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Spillover is Here (?)
..Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said Tuesday. While local law enforcement officials and the federal government argue that no significant incidents of "spillover violence" -- a term they say should include "deliberate, planned attacks by the cartels" -- have occurred thus far in Texas, McCraw disagreed.One of the fiercest battles between the Gulf Cartel and the Zetas took place in the city of Mante Mexico on Sunday morning. A Tamaulipas rancher who has property in Mante confirmed that SUV's with loudspeakers warned the public to stay indoors just before the battle and said he counted more than 30 bodies lying on the street and at least six charred SUV's with bullet holes and bodies inside. "I can't believe this is happening here," he said. "I don't have the luxury of moving. I have all of my assets here. I sent my wife and kids with my suegros but I have to keep working my land." It could not be confirmed with Mexican officials if any of the inmates Who escaped from the Matamoros prison last Thursday took part in any of the weekend firefights or if they rejoined with either of the two sides in the struggle. 50 former prison employees are now themselves incarcerated for aiding in escapes. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Wednesday ordered National Guard soldiers to patrol the state's border with Mexico after the killing of a rancher in Arizona. Soldiers will be assisting the U.S. Border Patrol by setting up surveillance in counter-drug efforts in the desert along the border, said a spokesman for the state's National Guard. What appeared to be a Mexican military helicopter was spotted hovering over U.S. territory Sunday afternoon, said Zapata County TX Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez. The incident -- at least the second reported this month -- occurred Sunday afternoon over RV parks on the southwest outskirts of Zapata, a small town about 100 miles northwest of McAllen near the Rio Grande, the sheriff said. Tuesday dozens of gunmen mounted rare and apparently coordinated attacks targeting two army garrisons in northern Mexico, touching off firefights that killed 18 attackers. Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-04-01 |
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