July 4 warning: Texas says don't go to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico

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."

"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."

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?

All the above as you say plus many more reasons.
They will go into a town or plaza in rival territory and shoot it up to bring in law enforcement.That is called “heating up the plaza” If they kill some rivals it is a bonus.
Another thing the cartels do is highjack buses full of migrants heading North In short they split up the able body male passengers hand them sledge hammers or macheties and pair them off to fight to the death. the winners get to join the cartel. The woman and children may have a worse fate. The drug business in Mexico is now a global operation and becoming diversified.

“According to an analysis by the Mexico Attorney General, the group’s illegal counterfeiting activities involved a sophisticated distribution network of 180,000 points of sale in stores, markets, and kiosks, earning more than $2.2 million dollars in revenue every day,” Finn later wrote in a blog post. “It’s no wonder that enforcement agencies and governments are deeply concerned about this trend.”
http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/Microsoft-Mexican-Drug-Cartel-is-Pirating-Software

If we don’t get better control of our borders more of that evil will come here.

Oaama and his kids should go!

WITHOUT Security.

He’ll be fine.

He wont have to worry about moats and alligators.

My late wife and I were transferred to Mexico City in 1991. We drove down from MD, and spent the day in Laredo, getting Mexican insurance and other necessary paperwork for crossing. We crossed into Nuevo Laredo around 1000 the next day. As soon as we cleared customs and entered the city, we looked at each other and said “uh oh.” It was pretty grim 20 years ago, and I doubt if it’s improved much. The country improved as we got farther away from the border towns. I can only imagine how much more difficult is to be in Mexico City today. Not a place I’d ever go back to.

Actually,they’re going further south to Guatemala/El Salvador. Mexicans only do newer model “Chebys” now days.

I talked to one of these guys that does it for a living. They get by both ways with “La Mordida”.

Heh...fond memory of a lunch stop in Van Horn two years ago...this place had great food and was a friendly honky tonk. We saw a youngish cowboy type come in and sit down, and he was packing; asked the waitress if that was "Because this is Texas?" and she told us no, he's the sheriff.

Note the sign - 'American Owned'

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