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

Mexican police still patrolling without guns

Jan 292008
 
 29/01/2008  Posted by PMC at 12:12 on 29/01/2008 Comments Off
Mexican police still patrolling without guns

CIUDAD MIGUEL ALEMÁN, MEXICO — Police in five Tamaulipas border cities continued to patrol the streets Monday without service weapons, nearly a week after military forces confiscated them in a series of surprise raids. But officers in Reynosa, Rio Bravo, Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo and Valle Hermoso have managed to maintain the peace armed only with nightsticks and batons, officials from each city said. “We don’t know when our weapons will be returned,” Rio Bravo police Chief Adan Nava Correa said in Spanish on Monday. “But until then, we are working normally.” Weapons permits must be renewed annually according to Antonio ….Read More

Former mayor of Rio Bravo, 2 AFI Agents assassinated [Graphic Images]

Dec 012007
 
 01/12/2007  Posted by PMC at 08:56 on 01/12/2007 1 Response »
Former mayor of Rio Bravo, 2 AFI Agents assassinated [Graphic Images]

Editor’s Note: Get this out there before Glenn Beck and other’s put their hate spin on it. Another honest politician gunned down! RIO BRAVO, Mexico — A memorial of flowers and candles took up yards of sidewalk Friday near the bullet-riddled cafeteria where a former mayor who had promised to rid this city of drug corruption was gunned down the previous day. Juan Antonio Guajardo Anzaldua, a father of four, would have turned 49 on Friday. He was shot dead at 5:38 p.m. Thursday at his family-owned restaurant, along with two bodyguards and three other people. WARNING – GRAPHIC IMAGES ….Read More

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