And right on through a National Guard unit deployed there:
A U.S. Border Patrol entry Identification Team site was overrun Wednesday night along Arizona’s border with Mexico.According to the Border Patrol, an unknown number of gunmen attacked the site in the state’s West Desert Region around 11 p.m. The site is manned by National Guardsmen. Those guardsmen were forced to retreat.
The Border Patrol will not say whether shots were fired. However, no Guardsmen were injured in the incident.
The Border Patrol says the incident occurred somewhere along the 120 mile section of the border between Nogales and Lukeville. The area is known as a drug corridor. Last year, 124-thousand pounds of illegal drugs were confiscated in this area.
The Border patrol says the attackers quickly retreated back into Mexico.
I’m sure it was just a group of undocumented workers looking for work that Americans are too lazy to do.
(H/T Drudge)
Marcus
Who wants to bet they didn’t have any ammo issued?
I was under the impression that the NG’s don’t even have weapons. Am I wrong?
Depends on the mission. Unlike federal troops back home who are limited by Posse Comitatus, the National Guard may use their weapons and ammunition with reckless abandon.
Didn’t appear to be much reckless abandon going on, unfortunately.
I’ve been checking around and can’t find anything. I do remember some limpdick worried about putting troops fresh from a combat tour on our border. Are these even line troops?