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Caribbean-Latin America
Tamaulipas: Roadblocks and Firefights in Reynosa
2010-08-25
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Reynosa news outlets rarely publish anything about shootings and roadblocks in Reynosa, be it concurrent or after the fact, so citizens must rely on the internet and word of mouth whenever gang actions takes place; and the rest of the world must rely on narco blogs for news aggregations and compilations.

Click on the link to see photos. Dunno if they are recent, but the blog claims they are from Reynosa.

For a map, click here.

City officials in Reynosa, Tamaulipas report through Twitter accounts a number of gunfights between criminal drug gangs and the Mexican Army, as well as roadblocks in several areas, say Mexican news sources.

According to the Mexican blog El Blog del Terror, Reynosa city officials tweeted this morning a number of roadblocks taking place in Reynosa, apparently coinciding the the end of the morning shifts of local American owned factories.

Officials also report a gun battle between elements of the Mexican Army and criminal gangs riding in convoy in the Villa Florida district.

Roadblocks were reported on avenidas Hidalgo, Luis Donaldo Colosio and Libramiento.

Later in the day about 1700 hrs, reports were the fighting spread to the Granjas Economicas del Norte district as well. Roadblocks were reported on the Monterrey bypass and Bulevar Colosio.

Officials recommended Reynosa citizens remain indoors.

Reynosa is on the US border opposite McAllen, Texas and has been the center of numerous gang actions such as roadblocks and shootouts in recent weeks.
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