Plot Device
11-18-2009, 07:33 PM
This is from the Nov 17 newsletter of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/director_staff/public_information/pr111709.pdf
DPS warns parents:
Mexican cartels and gangs recruiting in Texas schools
November 17, 2009
The Texas Department of Public Safety is warning parents across the state to be aware of efforts by Mexican cartels and transnational gangs to recruit Texas youth in our schools and communities. These violent organizations are luring teens with the prospect of cars, money and notoriety, promising them if they get caught, they will receive a minimal sentence.
The Mexican cartels constantly seek new ways to smuggle drugs and humans into Texas are now using state based gangs and our youth to support their operations on both sides of the border.
For example, Laredo natives Gabriel Cardona and Rosalio Reta were recruited in their teens to be hit men for the Zetas. The Zetas, composed primarily of former Mexican military commandos, originally served as the enforcement arm of the Gulf Cartel, but have since become their own cartel. El Paso teens have been recruited to smuggle drugs across the border, many with the packs taped to their bodies.
Meanwhile, here is the exact text of what a Texas guy living within 20 miles of the Mexican border said in reference to this exact situation. I'm not saying I agree with what this guy said, more trying to make other people aware that some guy claims he has been given said-advice by a Texas deputy:
I have been takling to my uncle a local deputy , he has been hinting of this a while , he knows that the local sheriff is well outguned by this scum and complains bitterly about the open border to the south , 2000 people have been murdered in Juarez this year including a 7 year old US citizen.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33876408/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33876408/)
His advice is cary a gun everywhere , have at least 2 in the car ,Keep a pump gun loaded with buck shot at ALL TIMES in the house,DO NOT WALK ACROSS YOUR PASTURE UNARMED , I said i do not have a concealed carry licence , he said in this county we are more intrested in you keeping yourself alive than bothering about that stupid carry law . Practice A LOT, hit what you aim at , carry a .45 nothing smaler ..........
And ... for anyone who would prefer not to click upon the MSNBC link in that guy's quote ... here's what that link leads to:
Mexican business groups call for U.N. troops
5,000 soldiers aren't enough protection, Ciudad Juarez business owners say
AP -- Thurs., Nov . 12, 2009
MEXICO CITY - Business groups in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez said Wednesday they are calling for United <NOBR id=itxt_nobr_0_0 style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 100%; COLOR: darkgreen">Nationshttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2.gif</NOBR> (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33876408/#) peacekeepers to quell the drug-related violence that has given their city one of the highest homicide rates in the world.
Groups representing assembly plants, retailers and other businesses said they will submit a request to the Mexican government and the Inter American Human Rights Commission to ask the U.N. to send help.
"This is a proposal ... for international forces to come here to help out the domestic (security) forces," said Daniel Murguia, president of the Ciudad Juarez chapter of the National Chamber of <NOBR id=itxt_nobr_2_0 style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 100%; COLOR: darkgreen">Commercehttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2.gif</NOBR> (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33876408/#), Services and Tourism. "There is a lot of extortions and robberies of businesses. Many businesses are closing."
So ... no matter how you slice it, we have some "border tensions" at the moment, or at least among the locals living on both sides of the divider line.
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/director_staff/public_information/pr111709.pdf
DPS warns parents:
Mexican cartels and gangs recruiting in Texas schools
November 17, 2009
The Texas Department of Public Safety is warning parents across the state to be aware of efforts by Mexican cartels and transnational gangs to recruit Texas youth in our schools and communities. These violent organizations are luring teens with the prospect of cars, money and notoriety, promising them if they get caught, they will receive a minimal sentence.
The Mexican cartels constantly seek new ways to smuggle drugs and humans into Texas are now using state based gangs and our youth to support their operations on both sides of the border.
For example, Laredo natives Gabriel Cardona and Rosalio Reta were recruited in their teens to be hit men for the Zetas. The Zetas, composed primarily of former Mexican military commandos, originally served as the enforcement arm of the Gulf Cartel, but have since become their own cartel. El Paso teens have been recruited to smuggle drugs across the border, many with the packs taped to their bodies.
Meanwhile, here is the exact text of what a Texas guy living within 20 miles of the Mexican border said in reference to this exact situation. I'm not saying I agree with what this guy said, more trying to make other people aware that some guy claims he has been given said-advice by a Texas deputy:
I have been takling to my uncle a local deputy , he has been hinting of this a while , he knows that the local sheriff is well outguned by this scum and complains bitterly about the open border to the south , 2000 people have been murdered in Juarez this year including a 7 year old US citizen.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33876408/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33876408/)
His advice is cary a gun everywhere , have at least 2 in the car ,Keep a pump gun loaded with buck shot at ALL TIMES in the house,DO NOT WALK ACROSS YOUR PASTURE UNARMED , I said i do not have a concealed carry licence , he said in this county we are more intrested in you keeping yourself alive than bothering about that stupid carry law . Practice A LOT, hit what you aim at , carry a .45 nothing smaler ..........
And ... for anyone who would prefer not to click upon the MSNBC link in that guy's quote ... here's what that link leads to:
Mexican business groups call for U.N. troops
5,000 soldiers aren't enough protection, Ciudad Juarez business owners say
AP -- Thurs., Nov . 12, 2009
MEXICO CITY - Business groups in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez said Wednesday they are calling for United <NOBR id=itxt_nobr_0_0 style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 100%; COLOR: darkgreen">Nationshttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2.gif</NOBR> (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33876408/#) peacekeepers to quell the drug-related violence that has given their city one of the highest homicide rates in the world.
Groups representing assembly plants, retailers and other businesses said they will submit a request to the Mexican government and the Inter American Human Rights Commission to ask the U.N. to send help.
"This is a proposal ... for international forces to come here to help out the domestic (security) forces," said Daniel Murguia, president of the Ciudad Juarez chapter of the National Chamber of <NOBR id=itxt_nobr_2_0 style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 100%; COLOR: darkgreen">Commercehttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2.gif</NOBR> (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33876408/#), Services and Tourism. "There is a lot of extortions and robberies of businesses. Many businesses are closing."
So ... no matter how you slice it, we have some "border tensions" at the moment, or at least among the locals living on both sides of the divider line.