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[martin glazer]

Carnage persists; weekend toll is 34 Cops found decapitated; tot, teen among victims By Sandra Dibble UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER December 1, 2008 The decapitated bodies of three police officers were found alongside six other beheaded corpses yesterday in a weekend of violence in which 34 people were slain in different sections of Tijuana. The victims included a 4-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy, killed by gunmen Saturday night together with two adults by a grocery store in eastern Tijuana. Several hours later, the 18-year-old nephew of Baja California's tourism secretary was found shot to death inside a vehicle a few miles east of downtown. The deaths bring to more than 360 the number killed since late September, when the violence between rival drug gangs first began to soar in a turf battle targeting each other and law enforcement officials. The total dead so far this year is more than 740, compared with 337 for all of 2007. The nine decapitated corpses were discovered about noon in an eastern section of the city. They were found beneath a power line that runs through a neighborhood of modest houses and small businesses. The officers'identification cards had been left with the bodies, said a spokeswoman for the Baja California Attorney General's Office. The three police officers had been assigned to high-crime districts in eastern Tijuana and Otay Mesa, the Tijuana police department said. The Baja California Attorney General's Office identified them as Rudy Galeana Guill n, Esaul RNos Montiel and Jes s Alberto Lara Ruiz. It was unclear whether the officers were among a group of more than 400 officers in those districts and two others temporarily taken off their beats so they can receive training and undergo extensive background checks. A fourth officer, Alan Bernal Estrada, was slain Saturday at a used auto-parts business, the Attorney General's Office said. The slayings have come as many officers in the 2,200-member department have been under suspicion of having links to drug traffickers. Some 200 officers have been dropped from the force since Mayor Jorge Ramos took office a year ago. An additional 20 officers many of them high-ranking commanders are currently being held for questioning by organized crime investigators in Mexico City. It is a very difficult situation, Alberto Capella Ibarra, Tijuana's secretary of public safety, said in a radio interview yesterday morning on Radio Hispana 1470-AM. The violence, he said, is the consequence of . . . so many years of impunity, so many years of breakdowns of institutions, so many years that we allowed this to grow. President Felipe Calder n's campaign against drug cartels has ignited a violent reaction across Mexico as the weakened groups battle each other and take on law enforcement agencies. The large border cities of Ciudad Juarez and more recently, Tijuana, have been among the hardest-hit areas. The easiest thing for the federal government would have been closing our eyes to reality, Calder n said yesterday in Mexico City. We did not do so, deciding to confront it, with all of its consequences. Even with the rise in violence, this weekend's carnage was unusually high for Tijuana. The state reported 34 dead in 14 incidents Saturday and yesterday. Eleven victims had been identified, and seven had criminal records, according to a statement from the Attorney General's Office. One of the most vicious incidents involved the deaths of four people, including the 4-and 13-year-old boys, at a grocery Saturday night in eastern Tijuana. The 13-year-old was found in the back seat of Volkswagen Jetta outside the store, and the 4-year-old was in the arms of an injured woman seated at the entrance, municipal police said. An incident early yesterday involved the nephew of tourism secretary Oscar Escobedo and Mario Escobedo, president of the Tijuana Chamber of Commerce. The Attorney General's Office said that Angel Escobedo JNmenez, 18, was found shot to death inside a vehicle, several miles southeast of downtown. Sandra Dibble: (619) 293-1716; sandra.dibble@...

[Jim Douglas]

martin glazer wrote:

