Thread: Threat to US citizens forces Mx officials to lockdown town,

Threat to US citizens forces Mx officials to lockdown town, Tx. Sheriff boosts security

Nov 20, 2006 05:25 PM

EAST EL PASO COUNTY, Tx. - Residents of the Mexican border town of Guadalupe, across the Rio Grande from Fabens, are dealing with armed checkpoints and car-by-car searches.

The small farming community is under tight surveillance by officials in Mexico, and now in the United States. The scene in Guadalupe Bravo could most accurately be described as a town under lockdown.

The Mexican military increased its presence in the town, and Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West tells ABC-7 he's ready to send man power into the area on the US side of the border.

Sheriff West added that his office recently heard of plans to kidnap US citizens, and transport them across the border to be killed in Guadalupe. According to Sheriff West, Victor Canello a man with ties to Fort Hancock was taken to Guadalupe and shot.

West adds that he and his office are treating the threat seriously.

Sheriff West also says, "That's the innocent people that might get involved in this and get caught up in this is the people we are here to protect today...I've got officers as far away as Valverde County helping us with this...DPS, Game Wardens, and the Texas Rangers as well."

The increase in security is likely to continue for some time. Residents in Guadalupe also welcomed the strict military presence.


http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=5709913

It sounds horrible, but maybe if the violence escalates in more areas regardless of who starts it, Washington will HAVE to act....wouldn't they?

Just more of the kind of activity that, according to President Moron, are the actions of

"good-hearted people who are coming here to work," Mr. Bush said. "And therefore, it makes sense to allow the good-hearted people who are coming here to do jobs that Americans won't do a legal way to do so.

This has got to stop before they kill all of us! This is not a friendly country. They need to bring the troops home to protect the American citizens from Mexico.

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But I thought Mexico was our friend

This has got to stop before they kill all of us! This is not a friendly country. They need to bring the troops home to protect the American citizens from Mexico.

I AGREE!

Now we know why innocent Americans carry guns. It is the Wild West out there!