Dave
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360 killed since late September
By Sandra Dibble
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
9:19 p.m. November 30, 2008
TIJUANA – The decapitated bodies of three police officers were found alongside six other beheaded corpses Sunday during a weekend of violence in which
34 people were killed in different sections of Tijuana.
The victims also included a 4-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy, killed by gunmen Saturday night together with two adults by a grocery store in
eastern Tijuana. Several hours later, the 18-year-old nephew of Baja California's tourism secretary was found shot to death inside a vehicle in an
upscale neighborhood a few miles east of downtown.
The deaths bring to more than 360 killed since late September, the result of a brutal turf battle between rival drug gangs. The total slain
for all of last year was 337.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/tijuana/20081130-2...
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sd
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Very sad!
Are the cartels upset with the tourism secretary. Why was his nephew targeted?
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It doesn't seem that there are nearly as many tourists being caught in the crossfire as of recent, but maybe I'm not reading the right reports. It
does seem that if you get the heck out of TJ and stick to areas that aren't remote the danger isn't much worse than a lot of U.S. cities, I like my
odds better in Baja than say Oakland (no offense Oakland).
Live Indubiously!
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robrt8
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Maybe someone can refresh my memory(?). Bear with me here:
There were a handful of terrifying incidents last year against tourists, apparently by fringe members of the CAF. Calderon sent the military soon
after.
He kicked the hornets nest and that's what we see now.
Have there been any incidents involving tourists this year?
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With the increase of deportations from the U.S. in regards to those illegals who were arrested or incarcerated by Southern California Sheriff's
Departments and Police there is a direct correlation with the increase in violent gang/ cartel deaths. Simply put we deport criminal gangbangers to
the frontiera with little or no spanish skills, job skills, and they rely on the one thing they do best and that selling and transporting drugs as
well as acting as enforcement.
They usually end up in jail in the states and sometimes shot and in Mexico they end up with there heads lopped off. Throw in a few corrupt cops and
all is fair.
Mexico is still safer than most places in California so I wouldn't worry.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by robrt8
There were a handful of terrifying incidents last year against tourists, apparently by fringe members of the CAF.
Have there been any incidents involving tourists this year? |
I think you're referring to last year's carjackings on the toll roll south of Tijuana . This year there have no violent incidents involving tourists
that I'm aware of.
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robrt8
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Yes TjBill. There was also an assault on a couple who were camping.
Soulpatch, I know that deportees are involved in the violence from firsthand knowledge. I don't know the full scale, though.
Some of these guys don't know Mexico at all, having been taken NOB as infants. They're not going to go back to their dad's rancho and bale alfalfa.
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