Caught on Video: Possible Mexican Military Incursion on U.S. Soil?
- Posted on February 16, 2011 at 5:58pm by
Meredith Jessup
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A local news station in the Rio Grande Valley is investigating a video captured near one of the U.S.-Mexico border checkpoints last December. The video seems to show a military-style truck loaded with armed men crossing from Mexico into Texas.
The video — obtained by KRGV — then seems to show the armed men conducting a roadside vehicle search on the U.S. side of the border before heading back south into Mexico.
We counted at least a dozen armed men in the back of the truck. The vehicle travels down the bridge toward the U.S. Customs checkpoint. Its driver makes a U-turn just before reaching the lines of cars there. It then starts back south toward Mexico. The men pull over and search a vehicle for a few minutes then resume their trek south. The presumed soldiers then cross back over the boundary toward Mexico.
Mexican military incursions along the southern border are rare but not unheard of. Last March, Mexican helicopters were photographed flying over a U.S. residential neighborhood at least one mile north of the international border.
In 2008, a small Mexican military unit reportedly carried out home invasion and an assassination order in Arizona that left one dead a residential neighborhood littered with bullets. At the time, Phoenix police believed the soldiers had been recruited by drug traffickers.
Additionally, the U.S. Border Patrol warned its agents in 2006 to be wary of Mexican soldiers crossing the border who are “trained to escape, evade and counterambush” if detected. At the same time, the Minutemen citizen border patrol group released video of men it claimed to be Mexican military operatives who had illegally crossed the border in Arizona.
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Comments (115)
FoundersKeeperUSA
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:43pmWhy would they worry about crossing into our country?? Our border is a joke to them. Our border agents cant get any thing done and these idiots throw problem after problem our way. There midget President gives a speech in OUR capital about how were wrong about our border and how we shouldnt secure our nation. Then the dems/progressives give him a standing ovation. Know nation can be independent without secure borders. They want MEXAMERICA. Its going to take us the regular citizens going to our border on our own to secure our border. We need Minute men again in large numbers on our border. This time we wont worry about the left calling us racist or hate mongers. Who cares we need to save American lives from these people. Not one more American should be killed by an illegal. American lives are not valued by our GOVERNMENT.
Report Post »Conserving Ink
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:50pmThere is a one way war going on here. Mexico has declared war on us and we have decided that they are only annoying and will not answer back. The argument that is it probably just drug cartels and not the actual government does not hold water – in Mexico the drug cartels ARE the government.
Its time we acknowledged this war and participated enthusiastically. We could be done with this war in less than a year if we were truly allowed to fight it.
Report Post »PAPAROACH
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:50pmWhen? When? When?
Report Post »Volsense
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:41pmThe saddest part of this is Big Sis Napolitano is considering running for the US Senate from Arizona after her gig with Homeland Security. She’ll probably get it.
Report Post »ilikai
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:34pmPut soldiers on the border with night vision, ammonia sniffer pods, maybe some claymores, and SHOOT EVERYONE COMING ACROSS THE BORDER!!!!! Uniformed military or not.
Report Post »RogueAmeritarian
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:47pmExactly. That should send the message about our borders!
Report Post »oldchevyguy
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:33pmBring the troops home from South Korea.Let them protect our border and not Koreas’.Set up forts with housing for their families.The job will get done once Obama is not the commander in chief.2012 can’t come fast enough for me.
Report Post »LiveNation
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:26pmWhy not just shoot one of the helicopters down. Then ask the question again.
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:22pmMaybe they’re undocumented Homeland Security Officers..
Report Post »betsp
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:16pmRespect and condolences to the Zapata family. When will Obama and Co. get the message? We need 1000 border agents, not IRS agents. Get a clue, you stupid Marxist pseudo president…Obama, you are a joke.
Report Post »MetalPatriot
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:14pmabsolutely!
Report Post »What's next
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 1:47am24/7 US. Machine-gun target practice on the borders.
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:15pmthe progressives have us well on the way to one world order where there are NO boreders and no freedoms either..
NOT on my watch
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:11pmWe don’t have anything to worry about. ERIC FOLDER and JANET INCOMPATONO are on the job. YEA RIGHT!
Report Post »RogueAmeritarian
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:24pmThose 2 are useless, I say do away with Homeland Security altogether.
Report Post »jerimia
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:58pmHLS truly a sleeper racist organization Talk, talke about those racist conservative,meanwhile allow 30,000+ be killed 2 or 3 miles away. Who is racist.?
Report Post »RugDog
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:11pmTime for ARMED PATRIOTS to protect the border! I for one would be happy to shoot any one crossing illegally into the United States of America!!
