Standoff at the Southern Border

This happened last Thursday night, but I'm just reading about it this morning:

A marijuana-laden dump truck got stuck in the Rio Grande on Thursday evening in Hudspeth County, leading to a standoff between U.S. law enforcement and what appeared to be the Mexican military, sheriff officials said.

"It's a very serious incident," Hudspeth County Chief Deputy Mike Doyal said.

"We are very fortunate (Thursday) night no one got hurt," Doyal said. "Everyone had the presence of mind not to cause an international incident, or start shooting."

The incident began when Border Patrol agents tried to stop the dump truck on Interstate 10, sheriff's officials said. The truck fled to Mexico in the Neely's Crossing area.

The truck got stuck in the riverbed, and the driver took off running. Agents "started to retrieve the bundles (of marijuana) when the armed subjects appeared," said Agent Ramiro Cordero, a Border Patrol spokesman.

The Border Patrol called Hudspeth County sheriff's deputies and Texas state troopers for backup, both agencies confirmed.

Doyal said the truck driver returned with the armed men, including men who arrived in official-looking vehicles with overhead lights and what appeared to be Mexican soldiers in uniform and with military-style rifles.

(Hat tip: Michelle Malkin) Read more at WND.

Jake blogged this back in September:

I was recently reading On the Line: Inside the Border Patrol by Erich Kraus. Good book -- I highly recommend it if you have any interest in border patrol issues. Buried in this missive is this little detail: There have been 118 armed incursions into the United States by the Mexican military!

What in the world is it going to take for the government to protect out borders? The Mexican military marching across the border to join the folks with Aztlan to take back California, Arizona, New Mexico...? Our government keeps promising they are going to fix this problem, and keeps insisting that there is no need to put our military on the border. The Mexican government, on the other hand, keeps assisting their citizens to cross the border illegally, and keeps sending armed military to and over our border.

WAKE THE $#&*@ UP!!!!!

As seen @
The Political Teen

Bloggin' Outloud

Don Surber

Conservative Cat

Is It Just Me?

NIF

Committees of Correspondence

basil's blog

Robinik.net

third world county

MacStansbury

Right wing nation

Jo's Cafe

Choose Life

Florida Masochist

bRight & Early

Illegal Immigration
Border Patrol
Mexico
Illegal Immigration