Posted on 08/05/2005 8:32:36 PM PDT by Libloather
Kidnapping, Murder Sweep Nuevo Laredo
Friday, August 05, 2005
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico — A city official in charge of public security was gunned down along with another man in the downtown area of the embattled city of Nuevo Laredo on Friday.
According to reports, it appeared to be an organized hit involving two cars.
Nuevo Laredo, just cross the border from the United States, has become one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Rival drug cartels have turned the city into a war zone as they battle for control of the lucrative illegal drug market in the U.S.
Gun battles in broad daylight are common, and the U.S. Consulate (search) has shut down, at least temporarily.
The drug gangs have killed the city's last two police chiefs, the second of whom lasted only six hours on the job. Widespread police corruption has compounded the problem. The entire 700-officer force was fired for corruption this summer, though many were hired back.
In addition to the killings, there has been an epidemic of kidnappings. There have been over 400 in the past year, including dozens of Americans.
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Often, there are no ransom demands. Both of Rosita Gonzalez' sons were kidnapped, and she has no idea why.
"It's a pain that you can't have no appeal for it," said Gonzalez.
The Nuevo Laredo story that has gone largely unreported, as many journalists say the drug wars in there are too dangerous to cover, especially after a number of their colleagues have been gunned down.
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"Forty-one missing Americans is just too much."
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
So true.
They are blaming us? How perfectly ridiculous.
"Mexican officials said they were concerned that the reports of kidnappings and violence were hurting this border city's reputation as a tourist destination."
LOL! I think they are probably right about that. Idiots.
There's nothing there. Been through several times.
Mexico has overtaken Colombia and Brazil to become the world leader in reported kidnappings, a leading, private anti-crime group said Wednesday.
Jose Antonio Ortega, president of the Citizen Council for Public Safety, said that instead of working to put kidnappers behind bars and weed out the corrupt police officers and officials who protect them, Mexican officials preferred to point to incomplete statistics and insist that the crime rate has gone down.
"Things are very grave," he said. "The country is breaking down and there's no one in charge."
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Most distressing reports.
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My religion practices human sacrifice.
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