Whoever does not believe that this is a war really should shop around Mier, Tamaulipas, in those days. There will be doubts. The called "Athens of Tamaulipas" has become a ghost town. Its inhabitants have begun an exodus with what little they have left.
The beautiful architecture of the nineteenth century town that quietly tells the story of Tamaulipas, is now eaten away by bullets. Obelisks, houses and squares in which it is not uncommon to find traces of shrapnel.
Mier
And it became the epicenter in the fratricidal dispute over the territory held Zetas Gulf Cartel and the so-called frontier girl, temperamental region from Reynosa and Nuevo Laredo has been fighting street by street. The Gulf have been recovered Miguel German city and in recent months have focused their struggle Mier and Guerrero, the Zetas strongholds defended by blood and fire. Is the prelude to Nuevo Laredo, the crown jewel among the country's international crossings. Thus
Mier, magical people, old, nostalgic, humble working people, has become the prey of organized crime gangs that move billions of dollars in business.
why in the streets of Mier are ashes. Remnants of past battles. Charred remains of late model trucks that are already part of the landscape. In a battle were hit by grenades, fire, and left to roast. No one bothered to remove or clean. Here are staying. As gravel. Disposable like everything in the war.
Ashes of houses, bills that are charged to the Chinese. Where paper is invalid. If you owe, pay it. The inhabitants of Mier say a lot of houses were burned by the mere suspicion that some of the people working with one of the sides.
The townsfolk have had enough and decided to leave the city. They know when they will return, if they do one day. Have decided to take everything they have or, rather, how little they have left.
"Today I saw on the road more than 12 trucks loaded with furniture," says a native of Mier. "One store they had the dealer Bimbo today. "
People have closed their businesses to leave. Only a handful of residents remain on their properties.
The Army has supported in providing security to the inhabitants Mier returning to finish the move and go somewhere else . A fresh start. A where they have a family or flat, where he can.
In the nearby German town of Miguel has enabled a shelter that have already reached 300 inhabitants of Mier. Other towns such as Camargo have begun to send food.
"We are operating the shelter in the same way that the Army taught us during Hurricane Alex," he told the Texas newspaper The Monitor Mayor Michael German, Servando López Moreno. "We are supporting and helping these people here. Huyen of things we can not fix."
program seems to escape an impending natural disaster. But this meteor is otherwise. It is man's natural disaster. Hurricane is called revenge for which today live their day to day many people in the region to serve the cartels. Wake up with the sole purpose of killing of the rival.
This happened last Monday, when he saw the dawn Mier between the sound of intense shelling. The fight began in Mier and ended in the nearby town of The War.
A series of videos, of almost half an hour, were uploaded to YouTube with the sound of fighting. Dozens of different caliber weapons, grenades, and continuous bursts until all the magazine. Leave no doubt. And do not even flinch before the roosters the deafening clatter of weapons. Heard singing in the video with the same vigor as ever.
environment is perceived in the sense that the situation will not end soon Mier. In "The Chilito" , news portal on the frontier girl, but report the search for ways that the exiles could find work at Michael German and displaced children can resume their school program taught by the same teachers have also left the village. Mier
screams for attention from his exile, like many small towns and cities of Tamaulipas in similar situations. Guerrero, San Fernando, Mante, Camargo, Valle Hermoso, and many others live their scourge gagged. The press does not report state and its citizens' voices are not always able to resonate in social networks.
In Mier are evidence of what a war, if a skeptic wants to go.
Ciudad Miguel German hostel where the displaced from Ciudad Mier
Ciudad Mier It looks today. The Army in providing security to support the evacuation.
pictures what is these days Ciudad Mier. We have taken pictures of a city on the city blog ( http://ciudad-mier.blogspot.com ) We invite you to visit. Will not only images of the devastation and the stories of what has changed in the city. But also images of historical and architectural wealth has Mier. It's a blog totally touching. Visítenlo.
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