We know that our city leaders have to put on a good face for our cities, like when our own mayor, Raul Salinas, says that Laredo is a beautiful city. I kid the mayor. But how long can Ramon Garza Barrios keep up his charade?
Even federal authorities are not straying too much from the current line of reports. Miguel Timoshenikov (Laredo Times) reports:
There were no details on time elements or the number of injured and/or deceased,
although hospital officials have confirmed they treated soldiers for gunshot
wounds that night.
Other border city battles have been reported along the valley, and just today, reports come in that The United States Consulate has closed its office temporarily in the Mexican city of Reynosa. Something is apparently going on; we're just not being told everything.
The media has been called out for not reporting what's really going on south of the border, but maybe this statement can offer some insight for the lack of information.
"I know there is no cure," she said. "All of Mexico has this cancer.
There is no corner of the country that is sane. Now it is not fear any
more. It's terror."
At this point, it's a wonder why local authorities would hold back on information. I know it's bad for business and we have to make a good impression for new friends, but they could at least try to reassure us that they're on top of things.
It's easy for me to sit here and criticize those in power. I wouldn't want to be in their shoes right now. Their silence might be part of some law enforcement protocol, but the least they could do is stick their heads out of the sand.
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Seriously, WTF?
No it is like in the movie "JAWS" the mayor advises the town all is sake going to the beach but in fact it is not there is a killer shark lurking in the waters . This how exactly mayor Salinas is doing . He is compromising the safety of Laredoans not to piss off N.Laredo or hurt business here such as the swine flu cases he was not truly reporting the outbreak.
This is a much, much bigger deal than the bullshit terrorist threat some of the local officials have no problem playing up in the press.
The mayor has been MIA. He's been too busy with the business conference going on locally.
Where are the iReports?
Hasn't anybody gotten any live footage of gunfights?
Despite all the booms and bangs, I am still not afraid in Laredo; just sad at the shaken sense of safety in Nuevo Laredo.
___if i AM gonna be shot in Nuevo Laredo, the least you can do is let me know who did it . . .
That's just plain courtesy.
It's all out war!
This was a major offensive from Reynosa to Nuevo Laredo. Lots of dead people. Helicoptors firing on armed convoys. People boarding, shuttering up their houses like the old west. Every LEO along the border had their weapon loaded and their finger on the trigger. Good thing the cartels are a bunch of incompetent f*cks just like the Mexican police and army. It's like getting your head sawed off with a dull knife.
Maybe all those idiots will just kill each other. >.> Let the Gulf Cartel and Zetas fight it out. Good riddance.
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