Thread: Mexican army convoys bringing aid to U.S.

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Tuesday, September 6, 2005 · Last updated 5:20 p.m. PT

Mexican army convoys bringing aid to U.S.

By MARK STEVENSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

MEXICO CITY -- A Mexican army aid convoy set out for the U.S. border Tuesday, carrying water treatment plants, mobile kitchens and supplies to feed the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Large Mexican flags were taped to many of the 35 green-painted Mexican army trucks and tractor trailers as they rumbled northward, in what apparently will be the first Mexican military unit to operate on U.S. soil since 1846.

The trucks, carrying 195 unarmed soldiers, officers and specialists, were expected to arrive in Laredo, Texas, sometime Wednesday. From there they are to proceed to Houston, where they will apparently be used to produce water and hot meals.

The convoy included two mobile kitchens that can feed 7,000 people each per day, three flatbed trucks carrying mobile water treatment plants, and 15 trailers of bottled water, blankets and applesauce.

It also includes military engineers, doctors and nurses.



In 1846, Mexican troops briefly advanced just north of the Rio Grande in Texas, which had then recently joined the United States. Mexico, however, did not then recognize the Rio Grande as the U.S. border.

The two countries quickly became mired in the Mexican-American War, which led to the loss of half of Mexico's territory in 1848.

Mexico sent a squadron of pilots to train in the United States in the 1940s, but they served outside the United States - in the Philippines - in World War II.

In 1916, the revolutionary leader Pancho Villa led a group of irregular fighters in a brief raid into Columbus, N.M., in what is considered the last battle against foreign forces on U.S. soil.

Mexico was planning another 12-vehicle aid convoy to leave Tuesday or Wednesday and already has a Mexican navy ship steaming toward the Mississippi coast with rescue vehicles and helicopters.

Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez has said Mexico is setting up consular offices in trailers around the disaster zone to help some of the estimated 140,000 Mexicans who live in the region, 10,000 of them in New Orleans.

In addition, help was offered by a search-and-rescue group called "topos" - which translates as "moles" - organized by youths who dug through collapsed buildings after Mexico City's 1985 earthquake.

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Mexico storm recovery help heads to New Orleans


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11:58 a.m. September 6, 2005



Associated Press
A Red Cross volunteer, left, takes donations from a man at the Red Cross center in Mexico city. Mexican Red Cross technicians are expected to fly to the U.S. Gulf Coast Tuesday to help with relief efforts.
MEXICO CITY – A Mexican warship and a convoy of army trucks headed to the U.S. Gulf Coast Tuesday carrying rescue vehicles, clean water, troops and emergency workers to help with the recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
A convoy of 25 military trucks with hundreds of troops and civilian workers, equipment and supplies left Tuesday and was expected to cross the border the following day, with a second convoy to follow Wednesday.

Mexican newspapers Tuesday hailed the peaceful deployment of troops on U.S. soil as unprecedented.

Asked about the presence of Mexican troops on U.S. soil, a State Department official in Washington said many countries were using their military to transport supplies for the relief effort.

"In no way, shape or form is any foreign police, military or other security personnel performing a police or military or security function on U.S. soil," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The ship El Papaloapan left Mexico's Gulf port of Tampico Monday for the ravaged city of New Orleans with 15 all-terrain and amphibious vehicles, two helicopters, a surgically equipped ambulance, 200,000 liters (52,000 gallons) of drinking water and other supplies and personnel, the Foreign Ministry said.

"There are three health teams that will provide medical attention, each made up of a medical surgeon, a dental surgeon, a health official, a nurse and nurse's aide," Ruben Aguilar, a spokesman for President Vicente Fox, told reporters.

Another Mexican warship equipped as a hospital may also be deployed, he said.

Mexican officials also were working to help thousands of compatriots in the New Orleans area.

Temporary consulates have opened in Mobile, Alabama, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and representatives in cities across the southern United States were helping Mexican nationals who suffered losses in the storm or were seeking loved ones.

A third temporary consulate may open in Gonzalez, Louisiana, near New Orleans, which has a relatively large Mexican population, said Juan Bosco Marti of Mexico's Foreign Ministry.

