Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez warned that the United States might face lawsuits if the increased troop presence on the border resulted in human rights abuses. “If we see the National Guard starting to directly participate in detaining people ... we would immediately start filing lawsuits through our consulates,” he told Radio Red, a Mexico City radio station.

Mexican raadio -wo- wo- wo- wo… whaaat?  stop abusing my human rights!

Fox’s spokesman, Ruben Aguilar, said Mexico had no choice but to respect the action.

“It is a sovereign decision,” he said. “We can’t interfere.”

Oy my achin’ ....

“...it’s an insult to Mexicans This discussion clearly lacks foresight. It ignores the fact that no matter how tight you make the border, people will still find a way to cross.”

Oh?  We’ll sí ‘bout that…

In a migrant shelter in Ciudad Juarez, a group of 10 Central Mexicans and Central Americans watched a soap opera while Bush’s speech was broadcast live on the other channel.

”People here have more important things to do then watch Bush,” said Carlos Amado Luarca, a Dominican monk who works in the shelter. “This plan to send soldiers is one more sign of the decadence of the American empire.”

ok—that *must have* lost something in the translation… no?  por favor?

..."Soldiers in the border? That won’t stop me. I’ll swim the river and jump the wall. I’m going to arrive in the United States"… “...[an] aggressive action, more than anything because the migrant is not a criminal or a terrorist....” “...a government that supposedly lobbies for world peace is now acting against defenseless migrants ...”

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico

Mexicans dismiss U.S. plans to send National Guard troops to the border as a futile effort that will only fuel the booming drug- and migrant-smuggling industry.

And with heavily armed Mexican soldiers in this violent border city, some worry the U.S. troop buildup could spark confrontations in an area where it is often difficult to tell where Mexico ends and the United States begins.

Who is this “some” who has alla these worries?  Please—let’s find them, give ‘em a nice cup of tea and a Hooked on Phonics [English edition] so they can learn a little more and worry a little less.

“It makes me a little scared,” said [Gilberto Areola], 54, looking at the walled border as he stood in his doorway. “A stray bullet could affect us since we live so close to the line. I think this could cause more violence.”

They’re gonna be doing ‘support services,’ Bertie.

Ken Roth, executive director of New York-based Human Rights Watch, told reporters in Mexico City that he was “deeply concerned about the idea of militarizing the border.”

“Whenever you introduce troops—and the National Guard are troops—you risk abuse,” he said. “The Bush administration has not been terribly good at giving signals to the military about the proper treatment of people in custody.”

Lookie here, Kenny Boy—quit believin’ whatcha read on Kos and extrapolating it all over hell and gone, m’kay?

While Mexico has stepped up efforts against drug, weapons and people smugglers, it leaves migrants alone; its citizens have the right to walk up to the border, and once they cross they are out of Mexican territory.

Nice finagle, Vicente.

In January, Texas authorities hunting drug traffickers came across heavily armed men dressed in Mexican military garb and chased them back across the border. The Mexican government said the men were drug smugglers disguised as soldiers

“My dupe was an innocent dope.” Not much difference, really…

Nuevo Laredo City Council member Jose Francisco Chavira said he’s considering organizing a boycott of U.S. goods to protest the plan.

“I see it as an act of intimidation, an act that is part of a plan to build a giant wall along the border, like Bush wants,” he said.

G’head, Josie.  Knock yerself out.

Yeah—that Nuevo Laredo; “a stage where Mexican organized crime demonstrates its immense power to corrupt, kill, and make money.”
[see also: “Los Negroes” “Los Zetas"]

LLoyd