Mexicans Bomb US Embassy!
Posted on Sunday, April 11 @ 13:23:57 EDT
Topic: Mexican Mexico Border illegal immigratio
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 Bomb explodes at U.S. Consulate in Mexico
Published: April 11, 2010 at 9:29 AM
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico, April 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consulate in Nuevo
Laredo, Mexico, has closed indefinitely after somebody hurled an
explosive device over a fence, officials said.
The device detonated Friday night, shattering windows in the
consulate, across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas, but no one was
injured, the U.S. embassy said.
The consulate said in a statement on its Web site it "will reopen
when we are confident that we have adequate security to keep our
visitors safe."
The New York Times reports the incident has renewed fears that
violent Mexican drug traffickers may be targeting the U.S. government,
which has supported President Felipe Calderon's anti-drug crusade.
The Mexican Attorney General of the Republic
said it was looking at security-camera video and examining other
evidence but did not give details about the device, which exploded
about 11 p.m. local time Friday.
The incident comes after the shooting deaths last month of three
people, including two Americans, linked to the U.S. consulate in Ciudad
Juarez, Mexico, another town beset by violence and drug trafficking.
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Explosives tossed at US embassy in Mexico
Posted Sun Apr 11, 2010 1:00pm AEST
Assailants hurled an explosive device at a United States consulate in a
northern Mexico border city, damaging windows but causing no injuries,
the consulate said on Saturday.
The device was thrown over a wall surrounding the consulate in
Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Laredo, Texas, on Friday night
(local time).
The consulate said in a statement it would be closed indefinitely.
It was the latest attack on US consulates and consulate staff in Mexico.
Suspected drug hitmen killed three people linked to the US
consulate in Ciudad Juarez last month, provoking outrage from US
president Barack Obama and putting new pressure on Mexico to stop the
growing violence.
Gunmen also threw a grenade at the US consulate in Monterrey in 2008.
Drug violence is raging across Mexico and almost 20,000 people have
died in the fight among cartels and with Mexican security forces since
president Felipe Calderon launched his army-led crackdown on drug gangs
in late 2006.
Nuevo Laredo and the surrounding state of Tamaulipas have seen a
surge in drug-related violence since the start of the year as the Gulf
cartel fights its former armed wing, the Zetas, for smuggling routes
into the United States.
The violence is scaring off tourists and worries Washington, which
is giving anti-drug aid, equipment and police training to Mexico.
Some investors have frozen investment in factories in cities on the
US border, especially in Ciudad Juarez, the most deadly spot in the
drug war.
- Reuters
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