American police draw fire at the border

[Warthogg]

American police draw fire at the border


American law-enforcement officers on the Texas-Mexico border were fired upon from Mexico this morning in Hidalgo County while trying to capture a load of smuggling narcotics, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

At least three suspected drug runners were wounded in the exchange, officials said. It was unclear if they were in the United States, in Mexico or crossing the Rio Grande River.

Three police boats dispatched to the scene took “heavy gun fire” from across the river while trying to catch the drugs, which were allegedly also aboard boats, according to a DPS statement..

The officers were part of a multi-agency Texas Ranger Recon operation and were along the border early this morning.

Mexican authorities were notified of the incident.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/topstory/7602872.html#ixzz1OnWa00wM





Wart

[Redcell]

Uparmored PT boats should do the trick.

[Full Otto]

Speaking of armored

Mexican drug gang deploys 'Mad Max' armored trucks against rivals
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/06/mexican-drug-gang-deploys-mad-max-armored-trucks-against-rivals/1

They could use a little work for the tires though

[O.S.O.K.]

Go Texas Rangers!!!

"one riot, one Ranger"

or in this case, "one cadre of Mexican smugglers, one Ranger" :D

[FunkyPertwee]

I'm ready to sic the drones on those bastards already. Why aren't we missle striking these assholes like its Afghanistan?

[(AK)1000shots]

Go Texas Rangers!!!

"one riot, one Ranger"

or in this case, "one cadre of Mexican smugglers, one Ranger" :D

Reminds me of a joke:

A Taliban commander is walking his division through the mountains, when he hears a voice over a ridge yell, "One Army Ranger is better than 10 Taliban soldiers." The commander, annoyed, sends ten men over the ridge, where gunfire and explosions erupt, followed by silence. A few moments later, the voice calls back, "One Army Ranger is better than 100 Taliban soldiers." The commander, angry, sends a hundred men over the ridge, with gunfire and explosions going off again, followed by silence. Convinced that the Ranger is dead, the commander gets ready to move out, when he hears the voice yell again, "One Army Ranger is better than 1,000 Taliban soldiers!" Absolutely furious, the commander sends 1,000 men over the hill, with gunfire and explosions erupting. The fighting lasts for a long time, followed by silence. Finally, a battered, bloody Taliban soldier comes crawling back over the ridge, and says, "Commander, don't send any more men. There's actually two of them."

[O.S.O.K.]

:D :D :D

[1 Patriot-of-many]

This will never end till we decriminalize or legalize drugs. We didn't have these problems before the early 1900's when drugs were bought over the counter.
Prohibition any wise person can see was the cause of gangs and violence.

[(AK)1000shots]

This will never end till we decriminalize or legalize drugs. We didn't have these problems before the early 1900's when drugs were bought over the counter.
Prohibition any wise person can see was the cause of gangs and violence.

Agreed. There should not be laws in place that attempt to protect a person from him or herself. The only valid laws are those which protect the individual from other people.

[Krupski]

Wart

We need guard towers and miniguns at the border. Lots of them.

[Krupski]

This will never end till we decriminalize or legalize drugs. We didn't have these problems before the early 1900's when drugs were bought over the counter.
Prohibition any wise person can see was the cause of gangs and violence.

Prohibition generated crime, drug laws generate crime and gun laws generate crime.

You would think they'd learn by now... but then this IS the government we're talking about.

[Krupski]

Agreed. There should not be laws in place that attempt to protect a person from him or herself. The only valid laws are those which protect the individual from other people.

Agreed 1000%!

(or protect other people from the individual).

[Warthogg]

This will never end till we decriminalize or legalize drugs. We didn't have these problems before the early 1900's when drugs were bought over the counter.
Prohibition any wise person can see was the cause of gangs and violence.

Christian fundamentalist nut jobs gave us prohibition. Prohibition funded and gave us the Mafia of today*. What will the prohibition on drugs fund ??


Wart

*And gave us the Kennedys. I vastly prefer the Mafia.

[insider]

But the borders are safer than ever!:laugh:

[Schuetzenman]

Perfect public works project. Build the Great Wall of USA and wall off the Mexies. Put in no doors, nothig and nobody is needed from Mexico.