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Two attacked by man with machete in weekend incident [Honduran in Laredo,Texas]
LAREDO MORNING TIMES ^ | 02/27/2007 | CLAY REDDICK

Posted on 02/27/2007 11:13:31 AM PST by SwinneySwitch

A man with a machete attacked two others this weekend at an apartment complex on Chihuahua Street. Gumaro Vasquez Davila and Gerardo Mendiola picked up an unidentified man and went to Vasquez Davila’s apartment in the 2900 block of Chihuahua, according to the Laredo Police.

Vasquez Davila told investigators he went outside to his car, heard screaming and saw the man running toward him out of the apartment, according to Juan Rivera, a spokesman for the Laredo Police Department.

He fought the man off, receiving a small cut to the abdomen.

Mendiola sustained a serious cut to the face and was flown to San Antonio for treatment.

Police are looking for the suspect, a man in his early 20s, who is about 5 feet, 9 inches tall. He weighs about 135 pounds, has a dark complexion with a slim build and is believed to be from Honduras.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call police at (956) 795-2800.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; borderops; honduras; immigrantlist; machete; machetegangs; macheteros
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Laredo, Webb county, Texas doesn't need a fence??
1 posted on 02/27/2007 11:13:33 AM PST by SwinneySwitch
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To: mickie; digerati; Robert Drobot; angelsonmyside; GOPPachyderm; Issaquahking; thegreatbeast; ...

Honduran ping!

If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.


2 posted on 02/27/2007 11:15:15 AM PST by SwinneySwitch (Terroristas- beyond your expectations!)
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To: SwinneySwitch
All together now:

When machetes are outlawed...

3 posted on 02/27/2007 11:16:14 AM PST by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: SwinneySwitch
I enjoy the diversity of the different cultures of the world.
4 posted on 02/27/2007 11:16:14 AM PST by starbase (Understanding Written Propaganda (click "starbase" to learn 22 manipulating tricks!!))
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To: SwinneySwitch

I'll bet real estate values there have decreased significantly over the past two decades.


5 posted on 02/27/2007 11:16:33 AM PST by American Quilter (Vote Democrat--terrorists are counting on it.)
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To: SwinneySwitch

"Gumaro Vasquez Davila and Gerardo Mendiola picked up an unidentified man and went to Vasquez Davila’s apartment"

Let's see, here ... two guys out cruising around, and they pick up a third guy. Hmmm. Sounds like this unidentified Hispanic male with a machete was a little naive, and didn't understand what was really going on at first, lol. I still can't quite figure out how anyone conceals a machete, though.


6 posted on 02/27/2007 11:26:11 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: SwinneySwitch

There can be only One...

7 posted on 02/27/2007 11:26:41 AM PST by GreenLanternCorps (Hi, I'm the DREAD PIRATE ROBERTS! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area!)
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To: American Quilter

Laredo is booming!


8 posted on 02/27/2007 11:26:43 AM PST by SwinneySwitch (Terroristas- beyond your expectations!)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Maybe he found it under Davila’s bed?


9 posted on 02/27/2007 11:32:13 AM PST by SwinneySwitch (Terroristas- beyond your expectations!)
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To: SwinneySwitch

Now, that's a thought. They certainly didn't say whose machete it was, did they?


10 posted on 02/27/2007 11:33:17 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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Laredo is booming!

Really?! Because of business opportunities created by the flow of illegals, or for some other reason?

11 posted on 02/27/2007 11:35:14 AM PST by American Quilter (Vote Democrat--terrorists are counting on it.)
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To: Yo-Yo
Carrying machetes in public is part of their... culture.
12 posted on 02/27/2007 11:40:33 AM PST by johnny7 ("We took a hell of a beating." -'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell)
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To: starbase

Yes, we Americans have lost our abilities in machete weilding. Perhaps our new citizens can re-teach us.


13 posted on 02/27/2007 11:44:54 AM PST by Riverine
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To: starbase

Yes, we Americans have lost our abilities in machete weilding. Perhaps our new citizens can re-teach us.


14 posted on 02/27/2007 11:45:00 AM PST by Riverine
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The Emerging Influence and Power of Mexican Drug Cartels

http://www.davickservices.com/Line_In_Sand0.htm

The Laredo Port of Entry is the busiest and most heavily traversed land Port of Entry on
the Southwest border, handling approximately 6,000 commercial vehicles a day. Forty
percent of all Mexican exports cross into Laredo, Texas, where Interstate 35 connects
directly to Dallas, and from there throughout the United States. U.S. Border Patrol Chief
John Montoya describes this Port of Entry as “the key ingress into the United States.”

“It’s called a gateway city, not only into Mexico but into the United States as well.”
The very conditions that make the Laredo Port of Entry so attractive to legitimate commerce
also make the city ideal for the illicit drug and human smuggling trade.


15 posted on 02/27/2007 11:56:23 AM PST by SwinneySwitch (Terroristas- beyond your expectations!)
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To: johnny7

I carry a machete in my pickup. You never know when you might need to cut some brush.


16 posted on 02/27/2007 12:02:14 PM PST by SwinneySwitch (Terroristas- beyond your expectations!)
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To: SwinneySwitch

Proof once again; GUN CONTROL WORKS!!


17 posted on 02/27/2007 12:04:34 PM PST by lado
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To: SwinneySwitch
A Bushmaster® works well with problem infestations...
18 posted on 02/27/2007 12:13:35 PM PST by johnny7 ("We took a hell of a beating." -'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell)
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To: SwinneySwitch

trailer for Tarantino's Grindhouse?


19 posted on 02/27/2007 12:18:28 PM PST by isom35
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To: SwinneySwitch
Sounds as though the streets of Laredo used to be safer before they were paved.


20 posted on 02/27/2007 12:34:13 PM PST by Charles Martel (Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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