Mexico Trucker Online

The anticipated “reconquista” of the US southern border with Mexico has begun as more than 8,000 mounted horsemen rode for the border from Hidalgo Coahuila led by the governors of the States of Nuevo Leon, Coahuila and Tamaulipas.

The irrational fears and pronostication of the right wing extremists are becoming a reality. They are at our borders en masse!

Guess that got your attention. In reality, the annual recorrida began this weekend as the Governors of the three border states along with more than 8,000 riders made the tek on horseback from points in the three states. This marks the beginning of the 2008 Northern States Governors Conference.

The subject of the conference this year is ecology and the reforestation and reintroduction of fauna and flora to the land along the border, cleaning and maintaining the landscape and new drainage projects along the Rio Bravo.

Among the issues on the agenda for the 2008 conference are

• In Agricultural Development: prepare a proposal for border states to deal with the Strategic Plan to Reduce the Risk of importing livestock From Mexico, infected with TB.
• Giving continuity to programs to control ticks and manage resources for modernization, productivity and competitiveness of the agriculture sector
• In the area of Energy, approved the decision to embark on energy reforms and seek to participate in the debate as producers and consumers of oil and its derivatives. In other words, Energy Conservation.
• In Education, it was announced the efforts strengthen programs in English and School Safety; exchanging plans and curricula, and the signing of an agreement on coordination in the fields of education and health.

• In Health: strengthen the fight against dengue and tuberculosis; create a regional committee to reduce maternal death and sign an agreement for the cross-check of the Social Protection System in Health

An ambitious agenda but doable as the governors of these three border states have always been able to work together for the most part.

And the “reconquista”? Forget about it. That only exists in the minds of a few lunatics north of the border.

But what a grand sight it was to see 8000 mounted riders all at once.