Posted on 05/23/2014 4:12:26 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan
A chilling message from the cartels: Billboards with hanging mannequins warning cops to choose 'silver over lead' appear in Texas
Two frightening incidents of vandalism in El Paso near the Mexican border in Texas have been interpreted as warnings from drug cartels. In both instances, a mannequin wearing a suit and tie was tied to a billboard with a noose and messages were scrawled over the placards. Local station KHOU reports that one of the signs reads 'Plata o Plombo' which translates to 'silver or lead', a threat used commonly against police officers effectively warning that if they do not accept the cartel's bribes then they will be shot.
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We live in Texas and I guess if I get into an argument with a Hispanic person and it gets bad..well, if I win guess I will just pick up my brass and walk away as fast as I can. The more tats they have the sooner I suspect I will shoot. No need for the law to get involved because some of them just might take that sign to heart and drop my name and address to the wrong people. Guess it is a version of shoot, shovel, and shut up.
The Feds will sure as hell say I violated his rights.
Take care all, times are getting INTERESTING.
Good point, I am jumping the gun.
Yes, we're sure.
'This symbol has historically been used by Mexican drug cartels to threaten or intimidate Mexican citizens, business owners and government officials; however, we have never experienced this in El Paso,' local police said in a press release about the vandalism.
Just think: your money armed these guys. :)
You know complaining about this is racist.
This-will-chap-your-@ss ping.
I doubt that he will over a billboard, though.
/johnny
El Paso - the city that some dingbat congressman from Florida, a few days ago claimed that due to its high government employment was one of the safest cities on the border, and thus proof that “communism works”.
I try not to even go through El Paso. I take the northern route when possible.
Yup, Cowboys & Druglords. Not going to work so well for the Gun Control Thugs.
The White House announced that Obama just found out about this and he's angrier than you are. He won't rest until he gets to the bottom of this, once he finishes the back nine.
Pretty soon it will "Silver or lead" for all of us. Many of our politicians and judges are already there.
This isn’t going to work out well for the Mexicans.
Move along! Ukraine is more important.../s
Why if any one could buy anything they wanted at the drug store like we used to, where would the criminals threatening police to take bribes or die get their money and power?
Prohibition works. For a police state and criminal cartels.
I hope he doesn’t see it as just a billboard. Local law enforcement is taking it very seriously. We need to apply enough pressure that Perry does also.
If that doesn’t work, time to head down there en masse.
As you say, it will be up to ordinary Texans to confront this. The politicians will be late to the party.
/johnny
One of the sad things is that the border crossings along the Rio Grande are just
one of the entry methods. Don’t forget the Gulf and air corridors so Texas is the
major point of entry, thus the threats.
corrupt mafia govt passing out favors and tax money to friends...
protecting heroin routes in the Middle east at the loss of hundreds of our soldiers and injuries to thousands...
and for what?....so we're helping one cartel over another....
I don't use drugs and neither does my "circle" of acquaintances....
should I care if they kill each other off?.....
its a new world, and new America....
we had peace and prosperity in this country up until lately and now there is not one reason to be hopeful, except for God...
Interesting? More like deadly.
Eff those thieving, raping, murdering, b@st@rds. I’ve had enough.
When is the militia headed to El Paso? I’m in.
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