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| Zetas massing on Texas border |
| 2011-07-04 |
| The state of Texas is warning Americans to avoid the Mexican border town of Nuevo Laredo over the July 4 independence day weekend, fearing that US citizens will be targeted. State and local police have "received credible intelligence from multiple sources that indicates the Zetas Cartel is planning to target US citizens who travel to Nuevo Laredo this weekend," the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement. Nuevo Laredo is located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas on the Rio Grande river, which serves as the international border, across from the Texas border city of Laredo. "According to the information we have received, the Zetas are planning a possible surge in criminal activity, such as robberies, extortions, carjackings and vehicle theft, specifically against US citizens," DPS Director Steven McCraw said in the statement. "We urge US citizens to avoid travel to Nuevo Laredo this weekend." "There is no indication that these cartel-related criminal activities will occur in Texas," the Texas statement read, "but the DPS and Webb County Sheriff's Office cannot discount the information received that supports possible crimes against US citizens in Nuevo Laredo and perhaps the surrounding Mexican suburbs." The statement adds that state and local police "are fully prepared to respond to any criminal activity that occurs within Texas." |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #8 The US must recognize that, as per ASYMMETRIC WARFARE + NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION, it most likely won't be only Radical Islam that may engage in so-called "NUCLEAR MILITANCY/TERRORISM", but a wide variety of NGO covert andor underworld Groups + Factions, to include "autonomous" + "non-aligned/independents". * FYI DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > AL-QAEDA THREATENING/ PLANNING[post-Osama = revenge] ATTACKS AGZ THE US ON 9-11 ANNIVERSARY [ + other key dates], as per analysis from captured Abbottabad docs. US Homeland Security Chair PETER KING. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-07-04 21:04 |
| #7 It's such a silly article. I live in Austin, and nobody here has been going to Laredo for the last 5-6 years because of the violence. Only idiots would venture across the border. It used to be the wimin folk would do there annual bus trip there. But thanks to the drug cartels, the tourism there to Nuevo Laredo has dropped to about 10% of what it used to be. |
| Posted by: texhooey 2011-07-04 20:14 |
| #6 Don't mess with Texas. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-07-04 17:09 |
| #5 Well, if the Zetas are stupid enough to cross the border in force into Texas and attack a border town, I am sure the local Texans, the Texas Rangers, and anybody in the area with a gun will be happy to oblige them with their 'raid'. However, it would more closely resemble Butch and Sundance going up against the Bolivian Army, than it would the New Mexico raid. From what I understand, the locals all along the Texas border have been gunning up since Zero took office, just in case. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2011-07-04 15:33 |
| #4 No alliteration, eh? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2011-07-04 13:10 |
| #3 Mexico nabbed their top LT yesterday. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-07-04 12:29 |
| #2 Los Zetas are usually too busy transshipping drugs to the US and f*cking over other Mexicans to go after US citizens in Nuevo Laredo. BTW, Nuevo Laredo is the only border crossing that Los Zetas control outright. |
| Posted by: badanov 2011-07-04 07:43 |
| #1 At some point I would not be shocked at all if a large group of cartel banditos decided to reenact Columbus, NM, figuring that it would throw the USG for a loop, who would then make a ham-handed response that would inject chaos into the area, taking the pressure off for a while. Actually, that might work. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-07-04 05:25 |