Gypsy Jan
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Something Big in Tijuana Today
While eating lunch at La Palapa Gigante on Ninos Heroes, we could hear the sound of several large helicopters flying over, heading roughly southeast
(cue soundtrack from Apocalypse Now).
A little bit later, several trucks full of federales roared by in the same direction, and then what seemed to be the entire Tijuana police force
rushed down the same route.
Some minutes later, at least a dozen fire trucks and maybe the same number of ambulances also went by, sirens and lights flashing, also heading in the
same direction.
I heard on the news that a top lieutenant in the Arellano Felix cartel (an American) had been captured and would be handed over to the American
authorities, but the report came on air less than a half hour after we witnessed the huge deployment of all the military and civil authority
personnel, so I doubt the two are directly connected.
Anyone know anything more?
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\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
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\"Alea iacta est.\"
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bajabound2005
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we saw the same thing in Maneadero about 10 days ago while munching tacos at El Poblano...
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Bajamatic
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didnt they let alex go a week ago? Maybe they injected him with a gps
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livencabo
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La Frontera reported that Gustavo Rivera Martinez, de facto leader of the Arellano Felix Cartel was captured along with others who supported his
operations. He is a US citizen and will therefore be deported immediately to his country.
Attached to the article a hundred or so comments. Some speculate that the recent release of Francisco A.F. is related.
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Gypsy Jan
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But, Bajabound
Did the guys you saw in the pickup trucks have 50 caliber machine guns with beltfeed mounted in the back?
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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Keri
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Fdt on the radio show tonight said
that it was because the presidents wife was here it town to start a new dif program. k
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fdt
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What you saw was The presidents wife motorcade headed for the Gran Hotel Tijuana.
http://www.afntijuana.info/2008/marzo/12marzo/dif.html
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Gypsy Jan
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Thanks, fdt
For the update. I am glad that they are protecting the first lady of Mexico.
For Nomads who don't know about dif, maybe you could explain (more here) about the good work it does.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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The Gull
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| Quote: | Originally posted by livencabo
La Frontera reported that Gustavo Rivera Martinez, de facto leader of the Arellano Felix Cartel was captured along with others who supported his
operations. He is a US citizen and will therefore be deported immediately to his country.
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Cheer up, he will serve up to two weeks in the American system and then released back to Mexico.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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wilderone
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I think what we know via "news" reporting, is the tip of the iceberg. The release of Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix back to Mexico had to be some
kind of deal - either they wanted him "at large" to be killed by his enemies or hit men, or he's now an informant with drug dealing rights. Would
make a good movie ("I thought he was with them -- isn't he with them?").
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cajhawk
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Might have been this arrest:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20080313-9999-1m13...
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Woooosh
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LOL. Of course the entire armed parade was to protect the presidents wife. If there was a real gunfight battle most of them would have been running
the other way!
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bigjohn
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Was there one of these?
http://www.dillonaero.com/content/videos.html
Check out the Dillon Tactical Vehicle video!
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Gypsy Jan
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Not Gatling Guns
Hubby corrected me - the Mexicans are using light duty, 30 caliber belt-fed machine guns on the trucks.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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