Only a few days after Mexican soldiers detained American soldiers on American soil, Mexican cartel members are now caught on camera smuggling illegals while armed with modern assault rifles. Fox News reports:
New government video obtained by Fox News shows heavily armed men at the U.S.-Mexico border escorting a migrant mother and son into the United States. Border Patrol officials told Fox News this is an unusual event and express concern that it will become a more regular occurrence – possibly leading to violence.
U.S. Border Patrol surveillance cameras caught the armed smugglers escort the migrant family at 10 p.m. Saturday near the town of Lukeville in the southwest corner of Arizona.
The video shows four to five men in full tactical gear and masks — carrying long guns and AK-47 assault rifles – escort a Guatemalan woman and her 8-year-old child under a vehicle barrier. The armed escorts turned back across the border. The woman and child turned themselves into border agents, who responded to the incursion.
The area is almost identical to where last week agents apprehended 399 Guatemalan immigrants who arrived in several buses just a 100 yards from the border. The area contains no pedestrian fence and is adjacent to the busy Highway 2 in Sonora, Mexico.
The cartel’s armament and training is superior to Islamic terrorists in many cases, and are now operating on American soil with impunity. Will President Trump declare a true national emergency, calling out the armed forces to repel an armed invasion on sovereign American territory?
They seam not to care what we do,A JOKE !
Yes !
I’ve proposed building a 10 to 25 mile wide, 24 hour a day, seven days a week, live fire military training reservation along the US/Mexico border from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean at San Diego. And, if Mexico complains, build it on their side. It should be called the General John “Black Jack” Pershing Military Reservation. Why? “In 1916 Pancho Villa and his bandido’s raided the town of Columbus, New Mexico, and in response President Woodrow Wilson sent General John “Black Jack” Pershing into Mexico after him. Back then, American authorities at least did something when the border was violated.”
I could be drawing incorrect conclusions, but it appears that the U.S.-Mexico orderhas become something of a joke, a rathwrpoorjoke at that. As for an armed party crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, that sounds like an invasion. Why was this invasion not resisted with as much force as necessary?
Good question. I suspect, however, that the circumstances – darkness of night and the presence of a woman and child – would preclude any attempt at taking out the armed intruders. Furthermore, surveillance video, not first-hand observers were most likely the means of detecting the border crossing, so by the time any counter force could arrive, the deed was done.
We desperately need better barriers the entire length of the border. With all of our country’s technological expertise, it seems something superior and more effective than a mere physical barrier like a fence or wall could be devised.
Ten years ago, we visited the Organ Pipe Cactus monument outside Lukeville. Even then, we were told not to stay overnight . It wasn’t safe. I see it hasn’t gotten any better.
Was there signage warning that drug and human smuggling might be going on in the area at that time?
Be calm they we’re just escorting their sister to school in America? And you want a war with who? It is legal to open carry in Arizona and profiling is still illegal by race or clothes. So there testing for weak areas of the border? Most likely and I’m sure they got Intel on the armed hunters from the Guatemalan person takin in custody? So you all still believe what you read in the news? Sad your only up for propaganda and buying it. Did you ever think for a moment what an arm conflict with Mexico would be like with so many illegals here in the US and legal Mexicans in the US that are armed just like the rest of the population do you understand what a slaughter looks like when you’re outnumbered use your head for something more than a hat rack guys gals.
For sure, an armed conflict with Mexico is the last thing we need. The best solution would be for the US and Mexico to work together to clean-up the cartels in both countries and to help Mexico institute a better democratic republic that would improve the quality of life and economy for its own people thereby encouraging them to remain in Mexico . However, because of human nature being what it is, the chance of anything like that ever happening is just about zero.
Every time we yield to an unlawful use of force this invasion grows worse.
The US is being invaded at our Southern Border. Armed or not, the illegal incursion of millions of people is an invasion. The US has a right to protect itself. Democrats should be drawn and quartered for their resistance against American sovereignty.
I’m missing something. If we can photograph the armed miscreants crossing the border, why can’t our Border Patrol, back by our armed forces, confront and neutralize them?
If the Mexican Police, Border-patrol, or Military take action, than we are at war with Mexico as soon as the first Bullet is fired.
Then so be it.