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At least one Mexican gunman fired toward U.S. road workers 25 miles east of Fort Hancock, Texas, about 10:30 a.m., said Arvin West, sheriff of Hudspeth County.
County employees were working on the Indian Hot Springs Road, a county road that runs almost adjacent to the western Texas-Mexico border.
They heard three to four rounds of shots coming from the Mexican side and departed the area. Drug smugglers use that area to traffic narcotics and appeared to have fired their guns to scare the road workers away.
At least one Mexican gunman fired toward U.S. road workers 25 miles east of Fort Hancock, Texas, about 10:30 a.m., said Arvin West, sheriff of Hudspeth County.
County employees were working on the Indian Hot Springs Road, a county road that runs almost adjacent to the western Texas-Mexico border.
They heard three to four rounds of shots coming from the Mexican side and departed the area. Drug smugglers use that area to traffic narcotics and appeared to have fired their guns to scare the road workers away.
Approx. location (somewhere on Indian Hot Springs Road - give or take a few miles): Google Maps
There need to be some snipers with the Texas National Guard picking off those who would shoot across our border at unarmed workers. It seems obvious Mexico cannot manage their side of the fence.
There need to be some snipers with the Texas National Guard picking off those who would shoot across our border at unarmed workers. It seems obvious Mexico cannot manage their side of the fence.
Then we need to do their work for them.
If someone fires across the border then we need to take care of business and shot back.
This has to end and the only way I see it is to put our military on the border with all the ammo they need to get control of it.
Just because bullets came their way doesn't necessarily mean it was aimed fire. It might have been, but it might not have been either, so don't jump to conclusions.
In any case, stray bullets flying across the border isn't uncommon in Hudspeth County.
And, as for those National Guard snipers? Don't worry, they're out there, but they're typically Regular Army.
There need to be some snipers with the Texas National Guard picking off those who would shoot across our border at unarmed workers. It seems obvious Mexico cannot manage their side of the fence.
We're not managing our side any better.
The reason these workers were getting shot at is that they were working on roads that the cartel was impatient to use. The shooters were just trying to scare them off because this is the route the cartels use to get their big shipments in.
We haven't heard of the drug addicts running into any trouble getting their drugs have we?
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