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| A Dozen Acapulco Taxi Drivers and Riders Slaughtered |
| 2011-02-21 |
| This weekend a least 9 taxi drivers have been murdered in Acapulco, as the Mexican Open Tennis Tournament comes to town. Three riders have also been killed, and multiple cabs torched. One driver was decapitated. Cabbies have been targets and/or recruits for the drug cartels. Four suspects have been detained but who knows if they are the right ones (one had a grenade, which is a promising sign.) This synopsis is an unrecognizable rewrite of A-pee. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #2 Yeah, what Pappy said. You need to whack a few cabbies at once so it doesn't look like traditional robbery-gone-wrong, but the scale here suggests either some previous resistance to the idea or a turf war. As for the Mexican Open Tennis Tournament, I didn't know there was such a thing. Activities that scare the tourists, especially high-rollers, tend to draw a strong response from the authorities. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-02-21 16:14 |
| #1 Cabbies have been targets and/or recruits for the drug cartels. I'd be more apt to label it an attempt to either control the taxi market or encouragement to accept a 'business insurance' proposal. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-02-21 11:28 |