Report Post »PAPAROACH
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:29pmThats the only way it will stop. It needs to start happening NOW. Time to rock and roll.
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:51pmHaven’t heard much about the Minute Men.
Report Post »Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:53pmYou got right Rugdog! Every military base in the country does military drills. Why don’t we just use the border as our playground? We’ve got enough troops to squash that crap in mere weeks.
Report Post »RogueAmeritarian
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:10pmOur borders are a mess! We don’t know who exactly is in our country or how many! We have lost control and just like our budget, Obarry doesn’t know how to fix it, and anymore, I don’t think he wants to fix it!!!
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 9:08pmI double dog dare you to try anything going NORTH!
Report Post »REVENANT
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:07pmIf you think Mexico isn’t a narco-economy, you’re nuts.
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:59pmEverything is happening much faster than many ever imagined. I think all enemies from abroad and here at home everywhere knows that the cat is out of the bag (thanks to Glenn). All EVIL is surging, regardless of which side they are on. The quote “Watch the other hand” now is “Watch the other Tentacle.”
PAPAROACH
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:40pmI Dont See Whats So Funny About Us Being Invaded By Another Country And NOBODY Is Doing A Damn Thing About It YET. Ya Blaze Go Ahead And DELETE This Post You Cowards.
Report Post »PatriotSmith
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:36pmHow’s that for an open border..
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:53pmThere is a border ?
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 8:46pmOnly on paper, CHEEZWHIZ…..
Report Post »docgreen
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:32pmI think I’d feel safer in Iraq or at one of our bases in the World than I do in my own country! At least our Military know how to protect people!
Report Post »docgreen
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:28pmGreat thing we have the Mexicans to protect our fricken boarders! Oh Janet, maybe they thought they would see what our reactions would be? Don’t terrorists do this, isn’t this called a Dry Run? Hmmmmm! Maybe they’re working with the Drug Lords, Terrorists, Gangs, Shoot, could be about anything! But I bet, if the US did this, we’d be up a creek and in a Mexican Jail if we tried it! BHO’s admin is worthless, along with him and his family their also worhtless!…..
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:22pm“ We counted at least a dozen armed men in the back of the truck”
Hell there is twice that in every Home Depot parking lot in Houston.
Report Post »psycodad36
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:26pmtoo funny.sad if true (witch i believe it is so ,But funny in a sad way
Report Post »psycodad36
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:21pmjust looking for weak points,they also know our guards can’t shoot at illegals so whats the problem.I feel soooo much safer now with Mr. O in charge of protecting us,(not that gwb did)either.
Report Post »Norden
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:14pmUahh, yeah… Nothing to see here folks…
Report Post »OneFunR6
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:27pmyup, nothin’ to see…
’cause ‘they’ will delete your posts here….
and probably this one as well.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:51pmOneFunR6
yup, nothin’ to see…
Report Post »’cause ‘they’ will delete your posts here….
and probably this one as well.
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Mine just got scrubbed :D
eflow504
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:11pmwhen you have a coward in the white house!!
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:08pmThis has been going on for over a year. Nothing has been done, and no other news organization has chosen to bring it to the American consciousness. Why now? Egypt? As a Texan, I have to believe there is suddenly a reason for it to show up.
Report Post »SecondBane
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:07pmI can not help but wonder why this isn’t seen as a serious problem.
Report Post »ThomasUSA
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:22pmWe’re all one big happy new world order now…. not a problem..
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:20pmIt IS seen as a serious problem, just not by our government officials..
Report Post »jerimia
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 8:04pmBecause they are Mexican and just checking to make sure the drug rout was open. Thanks to the good folks at HLS.
Report Post »royalstar
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:18pmBecause American business hires,(exploits cheap labor). Until illegal hiring practices are curtailed the problem will not be resolved. Supply and demand a capitalist philosophy. The same with the drug problem. Supply and demand. They are Mexican entreprenuers illegal or not.Until our citizens get serious there will never be enough pressure on the govt. to take it serious. We send a mixed message to Mexico and to our corrupt govt. We also keep electing politicians that are soft on our border illegal alien problem. Elections have consequences.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:04pmDon’t worry, they were just doing the job Americans won’t do
Report Post »scout n ambush
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:14pmMaybe they were confused by a Taco Bell commercial and took it literally.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:17pmComon, these good folks are just lost! They’re not doing anything illegal! Comon!! Give ‘em the benefit of the doubt! Comon!! Geez!!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:21pmHow do we know that they were not mexican drug cartel people ?
