Badges are targets on border (Nuevo Laredo, Mexico)

San Antonio Express-News ^ | 07/24/2005 | Jesse Bogan

[SwinneySwitch]

Three men were killed and two women wounded yesterday afternoon. Neighbors said men who arrived in a pick-up truck and wearing ski masks told them to go inside their houses and stay there.

[Romish_Papist]

Ummmm, where? Mexican side of the border or US side?

[WoofDog123]

i wonder if it will ever be clear the relative roles of the NL police, the cartels, and the federal government (mexican) in this apparently serious turf battle.

[EagleUSA]

Ummmm, where? Mexican side of the border or US side?
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How can you ask such a ridiculous question -- THERE IS NO BORDER!!!

[SwinneySwitch]

Mexico.

http://www.lmtonline.com/news/s1.htm

[One Proud Dad]

Mexican. I used to do LEO work in West Teas and Juarez and Peidra Negras are sh__ holes.

[SwinneySwitch]

NL ping!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off this South Texas/Mexico ping list.

[HiJinx]

Uvalle's cousin, Ricky Martinez, 20, of Pharr, who has a tattoo of a tear below his left eye, stood...

A tear tattoo? Isn't that an MS-13 trademark indicating that the bearer has killed someone? And Pharr is in Texas...

What the hey?

[A CA Guy]

Tear tattoo for a kill near the eye has been a gang tattoo for decades, way before MS-13. Might go all the way back to MS 3.1 first edition.

[HiJinx]

I see...I'm so ignorant! Thanks for the education.

[A CA Guy]

My mom for decades was a Catholic volunteer in local California prisons and those tears by the eyes were around decades ago.

I can tell you EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO TRY AND STOP THE CIVILIAN BORDER WATCH.

The Mexican gangs are going to start killing Mexican citizens to inflame Mexico and leftists in America against the Border Watch movement in our country.

MARK THIS POST.

Mexico will soon get people on their side killed by their own gangs that will claim they were done by guns from the American side by the volunteer Border Watch.

It's the next logical step that I can see. It is the only way to get public opinion on their side IMO to any extent.

[Tactical]

They may very well start those kind of rumors. But believe me the locals in Mexico know exactly who is who and who is killing who.

They are in the midst of a major power struggle with the cartel. The locals and Feds down there can and have been corupted by the cash the cartels offer. Killing the MexFed wasn't a smart thing to do, so the locals have to not only watch the cartel people, but the Feds.

Mexico City will send in troops before long to calm it all down and get the money from the cartel flowing again.

[TheSpottedOwl]

I'm not sure, but those tatts have been around for years. I think it signifies a dead homie. I've seen young women sporting them as well.

[blackie]

Hang 'em High!

Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!

Be Ever Vigilant!

Minutemen Patriots ~ Bump!

[tyw]

I know this may be in vain but we should all go to http://www.numbersusa.com/user and send faxes or messages to our representatives and the President. When you do please quote this little paragraph “Several members of the group apprehended are members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang from El Salvador and other parts of Central America. The Mara Salvatrucha gang has moved into the Laredo border region and has set up an organized human smuggling and narcotics trafficking operation. Gang members leading the groups are to be considered dangerous and they are often armed. The Mara Salvatrucha is assisting cartel members in N. Mexico escape to the U.S. in order to evade the Mexican army, which has on going anti-gang/narcotics operations in the Nuevo Laredo area.”

I know you may think it's a lesson in futility but this step must be taken and as often as possible. It takes a lot of kicking and screaming now days to get anyone to notice.

Please send these messages and make sure they hear you loud and clear. We will not stand idly by while our nation is held hostage because of their inability to secure our borders.

[mc5cents]

Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no stinkin' badges!

[blackie]

Be positive!

[tyw]

I try... I really do. Here's a positive comment... NAFTA, CAFTA and the FTAA will all stimulate our economy and make everyone rich! Ok, at least that's what they want you to believe.

You know honestly I think "W" wants to let more immigrants in so he will have excuses to beef up the FBI, CIA, et al and make government bigger so he can keep us safe. Aw heck, he doesn't care. Why should he? He's the president for God's sake. He doesn't have to worry about illegal immigrants threatening him.

[Charles Martel]

I think it signifies a dead homie. I've seen young women sporting them as well.

The significance or meaning of that particular tattoo varies with time and from place to place. Originally each tear drop represented a murder committed. More recently it has been used to represent the family or gang members who have died while a prisoner is locked up. It's more a prison tattoo than something that's gang-specific (though there's obviously lots of overlap).

[JDoutrider]

The teardrop used to mean that one has done hard time in the joint...at least back in the 70's...

No idea what it signifies in todays world...