> > Carnage persists; weekend toll is 34 > > Cops found decapitated; tot, teen among victims > By Sandra Dibble > UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER > December 1, 2008 > The decapitated bodies of three police officers were found alongside > six other beheaded corpses yesterday in a weekend of violence in which > 34 people were slain in different sections of Tijuana. > The victims included a 4-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy, killed by > gunmen Saturday night together with two adults by a grocery store in > eastern Tijuana. Several hours later, the 18-year-old nephew of Baja > California's tourism secretary was found shot to death inside a > vehicle a few miles east of downtown. > The deaths bring to more than 360 the number killed since late > September, when the violence between rival drug gangs first began to > soar in a turf battle targeting each other and law enforcement > officials. The total dead so far this year is more than 740, compared > with 337 for all of 2007. > The nine decapitated corpses were discovered about noon in an eastern > section of the city. They were found beneath a power line that runs > through a neighborhood of modest houses and small businesses. The > officers'identification cards had been left with the bodies, said a > spokeswoman for the Baja California Attorney General's Office. > The three police officers had been assigned to high-crime districts in > eastern Tijuana and Otay Mesa, the Tijuana police department said. The > Baja California Attorney General's Office identified them as Rudy > Galeana Guill n, Esaul RNos Montiel and Jes s Alberto Lara Ruiz. > It was unclear whether the officers were among a group of more than > 400 officers in those districts and two others temporarily taken off > their beats so they can receive training and undergo extensive > background checks. > A fourth officer, Alan Bernal Estrada, was slain Saturday at a used > auto-parts business, the Attorney General's Office said. > The slayings have come as many officers in the 2,200-member department > have been under suspicion of having links to drug traffickers. Some > 200 officers have been dropped from the force since Mayor Jorge Ramos > took office a year ago. An additional 20 officers many of them > high-ranking commanders are currently being held for questioning by > organized crime investigators in Mexico City. > It is a very difficult situation, Alberto Capella Ibarra, Tijuana's > secretary of public safety, said in a radio interview yesterday > morning on Radio Hispana 1470-AM. The violence, he said, is the > consequence of . . . so many years of impunity, so many years of > breakdowns of institutions, so many years that we allowed this to grow. > President Felipe Calder n's campaign against drug cartels has ignited > a violent reaction across Mexico as the weakened groups battle each > other and take on law enforcement agencies. The large border cities of > Ciudad Juarez and more recently, Tijuana, have been among the > hardest-hit areas. > The easiest thing for the federal government would have been closing > our eyes to reality, Calder n said yesterday in Mexico City. We did > not do so, deciding to confront it, with all of its consequences. > Even with the rise in violence, this weekend's carnage was unusually > high for Tijuana. The state reported 34 dead in 14 incidents Saturday > and yesterday. Eleven victims had been identified, and seven had > criminal records, according to a statement from the Attorney General's > Office. > One of the most vicious incidents involved the deaths of four people, > including the 4-and 13-year-old boys, at a grocery Saturday night in > eastern Tijuana. The 13-year-old was found in the back seat of > Volkswagen Jetta outside the store, and the 4-year-old was in the arms > of an injured woman seated at the entrance, municipal police said. > An incident early yesterday involved the nephew of tourism secretary > Oscar Escobedo and Mario Escobedo, president of the Tijuana Chamber of > Commerce. The Attorney General's Office said that Angel Escobedo > JNmenez, 18, was found shot to death inside a vehicle, several miles > southeast of downtown. > > Sandra Dibble: (619) 293-1716; sandra.dibble@... > > >

Recently read an article which indicated not only are the blue,blue collar workers coming to the USA but now their professionals are also coming head over heals, the professionals are coming both legally and illegally! Mexico is worried about not having any professionals, programmers, lawyers, etc for the country, but they still don't do anything to clean up the shit pile they live in, the politicians that is! The normal dude on the street is just trying to make money for his family, but the fucking Mexican government is beyond control at this point, IMHO! BTW, I think all hot Mexican girls should be able to come to USA without any papers, just kidding!

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[roncriswell@sbcglobal.net]

I was in El Paso last week and was talking to a local about all of the border drug violence. A liberal friend who lives in Playa del Carmen in Yucatan claims it is all media hype. The guy in El Paso claims it is worse than the media reports. He says wealthier Mexicans in Juarez are coming across the border and buying houses and living in El Paso just to escape it. He has 3 or 4 Mexican friends who have done just that. One goes back often to see relatives and personally witnessed a headless body hanging upside down from a overhead walkway above the road. The guy told me the little town of Palomas Viejo on the way to Columbus and Demming NM where I came through after my Copper Canyon trip maybe 4 years ago has gotten especially bad. Every couple of days I read something bad about what is going on down along the border and some things deeper in Mexico. The only town I have not read bad stuff about is in Ojinaga in the Big Bend country. Either I have missed that one or it will happen soon there. I hate to see this happening there. I read last week that Houston is becoming the major source of guns and weapons for these guys. They prefer AK 47's. Mexico doesn't need this going on. And neither do we. They have lost more people in the last couple of years than the US has in Iraq. My wife works with a Mexican that has been here 30 years. He used to drive through Laredo to visit his Mother in Guadalajara but now he flies because of this. With all the guns flowing into Mexico and Mexicans working here heading back home because of our bad economy (to probably no jobs), things are not looking good down there. Criswell

