April 17, 2004
Another Month, Another Agent
By Jon E. Dougherty
[Recently by Jon Dougherty:
SALUTE-ing Mexico’s Proliferating Military Incursions]
There's been another U.S. casualty
in the continuing war along the U.S.-Mexico border. But
most of the country doesn't know it since the battles
are fought out of the limelight.
Don’t look for coverage in your
newspaper since most major media—run by
editors sympathetic to the cause of the
"poor migrant"—don't report such incidents.
On March 24, an illegal alien—one
of scores who try daily to sneak into the U.S.—was being
escorted by a Border Patrol agent to a van for a
"voluntary return" to Mexico when, suddenly, the
illegal grabbed the agent's
.40 caliber weapon from its holster. The weapon
discharged and struck the agent in the groin. The bullet
also hit the illegal—Jorge Breton-Rodriguez, 38—in the
upper thigh. [Border
crosser facing charges over gun fight with agent,
Associated Press, Mar. 25, 2004]
Both will live. And the agent
(whose name is withheld) got lucky. Since Border Patrol
agents are usually heavily outnumbered when they
encounter
groups of so called
"harmless" Mexican aliens trekking illegally north
across the border, it is only be a matter of time before
their
luck runs out completely.
Shocked? Don't be. This is life
along the U.S.-Mexico border, where a million migrants a
month, tons of
dope—and some say
terrorists— cross into the U.S. virtually at will.
According to my sources, the
illegal "migrant" who was responsible for the
injury of the Border Patrol agent could get up to 20
years in prison and a heavy fine.
That's swell—but it's typical of
U.S. immigration policy that deals with problems after
the fact.
Perhaps if U.S. officials took a
pro-active position on the issue, the most recently
wounded border agent wouldn't be limping around,
thanking his stars he is still alive.
There aren’t many in
Washington serious about
protecting our border. But there are civilians who
live in Arizona who are fed up. In fact, their
tempers are rising as fast as the number of Mexican
troops who regularly storm their property.
Jack Foote, national spokesman for
the border protection group Ranch Rescue says in the
future when Mexican soldiers invade property owned by
anyone in his group, they may be shot at before any
questions are asked.
"Two in the chest and one in the
head," Foote warned, according to the Tucson
Citizen in February. [Vigilantes
targeting Mexican military, by Luke Turf,
February 14, 2004]
[SOOTHING VDARE.COM note: Foote's warning ("Two in the chest and
one in the head") may sound bloodthirsty but it's
standard combat shooting practice in dealing with an
armed man at close range. It's called the
Mozambique Drill and was
invented by
Colonel Jeff Cooper,
based on an
incident that happened to one of his students.
Please note that he's talking
about an invading Mexican
soldier, i.e. an armed
trained enemy, not a poor unarmed
campesino lost in the
desert.]
Naturally, the first to cower and
criticize are the local tinhorns—politicians who part of
the same government-sponsored cabal who, through their
inaction, have allowed the problem of illegal
immigration to fester and grow.
Ray Borane is mayor of the
frontline city of
Douglas AZ. He argued against putting Regular
Army
troops on the border in
2001, now says he believes the hostile environment
along the border might create an international incident.
But instead of worrying about the
Americans he was elected to serve, or supporting the
spirit of the
brave and patriotic Americans
standing up for our sovereignty, Borane is fretting
about
public relations with Mexico.
"That's the thing that has
always worried me, that these people would cause an
international incident and not only hinder relations
with Mexico, but that they'd make this area become a
hotbed," he whined to the Tucson Citizen.
Wrong, Mr. Mayor. The illegal
immigrants have already made the area a
hotbed—not the groups formed to counter it.
I have a few questions for His
Honor.
