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Congressmen Highlight Mexican Commando Incursions Into
U.S.
Urge action on U.S.-trained Mexican security personnel
carrying out cartel killings
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Two representatives have urged Congress to take action to address
the worsening situation on the southern border which has been
described by reporters and activist groups as "an all out
war."
Rep. Ted Poe, R-Humble, has urged the Congress to
take action regarding the frequent incursions of military style
Mexican commandos into the U.S. that has seen over 6000 deaths
in the past two and a half years according to conservative estimates.
The Houston-area Republican told the House Foreign
Affairs Committee that members of Mexico's elite counter-narcotics
teams, trained at Fort Benning, Ga., have defected and are now
in the pay of drug cartels.
Poe highlighted the fact that the guerrilla-style
commandos are regularly crossing the border into the U.S. and
have been involved in violence and killings as far north as Dallas.
The San
Francisco Chronicle has picked up the story:
He said the Department of Homeland Security had
documented "over 250 incursions by suspected military forces"
into the United States over the past decade.
"I was surprised to hear that the United States has trained
Mexican forces and some of those have deserted and become the
reason for these attacks," Poe said.
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Congressman Poe criticized the lack of oversight
on current programs to assist law enforcement in Mexico and central
America:
"It seems as though the United States has
a history in some cases of giving support (to Mexico) and that
support turns around and is used against the very people we're
trying to protect, in this case, us," Poe said. "We
have no assurance that the equipment we're sending to Mexico
won't be turned over to the drug cartels and used against us."
Another Congressman, Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin,
called border drug violence "an imminent security threat
right on our doorstep" and compared the urgency of situation
to that of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In March, award winning National Security and Pentagon
reporter for the Washington Times, Sara A. Carter, detailed the
national media blackout on the Mexican incursions and the border
war:
"There's a lot of people who don't realize
how serious the situation is on the southern border." Ms.
Carter told
the Alex Jones show. "Even to the extent when
sometimes some of our own government officials choose to ignore
it, even though they know it's going on."
"It is a huge story. It is bigger than most
of us even know, and people are afraid of covering the story.
We hear reports but we don't see in depth detail." Carter
said.
Aside from Carter herself it has been left entirely
to the alternative media to expose the reality of the situation
on the border.
We have covered multiple previous incidents of this nature here
at Prisonplanet and Infowars:
Former
DEA Agent: Mexican Commandos Killing In South West US To Protect
Bush Drug Cartel
National
Director of Minutemen Calls Southern Border "Warzone"
The
Secret Border Wars
Report:
Armed Mexican Troops Invade US
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