What else can you call it when something like this happens?

A marijuana-laden dump truck got stuck in the Rio Grande between Texas and Mexico until men who looked like Mexican troops yanked the truck into Mexico, according to authorities.

Hudspeth County Chief Deputy Mike Doyal told the El Paso Times: "Everyone had the presence of mind not to cause an international incident or start shooting."

Excuse me?

Mexican troops?

Thursday evening, Border Patrol agents tried to stop the dump truck on Interstate 10, sheriff's officials said. The truck fled to Mexico in the Neely's Crossing area.

The truck got stuck in the riverbed, and the driver took off running. Doyal said the driver returned with armed men, including men who arrived in official-looking vehicles with overhead lights and what appeared to be Mexican soldiers in uniform and with military-style rifles.

Helping the drug smugglers avoid detention by rescuing them from American terrirory?

The standoff ended when the "soldiers" used a bulldozer to pull the dump truck into Mexico, sheriff's department officials said.

This damned well should have turned into a shooting incident! There should have been a whole mess of dead Mexicans "soldiers" when they did not stand down and permit the apprehensions of criminals on American soil. Wanna bet that we would likely see a serious decrease in border incidents involving mexican military and law enforcement personnel?

When, oh when, are we going to simply point our troops south and stop the violations of American sovereignty and security that come from Mexico every day?

HAT TIP: Blognomicon and The War On Guns.

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He was in the US illegally, but the Austin PD cut the guy loose after investigating him for child molestation. Two years later, David Diaz Morales broke into the home of 18-year-old former co-worker Jenny Garcia Hayden and stabbed her to death.

Garcia Hayden's parents think Austin police knew Diaz was a Mexican citizen living in the country illegally and should have called immigration authorities.

"What happened (to Jenny) happened because he was illegally in the country and was not deported," Garcia said.

The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Austin, names Police Chief Stan Knee and Assistant Chief Rudy Landeros as defendants.

It claims the city and police department have illegal policies that restrict employees from communicating with federal authorities about the immigration status of people in Austin.

The suit seeks a court order to prevent such restrictions by the city.
The city's lawyer, Anne Morgan, said Austin doesn't have a policy to prohibit employees from calling immigration officials.

The City Council has approved a resolution labeling Austin a "safety zone" where all people "are treated equally, with respect and dignity regardless of immigration status," Morgan added.

Given this is Austin, it is likely that the order was given that officers not report border-jumpers and over-stayers encountered during the course of ordinary police work. As a result, a girl is dead.

It is time for the courts to give the order that all immigration criminals be reported to immigration authorities by police.

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