Major General Paul E. Vallely, US Army (ret) reports on the following events:
"A Border Patrol agent on the Arizona border was shot and
killed by Mexican drug smugglers this month. There were eight attackers
this time with four in custody.
Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was part
of a border tactical unit (BORTAC) tracking armed drug smugglers 15
miles northwest of Nogales, Ariz., when the team was attacked with
automatic weapons.
The area is well-known as a major drug-smuggling
corridor, and the smugglers are known to be armed with AK-47s and
tactical battle weapons. The captured smugglers had AK-47s and backpacks
filled with ammunition, food and radios.
There are rumors that three of
the captured four are members of the Mexican military, but that is
unconfirmed. Yet, it would not be the first time Mexican police and
military have been apprehended smuggling drugs into the United States.
