Mexico's Highway Of Death
Numbers vary, but families and business owners say the real numbers are over 150. People working in Laredo from Monterrey/Saltillo or people simply driving back and forth have disappeared into thin a...
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playaboy wrote:´
I agree with Chris. In fact it is probably worse than he is stating.
I cross back and forth across the border frequently. Over a dozen times this year alone.
There have been problems in Nuevo Laredo and at the Colombia crossing for the last year or so. These kidnappings have been taken place within kilometers of the government checkpoints on Hwy 85. The Guardia Nacional, Policia Estado, transitos and the cartels are all the same in that area. They are working together. There is NO law and order.
Anybody else posting cross frequently? Not over the years but in the last 6 months or so.
The area doesn't pass my smell test. I have avoided taking that route for the last year and will drive extra miles to do so.
It's been a long time since we have been to the U.S. What about Reynosa?
Unless we are going to travel in the U.S. such as West Texas or San Antonio, we would most likely go via Reynosa for shopping or South Padre Island.
We are also considering the Colombia Hwy from Monterrey which dead heads at the bridge. There is no detour from the highway which I believe is the problem heading up Hwy85 and then heading west to Colombia. So via Hwy 1, all that can be avoided.
