US Border patrol agent held at gunpoint by Mexican Military - In US

[groovychk]

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was held at gunpoint Sunday night by members of the Mexican military who had crossed the border into Arizona, but the soldiers returned to Mexico without incident when backup agents responded to assist.

Agents assigned to the Border Patrol station at Ajo, Ariz., said the Mexican soldiers crossed the international border in an isolated area about 100 miles southwest of Tucson and pointed rifles at the agent, who was not identified.

It was unclear what the soldiers were doing in the United States, but U.S. law enforcement authorities have long said that current and former Mexican military personnel have been hired to protect drug and migrant smugglers.

"Unfortunately, this sort of behavior by Mexican military personnel has been going on for years," union Local 2544 of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) said on its Web page. "They are never held accountable, and the United States government will undoubtedly brush this off as another case of 'Oh well, they didn't know they were in the United States.'

"It is fortunate that this incident didn't end in a very ugly gunfight," said the local's posting

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/06/soldiers-cross-into-us-hold-guns-to-agent/

Does this make anyone at least a little mad?
My first reaction was incredulity. Then anger. I haven't had another yet.

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[d-dailydose.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

yes but a little mad is an understatement, and do you expect anything differently, seeing we're going to be united soon with Canada and Mexico under the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America? so borders will mean nothing anymore. free reign as long as you show proof of id. pretty soon all the military forces from can.mex. and u.s. will be united serving the same purpose.

[compudoc.livejournal.com]

It makes me mad, sad, incredulous, but it also forces me to shrug my shoulders. We have repeatedly asked the Mexicans for help in shutting off the flow of drugs etc. into the US, and they pay us nothing more than lip service. And we don;'t EVEN cross their border unless invited to do so.
Someone needs to give the governement and military forces of Mexico a clear, concise map of the US/Mexico border with the message that any incursion into the US will be met with force.
Maybe they will think TWICE about crossing the next time.