Protesting Mother Gunned Down in Mexico

[Elmore Furth]

No one has a sense of humor any more.

'Fuck you, I was just kidding,' just doesn't satisfy gunmen any more.

(AP) Gunmen killed a mother who had been protesting for three days in front of a governor's office in northern Mexico to demand justice for her slain daughter, authorities said Friday.

The brutal killing of activist Marisela Escobedo Ortiz stunned people across Mexico, and a group of women angrily demanding justtice gathered outside the state prosecutors' office in this border city, where the victim's daughter was killed.

The vicious nature of the killing - which was caught on a security camera and broadcast repeatedly on national television - added to the anger. The video shows masked men pull up in a car Thursday night in front of the governor's office in Chihuahua city, the capital of Chihuahua state, where Ciudad Juarez is located.

One man appeared to exchange words with and Escobedo Ortiz, who tried to flee by running across the street. The gunman chased her down and shot her in the head, said Jorge Gonzalez, special state prosecutor for crime prevention.


Protesting Mother Gunned Down in Mexico

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. This is not good

and in Mexico you can bet the video, which was graphic, was shown.

here it would never, ever make it to the teevee machine, too graphic.

That is another country that is coming to a head for other reasons.

[Bobbieo]

3. Please heed nadin - she knows where she 'at' and how she got there!

[subsuelo]

2. Guns.

We're such a stupid species.