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Two U.S. Customs Agents Shot in Mexico, One Killed

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed Tuesday evening that two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were shot in the line of duty Tuesday while driving on a Mexican highway about 200 miles outside of Mexico City. The shooting incident left one agent dead and the other was reportedly in stable condition after being shot in the arm and leg

Two U.S. Customs Agents Shot in Mexico, One Killed

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According to a statement from ICE, the agents had been assigned to the ICE Attaché office in Mexico City and were on their way to Monterrey.

Unnamed sources told the Los Angeles Times that the agents were shot when their vehicle was stopped at a road blockade set up by local drug traffickers:

There were conflicting reports on exactly where in Mexico the agents were shot. But the sources said they were apparently caught in the kind of “narco-blockade” that traffickers and their henchmen routinely set up in cities they are fighting to control, either to block law enforcement or to impede their enemies’ movements.

U.S. officials have only rarely been victims in Mexico’s ruthless drug wars, in which more than 34,000 people have been killed in four years.

“ICE is working with the U.S. State Department, Mexican authorities and other U.S. law enforcement partners to investigate the shooting,” the agency said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with our colleagues.”

The identities of the “special agents” have not yet been released.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano offered her personal condolences in the following statement, released Tuesday evening:

“I’m deeply saddened by the news that earlier today, two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents assigned to the ICE Attaché office in Mexico City were shot in the line of duty while driving between Mexico City and Monterrey by unknown assailants.

One agent was critically wounded in this attack and died from his injuries. The second agent was shot in the arm and leg and remains in stable condition.

U.S. law enforcement agencies are working closely with Mexican authorities who are investigating the shooting to ensure the perpetrators of this unconscionable crime are captured as quickly as possible.

Let me be clear: any act of violence against our ICE personnel – or any DHS personnel – is an attack against all those who serve our nation and put their lives at risk for our safety. The full resources of our Department are at the disposal of our Mexican partners in this investigation. We remain committed in our broader support for Mexico’s efforts to combat violence within its borders.

I ask that you join me in praying for our fallen and wounded colleagues.  Please keep them, and all our DHS personnel serving abroad or in harm’s way, in your thoughts.”

The BBC notes that the area where the shootings took place is known for “illicit activity”:

The attack comes as a US report suggests that one fifth of the US border with Mexico – some 375 miles (600km) – is not adequately guarded.

The investigative arm of Congress, the General Accounting Office, said the area lacked enough border agents to stop illicit activity such as gun running and illegal immigration.

This is a developing story…

Comments (180)

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  • Willie Wonka
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:31pm

    Wars have been started for less. It’s a shame but nobody is worried about retaliation from wussy America. We have become punks (and I mean that in prison terms) to the world. We don’t even know how to flex our muscles anymore! We‘re going to keep on getting sand kicked in our faces because they know that we won’t do anything about it.

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    • Messenger4God
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:25pm

      Our country has the weaponry, technology, and trained fighters who can get the job done, but .
      our politicians lack the political will and intestinal fortitude to tackle the problem head on. I am proud of our men and women in uniform but deeply ashamed of our weak politicians.

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  • HOCKEYHAWK216
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:31pm

    Since WHEN do outlaw drug cartels get to openly patrol and road-block public roads between cities? Are THEY the law? Or is the Law the law?

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  • odrade29
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:30pm

    When will the government wake up and realize the only way to stop this is to unleash the special forces on the drug cartels. Don’t arrest them , just take them out. We need to remind the world why they shouldn’t mess with us, and the power we can bring to bear when threatened.

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    • royalstar
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 2:17am

      So much for the constitution, rule of law and invading a sovereign country. Otherwise it is doable.

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  • redyanqui
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:27pm

    how about undo NAFTA agreements. Free Trade and Neo-Liberalism are the causes of all these things you people are worried about.

    Well that, and the insatiable American appetite for drugs.

