[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 36 (Friday, March 12, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H1362-H1363]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                INCURSION BY MEXICAN MILITARY HELICOPTER

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, yesterday an armed Mexican military 
helicopter was spotted and photographed over a residential area a mile 
inside the territorial boundary of the United States.
  Texas Sheriff Sigi Gonzalez of Zapata County said the Mexican Navy 
helicopter was not the first incursion by the Mexican military onto the 
U.S. side of the Rio Grande River.
  There is a violent border war raging in this area between the Los 
Zetas and Gulf drug cartels for territory. Eight Mexican journalists 
have been kidnapped, numerous individuals killed in old west style 
shoot-outs, and the violence and corruption has even spilled over to 
the U.S. side. The cartels have even infiltrated U.S. law enforcement 
agencies on the border, resulting in 400 corruption cases being filed.
  The border has become a corrupt, violent area, and now the Mexican 
military crosses our border with unknown intentions. The United States 
cannot allow the border to be a war zone for murder, mayhem, violence, 
drugs, and corruption.
  And that's just the way it is.

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