Confrontation In Arizona Between Mexican Soldiers, Border Patrol Confirmed

*This is interesting on many levels. It was an international incident (that we didn’t hear about until now); ICE agents and Mexican soldiers pulled weapons on each other, on U.S. soil; if it were in a movie we’d laugh at the improbability of it all. VL

By Lorne Matalon, Fronteras

Two camouflaged Mexican soldiers crossed into Arizona in January, touching off a standoff with U.S. Border Patrol agents. Both sides drew their weapons before the the Mexican soldiers were detained.

It happened on Jan. 26, prompting a half-hour standoff 2.5 miles west of the Port of Entry at Sasabe, Ariz. After repeated denials that the Mexicans were military personnel, Mexico now says they were indeed soldiers, adding the pair was in pursuit of drug traffickers.

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[Photo by Phillip Capper/Flickr]

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