    Seriously, the North American Free Trade Agreement had a provision which the president of Mexico agreed upon. The removal of Article 21 of the Mexican Constitution. Article 21 made it law that all farmland was state owned but not state controlled. this is farmland held in usufruct. Farmers would work the land in what was called an Ejido, sort of like an agricultural collective. the entire town worked on the fields which provided steady employment for many Mexicans. The state also artificially inflated the price of corn so that farming was actually something a person could live off of by gaining more in return for the products of their labor.

    When article 21 was removed, the farmland was privatized and divided up amongst ever farmer. productivity didnt change but the price of corn was then subject to market forces and competition with american agribusiness. it plummeted to a third of what it was before 1994.

    NAFTA was also an open door for american companies to move into mexico for cheaper labor. Many corn companies went in and offered a decent price for the land but when a farmer sold their land, they didnt have enough to sustain themselves for long. and due to american companies wiping out mexican ones jobs became scarce. hole villages were uprooted. many had no option but to move to the US in search of work. many did not have the money or time to do so legally. Mexicans are not the ones to blame. well, the politicians are but not the farmers.

    this is that free market capitalism so many of you adore. it actually caused the loss of jobs.

    am i calling for nationalism? HELL NO. im calling for an end to capitalism. it is an irrational and anarchic organization of the economy which leads to arbitrary firing to meet the bottom line or to boost profits. it makes capital move freely about the world while leaving no industrial or economic infrastructure behind.

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    • redyanqui
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:29pm

      i apologize for any typos.

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    • Waltermelon
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:16pm

      I think the problem isn’t so much capitalism, as it is un-checked capitalism. We need to dismantle corporate law. This would put a leash on what is now in many ways, globally unfettered. Remove the insulation that protects the bad actors.

      What the unions haven’t destroyed, N,A.F.T.A. finished off.

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  • Thighmaster
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:21pm

    Mexico looks like a good place to test the Army’s new “PUNISHER” smart weapon

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  • PAPAROACH
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:21pm

    @SILAT best idea i have heard in a long time.

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  • The_Outlaw
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:19pm

    Haven‘t you people been ’listening’?
    The Obama Administration has said that we don’t have a border security issue!
    Move along people! Nothing to see here!

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    • VermontPatriot
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:32pm

      Incompitano said the same thing. I’m glad
      I live on the northern border.

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  • JohnQTaxpayer
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:18pm

    we need to take the border more serious

    Illegal aliens do not have the right to drink from the cup of freedom
    purchased with the lives of our Soldiers

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  • Diane TX
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:17pm

    the_ancient
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:35pm

    At the risk of getting into a conservative Flame war, the USA’s prohibition on drugs is a large part of the cause and continued support of that cesspool.
    ____________________________________________________________________

    Oh? The Mexican government promotes drug use?

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    • proliance
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 8:04am

      Where is the responsibility on the part of those who want to legalize recreational drug use? They know damn well that their “victimless” crime is funding the deaths of thousands of people.

      Instead of blaming the govt. for trying to stop dangerous drug use, why don’t you man up and accept that your dirty little habit is wrong and stop using drugs. But no, there’s always someone else to blame and personal responsible is always for somebody else.

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  • Colonel-Burkhalter
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:11pm

    Mexico has changed for the worse. I use to travel in Mexico by myself when I was young, now I won’t even go there -it’s too dangerous. Also, if anyone argues about illegal immigration remind them of the chaos in Mexico because it’s coming to us soon and has already hit AZ and TX. People also need to be reminded that narco-terrorism, disease, terrorism, criminals of all sorts are a result of open borders, not to mention the social costs to our country.

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    • MetalPatriot
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:17pm

      I agree, Col.

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    • vic138
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:42am

      I drove from so california a few years back to la paz with my kayak on my jeep. Wasn’t very safe then, but would be nearly impossible now. And I have travelled to over 40 countries and 3 1/2 months in west africa (from spain to ivory coast, 10 countries total.)

