US military rules under review after soldiers surrendered pistol to Mexican troops on American soil

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Washington Examiner  by Anna Giaritelli April 22, 2019

A senior defense official says the Pentagon is reviewing how U.S. soldiers responded during an incident this month in which a Mexican troops detained and disarmed Americans on Texas soil.

The standoff between two U.S. soldiers and as many as six Mexican military officials on April 13 is believed to be the first of its kind, according to the senior defense official from Northern Command, or NORTHCOM. "This is the first incident that we're aware of that the two militaries came together," the official told the Washington Examiner.

Two Army soldiers from Washington state were sitting in an unmarked Customs and Border Protection vehicle south of the U.S. barrier but north of the international boundary near Clint, Texas, when Mexican troops moved in on them.

The Mexican soldiers, each carrying FX-05 Xiuhcoatl rifles, detained, disarmed, and questioned the U.S. troops. One soldier's Beretta M9 service pistol was taken from him and temporarily confiscated.

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[Fishrrman]

Remember the Alamo?
What did the Americans do when the Mexicans demanded they surrender their arms?

Nobody be rememberin' no mo'.

The Mexican troops were on OUR soil.
Those American soldiers should have gone down shooting!

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Anybody that has a problem with what these two did is a freaking idiot.

They were outnumbered,approached and surprised by men carrying automatic rifles,and all they had were pistols.

On top of that they were seated in a car and had no expectation of being attacked.

Plus they were NG troops,and probably not even infantry types. They had two choices,they could give them their useless pistols,or they could die.

IMNSHO,they made the right choice.

Having said that,I suspect if those same Mexicans try this again,they may get a surprise THEY aren't ready for.