Thread: INVASION USA: MEXICAN COMMANDOS NEW THREAT ON BORDER

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Invasion USA: Mexican Commandos New Threat On Border
Trained by US Forces to combat drug cartels-switched sides
Posted: May 27, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern

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WASHINGTON – Elite Mexican commandos, trained by U.S. forces to combat the drug cartels have switched sides and are working for the drug smugglers in the border area posing a special hazard to American law enforcement and Border Patrol agents, according to a U.S. Justice Department memo.

The commandos, trained by the U.S. Army at Fort Benning, Georgia, are known as "Los Zetas."

The Justice Department warning was sent to law enforcement agencies throughout the Southwest.

Using the commando training, Los Zetas are known to be extremely violent and have been blamed for an outbreak of violence along the Mexican border.

There are reports of the commandos making cross-border runs into U.S. territory in military-style vehicles, armed with automatic weapons.

The U.S. government has spent millions of dollars training Los Zetas to intercept drugs, some of them coming from Mexico's southern border, before they could reach the U.S. The U.S. government has also sent U.S. Border Patrol agents to Mexico's southern border with Guatemala to train law enforcement and military forces to intercept human smugglers destined to reach the U.S.

"Things like that are a concern to us, especially trained here on the U.S. side," Pima County Sheriff Tony Estrada told KVOA, channel 4 in Tucson, Arizona. "They've gotten pretty special training. ... Now, they are working with drug traffickers on the Mexican side."

Lt. Ron Benson added: "Not only did they receive some early military training but they developed their own internal training as well increasing their violence far beyond their own original capabilities."

Benson has worked with the Department of Homeland Security and tracked the rogue Mexican commandos. He is now retiring from the Pima County Sheriff's Department and will be working with the FBI.

"They are a threat to authorities not only in Texas, but in New Mexico, Arizona and California," he said. "Because we believe Los Zetas are being used as protectors for narcotics coming into this country."

Benson says sons and nephews of Los Zetas are starting their own organization and taking part in the drug wars.

Three armed men run up a hill after being caught in the act of entering the United States. We know the photos taken here are not the best after being captured from video footage taken by independent reporter Chris Simcox last Saturday, January, 24, 2004.
At approximately 8 a.m. a group of six heavily armed soldiers were surprised just as they were crossing the fence into U.S. territory. Three hours later a wave of illegals came over the border fence in the exact same area. Since Saturday over 500 people have been documented crossing through this area.


Men armed with rifles run away after being caught in the act of crossing the fence into U.S. territory.
Heavily armed patrol questions presence of U.S. journalists on border fence.

Unidentified military unit caught crossing U.S. Border

by Chris Simcox
Tombstone Tumbleweed

Well before dawn broke on a chilly Saturday morning volunteers of Civil Homeland Defense were in position atop ridges along the San Pedro River scouting for groups of people entering the country illegally. Through binoculars this reporter spotted two military type vehicles parked at an abandoned ranch just across the “Line�, the U.S. - Mexico border.
With me that morning was an independent photo journalist from Texas; we’ll call him Mike. Also along with our patrol was an independent video journalist, Caesar from Texas. The two had been with us on many patrols and have documented hours of our operations and numerous encounters with illegal invaders. That morning they finally had the opportunity to see what we had told them about, they got their “money shot�, what they had been waiting for: drug dealers, illegals and a run-in with the legendary rogue para-military groups that “patrol� the Mexican side of the border.
I asked the two if they wanted to move in closer; they were of course eager to get as close as possible. I’m sure they were not exactly prepared for what happened next.
We loaded into my truck and drove to within a couple hundred yards of the line; I parked the truck behind some trees and thick brush wanting to move in as quietly as possible.
I took the two journalists through the brush, parallel to the border fence and came up through a wash in a low area that was hidden by a dirt berm. We kneeled behind the berm and peered over the top for a perfect view of the ranch. We were as close as we could get - right on the fence.
Just as I peered over the top of the berm, I heard rustling in the wash to my right. Suddenly three armed men appeared from the brush. They moved quickly to the fence. One slung his rifle over his shoulder and leaned over to put a leg through the fence. We were no more than 25 feet away. As the young man leaned over he turned his head and looked right along the fence and right into my eyes.



