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US consular employee and wife murdered in Juarez
A US consular employee and his wife, both American citizens, were murdered in Juarez along with the Mexican wife of another consular employee.
President Obama has already issued a statement on it. The story in Spanish is here:
| Quote: | http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldetijuana/notas/n1555930.htm
Washington EU.- Pistoleros sin identificar asesinaron a un empleado del consulado de Estados Unidos en una ciudad fronteriza de México, junto a su
esposa y a la esposa de otro funcionario consular, informó este domingo la Casa Blanca.
El presidente Barack Obama "está profundamente entristecido y ultrajado por la noticia del brutal asesinato de tres personas asociadas con el
Consulado General de Estados Unidos en Ciudad Juárez", señaló un portavoz del consejo de seguridad nacional en un comunicado.
Mike Hammer, el portavoz, precisó que los muertos incluyen a un empleado estadounidense del consulado, su esposa --también estadounidense-- y a la
esposa de un empleado mexicano del mismo consulado. |
So, what do you think the odds are that the US will listen to Jorge Ramos' and Hugo Torres' pleas to tone down the State Department warning on travel
to Mexico? I'm guessing the next warning the US issues on Mexico is going to be a lot worse.
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There was a US consular meeting over here in San Carlos, Sonora last week. They were verbally recommending that people not drive the route from
Sonoita/Lukeville to Caborca to Santa Ana, due to increased harassment of non Mexico plated vehicles. They were not specific about the term
harassment.
With it's recent road upgrades, this route is favored by many coming from California to San Carlos, Sonora. It's a much quicker and more beautiful
route than going through Tucson and Nogales.
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Well, that didn't take too long....
| Quote: | Originally posted by arrowhead
I'm guessing the next warning the US issues on Mexico is going to be a lot worse. |
| Quote: | http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5juvIjR4Vb_...
State Department warns of violence threat
(AP) – 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON — The State Department is authorizing U.S. government employees at six U.S. consulates in northern Mexico to send their family members out
of the area because of concerns about rising drug-related violence.
The department says the family members are authorized to leave until April 12. The six consulates are in the border cities of Tijuana, Nogales, Ciudad
Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Monterrey and Matamoros.
The department said in a statement Sunday that recent violent attacks have led the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City to advise American citizens to delay
unnecessary travel to parts of the Mexican states of Durango, Coahuila and Chihuahua. |
The State Dept. just made the US Consul in Tijuana look like a schmuck.
http://rosaritoenlanoticia.blogspot.com/2010/03/destaca-cons...
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It's getting so weird. On the same day, 13 bodies, some of them headless turn up in and around Acapulco. This, just as things were gearing up for
spring break. Not to mention that with the Benito Juarez holiday, thousands of Mexicans usually head down to Acapulco from the DF.
Then, I read that February saw an occupancy rate of 85% in Cancun, stoking that town's hopes for a big time spring break. Yucatan is a getaway for
Americans on the East Coast due to proximity. Just wonder if the crime problems are less covered by the media back there.
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Was it Narcos or Jihadist Terrorists? Let's hope we get some answers soon!
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There was a third person killed in what appears to be (to me) a premeditated attack on personnel attached to that consulate.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100314/wl_nm/us_obama_mexico_mu...
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I'm told that Calderon is going to handing out lollipops.
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S%$t is going to hit the fan in Juarez.....
[Edited on 10/14/2009 by lizard lips]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by lizard lips
S%$t is going to hit the fan in Juarez.....
[Edited on 10/14/2009 by lizard lips] |
It already did, many years ago.
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With this happening Jesse things will change and what I mean is there will be a lot of "clean up" by operations in the military that will never be
reported.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by lizard lips
With this happening Jesse things will change and what I mean is there will be a lot of "clean up" by operations in the military that will never be
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Is that new and different? The big change will, or should be, the militarization of US personel anywhere around Mexico.
We,ve been attacked. The war is on.
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Not new or different but just more of it........
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Oh, you can bet there are "contingency" plans that are being dusted off right now.......
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A LOT MORE-
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Can't wait to see the dirt pimps and Torresistas saying, "This didn't happen and if it did, it's not a matter for tourists to be concerned with. They
won't bother you."
[Edited on 3-15-2010 by DENNIS]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Can't wait to see the dirt pimps and Torresistas saying, "This didn't happen and if it did, it's not a matter for tourists to be concerned with. They
won't bother you."
[Edited on 3-15-2010 by DENNIS] |
...and if the DO bother you- no one in the media will dare report it since those Mexican journalists were kidnapped, tortured and killed this week.
Mexico went from blaming the media for distorting the security problem, to having no media to report any security problems. The two carjackings in
Rosarito of Americans last month were reported to the police and well documented- yet were never reported by the US media. That was when I knew the
local news blackout and censorship was real- although no one will tell you openly who is doing the intimidating.
Besides- the new passport regs, perceived long border lines and the bad US economy are bigger negative factors for Baja tourism right now.
[Edited on 3-15-2010 by Woooosh]
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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http://www.madcowprod.com/
http://www.madcowprod.com/01162008.html
http://www.lewrockwell.com/gaddy/gaddy54.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADTbYLUEUZI&feature=relat...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0VyO_jaJFs&feature=relat...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIEUhpxeuP4&feature=relat...
And there are 1000 more links that can be posted here. So lets get real about who is behind the drug cartels and the drug running and quit bashing
Mexico and look at the reality of what is happening in the US
Get real people
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And here with go with blaming the USA for Mexico's problems again. Still stuck on stupid. You can't have a battle of wits with the unarmed- so I'm
out until you come up with something real to solve the problem, not deny it exists or blame everyone else but corruption within Mexico for Mexico's
current problems.
And they are only going to get worse as more Baja jobs are lost and people become more desperate for money. Every local business was holding out for
hopes of a Spring Break revival and Summer tourists- now those are gone... 80% gone for a long long time.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
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Wait...
| Quote: | Originally posted by Donjulio
So lets get real about who is behind the drug cartels and the drug running and quit bashing Mexico and look at the reality of what is happening in the
US
Get real people |
You're suggesting that the U.S. government is supporting the Mexican cartels efforts to addict our society? Drug abuse, both legal and
otherwise, cost us billions in lost production and missed tax revenue as well as enforcement and incarceration costs. And you're saying somehow our
government would support this?
Why?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
| Quote: | Originally posted by Donjulio
So lets get real about who is behind the drug cartels and the drug running and quit bashing Mexico and look at the reality of what is happening in the
US
Get real people |
You're suggesting that the U.S. government is supporting the Mexican cartels efforts to addict our society? Drug abuse, both legal and
otherwise, cost us billions in lost production and missed tax revenue as well as enforcement and incarceration costs. And you're saying somehow our
government would support this?
Why? |
Yeah that's what he's saying. I don't buy it is a valid argument either. It's just another excuse. Mexico won't stop the flow of humans and drugs
moving north illegally. If you sealed the whole border to all illegal human trafficing- they would scream bloody murder and claim their human rights
were being violated. They want it both ways.
I'd rather be honest and forward-thinking about it. I would seal the border to all northbound human and drug traffic, legalize/decriminalize
recreational drugs in the USA, tax all drugs at import location to fund treatment programs, implement a sales tax on retail drug sales to pay off the
national debt.
Americans will find solutions to addiction and the lost productivity issues (like we did with alcohol) better than Mexico could ever hope to resolve
the narco violence and institutionalized corruption problems south of the border. JMO
[Edited on 3-15-2010 by Woooosh]
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