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Tijuana Mayor on NBC News

Udo - 8-19-2008 at 06:55 PM

I just saw on the NBC National news several interviews, including one in Tijuana. Showed some graphic shooting video, as well as how Tijuana's mayor's house was shot up. The mayor commented how he shot back and had to put his family into hiding.

k-rico - 8-19-2008 at 07:27 PM

I saw it too. It wasn't the mayor, it was the chief of police.

fdt - 8-19-2008 at 07:29 PM

Did they realy say the mayor? This has never happened!
You must be confused.
Maybe they sayed he chief of public safety?

k-rico - 8-19-2008 at 07:39 PM

Yes, that's who (Alberto Capella) was in the news piece.

They also said that Calderon has deployed 25,000 military personnel along the border in an attempt to stop drugs moving north and guns moving south.

Woooosh - 8-19-2008 at 07:41 PM

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Originally posted by k-rico
Yes, that's who (Alberto Capella) was in the news piece.

They also said that Calderon has deployed 25,000 military personnel along the border in an attempt to stop drugs moving north and guns moving south.


It's about time Calderon took my advice. Is he a Nomad?

Bruce R Leech - 8-19-2008 at 08:05 PM

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Originally posted by Woooosh
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Originally posted by k-rico
Yes, that's who (Alberto Capella) was in the news piece.

They also said that Calderon has deployed 25,000 military personnel along the border in an attempt to stop drugs moving north and guns moving south.


It's about time Calderon took my advice. Is he a Nomad?


now you found out who I am:lol:

palmeto99 - 8-20-2008 at 03:22 PM

Does anyone know how many Chiefs of police have been murdered in TJ in the last few years ?
I thought it was 5 chiefs and 12 subcommanders at last count.
They drug terrorists are busy tied up with killing the police to be worried about the mayor.:cool:

fdt - 8-20-2008 at 03:51 PM

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Originally posted by palmeto99
Does anyone know how many Chiefs of police have been murdered in TJ in the last few years ?
I thought it was 5 chiefs and 12 subcommanders at last count.

I don't think you are that :cool:
But to answer your question only 2 and not in the last few years;
1.- Federico Benitez 1994 "Caso Colosio"
2.- Alfredo de la Torre 2000.
Stop inventing stories.

palmeto99 - 8-20-2008 at 04:03 PM

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Originally posted by fdt
Quote:
Originally posted by palmeto99
Does anyone know how many Chiefs of police have been murdered in TJ in the last few years ?
I thought it was 5 chiefs and 12 subcommanders at last count.

I don't think you are that :cool:
But to answer your question only 2 and not in the last few years;
1.- Federico Benitez 1994 "Caso Colosio"
2.- Alfredo de la Torre 2000.
Stop inventing stories.


I was asking as a question.Stop being so sensitive.
Two chiefs OK. How many subcommanders and officers.
Do you know or do you not want to say.

k-rico - 8-20-2008 at 04:36 PM

"I was asking as a question.Stop being so sensitive.
Two chiefs OK. How many subcommanders and officers.
Do you know or do you not want to say."

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It's tough to constantly read about the bad things that are happening in TJ when you are a resident. I'm sensitive about it and I don't know how to stop being sensitive. It's not something that can be turned on and off.

I think it is true that there are people that for some reason take delight in kicking somebody (or a city) when they're (it's) down. It's a very crude and insensitive thing to do.

TJ is a huge city and most Americans have never seen the nice areas. Judging the city by what is in the press is like judging LA based upon the Watts riots. There was a time not too long ago where American cities were literally being burned by their citizens and violence was widespread. The point being that violence knows no borders.

What's happening in TJ now is a direct result of an admirable effort by the Mexican government to get rid of organized crime and the corruption of city officials and police officers that organized crime thrives upon.

Give us TJ residents a break and stop focusing upon the violence. Afterall, everybody knows about it.

jeans - 8-20-2008 at 05:28 PM

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Originally posted by palmeto99

I was asking as a question.Stop being so sensitive.
Two chiefs OK. How many subcommanders and officers.
Do you know or do you not want to say.


Sensitive???? He wants you to be accurate.

The whole problem people have with all the negativity is the way it is being sensationalized by the delivery.

HEADLNES: Tijuana's Mayor on NBC News"

...with the body of the message saying his house was shot up...

Except that the TRUTH is that it was someone else....and it happened LAST YEAR.

It's irresponsible to throw out murder statistics like "I thought it was 5 chiefs and 12 subcommanders at last count." The truth isn't even close. Yet a casual reader may take that bogus "statistic" and repeat it.

It's irresponsible to throw out a headline saying
"Might be some bad news about a Nomad" without verifying the facts first...Antonio is our friend, and I was offended that the poster was ONLY interested in causing a stir. If he/she REALLY cared...facts woud have been sought out first.

So....What is your point? What do you want from us? Do you want us to acknowledge the naïveté of our years of happy travel posts here on Baja Nomad?

Do you want us to give up and stop going to Baja?

