Border groups under the microscope

In an attempt to clarify information previously reported the Border Patrol is now stating they do not report the location of its citizens within the minutemen organization volunteering along the border to Mexican officials.

Their spokesperson said in a statement that the report was "inaccurate'' and that Border Patrol officials are not giving the location of civilian watch groups to the Mexican government.

They went on to say the United States gives information to Mexican officials under the rules of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963, which provides foreign nationals being detained by a government the right to consular access.

Mexican consulates, however, went beyond the boundaries of the Vienna Convention, asking U.S. Border Patrol officials to provide them with information on "vigilantes'' operating along the U.S. border, according to the August report.

Since the initial report of the Border Patrol’s action, the Department of Homeland Security has been asked to investigate the charges. It appears the Border Patrol is working overtime to insure a misinformation campaign is implemented to cover these allegations and statements have been flying from their offices to insure this continues.

The common knowledge along the border is the drug runners simply enter America through alternate locations totally circumventing the watchful eyes of the volunteers presently working there. The reasons behind this are now clear with the knowledge that their locations are reported to a government who has already attempted to legalize the use of drugs in their own country. If not for the negative media attention and comments from our own government this would have been signed into law effectively removing Mexico from the fight against drugs along the border.