Posted on 07/03/2011 5:34:06 PM PDT by Nachum
The state of Texas is warning Americans to avoid travel to the Mexican border town of Nuevo Laredo this holiday weekend because of an anticipated surge in drug cartel violence aimed at Americans.
In a news release Saturday, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Webb County Sheriff's Office said their sources indicated that the Zetas drug cartel was "planning to target U.S. citizens who travel to Nuevo Laredo this weekend."
Steven C. McCraw, the department's director, also said in the statement:
"According to the information we have received, the Zetas are planning a possible surge in criminal activity, such as robberies, extortions, car-jackings and vehicle theft, specifically against U.S. citizens."
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Very interesting observation. Could these be illegals calling it quits in the US due to the Baraqqi depression?
They come in by illegal means, but they can return by the bridge with cars (and other stuff) they acquire after being here for a while. Lots and lots of car thefts in my area right before Mexican holidays ... before they go home.
I drove to Acapulco recently and I went through Nuevo Laredo at 5am so I wouldn’t run into Problems.. I Passed Monterrey By 8am that is where narcos have some Tanks drove to Mexico City then Acapulco.. arrived and a Couple of weeks Later 24 people were stuffed in 3 Volkswagon Beetles.. 12 Missing Heads... Evrey Day Masked Troops Drove around Policing Acapulco.. This is worse than when I lived In Cali Colombia and it was Kidnapping Capital of World
Is there any estimate of how much killing is going on? What the numbers are? Is it possibly some sort of mass extermination?
How 'bout it? I used to think it would be neat to visit foreign countries when I was younger, but I have lost any interest in that.
All of the foreigners are coming here as it is, usually not for the better. Now, about that fort I'm building....
I Drove Down to Laredo from Minnesota.. I Noticed 5 Convoys of Pickup trucks Full of Washer dryers Tv’s and stuffed it looked like the suspensions on all of them would explode from the weight.
All Trucks had Michoacan License Plates Home of the Narcos Each Pickup truck had 1 Driver with a Steroid developed Necks and nobody accompanying them.. Unbelievable. Our Country is Out of Control.
The entry into USA is a 4 Hour wait..for customs and Immigration. When I Drove to Acapulco I passed through at 5am Us Side asked a Lot of questions.. Mexican side for Customs was looking for electronic stuff. But Mexican Passport Control weren’t on Duty yet so nobody checked My ID! Incredible! until you leave..
South? Out of the US?
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Yes, South out of the US. Not sure if they were just taking goodies home to their families still in Mexico or if they were returning because the economy is so bad.
I saw a lot of CA license plates and a fair number of AZ plates as well.
Here are two good sources for border/cartel news.
Warning there are some graphic images at both sites.
http://m3report.wordpress.com/
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/
Over 40 thousand reported killed in the last few years.
Mass extermination? Very much so.
It is very bad and it’s coming our way
I do think that people are so short of cash that they are no longer paying others to do their baby sitting, gardening, and handi-work. Also, the trades have been very hard hit in California so there is no money for the illegals.
Makes sense they would leave. There is nothing for them here anymore.
Why would you go there? I don’t get it.
Very interesting observation. Could these be illegals calling it quits in the US due to the Baraqqi depression?
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I think that might by why. If so, I say keep on going!
Since 1970 when I first went to the border I was told not to take my car across. It would be even more dangerous now.
So, I am still confused as to who is being killed? Rivals? Law enforcement? Anyone in particular or random murder to incite fear? Blood lust? All of the above? Sounds like Saddam Hussein or Idi Amin.
Why so many?
It used to be rivals. Now it’s anyone and everyone. They’ll kidnap people and force them to work for them. If they don’t they’ll kill a few members of the family. The rest will go on the payroll.
It’s bad when the cops are wearing masks so their families won’t be targeted. The military is bought off. It’s not worth dieing for or having family killed.
And it’s already coming across our border. If Rick Perry truly wants to be president he needs to call out the NG and place them on the border. When obama threatens tell him to go to hell. Perry would have my vote no matter what if he’d do that. And I don’t like Perry. Mainly because he won’t do it.
So, it is slave labor and intimidation.
Terrible. I have thought Perry was pretty good about calling it out. Who would you put in his place?
Went to Nuevo Laredo one day in ‘87, at the time there seemed to be a thriving Chicklet industry.
Haven’t had the desire to return, even before this warning was issued.
I went to Mexico because i was helping out some Missionaries at a Convent and seminary. Helping organize backroom a Litle Fundraising. The Nuns Opened a New Mission in Minnesota and they Bought and Brought a Ford Ranger unforunately it didn’t have 4 wheel drive for cold and snowy Minnesota. I Drove it back because the Mexicans were afraid to Drive I lived overseas 20 yrs. I picked the time they would be sleeping I guessed right..hahaha I Figured I was on a Mission from GOD he would protect me and he delivered!
I was suprised how Many 2nd Generation Mexicans in Dallas drive to Their Families Villages in Mexico with stuff a Couple Times a Year. The Cars You saw with American Tags were Families Visiting Home for Long weekend.. The Mexican Michoacan Plates are the Narcos..Soldiers..
Glad you made it back safely. It does sound like since you were on a humanitarian mission you were being watched by the angels.
This war really is between the Two Narco Groups they are fighting who is king of a terroitory.. They also organize the Coyotes who bring people across. The Cook at the Convent son was Murdered because he didn’t want to be a Coyote anymore they killed one Night with his friend on their way to their Normal Jobs Janitors in a Hospital..
They sometimes Kidnap but they have so much Money they don’t need ransoms to finance. the scary part for me is Hezbollah has gone to the state of Chiahuahua and are trying to recruit the Lebanonese who settled many generations ago to be Terrorist or part of their new network.!
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