On Dec 1, 2008, at 10:50 PM, martin glazer wrote: > Carnage persists; weekend toll is 34 > > Cops found decapitated; tot, teen among victims > By Sandra Dibble > UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER > December 1, 2008 > The decapitated bodies of three police officers were found > alongside six other beheaded corpses yesterday in a weekend of > violence in which 34 people were slain in different sections of > Tijuana. > The victims included a 4-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy, killed > by gunmen Saturday night together with two adults by a grocery > store in eastern Tijuana. Several hours later, the 18-year-old > nephew of Baja California's tourism secretary was found shot to > death inside a vehicle a few miles east of downtown. > The deaths bring to more than 360 the number killed since late > September, when the violence between rival drug gangs first began > to soar in a turf battle targeting each other and law enforcement > officials. The total dead so far this year is more than 740, > compared with 337 for all of 2007. > The nine decapitated corpses were discovered about noon in an > eastern section of the city. They were found beneath a power line > that runs through a neighborhood of modest houses and small > businesses. The officers'identification cards had been left with > the bodies, said a spokeswoman for the Baja California Attorney > General's Office. > The three police officers had been assigned to high-crime districts > in eastern Tijuana and Otay Mesa, the Tijuana police department > said. The Baja California Attorney General's Office identified them > as Rudy Galeana Guill n, Esaul RNos Montiel and Jes s Alberto Lara > Ruiz. > It was unclear whether the officers were among a group of more than > 400 officers in those districts and two others temporarily taken > off their beats so they can receive training and undergo extensive > background checks. > A fourth officer, Alan Bernal Estrada, was slain Saturday at a used > auto-parts business, the Attorney General's Office said. > The slayings have come as many officers in the 2,200-member > department have been under suspicion of having links to drug > traffickers. Some 200 officers have been dropped from the force > since Mayor Jorge Ramos took office a year ago. An additional 20 > officers many of them high-ranking commanders are currently > being held for questioning by organized crime investigators in > Mexico City. > It is a very difficult situation, Alberto Capella Ibarra, > Tijuana's secretary of public safety, said in a radio interview > yesterday morning on Radio Hispana 1470-AM. The violence, he said, > is the consequence of . . . so many years of impunity, so many > years of breakdowns of institutions, so many years that we allowed > this to grow. > President Felipe Calder n's campaign against drug cartels has > ignited a violent reaction across Mexico as the weakened groups > battle each other and take on law enforcement agencies. The large > border cities of Ciudad Juarez and more recently, Tijuana, have > been among the hardest-hit areas. > The easiest thing for the federal government would have been > closing our eyes to reality, Calder n said yesterday in Mexico > City. We did not do so, deciding to confront it, with all of its > consequences. > Even with the rise in violence, this weekend's carnage was > unusually high for Tijuana. The state reported 34 dead in 14 > incidents Saturday and yesterday. Eleven victims had been > identified, and seven had criminal records, according to a > statement from the Attorney General's Office. > One of the most vicious incidents involved the deaths of four > people, including the 4-and 13-year-old boys, at a grocery Saturday > night in eastern Tijuana. The 13-year-old was found in the back > seat of Volkswagen Jetta outside the store, and the 4-year-old was > in the arms of an injured woman seated at the entrance, municipal > police said. > An incident early yesterday involved the nephew of tourism > secretary Oscar Escobedo and Mario Escobedo, president of the > Tijuana Chamber of Commerce. The Attorney General's Office said > that Angel Escobedo JNmenez, 18, was found shot to death inside a > vehicle, several miles southeast of downtown. > > Sandra Dibble: (619) 293-1716; sandra.dibble@... > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]