Pentagon reviewing military rules after two US soldiers were detained and disarmed by Mexican soldiers on American soil.

A US CBP officer stands near the border. Daily Caller/Reuters.

The Pentagon is reviewing military rules after two US soldiers were detained, questioned and disarmed by Mexican soldiers on American soil. The Daily Caller. The incident happened on April 13th where two soldiers were patrolling in an unmarked CBP vehicle. Though they were on the Mexican side of the border fence in the area, they were still on US soil. They were then approached by an unmarked truck with five or six Mexicans in it. Those Mexicans were heavily armed FX-05 Xiuhcoatl wile the US soldiers only had M9 pistols. When the Americans realized they were being confronted by Mexican soldiers they gave up their weapons. A NORTHCOM spokesman said that soldiers and government officials will be trained so this kind of thing won't happen again. 

My Comment:

A very disturbing incident at the border. It was very lucky that the incident ended peacefully and didn't end with deaths. The situation was extremely dangerous and could have caused a major international incident. 

Given how dangerous Mexico is it was pretty lucky that these were Mexican soldiers and not Cartel soldiers. If that had happened these soldiers could have been killed. The Cartels usually don't mess with US officials and soldiers as they know that it would draw hell onto them, but since these soldiers were in an unmarked vehicle. 

I don't like how these soldiers gave up their weapons. They were on US soil and had every right to keep their weapons on them. It may have been a matter of life and death but even then surrender probably wasn't the best option. It's incredibly embarrassing to see our troops give up their weapons on their own soil. It makes our military looks like a joke. 

I do have to wonder why these soldiers were so poorly armed. Both the Mexican military and the Cartels are heavily armed and it was pretty much guaranteed that these soldiers would be outgunned in any confrontation. And the article made it sound like there was only one M9 between the two of them. I hope that one of the recommendations from the Pentagon is that soldiers have at least an M4 or similar weapon with them for each soldier and for them to work with backup.