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    • Brontefan
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 9:56am

      Was it Janet Napolitano who just insisted our southren border is safer than it has been in years? We are being invaded and because the BO administration needs these “illegals” for votes–a quick amnesty will cure everything, just ask them!–and some already vote here now—we are turning a blind eye to this horrific behavior. How many have to be murdered before we put troops on the southern border?

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  • Harvey
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:06pm

    Does anyone know anything about the so called “SECURITY AND PROSOERITY PARTNERSHIP” that Obama signed with Canadian Prime Minister Harper last Friday.Whatever it is it was done in secret without anything getting out to the public.This was done without the approval of Congress,I Guess it was.It was done by “Executive Order”
    I think when the truth is found out about this we will find that Mexico is also involved in it to.I think we had better find out what they are agreeing to.If this Republican House Congress has been part of this they have some questions to answer.

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    • psycodad36
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:54pm

      someone in the new house needs to introduce a bill repealing CZARS,Executive orders,pbs,doe ,nea,and any of the other wastefull piss-n our money away groups that suck our money away from our national defence

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:27pm

      Actually, The Security and Prosperity Partnership pf North America is between us, Canada and Mexico. It was negotiated when Bush was in office and signed with both countries by Bush, not Obama. There was never much in the news about it and I have no idea what is in it. It was signed supposedly to improve the security and economic prosperity of each of the 3 nations

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  • Whiskey Tango
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:06pm

    A President that will not protect our borders is guilty of treason.

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    • psycodad36
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:26pm

      truth

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    • psycodad36
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:28pm

      or atleast not upholding his oath of office

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    • Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 8:41am

      I would volunteer for that firing squad!

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    • Brontefan
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 9:59am

      I agree! Why are we spending so much money in programs to educate illegals in our Civics? Answer: so he can give a blanket amnesty to these people and receive their votes. And as long as we have the Zero Liability Voter, we will have the 47% voting to take funds from the 53% who are hard working taxpayers. How many people have to die before we wake up and put troops on the border–and instruct them to shoot anyone refusing to stop. Or are we going to give our southern counties to the drug cartels?

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  • scout n ambush
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:05pm

    Did not see your post first, has anyone promised the agent’s immunity yet or will they?

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    • psycodad36
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:36pm

      they’ll probably be arrested for treaspass,then fired and locked away,have to pay they’re own med bills, then lawyers, you know, the American way!

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  • glennrocks
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:59pm

    Is it just me or is President Obama the worst President ever?

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    • MetalPatriot
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:16pm

      He’s a “stealth” Muslim…you know, the kind that will lie about or do anything to destroy America (or anywhere else) to create a world of Islam. There’s only a handful of U.S. Presidents throughout our history that I really like (some of them have broke the Constitution at times as well, unfortunately), but this man & his staff & cohorts have created true hatred in my heart.

      He isn’t the ONLY enemy of our country, but he certainly is a major facilitator.

      I pray there’s a good USA for my daughter to grow up in, but it doesn’t look that way. We all have to (decide/choose to) live by our laws while our enemies (like gangs/criminals) don’t.

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  • Verum Ad Potentia
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:53pm

    Coming Soon to your town, USA.

    Have you exercised your 2nd amendment rights today?

    Verum Ad Potentia  
  • checkit
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:51pm

    No everything is fine NAPO said the border is safer, remember.

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  • nickbo
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:40pm

    My GOD when will we have a elected official that will insist that we stop this now, declare war if we
    must…there is a reason the President, past or present, has not done anything, both parties have had
    a hands off policy on Mexico for years, there is a trade off going on between America and Mexico, and
    both Rep. and Dem. have been involved in this for years…not sure of the reason, I have ideas, but I would be the one arrested. We must take a stand..but when??

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    • royalstar
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 2:10am

      It is the law of supply and demand. As long as the USA demands the drugs the Mexicans will deliver it. It is just too irresistable to a poor corupt country like Mexico.The Mexican govt. wasn’t too worried about this illegal trade until it started threatening their tourist trade. The people taking the drugs and distributing drugs here are as responsible as the Mexicans providing them. We are feeding the monster. The only sure way to stop the drug issue is to do as the Chinese govt. did over the opium addiction problem. They killed every person using, possessing, distributing the drug. They cured the problem in short order. The only other way would be to legalize drugs. Anything short of these two alternatives will never stop it. It is just too lucrative and too much corruption on both sides of the border.

