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Mi Matamoros querido: 25 dead after a night of gun-battles
Last night (15th of September '10) saw running battles between the Zetas and Gulf
Cartel, and between the Cartels and the Mexican army. The state prosecutors office was
attacked with grenades (for the 5th time in little over a month). The battles have left at
least 25 people dead, including two Marines, along with, sources report 'un chingo' (ie
fucking loads) of wounded in the hospitals, and doctors report that some of these are
expected to die from their wounds. The fighting was spread over Fraccionamiento Rio,
Colonia Del Carmen, Colonia Jardin, by the Gateway International Bridge, Calle Sexta,
Lauro Villar,near the Los Tomates / Veterans Bridge. These are rich areas normally
free from violence, and near to the Rio Bravo/US border.The battles could be heard
over the river in Brownsville, Texas (which put it's own security on alert status, and
advised students there to stay in their dorms).
Cartel, and between the Cartels and the Mexican army. The state prosecutors office was
attacked with grenades (for the 5th time in little over a month). The battles have left at
least 25 people dead, including two Marines, along with, sources report 'un chingo' (ie
fucking loads) of wounded in the hospitals, and doctors report that some of these are
expected to die from their wounds. The fighting was spread over Fraccionamiento Rio,
Colonia Del Carmen, Colonia Jardin, by the Gateway International Bridge, Calle Sexta,
Lauro Villar,near the Los Tomates / Veterans Bridge. These are rich areas normally
free from violence, and near to the Rio Bravo/US border.The battles could be heard
over the river in Brownsville, Texas (which put it's own security on alert status, and
advised students there to stay in their dorms).
The story goes that the Zetas are desperate to retake control of Tamaulipas state from
the Gulf Cartel, and had given them an ultimatum to leave by the 14th of be forced out.
True to their word, they launched their attack on the early hours of the 15th.
Ever since the discovery of the massacre of the 72 indocumented migrants in
Tamaulipas, there had been a tense calm over the place. That calm has been well and
truly shattered. The streets are under military curfew again, and people are afraid to
leave their homes.
All of this has taken place with an almost complete news blackout in the Mexican press.
The only detail reported there is the deaths of the two Marines, and that some areas of
the state won't be celebrating Independence Day due to security concerns. Across the
river in Brownsville, the papers have been somewhat more forthcoming, and so it is
possible (for English-speakers at least) to have some idea of what's just taken place in
the last 24 hours. Obviously, those who actually live there know all too well what's
going on.
more...
the Gulf Cartel, and had given them an ultimatum to leave by the 14th of be forced out.
True to their word, they launched their attack on the early hours of the 15th.
Ever since the discovery of the massacre of the 72 indocumented migrants in
Tamaulipas, there had been a tense calm over the place. That calm has been well and
truly shattered. The streets are under military curfew again, and people are afraid to
leave their homes.
All of this has taken place with an almost complete news blackout in the Mexican press.
The only detail reported there is the deaths of the two Marines, and that some areas of
the state won't be celebrating Independence Day due to security concerns. Across the
river in Brownsville, the papers have been somewhat more forthcoming, and so it is
possible (for English-speakers at least) to have some idea of what's just taken place in
the last 24 hours. Obviously, those who actually live there know all too well what's
going on.
more...
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