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07-03-2011, 04:47 AM #1
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Texas warns against travel to Mexican border town
Texas warns against travel to Mexican border town
Fri, Jul 1 2011
AUSTIN, Texas | Sat Jul 2, 2011 12:42pm EDT
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The state of Texas warned U.S. citizens on Saturday to stay away from the border town of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, over the July 4 weekend, saying that the violent Zetas drug cartel was targeting vacationers there.
"According to the information we have received, the Zetas are planning a possible surge in criminal activity, such as robberies, extortions, car-jackings and vehicle theft, specifically against U.S. citizens," said Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, in a press release.
McCraw said U.S. citizens should avoid Nuevo Laredo during the Fourth of July holiday. The city is across the Rio Grande river from Laredo, Texas.
Texas has previously warned Americans about travel to Mexico during holidays and other peak vacations times.
The latest bulletin comes just weeks after a complaint from Mexico's tourism chief Rodolfo Lopez Negrete, who said some of the warnings are "ludicrous" and "misinformed."
High-profile violence has stained the image of Mexico's large tourist centers, although the majority of violence tends to happen away from tourist destinations.
More than 37,000 people have been killed in Mexico since late 2006 when President Felipe Calderon sent the armed forces to crush powerful drug cartels battling for lucrative smuggling routes to the United States.
The U.S. State Department says 111 Americans were reported murdered in Mexico last year, up from 35 in 2007.
(Writing by Kyle Peterson; Additional reporting by Corrie MacLaggan; Editing by Greg McCune)
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07-03-2011, 10:25 PM #2
Michelle Obama Declares it Safe to Travel to Mexico
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBwf5Z4FfQo
Michelle Obama Declares it Safe to Travel to Mexico. Here is video of First Lady Michelle Obama in an interview from Mexico City, where she declared it to be safe to travel to Mexico. She said she would encourage Americans to come to Mexico. This despite the fact that over 30,000 people have been killed in drug violence in Mexico in the last three years.Join our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & to secure US borders by joining our E-mail Alerts at http://eepurl.com/cktGTn
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07-03-2011, 11:17 PM #3Originally Posted by HAPPY2BME
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