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Mexican Military Helicopter over Texas! #151091
03/12/2010 03:56 PM
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6909500.html

I found this in the news and thought it was interesting. Take a look.

BROWNSVILLE — The Zapata County sheriff Thursday was questioning why a Mexican military helicopter was hovering over homes on the Texas side of the Rio Grande.

It was one of the more jarring incidents of the fourth week of border tensions sparked by drug killings — and rumors of drug killings — in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez said he'd reviewed photos of the chopper flown by armed personnel Tuesday over a residential area known as Falcon Heights-Falcon Village near the binational Falcon Lake, just south of the Starr-Zapata county line. He said the helicopter appeared to have the insignia of the Mexican navy.

“It's always been said that the Mexican military does in fact ... that there have been incursions,” Gonzalez said. “But this is not New Mexico or Arizona. Here we've got a river, there's a boundary line. And then of course having Falcon Lake, Falcon Dam, it's a lot wider. It's not just a trickle of a river, it's an actual dam. You know where the boundary's at.”

Re: Mexican Military Helicopter over Texas! #151092
03/12/2010 04:17 PM
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We should have shot it down. Who knows they could be terrorist looking for a building to fly into. But more than likely reconing thier future area of operations.


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03/12/2010 04:44 PM
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LOL, think of the international incident that would cause if just one or two guys with AKs just started emptying mags into the cockpit of that thing.

What would they get arrested for, repelling an enemy invasion?


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03/12/2010 05:28 PM
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and then the chopper fires back and we have a really good incident


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03/12/2010 05:53 PM
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It didn't say the chopper was armed. It just said there were armed personell inside it. Door gunners really only lay down suppressive fire. Those machineguns are by no means accurate. Besides, all the top quality Mexican troops are now working for the drug gangs. Flash hiders and camo will keep him from seeing where the bullets are coming from.


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Re: Mexican Military Helicopter over Texas! #151096
03/13/2010 11:40 AM
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This sort of thing happened in '02 as well. Felt kinda stupid unarmed and looking up at it. Had to go and look the make of the chopper up on the computer.


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