3000 Troops on Border ...Not Ours

[Alpha Mare]

Federal reinforcements arrive in Tamaulipas
Monday, November 15, 2010

Almost 3,000 members of the Army, Marines and Federal Police reinforced military operations in the Tamaulipas municipalities of Nuevo Guerrero, Ciudad Mier, Miguel Aleman, Camargo and Diaz Ordaz in an attempt to stem the spiraling violence and the growing exodus of residents as rival bands of heavily armed criminals contest that area of the Texas Mexico border.

Troops have been arriving since Saturday on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, where the conflict between Los Zetas and the Gulf cartel has provoked armed clashes, extortion, kidnappings, theft, false roadblocks and "expropriation" of land for use as safe houses and strong points.

The prize being fought for is the drug and human smuggling route into the sparsely populated area of Zapata and Starr counties in South Texas.

This is the first time in Tamaulipas that there is a mass exodus of citizens due to drug cartel violence. A refugee shelter was opened in the municipality of Miguel Aleman to receive the victims forced from their homes, primarily from Nuevo Guerrero and Ciudad Mier.
 

http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/11/federal-reinforcements-arrive-in.html

[RightCoast]

Nothing to see here, border security is about keeping honest people from honest work.

[Alpha Mare]

This is the first time I've seen the bridges empty. Folks are edgy.

UPDATED: The three international bridges were reopened shortly after 7 p.m.

Gunfire broke out in Matamoros Friday, leaving at least 47 people dead and causing the closure of all three bridges between Brownsville and Mexico.

The fighting reportedly involved members of the Gulf Cartel, the Zetas and Mexican federal police and military
Gunfire was reported in Matamoros in a number of incidents beginning Friday morning, with at least 30 people dead by around noon, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on condition that his name not be used.

In the afternoon, a major confrontation near city hall killed at least 17 more people, the source said.

http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/articles/killed-118999-friday-matamoros.html

Same thing in El Paso; Laredo

An official source from Nuevo Laredo is reporting that there have been clashes between the drug cartels and the military since last night. There is not an official number of how many people are dead, but our sources say more than 50 people have been killed.

http://www.pro8news.com/news/Nuevo-Laredo-Shootings-107384998.html

[Boudicca]

It would be wonderful if, instead of allowing the Mexican president to lecture Arizona on trying to defend herself, Lord Zer0 would pick up the phone and tell Senor Calderon that if Mexico can't control its criminal elements, he will do what is necessary to keep them contained inside of Mexico.
I do feel very sorry for the average Mexican trying to keep his or her head down and stay alive.  However, we couldn't possible interfere in their domestic affairs without being accused of trying to colonize the country.   So, at least protect and defend US citizens, you dimbulb.

[true_blood]

That Country is a mess right now because of the drug cartels. We are in a mess financially.
That's all we need is more and more illegals to be fleeing into the American side of the border.

[Boudicca]

That Country is a mess right now because of the drug cartels. We are in a mess financially.
That's all we need is more and more illegals to be fleeing into the American side of the border.

Mexican drug cartels, doing the dealing American drug cartels don't want to do.
Seriously, this problem isn't going to get any better, no matter how often Janet Blowhole spouts off about how secure the southern border is.

[true_blood]

Yeah, Big Sis' has got her head up her ass. She has no clue.

[Boudicca]

Yeah, Big Sis' has got her head up her ass. She has no clue.

Rush played a clip of her on his show this morning.  She sounds like she physically, not just mentally, has her head somewhere the sun don't shine.

[Alpha Mare]

Yeah, Big Sis' has got her head up her ass. She has no clue.

She knows exactly what's going on down here. Her job is to protect her party's lies, not our border. And that pinche pendejo Calderon just watches while the people die.

Beyond the refugee camp, school officials in Roma,TX report 295 new students were enrolled across the district at the end of October — as much as a tenfold increase from most years. Most of the new pupils are recent immigrants from Mexico, district spokesman Ricardo Perez said. So far, the district has been able to absorb the new students without problems.
"If this continues unabated, then we will begin experiencing some difficulty with regards to resources and whatnot," Perez said.
A church employee in Escobares,TX said fellow parishioners had been taking blankets and food to the refugee camp. But a shootout in Miguel Alemán on Wednesday and threats that the Lions Club would be targeted for a possible bomb attack prompted them to halt the relief effort.

More than 50 percent of the town’s 6,500 residents fled after the cartel violence ensued. In recent weeks, the number of people displaced has climbed. Those who have fled estimate only a few hundred people remain in Mier.

Hmm...let's see- a few hundred still in Mier, 300 in a refuge camp in Miguel Aleman...where-oh-where could the others be?

Widespread firefights were heard about 8 p.m. that day. And before dawn the next day, suspected drug cartel members traveling in some 40 trucks overtook Mier’s City Hall, kidnapped the city’s police force and took their weapons.
Without police control, local government ceased to conduct its daily activities. A shootout between Mexican army soldiers and cartel gunmen ensued in front of a school on the city’s south side, "provoking chaos" and leaving casualties on both sides.

Without an adequate police presence, residents have lived under a 7 p.m. curfew.
Medical services in the town have mostly ceased, with clinics shutting their doors during firefights and no emergency services available after the nightly curfew. Anyone with an emergency in Mier must drive 25 minutes to Miguel Alemán and face the risk of getting caught in the crossfire along the way, the report states.
Local officials have documented least 110 kidnappings since February, the report states. No statistics are readily available from Mexican authorities on the number of fatalities in Mier and the other Frontera Chica communities, but hundreds are believed to have been killed in the fighting there.

Photos from Ciudad Mier show homes, downtown structures and other buildings whose façades have been pockmarked as if by a bad case of acne. Even the town’s centerpiece, a sandstone church whose construction dates to 1784, has been scarred by the gunfire. Other photos show bodies or severed limbs in the streets. In one, the bloody torso of a man hangs from a tree in the city square, his arms and legs cut off.

The town’s police station and three vehicles were reportedly burned during an Oct. 15 attack, leaving only charred remains behind.
Widespread kidnappings, auto thefts and assaults have been reported along Mexico Highway 2, which runs along the border with the U.S., and Mexico Highway 54, which leads to Monterrey.

"Rural roads are full of armed men, who have kidnapped a number of people making a living off the land," the report states. "Most of the ranches have been taken and are destroyed in the hands of the armed people."
Besides livestock, the region’s natural gas exploration industry "is of the utmost importance" to Mier’s economy, the report states, and has all but ceased.

"Families are looking for a safe environment for their children and their families. It’s very difficult to blame them for wanting to come over and establish residency."

The Obama-Calderon Immigration Plan. Calderon = "Leave or Die". Obama = "You're safe here".