Thread: Security firms see border boom

Security firms see border boom

Rise in kidnappings prompts more who cross regularly to seek training

By DANE SCHILLER
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Nov. 23, 2009, 5:55AM


ANTI-KIDNAP TIPS

Security experts offer advice:

• No routine: Avoid driving same route and time each day

• No bling: Leave the Rolex and rings at home

• Stay alert: Watch who is around you. Anticipate the unusual

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Houston hunters become the hunted in Mexico

Security training companies in Texas and elsewhere, bolstered by an alarming increase in kidnappings and violence in Mexico, are finding a new niche in clientele: Americans and Mexicans living, visiting and working across the border.

“Mexico has been very good for business lately,â€

Mexico a solid platform for doing business, huh? As long as US companies outsource to employ cheap labor, leaving more Americans jobless, while other businesses are hiring cheap illegal labor in this country, further displacing American workers, which happen to be the consumers of all products from the rest of the world. Think about it.