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Gunmen kill police chief in Mexican border city
The San Antonio Express ^ | 4/26/09 | By LYNN BREZOSKY

Posted on 04/26/2009 6:02:46 PM PDT by faced

BROWNSVILLE — A former military official brought in to purge the police force of a northern Mexico border city was assassinated early Saturday, three days after about 70 patrol officers went on strike to demand his resignation.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Mexico
KEYWORDS: assination; bordergangviolence; drugwar; eaglespass; killed; mexico; narcoterror; piedrasnegras; thankprohibition; warnextdoor; wod
Face Fwd Comments: Business as usual... I guess that means they can go back to shipping drugs into the US with out someone trying to clean up the criminal element.
1 posted on 04/26/2009 6:02:47 PM PDT by faced
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To: faced
Mexico has some of the “toughest” gun control on the planet. Not working out too well...
2 posted on 04/26/2009 6:07:01 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: 2banana

As my NRA has long maintained, “If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.”


3 posted on 04/26/2009 6:19:56 PM PDT by RightWingConspirator (Impeach Zerobama and send him home to Kenya!)
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To: faced

It could have been worse, he might have died from the flu


4 posted on 04/26/2009 6:23:25 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (I'd rather the world hate us then laugh at us)
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To: faced
This one was a shame, because it seems it was a guy seeking to clean out the corruption within the Mexican government.

It's not just a war between the drug cartels and the Mexican government. It's a war within the Mexican government.

It's not declared, but it's real.

The men who killed the police chief, were probably the police. At a minimum, they were people working with corrupt police and with their blessing.

5 posted on 04/26/2009 6:29:37 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: faced

Open warfare on our southern border. Heading North. Trouble lies ahead; my dear friends in the Southwest had best lock and load. Don’t count on the Obamunists to come to your aid — in fact, they may come after you and your guns FOR the invaders!


6 posted on 04/26/2009 7:16:57 PM PDT by patriot preacher (To be a good American Citizen and a Christian IS NOT a contradiction. (www.mygration.blogspot.com))
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To: faced

Seal the border and let Mexico figure it out on their own.


7 posted on 04/26/2009 7:49:50 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist ("President Obama, your agenda is not new, it's not change, and it's not hope" - Rush Limbaugh 02/28)
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To: faced; GulfBreeze; rellimpank; AH_LiveRight; BGHater; nbhunt; La Lydia; jafojeffsurf; ...

Piedras Negras ping!

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


8 posted on 04/27/2009 6:57:47 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch (Mexico - beyond your expectations!)
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To: Dog Gone

The same thing happened in Cancun several months ago. They killed a recently retired Army general who had a reputation for being incorruptible who was brought in by the mayor to police the narco-corrupt police. The police chief was arrested for planning the murder. This is going to get worse before it gets better.


9 posted on 04/27/2009 7:51:42 AM PDT by La Lydia
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To: patriot preacher

I am fully convinced of this. We are truly on our own. I live in a border state and have seen this coming for a long time. Now that we have a weak sister for a president, the narcogangs are going to be much more aggressive. And our DHS secretary is concerned about raging Canadians and our stocking up on firearms and ammo. If this stuff continues to get worse, we will come up with a “hurricane evacuation plan” for my family. But this time it won’t be a storm.


10 posted on 04/27/2009 12:58:53 PM PDT by Texas resident (Older but smarter)
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To: faced; Brucifer

RIP. Prayers up for the Police Chief’s family and friends.


11 posted on 04/28/2009 12:34:28 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees. . BF)
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