Desert Invasion - U.S.

Texas sheriff: Mexican military involved in border incursion

By CNews staff, C News

January 27, 2006

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2006/01/27/1414935-ap.html

EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Suspected drug-runners dressed in Mexican military-style uniforms who were involved in an armed confrontation with Texas lawmen were using a Mexican military-issue Humvee and weapons, the Hudspeth County sheriff said Friday.

"It was military," said Arvin West, whose officers were involved in the standoff. "Due to the pending congressional hearings I can't comment further."

West said the determination the equipment was military-issue came from the U.S. government but he wouldn't elaborate....

The Mexican government has denied any soldiers were involved in the standoff that occurred Monday in a remote spot along the Rio Grande in West Texas. The smugglers escaped back across the border without a shot fired, abandoning about a half-tonne of marijuana as they fled....

In Mexico, kidnappers and drug-smugglers regularly wear police gear, which is sold at street stands....

A California newspaper reported this month Mexican military units had crossed into the United States 216 times since 1996....

Authorities fear a deadly confrontation as attacks against Border Patrol agents increase. Last fiscal year, there were 778 reported incidents, compared with 396 in 2004.

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