Valley veterans were detained for 25 minutes at the San Antonio city limits on old Hwy 281. They were thereafter escorted by approximately nine police cars within the city limits. After a brief rest veterans were once again detained for another 25 minutes as police argued with organizers about placing a $13000 bond before being allowed to continue. A representative from the Mayor's office appeared and tensions grew to the point where at least on police officer was heard saying "we are going to have to arrest all of you."
Rep. Pena made calls directly to the Mayor through his personnel in order to avert a potentially embarrasing situation for the city from occuring. One veteran was heard saying "when we were marching through the forests of Vietnam no one there asked us for a permit so you might as well arrest us." Word soon came from the Mayor's office to allow the marchers to proceed to the Alamo. The marchers have continued their pace towards the Alamo along with members of the Mayor's office, who joined the march in support of the veterans.
The brief confrontation with the city of San Antonio actually worked to help the soldiers as Spanish and English television and print media descended on the area upon hearing about the confrontation. Veterans are expected to reach the Alamo, their final destination, at noon tomorrow.
At 1:30 pm the San Antonio skyline became visible to the veterans.
At 1:50 pm former Congressman Ciro Rodriguez joined the march.
The Monitor has the story on the confrontation.
This post was dictated over the telephone.
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