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In the past it might have seemed like an awful prank by an anonymous poster. But since the recent murders of four people in Nuevo Laredo because of their social media use, a threat posted this week on #Reynosafollow—a Twitter hashtag used by residents of Reynosa, just across the Rio Grande from McAllen—created a panic. […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402