Two international crossings in Starr County, the Falcon Dam crossing and the Starr County bridge, were put on alert Wednesday afternoon."
Saturday 20 November 2010
Heavy fighting in and around Cd. Mier – Mexican military – It’s payback time
Two international crossings in Starr County, the Falcon Dam crossing and the Starr County bridge, were put on alert Wednesday afternoon."
Mexican army kills 11 in drug clash
PressTV - Mexican army kills 11 in drug clash: "Mexican troops have clashed with gunmen believed to belong to the 'Los Zetas' drug cartel, killing 11 of them, according to the Defense Ministry.
The ministry said the clashes took place in the state of Tamaulipas, near Nueva Ciudad Guerrero, a city that faces the US state of Texas across the Rio Grande, when a patrol responding to reports of armed men came to blows with them, AFP reported on Friday.
The gunmen opened fire on the patrol, triggering the firefight, the ministry said.
The gunfight led to the deaths of 11 gang members. Two men were also arrested, who confessed that they were members of the Los Zetas drug cartel.
Los Zetas was formed in the 1990s by former members of an elite military unit. The gang's main business is smuggling drugs into the United States. It also smuggles people across the border and engages in extortion and kidnapping.
Following the incident, soldiers seized 11kg of marijuana, nine rifles, four handguns, one rocket launcher and 22 cartridges for a variety of weapons."
Texas Governor Endorses U.S. Troops in Mexico | KTSM News Channel 9
Texas Governor Endorses U.S. Troops in Mexico | KTSM News Channel 9: "Texas' governor says it is time to send U.S. troops into Mexico to fight the drug war.
On MSNBC, Rick Perry said the murders of American citizens in Mexico is justification enough.
'I think we have to use every aspect of law enforcement that we have including the military i think we have the same situation that we had in colombia Obviously, Mexico has to approve any type of assistance that we can give them. But the fact of the matter is these drug gangs are people who are highly motivated for money, they are vicious, they are armed to the teeth. And I want to see them defeated,And any means we can to run these people off our border and to save Americans' lives, we have to be engaged in.'"
2 bodies hung from bridge, man beheaded in Tijuana
2 bodies hung from bridge, man beheaded in Tijuana: "Two men were slain and hung from a bridge, another was decapitated and a fourth was shot to death over 24 hours in Tijuana, the latest gruesome killings in a Mexican border city where hopes had risen that cartel violence was decreasing.
The bodies of two men were found hanging from the Los Alamos bridge early Friday, said Fermin Gomez, Baja California state's deputy attorney general for organized crime.
Both victims had their hands and feet bound and one had his head covered with a black plastic bag. One of the bodies fell into traffic when the rope broke.
A day earlier, a human head was found underneath another bridge in Tijuana, which sits across from San Diego, California. The body of the 24-year-old man was found 12 hours later alongside the highway from Tijuana to the beach town of Ensenada."
The bodies of two men were found hanging from the Los Alamos bridge early Friday, said Fermin Gomez, Baja California state's deputy attorney general for organized crime.
Both victims had their hands and feet bound and one had his head covered with a black plastic bag. One of the bodies fell into traffic when the rope broke.
A day earlier, a human head was found underneath another bridge in Tijuana, which sits across from San Diego, California. The body of the 24-year-old man was found 12 hours later alongside the highway from Tijuana to the beach town of Ensenada."
