Uniformed Mexican soldiers cross into South Texas

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

http://www.adn.com/2011/07/26/1986589/uniformed-mexican-soldiers-cross.html

The Associated Press

Published: July 26th, 2011 06:47 PM

Last Modified: July 26th, 2011 07:43 PM

DONNA, Texas - Almost three dozen uniformed Mexican soldiers in four military vehicles crossed the Rio Grande into South Texas without authorization Tuesday in an international incident U.S. officials were calling inadvertent.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Rick Pauza said no gunfire or injuries were reported when the 33 soldiers crossed the new Donna-Rio Bravo International Bridge over the Rio Grande, about 15 miles southeast of McAllen. The soldiers were processed and returned to Mexico, he said.

"We have protocols in place to handle these types of incidents," he said in a statement. "... We continue to remain in constant communication with our Mexican counterparts, and we maintain a shared interest in keeping our mutual border secure."

Pauza declined to comment on what the soldiers were doing when they crossed the border, referring those inquiries to Mexican military officials.

Mexico has maintained a strong military presence in the border state of Tamaulipas, across the border from South Texas, after warfare broke out between the Gulf Cartel and the Zetas. The war erupted over the killing of a Zeta in the border city of Reynosa, across from McAllen, in January 2010. Since then, Mexico's federal government has mounted a special operation to stop the violence with thousands of military and police reinforcements.

The Zetas are blamed for the massacre of 72 migrants nearly a year ago, then kidnapping bus passengers and burying them in mass graves.

[peejay 327]

I'm sure Obama and Napolitano are already apologizing profusely to Mexico and begging forgivness as I write.

[slim 1,530]

By "processed" did they mean, "filled out voter registration forms?"

[mawilson 2,133]

Uniformed or uninformed?

[Zero Sum 305]

Theories anyone?

[Amby 490]

Uniformed or uninformed?

I had to do a triple take because I kept reading it as uninformed

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Theories anyone?

Side Job? Maybe guarding drugs as they cross?

[Zero Sum 305]

Side Job? Maybe guarding drugs as they cross?

Besides the fact the facts are likely missing from this story, we can't miss the opportunity to have consistently unhappy people finding more things to gripe about.

[mawilson 2,133]

Side Job? Maybe guarding drugs as they cross?

That's good. We need to protect our drugs from DEA thugs.

[slim 1,530]

That's good. We need to protect our drugs from DEA thugs.

If those knuckleheads are anything like the BATFE thugs, they're participating in the crimes.

I watched an episode of that DEA show on Spike TV and they were all celebrating after confiscating a "Mac 10." Only problem was, it wasn't a Mac 10 at all. It was a Kel-Tec Sub 2000. The two look nothing alike. Yet, these are the "agents" in charge of confiscating such things? No wonder our government is failing.

[dalegg 143]

Theories anyone?

They heard we had gotten Bin Laden?

[Zero Sum 305]

That's good. We need to protect our drugs from DEA thugs.

Keep street prices low to have more cartel competition.

[mawilson 2,133]

Keep street prices low to have more cartel competition.

There's enough demand to keep everyone happy.

[BishopM 114]

When I first read the thread title I thought it said,

"UNiNformed Mexican soldiers cross into South Texas"

[slim 1,530]

No wonder the media has such a hard time pulling the wool over our eyes.