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-Land of the Free
Military opens investigation after a Marine patrolling US-Mexico border 'is attacked by three people inside his vehicle during a nighttime ambush'
2019-06-01
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • A Marine patrolling the US- Mexico border claims he was attacked by three unknown assailants while on duty early Wednesday morning

  • The Marine claimed 'a group of three unknown individuals approached his Mobile Surveillance Camera vehicle, opened the door, and attempted to pull him from the car'.

  • The violent ambush reportedly occurred seven miles from the southern border, near the city of El Centro, California

  • There have been no reports of injuries, but a military spokesman says the incident is now under investigation

  • Around 2100 active duty troops are currently assigned to support the Border Patrol along the US-Mexico border
Posted by:Skidmark

#13  Profound apologies. Right there in the Breitbart bit, clear as day. Ouch.
Posted by: Large Theaque4013   2019-06-01 23:13  

#12  Didn't see those details in Mail article or Breitbart story it links to (pardon my preposition). Irrelevant autobiographical anecdote: There I sat, safe in my own living room... or so I thought.

Unloading. My eyes on patrol.
A doorknob, and... BLAMMO. A hole.
Anxiety wracked me.
Aha! It attacked me!
But no one had heard my own goal.

"Couple of vintage glass numbers, I think, and the big brassy sumbitch that gave me this lump. Didn't get a good look, but I'm pretty sure I hit that one. And then they all took off."
Posted by: Large Theaque4013   2019-06-01 22:56  

#11  Nobody said they walked away. They went to get help or parts for a failed piece of surveillance equipment. The three assailants tried to pull the guy left with the surveillance equipment out of the enclosure. You MIGHT just try reading the article at the above link.
Posted by: Phaick Uneretle6310   2019-06-01 20:45  

#10  Fair enough, but there were (reportedly) 3 in the van and 2 walked away - leaving their single buddy behind left in harms way. With the doors unlocked.
Posted by: The peanut gallery   2019-06-01 19:26  

#9  Did no one one have a radio? Something smells funny with this one.

A mugging can happen pretty fast.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-06-01 18:36  

#8  Did no one one have a radio? Something smells funny with this one.
Posted by: The peanut gallery   2019-06-01 18:03  

#7  Officers? Doubtful. If 2 of the patrol left the vehicle then he wasn't with 2 other "officers".
Posted by: Sholet Bluetooth8226   2019-06-01 17:18  

#6  The marine was wjth two other officers. The vehicle broke down. Be was left behind to stay with the disabled vehicle while the other two went for help. He was in a windowless enclosed monitoring part of the vehicle when the three bad guys opened the enclosures door and the confrontation began. They ran when he fired his weapon while they were struggling with him over his weapon.
Posted by: Varmint Splat1454   2019-06-01 14:53  

#5  Perhaps the Orange Man can help to adjust the ROE.
Posted by: Bobby   2019-06-01 12:19  

#4  Should be a two man crew. Both with side arms and the passenger with a shotgun. Any attack on them should be met with deadly force.
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-06-01 10:55  

#3  The article quotes a Breitbart report:

'During the struggle, the Marine fired his pistol one time, striking the forward-looking infrared display unit mounted on the dash. The attackers fled at that point.'

So he was armed, and did fire.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-06-01 09:21  

#2  I can only observe that if you're not armed, you're not patrolling. I fear, though hope otherwise, that this is another modified 'Peace Keeper' effort. The kind where DC sends too many to die , too few to accomplish, tells them 'dress up in those scary, scary clothes and oh, yeah...no bullets for you!'
Posted by: Cesare   2019-06-01 08:48  

#1  Why was he by himself? The term 'shotgun' comes to mind, as in riding (as well as armed).
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-06-01 08:44  

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