- AJO, Arizona - The Immigration
and Naturalization confirms A U.S. Border patrol Agent was fired upon Friday
five miles inside the U.S. Border, increasing the calls for citizens to
take direct action to halt what a U.S. Border Patrol agent called "an
act of war."
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- This is one of 21 border incursions that have taken place
over the last year.
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- According to a U.S. Border Patrol Agent, the Tohono O'odham
Police Department encountered a Mexican military incursion on Friday, May
17, 2002 at approximately 8:30 PM along the Santa Cruz trail inside the
Papago Farms border patrol area, just south of Forest Road 21.
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- The unnamed agent spotted three Mexican soldiers in a
Mexican Humvee on U.S. soil and was attempting to leave the area when the
rear window of his vehicle was apparently shattered by gunfire. "The
agent was leaving the area in an effort to avoid a confrontation"
with the Mexicans, according to Lori Haley, and INS spokeswoman.
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- "I cannot in good conscience stand by and watch
another incursion along our border take place," said U.S. Rep Tancredo
(R-CO). "Unless we open our eyes and recognize that what's happening
along the U.S. Mexico border is real, one of our guys is going to get killed.
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- The U.S. Border Patrol Agent, who wishes to remain anonymous,
informed Rep. Tancredo during a phone conversation that approximately five
miles north of the U.S./Mexico border, one the "GS-11" agents
out of the Ajo border patrol station noticed a military helicopter flying
overhead, heading south towards Mexico. Shortly thereafter, he came upon
a humvee, which not only began to approach him, but to fire upon his vehicle.
According to the agent's testimony, the vehicles rear window and back driver's
side windows were destroyed. Fortunately, the agent was able to flee the
incursion unharmed and concluded the conversation by stating, "As
far as I am concerned, that [incursion] should be an act of war."
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- With the increase in hostilities now confirmed by the
U.S. government, Sierra Times has learned that private citizens are making
preparations to deal directly with such incursions in the future. Stay
tuned.
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- http://www.sierratimes.com/02/05/23/araz052302.htm
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