Border factories caught in drug war's crossfire
By Lynn Brezosky - Express-News
Web Posted: 09/10/2010 12:00 CDT


McALLEN — The head of an association of border factory owners Thursday said the sector is in crisis mode as unrelenting drug violence in northern Mexico has spooked investors into curtailing operations at some plants and rethinking expansion at others.

“In February, there was a total loss of civil control in Reynosa and it's never been re-established,â€