Originally Posted by
RioGrandeGreen
The international border is in the middle of the Rio Grande. The river is usually dry right now, maybe just a trickle of water. There is a working relationship with Mexican Police "usually". Sometimes BP and Mex PD meet on of the riverbank to ask each other for help searching for subjects in the rivers vicinity. Does shit get out of hand once in a while, yes.
Mexican Military is a whole different animal. They DGAF! They roll gun trucks with belt fed weapons and battle rifles, HK G3's. They work for the cartels providing security, patrol and intel operations. They are pretty good at decoying LE to an area then allowing drugs/people to get by in another area. Usually when there is Mex mil presence, shit is happening somewhere.
What happened to those soldiers is f%@ked up. Complacency, lack off situational awareness probably. There is a good read on Lightfighter forum on what happened.
LE is usually outgunned on the border, you sometimes have to pick your gunfights.