Posted on 12/24/2011 10:08:45 AM PST by Dallas59
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Three U.S. citizens were among those killed when gunmen attacked buses in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, said a U.S. State Department official said on Saturday.
The three were traveling for the holidays when they and several other passengers on the bus were killed by gunmen on Thursday, according to the U.S. official and local media.
The incident was one of several that day in which gunmen attacked busses in the eastern state, a major oil export hub that has lately become a flashpoint for drug gang violence.
On Friday, the tortured bodies of 10 people were found in northern Veracruz, local media reported, as attacks in the region intensify between the Zetas gang and Gulf drug cartels.
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Just some broken eggs, folks. Nothing to get concerned about.
I can understand Mexico’s allure pre-cartels. But now? Why take the risk? Is any area really safe in that forsaken country?
Mexico=Iraq South.
I’m guessing this story is not going to appear on the mexicotaxiproject.com.
How about a vacation in Mexico everyone?
Travel to Mexico, what a smart idea. /sarcasm
I’m not sure how dangerous Mexico is, anyway, compared to places like East St. Louis, IL. I remember some Mexican American non-coms on the Army, who were nicest, most family oriented people (aside from Mormons, possibly) that I had ever known in my life.
How about a vacation in Mexico everyone?
It turns out that the drug violence is confined to the drug corridors.
Killings in Chicago don’t make Omaha a risky place to visit.
How stupid are/were these people?
~Really stupid~
Americans died because of illegal drug use in the US? American illegal drug users - too stupid, lazy and chicken to change their reality, so they take illegal drugs to try and escape their reality for a few minutes and thereby fund some of the most heinous criminals the world has ever known.
I can carry a gun in East St. Louis.
Spot on analysis, Blueunicorn6.
Confusing isn’t it when I ask myself, “Who produced Mexico?”
I avoid East St. Louis. But that’s easy for me.
If it is the story I'm thinking of (and not another killing by the Mexican bandits) they were legals going back home to visit family for the holidays.
Due to corruption and violence at the border, many Legals are taking the bus these days rather than trying to drive. The days of going home with just a $50 bribe to the border guards is apparently over.
Somehow I don't find that too reassuring. Is there a map of the free-fire zones?
The popular coastal towns are generally safe. Avoid the areas that are in the major north-south corridors. Note how Puerto Vallarta is off the corridor, but Mazatlan is on it. Cabo and Cancun would also appear safe.
“But now? Why take the risk?”
Many illegals holding false citizanship return home during the Holidays to aquire new identies so as to avoid income and fica taxes. They file exempt and when the feds come looking for them that one can’t be found.
Were the guns provided by the US government?
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