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:37pmWasn’t there a report of that some months back too? Don’t worry, Janet, the borders are more secure now than they have ever been. Isn’t that what you are trying to convince the sheeple of? Another question, didn’t we help train their military? If I could ask George Bush one question, I would love to know why he didn’t take the border security seriously (building a fence). I’m not quite finished with his book so I am hoping he will address this.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:47pmI’m not quite finished with his book so I am hoping he will address this.
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Does he also address why he decided to persecute 2 border patrol agents to please his mexican masters and the drug cartels ? Since that was an important decision point I believe
1TrueOne55
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:43pm@Cheezwiz: I think that those Border Agents were prosecuted under the Bush DOJ??? In Texas. They were recently released on appeal.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 4:55amCheezwhiz, you are not only witty but wise, great comment. If anyone from ABC is watching, this is news that all Americans have the right to know . So if you have decided to actually report the news accurately, try this.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:00pm.
Report Post »Running Drugs most likely………….
GEETAR
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:36pmToo bad IKE werent still the president he could impose operation ******* again.
Report Post »brliantedj
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:59pmI remember our President citing statistics of guns in Mexico being bought in US. Hell yeah we’re a Constititutional Republic with full rights. SECURE THE BORDER DUMMY!!!
Report Post »american1st
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:12pmthose aren’t Mexican military or drug runners, they are de-facto citizens of the US (sarcasm intended)
Report Post »mcfinch
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:22pmThis makes me feel uncomfortable.
http://politicalbowl.com
Report Post »Bob Holland
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:26pmHow can this story not disturb you to the core of your being. And it’s not that the Mexican military came across our border and executed authority that disturbs me. The disturbing factor is that it is a trend and our own Country Leaders sworn to defend the Constitution ignore it. THAT MY FRIENDS IS CHILLING!
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:40pmGeetar many people are ignorant of history. They do not knoe\w ath Ike deported 12 million Mexicans in 2 years to create jobs for unemployed soldiers. Thsis mass deportation was done by 2 other presidents.What we need today.
Report Post »jerimia
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:48pmTwo ICE shot in Mexico city gets all the help they need. 30,000 killed just south of the border no help. Is HLS a racist group. You
Report Post »Mexicans better choose better friends. We can’t help you because we are all potential “lone gunmen”.racist who have done no harm to any one but HLS needs a safe enemy. They are afraid of the cartells!
Cemoto78
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 8:07pmThis isn’t really a big deal compared to the invasion of people actually in the country right now who are allowed to protest openly after coming here illegally. They just keep rubbing our noses in it. What is wrong with our government and those we have entrusted to secure the border?
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 8:38pmThat border must be shut down! Several Presidents have been in total dereliction of duty. I’m fed up! NJ has so damn many Mexicans. My home town is filled with them. It‘s pop is ’23,000′, but Waste Management says they remove trash the equivalent to a town of 70,000! That’s almost as many as we have drug gangs and known members. Latest law enforcement count? 14 known gangs and 600 known members. We gringo’s are getting mucho mado!
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 9:59pm….to Americans who want and use them. That is the problem!
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:11amThis is another good reason why I want us to close most of our military bases around the world.
We use some of the savings to build 10 mini-bases along our southern border. Have these bases set-up in areas where there is no border patrol coverage. Then the next time the mexican government wants to cross our border un-invited we stand a chance of nailing them to the desert floor permanently!
http://tinyurl.com/4rv8xsm
Report Post »flagman texas marine
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:51amShoot first ask questions later
Report Post »naed5048
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 1:22amHe apolizes to the family good. but he does not do that for the military personell?
Report Post »lionslayer44
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 2:04ameventually U.S. citizens will have to protect themselves and their borders. its obvious our govt. hasnt the b@lls to do it. many of us in Az. have been preparing for all possible scenario’s. I pray my brothers and sisters in other states are doing the same. collect food, water, ammo, be vigilant. stay safe!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 2:46amAgreed, Bring back Operation ******* but nationwide this time!
Creestof
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 5:45amNone of you have asked the important question…what happened to the SUV and its occupants? Surely they got the license plates on camera at the checkpoint…have they been contacted? Were they a well to-do family being set up for a kidnap? Two attractive young females on a holiday? Or…?
Report Post »StonyBurk
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 8:09amObamas’ extra-constitutional army -the guys he suggested some time ago as something he needed?
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 9:04amLock and load….
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 10:22amInvasion of Mexican military into the US. No worries though, it’s probably ok with Obama if they come over and maybe even arrest US citizens or whoever they want in the US.
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