Mexican Cartels Invade Texas

TNM: ZETAS' INVASION OF LAREDO
IS CLEAR INDICATION TEXAS MUST SECEDE

The unverified occupation Saturday of two ranches near Laredo, Texas by the Mexican drug gang Los Zetas once again clearly indicates the federal government's refusal to perform its constitutional duties and underlines the need for Texas independence, the head of the Texas Nationalist Movement said.

Multiple news sources are now reporting that members of the Los Zetas cartel, either following or during a night-long gunbattle with the Mexican Army in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, took over two ranches in the Las Minas Industrial Park area northwest of Laredo, near Mines Rd. and Minerales Annex Rd about 10 miles NW of I-35.

The report was refuted by a report from the Laredo Morning Times later in the day, quoting both local and federal agencies saying no much attack had taken place and no standoff was in progress.

"Once again, the failure of the United States government to fulfill its Constitutional duty of defending our border from invasion goes to point out the most compelling reason Texas must be independent – we must have the ability to defend ourselves," TNM President Daniel Miller said. "If necessary, Texas Governor Rick Perry must act unilaterally at this point to move Texas' military forces to the border to defend our citizens."

Earlier this week, Miller had warned prophetically that the Mexican drug lords might try to "carve out their own little kingdoms" by occupying land on the U.S. side of the border, and there are some reports they have already done so in Arizona as well. Miller said following Thursday's ruling by the International Court of Justice in The Hague that secession does not violate international law that a race is on.

"Texas independence is inevitable at this point," he said. "It's a foregone conclusion, our cultural and political differences with the ruling government are too vast to bridge any other way. The question is, who will control Texas' secession – the people of Texas, or drug lords from Mexico?"

The Laredo story was broken by a report at Diggers Realm, which quotes a leader of the San Diego Minutemen identified as Jeff Scwilk as saying he had been informed by Laredo police that a standoff was underway between federal Border Patrol and other agents and the Zetas.

Diggers Realm quotes Scwilk saying: "I can personally vouch that this info came in late last night from a reliable police source inside the Laredo PD. There is currently a standoff between the unknown size Zeta forces and U.S. Border Patrol and local law enforcement on two ranches on our side of the Rio Grande. The source tells us he considers this an 'act of war' and that the military is needed on the border now!"

A staff member with the Laredo Morning Times newspaper indicated the paper has not yet gone live with the story because the Laredo Police Department has made no official confirmation. The latest Associated Press story from the region indicated only prolonged combat on the Mexican side of the border, and quoted Laredo Police spokesman Joe Baeza as saying the violence had not spilled over the border.

"We were getting reports from people who live on the river's edge that they could hear gunfire and explosions from the Mexico side," Baeza told the AP. "We didn't have any incidents on the American side. It's hard for people to understand who don't live here," he added. "They're not Vikings, they're not going to invade us, it doesn't work that way."

Another independent news source, the Cypress Times based in Houston, said the U.S. Consulate in Nuevo Laredo had posted a warning to citizens on its website.

"We have received credible reports of widespread violence occurring now between narcotics-trafficking organizations and the Mexican army in Nuevo Laredo," the Consulate's website indicated. "The consulate confirmed that fragmentation grenades were used in the attacks and that suspected drug-gang members had blocked several roads, adding that it advised 'all U.S. citizens in Nuevo Laredo to remain indoors until the security situation improves."

The Los Zetas drug cartel is an offshoot of the elite Mexican military trained in special operations and formerly served as the "hit men" for the Gulf Cartel. The mercenary organization is said to include members of corrupt Mexican Federales, politicians as well as drug traffickers. The leader of Los Zetas is Heriberto "El Lazca" Lazcano and is it considered the most violent paramilitary group in Mexico by the DEA.

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