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US Border Patrol agents briefly detain 14 Mexican soldiers after they claim to have unintentionally crossed border into Texas
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Fourteen Mexican army soldiers were briefly detained and then returned to Mexico after they crossed into the U.S. at a border bridge in El Paso, Texas
- Two Mexican military vehicles crossed the bridge that links El Paso to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico in the early hours of Saturday
- Soldiers, their weapons and equipment 'were secured for safety and processing,' and noted the soldiers said 'they did not realize they had entered the U.S.'
- One of the Mexican soldiers 'was assessed a civil penalty after CBP officers discovered a personal use amount of marijuana in his possession'
- All 14 soldiers, their equipment and vehicles were returned to Mexico a few hours later after Mexican army officers came for them
- Inadvertent crossings of the border by Mexican military forces have occurred in the past, but usually in areas where the border is not clearly marked
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-09-26 |
