Hello DHS and POTUS. Why won’t you seal the border?

The Border Patrol has confirmed an agent was shot and killed overnight north of Rio Rico.

The Agent has been identified as Brian Terry.

At least four suspects are in custody while one is still on the loose.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the Terry family for their tragic loss,” said CBP Commissioner Alan Bersin. “Our commitment to Agent Terry and his family is that we will do everything possible to bring to justice those responsible for this despicable act.”

The FBI and the Santa Cruz County Sheirff’s office are heading the investigation.

Is it too much to ask to seal the borders?  Mexico cannot control the border.

The Mexican government has no control of its 577-mile border with Guatemala, where arms, drugs and immigrant smugglers appear to have free rein, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable disclosed recently by WikiLeaks.

The document says that Mexico does not have enough resources to patrol the border.

“Limited resources also undermine the effort: while there are 30,000 U.S. CBP officers on the 1,926-mile Mexican/U.S. border, only 125 Mexican immigration officials monitor the 577-mile border with Guatemala,” the document states.

“The weakness of the state (Guatemalan government), the pervasive violence, the widespread corruption, and the country’s strategic location for drug trafficking are creating a very dangerous cocktail.”

The state of lawlessness in Guatemala is such that residents rely on the Zetas instead of police to provide security, the released documents say. The Zetas, who formerly worked for the Gulf cartel, are reported to be making inroads in Chihuahua state.

Several U.S. documents leaked to online whistleblower WikiLeaks mention diplomats’ interest in the drug trade and drug corruption in Latin America and the Middle East.

In another recent document, U.S. diplomats voiced concerns that Mexican drug dealers could end up buying certain high-tech weapons that Russia had sold to Venezuela. Such weapons are capable of shooting down U.S. combat helicopters.

The document said U.S. officials feared that members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

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