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  • Thighmaster
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:36pm

    So much silence from an administration that likes to travel and talk so much. Sorry but this and everything else feels so much like a conspiracy to let evil in to take us from within our own borders.

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    • weeblewacker1
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 10:07am

      yep,there is evil in the goberment! it is spelled g.o.p. or t.e.a.p.a.r.t.y. it is them that want to cut how much? 600 million dollars from the u.s.border control??? wow!! so make sure you place blame where it belongs.

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  • jackeric61
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:36pm

    34,000 people killed in 4 years.
    we had 3000 Americans killed on 9-11 and we went after those responsible. How can the Mexican gov’t not care about their own people? They are a disgrace and the U.S. should cut all ties with them until they get their house in order, and that goes for the rest of these oppressive countries. It makes me sick!!!!

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  • streetrodder
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:35pm

    But Janet Incompatano says the borders are safe.

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    • beebacksoon
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:24pm

      What the heck does Janet N do all day? She KNOWS there are drug cartels; illegal immigrants; and terrorists from the Middle East coming in by leaps and bounds and does nothing. How the heck did she get this job? Why won’t she step up and speak the truth? Is her job so worth it? Does she have ANY integrity? Doubt it. Some people don’t take a dime to do what needs to be done, because they are still AMERICANS and LOVE this country! It appears we are on our own. Stock up on lead, buddy!

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    • millefiore
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:50pm

      Excellent last name for her.

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  • The Third Archon
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:32pm

    If we had a regulated legal market for drugs, the profits of smugglers and the criminal enterprises based upon them would be vastly diminished, making the problem of enforcing customs and regulatory compliance with drug inspection and quality standards a much easier task than it is status quo. Also, there would be less of this drug-related violence here and in Mexico, because the majority would take place under a legal model, and the majority of consumers would prefer a legal model for the quality protections the law requires–the introduction of regulation introduces standards to innovate towards qualifying and surpassing based upon that metric to appeal to consumers in the market. Without the proceeds to buy guns or run a criminal enterprise (pay foot soldiers, bribes, absorb lost costs to legal entanglement, etc) we would have more law & order. Oh–and we would free up a lot of space in prisons and have a larger pool of educable fit laborers.

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    • booger71
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:07pm

      You make some very good points in your post. I would declare though that the Federal, state, ad local governments make too much money off confiscated money, homes, cars, etc to ever legalize drugs. This money enables law enforcement agencies use this money (along with billions from taxpayers) to hire more cops, buy more guns, and build more prisons. I would be for legalizing all drugs (pharmaceutical grade) through local drug stores to anyone over 21. I would also mandate anyone caught selling to underage kids 20 years first offense, life for the second. People could grow their own weed. There might be an initial surge use drug use now, but I think it would settle out to about same percentage as we have now.

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    • republitarian
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:43pm

      “Federal, state, ad local governments make too much money off confiscated money, homes, cars, etc to ever legalize drugs. This money enables law enforcement agencies use this money (along with billions from taxpayers) to hire more cops, buy more guns, and build more prisons.”

      I don’t know about this, Booger. But I have no other explanation for why we can’t move forward with what is so obviously necessary, right, and proper..

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    • Waltermelon
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:03pm

      If Prop 19 would have passed in California, it would have pulled a lot of the teeth out of the cartels in Mexico.

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    • Sheepdog911
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:29pm

      Where in the world did all you Trolls crawl out from? The whole bunch of you are sad excuses for Americans. Haven’t seen a Patriot in this entire set of posts.

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    • republitarian
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:22am

      @Sheepdog, Trolls? Seriously? You must be new here.

      Perhaps you would like to offer up some wisdom on why certain objects and/or substances should be illegal. And do have your copy of the constitution with you.

