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Calimax heir murdered in Tijuana
Just coming across the wires. José Fernando Labastida Fimbres, 17 years old, and grandson of Gilberto Fimbres, the founder of the Calimax chain, was
killed in a botched kidnapping attempt in an upscale area of TJ.
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It's so sad these cowards often prey on children for kidnappings and extortions. You'd think running drugs would be lucrative enough without having
to ruin the people's ability to live without fear.
AFN is reporting the boy and his friend were in their black Audi. The boys house is very close to the TJ Mayor's and Baja Governor's in the same
guarded neighborhood.
[Edited on 1-5-2010 by Woooosh]
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Idiots
This kids parents should have their heads examined. The boy shouldn't have even been in Mexico let alone Tijuana. Letting him and a friend drive
around TJ...with NO BODYGUARDS?
Really stoooopid.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by arrowhead
Just coming across the wires. José Fernando Labastida Fimbres, 17 years old, and grandson of Gilberto Fimbres, the founder of the Calimax chain, was
killed in a botched kidnapping attempt in an upscale area of TJ. |
One of the other Fimbres was killed last year in TJ. This is getting out of hand.
Thanks Nancy for the update-
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ELINVESTIG8R
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WHAT A CRYING SHAME
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Very sad for the family. And the question of WHY him, what did these cowards hope to achieve.....
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what is Calimex?
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what is Calimex? |
Calimax....a large chain of grocery stores.
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I have had the pleasure to have played several rounds of golf with Don Gilberto at Campestre in years past - truly a sad day for the family and Baja.
My condolences.
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amen.
parents shouldn't have to have their heads examined when their children are killed, either.
blame the criminals, not the victims.
| Quote: | Originally posted by audiobaja
What is a shame is people shouldn't have to be that smart to avoid being kidnapped or murdered. |
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
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I Wonder
| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
It's so sad these cowards often prey on children for kidnappings and extortions. You'd think running drugs would be lucrative enough without having
to ruin the people's ability to live without fear.
AFN is reporting the boy and his friend were in their black Audi. The boys house is very close to the TJ Mayor's and Baja Governor's in the same
guarded neighborhood.
[Edited on 1-5-2010 by Woooosh] |
Given the totality of the situation, are the thugs deciding that it's easier and not as dangerous to make a buck by kidnapping the wealthy, or are
they just not related to the cartel people. It is sadly interesting to note that, as was mentioned earlier, this is not the first such incident to
befall the Fimbres family. Any chance it could be related to business practices or labor issues?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
This kids parents should have their heads examined. The boy shouldn't have even been in Mexico let alone Tijuana. Letting him and a friend drive
around TJ...with NO BODYGUARDS?
Really stoooopid. |
agreed
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Fool me once...
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
as was mentioned earlier, this is not the first such incident to befall the Fimbres family. Any chance it could be related to
business practices or labor issues? |
Regardless of reason, kidnapping of the wealthy is epidemic in Mexico. This boys family knew this and apparently did little to protect him.
They share equal responsibility for his death.
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Most owners of medium to large busineses in Tijuana i know, have left. Some stay, but only because they pay a monthly "fee" to the cartels in order to
not be bothered. Problem is, there is more than one cartel, and some independent operators, so its not a 100% sure thing you will be safe.
If i was the Fimbres, why be in Tijuana? why have your family running around a violence infected city? maybe after two deaths from their clan they
will reconsider living in a city that eats its own.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
as was mentioned earlier, this is not the first such incident to befall the Fimbres family. Any chance it could be related to
business practices or labor issues? |
Regardless of reason, kidnapping of the wealthy is epidemic in Mexico. This boys family knew this and apparently did little to protect him.
They share equal responsibility for his death. |
Maybe- but when the police are actvely working WITH the kidnappers- things get very complicated...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/04/seven-tijuana...
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Student Killed in TJ Shootout
This is the same boy from the Calimax family killed during the botched kidnapping yesterday? You;d never know it from this article. Says he went to a
private school in CA. How much more will the people allow before they save Mexico? They have to move from being passive-aggressive to very active
aggressive before nothing is left to save...
