Bridge Protest Organizer Cancels at Last Minute, Blames Mexican Cartels Ildefonso Ortiz - Breitbart
go to original September 20, 2014

From the website ShutDownAllPorts.com

The protest calling for shutting down various ports of entry across the Texas-Mexico border was called off just hours before it was set to begin. While the group claimed that the cancellation was made due to cartel threats, it remains unclear if lack of protesters played a role.

On Saturday morning, local and state authorities stood watch outside of various international bridges ready to react for any sort of contingency that came up. However, traffic flowed normally from both sides of the border.

Those crossing from the border city of Reynosa into Mission through the Anzalduas International Bridge were welcomed by several police vehicles, tow trucks and armed officers on standby. The group that had called for shutting down the border had issued out a list of the bridges they intended to close and Anzalduas wasn’t one of them. However, Hidalgo County officials told Breitbart Texas that they couldn’t take a chance and had to be ready to respond for any contingency.

In a statement to Breitbart News, the event's organizer Stasyi Barth said that the cancellation came after cartel threats.

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