Tamaulipas in flames: Tamaulipas awakens with new blockades and confrontations – El Sol de México

Blockades with public transport units in its main avenues was what the residents of matamoros, just when they were heading to their jobs or school this Tuesday; No clashes or injured people were reported on the morning of this Tuesday, May 2, 2023.

According to public transport users, these blockades began shortly after 07:00 today.

According to residents of this region, on avenues such as Manuel Cavazos Lerma boulevard, Leyes de Reforma and Virgilio Garza Ruíz boulevards, unknown persons -who are presumed to belong to a criminal group- placed school buses to stop the traffic.

More blockades were reported on the Marte R Gómez, Sendero and Constituyente avenues, in addition to the fact that punchchallantas were thrown to stop the passage of cars in different streets.

In Reynosa they report clashes

In reynosathe population alerted about a confrontation in the Campanario subdivision, in Libramiento Sur 2 of the exit San Fernando and Río Bravo, near the Libramiento that communicates with the Pharr International Bridge.

These facts add to the day of violence that the inhabitants of the border have suffered in recent days; The Ministry of Public Security (SSP) reported on Sunday, after the activation of the Code Redthat two civilians were killed in the region of San Fernandosix vehicles and weapons were seized in addition to The blockades in Matamoros and Reynosa, caused by criminal groups, were deactivated.

He said that with the support of the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena) y National Guard The risk situation was controlled in the road section between Matamoros and San Fernando.

He specified that at 06:30 yesterday a convoy of vehicles with armed civilians coming from Matamoros heading towards San Fernando was detected, for which reason the Red Code was activated requesting inter-institutional support from Sedena, the Navy and the National Guard, as well as the the Republic Attorney General’s Office (FGR) and the State Attorney’s Office.

“Special Forces and Reaction Forces support troops from Ciudad Victoria were deployed, under the responsibility of the respective Operational Coordinators,” he said.

So far, the authorities have not issued official information on the blockades in Matamoros and the confrontations in Reynosa.