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Student-Killed-in...
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I dunno. But an article that I recently read basically said that , at least on mainland Mexico, the people are more interested in being able to live
their lives as before, and wish this carnage would all go away. It was basically slanted toward the idea that it was the Calderon government's fault
that all this carnage has occurred. It gave me the distinct impression that the general feeling in Mexico is that if the cartels were not murdering
and pillaging their communities, then the government should let well alone. Considering the election in 2012, I would have wonder what the line is in
Vegas for the PAN to hold on to the presidency.
[Edited on 1-6-2010 by Bajahowodd]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by audiobaja
| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
as was mentioned earlier, this is not the first such incident to befall the Fimbres family. Any chance it could be related to
business practices or labor issues? |
Regardless of reason, kidnapping of the wealthy is epidemic in Mexico. This boys family knew this and apparently did little to protect him.
They share equal responsibility for his death. |
"apparently"?!?
That's a pretty gigantic leap of imagination. First, in a Mexican family, you might have 20 or 30 grand children to protect. Second, trying to
police and protect a 17 year old male is going to be f'n difficult regardless. They all think they're invulnerable and none want to be babysat.
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The Fimbres are worth at least 200 million dollars, what might look like something difficult to regular folks, is not to them.
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Mater Dei student slain in Mexico
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/05/mater-dei-stu...
By Sandra Dibble, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
January 5, 2010
Like many other well-to-do young residents of Tijuana, José Fernando Labastida Fimbres crossed the border daily to attend private school in San Diego
County. But yesterday, José was missing from classes at Mater Dei Catholic High School in Chula Vista.
José, a 17-year-old junior, was gunned down gangland-style Monday afternoon in Tijuana’s Chapultepec neighborhood. The assailants fired 59 shots — 39
of them from an AK-47 rifle — at José at 4:30 p.m. as he sat inside his black Audi parked near his house.
He was one of six homicide victims reported Monday, the latest in a renewed wave of violence that has gripped the city in recent weeks, most of it
perpetrated by rival criminal gangs targeting each other’s members. The great majority of crimes have taken place elsewhere in the city, not in the
hillside enclave of the city’s elite.
José was a member of one of Tijuana’s most prominent families. The Fimbres family is known for its Calimax supermarket chain and philanthropic acts.
José’s maternal grandfather is Gilberto Fimbres, one of the chain’s current owners.
Rommel Moreno Manjarrez, Baja California’s attorney general, said yesterday that investigators have uncovered no motive for the killing. But Moreno
said the teen was clearly targeted: “It was a direct act against him.”
The killing brought out hundreds of mourners for a Mass last night. They packed the aisles of Espiritu Santo Catholic Church in the heart of
Chapultepec and crowded the surrounding streets with newer cars.
“It is just a horrible sadness, what is happening to our city that people are killing themselves in such a manner?” Yolanda Enriquez de la Fuente, a
former member of Tijuana’s City Council, said as she walked out. “How can this happen in our city? Many families are suffering this way.”
A year ago, José’s uncle, Rafael Fimbres, was killed with a single bullet while resisting a robbery attempt blocks from the spot where the teen was
shot repeatedly. His uncle’s killers were caught.
Yesterday, friends remembered José as an ardent golfer who regularly played at Club Campestre in Tijuana and participated in tournaments. At the
church altar, someone had placed an empty golf bag, and fellow golfers attending the service carried golf clubs in their friend’s honor.
“He was a fantastic golfer, he played since he was a little kid and liked it so much,” said José Favela, 16, who attends St. Augustine High School in
North Park. “He gave me some tips so I could play better.”
Inside the church and outside, young mourners hugged each other and cried. Two girls sat by a photograph of José Labastida, caressing it.
“He’s an awesome child, the best, this was just a tragedy,” said a Mater Dei classmate, a 16-year-old girl named Malissa who crosses the border every
day to attend school. She did not want to give her last name, and neither did another friend, Luis, 17, a student at St. Augustine.
José “was a great guy, what can I tell you? He didn’t deserve this,” Luis said.
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This doesn't sound like a botched kidnapping attempt.
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