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Bomb Found in Mexico-US Border Bridge

by patgarcia | January 26, 2009 at 06:38 am

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Polar @ Border Bridge / Frontera Laredo, Mexico Side #1

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An explosive devise was found in the American side yesterday ; thousands of border citizens were evacuated.
The explosive artifact was found under International bridge number 1, keeping the bridge closed for more than two hours, and hundreds of citizens on line waiting to cross to Laredo Texas.
The Laredo Texas Anti-bomb department made use of a robot to detonate the artefact.

NUEVO LAREDO.-Un dispositivo encontrado ayer por las autoridades de Estados Unidos debajo del Puente Internacional número I, mantuvo cerrado este cruce durante más de dos horas y a cientos de peatones haciendo fila para cruzar hacia Laredo, Texas.

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Paschen

at 06:51 on January 26th, 2009

It does not seem to have been large enough to be able to cause damage to the bridge.

patgarcia

at 08:10 on January 26th, 2009

Thanks for commenting and recommending!

It seems to have been a controled detonation done by experts, the remains of the bomb were taken to be analized, then more information will be given.

Rhonda J Mangus

at 08:12 on January 26th, 2009

Pat, please keep us informed and thanks for this story!

patgarcia

at 10:24 on January 26th, 2009

You are welcome Rhonda. I will keep you informed!

harringtola

at 08:13 on January 26th, 2009

I wonder if there are any video capture devices that would be monitoring this bridge that might reveal suspects if reviewed. If not why not and they had better consider setting up something.

patgarcia

at 10:25 on January 26th, 2009

There are none that I know of, but you are right, there had been previous bomb scares at the place. This one was real.

WilliamBaptist

at 13:16 on January 26th, 2009

One explosive found in USA but in Sri Lanka they bomb and kill the civilians in a daily basis

toltecapilo

at 16:43 on January 26th, 2009

Shot taken from the Mexican side of the border, showing the US side.

toltecapilo has contributed a photo to this story.

car1edb

at 17:15 on January 26th, 2009

Seems to be escalating a little more every week, till a revolution? getting to be a bit worrying what it might be leading up to.

Thanks for the report.

kingpaddy

at 23:37 on February 11th, 2009

A bomb is a message. It does not have to be large to work or even detonate to be useful. The idea that one bomb in America is pale to other countries problems is not quite newsworthy. A para-military drug cartel system is being structured and it will lead to a war as Americans must protect themselves. The billions of dollars of very deadly drugs are not just an American issue as our Canadian neighbors will suffer from the "Blood Drugs" entering their space also.

This was a message. A taunt.

Last August 23rd in Creel Mexico 13 members of a family were murdered by Narcos for not co-operating in shipping their drugs. I knew these people through my work in anthropology and they were the typical warm close family unit I have come to embrase in my studies of the native population.

Thank you for reporting on the continuing assault on the Mexican people. I am warned by the State Department that my studies of the Ra Ra Muray Indians of Copper Canyon is too dangerous to continue.

Please continue to post your important news and thank you for your coverage.