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Shootings kill 16 people in Mexican border city
Chron ^ | April 28, 2010 | Olivia Torres

Posted on 04/28/2010 7:20:18 PM PDT by Pinkbell

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Gunmen stormed into a bar, dragged out eight people and killed them in the parking lot, the first of several shootings in this violent border city Wednesday that left 16 dead, including a man in a wheelchair.

In one incident, a car chase and shootout killed three people in front of an elementary school, creating a panic among students, teachers and parents.

Battles between rival drug gangs have made Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas, one of the world's deadliest cities. More than 800 people have been killed this year in the city of 1.3 million people.

Armed men burst into the Aristos bar in the middle of the night, said Arturo Sandoval, a spokesman for the Chihuahua state attorney general's office. Eight people were forced out into the parking lot and shot to death.

The victims had not been identified, but Sandoval said at least one appeared to be a teenage boy.

The shootout in front of the Benito Juarez elementary school erupted hours later. Sandoval said a woman and two men were found dead inside a car.

Gunmen in a car chased down another vehicle and opened fire in front of the school around noon, said a teacher who asked not to be quoted by name out of fear for his safety.

The teacher said a pregnant teacher and three students suffered panic attacks and were taken to a hospital. Classes were canceled for the rest of the day, and parents rushed to pick up their children.

Gunmen opened fire on another car elsewhere in the city, killing four young men inside, Sandoval said. Separately, a gang of armed men killed a man sitting in a wheelchair on the sidewalk, he said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; city; ciudadjuarez; elpaso; immigration; kill; mexican; mexico; murder; people; shootings

1 posted on 04/28/2010 7:20:18 PM PDT by Pinkbell
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To: Pinkbell; AuntB

A real border fence is the only solution


2 posted on 04/28/2010 7:22:23 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant

Yep, like the one Duncan Hunter had built along the San Diego/Mexico border.


3 posted on 04/28/2010 7:24:19 PM PDT by Pinkbell
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To: Pinkbell

what’s going on down there?


4 posted on 04/28/2010 7:25:17 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (With socialism you are never sure of the past.)
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To: InvisibleChurch

Well,
It all Started with a Joint,,,


5 posted on 04/28/2010 7:27:40 PM PDT by bravotu (Have a Nice Day !)
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To: Pinkbell

MS-13 not responding to LZ leash.....


6 posted on 04/28/2010 7:30:11 PM PDT by G Larry (DNC is comprised of REGRESSIVES!)
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To: Pinkbell

Coming soon to an American town near you.


7 posted on 04/28/2010 7:30:50 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: G Larry
MS-13 not responding to LZ leash.....

Hmm... I think MS-13 hails from South America (El Salvador?)

You sure it's them?

8 posted on 04/28/2010 7:37:07 PM PDT by TChris ("Hello", the politician lied.)
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To: Pinkbell

Michelle thinks its safe in Mexico.

She is from Chicago.


9 posted on 04/28/2010 7:40:06 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Arizona is now ground zero for the fight to save this nation.)
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To: InvisibleChurch

BBC - Mexico’s Drug War 2010

Watch it to understand what the war is about.

Chapa Guzman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ogPJat_jWo&feature=player_embedded


10 posted on 04/28/2010 7:43:37 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Arizona is now ground zero for the fight to save this nation.)
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To: NoLibZone
LOL! Me thinks you have the right of it.

All this is going on and spilling over into our states, and all the media can do is worry about racism and profiling.

Is there a brain cell among them or do they have programmed chips where brains used to reside? I think I know the answer to that one.

vaudine

11 posted on 04/28/2010 7:44:19 PM PDT by vaudine (,,)
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To: Pinkbell

God it’s 5 miles from where I am. I have been teaching in a Private school. We have lots of Mexican nationals mixed with US kids. The US kids are ok the mexicans are crazy. I am retiring after this year. It’s too crazy.


12 posted on 04/28/2010 7:45:00 PM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (Zero will never be my President, never!!!!!)
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To: TChris

Wait n see......

The Prez is making a dent in the organized crime families.
How do you spoz he’s backfilling?


13 posted on 04/28/2010 7:45:37 PM PDT by G Larry (DNC is comprised of REGRESSIVES!)
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To: Pinkbell

Oh you “misguided” people........stop the racism in Arizona!/s


14 posted on 04/28/2010 8:03:52 PM PDT by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
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To: NoLibZone

how sad. thanks


15 posted on 04/28/2010 8:51:53 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (With socialism you are never sure of the past.)
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To: All

Why can’t the army just fly over the drugees’ houses and blow them up???


16 posted on 04/28/2010 8:56:28 PM PDT by jackibutterfly ( Palin is so under obama's skin, he hears 'Hail to the Chief' when he sees her.)
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To: Pinkbell

...but just don’t travel to Arizona!


17 posted on 04/28/2010 8:57:32 PM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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