Posted on 10/22/2009 10:22:01 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
Local, state and federal police respond to bridge number one and two in force following a shootout in Nuevo Laredo.
The officers were armed with high-powered weapons in an attempt to keep any of the gunmen from coming across the border. They checked people and vehicles coming into the US for several hours.
It was a quick response following the shootout between Mexican soldiers and drug traffickers near the US Consulate.
An American Consulate in Nuevo Laredo was put on lock down after the shots were fired. Mexican police will not release very much information.
We do know that the gun battle erupted after Mexican soldiers approached a restaurant. Inside were about a half dozen men who opened fire.
Soldiers returned fire and the men ran way from the scene; it's unclear if anyone was killed, but blood was observed inside and outside the restaurant.
The rapid fire caused chaos and panic among the nearby residents.
Keep em the hell of out of this country!
too late
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