Good news: all-out civil war explodes on our unprotected southern border

Dispatches from the invaluable Borderland Beat:

• Massacre at Monterrey Bar Leaves 20 Dead

A bar attack leaves three people fighting for their lives in Mexico.

Authorities say more than 15 armed men rushed into Sabino Gordo killing 20 and injuring five.

The gunmen filled three vehicles a little after 10:00 p.m. on Friday. Officials say the bar, where the attack, happened is considered a meeting ground for the Zetas. State police believe this was an attack made by the Gulf Cartel.

A waitress and two customers were among the dead.

• Gulf Cartel arsenal seized in Zacatecas

On Wednesday, July 6, a Mexican Army unit, armed with information from an anonymous tip, seized four vehicles and an arsenal with Gulf Cartel (CDG) identification marks in the municipality of Tepechitlan, Zacatecas ... [including]

• 15 assault weapons (AR-15 and AK-47)

• 4 fragmentation grenades

• 7,601 rounds of live ammunition

• 15 ballistic vests

• 274 magazines

• 16 sets of tactical gear

• 4 vehicles, 1 of them armored.

• Fighting reported in Michoacan: Governor's house attacked

Thursday did not begin well in Michoacan. At approximately 11:00am a group of gunmen attacked the offices of Governor Leonel Godoy but were routed and captured by state ministerial police guarding the installation.

It was unknown if Governor Godoy was in his offices at during the attack.

By late Thursday afternoon armed confrontations between Federal forces and gunmen and the appearance of “narco” blockades were reported in at least ten municipalities of Michoacan. The fighting and blockades, which began at 5:00pm, were the result of the violent reaction of Caballeros Templarios to a Federal Police operations in the municipalities of Apatzingan, Aguillia and Paracuaro.

The heaviest fighting was reported in the Apatzingan valley and blockades thrown up to impede movement by the authorities were reported in the municipalities of Morelia, Apatzingan Parácuaro, Uruapan, Aguililla, Los Reyes, Pátzcuaro, Zinapécuaro, Quiroga and Maravatío.

Many of the blockades involved burning automobiles, buses and tractor-trailor rigs.

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But, by all means: let's not secure the border with the failed narco-terror state to the south. Especially since Mexico now appears to be hosting Hezbollah terrorists in addition to bloodthirsty drug cartels.