Shots fired into Mexico by U.S. Border Patrol agents

[Judi Lynn]

Source: CNN

Shots fired into Mexico by U.S. Border Patrol agents
By Nick Valencia, CNN
September 13, 2010 7:08 p.m. EDT

(CNN) -- U.S. Border Patrol agents fired gunshots into Mexico over the weekend after being attacked during a marijuana seizure in Mission, Texas, the agency told CNN on Monday.

The incident between border patrol agents and alleged drug traffickers took place around 7:40 a.m. Saturday, Border Patrol spokeswoman Rosalinda Huey said.

"Our agents were being fired upon and they did respond with fire back into Mexico," she said. "I don't have the number of how many people were involved. But none of our agents were injured."

Agents seized over 1,000 pounds of marijuana during the incident, according to Huey. The incident is under investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI and the Mexican government, Huey said.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/13/texas.mexico.shots.fired/index.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. Border Patrol agents fire into Mexico during bust

Border Patrol agents fire into Mexico during bust
By PAUL J. WEBER (AP) – 2 hours ago

SAN ANTONIO — U.S. Border Patrol agents fired gunshots into Mexico after coming under attack during a half-ton drug bust and giving chase to a truck along the Rio Grande, U.S. authorities said Monday.

No Border Patrol agents were hurt during the "fire fight" early Saturday in Mission, agency spokeswoman Rosalinda Huey said. She did not say whether Border Patrol gunfire hit anyone, citing the ongoing investigation.

"The firing they received came from the Mexican side," Huey said.

Huey said several Border Patrol agents, at least some of whom were patrolling in boats, were seizing a half-ton of marijuana when they came under gunfire. Federal officials said the shots from Mexico began when a truck that was being chased by another group of Border Patrol agents entered the area.

FBI special agent Jorge Cisneros said the truck, which was on the U.S. side, appeared to be connected to the drug seizure. He said the gunfire from Mexico was a "direct result" of Border Patrol agents doing their jobs.

More:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g4bsSAl5isOWz2ldzjbM_za6j4gAD9I7AE082

[liberal N proud]

2. Could this be Obama's war?

The Mexican-American war



:sarcasm:

[Bobbieo]

5. Maybe I would laugh if I didn't live in a border town!!!!

[liberal N proud]

8. I live along Lake Erie

We have to worry about Canadians.

Not really, but I do understand where you are coming from, my sister lived in Imperial Beach California. They could see the lights of Tijuana from their house at night. They kept a gun in the night stand.

[Bobbieo]

3. Time to legalize 'pot' in this country.

The U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy … says that more than 60 percent of the profits reaped by Mexican drug lords are derived from the exportation and sale of cannabis to the American market. …

[RKP5637]

7. +1000 +++ It's a simple solution for a very complex problem and would

probably bring the needless death rate down immediately.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Border Patrol is grappling with misconduct cases in its ranks

Border Patrol is grappling with misconduct cases in its ranks
In the last 18 months, five Border Patrol agents have been accused or convicted of sex crimes or assaults. The latest case involved the alleged assault of a suspected drug smuggler.
By Ken Dilanian, Tribune Washington Bureau

September 7, 2010|7:17 p.m.

Reporting from Del Rio, Texas — One by one, Border Patrol agents took the witness stand in the federal courthouse here last week to testify against a fellow officer, their faces creased with anguish.

By their accounts, Agent Jesus Enrique Diaz Jr., a husband and father with seven years on the job, tortured a 16-year-old drug smuggler two years ago by wrenching his handcuffed arms upward as he pressed a knee into his back. In an effort to make the boy reveal where he had hidden marijuana bundles near the Rio Grande, Diaz also kicked him and dropped him face-first on the ground, agents testified.

No one stopped the alleged assault as the 110-pound juvenile screamed, but some agents talked afterward about the "disgust" they felt and reported it. "I knew that what he was doing was wrong," Agent Gabriel Lerma testified.

The result was a rare Justice Department prosecution of a Border Patrol agent on civil rights charges, and the latest indication of problems within the Border Patrol, which has grown rapidly in recent years to become the second-largest police agency in the country with sworn officers after the New York Police Department.

More:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-border-patrol-20100908,0,5346494.story

[Adsos Letter]

6. Legalize pot. n/t

[a la izquierda]

9. jeez...

this is not going to end well, no matter how you look at it.

[ixion]

10. Idiots. Fighting over a naturally occurring plant.

How stupid is that?

[lib2DaBone]

11. A weed that grows up throught the cracks in the sidewalk...

1920 - Prohibition Begins in the U.S.


Prohibition Begins in the U.S. (1920): Beginning in the 19th century, many people, especially women, blamed many of society's problems upon alcohol. With the hope of bettering society, organizations were formed to advocate against the consumption of alcohol. By the beginning of the 20th century, many states had already created state laws banning alcohol. On January 16, 1919, the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. Exactly one year later (January 16, 1920), this Amendment went into affect, making the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor illegal and beginning Prohibition in the United States.

[Bobbieo]

14. Women's ChristianTemperance Union - e yi yi - e yi yi WCTU. I remember the chant!

[slackmaster]

12. I didn't know that marijuana could cause a seizure

:crazy:

[awoke_in_2003]

15. It is possible...

a very small percentage of people are allergic to it. But then, a small percentage of people are allergic to alcohol. It shouldn't be used as an excuse to keep it illegal

[UTUSN]

13. Well, we know that THOSE two countries will *never* go to war!1 n/t