THE BORDER REPORT

I'm working on a few things today that you should find ... interesting, so check back in later tonight. There's lots going on.

Sonoran cops were in a shootout with a group of hitmen at the crossroads of interstates 15 and 2 south of Nogales, this morning. One person I spoke with tells me there were at least 15 armored cars comprising a convoy that kidnapped one man and murdered another. Cops whacked two of the gunmen, and El Imparcial reports that these were hitmen on their way to somewhere else. If they were on Highway 2, the next major town would've been Cananea.

But I don't like dealing in conditionals. When I know more, I'll let you know. But Sonora ain't nothing compared to Chihuahua right now where the narco-hit count tops 230 for the year in Ciudad Juárez and the Army's already sent in reinforcements, arresting six city cops yesterday morning on corruption charges, El Diario de Juárez reports.

Cuidense; we're in for another hot spring.

-- Michel Marizco