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Canadian diplomat’s sons allegedly botched drug heist
National Post ^ | April 1, 2015 | William Marsden and Shaamini Yogaretnam

Posted on 04/02/2015 2:57:04 AM PDT by csvset

Bloodstains were still visible in the doorway of an apartment in the quiet Miami neighbourhood of Coral Way on Wednesday, two days after an alleged plan to rip off a drug dealer left one of the sons of Canada’s consul general to Florida dead and another charged with murder. Jean Wabafiyebazu, the 17-year-old son of longtime diplomat Roxanne Dubé, died in hospital of injuries suffered in Monday’s shootout, which police say erupted during a dispute over two pounds of marijuana, valued at US$5,000.

His 15-year-old brother, Marc, is being held in a youth detention centre, charged with felony murder and threatening a police officer. He is potentially facing the death penalty. Joshua Wright, 17, a suspected drug dealer according to the Miami Herald, died from multiple gunshot wounds inside the apartment building. A fourth man, Anthony Rodriguez, 19, suffered a gunshot wound to the left arm. He managed to drive away from the building but was later found at a nearby gas station, according to the Herald. He is charged with second-degree murder with a deadly weapon and possessing marijuana for the purpose of selling.

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TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: cannabis; dube; marijuana; miami; pot; wabafiyebazu; weed; wod
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Marc Wabafiyebazu, 15, and Jean Wabafiyebazu, 17. Jean Wabafiyebazu was killed when he went into a house to buy marijuana on Monday, March 30, 2015.

Bunch of hosers, eh?

Regarding the drug dealer Mr. Rodriguez, although he was engaged in a criminal activity, isn't he allowed to defend himself against robbers?

1 posted on 04/02/2015 2:57:05 AM PDT by csvset
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In the State of Washington you can shoot someone that is going to commit a felony against you or anyone else if you are in a place that you are lawfully allowed to be. I wonder if that could be used to claim that the drug dealer defending himself was not lawfully allowed to be in his home with two pounds of pot?

And this guy is the son of the Canadian Consul to Florida? Do they have them in all fifty states? And who gets North Dakota?


2 posted on 04/02/2015 3:04:55 AM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: csvset

Not hosers. Look more like Sons of Obama to me.


3 posted on 04/02/2015 3:05:38 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Save Western Civilization. Embrace the new Crusades.)
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To: 21twelve
The Government of Canada has 16 (1 embassy, 12 consulates general and 3 trade) offices throughout the United States to provide services and resources to Canadians and Americans.

A link to where they're located.

Our Offices in the United States

North Dakota would be handled by the Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis.

4 posted on 04/02/2015 3:12:45 AM PDT by csvset
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To: Former Proud Canadian
Half and half. Momma is a white lady, Roxanne Dubé.


5 posted on 04/02/2015 3:15:38 AM PDT by csvset
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Canadian Consul General to Florida lives in Miami?

Guess when it was a choice between living in the capitol city of Tallahassee or Miami, Dube´ became a Don'tbe´.

6 posted on 04/02/2015 3:15:52 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: csvset

Idiots!


7 posted on 04/02/2015 3:17:13 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: csvset

Just like Obie.


8 posted on 04/02/2015 3:23:15 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Save Western Civilization. Embrace the new Crusades.)
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To: N. Theknow
Miami, on paper, looks like one of the better postings. From the link in a previous post, other cities that she could have been posted to would be:

Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
New York City
San Francisco
Seattle

9 posted on 04/02/2015 3:25:26 AM PDT by csvset
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If you are engaged in the commission of a crime, and someone is killed as part of that, then you are held responsible.

Similar to going to a bar, kicking over several bikes, and then claiming self-defense when you are attacked.


10 posted on 04/02/2015 3:45:07 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: 21twelve
A quick look on line answers my question regarding the drug dealer, Mr Rodriguez.

Florida Statutes

Title XLVI, Crimes, Chapter 776, Justifiable Use of Force

(1) A person is presumed to have held a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another when using or threatening to use defensive force that is intended or likely to cause death or great bodily harm to another if:

(2) The presumption set forth in subsection (1) does not apply if:

(c) The person who uses or threatens to use defensive force is engaged in a criminal activity or is using the dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle to further a criminal activity

Essentially, if you are engaged in criminal activity, you don't have the legal right to defend yourself.

Mr. Rogriguez better call Saul .


11 posted on 04/02/2015 3:50:46 AM PDT by csvset
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Rodriguez is allowed to use deadly force to defend his life, not his contraband.

The youths moved here in February.

I find it hard to believe that they "never had problems" and then, 50 or 60 days after moving to Miami just randomly decided to rob a drugdealer at gunpoint while driving a consular car.

Looks like the Canadian foreign ministry didn't do very well background checking.

My favorite will be the Canadians who, instead of being embarrassed that their diplomatic service sent two violent felons to our country, will protest if the surviving thug gets life.

12 posted on 04/02/2015 3:51:25 AM PDT by wideawake
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Aspiring to be rappers in prison.


13 posted on 04/02/2015 4:00:43 AM PDT by soycd
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Kids should have changed their name to “Doobie” instead trying to steal it


14 posted on 04/02/2015 4:18:58 AM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: csvset

Another senior bureaucrats kids acting like thugs.. Most people don’t know that the Parliament Hill shooter was the son of a Canadian high muckity muck..


15 posted on 04/02/2015 4:20:43 AM PDT by firedoggy111
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To: csvset

Like many other personal disasters, the idea probably made perfect sense until it ran into reality.


16 posted on 04/02/2015 4:21:34 AM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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His 15-year-old brother…  is potentially facing the death penalty.

No, he is not.

  https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/death_penalty

  "the Supreme Court invalidated the death penalty for all juvenile offenders"

17 posted on 04/02/2015 4:22:54 AM PDT by greedo
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Good looking kids, everything going for them, and they want to be gangbangers. It makes no sense at all.


18 posted on 04/02/2015 4:25:38 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: csvset

If I remember correctly my Miami Vice, the son’s of diplomats have immunity and can’t be detained.


19 posted on 04/02/2015 4:30:32 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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To: N. Theknow

Miami is a trade center, the capital of South America

Tallahassee is a trade backwater


20 posted on 04/02/2015 4:32:49 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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