BajaNomad - Ensenada police station shot up, no one injured

Ensenada police station shot up, no one injured

BajaNews - 1-26-2009 at 02:23 PM

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jan/26/bn26tjsho...

By Jose Luis Jimenez
January 26, 2009

ENSENADA — Gunmen fired more than 200 rounds at a police station early Monday morning, but no one was injured, according to the Baja California Attorney General's Office.

The attack took place just after 3 a.m. at the La Misión station and left bullet holes in the walls and damaged five patrol cars, according to the Attorney General's Office.

Nearby, authorities found three assault rifles and bullets inside a Chevrolet SUV and a pickup, both of which were reported stolen from California.

Authorities do not have a motive, but they believe it may have been in retaliation for the arrest of Santiago Meza López, 45, who confessed to dissolving more than 300 bodies for a drug cartel, according to the Mexican federal Attorney General's Office.

Meza, two other men and a girl were arrested last week by the Mexican military and the Federal Police at the Baja Seasons RV resort, just off the toll road and about halfway between Rosarito Beach and Ensenada, according to the federal agency.

Meza was transferred to Mexico City over the weekend, where he told federal officials he started dissolving bodies for drug cartels about nine years ago and was paid $600 a week, Mexico's Attorney General's Office said.

The victims were delivered to him dead, and it took about 24 hours to dissolve them in barrels filled with acid, Meza told authorities. The remains were transferred into plastic drums that were then burned with trash, according to Mexico's Attorney General's Office.

Meza, a former construction worker, said he started working for the Arellano Félix drug cartel and later worked for trafficker Eduardo Teodoro García Simental, also called El Teo.

Law enforcement authorities say García was a one-time member of the Arellano Félix cartel who left the organization this year, sparking a battle between rival drug gangs that has left hundreds dead in Tijuana.

fdt - 1-26-2009 at 03:09 PM

Why must it be distorted as to make people believe it was in Ensenada. La Mision is were this happened. Yes, La Mision belongs to the municipality of Ensenada but then so does the rest of the state all the way to the border with Guerrero Negro.Also notice the url address has tijuana-shooting.

David K - 1-26-2009 at 03:14 PM

Where's Keri? Other La Mision Nomads?

Dave - 1-26-2009 at 03:45 PM

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Originally posted by fdt
Why must it be distorted as to make people believe it was in Ensenada. La Mision is were this happened.

Because those of us who live in la mision would like to believe it happened in Ensenada. :biggrin:

"Authorities do not have a motive, but they believe it may have been in retaliation for the arrest of Santiago Meza López, 45, who confessed to dissolving more than 300 bodies for a drug cartel, according to the Mexican federal Attorney General's Office."

Then why would they shoot up the police station? They play for the same team. :rolleyes:

BajaGeoff - 1-26-2009 at 03:58 PM

I have been staying down in La Mision since the 17th. I did see some of the Federal police on the highway a few days ago, obviously looking for someone.
I did not hear anything last night though...but then again I am quite a ways from the police station, and a sound sleeper.

Woooosh - 1-26-2009 at 04:07 PM

imagine what would happen if they actually had arrested Mr. Teo

ELINVESTIG8R - 1-26-2009 at 04:44 PM

If I am not mistaken Delegacion La Mision is between Rosarito Beach and Ensenada. Here are a few pictures from the Web Site of Agencia Fronteriza de Noticias.

News stories in Spanish from AFN.

1. http://afntijuana.info/blog/?p=1911

2. http://afntijuana.info/blog/?p=1931

[Edited on 1-27-2009 by ELINVESTI8]

BajaGeoff - 1-26-2009 at 04:52 PM

You are correct about the location ELINVESTI8. La Mision is technically part of the municipality of Ensenada, even though it is located many miles from the city of Ensenada.

Geoff

bajaguy - 1-26-2009 at 04:57 PM

You insurance cover stray bullet holes in my car????.. :lol:

tjBill - 1-26-2009 at 05:14 PM

When I was a child my church used to go to an orphanage in La Mission they supported. They stopped going last year because Church members taught Baja was too dangerous. :no:

Bajahowodd - 1-26-2009 at 05:51 PM

La Fonda's new live entertainment?

woody with a view - 1-26-2009 at 06:23 PM

what a bunch of low rent marooons. why don't they start sheit when the cops are fully staffed at 8am?

The Gull - 1-26-2009 at 09:07 PM

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Originally posted by woody in ob
what a bunch of low rent marooons. why don't they start sheit when the cops are fully staffed at 8am?

