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Chertoff: military prepared to fight Mexican drug gangs

By Eunice Moscoso | Thursday, January 15, 2009, 02:54 PM

In an interview with the Houston Chronicle, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said that federal SWAT teams and military units are prepared to respond to Mexican drug gangs in the event they cross the border.

The story also quotes another anonymous “department official” who said that the forces “stand ready to manage any surge to the border by Mexicans panicked by the cartels’ violence.”

Read the story here.

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By Larry

January 15, 2009 11:02 PM | Link to this

You can assist in the border watch. Here is a link with about ten cameras along the Texas border.

http://www.blueservo.net

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