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5 bodies turn up in TJ
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Woooosh
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The youths killed were "not exactly white doves" according to the union Trib article. Just more trash being dumped on Blvd 2000 IMHO. Here's full
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The shooting deaths of five young people whose bodies were found yesterday off a dirt road in a rural section of Tijuana are being linked to their
suspected gang involvement, authorities said.
"It makes us very sad, because of their youth, but the initial information that we've received indicates they weren't exactly white doves," said
Alberto Capella Ibarra, Tijuana's secretary of public safety.
A passer-by saw their bodies about 8 a.m. near Bulevar 2000, a new thoroughfare linking eastern Tijuana with the coast, authorities said. The youngest
victim was a girl, between the age of 16 and 18, the Baja California Attorney General's Office said.
Three of the four male victims ranged in age from 18 to 22, while the fourth appeared to be between 25 and 30, according to a statement.
The Attorney General's Office had not identified the victims by last night. They had been dead between three and six hours when they were found, the
statement said.
The discovery comes a day after soldiers and federal police took on members of a kidnapping ring in a seven-hour gunbattle in a well-to-do hillside
neighborhood in the central In Mesa district. The operation claimed one suspect's life, but resulted in the rescue of a kidnapping victim, the son of
a prominent businessman, who was being held at the residence, Capella said.
"In the business sector, there is much satisfaction" over the victim's rescue, Capella said. Violence has increased in the region in recent months
even as federal, state and municipal authorities have pledged a united front against organized crime and the Mexi- can military has taken on a
unprecedented role in fighting criminal groups.
"We're in a new era, there's no doubt," said Victor Clark, a Tijuana human rights activist who has followed crime trends in the city for years.
The stepped-up effort comes as the grip of the Arellano Felix cartel has weakened, and smaller criminal cells have been operating with less control,
Clark said.
The complexity of the battle was evident yesterday, as Gov.
Jose Guadalupe Osuna Millin called on federal prosecutors to present better cases, lamenting that a judge released a group of suspects who had been
detained by the military, citing lack of evidence.
Ricardo Gonzalez Saba, national president of the influential business group COPARMEX, urged continued efforts against crime when he spoke in Tijuana
yesterday to business leaders and government officials. The issue of crime "is not ending, it is increasing in strength and virulence," he said.
One way or another, the crime issue has touched all sectors of society, and the image of violence has badly harmed tourist areas such as Avenida
Revolucion and Rosarito Beach. State and municipal officials have taken measures to decrease police corruption, and say such reports have dropped
drastically. This week's violence in TiJuana occurred far from tourist areas, and the incidents "have nothing to do" with foreign visitors to the
city, Capella said.
"Why not ask about all the gang-related shootings that take place in San Diego and Los Angeles," he said, "and how this affects Mexicans who travel as
tourists to California." Sandra Dibble: (619) 293-1716; sandra.dibble@uniontrib.com
[Edited on 3-5-2008 by Woooosh]
[Edited on 3-5-2008 by Woooosh]
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Woooosh
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" The complexity of the battle was evident yesterday, as Gov. Jose Guadalupe Osuna Millin called on federal prosecutors to present better cases,
lamenting that a judge released a group of suspects who had been detained by the military, citing lack of evidence. "
What's the point of even having the Military arrest the Narcos if their judicial buddies just let them go?
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Maybe Mexico is sending their case overload up to the Ninth District Court Of Appeals in SF. Everybody gets a free pass out of that place.
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With one of the powerful brothers of the Arellano family being gay, that be the master plan after all! I'm sure I'm opening a can of worms on this
one...
[Edited on 3-5-2008 by Woooosh]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Maybe Mexico is sending their case overload up to the Ninth District Court Of Appeals in SF. Everybody gets a free pass out of that place.
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Dennis, you know the Bay Area. Don't forget Boxer, and Fienstein who represent us in Washington D.C.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by TonyC
Dennis, you know the Bay Area. Don't forget Boxer, and Fienstein who represent us in Washington D.C. |
They may represent me but, they don't represent my best interests.
Actually, Tony, I know almost nothing about the Bay Area.
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TonyC
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by TonyC
Dennis, you know the Bay Area. Don't forget Boxer, and Fienstein who represent us in Washington D.C. |
They may represent me but, they don't represent my best interests.
Actually, Tony, I know almost nothing about the Bay Area. |
Well said....ditto for me.
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