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Texas Rep says drug cartels threatening US agents

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL
Associated Press
Published: Thursday, Mar. 31, 2011 - 8:23 am

WASHINGTON -- A Texas congressman says Mexican drug cartel members threatened to kill U.S. agents working on the American side of the border this month.

Rep. Michael McCaul said Thursday that a law enforcement bulletin was issued this month warning that Mexican gangsters were overheard plotting to kill Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Texas Rangers stationed along the border. McCaul did not identify which cartels or what agency issued the bulletin.

The bulletin warned of a plot to shoot at the agents with AK-47 assault rifles from the Mexican side of the border into the U.S.

ICE agent Jaime Zapata was shot and killed, and agent Victor Aliva was wounded, in a roadside ambush in Mexico in February.

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Yes, they are threatening and killing US Agents. But what the hell is anyone in this government going to do about it?

Cartels threaten to kill Texas Rangers, ICE agents

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April 01, 2011 10:39 AM
Laura B. Martinez
The Brownsville Herald

BROWNSVILLE — A new law enforcement bulletin warns that members of drug cartels have been overheard plotting to kill federal agents and Texas Rangers who guard the border, officials in Washington reported Thursday.

The bulletin, which was issued in March, said cartel members planned to use AK-47 assault rifles to shoot agents and Rangers from across the border. It did not name the cartels.

The information was released at a hearing before a panel of the House Committee on Homeland Security. The Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Management addressed “The U.S. Homeland Security Role in the Mexican War Against the Drug Cartels.â€

i heard about this on the local news station today and all i could do was say "huh" because i could not believe my ears.

If this happens and this administration does nothing about it, they should all be charged with treason

But yet we have stories like this and are told everything is OK

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http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-232757.html

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http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-232615.html

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http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-232598.html

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http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-232347.html

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http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-232915.html

Added to Homepage:
http://www.alipac.us/article-6201--0-0.html

Congressman McCaul's Homepage
http://mccaul.house.gov/

Homeland Security
Subcomittee on Oversight, Investigations and Management
Hearing: March 31, 2011

Chaiman Michael McCaul and the Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management held a hearing entitled “The U.S. Homeland Security Role in the Mexican War Against Drug Cartels"


Hearing Testimony (VIDEO)

Chairman McCaul opening remarks, as prepared for delivery. OIM Hearing, March 31, 2011
03/31/11

Chairman McCaul Opening Remarks

As Prepared for Delivery
OIM Hearing, March 31, 2011
NOTE: McCaul may deviate from prepared text


Good morning. Welcome to this Oversight, Investigations and Management Subcommittee hearing titled “The US Homeland Security Role in the Mexican War Against Drug Cartelsâ€

3/30/11 Proposed Legislation Re: Drug Cartel Designation As Terrorist
http://mccaul.house.gov/uploads/FTO%20Bill_xml1.pdf

McCaul Seeks to Classify Mexican Drug Cartels as Terrorists
03/30/11
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) has introduced legislation seeking to place six Mexican Drug Cartels – theArellano Feliz Organization, Los Zetas, theBeltran Leyva Organization, La Familia Michoacana, Sinaloa Cartel and Gulf Cartel– on the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list. This designation would allow the United States to limit cartels’ financial, property and travel interests, and to impose harsher punishment on anyone who provides materialsupport to cartels.

“The cartels use violence to gain political and economic influence. They have taken control of much of northern Mexico and spillover crime has resulted in the abandonment of property and loss of security on the US side of the border,â€

Michael McCaul on Greta

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nn58HTom9U

Michael McCaul: Mexico Failure is not an Option
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sJJ40cvvjg

Michael McCaul YouTube Page
http://www.youtube.com/user/MichaelTMcCaul

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