Posted on 02/18/2010 4:18:57 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
McALLEN — Local authorities are on alert about a potential outbreak of violence anticipated in Reynosa.
Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño said he received word from an "official intelligence source" that the Mexican army has a middle school surrounded and that they believe three or four black SUVs carrying Sinaloa Cartel members has entered Reynosa.
"I've contacted my command staff and had all their people placed on heightened alert," the sheriff said.
No official bulletin or word from Mexican authorities about violence in Reynosa has been released. All international bridges remain open.
Treviño said he is "ready to implement our contingency plan" should U.S. Customs and Border Protection or any other agency requests their assistance.
"I've got my three SWAT teams that have been put on call out basis ready to go," Treviño said.
Witnesses in Reynosa reported parents picking up their children early from school and several businesses closing early. Troops were seen near the Puerta del Sol colonia on the south side of the city, where a battle between the army and suspected cartel members broke out last week, killing at least six people.
Check back for updates.
Kill ‘em.
Narco-cartels going to try a Beslan-type attack?
Ping!
If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.
Remember not long ago their rounds hit the University of Texas El Paso buildings causing the campus to go on lock down. This incident is at the opposite end of the state, but it’s all the same.
Yet some guy called Rush Limbaugh today worried about the Canadian border.
Sigh.
Good luck down there Swinney.
He's heard about you, fanfan. He's worried about you crossing over. LOL.
“Narco-cartels going to try a Beslan-type attack?”
Oh, why not? They’re getting bored with the beheadings and boiling their Mexican brothers and sisters in acid. That’s a daily trend down there, but you wouldn’t know it from the headlines.
Latest NAFBPO report, for the best news from down there:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2453670/posts
LOL!
I didn’t even hear the rest of the call. ...got busy @ work, but I’ll hear his accusations tomorrow on the pod cast while I drive to work.
(Did he actually use my name? fanfan? How does he know about me?)
fanfan, we all know about you. INTERPOL knows about you. You are quite famous.
I remember this one in Brownsville.
Mexican gunfire closes UTB campus[South Texas]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332999/posts
Oh, you’re right about it being in Brownsville. There was something in El Paso, too.
*crawling under blanket*
We know about fanfan down here in S. Texas!
I heard them Canadians are shifty!
Nowhere to run to, baby.
Nowhere to hide.
LOL
This one?
Juarez violence affecting UTEP athletic recruiting
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389063/posts
*peeks out*
I’ve been discovered?
Who told?
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