Minuteman Founder Says US Gov’t Should Send Army Airborne Rangers Into Mexico To Fight Cartels

EL PASO, Texas – Citing the escalating drug war in Juarez and other Mexican border cities, the founder of the Minuteman Project is suggesting the U.S. government deploy the U.S. Army Airborne Rangers into Mexico to fight the drug cartels, according to a news release from the Minuteman Project.

The Minuteman Project is made up of private citizens in the U.S. who monitor the U.S.-Mexico border for the flow of illegal immigrants.

“It is outrageous to think so many anti-war liberals complain about the 3,480 deaths in Iraq since March 2003, but conveniently say nothing about the suffering which stains Mexico. Deaths in Mexico as the result of the out of control Drug War have topped well over 20,000 since 2006.” Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist said in the news release. “Do you mean to tell me the lives of women, children and the good families in Mexico don’t count? The victims are human beings, families trying to live in peace, but it seems the U.S. political establishment has turned a blind eye to their suffering. Well, the Minutemen haven’t!”

Gilchrist said it is time to give Mexico an ultimatum.

“Either terminate the criminal empires that influence your nation, and threaten to cripple the United States, or risk the incursion of U.S. soldiers to do the job for you,” Gilchrist said. “The stage is set because our Congress refuses to enforce our immigration laws; therefore we are left with few choices. I am suggesting certain elements from the Army’s three major Airborne divisions be deployed into Mexico. Any incursions, however, should be swift and decisive, with surgical precision aimed directly at the geographic locations of the drug cartels and the persons running them.”

To learn more about the Minuteman Project, visit the group’s Web site here.