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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chris_ on February 13, 2009, 11:24:42 AM
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If Violence Escalates in Mexico, Texas Officials Plan to Be Ready
As drug cartels continue to terrorize Mexico, Texas officials are planning for the worst-case scenario: how to respond if the violence spills over the border, and what to do if thousands of Mexicans seek refuge in the United States.
Katherine Cesinger, a spokeswoman for Texas Gov. Rick Perry, said a multi-agency contingency plan is being developed, and it will focus primarily on law enforcement issues, including how to handle an influx of Mexicans fleeing violence.
"At this point, what we're focusing on is spillover violence," Cesinger told FOXNews.com Thursday. "The immediate concern, if any, would be that."
More than 5,300 people were killed in Mexico last year in connection to criminal activity, and some experts predict things will get worse. Along with Pakistan, Mexico was identified in a Department of Defense report last year as a country that could destabilize rapidly.
If that were to happen, officials are concerned that the drug violence could cross the Rio Grande into southern Texas.
MORE (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,491964,00.html)
Yep. The feds won't secure the borders so the border states have to do it for them. Maybe Uncle Zero could stimulate a real fence for the entire border and hire a few thousand more border patrol...yeah, that'll happen.
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Are they not about 20 years to late with this?
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The first worst city in the world for kidnapping is Mexico City. The second worst???
Phoenix, Az. Folks, the violence is already spilling over.
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Exactly Thor...that's just what I was about to say.
It's already been happening. Look at El Paso.