By H. Nelson Goodson
April 10, 2010
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico - Claude Young, U.S. Consulate spokesperson in Nuevo Laredo confirmed that on Friday at about 11:30 p.m. an unidentified suspect or suspects tossed a homemade explosive device near the Consulate building. The explosion caused minor damage to the building shattering windows and no injuries were reported. Young did not elaborate, if any camera surveillance video footage in the Consulate recorded the incident.
Ricardo Najera, the Mexican Attorney General's spokesperson in state of Tamualipas (PGR) reported the federal agency is investigating the incident along with the cooperation of U.S. Consulate officials.
Another U.S. Consulate in Reynosa was temperarily closed, until further notice in late February due to the escalating drug cartel feud among the Gulf Cartel and the Zetas. Restricted travel by U.S. Citizens and government officials was also issued, warning them to avoid the region, according to U.S. officials.
Last week, Mexican state and federal authorities had acknowledged that the Gulf Cartel deployment of mercenaries had forced the Zeta Cartel to retreat from most of the state of Tamaulipas and were trying to regroup in Monterrey, Carmargo Nuevo Laredo and Reynosa border towns.
Mexican federal authorities have also noticed through multiple Sinaloa Cartel drug seizures and confiscated drug labs, that the cartel had taken control of the drug routes in Juarez. Suggesting, the Juarez Cartel and its allies, both the Barrio Azteca and La Linea gang members who are known to be hired as paid assassins (sicarios) seemed to have eventually lost control of Juarez, according to federal authorities.
In early March, the Federation of Drug Cartels was organized, which united the Gulf Cartel, Sinaloa Cartel and the Familia Michoacana Cartel to combat and eliminate the feared Zeta Cartel and its allies.
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April 10, 2010
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico - Claude Young, U.S. Consulate spokesperson in Nuevo Laredo confirmed that on Friday at about 11:30 p.m. an unidentified suspect or suspects tossed a homemade explosive device near the Consulate building. The explosion caused minor damage to the building shattering windows and no injuries were reported. Young did not elaborate, if any camera surveillance video footage in the Consulate recorded the incident.
Ricardo Najera, the Mexican Attorney General's spokesperson in state of Tamualipas (PGR) reported the federal agency is investigating the incident along with the cooperation of U.S. Consulate officials.
Another U.S. Consulate in Reynosa was temperarily closed, until further notice in late February due to the escalating drug cartel feud among the Gulf Cartel and the Zetas. Restricted travel by U.S. Citizens and government officials was also issued, warning them to avoid the region, according to U.S. officials.
Last week, Mexican state and federal authorities had acknowledged that the Gulf Cartel deployment of mercenaries had forced the Zeta Cartel to retreat from most of the state of Tamaulipas and were trying to regroup in Monterrey, Carmargo Nuevo Laredo and Reynosa border towns.
Mexican federal authorities have also noticed through multiple Sinaloa Cartel drug seizures and confiscated drug labs, that the cartel had taken control of the drug routes in Juarez. Suggesting, the Juarez Cartel and its allies, both the Barrio Azteca and La Linea gang members who are known to be hired as paid assassins (sicarios) seemed to have eventually lost control of Juarez, according to federal authorities.
In early March, the Federation of Drug Cartels was organized, which united the Gulf Cartel, Sinaloa Cartel and the Familia Michoacana Cartel to combat and eliminate the feared Zeta Cartel and its allies.
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