Killing the Texas Boaters Americans Won’t Kill
posted at 3:39 pm on October 2, 2010 by directorblue
[ Homeland Security ]
Rio Grande Valley’s KRGV television reports that another American was killed on Falcon Lake by an ‘undocumented worker’.*
The frantic 911 call a wife made after her husband was shot by Mexican pirates has been released. It’s a first hand account of those terrifying moments on the water as David and Tiffany Hartley came under attack. In the end only Tiffany would survive.
Dispatcher: Hello? Ma’am? Yes. Okay. Are you sure that your husband got shot?
Tiffany: Yes. In his head.
Dispatcher: Okay. Yeah. Was he thrown out of the jet ski that he’s in the water or something?
Tiffany: He was thrown off the jet ski and I couldn’t pick him up to get him on mine. (sobbing) Oh God.
Dispatcher: Ma’am? Were you shot at on the Mexican side or on the US side? So it was the Mexican Side. Okay, did you see anybody?
Tiffany: There were three boats.
Tiffany Hartley told deputies she and her husband David were jet skiing near the town of old Guerrrero. Hartley told investigators her husband was shot in the head and killed. She says she was forced to leave his body behind as the gunmen fired more bullets at her… Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez Jr. thinks those boats were pirates working for the drug cartel. He’s been warning residents for months to stay off the water. The pirates are patrolling the Mexican side of the lake and robbing boaters at gun point. Gonzalez wants authorities in Mexico to search for David Hartley’s body, however he thinks it may already be too late.…Hartley did tell authorities after the shooting she got help from a man on shore… The good Samaritan wants to remain anonymous because he fears for his life…
“Three boats approached them, waving guns talking in Spanish,” he said. “They got scared, spooked then they heard the gunshots going on. She could see they were hitting the water and the water was coming up at them…all of a sudden she sees her husband flying off.”
Tiffany told him she turned around to go take care of her husband but two pirates went after her jetski. One pirate held a gun to her head. Once he left she tried to pull her husband body onto her jetski but she didn’t have the strength.
…CHANNEL 5 NEWS has been tracking at least five violent incidents on the lake over the past 5 months.
-April 30th: Four heavily armed men boarded two boats near the Old Guerrero area demanding money.
-May 6th: Two armed men approached a boat near marker 14 and demanded cash.
-May 16th: Five armed men boarded a boat on the United States side of the lake near marker 7.
-Aug 31st: Falcon lake pirates, using a small boat marked “Game Wardin” tried to stop a Texas fisherman.Then of course the worst violence incident to date happened on Thursday September 30th when David Hartley was murdered. Authorities say the robbers are believed to be members of a drug trafficking organization. They’re heavily armed using AK-47s or AR-15 rifles to threaten their victims.
Rather than sealing the border and shutting down Mexican drug cartels operating with impunity in the southwest, the Obama White House is instead suing Arizona and its law enforcement arms to prevent it from protecting American citizens.
Remember this outrage when you enter the voting booth in November.
* The left-wing loon Gloria Allred claims the term ‘illegal alien’ is demeaning.
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Our below slug slime this bho, who put his hand on the Bible to defend the Constitution when the ‘hope and change’ was elected, will not do one single blooming thing about this! Part of this bho sworn duty, as our president, is to see to it we ARE NOT INVADED! American’s are being killed, kidnapped and this bho sues AZ for following our national laws! I live in TX and others all over America are having to deal with these illegal aliens, murders, drug dealers, etc. Vote, America to put a stop to this crud, please.
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letget on October 2, 2010 at 3:54 PM
These warlords soldiers who invade our country need to be killed. The states have the right to protect themselves against invasion. Border state governors are too scared to call up their soldiers.
PrezHussein on October 2, 2010 at 4:18 PM
From the Halls of Montezuma
To the Shores of Falcon Lake;
We fight our country’s battles
In the air, on land and sea;
First to fight for right and freedom
And to keep our honor clean;
We are proud to claim the title
of United States Marine.
BDU-33 on October 2, 2010 at 4:31 PM
This is the most horrendous betrayal by our ruling class against American citizens. When we get Tea Party conservatives in power, the investigations should go beyond the current administration.
Yes, take the gloves off and stop dropping bales of bribe money into that third world cesspool. Draw the creeps out, blast ‘em to bits, and be done with it. That is a language all hostiles understand.
Feedie on October 2, 2010 at 5:24 PM
As a Native Texan.. I would like to say.. This Will Not Stand..!
Perhaps a quiet gathering of fellow Texans will make the drive down to Falcon Lake to turn this situation around.
Interestingly.. Hunting season opens this week in south Texas too..
LightmanSA on October 2, 2010 at 7:31 PM
High-powered rifles, scopes, ghillie suits, bottles of water.
