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08-06-2005, 09:50 AM
Mexican mercenaries expand base into U.S.
<!--- Subhead ---> <!--- Byline ---> By Jerry Seper
<!--- Body ---> <table align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" width="10"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center">http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper441/stills/hed600t5.jpgMexican state police at a road check outside Nuevo Laredo. The border town with the US has become the hub for a renegade band of Mexican military deserters that is reportedly operating in the US to protect drugs shipped by Mexican smugglers(AFP/File/Alfredo Estrella)
</td> </tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>THE WASHINGTON TIMES
August 1, 2005
A renegade band of Mexican military deserters, offering $50,000 bounties for the assassination of U.S. law-enforcement officers, has expanded its base of operations into the United States to protect loads of cocaine and marijuana being brought into America by Mexican smugglers, authorities said.
The deserters, known as the "Zetas," trained in the United States as an elite force of anti-drug commandos, but have since signed on as mercenaries for Mexican narcotics traffickers and have recruited an army of followers, many of whom are believed to be operating in Texas, Arizona, California and Florida.
More on this story here. (http://www.insightmag.com/media/paper441/news/2005/08/01/National/Mexican.Mercenaries.Expand.Base.Into.U-965355.shtml)
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But we don't have a border problem!
<!--- Subhead ---> <!--- Byline ---> By Jerry Seper
<!--- Body ---> <table align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" width="10"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center">http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper441/stills/hed600t5.jpgMexican state police at a road check outside Nuevo Laredo. The border town with the US has become the hub for a renegade band of Mexican military deserters that is reportedly operating in the US to protect drugs shipped by Mexican smugglers(AFP/File/Alfredo Estrella)
</td> </tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>THE WASHINGTON TIMES
August 1, 2005
A renegade band of Mexican military deserters, offering $50,000 bounties for the assassination of U.S. law-enforcement officers, has expanded its base of operations into the United States to protect loads of cocaine and marijuana being brought into America by Mexican smugglers, authorities said.
The deserters, known as the "Zetas," trained in the United States as an elite force of anti-drug commandos, but have since signed on as mercenaries for Mexican narcotics traffickers and have recruited an army of followers, many of whom are believed to be operating in Texas, Arizona, California and Florida.
More on this story here. (http://www.insightmag.com/media/paper441/news/2005/08/01/National/Mexican.Mercenaries.Expand.Base.Into.U-965355.shtml)
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But we don't have a border problem!