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2005-09-08 21:04:18 (UTC)

Mexican troops cross into U.S. for hurricane relief

Mexican troops cross into U.S. for hurricane relief

Thursday, September 8, 2005 Posted: 2029 GMT (0429 HKT)

LAREDO, Texas (AP) -- A Mexican army convoy began crossing
into the United States on Thursday to bring aid to victims
of Hurricane Katrina.

Carrying water treatment plants and mobile kitchens that
can feed 7,000 people daily, the convoy bound for San
Antonio is the first Mexican military unit to operate on
U.S. soil since 1846.

The first green tractor-trailers, with Mexican flags
attached to the tops of their cabs, crossed the
international bridge at Laredo at about 8:15 a.m.

The rest of the 45-vehicle convoy was in a staging area on
the U.S. side in about 15 minutes.

The convoy will be escorted by the U.S. Army and the Texas
Department of Public Safety.

It was scheduled to leave after the leader of the convoy,
Gen. Francisco Ortiz Valadez, greeted the head of the U.S.
Army unit in charge of the escort, Brig. Gen. F. Joseph
Prasek.

Military engineers, doctors and nurses are among the 200
people headed to San Antonio.

The Mexican government was already planning another 12-
vehicle aid convoy for this week.

It has sent a Mexican navy ship toward the Mississippi
coast with rescue vehicles and helicopters.

Mexico has sent disaster relief aid missions to other Latin
American nations, but not to the United States.

In 1846, Mexican troops briefly advanced just north of the
Rio Grande in Texas, which had then recently joined the
United States.

Mexico, however, did not then recognize the Rio Grande as
the U.S. border.

The two countries quickly became mired in the Mexican-
American War, which led to the loss of half of Mexico's
territory in 1848.

Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights
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