It’s been a helluva month here on the border in the aftermath of Hurricane Alex and the several tropical storms that followed.
At one point, all roads between Nuevo Laredo and Monterrey were closed for several days resulting in a backup of an estimated 11-22,000 trucks.
Parts of Reynosa are still underwater as the Rio Grande is slow in returning to normal there.
Laredo Texas looks as if a tsunami hit the banks of the Rio Grande where at one point, the water was lapping at the side beams of the international bridge, 60 feet above the river.
Freight in the area is still slow in getting back across the border as the maquillas in Monterrey and elsewhere are slowly recovering and gearing back up to full capacity.
Continue with the post below the break to view photos of the disaster.
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Editors Note: This story is full of contradictions and I imagine the opposition will spin it to suit their positions. The fact remains, nobody is for certain. Ammonium Nitrate is not an explosive. AN mixed with fuel oil is highly explosive, as we all know. I cannot imagine the two being mixed together for transport under any circumstances unless this is a patented product of ORICA, the shipper. But those who say the truck wasn’t placarded, I would tend to discount. Most chemical plants anywhere in the world require carriers to placard the loads before leaving, or at least their signage says that.
CELEMANIA, Mexico — The last photos David Herrera took for the daily El Zócalo de Monclova before he was killed Sept. 9 were destined for the front page. Herrera, 42, worked the “nota roja,” a fierce beat in a newspaper culture that plays up gore. The head-on collision between a pickup and tractor trailer was full of it.
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