“Pirate” problem solved.
Alternatively, helicopter gunships.
Seriously, this is not a gray area. This is black-and-white: Mexico does nothing to control the violence coming from its territory into the United States, therefore the United States is free to do whatever is necessary to control that violence.
If the United States government is incapable or unwilling to do anything, then it is up to the state. If the state is incapable or unwilling, then it’s up to the local government. If no government entity is willing to do it, then it’s the duty of the people.
Crawford on October 2, 2010 at 9:52 PM
The simple truth is: Mexico is a failed state that no longer holds sovereignty over vast stretches of its territory – including the areas abutting the United States.
Forget that the federal government has failed in it’s fundamental duty to protect out borders, forget that the border states have failed to pick up this slack – the appalling fact that no one is even talking about Mexico as a failed state in the process of a complete meltdown into anarchy is simply amazing.
Rebar on October 2, 2010 at 10:11 PM
Maybe in January the Congress will issue us a Letter of Marque to clean up the lake.
SDN on October 3, 2010 at 12:11 AM
I read this story the other day. This story is outrageous, but I keep wondering–why didn’t they kill the wife? She’s a witness and can identify them. Why did they leave her and let her get away? Does that seem odd to anyone else or am I missing some pertinent information?
conservative pilgrim on October 3, 2010 at 12:45 AM
Thugs only respect strength. Start with a purge of those MS-13 clowns and their ilk, air-drop the survivors into El Presidente’s palacio. Then, using private and state funds, build an actual physical barrier along the border. First crossing attempt gets a horsepiss load of marking dye and cn gas. Next attempt kneecapping?
trl on October 3, 2010 at 5:15 AM
Looks like an opportunity for a “Barrett .50″ volunteer beach team……. Safe guard over our citizens while they try and relieve some of the day to day stress.
It goes beyond the pale that AMERICANS cannot be safe from foreign violence in their own back yard….
rabidamerican on October 3, 2010 at 10:03 AM
Uh oh.
Blake on October 3, 2010 at 4:30 PM
I think they tried to kill the wife, too.
And I agree that repeated attacks from a foreign territory on Americans in American territory call for a military response. (My understanding is the victims were in American waters.)
WannabeAnglican on October 3, 2010 at 5:49 PM
Until someone gets off their as* to make the water safe, stay off the river, morons.
Dave Rywall on October 4, 2010 at 11:15 AM
And the resident clown chimes in to let us all know that it’s the victim’s fault.
Dominion on October 4, 2010 at 12:23 PM
Until someone gets off their as* to make the water safe, stay off the river, morons.
Dave Rywall on October 4, 2010 at 11:15 AM
And the resident clown chimes in to let us all know that it’s the victim’s fault.
Dominion on October 4, 2010 at 12:23 PM
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Tragic? Sure.
Preventable? Yep.
Death by not paying attention to the biggest news in town.
Oh well. Next.
Dave Rywall on October 4, 2010 at 12:32 PM
And yet you still fail to see the point.
Dominion on October 4, 2010 at 1:59 PM
And yet you still fail to see the point.
Dominion on October 4, 2010 at 1:59 PM
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ha ha ha keep lumping in the apples and the oranges, fool.
Dave Rywall on October 4, 2010 at 2:19 PM
IF good men have to march to TEXAS to play ALAMO we might as well start a NEW government . TERRORISM plain and simple you can kill an AMERICAN citizen anywhere in the WORLD and we hunt you down , do it in Mexico and we cant risk killing a future Democrat voter …….FASCISTS
ELMO Q on October 4, 2010 at 11:34 PM
what is needed here is a few q-boats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship
take one bass boat. add pop-up mk19 grenade launcher. problem solved.
make them all different sizes and colors. put ‘em on the news (print, radio, TV) on both sides of the border. let them know all the boats will change appearance every few days, and will be manned by coast guard and border patrol in plain clothes.
at that time you really only have to use them a few times a month. the mere threat that the next boat they come across will have 40mm death waiting for them will convince them to go elsewhere.
or how about a government-issued letter of marque?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_of_marque
“As used in this context, marque is likely a derivation of a German word meaning “border” (Mark), and a “letter of marque and reprisal” would involve permission to cross an international border to effect a reprisal (take some action against an attack or injury) authorized by an issuing jurisdiction to conduct reprisal operations outside its borders.”
warhorse_03826 on October 5, 2010 at 8:01 PM
I’ve read so many different accounts, it’s difficult to figure out exactly what happened. Oddly enough, I read one account which said the couple lived in Mexico for 2-1/2 years- moving back to the U.S. just a couple of months ago. If true, this gets my imagination running wild and I start to think- insurance scam. Fake your own death and Mexico is a great place to hide out if you know your way around the country.
jimboster on October 5, 2010 at 10:13 PM