Aftermath of Hurricane Alex and the floods of 2010

Aug 062010
 
 06/08/2010  Posted by PMC at 23:04 on 06/08/2010 1 Response »
Aftermath of Hurricane Alex and the floods of 2010

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 ….Read More

Nuevo Laredo Municipal Police detained while helping pregnant US citizen

Aug 222008
 
 22/08/2008  Posted by PMC at 12:31 on 22/08/2008 1 Response »
Nuevo Laredo Municipal Police detained while helping pregnant US citizen

Eight Policemen of the Directorate of Public Safety, (Policia Municipal) were detained last night by US Customs Agents, after giving assistance to an American Citizen who was about to give birth in Nuevo Laredo. Shortly before 2000 hours last night, officers assigned to patrol unit SC-111 were on routine patrol in the central business district when they observed and American citizen calling for help. Santa Villegas, 20, was sitting in one of the benches of the Plaza Juarez in the first stages of delivering a baby.

Lucano Bus crashes, 2 dead, 10 injured south of Nuevo Laredo

Jul 052008
 
 05/07/2008  Posted by PMC at 11:08 on 05/07/2008 14 Responses »
Lucano Bus crashes, 2 dead, 10 injured south of Nuevo Laredo

A bus owned by Autobuses Lucano of Dallas Texas, traveling from San Luis Patosi, SLP to Houston Texas crashed 35 miles south of Nuevo Laredo Thursday morning, killing 2, including a pregnant 19 year old woman whose body was found under the bus and injuring 10. The injured were taken to hospitals in Sabinas Hidalgo NL and Cruz Roja in Nuevo Laredo. Juan Carlos Flores Sanchez, Commandander of Federal Police Highways, reported initial investigation and interviews with passengers suggested the driver fell asleep at the wheel shortly before the bus left the highway and overturned. The driver left the scene ….Read More

Streaking returns to Nuevo Laredo

Jun 282008
 
 28/06/2008  Posted by PMC at 10:06 on 28/06/2008 Comments Off
Streaking returns to Nuevo Laredo

Ray Stevens (The Streaker) would be proud of this wieney wagger. It was growing dark as two women, Ana Maria Arredondo and Idalia Mejía, walked by a house lined with shrubs, when the wannabe adonis, Ciro Guadalupe Hernandez Garci’a, 36, jumped out of the bushes and proudly displayed his package to the two shocked and embarrassed women. They shouted for help and was soon joined by a relative who chased Garcia into his nearby home. Municipal Police were notified and Garcia was taken into custody without incident. Can you imagine how popular he was in the city jail, wearing only ….Read More

Los Zeta’s Recruiting in Nuevo Laredo ? Not likely!

Apr 162008
 
 16/04/2008  Posted by PMC at 16:12 on 16/04/2008 13 Responses »
Los Zeta's Recruiting in Nuevo Laredo ? Not likely!

Hitmen tied to Mexico’s Gulf cartel appear to be boldly seeking recruits by posting help-wanted signs in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, including a giant banner hung across a thoroughfare, a federal anti-drug enforcement official said Monday. The banner appeared over the weekend in Nuevo Laredo near the border with Texas: “Operative group ‘The Zetas’ wants you, soldier or ex-soldier. We offer a good salary, food and benefits for your family. Don’t suffer anymore mistreatment and don’t go hungry.” The Zetas is the enforcement arm of the Gulf cartel and is made up of former Mexican soldiers. Photos of ….Read More

More Mexican troops to the border

Mar 012008
 
 01/03/2008  Posted by PMC at 19:46 on 01/03/2008 Comments Off
More Mexican troops to the border

A new batch of troops arrived in Nuevo Laredo this weekend to supplement the soldiers already assigned to border security. Although the authorities did not reveal the exact number of agents and soldiers who arrived, , military sources commented this week that between the 26 and the 29 of February, 2600 additional troops would be added to the states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon According to a report of the Secretariat of the National defense (Sedena), the military will be distributed immediately to the municipalities of Nuevo Laredo, Miguel Aleman, Mier, Diaz Ordaz, Reynosa, Bravo River, Matamoros and the coasts ….Read More

25 Mexican truckers protest enforcement actions by Transitos

Feb 222008
 
 22/02/2008  Posted by PMC at 07:26 on 22/02/2008 Comments Off
25 Mexican truckers protest enforcement actions by Transitos

25 Mexican cross border operators gathered at the local offices of CANACAR to protest new rules issued by Gerardo Madrazo, head of the Nuevo Laredo Transito or Traffic division, prohibiting tractors within residential areas within the city. In additions, Transito officers have been instructed to watch the most heavily traveled areas for the shuttle operators, Hwy 2 which come in from the Colombia Bridge and the Bridge III commercial crossing. Transit officers seem to be demanding $50 pesos or about $5.00 US from operators for the privilege of taking their bob tail tractors home. When there is more than one ….Read More

5 arrested in Nuevo Laredo kidnap attempt

Feb 192008
 
 19/02/2008  Posted by PMC at 13:08 on 19/02/2008 Comments Off
5 arrested in Nuevo Laredo kidnap attempt

NUEVO LAREDO – Kidnappers demanding a $10 million ransom for the release of a Dallas man were captured by city police Sunday.The victim, Sergio Diaz de Leon Rivera, was rescued after family members called police to tell of the ransom demand. The five suspects snatched Diaz de Leon Rivera in the downtown historical district Saturday. The suspects appeared at a hearing Monday before a state court on federal charges of illegal deprivation of liberty and criminal association, among others. According to court documents, Emeregildo Diaz De Leon of Dallas told Nuevo Laredo police that Sergio had been taken by men ….Read More

Cleaning up the corruption – Bridge official accused of embezzling 1.2 million

Feb 152008
 
 15/02/2008  Posted by PMC at 14:55 on 15/02/2008 Comments Off
Cleaning up the corruption - Bridge official accused of embezzling 1.2 million

NUEVO LAREDO – The former director of the Nuevo Laredo department that oversees the Mexican side of the World Trade Bridge has been charged with misappropriating more than $1 million in city funds. Gabriel Marín Loya, 39, was appointed head of the Fideicomiso del Puente III by then-Mayor Daniel Peña Treviño and served nearly three years, until fall 2007, near the end of Peña Treviño’s term. He was arrested Wednesday and taken to prison. On Thursday, he was taken before Judge Pedro Francisco Pérez Vázquez of the First State Criminal Court to hear the charges against him: bribery, abuse of ….Read More

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