CIUDAD VICTORIA, MEXICO – A car bomb reportedly exploded this morning in the same Mexican state where
a massacre of 72 illegal migrants was discovered earlier in the week. The bomb went off in front of a Mexican
television station and soldiers have now blocked all access to the area.
The AP reports, “The Televisa network reported that the explosion damaged
its building and knocked out its signal for several hours in Ciudad
Victoria, the capitao of the drug gang-plagued state of Tamaulipas. It
said none of its employees was hurt in the explosion, which was felt for
several blocks.”
Under heavy guard, investigators in Ciudad Victoria are working to identify
the remains of the bodies of 72 Central and South American illegal migrants
discovered in a mass grave this week in San Fernando located just south of
Ciudad Victoria and less than 100 miles from the U.S. border.
The bodies were discovered when 18-year old Ecuadorean citizen Luis Fredy
Lala Pomavilla stumbled to roadside check point, after being shot, and reported
that he and his fellow illegals had been captured by armed men he identified
as being part of the Los Zetas drug cartel.
A shoot out with Mexican marines took place at the ranch in San Fernando
identified by Pomavilla. Following the
shootout, which claimed the life of one marine and three cartel members,
marines made the gruesome discovery of the mass grave.
Officials in Mexico have yet to confirm if the explosion this morning was
indeed from a car bomb. If so it would be the third car bomb explodion in Mexico this year
and would prove to be a horrific new tactic in the escalating war between Mexico and the
drug cartels. That war has claimed over
28,000 lives since the offensive began in 2006 under current Mexican President
Felipe Calderon.
The first car bomb used by the drug cartels exploded on July 5 in Ciudad
Juarez just outside of El Paso, Texas and killed a federal police office and
two civilians. The second occurred two
weeks ago in front of police headquarters, also in Ciudad Victoria. No one was injured in the second blast.
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I’m not sure where to begin in terms of examining the ignorance of the anonymous person who is shocked that a Cypress based newspaper would write an article about border violence. Are you new to the area, or do you not understand how the escalating violence south of the border is affecting our entire nation? Cypress, Texas included. Do you simply not understand that a newspaper covers news beyond its town limits (which Cypress doesn’t have). Look at The Cypress Times’ news sections that will really blow your mind; they cover local (that includes Cypress and Houston area), state (Texas), national (The US of A) and even in the Christian News section International (That’s the world) news.
Do you think the Houston Chronicle only publishes stories about news in Houston? What about the LA Times – just LA stuff?
Dear Anonymous,
This is a very important story because of the frequency of the violence taking place so close to the Texas border. It’s happening on an almost daily basis. If these drug cartels and their violence spill over onto Texas soil, there’s no reason to believe the suburbs of Cypress is a safe place.
Why is a car bomb in Mexico breaking news for people in Cypress Texas? Guess we became a border town and didn’t even know it!