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    • The Third Archon
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 3:17am

      FACT: America is STILL the greatest country in the world.

      Evidence:
      Exhibit A–THE PEOPLE
      Exhibit B–9 Nimitz Class Aircraft Carriers

      If you disagree, please refer to exhibit B.

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    • Sheepdog911
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 6:13am

      @ Repub – This story is about the sacrafice of a life, not your concept of drug laws. This ICE Special Agent’s work focused on Human Trafficking, not trying to keep you paying higher prices for you “herb”. And yes, Troll, I was a member of this site within an hour of Beckfirst announcing it had been started.

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    • stogieguy7
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:13am

      Here’s a better idea: we need to seriously deal with our degraded culture that glorifies drug use and aberrant behavior. It is a national embarrassment that the USA is the world’s largest market for illegal drugs.

      What are we? A nation of lowlifes? Crush both supply AND demand. By force if need be.

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  • J.C. McGlynn
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:31pm

    I would say investigating where the illegal pipeline starts or returning illegals to where they started.

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    • booger71
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:15pm

      Sheepdog911
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:29pm

      Where in the world did all you Trolls crawl out from? The whole bunch of you are sad excuses for Americans. Haven’t seen a Patriot in this entire set of posts

      Now just why is it so unpatriotic to have less government intrusion into our personal lives?

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  • Think4yourself
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:23pm

    Mexico is such a cesspool of coruption and violence. Yet we want to make America the same way…OPEN BORDERS would be Great! (Obvious sarcasim)

    http://www.unsalvageable.org

     
    • the_ancient
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:35pm

      At the risk of getting into a conservative Flame war, the USA’s prohibition on drugs is a large part of the cause and continued support of that cesspool.

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    • The Third Archon
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:44pm

      @THE_ANCIENT

      Shhh!!!!!!! ;)
      LOL

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    • booger71
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:52pm

      At the risk of getting into a conservative Flame war, the USA’s prohibition on drugs is a large part of the cause and continued support of that cesspool.

      Just another war the US cannot win

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    • ThomasUSA
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:53pm

      Yes Mexico is a full of corruption… and our nation has LENTY of it’s own stink as well.. The corruption in the courts, elections, banking on and on… this is why we are in the mess we’re in… We’re not as bad as Mehko.. but we have the same disease…

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  • Waltermelon
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:22pm

    Why the hell would there be ICE agents so far down into Mexico? Something stinks about this…

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    • booger71
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:32pm

      ICE has an office in Mexico City (don’t ask me why)

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    • the_ancient
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:34pm

      There are probally more ICE and DEA agents in Mexico than there are in the USA….. We supply ALOT of man power to the Mexican Government, because the Mexican Government cant trust their own people because most of them are on the Drug Cartels Payroll

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    • scout n ambush
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:55pm

      Do you remember the story about the weapons delivery scam by one of our alphabet org’s that was stumbled upon by the border patrol agent murdered awhile back .Agent‘s envolved said they wouldn’t testify unless congress promised them immunity.This story is still be investigated and i don’t know if it is true.

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    • Tenacious Moses
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:03pm

      U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is responsible for identifying and eliminating border, economic, transportation, and infrastructure security vulnerabilities. ICE has an estimated 15,000 employees in 400 domestic and 50 international offices,[10] though another official figure counts 17,200 employees.

      The organization is composed of four law enforcement divisions and several support divisions each headed by a director who reports to a Deputy Assistant Secretary. The divisions of ICE provide investigation, interdiction and security services to the public and other law enforcement partners in the federal and local sectors.

      Source:Wiki.

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    • Sheepdog911
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:23pm

      @ Walter, You are a moron, and every post of yours here proves it. What were they doing thery … something stinks …. etc. They are there working to protect your sory @$$. These people’s lives are at risk every minute they are down there. You prove that you know absolutely nothing of what is going on in our country as a reuslt of what is going on in the country that has been invading us for decades. The reason ICE can‘t do their job here is because morons like you don’t want them to do their job here. You’d rather have you cheap drugs and cheap tomatoes than to do what is right for our country. You see cheap labor as your friend and those who put their lives on the line for you as the enemy. I hope that someday, when you desperately need help, one of these heros is there to save your sorry butt – because that’s what they do – whether you appreciate it or not. now crawl back under your slimy rock.

