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| 6 Mexican cops run from cartel hitmen who execute man in front of his family |
| 2016-02-03 |
| A dramatic video in Mexico shows at least six police officers running away from cartel members who ended up murdering a businessman as his family watched in horror. The man's family reached out to police for help when a group of gunmen showed up at their house in Cristo Rey, Sinaloa and dragged him out of the house, according to local newspaper Noroeste. But instead of helping the family, the officers showed up, saw they were outmanned, and ran away, cell phone video captured by the family shows. When you need to defend yourself NOW, the police are only minutes away. If they choose to respond. The images show the officers running toward a state police vehicle and a municipal police patrol car, getting in and taking off. "Puncture the tire, puncture the tire. These (profanity) are going to take off," a woman's voice can be heard saying on the video. The gunmen take the man, later identified as 27-year-old EliĂĄs Constantino, to the middle of the street in broad daylight. "They're going to kill him. They're going to kill him," people are heard shouting. Shots are heard and a black vehicle is seen leaving town a few seconds later. Piercing screams could be heard as gunshots rang out. Four state police officers and two municipal officers fled town, Escuinapa's police chief told Mexican media outlets. The officers have given statements to prosecutors, telling investigators that they fled because they were outnumbered, the police chief said. Constantino's body was dumped on the MazatlĂĄn-Durango highway. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #7 Then he replied: "I am Friar Alberigo; He am I of the fruit of the bad garden, Who here a date am getting for my fig." "O," said I to him, "now art thou, too, dead?" And he to me: "How may my body fare Up in the world, no knowledge I possess. Such an advantage has this Ptolomaea, That oftentimes the soul descendeth here Sooner than Atropos in motion sets it. And, that thou mayest more willingly remove From off my countenance these glassy tears, Know that as soon as any soul betrays As I have done, his body by a demon Is taken from him, who thereafter rules it, |
| Posted by: james 2016-02-03 20:37 |
| #6 JHH, I don't know about being alone but the company may not be the best. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-02-03 12:40 |
| #5 Bob: People like this, they take something from you and you let them... and they just act like they keep coming back. And you still owe them something and they never, never change. You can never change their mind. (Both quotes are from The Drop) |
| Posted by: JHH 2016-02-03 12:34 |
| #4 cops maybe never got any plato, but they made sure they never got any plomo. I judge not. |
| Posted by: Bov Flimbers 2016-02-03 03:43 |
| #3 Erstwhile, might be a good idea to see a specialist ASAP and at least annually. |
| Posted by: Fairbanks 2016-02-03 03:17 |
| #2 Old Bob old boy, I'm currently watching "No Country For Old Men," and so can somewhat empathize with your literary take on death and the running officers. |
| Posted by: Fairbanks 2016-02-03 03:04 |
| #1 Bob: There are some sins that you commit that you can't come back from, you know, no matter how hard you try. You just can't. It's like the devil is waiting for your body to quit. Because he knows, he knows that he already owns your soul. And then I think maybe there's no devil. You die... and God, he says, Nah, nah you can't come in. You have to leave now. You have to leave and go away and you have to be alone. You have to be alone forever. |
| Posted by: JHH 2016-02-03 01:12 |