Border Sheriff's Posse
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Border Sheriff's Posse                      02.25.2010         


Dear Posse,
 

This report just in from a very strategic border intelligence source ......

 

There is a gun battle taking place RIGHT NOW in the town of Nuevo Progreso, MX, and the city has been closed down.  We are being asked to pray, and we are reminded that the media reports nothing (no surprise-I keep a file on murdered journalists). This report originally came from people who are starting an orphanage in Nuevo Progreso, MX.  Let's stop and pray right now for the safety of the people of Nuevo Progreso.  May they cry out to the Lord for His mercy and help. 


Lord, send Your angels right now to protect the families and people of Nuevo Progreso.


The reports closed with this - "It sounds like the whole border is erupting."


It does indeed.  Following are several updates I received today.

SAN IGNACIO

 

San Ignacio is a cross-border community (spans the border) 50 miles north of Zapata, TX.  Shots coming from the MX side of the community were heard on the US side.  The whole town was alarmed.  Border Patrol was alerted, and they treated it like a very serious threat.  The school (in the United States!) was in lockdown with lights off and kids hiding under their desks.  Mexican military troops were activated, and 6 MX military humvees swept the area and found nothing on the MX side.  The people of San Ignacio were so shaken that a nearby Sheriff's Dept. sent 8 cars to patrol the area and calm the people.

 

GUERRERO, MX

 

There is an unconfirmed report that there were 3 hangings in Guerrero today.  The word in Guerrero is that the territory now belongs to El Chapo Guzman, head of the Sinaloa Cartel. All the police are gone, and the cartel has its own Police Department.  They even answer calls.  It is common in MX for the cartels to have their own Police Departments.

 

It has been reported that the Falcon Heights area (Guerrero) is pretty bad.  The fighting began there yesterday, and I was told it should have subsided by now.

 

MIGUEL ALEMAN, MX

 

A source told me there are now 6 different Police Departments patrolling the town of Miguel Aleman, across from Roma, TX.  Each one represents a certain cartel, according to my source, who cried, "It's totally out of control, totally out of control."  There is also a report that men with guns went into the Ochoa Clinic in the town and mowed down 2 or 3 doctors.  Six police officers are still missing from Miguel Aleman.  They are presumed dead.

 


According to my source, the most volatile areas are between Roma and San Ignacio, TX, and between Nuevo Laredo and Reynosa, MX.  These areas were called "hot spots."  I was told that the fighting is much like the house-to-house fighting in Iraq that we see on TV. 

 

When asked for thoughts about the violence spilling over the border right now, my source answered, "They've got to take control of their turf before thinking of coming to the US looking for their enemies."

 

Cliff Bell, a friend to the Border Sheriff's Posse, is the Christian International-Mexico Director.  As he left this morning to drive through Reynosa to Monterrey, he heard the State Department's warning against traveling to Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa or Monterrey.  Cliff will be ministering in Monterrey tonight through the weekend.  Let's pray for the Lord to move powerfully in those meetings and to protect Cliff as he travels.  I was so blessed when he said, "I only go where I know I am supposed to go."  That's the place of safety for all of us!

 

The only way people in MX can be certain their calls won't be overheard is to use Nextel phones that can't be traced. Let's pray a significant number of MX citizens will be able to get information out and that law-enforcement officials in the US will receive useful human intelligence. 

 

The plea for help in the following report from Channel 5 in Weslaco is heartbreaking.

2/23 7:24 pm




WESLACO - CHANNEL 5 NEWS is getting e-mails from across the border from people pleading for help.  One e-mail conveys fear and uncertainty.

The e-mailer from Reynosa tells us, "We need your help.  We are in danger.  We can see men with guns on the street above 30 or 40 persons.  No newspapers or local TV are allowed to give us info.  This is real.  (It) is not a joke.  We can't go to the school, to our jobs.  We can't go out of our homes.  I hope you can hear us.  We have children.  They listen (to) the gunshots all night, and now we can hear even in the day.  There is a war out here.  Someone is trying to take out one cartel of drugs to put another.  Our police can't help us, because they are with the mafia.  We need help because our Governors say that nothing happens in our land, (that) everything is right.  But they have guards and armored cars, so they really think is alright and nothing happens.  Please, this is serious.  And I hope you can see this message and help us to bring the peace again.  This is not life if you have family here."

CHANNEL 5 is reporting numerous reports of gunfire and gun battles in several cities in Mexico along the border.

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Join me in the the following prayer, sent by Sally Frahm of Austin.

Pam

"Father, I ask for your intervention.  You have promised that when the enemy comes in like a flood, you will raise a banner.  I ask now that a banner of intercession will be raised over the border, that you will put a stop order on all this violence, innocent lives being snuffed out, the lawlessness approaching.  We speak death to this spirit and join our prayers and hands with our Mexican sisters and brothers, supporting the angels in the heavenlies who are doing battle over this region.  May we stand with them.  Because of Jesus.  Amen."


ABOUT THE BORDER SHERIFF'S POSSE
LinkAmerica sponsors the Border Sheriff's Posse to "ride" the U.S. borders in intercession and to "pardner" with intercessors around the United States to protect the 26 counties along the US/Mexico border.  It is critical that we take our place on this fence. 

You won't be flooded by email, but I periodically send specific information and prayer points.  We support ALL law enforcement agencies, pray that illegal activity will be stopped (drugs, human trafficking, etc.) and declare that those who are slipping across America's borders with the intent to cause harm be exposed and apprehended. 

This is not about politics!  This is about the protection of the United States of America.  I was visiting with a prophetic intercessor who did not know about the Border Sheriff's Posse when she pointed her finger and said, "And right now God is pinning badges on hidden intercessors.....like a Sheriff's badge," and, with that, she poked her finger into my shoulder!   
 
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Pam Faraone
LinkAmerica
El Paso, TX