23 Seconds of the Mexican Drug War

Wake27 · 12-15-2008, 02:11 AM

Not sure how many people saw this. The Bentley drive-by made me think of it. Warning, though, its pretty graphic. These unarmed people just get raged on.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,5447755.story

exidisjon · 12-15-2008, 02:29 AM

Link dont work.

endofanera7 · 12-15-2008, 02:36 AM

Link not working!

Wake27 · 12-15-2008, 02:44 AM

That's unfortunate. I put the direct url in the op for now, the link button is being difficult.

Tondtar · 12-15-2008, 02:49 AM

Just take out the <> at each end of the link:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,5447755.story

.:bHd:. · 12-15-2008, 02:54 AM

wow man how can you freakin shoot a girl laying down wounded on the floor? Or innocent people looking for things to buy. Pretty sad

Wake27 · 12-15-2008, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Tondtar

Just take out the <> at each end of the link:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,5447755.story

Oh the link button was making it super complicated. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by .:bHd:.

wow man how can you freakin shoot a girl laying down wounded on the floor? Or innocent people looking for things to buy. Pretty sad

Yeah that was the wife of the off-duty police chief whom the hit was intended for. You can also see the first guy go sliding into the counter, he was one of the hitmen. He got shot by the guy coming in behind him on accident. Too bad he was still moiving when they dragged him out.

txusa03 · 12-15-2008, 10:00 AM

that is just crazy man. But this is back in 2007 and we are almost in 2009. Anything recent on the drug war in Mexico?

schnell325 · 12-15-2008, 10:36 AM

Fucked up.

Razzy · 12-15-2008, 06:48 PM

they should make the border like the wall that was in Doomday.

PLAYON · 12-15-2008, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by txusa03

that is just crazy man. But this is back in 2007 and we are almost in 2009. Anything recent on the drug war in Mexico?

doesnt make it any less dramatic. . .that was horrible.

PLAYON · 12-15-2008, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Prowess Symphony

I visited mexico a while back and hated it. I was scared, the locals spit on me and the group I was traveling with. It was so awful we cut the mexico part of our vacation short and left the same day.

I refuse to ever go back.

lol. . .I suggest you take another trip. . .I went for a night when I was visiting a buddy in El Paso. . .we went into Juarez (sp) for the night. . .If I can have fun there you can have fun wherever you were. But damn they spit on you??? Were you rocking a George Bush t-shirt?

Tondtar · 12-15-2008, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by PLAYON

Were you rocking a George Bush t-shirt?

I guess not ...He'd get shoes thrown at him if he was

aut0sh0cker · 12-15-2008, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Prowess Symphony

I visited mexico a while back and hated it. I was scared, the locals spit on me and the group I was traveling with. It was so awful we cut the mexico part of our vacation short and left the same day.

I refuse to ever go back.

Uhhh where in Mexico were you!???

I have been to Mexico on several occasions, and I will be there again in a week and a half. My experience was pretty much the opposite of yours: locals were very friendly and welcoming and the food was amazing... what's not to like?

Wake27 · 12-15-2008, 07:52 PM

I've heard both sides, being only what like 10-15 miles from the border with Tijuana. Some good times, others not so much. A sailor stationed at an NAS here apparently went down with his family last year. They were kidnapped. And that's all that is really known.

aut0sh0cker · 12-15-2008, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Wake27

I've heard both sides, being only what like 10-15 miles from the border with Tijuana. Some good times, others not so much. A sailor stationed at an NAS here apparently went down with his family last year. They were kidnapped. And that's all that is really known.

I think that if you venture into the parts of Mexico that are not so riddled with tourists you might escape some of the shittyness and condescendery that you have been encountering. (going just 15 miles into Mexico does not represent the country as a whole)

lauer87 · 12-15-2008, 09:22 PM

That is horrible, I didn't read the whole article, but I'm guessing it was a planned assassination of the cop (who unfortunately happened to be with his wife at the time) .

addy85 · 12-15-2008, 11:28 PM

holy shit thats crazy! I don't know how people can do these things.

