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Caribbean-Latin America
Marines place TJ ***OFF-LIMITS***
2009-01-23
An official has barred Marines from visiting Tijuana as the California border town's drug violence soars.

Lt. Gen. Samuel Helland of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton has restricted travel to Mexico for the unit's 44,000 members, USA Today reports.

"The situation in Mexico is now more dangerous than usual," Mike Alvarez, the unit's civilian public information officer, told the paper. "The intent is just to look out for the Marines' safety and well-being."

Last year, 843 people were killed in Tijuana, up dramatically from its 2007 death toll of 337. Many of the murders were execution-style and the bodies were found decapitated, the paper said.

The Marines said the order was first put in place for the Christmas holidays. USA Today said the order was extended indefinitely last week.
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#8  Tijuana has always been dangerous

LOL I likey.
Posted by: .5MT   2009-01-23 20:03  

#7  Tijuana has always been dangerous - when my son was stationed at Pendleton, he went down there and got his girlfriend's name tattooed on his shoulder. Unfortunately, he broke up with her. And his wife has a different name.
My comment was that I had been married to his mother for almost 30 years, and that MAYBE in another 10 or 20 years, I would think of getting her name tattooed on my shoulder, because by then I would be sure that it was going to last.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2009-01-23 18:21  

#6  
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2009-01-23 14:34  

#5  Iraq is safer than DC too.

US OUT OF DC NOW!! NO BLOOD FOR POLITICIANS!!
Posted by: DarthVader   2009-01-23 14:28  

#4  Iraq is also safer than Detroit and Newark.
Posted by: Steve White   2009-01-23 14:07  

#3  Iraq is safer than Mexico...
Posted by: Plastic Snoopy   2009-01-23 13:19  

#2  What about all 44,000 members of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force making the trip together?
Posted by: ed   2009-01-23 12:27  

#1  I believe that Juarez has been off limits to the soldiers from Ft. Bliss for several years.
Had many a good time there when I was stationed at Beumont/White sands in 72.
Posted by: bman   2009-01-23 12:23  

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