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Matamoros, Tamaulipas city officials receive phoned in bomb threats targeting five schools late Sunday night and a sixth campus Monday morning, according to Mexican press reports.
Bomb threats phoned in Sunday night include the campuses of La Secundaria Tecnica 76, la Secundaria Tecnica 64, Colegio La Salle, El Colegio Don Bosco and Preparatoria Salazar Cevallos. An early morning threat phoned in around 0830 hrs targeted the campus of Secundaria General Numero 7 in the San Francisco colony of Matamoros.
The threats are reportedly tied to Friday's gun battle between elements of the Mexican military which led to the death of Matamoros Gulf Cartel commander Anontion Eziquel Guillen. Several blankets hung at various locations since Saturday morning in Matamoros, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon and Torreon, Coahuila said to be from the Gulf Cartel have threatened civilians for Guillen's death.
Security authorities in Matamoros dispatched two patrol units at each targeted campus Monday morning. Just prior to classes beginning and following searches, officials determined the threats not credible and allow classes to convene.
Reports say, however, several parents withdrew their children from school despite reassurances.
Of 563 school campuses in Matamoros, 55 will be patrolled, although reports do not say for how long.