The consensus of opinion from the Phoenix, Arizona police is that at least some of the six cross border raiders were ex-Mexican Army personnel involved in the home invasion homicide on Monday.
The thoughts of the Phoenix Police officers are that the drug cartels are now performing cross border home invasion raids and murders north of the border i.e. Arizona. The past few months have been difficult for the Mexican Police and some of the drug cartel members who have assumed room temperature. As a result, some members of the remaining Mexican drug cartels are moving parts of their operations into the United States.
The home invasion on Monday, where a homeowner, 30-year-old Andrew Williams was murdered and as many as 100 rounds were fired at the home.
The Phoenix Police Department (PPD) documents linked
here describe military tactical ops control. Complete with window raking, suppressive firing, and door breaches (busting in.)
The
documents also appended suggest the home invaders were prepared to take the battle to the PPD, but ran out of ammunition prior to the arrival of the first PPD officers.
This nearly full scale battle which took place at 8329 W. Cypress St. Phoenix AZ. is presumed by the PPD to be only the beginning of the problem. Some reports indicate the drug cartels are interested in finding a safer place to do business than Mexico.
The issue of cross border raids has been
gaining notoriety over the past five months, the trend appears to be on the rise with no end in sight at this point.
The statement by one of those who was caught regarding the desire to take the fight to the PPD, has created some tension in the issue of crime response for the PPD. (certainly would for me)
At some point the concept of a closed border with Mexico is certain to come up as one of the few viable methods of controlling the influx of Mexican drug cartels and criminals all sorts to the United States. This particular crime speaks volumes to the recent ruling by the US Supreme Court regarding the ability of nearly all citizens to avail themselves of self defense weapons.
As a native of California, my thought is "How far away is the area I live in from the same sort of crime, and what might be the time frame?"
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6/26/08 2207 PDT
The Toilet Paper Rose
Then there is the case of Luis Camacho-Mendoza who
broke out of jail in Crawford County Arkansas. Awaiting deportation and working in the kitchen, Mendoza was able to break the lock on a kitchen door at the jail and make good his escape. For a time, Mendoza was caught the next day hiding in a closet full of clothes with a pillow case over his head. The most telling feature of the entire escape scenario is the toilet paper rose Mendoza left behind when he escaped. He claims to have left it behind because he felt bad for the jail Captain who would presumably take the heat for the escape.
Mendoza is an Illegal Invader being held on drug charges until he is deported. Just doing the work us Americans won't do?
