fdt - 1-17-2008 at 01:13 PM
I don't have a lot to say @ this time but since about 11AM, over an hour now, the Ermita area of Tijuana is reporting heavy shooting, bad news but
it's the way it is right now. Armed gunnmen are inside houses in diferent areas and PEP, Army, City and Federal police are involved. Extreemly
dangerous. Schools evacuated residents told to hit the floor.
NOT GOOD.
Bad guys are even shooting at the pilice helicopter. More later.
fdt - 1-17-2008 at 01:18 PM
http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/17012...
Gotta go get kids.
Later
Hook - 1-17-2008 at 01:22 PM
Let's hope for minimal loss of innocents, but this is what it is going to take by the authorities. Clean out the nests.
Please keep us posted, FDT.
Dont do any "heroic reporter" things down there, though..................
[Edited on 1-17-2008 by Hook]
fdt - 1-17-2008 at 01:36 PM
No heroics here, got Sofia and have to go get the other 2 in 20 mins.
From the radio reports, 2 special forces armored vehicles are going in and the police radios (Police frequency's)are getting messages saying something
like "We told you not to get involved with us" " Les dijimos que no se metieran con nosotros" " Ahora las van a pagar" "Now you're going to pay".
The worst part is that the bad guys arent in a house, they have been jumping from house to house and there are many of them. Will keep you informed
after I come back from picking up more kids.
fdt - 1-17-2008 at 01:49 PM
To give you an idea as to were this is going on
lizard lips - 1-17-2008 at 02:30 PM
Keep your head down and lock the doors!
fdt - 1-17-2008 at 03:06 PM
Back; radio is reporting all under control, only 100 or so cops left in the area, they are having preliminary reports of 4 injured, 1PEP, 1FED and 2
city, also 4 detained and 3 dead. very sketchy all unoficial, they are still searching houses in the area and they are still receiving threats over
the police frequency so could be some got away.Wow, what a terrifying experience for the residents of the area.
fdt - 1-17-2008 at 03:12 PM
Moments as children from a close by preschool are evacuated
fdt - 1-17-2008 at 04:06 PM
Were they are reporting that it took place
fdt - 1-17-2008 at 04:12 PM
bajajudy - 1-17-2008 at 04:15 PM
Yikes, Ferna
You and yours stay safe!
Santiago - 1-17-2008 at 04:29 PM
Ferna:
Thank you very much for your updates. Hoping you and your family stay safe.
duke62 - 1-17-2008 at 04:39 PM
Thanks so much for the detailed updates. The news in San Diego about the shootings is still pretty vague. Take care.
pascuale - 1-17-2008 at 04:55 PM
Scary, stay safe, wish you the best.
baja-spirit - 1-17-2008 at 05:10 PM
Thank you so much for the info... So many of us are worrying.
David K - 1-17-2008 at 05:29 PM
Be safe Ferna...
fdt - 1-17-2008 at 05:50 PM
Thanks, all is safe for us right now.
Simone just called and of course did'nt know about this. Since she's not here tonight, I hope you all forgive me and I will start the show again on
Monday, we'll take the rest of the week off from the radio. If something changes, we'll let you know.
First report was 4 detained, now it's about 17. one Federal oficer is aparently dead, they found (big rumor could be true) 6 dead people in one of the
houses, suposedly previously kidnaping victims.
City hall was evacuated because of a bomb threat
http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/17012...
fdt - 1-17-2008 at 06:02 PM
Iflyfish - 1-17-2008 at 06:20 PM
Glad you are safe amigo, thanks for the reports.
Iflyfish
fdt - 1-17-2008 at 06:42 PM
Confirmed:
7 dead found inside a house were the shooting took place, 6 were kidnap victims and one of the bad guys.
http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/17012...
DENNIS - 1-17-2008 at 06:56 PM
I came south through TJ/SY at noon today, along the fence road, up and over the hill to the Army check point. No soldiers in the street, a few
lounging around by the big white tent.
At the time, I had no idea what had been going down in the city but, now I'm surprised the Army wasn't manning the roadblock. I guess it was lunch
time.
