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Cartels Terrorize Mexican Border Town
Cartels Terrorize Mexican Border Town
Steve Roldan, KSAT 12 News Reporter
POSTED: Tuesday, May 4, 2010
UPDATED: 8:39 am CDT May 5, 2010
SAN ANTONIO -- Drug cartel violence in Mexico, kidnappings and almost daily deadly massacres are forcing hundreds of people in the small Mexican town of El Porvenir, Chihuahua, to seek shelter in the West Texas town of Fort Hancock.
VIDEO: Watch Steve Roldan's Report
Entire families are leaving their homes behind. It’s a striking contrast as you cross the Rio Grande River from Fort Hancock, Texas into El Porvenir.
The community is literally under siege by the Juarez and Sinaloa cartels that are battling for control for that isolated gateway into the United States. As a result, the town has become a virtual ghost town with most of its residents now in the U.S.
“They burnt down the church and our homes. Our lives are pretty much over,â€
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