It was one of those moments - the pregnant pause - all three seemed as surprised to see us as we were to see them.
With haste the three men moved away from the fence and back into the thicket of mesquite and tall grass, shouting to others as they noisily retreated back towards the ranch. My attention was then drawn to an area only a few feet away directly in front of me. It was apparent there was another squad of three men; they also immediately retreated back up the hill. Six men emerged from the back sight line of the thicket and all ran the 300 yards back to the vehicles.
We could see the men run to what was apparently the leader of the squad where they conversed for a few seconds. A moment later 10 of the men jumped into one of the troop transport vehicles and drove down the hill in our direction. They stopped directly in front of us on the dirt road that parallels the border fence on the Mexican side.
Four men with rifles, M-16’s and FAL’s, jumped from the truck and approached us on the fence. The cameras were rolling - on both sides. As the


men approached, one of them was taking photographs of us.
The leader approached, I said, “Hola, como estas; buenos dias.� He asked immediately if we were immigration. I told him no. He then told us in Spanish it was prohibited for us to film them. We told him we were media and we had the right to film. He became a bit agitated at that point and asked for more specifics about who we were and why we were here. I asked him the same question. He told us they were out here protecting the border - just doing their job. We asked if they were military, they did not respond. The leader seemed perplexed about who we were and again asked what business we had in the area. We again replied we were journalists covering the illegal immigration story. The leader again said we should not be in this area.



None of the uniforms the men were wearing had patches, names or insignias of any kind that would identify them as official Federales or Mexican military personnel.
Two of the men standing next to the leader kept their weapons in the ready position; the other had his rifle slung over his shoulder. The leader again firmly asked us to stop filming. Caesar and I continued to film with video cameras; Mike obeyed and lowered his 35 millimeter with zoom lens. The leader told us we were “annoying and bothering his group.� He said we should leave the area. We did not reply.


He said “Gracias,� and told us to have a good day and returned to the vehicle and drove back up the hill to the ranch.
Moments later a pickup truck with the back cargo area covered came down the road from Naco towards the ranch on the Mexico side. The vehicle first slowed when the driver spotted us, then sped away towards the ranch. As the driver passed the soldiers he waved and continued past the ranch and drove behind it.
Both troop vehicles immediately loaded up and followed the truck on the road behind the ranch and out of view of our cameras.
The leader told us they were patrolling the border, yet just a few buildings away about half-a-dozen plain clothed civilians were milling around a small adobe house tucked in the middle of the multi-building compound. The house has been in use for years as the drop off, staging area for groups of people who enter the United States illegally using the San Pedro River Valley as their guide north.
Starting three hours after the face- to- face encounter with the armed squad of men, CHD volunteers assisted Border Patrol with locating a group of nine illegal entrants a half mile north of the Mexican ranch. Two hours later another group of 10 illegals was rounded up by Border Patrol after being tracked by CHD volunteers.
As of noon on Wednesday over 500 people have been documented coming through the same area. Most used the ranch as their staging point.
The men dressed in olive drab uniforms are still there too.

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Three armed men run up a hill after being caught in the act of entering the United States. We know the photos taken here are not the best after being captured from video footage taken by independent reporter Chris Simcox last Saturday, January, 24, 2004.
At approximately 8 a.m. a group of six heavily armed soldiers were surprised just as they were crossing the fence into U.S. territory. Three hours later a wave of illegals came over the border fence in the exact same area. Since Saturday over 500 people have been documented crossing through this area.
Men armed with rifles run away after being caught in the act of crossing the fence into U.S. territory.
Heavily armed patrol questions presence of U.S. journalists on border fence.
After relaying message of their encounter with journalists 10 men load into the old Humvee and drive down to investigate further.
Four members of a 22 man squad of “soldiers� walk away after encounter with journalists on the U.S. Mexico border in Cochise County Arizona.
Three hours after the encounter with soldiers CHD volunteers find the first group of a literal wave of people entering the country illegally. Many of them questioned why they were being detained, “We have come for our Amnesty�, one man told the first Border Patrol agent to arrive. The agent thanked us for our help.
A group of illegals awaits Border Patrol after encountering CHD volunteers in the same location. Border Patrol arrived after almost an hour wait. The agent never got out of his vehicle and was told by a supervisor over the radio to leave the area for a more “high priority� call. We had to let the group go; we followed them back to the border asking them to return through legal channels. They laughed and sat down to wait until we left the area then crossed over again. Border Patrol is overwhelmed to the breaking point. They can’t even round up 20 % of the illegals invading our country.