Posted on 03/31/2013 2:51:41 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia Woodward McLelland were shot to death in their home last night as reported by The Dallas Morning News:
"A law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity described the scene at the McLellands' home as an awful scene where the door appeared to have been kicked in. 'There are shell casings everywhere,' the official said. 'This is unprecedented. This is unbelievable. This is huge.'"
Last month Kaufman County Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse was gunned down outside the local courthouse by two men in tactical gear who remain at large, and authorities fear the murders may be connected to a retaliatory plot by Mexican cartels.
The drug cartels freelance their retail distribution and enforcement work to local street and prison gangs across the United States, and have recently been targeting both Mexican and U.S. law enforcement officials for assassination.
Last week the Texas Department of Public Safety released a report identifiying the Mexican drug cartels as the greatest threat to the Lone Star State as reported by KWTX: "six cartels have command and control networks in the state, moving drugs and people into the United States, and transporting cash, weapons and stolen vehicles back to Mexico." Former Texas Ranger Mark Leger says "Mexican drug cartels are a real and present threat to Central Texas," and "sometimes, the general public doesn't have any idea that there are gangs operating in their cities and towns."
Meanwhile, the Obama admininistation naively -- or is it cynically? -- continues to insist that the border is secure, there is no evidence of drug-related spillover violence, and American citizens have no need to own semi-automatic rifles and standard-capacity magazines for personal protection.
Appalling. RIP.
What will Rick Perry do ?
Obama must’ve jerking himself over this little two-fer.... Not only a chance for yet another crisis, but another opportunity to push for gun restrictions.
You assume it is the cartels and not the administration. That’s a stretch, these days.
Yeah.. Instead our “leaders” push for amnesty.
There's no question we have lost all security and respect just for being the (not so) united States.
My thoughts exactly..!
Well... you do have a point...
Absolutely nothing would surprise me today...
It will be interesting to see how much national press coverage these assassinations will get.
I would imagine that Obama’s lap dogs will try to sleep through this after all it is only a couple local prosecutor. No national significance to their deaths. /S
Illegal aliens should all have a bounty on their heads, dead or alive.
Democrats should have the same .
Its either the Mexican Drug Cartels...or the US Govt working w the cartels...committing these murders
And, our Congress is trying to give these Cartel members Amnesty
“Shell casings were everywhere”
Yeah, probably fired by weapons put in the hands of cartels, courtesy of F&F.
You assume it is the cartels and not the administration. That’s a stretch, these days.
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As long as the drug cartels interests don’t conflict with the current owners of the judiciary , the bankers , things will work out fine ... welcome to Chihuahua , Texas.
Welcome to the third world...courtesy of Obama.
Dam.
“Just doing the work that Americans won’t do.”
> “Shell casings were everywhere”
Yeah, probably fired by weapons put in the hands of cartels, courtesy of F&F.
And a ban on assault weapons would have prevented this how, Mr. President?
Those guys had the wrong city and address...
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