Hudspeth County, Texas got much media attention in January when men in Mexican military uniforms were found escorting drug runners into the USA. Well there are less news cameras in that county now, but the drug running continues and things are getting much worse. After the incident that received national attention, Hudspeth County Sheriff’s Department deputies and their families received threats! Sheriff Arvin West says the Mexican military is behind it all.
Deputy: Things “getting personal” after Border Incursion; Families, Officers Threatened (a very good video report is also included)
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While there are few signs remaining of last week’s standoff, matters are anything but calm in Hudspeth County. According to law enforcement officials, things are escalating on the border in Hudspeth County.
During a ride-along Thursday with the Hudspeth County Sheriff’s Department, one deputy, who has been with the department since the 1960’s, told ABC-7 that this is the most tense matters have ever been along this area of the border.
In the past few days, Hudspeth County Sheriff’s Department deputies and their families have received threats to stay off the Rio Grande. Sheriff Arvin West told ABC-7 Thursday morning, before departing for Houston that the Mexican military is behind all of this.
Sheriff West said, “There is no doubt in my mind — from the first time going back to a couple of years ago and every time in between — it’s the Mexican military. In a nutshell, everybody’s been trying to tell everybody that they were here…they’ve been here …[and] they come here quite often, regularly.”
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The Hudspeth County Sheriff’s Department is not backing down. Most recently, they had to shoot a drug smuggler attempting to carry about 600 pounds of marijuana into El Paso.
Drug Smuggler Shot
An early morning standoff in Hudpseth County brought down a drug-smuggler attempting to bring 600 pounds of Marijuana into El Paso. It also landed the drug smuggler in the hospital.
Saturday, March 4, 2006 ? Another standoff in Hudspeth County. This time a suspected drug dealer ended up in the hospital. It happened near mile-marker 80 just off I-10. That’s where deputies tried to stop a white-van, but the driver wasn’t helpful.
“The vehicle driver put the van in reverse and tried to run over the deputies,” says Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West.
The driver tried two more times to run the deputies over…but on the third try, ran off the road. From there, things got more violent.
“They advised him to put his hands up….and driver didn’t…and acted like he was reaching for something,” says West.
That’s when deputies fired.
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Deputies seized almost six-hundred pounds of Marijuana. The drugs were walked through an open field in Hudpseth County by eight-to-nine men late at night, and then loaded into the van.
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This bust is part of a seven-ton Marijuana shipment headed for El Paso.
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Sheriff Arvin West is determined to stand firm, with or without help from the Federal Government.
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“My primary concern is the citizens of Hudspeth. I’ve done my talking in Washington. If they choose to listen, they do. Regardless, we’re going to continue doing what we have to do out here,” says West.
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Pray for the Hudspeth County Sheriff’s Department and continue efforts to strengthen our borders.
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