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3 decapitated bodies found near Tijuana

bajabound2005 - 8-26-2008 at 05:57 PM

3 decapitated bodies found near Tijuana

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Three decapitated bodies were found Tuesday in an empty lot on the eastern outskirts of Tijuana, the Mexican attorney general's office said.

The killings were the latest in a wave of mostly drug-related violence that has swept Mexico, much of it near the U.S. border. Drug cartels have turned to decapitating their victims as a way to intimidate rivals.

Officials said the bodies had messages written on their backs in permanent marker saying they worked for "the weakened 'engineer,'" a nickname for Francisco Sanchez Arellano, a top lieutenant in Tijuana's powerful Arellano Felix drug cartel.

The killings were apparently carried out by a rival group.

Witnesses said the bodies were left near a trash heap and had their hands tied behind their backs. The heads were found nearby, and had been burned.

Baja California state prosecutor Rommel Moreno Manjarrez told the newspaper La Frontera that the murders likely resulted from a power struggle within the Arellano Felix cartel following the arrest last week of one of operation's key gunmen at a Tijuana casino.

Another decapitated body and a man who had been stabbed to death were found Monday on the outskirts of Tijuana.

President Felipe Calderon is waging nationwide battle to take back territory controlled by some of the world's most powerful drug gangs. But the cartels have responded with unprecedented violence, especially along the U.S.-Mexico border.

palmeto99 - 8-26-2008 at 08:31 PM

Business section? The drug cartel business perhaps. :cool:

Hey, Thanks!

amir - 8-26-2008 at 09:34 PM

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Originally posted by bajabound2005
3 decapitated bodies found near Tijuana

Thank you for the head's-up news.

fishbuck - 8-26-2008 at 10:13 PM

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Originally posted by amir

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Originally posted by bajabound2005
3 decapitated bodies found near Tijuana

Thank you for the head's-up news.

Ya, it's important to stay ahead of these kind of things!

[Edited on 8-27-2008 by fishbuck]

Woooosh - 8-26-2008 at 10:20 PM

Maybe the Rosarito Beach car dealer that was kidnapped by a small army over the weekend..

CaboRon - 8-27-2008 at 05:46 AM

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Originally posted by fishbuck

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Originally posted by amir

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Originally posted by bajabound2005
3 decapitated bodies found near Tijuana

Thank you for the head's-up news.

Ya, it's important to stay ahead of these kind of things!

[Edited on 8-27-2008 by fishbuck]

ELINVESTIG8R - 8-27-2008 at 06:09 AM

According to:

TIJUANA, BC, 26 de agosto de 2008 (AFN)

The names of the three decapitated men are: Rubén Romero Fierro
Hebert García Isidro and Luis Gerardo Elizaga Morales

Their heads were about 1 meter from their bodies.

Los muertos: mensaje para el jefe del Cártel
The Dead: Message for the head of the Cartel

"Somos gente del debilitado ingeniero"
We are people of the weakened Engineer

Have a nice day…When does it end…

[Edited on 8-27-2008 by ELINVESTI8]

Woooosh - 8-27-2008 at 10:06 AM

The head count is up to four now and a fifth body opnlyhad his face disfigured (but got to keep it attached). The TJ news said that 24 decapitated bodies have been found around TJ in the past few months.

aha baja - 8-27-2008 at 11:05 AM

If you wan't to get ahead in the world' visit TJ

SDRonni - 8-27-2008 at 07:04 PM

You guys are sick..............................

bajaguy - 8-27-2008 at 07:17 PM

bad time to be in the hat business

oxxo - 8-27-2008 at 07:23 PM

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Originally posted by aha baja
If you wan't to get ahead in the world' visit TJ

Careful, if Slick Willie reads this he'll make a beeline to TJ.

Woooosh - 8-27-2008 at 08:16 PM

I wish they'd put a border crossing in Imperial Beach to Playas- skip TJ altogether. They've already filled in Smuggler's gilch- why not build on it too?

