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Mexican Military Chopper Crosses Into US, Fires On US Agents « CBS Las Vegas

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Rightwingconspirator7/01/2014 3:47:19 pm PDT

re: #13 wrenchwench

Substantially. denials after an apology… border tensions. And we still have this..

There have been more than 300 border incursions by Mexican military and law-enforcement authorities in the past decade, according to figures released recently by U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.

Credibility? Border patrol beats proven corrupt Mexican officialdom. When physical evidence shows otherwise or the troopers back off the accusations-Then we have substance. Not the first time they drew weapons on our guys either.

In a similar incursion in January, two heavily armed Mexican soldiers crossed into Arizona near the same spot and drew their weapons on U.S. Border Patrol officers. No one was injured in that incident either, and Mexican soldiers retreated back across the border.

Mexican authorities called the January incident an “isolated and unintended occurrence,” saying soldiers simply didn’t see signs marking the border crossing. They also said that U.S. officials occasionally cross into Mexico as well.

LA Times, not exactly Brietbart…

Mexican law enforcement helicopter crossed into U.S. airspace and fired two shots, just missing American Border Patrol agents and prompting a quick apology from Mexican authorities in what is the second incursion this year of Mexican forces into United States territory, U.S. law enforcement officials said Friday.

The incident, now the subject of an FBI criminal investigation, occurred about 5:45 a.m. Thursday in southern Arizona, about 100 yards north of the U.S.-Mexico border, as Mexican law enforcement officers were chasing kidnapping suspects trying to escape into the United States, U.S. officials said.

And we still have partisan angst distorting every violent encounter down there between them and our troops or civilians. The right plays it up the left down plays it, and they are both prevaricating with gusto. in the meantime the cartel violence and casualties from poor policies in both nations continues apace.

If the denials are accurate what convinced our agents (trained in observation etc) that they were fired on by Mexican military or police?

And all the allegations of the US Border patrol “shooting with impunity” don’t change that a bit except to perhaps indicate tensions are so high now both sides are taking pot shots.

LAT again-

In a similar incursion in January, two heavily armed Mexican soldiers crossed into Arizona near the same spot and drew their weapons on U.S. Border Patrol officers. No one was injured in that incident either, and Mexican soldiers retreated back across the border.

Mexican authorities called the January incident an “isolated and unintended occurrence,” saying soldiers simply didn’t see signs marking the border crossing. They also said that U.S. officials occasionally cross into Mexico as well.

Mistakes happen once…. Continuing incidents indicate something more critical than a simple navigation and rules of engagement “mistake”