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Mexican gunmen force National Guard to retreat on border.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
In an incident that could have turned deadly, a four-man National Guard unit serving near the Arizona-Mexico border was forced on January 3 to retreat before a larger group of armed Mexicans that was attempting to flank and surround them. The Bush administration, in keeping with its past performance on armed incursions from Mexico, has attempted to play down the seriousness of the occurrence. Initially, it said that the intruders had only come within 100 yards of the Guard unit and that the Guard had not retreated. However, a summary military report, released by Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano on January 19, says that at least one of the gunmen, armed with an automatic weapon, came within 35 feet of the U.S. soldiers.
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