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Fox News has the story of one Army Spc. Richard Raymond Medina Torres, who was arrested by Mexican border police after he inadvertantly drove over the Bridge of the Americas in between El Paso, Texas, USA and Juarez, Mexico with a licensed AR-15 and a licensed handgun in the trunk and attempted a u-turn to get back into the US. Because foreigners are generally prohibited from having firearms in Mexico, Spc. Medina Torres is now in Juarez’s toughest prison and awaiting trial on charges that would get him between 3 and 10 years.
I wonder if the “no-borders” crowds that Michelle Malkin is tracking will spend so much as a second on Spc. Medina Torres’ case. Somehow, I doubt it; hence the title.
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I’ve been over that bridge several times and I am surprised he was caught by the Mexicans. Everytime I’ve gone over, I’ve driven straight through and never saw anyone. We were never stopped.
Now, if he had been arrested by the U.S. customs people, I wouldn’t be surprised. Something doesn’t add up to me.
Oh, and 1 more thing. The El Paso police department has police officers stationed before the border, so you have to go through them to get to Mexico, so, again, his story doesn’t make sense. He could have asked them before he made his way to the border.
I’m thinking perhaps the entry to Mexico was intentional, but he forgot he had the weapons in the truck. That would strike me as a little more plausible.
I know Richard personally and he didnt mean to take that exit he was given wrong directions and was pulled over. There are times when the police are not near the border thats why there is US customs Officers and he did ask to turn around that he had taken the wrong exit, due to some retard that cant give directions. I have also seen that those idiots at the border once they see that you are in the military, by the decals on your car, they treat you like shit. I know his story adds up and that it was a mistake. I know that because like i said he is one of my close friends.