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Mexican Military gets lost and crosses Bridge #2 (Nuevo Laredo) into the USA! (with video)
Can you imagine sitting in the line in San Ysidro and seeing a the Mexican Military min-convoy roll up to the booth? Geesh. What are the contingency
plans? What if they had opened fire on the inspectors? What if they weren't military at all? What a potential mess. This really isn't good that they
can roll up to the inspection booths and through... is it?
http://www.pro8news.com/news/local/Mexican-troops-cross-into...
Mexican troops cross into the United States at Bridge Two
Story Created: Jun 23, 2011
Story Updated: Jun 23, 2011
A convoy of three military trucks loaded with Mexican soldiers crosses the border at Bridge Number Two clearly violating international law.
It happens as Customs and Border Protection inspectors try to figure out what to do.
A CBP spokesperson says they got on the phone with Mexican authorities after being alerted that the military trucks were heading their direction
loaded down with soldiers and weapons.
Mexican leaders say the soldiers, who had just been deployed to Nuevo Laredo, didn't know the area, got lost and then made their way through Bridge
Two.
It's important to note that CBP did not tell us about the potentially serious situation. It came from another law enforcement agency.
Some callers to our newsroom were upset inspectors allowed the Mexican military to get so close to all those inspection booths over at Bridge Number
Two.
Some noted had it been Mexican drug lords they could have taken inspectors by surprise and easily crossed the international border deeper into the
United States.
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JESSE
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LOL!! @ "Some noted had it been Mexican drug lords they could have taken inspectors by surprise and easily crossed the international border deeper
into the United States."
Yeah, like Mexican drug lords are going to dress up like soldiers and cross to the US to conduct a raid
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Woooosh
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Hardly, huh? Imagine Mexico's response if this were the other way around. I do think the BP needs a plan for this. I would have bailed out of my car
and run for cover.
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baja1943
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Anyone thats familiar the physical setup of that crossing knows the story is ridicules. About as newsworthy as a bajanomad being busted at the border
with illegal Viagra.
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Woooosh
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I'm about as close as I want to get to that armpit...
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Maybe they were looking for a Tim Hortons. The secret of the Tim Bits are out, run for the border
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
A convoy of three military trucks loaded with Mexican soldiers crosses the border at Bridge Number Two clearly violating international law.
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swooshi:
they crossed a bridge, but did not cross the border.
what law was "clearly" broken?
what law says army vehicle may not drive on public roads?
swooshi, please verify this crap before you post it.
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
A convoy of three military trucks loaded with Mexican soldiers crosses the border at Bridge Number Two clearly violating international law.
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swooshi:
they crossed a bridge, but did not cross the border.
what law was "clearly" broken?
what law says army vehicle may not drive on public roads?
swooshi, please verify this crap before you post it. |
So you think it would be OK for the Mexican army to cross at San Ysidro and take the U-Turn loop back into Mexico? I don't.
"A convoy of three military trucks loaded with Mexican soldiers crosses the border at Bridge Number Two clearly violating international law." That's
pretty clear to me.
[Edited on 6-24-2011 by Woooosh]
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
So you think it would be OK for the Mexican army to cross at San Ysidro and take the U-Turn loop back into Mexico? I don't.
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why not? sounds pretty harmless.
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
So you think it would be OK for the Mexican army to cross at San Ysidro and take the U-Turn loop back into Mexico? I don't.
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why not? sounds pretty harmless. |
not if you have a pacemaker! 
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The problem is that once you get into the wrong lane and merge into the border traffic, there are rarely any options to turn around or get out of the
line. After looking at the video in the link my instincts would have told me (if I was there) that they were hunting down somebody in the line.
I would have probably been thinking along Woooosh's idea of running for cover...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGringo
The problem is that once you get into the wrong lane and merge into the border traffic, there are rarely any options to turn around or get out of the
line. After looking at the video in the link my instincts would have told me (if I was there) that they were hunting down somebody in the line.
I would have probably been thinking along Woooosh's idea of running for cover... |
True. Once you get on that lane, theres no way out like it used to many years ago. A few months ago i got caught in a similar situation at the san
ysidro border, and i had to do a 1hr wait, and then like a fool tell the inspector i made a wrong turn and i didn't have my passport.
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It was a bridge they crossed over. Half of the bridge is in the United States so actually they did cross over into the US. Did they do this illegally?
Who cares. There have been reports of the Mexican Military crossing over into the US a lot at different border locations but never at a customs booth!
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Didn't some of our armed MPs do the same thing a while back at San Ysidro?
Jeeeeezo.....these arn't invasions.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Didn't some of our armed MPs do the same thing a while back at San Ysidro?
Jeeeeezo.....these arn't invasions. |
Didn't they take those wrong-turn soldiers to jail for entering with guns? Think so.
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let the headline read "The Shoddy Bridge Over River Journalism"
The US media once again overstepping, or would it more aptly be said "under-cutting" their professional standard by floating callers' quips as their
editorial opinion.
Has the new ethic of US journalistic reporting really bottomed out by resorting to the sensationalization of events? Why is this the manner in which
current events are reported? Why have the high ethical standards of journalism for which the US was once respected become sub-standardized?
The handling of this event by the news media won't engender respect and cooperation between the US and Mexico, in my opinion, but create fodder to
further alienate the relationship between neighbors. The journalistic spin on today's event, and I don't give it further weight by calling it an
international incident or refer to a violation of international law, was really crafted to engender fear and disrespect in the minds of many
Americans.
People tend to fear and even dislike that which confuses them. If they are not offered a credible explanation of that which they question they hold
that fear and in time embellish it. We look to our leaders to give us explanation and guidance. The vehicle through which this is delivered is the
media which bears a great responsibility in the formation of ideology of those who receive its information. To accurately report the facts as they are
is the duty of a reporter. Editorial journalistic opinion is another arena. Of late this distinction is blurred.
Just report the facts and leave it at that, imo.
This is your Baja editorial reporter writing from the beautiful Central Pacific Coast.
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Woooosh
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Don't Mexican Military trucks have "reverse"?
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of course we all know that there are NO american undercover folks in baja...right?...so with that in mind, i think it really really unfortunate that
mexico would have the audacity to send their troops north across our border...especially when it involves a bridge!..fer gawds sake.....ok...i'm
done..
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Anything to declare????
Shoulda sent 'em to secondary!!!!
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