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**KongoSan** · 02-10-2006, 02:53 PM

So let's ignore the war "declaration" statement. IF these reports are true, it is pretty incredible. If it is occurring, and the Mexican government denies it, what does it say about Mexico's ability to control it's armed forces?

Drug and alien smuggling is very lucrative. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Mexican soldiers or policemen were looking to get a cut of the business by offering "protection."

That is one wacky border.

Oh, I agree, this is most likely whats going on. I personally think there should be more people patrolling the Mexico/US border to ensure that these sorts of things don't happen. I have recently, for the first time ever, seen commercials recruiting for the Border Patrol, so I'm assuming they have some sort of new campaign attempting to achieve just that.

But, I doubt this is some sort of concerted effort by the Mexican government to use their troops to get drugs into a US. I'm guessing it's most likely just corrupt military personnel who are taking advantage of the lack of oversight in the Mexican army to make a quick buck. How we can effectively stop something like this could be quite a problem.

02-10-2006, 02:53 PM	#17
KongoSan Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 349 Senior Member	So let's ignore the war "declaration" statement. IF these reports are true, it is pretty incredible. If it is occurring, and the Mexican government denies it, what does it say about Mexico's ability to control it's armed forces? Drug and alien smuggling is very lucrative. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Mexican soldiers or policemen were looking to get a cut of the business by offering "protection." That is one wacky border. Oh, I agree, this is most likely whats going on. I personally think there should be more people patrolling the Mexico/US border to ensure that these sorts of things don't happen. I have recently, for the first time ever, seen commercials recruiting for the Border Patrol, so I'm assuming they have some sort of new campaign attempting to achieve just that. But, I doubt this is some sort of concerted effort by the Mexican government to use their troops to get drugs into a US. I'm guessing it's most likely just corrupt military personnel who are taking advantage of the lack of oversight in the Mexican army to make a quick buck. How we can effectively stop something like this could be quite a problem.
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