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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 776967" data-attributes="member: 12952">How can this be?Didn’t Obama &amp;&nbsp; Napolitano assure us the borders are secure and that there is no&nbsp; spillover of the Mexican narco-terrorism violence?Obama and Napolitano wouldn’t lie to us, would they?One Old Veteran&nbsp;&nbsp; Matamoros Gunbattles Too Close for Comfort&nbsp; Reported by: Eddie FloresBROWNSVILLE – A Valley resident says the drug war in Mexico is getting too close for comfort for he and his neighbors.A man we’ll call “Fred” lives just a couple of hundred yards from the&nbsp; border to Matamoros. He says he can clearly hear battles taking place&nbsp; in the Mexican town and he has personally seen illegal immigrants crossing his area with weapons.Fred and his family have lived in their home in Brownsville for more&nbsp; than 40 years. His house is just a couple of hundred yards away from the&nbsp; border fence equipped with remote cameras from above.He says he’s been constantly hearing gun battles taking place across&nbsp; the Rio Grande in Matamoros, including some gun battles the last two&nbsp; nights in a row.Fred says he hears more than just small caliber weapons going off in Matamoros, he says he hears machine gun fire and grenades.“I know from the sound and experience that they’re automatic weapons&nbsp; pretty much small caliber going up to 50,” he said. “I’ve heard&nbsp; explosions. I’ve seen the military helicopters out here at night. That’s&nbsp; close!”Fred says he’s afraid stray bullets could easily reach a home on this side of the border and hurt innocent Americans.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 776967, member: 12952"] [B]How can this be? Didn’t Obama & Napolitano assure us the borders are secure and that there is no spillover of the Mexican narco-terrorism violence? Obama and Napolitano wouldn’t lie to us, would they?[/B] [RIGHT][B]One Old Veteran[/B][/RIGHT] [B]Matamoros Gunbattles Too Close for Comfort Reported by: Eddie Flores BROWNSVILLE – [/B]A Valley resident says the drug war in Mexico is getting too close for comfort for he and his neighbors. A man we’ll call “Fred” lives just a couple of hundred yards from the border to Matamoros. He says he can clearly hear battles taking place in the Mexican town and [COLOR=maroon][B]he has personally seen illegal immigrants crossing his area with weapons.[/B][/COLOR] Fred and his family have lived in their home in Brownsville for more than 40 years. His house is just a couple of hundred yards away from the border fence equipped with remote cameras from above. He says he’s been constantly hearing gun battles taking place across the Rio Grande in Matamoros, including some gun battles the last two nights in a row. Fred says he hears more than just small caliber weapons going off in Matamoros, he says he hears machine gun fire and grenades. “I know from the sound and experience that they’re automatic weapons pretty much small caliber going up to 50,” he said. “I’ve heard explosions. I’ve seen the military helicopters out here at night. That’s close!” Fred says he’s afraid stray bullets could easily reach a home on this side of the border and hurt innocent Americans. [/QUOTE]

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