Gang wars plague Mexican drugs hub
The ironic part? They're the ones dying, and we're the ones buying.
Raul Llamas inspects the gaping holes gouged in the wall of a house in Nuevo Laredo by a rocket-propelled grenade. "It's like Iraq, isn't it? We are in the middle of a war here. Two narco-trafficking gangs are trying to get control," the Mexican radio journalist says. He used to report on the cartels for a local radio station. But one of his colleagues was killed earlier this year. Now he does different stories. "It's very difficult to be a reporter here," he says. "People are too scared."
The bridges which cross the Rio Grande from Nuevo Laredo to Laredo, Texas, tell the story. The stream of people seeking a better life flows one way only. The US side is still relatively free from trouble, while on the Mexican side, there are almost daily kidnappings and assassinations.
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