Posted on 12/26/2009 9:33:42 PM PST by Outside da Box
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico — Gunmen sprayed bullets at a restaurant Tuesday where the mayor of a Texas border town was eating with a Mexican state attorney general and other officials, police said. A woman leaving the building was killed.
Coahuila state Attorney General Jesus Torres and Chad Foster, mayor of Eagle Pass across the border from Piedras Negras, were unharmed, according to police officers at the scene.
Wow, Via Acuna & Piedras Negras are usually pretty mild mannered compared to other Border Towns.
Cue Mariachi band in background
Some folks gonna be in much trouble, comprende?
Corporate restructuring and expansion, market development, etc... Think Chicaga in the thirties.
Bomb Mexico now!
They were when I lived in Del Rio. Times have changed.
Speedy Bump
Wonderful slideshow!
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Thanks potlatch
2 Speedy Re-Bump!
I forgot to put the Illeagals.gif slideshow under the Speedy guys!
Piedras Negras ping!
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Border Patrol agent shot, wounded in canyon
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/articles/2009/12/28/news/breaking_news/doc4b38ed1ba29fa833224039.txt#
[snip]Sheriff’s deputies, along with United States Border Patrol B.O.R.T.A.C team and Blackhawk helicopters surrounded the area to search for the suspect and remove the agent.
“He was taken by horseback to a clearing to meet up with the helicopter,” Estrada said.
An extensive search was conducted for the suspect or suspects to no avail, officials said.
Ramanote Canyon is 5.8 miles north of the international border.
The case was referred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.[snip]
Didn’t Johnny Sutton and some of the open border enablers around here INSIST these Mexican drug runner NEVER carry guns??
Couldn’t find the name of the restauarant. Wonder which one it was?
“Couldn’t find the name of the restauarant.”
The Charcoal Grill, according to the AP.
I was looking for one of the old-time restaurants that the politicos used to congregate at. Probably all defunct now cause that was a long time ago.
I never heard of a restaurant over there with a English name.
El Universal:
Chad Foster, alcalde de la ciudad fronteriza de Eagle Pass, señaló que el martes en la tarde estaba en la sección de fumadores en la parte posterior del restaurante Charcoal Grill en Piedras Negras, estado de Coahuila.
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