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| More on the Busted Celebration in Sonora |
| 2010-05-29 |
| Rinsed through Babelfish and then edited/rewritten for clarity. This is a very strange story: Apparently someone in the US Embassy was briefed on the incident, but there is no indication in the press that any Americans were busted in VÃÂcam. Note: VÃÂcam is in an area of southern Sonora where remnants of the Yaqui indian tribe have settled. For more than 16 hours continuously, residents of VÃÂcam remained locked up in their houses, during a celebration between the streets Oviächic and Vicente Guerrero. One of the residents told Mexican reporters the celebration began at 0900 on Wednesday, but, shooting started an hour later. The fear of being hit by stray bullets forced them inside their homes while the party guests continued the celebration. "At the 2:00 of afternoon the band arrived, so the firings became more frequent, because the musicians began to send greetings to them by the microphones", said the resident. At 18:15 hours arrived the first police agents, about 30 minutes later arrived the federal police and elements from the Mexican Army as reinforcements. "We do not know what happened exactly, because we were locked up, we listened to firings, then suddenly, very few , and later everything calmed, but nobody dared to leave, because the police were everywhere, in the streets and alleys," said a resident. The neighbors agreed that violent acts in the last few months that have taken place in the Yaqui community, has broke the tranquillity of the inhabitants. Residents have asked to the municipal and state authorities to have more presence in the town. Apparently no one was wounded in the gunfire, according to the Chihuahua Attorney General, but the PGR is still investigating the incident. Other reports say that four people were arrested for carrying illegal arms, probably AK-47s, and those arrested were transferred by truck to Hermosillo, Sonora early the next morning. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 I will lay money on the fact that the supposed "Yanqui" gunmen all have Hispanic names, and are brand new or 2nd generation illegals. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2010-05-29 16:43 |
| #1 Bunch of liquored-up Yaquis. With guns. Check Please! |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-05-29 13:52 |