Along the Border – Immeasurable fear overrules reality

Jan 312010
 
 31/01/2010  Posted by PMC at 16:12 on 31/01/2010 1 Response »
Along the Border - Immeasurable fear overrules reality

MATAMOROS — Violence in this border city, residents say, is often left unreported by authorities yet exaggerated when caught on tape by the media, making it difficult to measure. But if there is some certainty in the muddle of misinformation, many say it is this: Fear is ravaging the public perception of Matamoros. People no longer cross as frequently into the Mexican border city as they did in the past, and its retail businesses and restaurants are hurting. “It is not to say that there have not been dangerous incidents, but we can say the same for this side of ….Read More

Mexican’s at the gates – The “Reconquista” is underway – Chula’s Fronteras

Apr 202008
 
 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

Feds get tough; Officers, army set up checkpoints throughout city

May 192007
 
 19/05/2007  Posted by PMC at 12:31 on 19/05/2007 Comments Off

NUEVO LAREDO — In a much-needed show of force, agents with the Agencia Federal de Investigaciones (AFI, similar to the FBI) and federal highway police set up a checkpoint Friday on the Bulevar Ribereño for vehicles headed to the Juárez-Lincoln International Bridge.Every vehicle was stopped and searched. It was a welcome sight for many Nuevo Laredoans as well as city and state leaders, a day after there was a report of a gun battle Thursday that left one man dead in Los Torres subdivision. The body was removed before police could arrive. Tamaulipas Gov. Eugenio Hernández Flores, in Monterrey to ….Read More

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