URGENT - The Border Under Siege

Dear Posse,

From Del Rio to Brownsville, Mexico's port cities along the US/Mexico border are under siege. Here is a rough timeline:

02.19.10 Gun battle across from Laredo in Nuevo Laredo, MX between Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel. These 2 were aligned but are in the process of splitting. Another shoot-out, reportedly between the Mexican military and a branch of Los Zetas, continued through Nuevo Laredo.

02.20.10 Reports of shoot-outs across from McAllen in Reynosa, MX.

02.22.10 Gun battle between 2 cartels across from McAllen in Reynosa .

02.22.10 Across from Roma, a convoy of military vehicles moved into the town of Miguel Aleman, MX in preparation for an attempted take-over of the government which was expected that night or the following day.

02.23.10 Unconfirmed reports from Miguel Aleman, MX that the government take-over has happened. Gun fighting is currently taking place, including the use of grenade launchers. So many family members of the military and police of Miguel Aleman were fleeing to the US that all 3 lanes of the little bridge were opened to facilitate those seeking REFUGE. By today (23rd) my sources indicated US law enforcement officials were sent to the bridge to protect against the spillover of violence.

02.23.10 There is an expected gun battle tonight or tomorrow 02.24.10, across from Falcon Heights in Guerrero, MX. Authorities are on alert that those bringing violence could come across Zapata Lake, which sits on the border.

02.23.10 Moments ago, 10:30 PM Mountain Time, a source told me that the bridges between Laredo and Nuevo Laredo are full of people seeking REFUGE from the violence. This was reported on KRGV-TV.

Just tonight I received an email report from Mexico of bodies on the ground in Reynosa and battles in Hidalgo.

As bad as the violence has been in Juarez (murder capital of the world), where we are told tens of thousands and maybe hundreds of thousands of people have fled the city (estimated 30,000 to El Paso), my source emphatically stated we haven't seen anything yet.

Authorities expect an increase in violence will take place all along the southern border to Tijuana, Mexico.

WHY THE SUDDEN INCREASE IN BORDER VIOLENCE?

It has been reported that eight drug trafficking organizations in Mexico have united to form two groups in order to gain control of drug trafficking routes.:

1) The Sinaloa Cartel has aligned with La Familia Michoacana, what remains of the Milenio/Valencia Cartel, and a faction of the Tijuana Cartel.

2) The second block consists of the Beltran Leyva Organization, the Juarez Cartel, Los Zetas (Reports indicate that the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas are splitting, with Los Zetas becoming an independent faction.) and the rest of the Tijuana Cartel.

Each of the new groups seeks to destroy the other and take over their routes. Executions, extreme violence, and other means of instilling terror to win plazas/territories have resulted.

The states of Sinaloa, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas are now under the control of the Juarez Cartel, the Beltran Leyva brothers, and the Gulf Cartel/Los Zetas. These groups have started an all out war against the Sinaloa Cartel and their armed group, La Gente Nueva.

Along the northern border, El Chapo Guzman (Sinaloa Cartel) is said to have 4,000 hitmen operating. He is fighting alone, because La Familia Michoacana and Los Valencia Cartel only operate in the southern and central portions of the country.

The Baja California region is a key point for the passage of drugs to the U.S. The Tijuana Cartel originally took control of the area, specializing in contraband operations and arms trafficking. Later, they moved into buying and selling drugs. When senior leaders of the cartel were arrested or killed, two factions formed within the cartel. In order to maintain control of strategic plazas, Fernando Sánchez Arellano aligned with the Beltran Leyva Brothers, Los Zetas and the Juarez Cartel against Teodoro García Simental, an ex-lieutenant in the organization who later aligned with the Sinaloa Cartel. In the area along the border of Baja California 2,721 people are missing, the majority reported as kidnappings.

"The Mexican cartels are the most significant organized crime threat to the Western Hemisphere, without question," reports Texas Dept. of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw.

A law enforcement principle that I have heard stated a number of times is "to protect the nation, we must push back our borders." I believe that, in order to protect the nation, we must spiritually push back our borders. If we don't pray to protect the people of Mexico, we will find ourselves in the same situation.

Lord, we ask you to sound a national alarm for the crisis on our southern border. Call your intercessors to "the Colors" (flag). Put us on high alert. Show us how to stand with the Mexican people to quell the violence and lawlessness. Raise up men and women who will make their voices heard to our lawmakers. Give us leaders who will pay attention to this crisis.

It is time!

Pam