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    • millefiore
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:52pm

      Possibly drugs, guns, illegals, contraband. May he R.I.P. and may the offenders be caught and executed.

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  • NE12012
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:21pm

    Time to unleash hell on enemies of the U.S.

    NE12012  
    • Waltermelon
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:23pm

      Except they were in MEXICO…

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    • etetetet
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:30pm

      Better to fight them there, than here in the States

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    • Waltermelon
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:31pm

      Do you see? The reason they cannot do their job here, is because for some reason, they are apparently in Mexico assisting them with THEIR southern border…

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    • the_ancient
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:32pm

      @WALTERMELON

      There was a time in History where attacking a US Any Citizen let alone a federal officer conducting Official Business in this manner would have brought about quick and deceive action.

      Sadly we now just write strongly worded letters

      the_ancient  
    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:35pm

      @The Ancient

      Sad but true anymore; these terrorists and others who dare to strike out against us need to be reminded of the wrath America can unleash; to be reminded in simple terms the concept of terror through the fear of the application of force against them.

      Simply put, they strike us once, we respond with such overwhelming force they will still hear the sound of the stones screaming for centuries yet to come.

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    • CatB
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:45pm

      When are we going to recognize the war with Mexico …? Just like before 9/11 .. they are at war with us .. when will OUR government respond?

       
    • Enuff Zenuff
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:06pm

      .
      If we legalized all drugs and expected people to be responsible for themselves, then we wouldn’t need agents stationed in Mexico. The end result of protecting fools from themselves is to fill the world with fools.

      Enuff Zenuff  
    • nptden
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:30pm

      What we need to due is pull all our troops out of Afghanistan and let them loose on the Mexican Border…To hell with Afghanistan, Pakistan and Taliban. They threaten, respond nuclear…We need a General Pershing, who chased Poncho Villa into Mexico for robbing banks on the border…We should call a state of war with Mexico. Invade ten miles, then use all the illegals here to built the Great Wall of the Southern Border.

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    • tobywil2
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:40pm

      VICTIMLESS CRIME LAWS:

      The failure of the 18th amendment demonstrated the failure and fallacy of the use of government force to control personal behavior (victimless crimes). It is everyone’s right to be protected from the initiation of physical force. Why, you say? Because it is in everyone’s selfish best interest that all citizens are free. Victimless crimes laws violate that god given right. The economic consequences these “behavior control laws” (victimless crimes) is legend. The results are incarceration of productive citizens and enrichment of the criminal element. The cost of these “victimless crime” laws to the economy defies imagination. http://commonsense21c.com/

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    • broker0101
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:45pm

      Were these ICE agents killed by Van Jones, The SEIU, The Muslim Brotherhood, Cass Sunstein and George Soros or is Glenn Beck their only target? Oh, wait, these people were ACTUALLY killed. My bad.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:48pm

      Its time for Hussain to head on over to mehico and read a speech to their joint session of congress, and thank their country for their contributions to US economy and accuse Americans of being racists. While he is there, he can announce a few more billion dollars in aid to the mehican drug cartels…err.er..government too. Maybe they’ll give him a standing ovation !

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    • Thatsitivehadenough
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:49pm

      What a terrible and pointless waste of precious life.

      Protect our borders. Don’t send Americans into Mexico to be killed. Build a fence. Use technology.

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    • Waltermelon
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:53pm

      These were highly trained agents deep within the territory of a foreign nation. The blame should also be laid at the feet of the Mexican government, and ICE. This looks to be premeditated, and NOT random violence.

