DONNA, Texas, July 27 (UPI) -- Mexico's secretary of defense said four Humvees carrying soldiers that inadvertently crossed into U.S. territory reported to U.S. customs before returning home.
"Military personnel of this jurisdiction were patrolling along the border zone when they involuntarily crossed into U.S. territory on the international 'Rio Bravo-Donna' bridge due to the fact the turn-around was on the American side," Mexico's secretary of defense said in a statement translated from Spanish, the San Antonio Express-News reported Wednesday. "The situation was clarified with the immigration authorities of our neighboring country."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said they processed 33 Mexican soldiers Tuesday after they "inadvertently" crossed to the Donna, Texas, side of the international bridge, the newspaper said.
"Half of that bridge belongs to Mexico," Customs spokesman Felix Garza said.
"They were on the bridge and as they traveled they lost sight of the boundary. That is the story," Garza said, adding similar inadvertent events have happened before.
