.

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Mexico is not a good neighbor.

Dixie

"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican form of Government, and shall protect each of them against invasion." Article IV Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution.

What is the federal governernment doing, we are denied our basic rights under the Constitution.
1. An intenal invasion by millions of illegal aliens.
2. Dozens of armed incursions by Mexican soldiers and police into the United States during Fiscal Year 2007

Iran watches and sees how we handle Mexico's trangressions and learns. Mexican President Calderon welcomed a diplomat from Iran recently.

"The State Department reminds U.S. citizens to avoid participating in demonstrations and other activities that might be deemed political by Mexican authorities. The Mexican Constitution prohibits political activities by foreigners, and such actions may result in detention and/or deportation."
U.S. State Department