Posted on 05/09/2011 11:26:37 AM PDT by jazusamo
The Mexican navy says marines patrolling a lake along the border with Texas discovered a drug gang camp on an island, provoking a gunbattle that left 13 people dead.
The navy says one marine and 12 gunmen from the Zetas drug cartel were killed in the gunbattle on the island on Falcon Lake, about 45 miles (70 kilometers) northwest of McAllen, Texas.
(Excerpt) Read more at nctimes.com ...
My condolences and prayers for the family of the Mexican Marine.
Is that the same lake where some American tourist on a jetski got shot by Mexican’s?
Amen.
Unless there are two Falcon lakes they are one and the same.
I feel safer now. I think I’ll plan my next fishing trip down there. I may not have room for fishing tackle just ammo.
Appears to be the same body of water. I guess the mexicans watched a couple of Arnold movies.
Yep the same lake........... The drug cartels rule a lot of area along the border and down into Mexico.
The story in its entirety shows what is going on down there with the drug cartels. Just look at the deaths that are being reported [34,600 in four years] never mind how many they don’t report.
13 killed in Mexican border lake gunbattle
(AP) – 3 hours ago
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican navy says marines patrolling a lake along the border with Texas discovered a drug gang camp on an island, provoking a gunbattle that left 13 people dead.
The navy says one marine and 12 gunmen from the Zetas drug cartel were killed in the gunbattle on the island on Falcon Lake, about 45 miles (70 kilometers) northwest of McAllen, Texas.
The navy said in a statement Monday that the gunmen opened fire when the marines found the camp. The statement said marines seized more than 20 guns, including several assault rifles, after the shooting Sunday.
The statement said the Zetas were smuggling marijuana from the camp into Texas by speedboat.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Soldiers have unearthed 11 more bodies from mass graves in northern Mexico, bringing the rapidly mounting toll from the monthlong search to at least 168.
The graves in Durango state are believed to hold the remains of drug cartel victims, possibly including executed rivals.
The Durango state attorney general’s office said in a statement Monday that the bodies of 10 men and 11 women were recovered over the weekend.
Last month, security forces also discovered 183 bodies in secret graves in the northeastern border state of Tamaulipas.
The so-called narco-graves have been discovered over the past year. Turf battles between drug cartels have claimed the lives of more than 34,600 people in Mexico in the past four years.
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/falcon-50205-suspected-zetas.html
12 suspected Zetas, Mexican marine, killed in shootout on Falcon Lake
Is that the same lake where some American tourist on a jetski got shot by Mexican’s?
Yes!
Thanks for linking. That article has the info on the David Hartley murder.
Great graphic and caption!
if they were not in bed with these terrorists, they would go in there and wipe them out.
36,400! That’s a mighty big number....works out to one murder per hour, just about. What’s the source?
36,400! That’s a mighty big number....works out to one murder per hour, just about. What’s the source?
But Muammar Gaddafi is killing his own people. We must have priorities. /s
I remember that.
did they ever recover her body?
What’s the source?
The AP article I posted in #7. Whether it is correct or not I don’t know. I transposed the number which should have been 34,600. Google will give you data on murder in Mexico and along the Border. I believe I read a story while looking for this info that 97 Americans were murder in Mexico in 2009.
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