Special to El Rrun RrunA good example of the value of tactical unified border operations occurred during Operation Comanche Moon.
The Texas Rangers were conducting a ranger reconnaissance operation south of the Mexican border along Falcon Lake. The Rangers had some early activity with the Zetas cartel and had made some pickups of traffickers and drugs.
RRTs and Texas Game Wardens had made several arrests and the operation was gaining momentum when to the total surprise of those on the U S side, an operation conducted by the Mexican Navy, Marines and Army started up just across the border from the Rangers’ operation.
This “accidental” joint and international operation had a remarkable impact on drug trafficking on both sides of the border. In short, the accidental combined operation resulted in an immediate stop to all trafficking in that region for the duration of Comanche Moon.
The success of this accidental “joint” operation is instructive and begs the question: how
much more effective would border security operations be if data and intelligence could be
better shared between U.S. and Mexican border forces?
Even more decisive, of course, would be a “coalition”-style military operation that would bring together the combined U.S.-Mexican military and law enforcement forces in a well-designed, coordinated and synchronized joint security effort.
Senior military leaders who witnessed Operation Comanche Moon surmised that a sustained coalition campaign would probably secure the border from drug trafficking and other illegal activities in nine to 12 months.
[Excerpt from Texas Border Security: A Strategic Military Assessment by Barry R. McCaffrey Robert H. Scales, PhD]
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The Texas Rangers were conducting a ranger reconnaissance operation south of the Mexican border along Falcon Lake. The Rangers had some early activity with the Zetas cartel and had made some pickups of traffickers and drugs.
The Rangers were south of the Mexican border IN Mexico?
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