Thread: Communities on Both Sides of Border on Edge After Gunfire

Communities on Both Sides of Border on Edge After Gunfire in Miguel Aleman

Reported by: Stephanie Bertini
Last Update: 6:46 pm

MIGUEL ALEMAN, MEXICO - People on both sides of the border are still talking about gunfire in Miguel Aleman, Mexico.

Gunfire erupted in the wee hours of Thursday morning in Miguel Aleman. People who live there and in Roma say they're getting used to it. Miguel Aleman has become a city of violence

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Of course you got use to it....It's so much better on this side where all the freebies are and you can shout yell call us names to get what you want...Why don't you stop getting use to it and get back and fight for it...DANG!
Oh well big deal whoppie du dah the shooting is normal as getting welfare..

THE BORDER

Where the excitement never stops.

How can any person "get use to" all of that killing and criminal crimes, which occurs every minute of each day and night?

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Gunmen attack Miguel Aleman; body count up in San Fernando
April 21, 2011 10:04 PM
THE MONITOR

MIGUEL ALEMAN — A convoy of armed gunmen allegedly belonging to the Zetas attacked the city Thursday shooting at, vandalizing and torching the headquarters of the Tamaulipas State Police, the local transit police headquarters and nearly a dozen buildings, authorities said.

The attack left one civilian and several gunmen dead. Miguel Aleman is across the Rio Grande from Roma.

According to the information released by the Mexican Army, a firefight with gunmen resulted in the death of one gunmen and the arrest of 11 more. They also reported one soldier dead.

Also on Thursday, the number of bodies found in mass graves in rural San Fernando rose to 177. The Zetas are accused of the murders. The most recent discovery of victims was on Tuesday.

In Miguel Aleman, the attack began about 5:15 a.m. Thursday and continued until 7:30 a.m., when the Mexican military was able to run the gunmen out of town, said a law enforcement official who asked not to be named for security reasons.

The Mexican military issued a news release that doesn’t mention the dead civilian or the other gunmen reported by the law enforcement official.

According to the release, at approximately 5 a.m. the Gulf Cartel and the Zetas clashed in Miguel Aleman prompting the deployment of the military.

One of the groups stayed in Miguel Aleman and fought with the military while the other went toward Ciudad Mier. Afterwards, the Mexican army reported seizing 20 assault rifles, eight grenades, more than 300 magazines and more than 7,600 rounds of ammunition.

According to the 8th Military Zone in Reynosa, the Zetas also attacked a military patrol along the Riberena highway prior to the attack in Miguel Aleman which prompted the mobilization of army troops toward the area.

Also prior to the arrival of the military, when Zetas arrived in town, they began shooting at the law enforcement headquarters and shot at the buildings and patrol cars as well as causing other damage, the Mexican law enforcement official stated.

The group then went around town shooting at and setting fire to a number of high-profile buildings along the city’s main avenue, including the Ford and Nissan dealerships, an Auto Zone store, a Stripes convenience store, a large furniture store and a used car lot.

During the rampage, one employee of the local Coca-Cola Co. bottling plant was killed as he drove to work. His name was not released pending notification of next of kin, the law enforcement official said. When military forces arrived toward the end of the rampage, a shootout ensued that left several gunmen dead on the street.

In the San Fernando case, Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office announced the arrest of another San Fernando municipal police officer who is described as being part of the group of police officers who provided protection to the Zetas during the time the massacres took place. Officer Joel Reséndiz Moreno was presented Thursday afternoon by the PGR as the agency asked for the public’s help in coming forward and filing charges against him in connection with the case. He is the 17th officer to be arrested in the case.

The Tamaulipas Attorney General’s Office said Thursday that the first mass graves were discovered April 1, and authorities have continued to find more since. The most recent grave site was found Tuesday when authorities found three graves with six additional bodies.

Of the 177 bodies, 122 can be related to the investigation into a string of hijacked buses last month, according to the Tamaulipas Attorney General’s office.

The other 55 bodies have been buried for a longer time and are not related to the investigation, the office said.

The agency also said that as of Wednesday 345 individuals have appeared to look for missing relatives, 237 of those have filed complaints into the disappearance of a loved one and 280 have provided DNA samples for investigation purposes.

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