3 Men Killed in 2 Attacks in NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico

[Breeze54]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MEXICO_KILLINGS?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL

3 Men Killed in 2 Attacks in Mexico
May 24, 7:43 PM EDT

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) --

Three men were shot to death in two different attacks in this dangerous border city,
bringing to at least 115 the number of people slain by violence this year,
authorities said Wednesday.

A 28-year-old mechanic was shot several times and died outside of his garage Tuesday,
according to Rail Gland, an investigator from the attorney general's office for
Tamaulipas state, which includes Nuevo Laredo.

Police said at least two men armed with machine guns did the shooting,
suggesting it was drug-related.

Just before midnight Tuesday, an unknown number of gunmen with assault rifles
shot and killed two men in a vehicle as they arrived at one of their homes.

Authorities had yet to determine a motive in the second slaying and there were
no arrests made in either case.

Located across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas, this city of about 340,000 has
seen violence skyrocket since last year. Authorities attribute much of it to a pair
of drug gangs who are waging a bloody struggle for control of key cocaine smuggling
corridors into the United States.

Violence here got so bad last summer that President Vicente Fox ordered soldiers
and federal agents to patrol the streets, in hopes of restoring order.
The killings have continued, however.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Baghdad comes to the southern border anyway.

[Chipper Chat]

2. The MSM should report only the "good" news from the border.

How soon before we begin to hear that mantra from the wingnuts?

[Breeze54]

3. But it's ...

... 'all' good news, isn't it?? :sarcasm:

















I hear you!! ;)

[Fierce]

4. Don't forget the women of Juarez, too...

nt

[Breeze54]

7. No, but do you

have a link to the story? :shrug:

I read about it. It's atrocious!!! :grr:

I have this one, but it has a lot of stories.
http://www.narconews.com/Issue41/article1831.html

[Fierce]

8. I meant in general.

It's an ongoing story; women have been dying there for years. Google juarez and women and you'll get more than you wanted to know.

[madokie]

5. Its what's to be expected when you have a pResident of the US

running around killing people like there is no tomorrow. The example he sets

[Breeze54]

6. Yes, and back to Reagan's "War on Drugs" farce!

The Reagan War on Drugs... what a complete joke!!

[madokie]

9. all I know is when ronnie was in the whitehouse you could get any

kind and quantities of any drugs on the street, like they were bringing them in themselves...