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    • DisillusionedDaily
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:01pm

      It seems to me that the time has come to establish US military bases along the southern border and begin a prolonged period of regional live-fire training exercises. A second border will be established three miles north of the existing border and the space between shall be considered a “Martial Law Zone” and be heavily patrolled by armed US Military personnel. Under the rules of engagement for the proposed exercise, weapons may not be fired in a northerly direction. The approach of foreign persons in groups larger than two individuals is to be considered as a hostile action and US Military personnel will be authorized to defend themselves appropriately, if necessary.

      Falcon lake, bordered by both nations, shall be patrolled on the United States side by armed US Coast Guard and US Navy vessels under the same rules of engagement with the added proviso that properly marked Mexican military vessels shall not be fired upon unless provocation by said vessels requires self-defence activity.

      It is to be emphasized that the United States wishes no confrontation with Military Forces of the Republic of Mexico, but will cooperate fully with military forces of the Mexican Government to repel any and all attacks by criminal elements.

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    • bikerr
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:02pm

      @watermelonhead. Upside down flag upside down brain,upside down freedom.

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    • kc_chiefsfan
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:13pm

      ABSOLUTELY!!! There is no excuse for this and we should go in there with the full might and power of the American military forces. These brave men died or were wounded senselessly and someone’s head should roll for it. Our agents and law enforcement officers should be feared and respected with the knowledge that if you harm one there will be 1000 taking his place.

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    • Showtime
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:24pm

      @Waltermelon,
      I just sent that story to my buds at http://www.blueservo.net before I found it here. I hate it when I see an illegal crossing the border because I have to notify authorities so they can dispatch the Border Patrol. I worry about their safety every day.

      The agents were assigned to the Mexico City ICE Attaché office at the U.S. Embassy.

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    • Mateytwo Barreett
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:52pm

      OK!!!! Uhhhhhhhh. . Where do you want to start!?!?!?

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    • mtnclimberjim
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:36pm

      I just wish barry would go down there………
      I sure wish the mezcans were *******. Then that border would be closed.

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    • 123gone
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:08pm

      I’m supprised that Obama is so slow to apologize to the Mexican Government for having the agents down there in the first place. I wonder if they were armed?

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    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:48am

      Having our border patrol / ICE agents in Mexico seems like a dumb idea with the drug wars going on there. I hope they change their policy no later than by Wednesday morning so no more of the good guys get killed!

      http://tinyurl.com/4rv8xsm

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    • TwoLazy
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 5:53am

      NE12012 –
      careful there, in this administration we are the enemy!

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    • rodamaa
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:11am

      Sorry to say that we have to start with our own government first.

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    • diesel49
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:53am

      need to start in the w h and with this admin.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 8:55am

      Just honest people doing jobs that Americans refuse to do………the border has never been safer.
      Grope & Change

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    • Michael Vick
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 9:48am

      But we were in their country…

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    • stogieguy7
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:06am

      Perhaps we should be closing bases and pulling troops from the likes of New Zealand and Greenland and stationing them right on our southern border. With heavy artillery pointed at our southern enemies. There should be men (and women) with high-powered weaponry standing on every single foot of our border. If anyone crosses, they should be shot on the spot.

      That would be a good start. And only a start.

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:31am

      @the_ancient: Well said…I agree…What now?

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 4:57pm

      “I am sick of hearing how many people have been killed in Mexico! Since the year 2000, we have had over 45,000 US citizens killed by illegals on our own land! Nothing will get done, by our elite politicians until they or a member of their families are victimized by illegals here! All politicians want are a bunch of new voters and campaign dollars from illegals and their supporters! US citizens do not matter to them! Obama has ok’d a deal with Mexico, a new ID program, where Mexicans will be able to come to our country, go where they want, take more of our jobs, along with millions more new VISA workers. Do not believe Obama when he says he wants to create jobs for us, if he did, he’d rid us of illegals and stop bringing in more and more VISA workers!”

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    • patriot4all
      Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:45pm

      Which ones are the real enemies Obama, Reid, Pelosi, dumbass Liberals—or all the Muslim ones we have? Oh we’re talking about Mexico. We invaded Mexico for a lot less in 1917.

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