20/04/2008  Posted by PMC at 12:59 on 20/04/2008 Comments Off
Mexican's at the gates - The "Reconquista" is underway - Chula's Fronteras

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 ….Read More

 
 10/04/2008  Posted by PMC at 08:37 on 10/04/2008 3 Responses »
All the pretty Mexican Trucks

On my days off this week, I needed to get away and relax and not having but a couple of days, headed to Monterrey Nuevo Leon. It’s a good destination, a world class city that can hold it’s own against any similar city in North America. It’s good to have friends there, especially those in the travel industry. I don’t recognize the name of the American company I represented, but because of them, I was able to obtain a suite in a 5 star hotel in Monterrey’s Galeria section that normally is $2400 pesos per night and paid only $921.00 ….Read More

 
 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

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