DianaT - 1-17-2008 at 07:21 PM
Just got back to the US a few hours ago, but came through Tecate --- glad we did.
Ferna,
Sure you will keep your family close by and stay safe. We know how much you and all of the great citizens of Tijuana hurt seeing this violence in
your beautiful city. May it all end soon.
Take Care
John and Diane
bbbait - 1-17-2008 at 07:24 PM
Wow.. Looks close to the areas where you escorted us on a portion of our tour (race track)... Vaya con dios, Amigo
fdt - 1-17-2008 at 07:40 PM
Thanks for the concern, were fine, lots of sounds of sirens all over.
DENNIS - 1-17-2008 at 07:43 PM
Ferna....
Any news? Body count? Guesses or anything?
fdt - 1-17-2008 at 07:44 PM
This is not something parents anywere want to see
BAJACAT - 1-17-2008 at 09:24 PM
Ten cuidado Vato y cuida a tu familia(be safe and take care of your family)...
fdt - 1-17-2008 at 09:55 PM
Were fine, thanks
Hook - 1-17-2008 at 10:03 PM
The SD reporter for the big news station in LA reported that the six dead found in the home were bad guys, not kidnap victims. 
I guess they could have been both, actually...........
[Edited on 1-18-2008 by Hook]
Bug - 1-17-2008 at 10:04 PM
May God watch over you and your family.
Russ - 1-18-2008 at 06:34 AM
Just read this this morning:
By Luis Perez
ASSOCIATED PRESS
9:41 p.m. January 17, 2008
TIJUANA, Mexico – Officials said they found six executed kidnapping victims inside a Tijuana house where gunmen took refuge Thursday during a chaotic
three-hour shootout with soldiers and police.
The victims, all male, were blindfolded and gagged and had been shot in the head, said Edgar Millan, a spokesman with the federal Public Safety
Department, at a news conference in Tijuana.
Soldiers, state and local police were sent in to help control the firefight that began when federal agents prepared to raid a house in the Tijuana
neighborhood of La Mesa that police now say was a shelter for a cell of the Arellano Felix drug cartel.
Three nearby schools were evacuated, and television showed police running with small children in their arms while shots rang out.
Millan said the shootout killed one gunman and wounded four officers, in the latest outbreak of violence across the border from San Diego.
Four gunmen were arrested – one is a state police investigator and another a Tijuana police officer, he said. The four men will be flown to Mexico
City for questioning.
Millan said officials recovered 11 automatic rifles and three bulletproof vests inside the house.
Already this week, gunmen shot and killed eight people in Tijuana, including two local police officers, as well as a district commander, his wife and
his 12-year-old daughter.
Also Thursday, employees at Tijuana's City Hall and police headquarters were evacuated after receiving death threats over a police radio frequency,
said Abraham Sarabia, a spokesman for city police.
Mexico has seen a spike in gang-related killings since the beginning of the year. The Mexican government has described the violence as revenge for
President Felipe Calderón's year-old crackdown on organized crime that sent thousands of soldiers and federal police into violence-plagued cities
nationwide.
In the central Mexican state of Hidalgo on Wednesday, assailants killed the director of public safety for the town of Tulancingo.
Jose Alvarado was shot more than 20 times, Hidalgo state police director Ahuizotl Figueroa said.
[Edited on 1-18-2008 by Russ]
Hook - 1-18-2008 at 08:37 AM
So, the police frequencies have been infiltrated. Not surprising and not hard to do if they are not encrypted. The bad guys may know the police's
every move, irrespective of the bad cops within.
bajadock - 1-18-2008 at 09:20 AM
Thanks FDT for news reporting. Helps all of us. Sad for violence, but, glad that it is getting some coverage in USA.
Happy that you and yours are safe.
bancoduo - 1-18-2008 at 09:27 AM
http://www.banderasnews.com/0801/nr-mexgunmen.htm
SDRonni - 1-18-2008 at 11:23 AM
http://www.cbs8.com/stories/story.115066.html