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Grenades .50 Caliber Machine Guns On U.S. Border
US Gun Related News
WASHINGTON Mexican drug cartels are killing each other with .50-caliber machine guns and grenades just across the U.S. border with Mexico, sources have told WND. The gun battles are occurring near Fort Huachuca, Ariz., which is the location of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center and school. The Army center is 15 miles from the Mexican border, but the installation runs up against the border. A source associated with the center said that only a three-strand barbwire fence is keeping any spillover of heavily armed cartel members out of the compound. Students at the post have had only basic training...
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Sheriffs warn of violence from Mexican cartels deep into interior of U.S.:
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A Mexican law enforcement helicopter crossed into Arizona and fired two shots near U.S. Border agents in what Mexican authorities later acknowledged was a mistake, a U.S. Law enforcement official said.
No one was hurt in the incident, which happened early Thursday about 100 yards into U.S. Territory as Mexican police were conducting an anti-drug operation, the official said on condition of anonymity. Ref. CNN