WSJ/ NICHOLAS CASEY And JOSé DE CóRDOBA /
An excellent longish summary of the sad and shocking ongoing troubles in the northern border states of Nuevo Laredo and Tamaulipas as two narco terrorist gangs battle it out there for supremacy.
An expert estimates that 90% of Tamaulipas is controlled by drug gangs and killings there account for almost 17% of the total nationwide--1,300 so far in 2010.
Tamaulipas is the state where the 6,000 residents of Cd. Mier have literally abandoned their city to the narcos. Their little town used to be called a "Pueblo Magico" because of its unspoiled charms. Now its empty streets feature only festering dead bodies.
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