The feds have been alerted through a memo to law enforcement throughout the southwest, telling them that Mexican commandos are now working for drug cartels.
You'll be shocked to learn where the commandos were trained.
The memo from the Justice Department warns that Mexican commandos were trained by U.S. forces, but switched sides. They are now using their deadly skills to work for the drug cartels.
They were elite forces trained by the U.S. Army at Fort Benning, \Georgia to battle against the powerful drug cartels.
They're known as "los zetas," but a memo from the Justice Department to police agencies in the southwest warns that some of those commandos changed sides and are now working with drug smugglers.
Sheriff Tony Estrada says, "Things like that are a concern to us, especially trained here on the U.S. side. They've gotten pretty special training in reguards to areas they were supposed to specialize. Now, they are working with drug traffickers on the Mexican side."
Using the commando training, Los Zetas are known to be extremely violent and have been blamed for an outbreak of violence along the Mexican border.
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Posted by Muddy at June 22, 2005 07:15 PM | TrackBackUmmm...Yikes!!
Posted by: Coleman at June 26, 2005 10:42 PMYou said it!
Posted by: skywalker at June 27, 2005 12:42 AMYes, "Yikes" is a good place to start. However, without trying to sound like the town cynic here....does this *really* surprise anyone? It's just like Muddy and I were discussing late last week - you figure there had to be *someone* somewhere along the line that said..."Hey, ya know....I don't think training these people are a good idea. It's going to come back and bite us in the tookus.".
Posted by: mrs. muddy at June 27, 2005 10:13 AM