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She has no idea how she will be putting Americans Citizens in harms way.
Since her first bill expired in 2004, the Drug Cartel has gotten really bad near our borders.
Many of us, have armed ourselves.
She wants us to be at the mercy of these Drug Cartels.
Drug Cartels Cross Rio Grande To Kidnap U.S. Citizens for Smuggling Runs, Not
Herrera said that his sheriff’s office only has 5 deputies per shift to patrol a county that is 1,249 square miles.
“And to try to secure 85 miles of river [along the border], you can’t do it,” Herrera said.
Herrera said that kidnappings aren’t the only violence that is spilling over from Mexico. He said ranchers and other residents feel constantly threatened by drug cartel activity in the county.
“The ranchers up here are afraid to be out there by themselves,” Herrera said. “They are all armed.”
“I know ranchers who have sold their property here in Maverick County,” Herrera said, adding that ranches in the county can be 8,000 to 9,000 acres in size.
Herrera said houses have been burglarized and even cattle stolen and transported across the river to Mexico.
Herrera said more manpower – “boots on the ground” – is needed to stem Mexican drug cartel violence, and if Napolitano comes to visit Maverick County he would show her what his department faces on a daily basis.
“We’re the first responders,” Herrera said. “When something happens out there, they don’t call border patrol, they don’t call DEA, they don’t call ICE, they don’t call the FBI, they don’t call the marshals.
“We’re the first ones to respond,” Herrera said. “They call the Maverick County Sheriff’s Office.”
Herrera, who was born in Eagle Pass, said he used to visit Mexico regularly to eat at a favorite restaurant or to visit friends for hunting trips. Now, he says, it’s too dangerous.
“Since 2004, I have not been across that river,” Herrera said.
“When I was chief deputy here in the ‘80s we didn’t have so many problems like it is today,” Herrera said. “It’s getting worse and worse.”