Well Woody, at 8 am they would have to bring donuts to coax the cops out of the building. At 3 am, everyone is sleeping in the back room, so the bad guys can shoot up the cars in front.

Got it?

Fear works better on people than actually killing them. Killing regular cops might raise the stakes too high.

The Gull - 1-26-2009 at 09:10 PM

Why give up the assault rifles and the stolen cars?
:no:

What am I not getting here? :?:

A message --

beercan - 1-26-2009 at 09:38 PM

Maybe they are saying --"we got plenty more where those came from "

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By Gull
Why give up the assault rifles and the stolen cars?

Alan - 1-26-2009 at 10:06 PM

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Originally posted by woody in ob
what a bunch of low rent marooons. why don't they start sheit when the cops are fully staffed at 8am?

They might hit one of their own :lol:

Woooosh - 1-26-2009 at 10:54 PM

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Originally posted by The Gull

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Originally posted by woody in ob
what a bunch of low rent marooons. why don't they start sheit when the cops are fully staffed at 8am?

Lot's of policmen killed in TJ. Only the good ones though.

woody with a view - 1-27-2009 at 06:50 AM

it just seems like a bunch of "mariposas" don't want any trouble so they start crap when there will be no resistance.

maybe i don't get it? they all act tough until they get caught.

The Gull - 1-27-2009 at 07:28 AM

Sorry, but I don't see "more than 200 rounds".

surfer jim - 1-27-2009 at 08:47 AM

Maybe two people can get their stolen vehicles back now.....

CaboRon - 1-27-2009 at 10:19 AM

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Originally posted by Dave

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Originally posted by fdt
Why must it be distorted as to make people believe it was in Ensenada. La Mision is were this happened.

Because those of us who live in la mision would like to believe it happened in Ensenada. :biggrin:

EnseNADAslim - 1-27-2009 at 10:20 AM

I say we all spam that Fish Wrap for posting in correct information.
I'm emailing this dude jeff.rose@uniontrib.com
and this most likely email link that goes to a black hole--- readers.rep@uniontrib.com

Woooosh - 1-27-2009 at 10:28 AM

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Originally posted by EnseNADAslim
I say we all spam that Fish Wrap for posting in correct information.
I'm emailing this dude jeff.rose@uniontrib.com
and this most likely email link that goes to a black hole--- readers.rep@uniontrib.com

Actually the UT reporters read this boad and one has even responded directly to me from it. It you write it here- they read it.

CaboRon - 1-27-2009 at 11:34 AM

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Originally posted by Woooosh
imagine what would happen if they actually had arrested Mr. Teo

They won't arrest their partner :lol:

I imagine he pays a LOT of protection money to the corrupt police ....

CaboRon

bajabass - 1-27-2009 at 11:48 AM

The timing was clearly a warning. That station is always empty that late. It is a few miles from La Fonda. Magana's is a mile north on the old road. I have friends right near the station. Their kids are always in that area. Thank God it was at night, many people could have been killed, besides cops. My wife and I shop right across the street at Mercado Oscar's. Hope this is a once in a decade event. I have seen the Army check points, but never heard of any narco activity in La Mision. Smack dab in the middle of the gauntlet though. Now even a very peaceful La Mision is under fire. What is next???

The Gull - 1-27-2009 at 01:41 PM

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Originally posted by Woooosh

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Actually the UT reporters read this boad and one has even responded directly to me from it. It you write it here- they read it.

Impressive that you are in contact with the UT. Impressive, not surprising.

The Gull - 1-27-2009 at 01:44 PM

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Originally posted by bajabass
Now even a very peaceful La Mision is under fire. What is next???

Todo Santos

EnseNADAslim - 1-27-2009 at 03:08 PM

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Originally posted by Woooosh

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Actually the UT reporters read this boad and one has even responded directly to me from it. It you write it here- they read it.

Still, it has more of an impact if they get emails directly from individuals in regards to the incorrect information in their head line. It's one thing to go to the store and buy an apple, but it's another thing to have a truck load of them dumped on your driveway.

thebajarunner - 1-27-2009 at 06:47 PM

Whew, for many many years we made numerous treks to La Puerta de Fe, in La Mision.
Now we just duck our heads and keep trucking until we get down to at least Santo Tomas, and based on recent events in El Rosario, perhaps LABay is the first safe place to look up.
Sad - very sad.

