The Washington Post online this morning:
Mexican pirates attack Texas fishermen on Falcon Lake, which straddles border
By William Booth
ZAPATA, TEX. — Falcon Lake is famous for its monster bass and for the maniacal obsession of the fishermen who come from all over Texas — and the world — to stalk them. Now this remote reservoir that straddles the international boundary is known for something else: pirates.Personal and best price levitra Financial Information Risks There are also risks to one’s financial and personal information. Therefore, it is dangerous to take the medicine without even asking or taking assistance from their doctor. buy female viagra cheap female viagra In case of need mostly we use glucose to provide power and force of our muscles and other tissues to absorb glucose from the blood. On the off chance that you are not turned on, your brain will not stimulate the release of levitra for sale sex hormones in men.
In the past month, crews of outlaws in a small armada of banged-up skiffs and high-powered bass boats launched from the Mexican shore have ambushed bass anglers from the Texas side innocently casting their plastic worms over favorite spots. The buccaneers have struck in Mexican waters but within sight of the Texas shore. ……The pirates claim to be “federales,” or police, but instead are brigands — with the letter “Z” tattooed on their necks and arms — from the notorious drug cartel Los Zetas. The Zetas are on a rampage of killing and extortion along the Mexican border as they fight gun and grenade battles against the military and the rival Gulf Cartel.
“Within the last month, with all the feuding going on over there, the dope smuggling has dropped off and it is starving them. This water is Zeta central. They controlled the whole lake. They distributed everything. Now they’re desperate and diversifying,” said Jose E. Gonzalez, the second in command of the Border Patrol’s Zapata station, which operates an around-the-clock maritime patrol.
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I do remember, we were there shortly after it happened.
I posted this over on my Facebook account. Very scary. Remember some years back when some Mexican killed an American rafting down the Rio Grande in Big Bend? Scary!