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Three tourists from San Diego robbed at gunpoint in Rosarito
http://afntijuana.info/blog/?p=8345
This happened today, Three tourists from San Diego were at a curios shop in front of Foxploitation when they were assaulted by armed men who fired in
the air and ground and pointed a handgun at them. They were relieved of their Ford F-150 pickup which was last seen headed north on Boulevard 2000.
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BornFisher
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That`s pretty scary caca there. Sometimes you wonder if you will be next.
Bummer for those folks, hope they are O.K..
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Isnt there a ,mexican Army check point there? If any rounds were fired im
sure theyed run there right away.....I saw them the other day theres always
a Hummer with a 50 CALI pointed at all us civilians
READY SET.....................
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Yep. Just South of Blvd. 2000. Just wonder if there was more to it. Tourists? Very unusual that "tourists" at a curio shop would be assaulted by armed
gunmen on a main highway.
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fishbuck
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I think it was because they were driving a Ford F-150. That's the best truck in the whole world.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
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I wouldnt even go to Rosarito myself, what the hell where they thinking.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
I wouldnt even go to Rosarito myself, what the hell where they thinking. |
They were thinking how they needed a pick-up truck full of precious Mexican curios to take home and decorate their house. Probably some Fox themed
ones as well.
Weren't you ever a tourist from the USA JESSE?
I use to have one of those colorful blankets on the wall of my dorm room for a long time. I think I got it in Raynosa.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Tourists? Very unusual that "tourists" at a curio shop would be assaulted by armed gunmen on a main highway. |
It's unusual that there were three tourists in Rosarito.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Tourists? Very unusual that "tourists" at a curio shop would be assaulted by armed gunmen on a main highway. |
It's unusual that there were three tourists in Rosarito. |
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I better camouflage my F-150
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The F-150 parked at the entrance to the preferred bad-boy traffic route and body dumping area (Blvd 2000) was just too much temptation I guess. It
must have been black with tinted windows.
That set of shops across from Fox has a pretty cool tiki carving business actually- so it's not just blankets and s like the crap at the border.
The US media has been waiting for this one crime. Until this case (if confirmed) no American tourists had been specifically targeted (that could be
excluded from having family in Mexico or possible drug ties).
IMHO the climate is ripe for crimes of opportunity like this. I see it in my barrio- everyone on edge and the small criminals getting more brave and
raising their ugly heads now that the big guys who kept them down are running for cover.
But this was Calderons grand plan- to knock the big gangs down into smaller neighborhood units the local police could handle. Only problem is no one
has told them how to handle them. The unsolved decapitation of the hero Rosarito Beach policeman last month during the boys kidnapping is enough
reason for police to look and then run the other way.
I've been told by locals that the Tourist Police cars are filled with policeman who have the most "points" for the month. It's safe duty and they all
want to be in those cars. I still haven't found a tourist policeman who speaks english. I did pay one 100 pesos to let my worker out of the back of
his car because he had no ID with him. IMHO they cops who get the tourist cars just drive around and shake down the locals. It''s the Mexican way I
guess.
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[Edited on 5-8-2009 by Woooosh]
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Woooosh- You mentioned something that has been nagging at me since the gang crime spree really took off. Seems that Blvd 2000 has become a favorite of
the nomads to and from the border. Yet, that part of town is the most dangerous.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Woooosh- You mentioned something that has been nagging at me since the gang crime spree really took off. Seems that Blvd 2000 has become a favorite of
the nomads to and from the border. Yet, that part of town is the most dangerous. |
Yup. what's your question? DON'T DRIVE BLVD 2000 AT NIGHT OR STOP FOR ANYONE!
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
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What time of day did this happen?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by gnukid
Finally, it is unforgivable that federal forces do not have a larger and more sophisticated force of vigilantes, it would be quite simple to implement
a plan of both the military and undercover federal agents to arrive and put this to bed. So it appears this is intentional to let this continue for so
long, why? Who knows but it can easily stopped and its not so it must be accepted that somehow there is a plan to allow a theater of fear there. Its
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I honestly believe this is Calderons strategy and plan. Break the big narco gangs down into smaller ones that are manageable by local police. He
just need to find local police who can handle them. The beheading factor to any police who obstruct the loacl gang business is a new twist that
derailed his plan IMHO.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
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Let's look at this in depth and analyze the situation, if half of the Narco's are really the Police in disguise and half of the Police are really
Narco's in disguise which side do you start with first?
No one can tell the good guys from the bad guys on either side and Loyalties change from day to day.
\"take what you can, give nothing back!\"
We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the
American people.\'
Theodore Roosevelt 1907
We can have no \"50-50\" allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Expect it was just a dumb and dumber deal. The cartel gang can buy and sell a parking lot full of Ford F-150 pickups any day of the week. But, dumb
and dumber will shoot you over pocket change.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
Expect it was just a dumb and dumber deal. The cartel gang can buy and sell a parking lot full of Ford F-150 pickups any day of the week. But, dumb
and dumber will shoot you over pocket change. |
and dumb and dumber are everywhere. more accurate would be desperate for cash and more desperate for cash. It's only going to get worse as more
local thugs are emboldened.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
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YOU...ARE...CERTIFIABLE
| Quote: | Originally posted by gnukid
Calderon lets them pull this off, why? There is but one conclusion, they are attempting to reduce transit of tourism and movement of gringos, just as
the false epidemic was designed to achieve. Time to accept what is before our eyes, this is methodical intimidation of tourism which is designed to
hurt the economy and reduce gringos fleeing the USA. All the while no gringos have been injured just frightened.
These policies do not happen by accident. It is far too obvious and intentional. |
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No
| Quote: | Originally posted by gnukid
Are you an agent of the intimidation policy? |
I'm agent 99 from the Venusian Intelligence Agency. I have a message from the Director:
"Phone home."
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