Jammin Jason · 12-16-2008, 01:03 AM

angle three was the worst. you see that man in white, next to the door, right when men get in, clips of ak47 ammunition was shot at him in very close range...let alone when they exit the man shoots him w/ his pistol on the chest.

txusa03 · 12-16-2008, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by PLAYON

doesnt make it any less dramatic. . .that was horrible.

I agreed. I was just wondering how the crime rate is lately due to the influx of new businesses in mexico with the decline of the US economy. Many ppl go across the border to buy cheap medications (can't afford it in US) during this time and businesses in mexico are picking up dramatically for many towns closer to the border.

TiAg335i · 12-16-2008, 09:28 AM

Just horrible. I can't believe someone would have the mindset to do this. Innocent people, man...and then to shoot a woman while she is down...just sick. RIP.

txusa03 · 12-16-2008, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by damadama

Seems like that entire country's culture teachers people to fuck other people over to get ahead. I've never been so disgusted at the mindset of people as when I went on vacation thru mexico. Its almost like they all teach their children to lie/cheat/steal their way thru life.

Not to say everyone from Mexico is like that... im sure plenty of honest folks came over here for a decent living, but when so much garbage comes across the border with em I say we shut down the border and start hauling the illegals back to where they belong.

My parents waited many years to be able to come study/work in the US... the attitude of some that they have a right to immigrate here w/o papers is

I hope that is not the case and it could be an isolated thing you see in one small town. I have never been to mexico so I have no opinion on their culture. I do not plan to go accross the border with all this violence I hear and read about the drug lords there.

Things are worse in 2008 as indicated by this statement:
MEXICO UNDER SIEGE
Death toll in Mexico's drug war surges
Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora says 5,376 people have been killed so far in 2008, more than twice the toll for the first 11 months of 2007.

link to the 2008 reports on violence in mexico: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,1654684.story

This is basically murder for hire and the drug lords will do what it takes against those who stand in their way of gaining more power.

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.:bHd:. Major 361 Rep 1,149 Posts Drives: E92 335i MT Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: So Cal iTrader: (0)	wow man how can you freakin shoot a girl laying down wounded on the floor? Or innocent people looking for things to buy. Pretty sad __________________
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txusa03 Major General 577 Rep 6,563 Posts Drives: TS330iPPSP6MT Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Planet Earth iTrader: (3)	that is just crazy man. But this is back in 2007 and we are almost in 2009. Anything recent on the drug war in Mexico? __________________ under construction!
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Wake27 Lieutenant Colonel 46 Rep 1,681 Posts Drives: '06 330i ZPP ZSP Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: NoVA missing SoCal iTrader: (1)	I've heard both sides, being only what like 10-15 miles from the border with Tijuana. Some good times, others not so much. A sailor stationed at an NAS here apparently went down with his family last year. They were kidnapped. And that's all that is really known.
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lauer87 Lieutenant 8 Rep 586 Posts Drives: 335xi Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	That is horrible, I didn't read the whole article, but I'm guessing it was a planned assassination of the cop (who unfortunately happened to be with his wife at the time) .
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Jammin Jason We run LA 101 Rep 352 Posts Drives: Slow E90 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Socal iTrader: (0) Garage List 06 E90 [0.00]	angle three was the worst. you see that man in white, next to the door, right when men get in, clips of ak47 ammunition was shot at him in very close range...let alone when they exit the man shoots him w/ his pistol on the chest. __________________ HATERS GONNA HATE
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TiAg335i Trance Life 333 Rep 4,706 Posts Drives: 2007 E92 335i Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Long Island, NY iTrader: (4)	Just horrible. I can't believe someone would have the mindset to do this. Innocent people, man...and then to shoot a woman while she is down...just sick. RIP.
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