tigervol9802
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Here is an email excerpt I received from a friend of mine who is a missionary in Matamoros regarding the current situation there (he's an older gentleman so just factor that in while reading please) -
Long story short, we really, really, really need to focus on that border.
I want to try and bring you up to date on the events here. I will get a news letter out soon, but wanted to take this chance to bring you up to date as things are changing fast. When we arrived back home, we went immediately to Matamoros to visit some of the churches. We had lots of plans to make for a Pastor's marriage enrichment conference. Crossing the boarder seemed the same, but on our way to the camp that is on the South side of the city, we saw very few people on the streets. Arriving at camp we learned that during the last month of Sept. that on three different occasions a large number of armored military vehicles with 40 to 50 troops had come into the camp in the middle of the night and scared the caretaker half to death. They had him open every door of every building and every room was searched. During the day time on several occasions the helicopters would hover with guns pointed at the buildings. After several minutes they would land and check the buildings again. In the middle of the night groups of trucks arrived with dozens of men. Then for over three hours they would bring in cars with people in them and beat them up. The care taker has been staying in the trees for fear . The other day a group of men came dressed in uniforms but did not identify themselves . They questioned for some time the caretaker and his boys as to who owned the camp and how much money they were paid and when the owners came and went and where did they live. There was a shoot out just the other day that killed 42 solders plus others. They sent the fire department in to clean the streets of the blood. Every day and night there are killings and bombings. Afghanistan is safer than this place.
Long story short, we really, really, really need to focus on that border.