BajaGringo - 1-27-2009 at 10:39 PM

El Rosario did have that shooting a few months ago but I don't think it is fair to judge it based on that one (albeit tragic) event. I pass through there all the time and I consider it to be as safe a place as any I travel to/through.

If we are going to avoid going to places that have had ANY violent crime then I suppose nobody is safe anywhere. And that includes your home town back NOB.

I think we need to keep things in perspective...

:rolleyes:

bajabass - 1-28-2009 at 12:00 PM

As a long term, part time resident in La Mision, I still will feel safer in my little house in Mexico than I do here in O.C. Drugs, child molesters, gangs, and your everyday kooks have me watching my back everyday. :?:

Bajahowodd - 1-28-2009 at 12:04 PM

The police found a dead gunshot victim in front of a Thai resturant in Garden Grove at 2am the other morning. Can never get away from random stuff.

BajaGringo - 1-28-2009 at 12:53 PM

I remember Garden Grove as a kid, full of orange groves and strawberry patches everywhere with a downtown that looked like it was right out of Mayberry.

I passed through there a few weeks ago and can hardly recognize anything that was familiar decades ago...

rdrrm8e - 1-28-2009 at 01:02 PM

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Originally posted by bajabass
As a long term, part time resident in La Mision, I still will feel safer in my little house in Mexico than I do here in O.C. Drugs, child molesters, gangs, and your everyday kooks have me watching my back everyday. :?:

John

Where exactly is this station? Is it on the free road between La Fonda and La Mision proper...? Or is it South of La MIsion bridge?

Woooosh - 1-28-2009 at 01:02 PM

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Originally posted by The Gull

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Originally posted by Woooosh

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Actually the UT reporters read this boad and one has even responded directly to me from it. It you write it here- they read it.

Impressive that you are in contact with the UT. Impressive, not surprising.

It doesn't mean they write about what they ask me about. They are inqusitive, not defensive at all. They do like the Nomad perspecive on issues only we have fromrliving around the hot spots. We know and hear things they don't. I'm certain I'm not the only one they write to for clarification/research on a topic or event.

BajaGeoff - 1-28-2009 at 01:21 PM

Hey rdrrm8e,

It is on the free road in the actual ejido of La Mision...just past Maganas where you cross the river valley and head east through town.

bajabass - 1-28-2009 at 01:50 PM

Yep, right across the street for Oscar's Mercado,almost next door to Ernesto Reyes.You remember him Chuck. He and his son welded my boat trailer back together.Kurt introduced us 8 years ago. Former presidente of the Ejido. La Mision is full of great people. I hope this is a isolated incident, I truly consider La Mision my real home!! Yea Baja Gringo, we are not safe anywhere, even behind the Orange Curtain!!!

BajaGringo - 1-28-2009 at 02:30 PM

UT has contacted me a couple of times. After a few conversations I really believe that when they err/misrepresent a story it it more likely due to ignorance than any specific agenda.

They are human and it happens. Even to a Nomad or two at times...

:rolleyes:

rdrrm8e - 1-28-2009 at 03:26 PM

OK...I thought it was the old station on the toll road just past Angel's Camp. Near the hardware store.

Bajahowodd - 1-28-2009 at 05:39 PM

BG- Garden Grove has morphed into a strange polyglot. Population about equally distributed between Whites, Asians and Mexicans. No more citrus. Except maybe a tree or two in someones back yard. But curiously, they still hold a strawberry festival each year. Have no idea where they could grow them. Probably import them from Mexico.

BajaGringo - 1-28-2009 at 06:01 PM

They still have the strawberry festival??? I remember going to that thing nearly fifty years ago. Amazing...

tjBill - 1-28-2009 at 06:43 PM

Garden Grove, also, still has the Tet Festival (Vietnamese New Year). Its this weekend. :yes:

carlo - 2-3-2009 at 09:35 PM

The restaurant at Baja Seasons was shut down. Apparently somebody found a tooth in their soup.

DENNIS - 2-3-2009 at 09:52 PM

Geeeee Wiiiiiiz........Thank you Carlo. You are our best source of info from that area to date. Send us more.

BajaGringo - 2-4-2009 at 01:39 AM

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Originally posted by carlo
The restaurant at Baja Seasons was shut down. Apparently somebody found a tooth in their soup.

Tell them that I would like it back please...

ELINVESTIG8R - 2-4-2009 at 06:57 AM

IT'S TIME TO TAKE THE GLOVES OFF