Thread: Matamoros is Angry

How about this.......March 4th there was a 2 hour all out war in Matamoros, Mexico between drug cartels and the military. The same day, Matamoros businesses are angry that Texas is telling kids not to go there.

Matamoros Businesses Upset Over Travel Warning

Reported by: Manuel De La Rosa
Last Update: 3/04 9:02 pm

MATAMOROS, MEXICO - Business owners in Matamoros are furious. They say a Texas alert warning against travel into Mexico is hurting their bottom line. They believe state leaders have overstepped their boundary.

They are sitting and waiting. Taxi drivers at the Gateway International Bridge say this isn't what they're used to on the first week of Spring Break. They tell us the slow start is due to a travel warning advising Spring Breakers to avoid Mexico.

"It's affecting us all. The travel warning is hurting Matamoros and Brownsville. We don't have any Spring Break business. It's usually busier even on the first week, but this year nobody has shown up," says Alejo Alcaraz, a Brownsville cab driver.

The Matamoros Chamber of Commerce isn't happy either. They believe the Texas travel warning went too far in saying to avoid travel, unlike the State Department warning that only stated security in Mexico poses a risk.

A Matamoros business woman who depends on tourism agrees.

"The economic effect is hard on business owners in Matamoros. The tourists aren't coming to visit. It's very slow. Spring Break is important to us. It's safe and quiet right now, but this warning isn't helping us,â€

AWWWWWWWW... my heart bleeds for them!
/sarcasm off

Now the shoe is on the other foot! Messico is all the time poking their noses in OUR business, but we do the same out of SAFETY and they get their panties in a wad! How do you guys like losing YOUR jobs and livelihood? Fun ain't it?

What nomas said!

"THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT!"
US CITIZENS ARE BEING KIDNAPPED AND KILLED IN MEXICO!

"THERE'S A PARTY IN THE GULF STATES OF AMERICA!"
"Who desperately need your support!"

Ditto what nomas said.

state leaders have not overstepped their boundary because its their job to try to protect the people of said state that issues the warning

Can you imagine a 2 hour all out war on the same streets kids usually flock to for Spring Break. That sound like something I don't want my teenage son to get caught up in. Sorry Mexican businesses, I feel your pain, but this is something you need to complain to El Presidente Calderone about. Until Mexico cleans up its' act and gets all of these illegal out of our country there will be much less American traffic to the border.

Like we should really care what the businesses in mexico feel? They can cry a river. They can stamp their sandles, and they can shove it up their A...! Time to take up the collection for the monument ont he border...the hand giving the finger to mexico.

Sorry Mexico, but our kids cannot come out and play. You keep your kids in your yard and we will keep our kids in our yard!

Just google "Matamoros news".

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Dozens killed in Matamoros; bridges closed
November 05, 2010 6:21 PM
THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD
UPDATED: The three international bridges were reopened shortly after 7 p.m.

Gunfire broke out in Matamoros Friday, leaving at least 47 people dead and causing the closure of all three bridges between Brownsville and Mexico.

The fighting reportedly involved members of the Gulf Cartel, the Zetas and Mexican federal police and military

University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College closed the Fort Brown campus and moved the soccer games scheduled for Friday night to the Brownsville Sports Park.

Gunfire was reported in Matamoros in a number of incidents beginning Friday morning, with at least 30 people dead by around noon, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on condition that his name not be used.

In the afternoon, a major confrontation near city hall killed at least 17 more people, the source said.

One of those killed around midday was identified as Carlos Alberto Guajardo, 37, a reporter for the newspaper El Expreso. Sources with knowledge of the incident said Guajardo apparently was killed by soldiers who were chasing narcotics traffickers.

http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/articl ... moros.html

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Reporter killed in Matamoros shootout
November 05, 2010 12:44 PM
The Brownsville Herald
Sources have confirmed that a reporter from Matamoros was gunned down while covering a string of shootouts in the city.

Carlos Alberto Guajardo, 37, from Periodico El Expreso, was gunned down while covering a string of shootouts in Matamoros, said a source with firsthand knowledge of the incident.

Guajardo was driving a Ford truck down Avenida Pedro Cardenas in Fraccionamiento Victoria, across from the Plaza Fiersta Shopping Center, when he got caught in the middle of crossfire....

http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/articl ... ities.html

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Shootings in Matamoros Kill "Tony Tormenta" and Nearly 100 People

By Michelle Macias - News Center 23 Reporter
Monday, November 8, 2010 - 4:43pm
Although nothing has been confirmed, more bomb threats in Matamoros forced schools to evacuate their children and staff Monday morning. All morning long, Mexican aircrafts circled the Mexican city and plumes of smoke could be seen from Brownsville but this is just one threat after two days of continuous gun battles.

Friday’s shoot out allegedly killed suspected Mexican drug trafficking kingpin, 48-year-old, Antonio
Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, also known as, “Tony Tormenta.â€