[Mexico] Attack on newsroom Gunmen open fire at El Mañana, two reporters injured

LAREDO MORNING TIMES ^ | MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOV and VICENTE RANGEL

[SwinneySwitch]

Baghdad on the Rio Grande!

[Flavius Josephus]

Sure seems that way. Wonder what kind of vehicles they got away in. HMMVEEs?

[theDentist]

Pablo Escobar Lives!

[butternut_squash_bisque]

"We have to live, we have to work. We don't know another way of living."

Uhhhh, faced with a choice of getting shot and killed, I could think of a million other ways to earn a *living*, fellas. Call me for some ideas.

[Travis McGee]

the newsroom with their cuernos de chivo and tossing a hand grenade into the room.

This colorful Mexican slang translates as "goat's horns" and typically means AK-47s. Could also be other automatic weapons though.

[Galveston Grl]

California now has an offshoot of these thugs threatening businesses if elected officials don't back off their decision to enforce immigration laws. I forget what town they are working over. In addition, these thugs have threatened to harm the volunteers on the border. We are going to see Mexico go nuts on us if we don't permit the free flow of drugs and criminals across our border.

In Texas they are threatening to kill police officers AND THEIR FAMILIES if cops interfere in their illegal border activity. An article I read claimed that if these thugs hit US police officers, police in border towns would really get serious about illegals so acting on the threats would backfire on the Mexicans.

[edgrimly78]

In Texas they are threatening to kill police officers AND THEIR FAMILIES if cops interfere in their illegal border activity

Chertoff-"This is just overblown."
I dont know how many times I have posted this in the last couple of weeks!!!

[Galveston Grl]

According to Texas Sheriff the threats are real. I believe the Sheriff. Bush Admin. does not want to act or upset the wasp nest so they are playing down that there is a problem at the border.

[SwinneySwitch]

Border Ping!

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

[Idisarthur]

Will the Grenades and AK47s cross the border, eventually?

[MizSterious]

Thanks for the ping. What a sad state of affairs our borders have become. We used to visit Laredo sometimes when we lived in Corpus Christi, and occasionally walk across the bridge to N.L. for Mexican chocolate and vanilla. It's just hard to imagine those sleepy little places becoming what they apparently are now.

[Sterco]

Baghdad on the Rio Grande! Someone say Baghdad?

[B4Ranch]

Of course but the man in the White House isn't concerned because he won't be running for re-election.

[SwinneySwitch]

"Will the Grenades and AK47s cross the border, eventually?"

Cross which way?

Border Task Force Seizes Improvised Explosive Devices, Weapons Caches

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1572629/posts

[Tactical]

Said it before, here goes again....Wonder why nothing is being done to seal the borders? Follow the money.

[Wage Slave]

He would look awesome with a sombrero, but I don't have photoshop.

[TLI]

He would look awesome with a sombrero, but I don't have photoshop.

We could use a talented attempt at this as it is my understanding that during the war Bagdad Bob was a real hit with President Bush. He will "get it" as soon as he sees the "adjusted" pic.

[Idisarthur]

Hey, thanks for that link to yesterdays article.

Here is a link to my new post on it.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1572629/posts?page=32#32

[planekT]

This colorful Mexican slang translates as "goat's horns" and typically means AK-47s.

Oh those crazy Mexicans and their colorful metaphors!

[wolfcreek]

How are we suppose to stop this crap, kiddnap a couple of Mexican Mafia types and behead them on TV?