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Firebird
03-14-2010, 07:39 PM
A U.S. employee of the Ciudad Juarez Consulate and her husband were gunned down in their car, in front of their young daughter, after leaving a consulate social event. In another part of the city, a Mexican staffer was killed after being followed from the same event. State is authorizing families to leave border consulate postings. This comes on the heels of the closing of the Reynosa consulate.

Things are getting wooly out there. Killing foreign diplomats has not been SOP for drug cartels. Many, many prayers to the consulate community and the families of the victims.
JagFan
03-14-2010, 07:56 PM
It saddens me greatly to see what has happened to El Paso and Juarez. They used to be true sister cities.

Here is a link to the story in the El Paso Times

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_14673400
F18mustang
03-14-2010, 07:59 PM
It saddens me greatly to see what has happened to El Paso and Juarez. They used to be true sister cities.

Here is a link to the story in the El Paso Times

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_14673400

I don't remember it, but when I lived there as a baby my parents would take me shopping over there because everything was so much cheaper. We used to go to the dog races every month too.
JagFan
03-14-2010, 08:09 PM
I don't remember it, but when I lived there as a baby my parents would take me shopping over there because everything was so much cheaper. We used to go to the dog races every month too.

It was nothing to go shopping or go over for dinner. The dog races were fun. And of course the weekend parties, that some moms still don't know about.

We didn't think twice about just driving over during the day or in the early evening. The late night stuff could be dangerous, but if you had money or knew who to call it was all ok. Nothing like now. We went back and forth at ease. In fact at the bridge they would only ask what country and we said America and went past. No Id's or anything.
stevefoxsc
03-14-2010, 10:20 PM
can't we just roll in with some tanks?

I mean seriously whats Mexico gonna do? Call out the donkey defense line.
svhorns
03-14-2010, 10:44 PM
can't we just roll in with some tanks?

I mean seriously whats Mexico gonna do? Call out the donkey defense line.

Dude.

You're underestimating the donkey defense.
stevefoxsc
03-14-2010, 11:57 PM
Dude.

You're underestimating the donkey defense.

you're right...

We better call Canada for this one.

We're gonna need the might snowball fleet on this one.
yallerjacket2
03-15-2010, 03:41 AM
http://www.fototime.com/E3CE3459FDA9FD4/orig.jpg
JagFan
03-29-2010, 01:42 PM
Arrests have been made:

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_14778415
BDB
03-29-2010, 11:04 PM
it's worse than they're letting the world know.

hmmmmm how are these cartels getting money? someone? anyone?
yankee
03-30-2010, 12:08 AM
it's worse than they're letting the world know.

Hmmmmm how are these cartels getting money? Someone? Anyone?

make marijuana legal omg i got it.
JagFan
03-30-2010, 05:28 AM
it's worse than they're letting the world know.

hmmmmm how are these cartels getting money? someone? anyone?

Except they traffic much much more than marijuana.

I talked with an old friend and she said Jag you have no idea how bad it is. She thinks it is only a matter of time before it really spills over into the US.
ktCarl
03-30-2010, 06:16 AM
I had a post in here and it disappeared. :saber:
JagFan
03-30-2010, 06:17 AM
I had a post in here and it disappeared. :saber:

What did it say?
ktCarl
03-30-2010, 06:20 AM
What did it say?


I don't know. It's not here anymore for me to read.
mojotrain
03-30-2010, 03:07 PM
In 1947 one of my step dads, my mom and I would walk across the bridge to eat. The Rio had a little water flow beneath it then and Mexican kids would get in the water under the bridge and people would throw change to them. Mom would let me go down to near waters edge and she would throw coins at me. Whatever I caught or picked up I would then give to the xylophone player in the club where we ate. Guess you can't do that any more.
BDB
03-30-2010, 04:28 PM
Except they traffic much much more than marijuana.

I talked with an old friend and she said Jag you have no idea how bad it is. She thinks it is only a matter of time before it really spills over into the US.

mexico is the leading producer of meth. that's where another chunk of their money is, along with coke.
JagFan
03-30-2010, 04:54 PM
mexico is the leading producer of meth. that's where another chunk of their money is, along with coke.

I remember in my younger more adventurous days going over to Juarez to party. You could see them selling coke and pot on street corners and in the bars. I guess all the civilities of those days are gone. And no we did not buy but knew what was going on it was right there in front of you.