Report of armed convoy alarms Naco

azstarnet.com ^ | 05.19.2007 | Brady McCombs and Lourdes Medrano

[Boston Blackie]

NACO, Sonora — A report of an armed convoy of drug cartel gunmen heading toward Cananea and Naco sent local residents scrambling for cover Friday as police and government officials in Sonora and Arizona braced themselves for another round of violence.

It turned out to be a false alarm, but the mobilization of law enforcement and the school and store closures in both Nacos illustrated the tension, fear and uncertainty that have overtaken the border region. Wednesday's deadly shootout near Cananea between drug gunmen and Mexican soldiers and police left 23 dead, including five police officers and two bystanders.

"What else can you think?" said Javier Perez, who owns a money exchange shop and liquor store in Naco, Sonora. "Three days ago, they killed 22 people, so I'm pretty sure they believe everything they hear."

[soakncider]

Mexicans=”Palestinian-nuevos”

[Cornpone]

Where's General John Pershing when you need him?

[doc maverick]

One mexican said of the attackers on the border towns,”Son gringos árabes”

Translation: They are foreign arabs.

[Calpernia]

ping

[Boston Blackie]

Where's General John Pershing when you need him?

Unfortunately, in this day and age, he would be ordered to 'redeploy' his troops to avoid creating an international incident..

[cripplecreek]

At about 11:30 a.m., a large number of Border Patrol agents arrived at the Naco port of entry and stood with M16s at the border and on the roof of the Customs and Border Protection building there

Gee it's a good thing our media has chosen to remain silent to help our traitors hand out some amnesty.

I feel pretty safe in my little middle of nowhere town near the Canadian border. Not so sure I would feel the same near our southern border.

[soakncider]

"One mexican said of the attackers on the border towns,”Son gringos árabes”

Translation: They are foreign arabs".

Is he saying they are really arabs, or his he acknowledging the parallels between the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

[cripplecreek]

Others downplayed the rumors and questioned why drug gunmen would come to Naco, where they would be trapped without a way out, surrounded by the U.S. border to the north and only one highway out of town to the south.

Who needs Pershing? Clearly they would be trapped by our impenetrable border. [/sarc]

[neodad]

Coming soon to Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

I hear the gangs are just planning a party celebrating the Kennedy-Bush-McClinton Amnesty Act.

Gosh, business would be good for the Mex Drug Gangs

[Unknowing]

If we could just find a way to make liquor illegal, they could really make a killing.