U.S.-trained forces reportedly helping Mexican cartels
Copyright 2008
WASHINGTON — As many as 200 U.S.-trained Mexican security personnel have defected to drug cartels to carry out killings on both sides of the border and as far north as Dallas, Rep. Ted Poe, R-Humble, told Congress on Wednesday.
The renegade members of Mexico's elite counter-narcotics teams trained at Fort Benning, Ga., have switched sides, contributing to a wave of violence that has claimed some 6,000 victims over the past 30 months, including prominent law enforcement leaders, the Houston-area Republican told the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The slaughter has gained urgency amid high-profile assassinations of law officers in
Poe held aloft a dramatic, poster-board-size photograph that he said showed guerrilla-style commandos crossing into the
He said the Department of Homeland Security had documented "over 250 incursions by suspected military forces" into the
Labels: Border Security, Corruption, Drug Cartels, Illegal Invasion
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