The interaction occurred as the Americans were conducting mobile surveillance camera operations at about 2 p.m. April 13 near Clint, Texas, according to a U. S. Northern Command official.
AUSTIN, Texas — Two American soldiers patrolling along the southern border in Texas were stopped and questioned by a group of Mexican troops who believed they had crossed into Mexico, a U. S. military spokesman said Monday.
The interaction occurred as the Americans were conducting mobile surveillance camera operations at about 2 p.m. April 13 near Clint, Texas, said Maj. Mark Lazane, spokesman for U. S. Northern Command.
The U. S. soldiers were approached and questioned by about five or six Mexican troops, he said. An inquiry by U. S. Customs and Border Protection and the Defense Department revealed the Mexican troops believed the U. S. soldiers has crossed the border into Mexico.
“However, the U. S. soldiers were appropriately in U. S. territory. Though they were south of the border fence, U.
