Reynosa: the city ruled by drug cartels Bashny.Net

Of all the Mexican cities of Reynosa - the most dangerous because of the presence there of well-organized drug cartels and at the same time the most interesting from the point of view photos. This town is located on the banks of the Rio Grande border, near the south-east Texas. He had long since become a major source of supply in the United States, and Mexican drug lords are doing everything in order not to give in to this fight for over smuggling route to the United States. In the midst of the Mexican drug war in Reynosa now established martial law. Every local resident on the streets may be one of the cartel members: taxi driver, trader tacos or just an ordinary passerby. Here, even the police can beat up journalist and photo equipment to select, and then it turns out that they, too, are to cartels. Soldiers with guns on the roof of a gas station in this town - a common occurrence. Everyone is afraid of the cameras and try to hide the face. Reynosa - a city where everything is based on drug trafficking, concealment and risk.

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1. One of the last road signs that people see the American side of the border road to Reynosa. He warns that the import of weapons into Mexico is prohibited. The irony is that the city is ruled by heavily armed drug cartels.





2. The following shootout between Mexican federal police and members of the cartel, "the Gulf." During that shootout, six members of the cartel have been killed. It was just one of the dozens of skirmishes in 2010, make people live in fear until cartels "Gulf" and "Zeta" fought for the smuggling route to the United States.



3. Young people are sitting at the tombstones 22-year old boy who died as a result of a showdown between cartels.



4. Pedestrians in the central square under the gaze of police in a booth equipped with cameras. The residents live in constant fear, especially the fear of going out on the streets at night alone.



5. Police patrol a street in the old part of the city where corrupt police officers, traders, taxi drivers and employees are closely watching the tourists and report any suspicious things cartel members.



6. Merchant holds a newspaper with the headline on the front page of the "Murdered businessman." After the killings, kidnappings and beatings of journalists learned how to "filter" the material in the articles of daily violence. On shootings and explosions if they reported very rarely.



7. The 30-year-old Juan Rangel Carlon works "dragon", or street performers, "breathe fire". Near parked taxi with no license plates. This is one of the hundreds of taxis operating on the cartels, who are hired to monitor the movements of visitors and military and government officials.



8. The journalist accidentally goes for a taxi without license plates, which may be one of the hundreds of spies cartels. Here in the northern state of Tamaulipas, journalists are afraid for their lives and to constantly monitor the situation.



9. Mexican police launched a checkpoint on the highway along the Rio Grande. One of the residents of Reynosa said that their husband stopped twice with members of drug cartels, disguised as policemen. "To go on the highway - like playing with death", - she said.



10. Armed Mexican soldiers following the main junction that leads straight to the border with Reynosa. Drug traffickers need the free road to smuggle drugs on the Rio Grande in Texas.



11. A man throws a fishing net in the Rio Grande on the border with Texas Diaz Ordaz. Ferry across the border Mexico - the US is closed for renovation. This is one of the most convenient routes of smugglers, who are fighting for the cartels, "Gulf" and "Zeta".



12. Shoe Cleaner works on almost empty central square. Residents are now closely watching what to say to each other, not knowing who can monitor them. Even the mayor does not live here anymore, he moved his family to Texas.



13. Guitarist Armengol Martinez plays the empty street in the empty tourist area. Many clubs, restaurants, gift shops, brothels and massage and beauty parlors were closed for a long time here. Texas tourists once trampled the cobbled streets are now staying away from this place, where at any moment can start a firefight. Martinez said that even Reynosa residents sometimes spend the night on the side of the United States.



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