Dozens Killed Just Over Border

If nearly 50 people had been killed in a shootout just feet from the border causing all bridges over the Rio Grande to be closed, you'd think it would be breathlessly reported.  30 dead in a shootout at noon and 17 more in a second shootout near city hall!  Among the dead is a reporter and a cartel murderer known as "Tony Tormenta".  The reporter seems to have gotten in the way of the soldiers fighting the war against the murderers.

Update:  Finally a report on ABCNews Radio Network but only about 5 reported dead - the criminal and some law enforcement.  Not a word about the real number, that it was near Matamoros City Hall, nor that it was just over the border.

Dozens killed in Matamoros; bridges closed

Gunfire broke out in Matamoros Friday, leaving at least 47 people dead and causing the closure of all three bridges between Brownsville and Mexico.

The fighting reportedly involved members of the Gulf Cartel, the Zetas and Mexican federal police and military

University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College closed the Fort Brown campus and moved the soccer games scheduled for Friday night to the Brownsville Sports Park.

Gunfire was reported in Matamoros in a number of incidents beginning Friday morning, with at least 30 people dead by around noon, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on condition that his name not be used.

In the afternoon, a major confrontation near city hall killed at least 17 more people, the source said.

One of those killed around midday was identified as Carlos Alberto Guajardo, 37, a reporter for the newspaper El Expreso. Sources with knowledge of the incident said Guajardo apparently was killed by soldiers who were chasing narcotics traffickers.

American Murdered on USA-Mexican Border Lake

This is even more horrifying than the Global Warming freaks who want to kill you.  Because it's REAL.  Mexican terrorists murdered an American man on a lake which straddles the American - Mexican border.

Man Killed by Mexican Pirates on Texas Lake

Search teams are combing a Texas lake for the body of a man who was allegedly shot and killed by Mexican pirates when he and his wife were ambushed after crossing into Mexican waters on their personal watercraft.

David Michael Hartley, 30, and his wife Tiffany Hartley, 29, were attacked on Falcon Lake, near the southern tip of Texas, police said.

Tiffany Hartley told police her husband was shot in the back of the head as the couple fled to U.S. waters.

The gunmen are suspected to be Mexican pirates who have been marauding on the lake, law enforcement officials said.

Hartley fell off his watercraft after he was shot, according to his wife, who told rescuers and police she attempted to circle back to save him, but the gunmen were still firing shots so she had to abandon the rescue attempt.

OK, it sounds to me like they crossed into the Mexican part of the lake to "do some sightseeing".  As awful as it is that a man was murdered, and as distraught as his now-widow is, I have to ask what the hell they were doing going into Mexican waters in the first place?  Were they completely unaware of the border violence?  How could they be unaware when they lived there for 5 months?  What were they thinking??  Not that any deserves to be killed for being unaware or just plain dumb.  But seriously, who would actually go to Mexico right now?  If you do, you're a fool.