Posted on 11/06/2019 7:43:10 AM PST by Tammy8
Criminal investigators have arrested a suspect with a possible connection to the killing of nine American citizens, three women and six children, in the Mexican border state of Sonora.
The Agency for Criminal Investigation in the state of Sonora said in a statement on its Facebook page Tuesday that officers found the suspect — whose name and sex has not been released — in the town of Agua Prieta, near the border with Arizona.
"A person was arrested in possession of two .223 long guns, a .308 long gun, ten .223 caliber magazines, a .308 full magazine and a 50-gauge Barrett long rifle," the agency's statement said. "We are investigating the possibility that the person who was arrested had participated in these terrible events."
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
https://kvoa.com/news/local-news/2019/11/04/agua-prieta-residents-awakened-by-gunfire-2-people-dead/
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-10-17/chaos-in-mexico-as-el-chapos-son-a-leader-of-the-sinaloa-cartel-is-reportedly-captured
https://www.abc15.com/news/region-central-southern-az/tucson/us-businessman-kidnapped-in-tucson-was-taken-to-mexico
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/mexico-travel-advisory.html
” 50-gauge Barrett long rifle”
Absolute morons, everywhere.
Anyone else thinking Fast & Furious? Eric Holder, B'arak O'Bama?
Yeah sure.
in possession of two .223 long guns, a .308 long gun, ten .223 caliber magazines, a .308 full magazine and a 50-gauge Barrett long rifle,
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Se must be an octopus, to be able to shoot all those at once at a convey, working alone of course.
We got the guy, Trump.
It’s over.
Our media likes to sweep things in Mexico under the rug and has for decades. As cartels become bolder it is harder to keep a lid on what is going on down there.
Mexico over the years has had the attitude that the cartels only target people who are somehow involved. They also target anyone that does anything against them, especially reporters, law enforcement, private citizens who report their criminal activity. As common sense would tell you it is also not safe to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. So I would say cartels are a danger to everyone.
Acting as though cartels are not a serious threat is what has led to their ability to increase power/control over the decades. As long as concern had an answer...well they only bother those people, not us.
The problem is the cartel is all about power and money and they have influenced the entire government in Mexico from local to national. Gaining more and more influence over the years.
We have to wake up, we can’t allow them to do that in the US. I believe they have already made progress with some in our government on their payroll.
https://kvoa.com/news/local-news/2019/11/04/agua-prieta-residents-awakened-by-gunfire-2-people-dead/
I think about that all the time.
Just an aside story about prior years.
Banamex used the Burroughs line of computers for their banks. One day back in the 80s we/Santa Barbara got a call about a problem in Hermosillo which is the capitol of Sonora. I was the fly and fix guy then and when I say fly I mean commerical. But I did have another sideline. I told my manager to give me credit for driving 2 cars and after a wince he said OK. I got the wife and another technician and we walked across the street and got in to a Bonanza.
I taught flying as a hobby. We flew into Hermosillo without any visas. Had passports but they didn’t state why we were there. I think it took 3 twenty dollar bills, one for each officer, to overlook the computer listings in the back and accept that we were on vacation.
Fixed the problen the 2nd day and the bank people set us up for a couple of days in Kino Bay. A resort town on the inland Baja Gulf.
Mexico when it was OK. Drove the length of the Baja down to Cabo San Lucas in ‘91. And back of course. No way now.
Must have been one that didn’t weigh much, they could quickly throw him under the bus.
In other words, the cartels sent down one lackey who was their biggest F-up to be the scapegoat and take the heat off them.
Does anyone slightly believe that the local cops simply arrested a guy and announced it?
“Does anyone slightly believe that the local cops simply arrested a guy and announced it?”
No, this was a case of “you screwed the pooch amigo. We need a sacrificial goat to appease the Americans.”
Low man on the totem pole gets handed to the Federales. The cartel tells him his family will be taken care of. If he objects his family will be taken out.
You can bet with all the publicity in this case the Mexican government is going to be very anxious to find these guys
Look to the border crisis and are helping tremendously to prevent those caravans from coming - they know where their bread is buttered and that Donald Trump controls their future
Yeah they will “take care of his family” because they will end up in a big hole in the desert.
Politically that is true.
What you have to keep in mind is the cartels control their very life. Every day in Mexico those that are supposed to be running the country have to worry about doing anything that would cause the cartel to want to murder them.
just one guy did all that??? right.
He sounds like an overachiever.
You have that exactly right.
Most people don't realize the other peoblem crusaders have.
Even if you are willing to give up your life to fight the cartels are you willing to have your wife, daughter mother or other family members tortured and raped and mutilated?- Tom
Mexico used to be a different country. The history of Mexico is dotted with violence of one sort or another with periods of relative quiet. For a while they had several revolutions, then sort of mini revolutions.
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