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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSt Valentine Gunned Down...
The suspect who was linked to several high-impact crimes of passion, was killed after an exhaustive man hunt in Matamoros, Mexico, apparently in a territorial dispute.
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)A City in northern Mexico, across the Rio Grande, at the center of the drug wars.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)It is a heraldic name; goes back to the reconquest of Spain from the Moors. It is the name given to Santiago (St James) patron saint and defender of Spain.
It is now the name of a city in northern Mexico involved in some of the bloodiest territorial fights between drug lords.
Hence, the black humor...
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Hopefully appropriate in this context.
siligut
(12,272 posts)So sad.
nuxvomica
(12,442 posts)He's a known troublemaker, a hired "bow" for the diamond, floral and chocolate rackets. We'll have to wait and see what the DNA results tell us but make no mistake, this was one of the bad guys.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)AKA Eros, AKA The Cherub
I love it!
siligut
(12,272 posts)Response to Xipe Totec (Original post)
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