Yes! On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 2:45 AM, David via Texascavers < texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote:
> Do Texas cavers still pass thru the bordertown of Nuevo Laredo on > their way to Bustamante ? > > If so, here is a travel-safety-related story: > > Last Sunday, there were allegedly 2 shoot-outs between an alleged group > of men with assault rifles, and some group authorized by the gov't to fight > crime. There is only a tiny vague report in the major newspaper El > Man~ana, and a > 2 fuzzy dark videos with bullet sounds on YouTube that barely vaguely > confirm it, > ( could be firecracker videos ). > > Below are the coordinates: > > 27.473534, -99.546544 > > That is about 2,000 feet south of the route that we used to drive on the > way to Bustamante back in the mid-1980's. And about 1-1/2 mile from > what used to be called, "Boystown." ( Sidenote: I heard rumors that > place has been > shut down for years. The official name of the place was the "Zona > de Tolerancia." ) > > What makes this news story stand out, is the 2 local gangs have allegedly > declared war on one another publicly. One group claiming to be an > honest vigilante group > is shown on the internet with about 20 masked men with assault rifles. > They > allegedly have made a public curfew after dark, and told all people to > avoid > bars and travel at night. I have heard rumors that there is no > local police force, but > there is some kind of SWAT-like squad operated at the Federal or State > level. > > I have in-laws from the bordertown of Reynosa ( near McAllen ), and > they claim Reynosa > is safer than Nuevo Laredo. > > I guess the point to this post is not to travel off the beaten path > there at night. The majority > of the local newspaper reports things like people having picnics and > quinceneras, > and local business is normal. > > http://www.elmanana.com/reconoceorganismointernacional > liderazgoeconomicodenlaredo-3357649.html > > I was in that town 2 years ago at night and tried to celebrate my 50th > birthday, but my recollection > of that is that Nuevo Laredo was not the kind of place any tourist > would want to go. > > I can't remember the last time I crossed at the Columbia Bridge. It > was probably 20 years ago. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laredo%E2%80%93Colombia_ > Solidarity_International_Bridge > > > David Locklear > > Ref: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKc6gObhQZw > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bustamante,_Nuevo_Leon > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grutas_de_Bustamante > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ > texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > -- Charlie Loving
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