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October 31, 2008
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Tancredo Condemns U.S. Border
Incursion
Reliable sources inside US Border patrol and local Arizona law
enforcement say
heavily armed men dressed as Mexican military and driving a Mexican
Army Humvee have been detained 200 yards inside U.S. border near
Yuma
(WASHINGTON, DC)
– U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colorado) today condemned a border
incursion by heavily armed men dressed as Mexican military
personnel. According to Lou Dobbs, several individuals were
apprehended this morning by the Border Patrol on the U.S. side of
the southern border near the Colorado River southwest of Yuma,
Arizona.
"These blatant violations of U.S. sovereignty must stop," Tancredo
said. "Those involved in this incident must be held accountable for
violating our laws and the U.S. State Department must stop
whitewashing these incidents."
It is not yet clear at this point whether the incursion was related
to drug smuggling or simply a Mexican military operation to test our
response. Over 250 such incursions by military or uniformed police
have been documented since 1995. In September, a military incursion,
southwest of Tucson, where a Border Patrol agent was held at
gunpoint by the Mexican military resulted in a formal diplomatic
protest to the Mexican government by the State Department.
"This has gone on for far too long," Tancredo concluded. "Our
borders must be secured in order to prevent violent drug cartels and
Mexican military personnel from infiltrating our borders. Whether
they are Mexican military personnel or drug cartel traffickers
dressed as military is immaterial--- the Mexican government is
complicit in either case for allowing this to happen."
Tancredo called on the leadership of the Border Patrol to release
photographs of the Mexican Army Humvee and the six Mexican soldiers
and their weaponry.
