Thread: Mexican troops disarmed American soldiers on US side of the border

Mexican troops disarmed American soldiers on US side of the border

by Daniel Jativa
| April 20, 2019 11:14 AM

Armed Mexican troops disarmed two United States soldiers while they were on the American side of the border, U.S. defense officials have said.


U.S. Northern Command said in a statement that "five to six Mexican military personnel questioned two U.S. Army soldiers who were conducting border support operations" this month. The U.S. soldiers were in an unmarked Customs and Border Protection [CBP] vehicle near the southwest border near Clint, Texas.


Officials confirmed that the Mexican troops were armed with what seemed to be rifles. They raised their weapons when they saw the two U.S. soldiers, and then took a pistol from one and put it in the CBP vehicle. According to officials talking to CNN, the two Americans obliged "in an attempt to de-escalate a potential volatile situation."

"Throughout the incident, the U.S. soldiers followed all established procedures and protocols," the statement said. The two U.S. troops were on the south side of the security perimeter but north of the Rio Grande and thus were in the U.S., according side American territory, it added.


Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security officials demanded an explanation from the Mexican government. "An inquiry by CBP and DOD [Department of Defense] revealed that the Mexican military members believed that the US Army soldiers were south of the border," the statement said.


"Though they were south of the border fence, U.S. soldiers remained in U.S. territory, north of the actual border."

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Former ICE Director Claims Mexican Soldiers Crossed The Border In The Past

12:27 PM 04/22/2019 | US Nick Givas | Media And Politics Reporter


Former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tom Homan said armed Mexican soldiers crossing the U.S. southern border is nothing new, on “Fox & Friends” Monday.


Homan was responding to a story about several Mexican troops drawing their weapons on two American soldiers, while on the U.S. side of the border earlier this month. Five to six Mexican troops pointed rifles at the two Americans, and forced them to disarm.
“I read this story and it looks like they were outnumbered. It looks like the Mexican officials did draw their weapons on them and one of the U.S. Soldiers actually surrendered a firearm to the Mexican soldier,” he said.
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Homan said he ran into a similar situation in 1985 while working with Border Patrol and ended up arresting the soldiers in question.
“I wasn’t there. I’m not going to judge them. Back in my day, I was talking to a producer. Back in 1985, I was a young border patrol agent probably a year in, when we got a call from dispatch saying that a rancher reported a group of what appeared to be soldiers on his property. So of course we responded.”


“When we showed up there was probably eight to 10 of them and a couple units of like three of us, maybe four. [We] quickly realized they were Mexican soldiers. Because on the way there, you’ve got to understand … are there actually Mexican soldiers that are lost? Are there Mexican soldiers that are acting as a security detail for a drug smuggling operation, which happens. Or are these just drug smugglers dressed in fatigues. We didn’t know on the way there, but once we got there we quickly recognized Mexican soldiers. And we arrested them. We disarmed them, we arrested them. We took them back to our station. We processed them for entering the country illegally and we returned them to a point of entry to their commander.”

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