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Last week, Mexico's three top-security jails were placed on maximum alert after the murder of six prison officers at the Matamoros penitentiary.
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BMW, Sony and Matsushita have set up maquiladoras in Reynosa and Matamoros.
ECONOMIST: One river, one country
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We would then take the baskets to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, a 10-minute drive from our home, and give them to families in need.
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Matamoros has several industrial parks, including a large General Motors plant.
ECONOMIST: One river, one country
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The two countries remain distinct only in their earnings potential: a graduate engineer in Matamoros earns less than a shop assistant across the river in Brownsville.
ECONOMIST: One river, one country
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Matamoros prison, where Rios Montt is now behind bars, is located on a military base in Guatemala City where the former general spent time as a young cadet.
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Even the storied Rio Grande, which she and Brian had seen on a disagreeable weekend trip several years ago to Matamoros, was hardly more than a drainage ditch.
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Cardenas is awaiting trial in October in federal court in Houston, Texas, where he is accused of drug trafficking and attempting to kill two federal agents and an informant on the streets of Matamoros, Mexico.
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The Zetas, who are estimated to have more than ten thousand fighters, control virtually the entire east coast of Mexico, and have laid claim to several of the busiest cargo crossing points on the U.S. border, including Matamoros, Reynosa, and Nuevo Laredo.
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