Article: Official questions Mexico's presence at border; Military held U.S. agent at gunpoint.(NATION)

Byline: Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A Republican congressman who played a key role in the government's efforts to build a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border says the Mexican military's holding of a U.S. Border Patrol agent at gunpoint last week raises serious questions about Mexico's presence and activities in the area.

The fact that the Mexican military is operating in such close proximity to the border, without any identifiable purpose, calls into question its activities and raises concerns about the vulnerability of our southern land border, Rep. Duncan Hunter of California said in a letter Friday to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Homeland Security ...

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