An "uno de Mayo" report from a VDARE.com reader in the borderlands of the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas:

"Protestors in Mexico have taken an International Bridge over the Rio Grande in McAllen, Texas, as hostage. They have blocked all traffic leaving and entering Mexico at the Hidalgo International Bridge here in South Texas. This has been going on all day, for at least 10 hours. Of course the Mexican police and military are taking no action."

[Check out the handy bridge cam here]

"By the way, the boycott has had no effect here in South Texas. The store parking lots are still full. I went to Wal-Mart to buy groceries, they were very busy as usual. I enjoyed waiting in line to check out and spend my money today. I did a lot of shopping today. We bought everything we needed and had been putting off for the past couple of weeks."

UPDATE:

"It is now 11:20pm [May 1, 2006]. The Hidalgo International Bridge is still closed by protestors on the Mexican side. The Mexican police and military say they will do nothing until they get orders from the Mexican federal government, (fat chance). The word on the street is that they will attempt to keep the bridge closed all night. It has now been closed for over 14 hours."