With a shared border and distant history of military conflict, Mexico and the United States have recently suffered strained relations over cross-border drug trafficking and illegal immigration.

Do not drink the water, eat the applesauce, use or touch the blankets or take any medication provided by the Mexicans. They could be used as biological weapons coming from Mexico.

Damn. There it is. Foreign troops on US Soil.

W

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

Damn. There it is. Foreign troops on US Soil.

W

Not Needed and Not Wanted.

This really hits below the belt.

George Bush is going to destroy this country if we give him another three years. Seriously, we need to get him out of there.

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Mexican army convoys bringing aid to U.S.-- Foreign Troops on US Soil!
http://www.alipac.us/article693.html

Mexican Warship Carrying Troops and Supplies sent to Gulf States of America.
http://www.alipac.us/article694.html


BY THE WAY... WHY IS THE SOURCE IN THIS ARTICLE HIDDEN? WHY IS THE VOICE ASSURING US NO MEXICAN TROOPS WILL POLICE US CITIZENS IS AFRAID TO BE KNOWN?

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

BY THE WAY... WHY IS THE SOURCE IN THIS ARTICLE HIDDEN? WHY IS THE VOICE ASSURING US NO MEXICAN TROOPS WILL POLICE US CITIZENS IS AFRAID TO BE KNOWN?

That's what I thought too.

Maybe I buy a gun and prepare for part II of the Mexican-American war. I wish I was joking but I'm not.

Originally Posted by Brian503a

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Tuesday, September 6, 2005 · Last updated 5:20 p.m. PT

Mexican army convoys bringing aid to U.S.

By MARK STEVENSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

MEXICO CITY -- A Mexican army aid convoy set out for the U.S. border Tuesday, carrying water treatment plants, mobile kitchens and supplies to feed the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Large Mexican flags were taped to many of the 35 green-painted Mexican army trucks and tractor trailers as they rumbled northward, in what apparently will be the first Mexican military unit to operate on U.S. soil since 1846.

The trucks, carrying 195 unarmed soldiers, officers and specialists, were expected to arrive in Laredo, Texas, sometime Wednesday. From there they are to proceed to Houston, where they will apparently be used to produce water and hot meals.

The convoy included two mobile kitchens that can feed 7,000 people each per day, three flatbed trucks carrying mobile water treatment plants, and 15 trailers of bottled water, blankets and applesauce.

It also includes military engineers, doctors and nurses.



In 1846, Mexican troops briefly advanced just north of the Rio Grande in Texas, which had then recently joined the United States. Mexico, however, did not then recognize the Rio Grande as the U.S. border.

The two countries quickly became mired in the Mexican-American War, which led to the loss of half of Mexico's territory in 1848.

Mexico sent a squadron of pilots to train in the United States in the 1940s, but they served outside the United States - in the Philippines - in World War II.

In 1916, the revolutionary leader Pancho Villa led a group of irregular fighters in a brief raid into Columbus, N.M., in what is considered the last battle against foreign forces on U.S. soil.

Mexico was planning another 12-vehicle aid convoy to leave Tuesday or Wednesday and already has a Mexican navy ship steaming toward the Mississippi coast with rescue vehicles and helicopters.

Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez has said Mexico is setting up consular offices in trailers around the disaster zone to help some of the estimated 140,000 Mexicans who live in the region, 10,000 of them in New Orleans.

In addition, help was offered by a search-and-rescue group called "topos" - which translates as "moles" - organized by youths who dug through collapsed buildings after Mexico City's 1985 earthquake.

Are they being "Escorted"? Moles eat plants from the bottom.The roots first.
Why should anyone help the "Illegal Aliens",I don`t see any on them helping anyone else.

Originally Posted by TheWatchdog

This really hits below the belt.

George Bush is going to destroy this country if we give him another three years. Seriously, we need to get him out of there.

I`m tired of hearing people say that "Bush" should be "Impeached".Talk,Talk,Talk.
If we have the goods on him, why has not one person made a motion to "Impeach"?
America will still be "Talking" when the 'Enemy" runs over us.
Talk,Talk,Talk.