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DPS Discourages Spring Break Travel to Mexico

Dave Goldman — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:30:59 +0000

AUSTIN - The Texas Department of Public Safety is again urging Spring Breakers to avoid traveling to Mexico as a result of continued violence throughout the country.

“The Mexican government has made great strides battling the cartels, and we commend their continued commitment to making Mexico a safer place to live and visit,” said DPS Director Steven C. McCraw. “Howe

The Five Most Popular Spring Break Destinations

Marcie Pink — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:52:24 +0000

Internet travel company Orbitz recently ranked the most popular destinations for spring break, based on bookings to their website. Here are the top five: 5. Fort Lauderdale, Florida The city where Spring Break was born became fed up with the tradition’s yearly mayhem and began to pass laws during the ’80s which discouraged spring breakers. [...]

Marijuana Catapult Found at Mexican Border

roddwayne — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:15:35 +0000

Infrared surveillance cameras at the Arizona/Mexico border have captured images of Mexican drug smugglers using a nine-foot-tall catapult to hurl 45-pound bags of marijuana over a border wall and into the U.S. The smugglers had set the catapult up about 20 yards away from the wall, and appear to have been doing their illicit catapulting [...]