Diver - 8-27-2008 at 09:04 PM

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Originally posted by bajaguy
bad time to be in the hat business

aha baja - 8-27-2008 at 09:58 PM

I said "get ahead"not "get some " I am sure it's close enough for a quicky visit from ol' slicky's willie :lol:

This is really heady stuff...

The Gull - 8-28-2008 at 07:36 PM

BAJACAT - 8-28-2008 at 08:10 PM

come on guys this is serious bussines,don't loose your head in this thread

aha baja - 8-28-2008 at 11:28 PM

Keep a cool headaboutall this and when in doubt, remember "two heads are better than one" (but are 3 even mo' betta)? :rolleyes:

aha baja - 8-28-2008 at 11:35 PM

or is 4 twice as good?

Woooosh - 8-28-2008 at 11:36 PM

11 more on the east coast today. Can we put a little counter box in the top corner of the page to keep track?

Police investigators work at a crime scene where eleven beheaded bodies were dumped close to a graveyard outside the village of Chichi Suarez in Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico on August 28, 2008.
REUTERS/Argely Salazar

[Edited on 8-29-2008 by Woooosh]

aha baja - 8-28-2008 at 11:36 PM

or is 4 twice as good?

[Edited on 01-19-2004 by aha baja]

dao45 - 8-28-2008 at 11:37 PM

Remains headless

aha baja - 8-28-2008 at 11:39 PM

Wonder if they were just a little "headstong"

dao45 - 8-28-2008 at 11:39 PM

But am heading to Baja the 3rd YYAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!

aha baja - 8-28-2008 at 11:41 PM

Geting late.... guess I'll head on out..............

aha baja - 8-28-2008 at 11:43 PM

Make sure you head south not east of TJ .....less head winds

jodiego - 8-29-2008 at 02:28 PM

If you want some head, Mexico is the place to go.

aha baja - 8-29-2008 at 03:28 PM

Just ask slick willie.... he should have plenty of time to check out the situation noe that the DNC in Denver is over. Hear he's pretty smart, graduating at the HEAD of his class and all....... :rolleyes:

Cypress - 8-29-2008 at 03:34 PM

Damn!

There's a bunch of decapitaters running around down in Mexico.

Put's a whole new meaning to the term "giving head".

woody with a view - 8-29-2008 at 03:38 PM

hardwood and i will have both heads on a heading of due south next friday....so heads up!

[Edited on 8-29-2008 by woody in ob]

DianaT - 8-29-2008 at 04:14 PM

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Originally posted by Woooosh
I wish they'd put a border crossing in Imperial Beach to Playas- skip TJ altogether. They've already filled in Smuggler's gilch- why not build on it too?

I hope not---don't need that amount of traffic in IB. :no:

Wonder when it will all end.---

Diane

[Edited on 8-29-2008 by jdtrotter]

woody with a view - 8-31-2008 at 02:26 PM

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Wonder when it will all end.---

any day now. as soon as black holes appear from the Large Hadron Collider........

http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2008/PR...

CaboRon - 8-31-2008 at 07:12 PM

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Originally posted by jdtrotter

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Originally posted by Woooosh
I wish they'd put a border crossing in Imperial Beach to Playas- skip TJ altogether. They've already filled in Smuggler's gilch- why not build on it too?

I hope not---don't need that amount of traffic in IB. :no:

Wonder when it will all end.---

Diane

My Understanding was ..... 2012

oxxo - 8-31-2008 at 07:19 PM

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Originally posted by CaboRonMy Understanding was ..... 2012

Aztec calendar, right? Or is it the Druids at Stonehenge?

CaboRon - 8-31-2008 at 07:43 PM

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Originally posted by oxxo

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Originally posted by CaboRonMy Understanding was ..... 2012

Aztec calendar, right? Or is it the Druids at Stonehenge?

It is from the Mayan calendar ....

Which ends on Sunday, December 23rd, 2012 ....

Through cataclysm .....

I would take it with a grain of organic , ocean salt ....

CaboRon