Posted on 02/15/2009 8:30:27 AM PST by Flavius
orth Texas law enforcement authorities are bracing for what they fear could be an escalation of violence bubbling up from the years-long battle among Mexican drug traffickers.
While the beheadings, kidnappings and daylight shootouts common in parts of Mexico haven't become rampant north of the Rio Grande, the discovery of military-grade weaponry closer to the U.S. border and in some cases in Texas are signs that the relative calm here might not hold.
Most recently, U.S. investigators have linked a grenade used in an attempted attack in South Texas with other weapons in Mexico thought to belong to the Zetas, the Gulf cartel's enforcement arm. No grenades exploded in an attack on a bar in Pharr, Texas, just north of the Rio Grande, last month.
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How ironic, that our former President’s new city of residence may be under attack, due to his negligence to control the border.
Dallas is a ten hour drive fron Juarez. That is reachable.
SOCOM-your services are needed.
“Cartel violence: Is Dallas-Fort Worth within reach?”
Is a frog waterproof?
America’s Unacknowledged War
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185838/posts
I believe the whole country is “in reach!”
And this is why hubby and I took CHL course.....
armed and ready in SW Dallas......
I 35 is a major drug route, so I’ve been told.
You can add LA. We’re just a little light on the kidnappings.
I-19 to I-10 to I-17 to I-40
Right here in small town West Texas, along with 17 other gangs including the Mexican Mafia, the Russian Mafia and a Cartel to name a few
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