David, please go back to your corner and think about what you just did. Nico
On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 11:42 PM, David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't know how many cavers north of the border are venturing south > these days to go caving. I can say > that they should not cross the border near the border-town of Reynosa > ( south of McAllen ). > > I was there about a month ago, and made a faithful effort to act like > a normal tourist for 24 hours. > I did not go anywhere near any cantinas, and only went to an upscale > restaurant and a corner > cafe where families eat tacos de trompo late in the evening. > > Just a few hours after I left town, there was a gun-battle with > "alleged" bad-guys being gunned down. > > The locals I spoke too were all too terrified to > talk about the situation, and those I spoke to in private said the > town was under complete control > of the cartel, and that every businessman carried a receipt showing > their dues were paid up. > > My inside sources tell me that this week has been a very violent one > in Reynosa, and the military > style officers are having gun-battles all over town, and have set up > blockades all over town. > > The news media is totally unreliable. YouTube seems to be a > reliable source of info. The tabloid news, > www.lapoliciaca dot com seems to have useful info, but it is hard to > tell how much of it is false, or > exaggerated. > > I am guessing that if Reynosa is too dangerous, then any border town > south of Laredo is probably just > as dangerous, and the roads between them and Ciudad Victoria even more > dangerous, especially after > dark. > > As many "alleged bad guys" ( aka, sicarios ) as the gov't has killed > in the past year, I would think they > would have run out of bad guys by now and everything would be peaceful. > > I am guessing there will be something in the news in a few days about > a lot of people getting gunned > down in Reynosa this past week, as the rumors I am hearing are numbers > higher than normal gun-battles. > > > Also, > > Reynosa is not the only place to be careful. > > I have seen several dead bodies lying on the roads of Houston this > past month. So I would not recommend > driving in Houston between the hours of 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. I > would bet the area around Harris County has > more traffic deaths per week than the average cartel related deaths in > the region around the town of Reynosa. > But the victims of these tragedies are different. > > David Locklear > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > >
