"Truck papers and safety inspection? We don gots to show you no stinking truck papers and safety inspection."
Posted on 04/06/2008 5:48:24 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — At least three people were killed and three more wounded in a highway gunbattle in northern Mexico, officials said Sunday.
The shootout took place Saturday in the southern part of the border state of Chihuahua, said Rene Medrano, a spokesman for the state attorney general's office. Authorities believe the battle was between rival drug gangs.
Mexico City newspaper El Universal reported that 14 people died in the violence.
Last month, the government sent more than 2,500 soldiers and federal police to crack down on soaring violence in Chihuahua.
About 200 people have been killed this year in Ciudad Juarez, a Chihuahua city of 1.3 million across the border from El Paso, Texas.
On Friday, U.S. Ambassador Tony Garza said the United States could issue a heightened travel alert in the coming week "to better reflect the increasing insecurity in the state of Chihuahua."
Chihuahua Ping!
If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.
"Truck papers and safety inspection? We don gots to show you no stinking truck papers and safety inspection."
Well those little rat dog Chi-whooa-whooa’s can be pretty vicious!
Do we need a surge in Mexico?
Yes we do.
With the illegals on the front lines.
ping
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