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2007-01-03 Caribbean-Latin America

Mexican Soldiers, Federales Invade Tijuana

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-01-03 19:39|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So the Mexican government has decided to invade Mexico?

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2007-01-03 20:39|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-01-03 20:39|| Front Page Top

#2 The local police have had their share of the spoils of corruption, so it is now the Federales turn. My unsupported theory, heh.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-01-03 21:38|| 2007-01-03 21:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Mexico's municipal police are so poorly paid and badly equipped that even officers not in the pay of crime gangs are widely considered inept.

To add to that, a significant percentage of TJ's police vehicles were stolen from the US.

Posted by Pappy 2007-01-03 21:41|| 2007-01-03 21:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Now if we could get our own jackass president to take an interest in border issues, the real Americans may finally be served by our inept Federales.

Posted by wxjames 2007-01-03 21:45|| 2007-01-03 21:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Purist Mafiosi won't care whom or what -ism is in charge as long as they accept offers they can't refuse. That being said, World Mafias gener make more $$$ from stable, prosperous societies than the opposite - they need vestiges of freedoms to make their honest = dishonest $$$, and won't get that from Totalitarian or Despotic regimes.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-01-03 22:44|| 2007-01-03 22:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Tijuana has been plagued by fighting between rival drug gangs. Last year, there were more than 300 killings in the city. In one of the most gruesome crimes, assailants in June abducted three policemen and a civilian in the nearby town of Rosarito, killing them and dumping their severed heads on a Tijuana beach.

Posted by crazyhorse 2007-01-03 23:39|| 2007-01-03 23:39|| Front Page Top

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