Thread: TX: American kidnapped, business torched

Web Posted: 01/25/2009 12:00 CST
American kidnapped, business torched

By Todd Bensman - Express-News
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico — Laredo businessman Alan Gamboa thought his rental property was being used to house rank-and-file workers from the U.S. Consulate.

But when drug cartel hit men raided the house in October, then last month torched his nearby communications and home-security shop and kidnapped his brother, Ricardo, Gamboa figured out that the tenants weren't who they seemed to be.

Ricardo still is missing and feared dead, and the Gamboa family members worry they also may be targeted by narcotraffickers who bombarded the rental house, taking computers, documents and other materials.

Alan now blames all that has transpired — and what might yet — on American officials.

The U.S. Consulate rented the house, but it was being used for a clandestine anti-cartel intelligence operation run by Mexican federal agents and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

That likely put the brothers, both American citizens, in the cartel's cross hairs after they'd worked to walk a neutral line in violent times.

“It's not fair! It's not fair! It's not fair!â€

Coming soon to all neighborhoods near us compliments of the dead beat thugs in Washington.......

The U.S. Consulate rented the house, but it was being used for a clandestine anti-cartel intelligence operation run by Mexican federal agents and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

That likely put the brothers, both American citizens, in the cartel's cross hairs after they'd worked to walk a neutral line in violent times.

Unvelievable! How dare American families be put in that situation. Mexico, keep your sleezy drug cartel animals out of America. And that goes for any corrupt Mexican officials too. AND PRESIDENT OBAMA, FINISH SEALING OFF THE BORDER TO KEEP THESE MURDEROUS THUGS OUT OF AMERICA.