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Article: Sheriff insists Mexican military crossed border.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 8, 2006
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Byline: Stephen Dinan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A Texas sheriff and his deputy told Congress yesterday they had "no doubt" that Mexican military crossed the U.S. border in Texas on Jan. 23, even as Mexican officials announced they have concluded it was known drug traffickers instead.
"There's no doubt in my mind there was Mexican military involvement. I've seen it too many times over the years," said Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West, in whose jurisdiction the incursion happened.
The House Homeland Security Committee's investigations subcommittee is examining the incident and the broader problem of incursions and violence on the U.S.-Mexico ...