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| Chihuahua investigator shot dead in southeast Juarez |
| 2010-05-08 |
| (El Paso Times) - An investigator with the Chihuahua state attorney general was shot dead Thursday night in southeast Juarez inside a car. Chihuahua state officials said Juan Luis Vasquez Pérez, 37, worked collecting evidence at murder scenes in Juarez. Vasquez Pérez was shot 17 times about 9:30 p.m. He had been driving a 2000 Volkswagen Jetta. In all, investigators said, 11 homicides occurred Thursday. Three men were killed on the outskirts of Juarez about 9:45 p.m. Thursday, Chihuahua state police said. Police have not identified the men, but two of them appear to be between 30 and 35, and one between 16 and 20. The attack occurred in Loma Blanca, a town in the Valley of Juarez, right across the border from San Elizario. The men were found near the highway that connects Juarez to all the southeast rural towns of the valley. Earlier on Thursday, two women died violently in the same town. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 there would be a tremendous uproar on the part of our citizens. There already is a tremendous uproar, JohnQC, although we don't much see it here in the hinterlands. The first round was the Minuteman movement guarding the border a few years ago; they were vilified as violent white supremacist types, and as far as I know, eventually got tired of fighting the bad press. The current round encompasses the tea partiers, who are very active in the border states, and the anti-illegal laws recently passed and signed in Arizona. I don't think the vilification campaign will work as well this time. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-05-08 17:47 |
| #6 I have a feeling that if the violence on the U.S. side of the border increased much there would be a tremendous uproar on the part of our citizens. Washington might be forced to get off the dime and do something reasonable rather than troll for votes. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-05-08 15:42 |
| #5 Not that the 2nd Amendment is mumbo jumbo... on the contrary. |
| Posted by: Ay Chihuahua 2010-05-08 14:41 |
| #4 Mexican citizens couldn't protect themselves with some fancy 2nd Amendment mumbo jumbo that says they can carry guns. Narcotraffikers have the government outgunned and the civilians have no intention of rising up against them, even if there was some official right to bear arms legislation meant for citizens to protect themselves. They're way past that. |
| Posted by: Ay Chihuahua 2010-05-08 14:39 |
| #3 Probably further checking will find that Mexico gun rights are like Chicage, Washington, DC, NYC, California. Sorry for the running post. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-05-08 14:14 |
| #2 Lo, a little further checking indicated: Mexican constitutional rights have long included the right to carry arms. The 1857 Constitution included the right to carry arms. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-05-08 14:12 |
| #1 TW: Perhaps if Mexico had a Constitutional provision for the 2nd Amendment, the citizens could protect themselves. I guess the ruling class is afraid of this. They would either protect themselves or there would be a revolution. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-05-08 14:01 |