Thread: American agents shot in Mexico, UPDATE 1 Dead

American agents shot in Mexico
Associated Press
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 5:11 PM

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.S. Embassy spokeswoman says two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been shot in Mexico.

The spokeswoman said the agents were attacked Tuesday afternoon while driving between Mexico City and the northern city of Monterrey.

There were no details yet on their condition.

The spokeswoman spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak publicly about the case.

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"I thought they only flew!"

2 U.S. immigration agents shot in Mexico

Updated 15m ago |

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were shot Tuesday afternoon in the line of duty in Mexico, according to an ICE statement.

The agents assigned to the ICE Attache office in Mexico City were attacked by unknown assailants while driving between Mexico City and the northern city of Monterrey.

There were no details on their condition or the precise location of the shooting.

The Mexican President's Office and Mexican immigration officials said they had no information on the attack.

Though Mexico is seeing record rates of violence from warring drug cartels and a crackdown on organized crime, it is rare for U.S. officials to be attacked.

But the U.S. government has increasingly become concerned about the safety of its employees in Mexico amid the escalating violence.

In March, a U.S. employee of a consulate, her husband and a Mexican tied to the American consulate were killed when drug gang members fired on their cars as they left a children's party in Ciudad Juarez, the city across from El Paso.

The U.S. State Department has taken several measures over the past year to protect consulate employees and their families. It has at times authorized the departure of relatives of U.S. government employees in northern Mexican cities.

In July, it temporarily closed the consulate in Ciudad Juarez after receiving unspecified threats.

ICE is the principal investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the second largest investigative agency in the federal government.

It was created in 2003 through a merger of the investigative and interior enforcement elements of the U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service and has more than 20,000 employees in offices in all 50 states and 47 foreign countries.
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. . . San Luis Potosi state police had a report of shooting on a federal highway leading to Monterrey involving two people, one of whom was airlifted by helicopter to Mexico City, according to Public Safety spokesman Omar Nino.

Though Mexico is seeing record rates of violence from warring drug cartels and a crackdown on organized crime, it is rare for U.S. officials to be attacked.

But the U.S. government has increasingly become concerned about the safety of its employees in Mexico amid the escalating violence. . .

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 04977.html

Why do we have immigration agents in MEXICO?

We know Odumba** and Nappy won't do anything about this, just like all the other american citizens that have been wounded or killed by the war in Mexico.

Originally Posted by Justthefacts

Why do we have immigration agents in MEXICO?

The agents assigned to the ICE Attache office in Mexico City

Originally Posted by Justthefacts

Why do we have immigration agents in MEXICO?

International Affairs

ICE International Affairs (IA) enhances national security by conducting and coordinating investigations involving transnational criminal organizations and serving as the agency’s liaison to counterparts in local government and law enforcement.

ICE has 63 offices in 44 countries around the world with more than 380 government and contract personnel committed to the OIA mission. IA operations are directed by ICE attachés, whose responsibilities include:

Coordinating investigations with foreign law enforcement counterparts;
Providing domestic and international ICE offices with investigative case support and information related to cross-border criminal activities involving people, goods and technology;

Providing training and capacity building to foreign law enforcement counterparts;

Assisting in removal operations by facilitating ICE efforts to repatriate removable aliens; and

Referring requests from host country agencies to ICE domestic investigative offices.

http://www.ice.gov/about/offices/homela ... tions/oia/

AS MENTIONED at the end of the Fox Report with Shephard Smith.

DHS Secretary has now confirmed one of the two is now dead

1 US immigration agent dead, 1 injured in Mexico

By KATHERINE CORCORAN , 02.15.11, 07:44 PM EST

MEXICO CITY -- A Mexican official says one U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has died in an attack in northern Mexico that left a second agent wounded.

The official could not be named because he was authorized to speak publicly about the case.


THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were shot Tuesday afternoon in the line of duty in Mexico, according to an ICE statement.

The agents assigned to the ICE Attache office in Mexico City were attacked by unknown assailants while driving between Mexico City and the northern city of Monterrey.

There were no details on their condition or the precise location of the shooting.

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