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thebajarunner
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Rosarito Beach- YIKES!!!
3 Officers Among 4 Decapitated in Mexico
Police were responding to a kidnapping report when met by 100 armed men, witnesses say.
By Richard Marosi
Times Staff Writer
June 22, 2006
SAN DIEGO ? Mexican authorities discovered the decapitated bodies of three police officers and a fourth man Wednesday near an empty lot in the seaside
town of Rosarito Beach, about 15 miles south of the border.
The officers had gone missing Tuesday after responding to a report of a kidnapping. Witnesses said that the officers were intercepted by about 100
heavily armed, masked men dressed as Mexican federal agents, said a spokesman for the Baja California state attorney general's office.
The men's bodies showed signs of torture. Their heads were found in Tijuana, several miles away. Authorities said the men were the victims of an
organized crime hit, the latest in a string of killings or attempted killings of law enforcement officials in Baja California.
Rosarito Beach, a popular weekend destination for Southern Californians, is also a heavily contested transshipment point for drug traffickers.
One of the victims ? Benjamin Fabian Ventura, was the bodyguard of Rosarito Beach's former police chief, Carlos Bowser Miret, who was killed in an
ambush slaying last year.
The other dead police officers are Jesus Hernandez Ballesteros and Ismael Arellano Torres. The fourth man was not identified.
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Bruce R Leech
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OK OK this sounds really bad but lets not lose our heads over it. it could have just been a mistake.
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I got back just in time....Who took the heads to TJ?.... ....hope they got paid
extra for that....
On a more serious side...this is out of control....so far not really involving tourists at least from what I have read....but the law enforcement is
just not there for anyone ...and when it is it is corupt....sounding like IRAQ now....I don't see it getting better at all....
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Bruce R Leech
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it could be that those heads were just about to fall off anyway.
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thebajarunner
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Shame on you!
Finding humor in this post is pretty pathetic.
Even my sardonic sense of humor saw nothing funny about this.
It is sad, sad, sad.
Sad for the families.
Sad for Rosarito.
Sad for Baja.
Sad for all of us who love visiting this place.
End of comment!
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Attaboy, Bruce
As one who has been criticized often in the past for finding humor in tragic circumstances, I appreciate and applaud your insensitive offering.
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Bruce R Leech
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come on thebajarunner lighten up this is just part of life here now and we are going to live with it for a long time. of coarse it is a sad situation
but a lot of things in life are that way . we can either huddle up in the corner of our house or move on with our lives. if you don't keep a sense of
humor here in Mexico you will go crazy.
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Living in Mexico doesn't mean we have to LIKE EVERYTHING that happens here, nor does it mean we should become jaded & disrespectful. Bruce, from
previous posts of yours I've read, I'd have expected more sensitivity from you. What the original post said was a horrific tragedy. It tells just
what lengths the drug trafficers will go to to continue plying their trade. What would your attitude have been if this had happened in Mulege? You
don't know me & probably could give a rats ass, but one post like this wipes out all the respect you'd earned for all the posts you've made in the
past that were compassionate & sensitive!
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You have to weigh what this all means, along with everything else - the risks of the highway, the scams, the costs, and yes, the rewards of the
beautiful beach at the end of the day. Personally, I'm leaning toward avoiding Baja for a while until -- unless -- things start to change on the
other side of the scale. I just got back from hiking, camping and hot springs in the Gila National Forest. Free camping on the river - only one
other camper; beautiful natural hot springs right on the river for $3.00/day (for $4 you could camp there); and plenty of unmarked wilderness roads
for exploration and adventure. I'll miss Baja, but there's plenty in our own backyard that provides the adventure I seek for much less risk and cost.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by longlegsinlapaz
...one post like this wipes out all the respect you'd earned for all the posts you've made in the past... |
Big time ditto. What an idiototic thing to say, you should be ashamed of yourself.
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No disrespect intended here.........but, I have to ask? 100 armed, masked men? in Rosarita? Is this for real? Dave, please tell us what you know.
Mean people suck!
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Beware the Speech Police.
Bruce, you have run afoul of the Touchy-Feely Gestapo and their tiresome condemnation of ill thinking. These are the ones who always express
politically correct compassionate WORDS while never actually doing anything to address the problems that result in these events. Their "Hearts"
always go out to these unfortunates, but their "Actions" are lacking.
Shame, Shame, Shame on you.
Just Kidding.
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thebajarunner
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Debra
No disrespect intended here.........but, I have to ask? 100 armed, masked men? in Rosarita? Is this for real? Dave, please tell us what you know.
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Debra,
Which number is important?
100 masked men,
or four mutilated officers?
Yeah, I too wondered about the gang of 100, but that is pretty insignificant to the story, isn't it?
Well, not to some, I guess.
Still a pretty sad deal.
Next week when Baja Vida and I drive down to the observatory we will be by-passing Rosarito.... if for no other reason than respect for the dead.
And, my favorite panaderia is in RB.
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Hmmmm....Over 100 heavily armed men, decapitations...You'd think the Mexican Government would have Ensenada cordoned off with the place crawling with
Federales searching for the murderers. Something just doesn't jive as this story should have been all over CNN. Maybe it will be soon enough as this
makes the Officials look like Keystone cops...
Don\'t get mad...
Get EVEN.
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MrBillM:
While you might find "their tiresome condemnation of ill thinking" ("tiresome") Your statement that "these are the ones who always express politically
correct compassionate WORDS while never actually doing anything to address the problems that result in these events" I find "tiresome", borish and
without facts of findings. (Just where do you base your facts?) IMHO people that try to find the good in the world usually find that good, others,
well? Bruce is man enough to own up to his flipent remark I'm sure (I'm sure he meant no ill-will) Bruce is a man of honor I feel, are you?
Sincerely, Debra (AKA: Touchy Feely Gestapo)
Mean people suck!
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More details
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/tijuana/20060622-9...
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Bruce R Leech
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I will show a lot more respect when I am convinced that this is not just a story made up by the Gringo Gazette or something like that. for now it
reminds me of that movie three heads in a duffel bag. and that was funny
Bruce R Leech
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Debra
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Sorry Bajarunner....I guess I didn't explaine my thinking. If this really happened (that was my question, the report of 100 masked, armed men pulling
into Rosarita seemed unreal, I didn't in my mind get to the next step of the slay officers) If true, It's hard to get my brain around it, coming from
a my own feelings about another dead officer, My "Dad" , in the small little town that I live in, it just doesn't "compute" My apoligies.
Mean people suck!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Debra
No disrespect intended here.........but, I have to ask? 100 armed, masked men? in Rosarita? Is this for real? Dave, please tell us what you know.
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And just how do all of these people get through the checkpoints? Huh?
Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by thebajarunner
Finding humor in this post is pretty pathetic.
Even my sardonic sense of humor saw nothing funny about this.
It is sad, sad, sad.
Sad for the families.
Sad for Rosarito.
Sad for Baja.
Sad for all of us who love visiting this place.
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I'm in agreement with thebajarunner.
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