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| U.S. helicopter fired on from Mexico side of the border |
| 2015-06-07 |
| [CNN] A U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in Texas after it was struck by gunfire from the Mexican side of the border Friday. Laredo Police were called by border patrol, who said "one of their helicopters had received gunfire," said police front man Joe Baeza. The helicopter was flying over an area notorious for illegal border crossings and narcotics smuggling. "Our helicopter actually landed in Laredo and there were no injuries," the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. In a statement, the FBI said the helicopter was struck several times by gunfire about 5 p.m. during an operational flight near the Rio Grande in Laredo. "The rounds penetrated and damaged the aircraft, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing," the FBI statement said. "The pilot sustained no injuries and no individuals on the ground were affected." Preliminary indications are that the gunfire came from the Mexican side of the border, Laredo Police said. While it's not unusual to hear gunshots, incidents of cross border shootings are rare, Baeza said. The FBI and Texas Rangers were processing the shooting scene. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Shoot back. With heavy weapons. Fuck Mexico - if they dont like it, then control their banditos. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-06-07 22:48 |
| #4 Operation El Rio Grande Brokeback Mountain - Dude sounds like an awesome name - |
| Posted by: Titus Gonque1285 2015-06-07 17:57 |
| #3 Not to ruffle too many feathers but this is not the first time this has come up. Hoover deported or induced some 120,000 Mexicans to leave, Truman in nearly 8 years repatriated some 3.4 Mexicans back to Mexico, and Ike sent somewhere between 1-2 million folks back to their home country. Operation Wetback. It's hard to believe a government official would be allowed to call a govmint program Operation Wetback today. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-06-07 12:59 |
| #2 With over 10 million illegals in the country, it's not like we lack manpower to build one, though I'm more of a sea level canal guy myself. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-06-07 08:34 |
| #1 Where the hell is our barrier fence? |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-06-07 01:05 |