We are ALL aware of what's going on....What we DON'T need are your SCREAMING headlines and "statistics" that are totally BOGUS. :fire:

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[Edited on 8-21-2008 by jeans]

palmeto99 - 8-20-2008 at 05:33 PM

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Originally posted by jeans
Quote:
Originally posted by palmeto99

I was asking as a question.Stop being so sensitive.
Two chiefs OK. How many subcommanders and officers.
Do you know or do you not want to say.


Sensitive???? He wants you to be [I]accurate.[/I]

The whole problem people have with all the negativity is the way it is being sensationalized by the delivery.

HEADLNES: Tijuana's Mayor on NBC News"

...with the body of the message saying his house was shot up...

Except that the TRUTH is that it was someone else....[B]and it happened LAST YEAR.[/B]

[B]It's irresponsible[/B] to throw out murder statistics like "I thought it was 5 chiefs and 12 subcommanders at last count." The truth isn't even close. Yet a casual reader may take that bogus "statistic" and repeat it.

[B]It's irresponsible[/B] to throw out a headline saying
"Might be some bad news about a Nomad" without verifying the facts first...Antonio is our friend, and I was offended that the poster was ONLY interested in causing a stir. If he/she REALLY cared...facts woud have been sought out first.

So....What is your point? What do you want from us? Do you want us to acknowledge the naïveté of our years of happy travel posts here on Baja Nomad?

Do you want us to give up and stop going to Baja?

We are ALL aware of what's going on....What we DON'T need are your SCREAMING headlines and "statistics" that are totally BOGUS. :fire:


I asked a question and was waiting for an answer before you decided to jump all over my request. If you do not know the answer, just say so. No need to have an emotional outburst when a I dont know would suffice.:cool:

tsgarcia69 - 8-20-2008 at 05:45 PM

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Originally posted by jeans

It's irresponsible to throw out murder statistics like "I thought it was 5 chiefs and 12 subcommanders at last count." ...

It's irresponsible to throw out a headline saying
"Might be some bad news about a Nomad" without verifying the facts first....

So....What is your point? What do you want from us? Do you want us to acknowledge the naïveté of our years of happy travel posts here on Baja Nomad?


Jeans, I kind of had the impression that palmetto just wants you to be safe, in spite of your naïveté.

When you tell a 2-year old toddler, "Now little Jeanie, don't run into the street because you will get run over and killed"; is that irresponsible? Is that sensationalism?

By the way, the latest news is that the working theory of the investigators is that the gas station owner who was killed was actualy killed by agents of the state Attorney General's office in a bungled kidnapping attempt. That comes from the AG's office itself.

It's hard to know what is real in Mexico. Nothing is as it seems.

fdt - 8-20-2008 at 07:29 PM

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Originally posted by palmeto99
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Originally posted by fdt
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Originally posted by palmeto99
Does anyone know how many Chiefs of police have been murdered in TJ in the last few years ?
I thought it was 5 chiefs and 12 subcommanders at last count.

I don't think you are that :cool:
But to answer your question only 2 and not in the last few years;
1.- Federico Benitez 1994 "Caso Colosio"
2.- Alfredo de la Torre 2000.
Stop inventing stories.


I was asking as a question.Stop being so sensitive.
Two chiefs OK. How many subcommanders and officers.
Do you know or do you not want to say.

I don't know the exact number but I would imagine that it is over the dozen you are saying.
I repeat, I do not have a problem with the news, politics or anything else as long as it is truthful and you and your other lying rumour-monger friends just twist everything arround ALWAYS!
Do you think people that look at this board don't know how to go to a newspaper website? That is all you liars do. You can't even translate.
I recomend first you learn the language "FLUENTLY" and then offer your mediocre translations.
This entire thread started out as a flat out lie by someone that also seems to think they know the language :lol:

[Edited on 8-21-2008 by fdt]

palmeto99 - 8-20-2008 at 07:49 PM

I do not think UDO who started the thread was lying nor has he translated anything here that I can remember.
My spanish is passable but I have never translated anything on this board.
I think you need to clarify which posters you are talking about here. :cool:

fdt - 8-20-2008 at 08:46 PM

Ok, enough, I'll give you something simple to translate
"Discutir con ignorantes es engrandecerlos"
hasta

tsgarcia69 - 8-20-2008 at 09:11 PM

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Originally posted by fdt
" El indio no tiene la culpa sino el que lo hace compadre "


There goes a perfect example of how racism and class structure is so embedded into the Mexican culture. If you had said that in English it would probably get deleted.

Udo - 8-20-2008 at 09:18 PM

I learned after my first cut&paste spanish post not to translate any other ones. There are members of this group who do a much better job at it, and I humbly relinquish that task.

Woooosh - 8-20-2008 at 10:22 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by palmeto99
Does anyone know how many Chiefs of police have been murdered in TJ in the last few years ?
I thought it was 5 chiefs and 12 subcommanders at last count.
They drug terrorists are busy tied up with killing the police to be worried about the mayor.:cool:


There a hundred of assasins in TJ looking for work.