Nancy Drew
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Over 10,000 gang style killings this year
http://laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=375829&CategoryId=...
This is definitely up from last year.
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Barry A.
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Western Hemisphere grown "terrorists" for sure.
If only we could convince the Middle East Jihadists that these cartel crazies were anti-muslim-------------problem solved. 
Barry
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capt. mike
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good, kill em all...
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
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LancairDriver
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
good, kill em all... |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4nSbnaVRdo&feature=relat...
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mcfez
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Ever post positive news links?
Here....so we stop bashing Baja / Mexico with all this junk crime reports being posted:
There are approximately 1 million gang members belonging to more than 20,000 different gangs who are also criminally active within all 50 states and
the District of Columbia as of September 2008, according to an FBI report (http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications).
[Edited on 11-11-2010 by mcfez]
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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ILikeMex
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
There are approximately 1 million gang members belonging to more than 20,000 different gangs who are also criminally active within all 50 states and
the District of Columbia as of September 2008, according to an FBI report (http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications).
[Edited on 11-11-2010 by mcfez] |
Buzz kill
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bajafam
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thanks McFez...seriously, do y'all live in a bubble in the US or what? Like this isn't happening a million times over in your own backyard? Even in my
small town (2500 residents) people are murdered...in the parking lot of Wal-Mart, to boot! Acts of violence are not isolated in foreign countries, mis
amigos. A man was beheaded here not long ago in a horrific crime of passion. Think it's not happening? Wake up! How much gang violence occurs in LA?
DC? Compton? Phoenix? Detroit? Name a city...come on...I get enough fear driven media shoved in my face...I don't need it here, too.
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Bajahowodd
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Methinks that Drew is not the last name.
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Nancy Drew
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My post was one only regarding a mugging in Cabo posted on a fishing board and this latest post on the gang killings, which by the way is on the news
everyother day,
I DID NOT POST ON
The recent shooting of a tourist particapting in the fishing tournament in Cabo
The two tourists shot on the bridge returning to the U.S.
ATM robberies
cruise ships on fire etc etc etc
18 dead tourist found in Acapulco etc etc etc
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toneart
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Methinks that Drew is not the last name. |
Name...name...name? Yep! Drew a blank too.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
Ever post positive news links?
Here....so we stop bashing Baja / Mexico with all this junk crime reports being posted:
There are approximately 1 million gang members belonging to more than 20,000 different gangs who are also criminally active within all 50 states and
the District of Columbia as of September 2008, according to an FBI report (http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications).
[Edited on 11-11-2010 by mcfez] |
Hmmmmmmmmm, now THAT is an interesting "take". So when was the last time in the USA that you encountered this degree of violence that is going on in
Mexico, granted mostly along the border with us? Me???? NEVER!!!!!! and I lived within 11 miles of the border for 43 years (El Centro & San
Diego)
I have lived in CA for some 70+ years, both north and south, and have NEVER, I repeat NEVER, had so much as something stolen from me, let alone felt
my life threatened!!! Just very lucky, I guess.
Personally I would much rather be informed, than not, so I welcome this info in order to remain "aware" of what is going on-------I believe to do
otherwise is tantamount to "head in sand" mentality.
But, to each his/her own!!
Barry
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mcfez
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
Ever post positive news links?
Here....so we stop bashing Baja / Mexico with all this junk crime reports being posted:
There are approximately 1 million gang members belonging to more than 20,000 different gangs who are also criminally active within all 50 states and
the District of Columbia as of September 2008, according to an FBI report (http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications).
[Edited on 11-11-2010 by mcfez] |
Hmmmmmmmmm, now THAT is an interesting "take". So when was the last time in the USA that you encountered this degree of violence that is going on in
Mexico, granted mostly along the border with us? Me???? NEVER!!!!!! and I lived within 11 miles of the border for 43 years (El Centro & San
Diego)
I have lived in CA for some 70+ years, both north and south, and have NEVER, I repeat NEVER, had so much as something stolen from me, let alone felt
my life threatened!!! Just very lucky, I guess.
Personally I would much rather be informed, than not, so I welcome this info in order to remain "aware" of what is going on-------I believe to do
otherwise is tantamount to "head in sand" mentality.
But, to each his/her own!!
Barry |
Most of the Drug cartel issues are not in TJ.....rather off the Texas / Arizona lines. I said most.
Never had anything stolen / threatened / nada in 70 + years? Wow! Living in Mum's cellar all this time? May I move in with you and read Nancy Drew
novels?
East Los Angeles ...Mu buddy Vega lives there.
South Fresno....I do a little business in that town.
South Sacramento...get my fish n chips there.
San Francisco/Mission District - zoo at night.
Do I see stuff? I see Gang members. Dope ya. I see decay. I see less in Baja. Much less. I get around a lot. A lot. Folks here that keep blasting the
"end of the world" stuff over and over..yet post nothing positive...has issues within themselves. You want the update on the crimes of Mexico...then
go to a news site...not from some drama queen second hand new accounts from Nancy Drew!
I dont sit in my easy chair watching The Lawrence Welk Show as some Pops on this BN do....and dream up responses of little value. Buy hey....the FBI
is just making up these numbers right?
[Edited on 11-11-2010 by mcfez]
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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LancairDriver
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Funny- I haven't seen any end of the world predictions posted here...only some crime statistics that check out pretty accurately. I have no plans to
change my Baja travel, and have never ever had any problem on either side of the border and always take necessary precautions. If your afraid to look
at statistics and wail about how crime is just as bad in the US, you are on a fools errand. There is no comparison, and the issue is not even worth
arguing. Anyone planning to travel in Baja has a right to know what the odds are and on this board you will get information from both extremes and can
sort out the average yourself. Just as in the US, there are areas in Baja and the rest of Mexico to avoid.
Just don't be led to wear your rose colored glasses by the tough talkers here who claim to have all the worldly experience wallowing around in the US
ghettos.
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wessongroup
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A quick primer on the issue.. with some international perspective... it all helps
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tijuana_Cartel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang
[Edited on 11-12-2010 by wessongroup]
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Nancy Drew
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If you want to stay on top of the drug wars here is a good link:
http://www.narconews.com/
and to stay up to date on drug wars do a search on mexico, great catch all for all current drug news.
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/
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mcfez
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If you want to read good positive news
http://www.mexicopremiere.com/
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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