It's hard to really know the extent to which folks should be concerned about traveling in Mexico at the moment. Sources from both sides of the border tend to either deny or embellish the situation based on their prejudices. To say everything is fine and dandy south of the border is asinine. But to say that it is a deadly situation for all travelers is equally misleading. Best to be cautious and well informed if you do travel in areas of known incidents, travel in a caravan if possible, have a fluent Spanish-speaking person along, and avoid traveling at night. But to be honest, those have been words of wisdom for traveling in Mexico for the last 40 years.
Jerry. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 17, 2013, at 10:15 PM, David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am very glad cavers are still crossing the border and going to the > Sierra Madres. > I wish I were one of them. I would never purposely spread > information I knew was > false. I was referring to an event that hasn't yet made the news, > and I thought I > made it clear that my sources were rumors. > > Here is the first news-story related to what I was hearing thru the grapevine: > > http://noticias.mexico.lainformacion.com/policia-y-justicia/policia/enfrentamientos-en-reynosa-dejaron-mas-de-50-muertos-valor-por-tamaulipas_sbVlKdaMgSURqvFtwriwp2/ > > That article is so vague and obviously is based on rumors. But > none of the mainstream > news sources are talking about more than 5 deaths from 3 different > shoot-outs in the town > of Reynosa that occurred this past Saturday, and none of them are > adding up the tally from several known > shoot-outs that "allegedly" occurred this week, after the big drug > bust that "allegedly occurred" there this > past week. > > One news source alleges the police fired 2,000 rounds of ammunition, > and my local sources on the > ground said they heard loud rapid gun-fire all day long near downtown, > and never ever so close to > their house. > > I have a unique interest in Reynosa, as that is were my most likely > retirement home is. My > wife's house there is allegedly paid for and I could build another > level on the 3rd floor if I had > the means to. My wife has interest in another home south of > Monterrey in the Las Fuentes > neighborhood, but I am betting we will never see anything become of > that, as she will most > likely leave it to her niece. > > However, I hope I am able to retire just west of the town of Brenham, > or more specifically > the town of Burton. And that is a tiny part of the reason, I have > become obsessed with > Camp Happy Hollow and NaturFest. I can picture myself spending > most of Spring Break > every year for the remainder of my life at Camp Happy Hollow > celebrating NaturFest. > > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
