The soldiers in the streets of Laredo lifted the frightened civilian children, with striking white subtitles scrolling at the bottom of the screen: "Liberate Texas, Justice is on the Way."
"Dear viewers, we now bring you the latest report from the front lines."
Maria's voice was steady and strong, spreading through the airwaves across all states in Mexico, even reaching areas north of the border that could still receive the signal, "As of 10 o'clock this morning, our Eastern Army Group's First Mechanized Infantry Division has completely controlled downtown Brownsville, eliminated 12 pockets of remaining resistance, and liberated 137 Mexican immigrants illegally detained by the Texas Department of Public Safety; the Second Mechanized Infantry Division has established a solid defensive line in Laredo, and the engineer units are rushing to repair the border bridge to ensure the follow-up supply routes remain open."
