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spiveyrat
01-24-2006, 02:58 PM
Sierra Blanca (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,182650,00.html)
AP Panther Fan
01-24-2006, 03:19 PM
Interesting article....I sure didn't have any idea that we were dealing with the military doing the smuggling.:thinking:

that's just crazy!:doh:
STANG RED
01-24-2006, 03:26 PM
Sounds like this "Neelys Crossing" would be a damn good place for an observation outpost to me.
turbostud
01-24-2006, 03:36 PM
Its only a matter of time before someone gets hurt. Then it will turn into a big mess and I dont think the Mexican military will like the outcome. Border Patrol Agents are told to avoid confrontation with the Mexican Military, but when the Mexican military are the ones protecting the smugglers or doing the smuggling themselves things can only go downhill.
Stretch04
01-24-2006, 04:42 PM
They need to build that wall from San Diego to Brownsville and electrify the dang thing, and put a sniper in a tower every 1000 yards or so so they can get if the electricity doesn't
Adidas410s
01-24-2006, 04:44 PM
I'm not sure if this is Fox being a month behind...but I saw something of this same nature posted on another board a while back. Let me see if I can dig up that article. It definitely wasn't from as "reputable" of a source though.
Adidas410s
01-24-2006, 04:46 PM
K here is the link to that article. It's from "World Net Daily" and was posted back in late November...

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47497

It was a rather big issue on another board that some of the older ones on here migrated over from....
Adidas410s
01-24-2006, 04:47 PM
nevermind...if I read the last line of the Fox article you could see where they mentioned the November incident
sinton66
01-24-2006, 08:38 PM
I've heard lots of stories about the Mexican Military crossing the border. There is enough money in drug smuggling to turn almost anyone. What makes anyone think elements of the Mexican Military could be above this? The rest of their government entities all along the border are as corrupt as you can get, both local and federal. It's been widely known forever that you can do anything you want in Mexico if you pay off the right people.