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Woooosh
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Our young cousin kidnapped yesterday, found dead today...
Well, this isn't Baja related except for the pain we feel here. The reality is most every family in Mexico has some family connection with the narco
violence by now. You think about the 30K victims of this war and how many family members each victim had- and it all hits home. Ours hit home this
morning when the phone call came. No ransom demands as we had expected (and dreaded)- just dead.
Our cousin was 25 and went to Juarez from Torreon to open a stand-type restaurant. He had it open about three days when a young man about 19 years
old drove up in a new Camaro and demanded he pay $5K every month or he would be killed. Instead he closed the restaurant that same day- there was no
way he could make that much money at his taco stand to give that much money away and stay in business. He began making plans to come to TJ where it
is safer to open a business (how's that for irony on this board). Yesterday morning he was kidnapped from his apartment and this morning his body was
found. I didn't ask about the condition of the corpse- the phone conversations this morning were short- and no one really wanted to know how he died
because it's your relative- you want to think they died peacefully and in tact.
Our family is still suffering from the kidnapping of another cousin (a successful businessman with a huge family) from an after-wedding party last
summer in Torreon. That cousin is still missing and it is almost a year with no demands for ranson. When the mass grave of bodies in Durango began
appearing last week- we were hopeful we would find him there- but so far we have not.
It is such a surreal feeling to be immersed in this Mexican misery of the survival of the successful. They take the good men who have bright futures,
good families and work hard for their money. All because the are too friggin lazy to earn a legitimate living for themselves. The narcos truly have
no souls. They will kill their people and their country- one family at a time, like ours.
[Edited on 5-15-2011 by Woooosh]
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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David K
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I am very sorry for your family's loss!
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DENNIS
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Gawwwwdammm...that is completely sick, Woooosh. I am so sorry.
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BajaBlanca
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I am so sorry and in shock .... very sad day in Baja.
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elgatoloco
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Sorry for your loss. Condolences to you and your family.
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DianaT
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So very, very sorry. 
Our thoughts are with you and your family.
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TMW
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You read and hear about this but it really doesn't hit home until it is a relative or someone you know. So sorry for you and your family.
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BajaGringo
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Sending you and your family our heartfelt condolences Woooosh. We share with you in your grieving...
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ELINVESTIG8R
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I'm sorry Woooosh. That is so F'd up. I wish I could kill the sub-human scumbag for you!
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desertcpl
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I am so terribly sorry for your loss, this is just unreal that some one could do this to a innocent person just wanting to earn a honest living
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Cypress
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RIP!
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Osprey
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Don't have the right words for this one except I am so sorry for your loss.
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woody with a view
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one day these culeros will get theirs. sorry you have to deal with the reality the rest of us opine on so much.
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krafty
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Very sorry to hear this-condolences to you and yours
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Mexitron
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So very sad Wooosh, I'm sorry for your loss.
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Paulina
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I'm so very sorry.
P>*)))>{
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Words are not nearly enough....I am sorry for your loss.
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vgabndo
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I'm so sorry for any part my country may have played in creating the conditions that killed your cousin. This is just one of the many things these
days that JUST ISN'T RIGHT. DEP
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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bufeo
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I'm sorry, Woooosh. Please accept my sympathy. Such a tragedy.
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deportes
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Very sorry to hear your terrible news! Stay strong.
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