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I can't believe I'm the first one to point this out: It was a real MEXICAN STANDOFF with Mexicans on the Mexican boarder. Pretty cool, huh? Errol Morris has to make a film about this entire event. The image of Mexican soldiers on one side of the river drawing their weapons on the FBI agents... You can almost picture Clint Eastwood and Eli Wallach trying to swim across the river undercover of the mayhem.
It seems like tensions are high down there and let's hope cooler heads prevail and no one else has to die.
I can understand the FBI's urgency to collect evidence before it is contaminated. I also understand the Mexican authorities posturing for their people--drawing their weapons was overkill, but their citizens are emotional over what they probably see as the brutal slaying of a innocent youth. They probably see the FBI as trying to hide or coverup evidence. Ironically, the FBI was there to help get to the truth about what happened.
It seems like tensions are high down there and let's hope cooler heads prevail and no one else has to die.
I can understand the FBI's urgency to collect evidence before it is contaminated. I also understand the Mexican authorities posturing for their people--drawing their weapons was overkill, but their citizens are emotional over what they probably see as the brutal slaying of a innocent youth. They probably see the FBI as trying to hide or coverup evidence. Ironically, the FBI was there to help get to the truth about what happened.