One of the more disturbing and little reported stories of the last week has been the ongoing battle in the Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo (along the Texan border). It seems that very little coverage of this has gotten past the overwhelming din of Arubagirlsharkattack but this is a really big story, or at least seems to be to this laygeek.
The US consulate in Nuevo Laredo was shut down the other day as a result of fierce combat between 2 rival gangs (It has since reopened).
Thanks to Reason I just discovered that My SanAntonio.com has a huge roundup of links available as I post this (links to the right). They're reporting that RPGs and bazookas are being used in the fighting!
Additionally, hundreds of kidnappings have happened in the area this year. "23 Americans and at least 400 Mexicans" according to this story.
The Mexicans main reaction seems to blame the US for not disarming its citizens, but even here in Virginia we gun nuts are not running around with machine guns & RPGs which are class 3 or 4 weapons. Additionally if you look closely at some of the FOX news coverage you'll see what I think is THIS weapon.....not one likely to come from here. Finally, I heard yesterday, on one of the broadcasts on FOX, Steve Harrigan reported that all of the gangs involved were targeting reporters! IIRC 6 had been killed recently!
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