A 27-year-old man was killed Monday after opening fire at a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, authorities said.
Federal agents returned fire at the man, who had an assault rifle and was carrying a utility vest, McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez told reporters Monday morning.
Rodriguez identified the suspect as Ryan Louis Mosqueda.
Law enforcement said they found another rifle and more ammunition. Rodriguez said the man’s motive is currently unknown.
One officer was injured in the shooting. Rodriguez said it was unclear if the injury was from shrapnel or a bullet.
I feel like just walking up to the base and shooting at fascists wasn’t a well thought out plan, but points for effort.
Maybe someone will use a bomb or find out where they sleep next time.
Humans are animals of habit and routine. Also, chemistry is a fascinating field AND there’s a sort of neat trick usable that’s a good reason not to toss out your unused Styrofoam! Do with this information what you will…
His car’s probably electric.
Modern, American, styrofoam doesn’t do that
If you’re last name is “Rodriguez” and you are still working for Border Patrol, you’re a traitor.
Oh man, you’d be surprised how many Latino white supremacists Nazis there are out there.
I’m Mexican. I shit you not, I’ve seen a very brown Nazi sporting a bright red t-shirt with a black swaztika and a shit-eating grin while strutting downtown in Guadalajara. I’ve never wanted to kick someone in the teeth so bad in my life.
If you’re
last name is “Rodriguez” and you are stillworking for Border Patrol, you’re a traitor.Most are surprised that a whole lotta border patrol are Hispanic.
Just an FYI it’s more effective to target ICE when they are trying to kidnap people.
Try to find reports from your local community about ICE lurking around. They will have way less security than back at base.
Also, if you have that much clarity of thought you probably should look at getting organized locally. Whatever rage you’re feeling; you are not alone.
Where’s all the people complaining about the lack of people trying to start stuff with feds?
Almost like fighting the way they want to be fought doesn’t accomplish Jack and shit.
Solo running a facility as if life is an FPS game where you can just super soldier and out aim everything wasn’t the best of ideas.
It’s a good start.
This tracks exactly with what I say; one person alone can’t do shit.
I bet the story would’ve been quite different had there been 10-20 heroes instead of one.
opening fire at a U.S. Border Patrol facility … motive is currently unknown.
Man shoots nazis, motive unknown 🤔
Great re-use of this comic.
Right? Remember when “because they were fucking Nazis” would have been the presumed motive?
Going by recent history?
Probably for not nazi-ing hard enough.
I dunno, ICE is giving a lot of motivate for people to target them.
Yeah. It really doesn’t have to be political brain rot anymore.
Maybe it’s not in this case…we’ll see. But we’re going to have cases of complete normies going “nothing left to lose” after their loved ones or friends are taken/killed by ICE.
Imagine finding out your partner/kids were taken from their job/school. You can’t. I can’t. There is no law or order that matters to people when the “law and order” are the ones doing it.
And at some point, hopefully, we all realize that those people are the sane ones. The people standing by and watching it happen well…
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
For anyone else curious about the relationship to ICE, here is what I found on Wikipedia, with each → pointing to a parent agency:
US Border Patrol → US Customs and Border Protection → US Department of Homeland Security
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) → US Department of Homeland Security
Hopefully one day we can build a statue of him.
Wasnt there just another post about AOC being critical of ICE and the top comment is about going out and buying a firearm?
Context? Like as a threat to AOC or to ICE?
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Idiot. What harm did he expect to do alone? Just plain idiot.
Basically every “group plot” I can think of in the last 20 years (regardless of ideology or motive) has been broken up by one or more undercovers or informants before they can do anything.
Maybe his methodology was dumb but reaching out to the ether for partners in crime is dumber.
Lone Wolf type attacks do have a much lower chance of being discovered, but that doesn’t change that just running at a group of armed agents is dumb. Planting a bomb or sniping them at a distance seems like something with a higher chance of success. Or even a suicide vest, since surviving certainly wasn’t a goal for the guy.
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The irony here is rich.
Says the guy clearly unaware of killer pancakes.
Maybe his plan was to be killed, and to try and take out some people on his way. At least his target wasn’t a school.
The symbolism is noteworthy.
America makes suicide killers… did you think it was only going to happen in the other countries they fuck over? America basically used the same tactics that they use in other countries to throw this coup in America. They know what they are doing. The have experience with all this already.
crying out how bad it is accomplishes nothing… they already know… they don’t care… people saying how bad it is isn’t going to change anything. People need to understand war, crime, and heartlessness if they want to go against this. You’re not going to overcome them by being nice.
People have a limit.
Suicide by cop.
I’ve been waiting for a big false flag attack to be used as an excuse to ramp things up and possibly declare martial law.
This is sad. It sucks. You want to say that violence isn’t the answer, but it’s easy to see how people hit their breaking point. ICE agents kidnapping people is horrible. McAllen is poor. The people who work in that ICE facility are likely just happy to have a job with benefits that feeds their families.
“I was just doing my job” didn’t work at Nuremberg, and it shouldn’t work here. That’s now how committing crimes against humanity works.
Every single person working at these places (or involved in the trafficking of people to foreign prisons) needs to be held to account, just like they did with the Nazis.
You had me till the last sentence.
The people who work in that ICE facility are likely just happy to have a job with benefits that feeds their families.
Find a fucking different job
My dude. We are well past the point where it is ok to say " Im just doing my job" in the midst of fascism. No it is literally not okay to work for ICE (gestapo) and kidnap people, to support your family. Hell no.
Nah. Fuck them.
You don’t say that about the IDF soldiers dropping the bombs on the hospital. “They just wanted to pay their rent - they didn’t ask to kill orphans” Get the fuck outta here.You don’t opt in to the IDF, it’s required of all 18 year old Israelis. No one is required to join ICE.
Sort of. There are forms of alternative service. Or you could just go to jail instead.
There are proactive steps that separate a forced conscript and a bomb dropper.
That’s not just a job though. It’s a Nazi job. You are required to treat people like animals. If you qualify for that job you are disqualified for life.
This is sad. It sucks. You want to say that violence isn’t the answer, but it’s easy to see how people hit their breaking point. Schutzstaffel agents kidnapping people is horrible. Oświęcim is poor. The people who work in that transient worker camp are likely just happy to have a job with benefits that feeds their families.
Judging by your downvotes, it looks like many people here neither know nor care that there is a world of difference between Border Patrol and ICE.
People down voted because they said the people working at these facilities are “just doing their job”.
No. I said this is a very poor area and many people are just trying to survive. Many are likely happy to have any job that allows then to support their families. People think it’s only white Republicans doing these jobs. The Rio grande valley is like 85% Latino. As someone else mentioned, border patrol and ice are not the same.
I agree, probably some people did downvote because of the “just working” remark. It also appears that many downvotes are an emotional reaction to feeling empathy for anyone associated with ICE. The problem here is twofold:
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The McAllen station isn’t ICE, and commenters here don’t seem to understand - or won’t stop feeling outrage long enough to learn - that the objectives, the methods, and the general principles between ICE and Border Patrol are vastly different. It’s like insisting that Grand Canyon and Everglades are identical because they’re both governed under the national parks system.
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Seeing the fediverse slide into Reddit hive mind is cringey. People here used to be more open to respectful discussion. A mention of potential humanity in a reviled federal department wouldn’t have been brigaded. On that note, I appreciate your response.
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They serve different strategic functions but they are of very similar ideation. That being racist cruelty, and keeping America white.
Perfect example of my point.
