Posted on 06/09/2005 6:00:30 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
MONTERREY, Mexico — For weeks, no one applied for the Nuevo Laredo police chief job. Many saw it as a death sentence. But Alejandro Dominguez proudly took office on Wednesday, saying he wasn't afraid of anything. Nine hours later, he was ambushed and killed by gunmen who fired some three dozen times. Dominguez's violent death was the latest blow to Nuevo Laredo, a city across from Laredo, Texas, that has been crippled by a wave of drug violence. The city is on the front line of a turf battle between Mexico's two largest drug gangs, the Gulf and Juarez cartels. Since January, more than 60 people have been killed there, including several city police officers.
President Vicente Fox's administration sent in 700 soldiers and federal agents in March to try to restore law and order. Dominguez, a businessman who once worked at the federal Attorney General's office, was sworn in Wednesday afternoon, and promised to weed out corruption in the city. "I don't owe anybody anything. My duty is to the citizenry," he said. "I think those who should be afraid are those who have been compromised." After dark, a group of assailants opened fire as he climbed into his Ford Lobo outside the city's business chamber, which he led.
State police director Fernando Vallejo said officials had recovered 35 to 40 casings from assault rifles similar to those used by drug gangs. A witness told authorities Dominguez was targeted by a group of men who arrived in three dark Chevy Suburbans. "They cut him off so he couldn't go," said the witness, who asked not to be identified. "They shot him from inside (the vehicles) and then got out to shoot him some more." The witness said that once Dominguez was dead, the gunmen climbed back into the Suburbans and drove slowly away, with their lights turned off.
Last month, Nuevo Laredo Mayor Daniel Pena said no one had come forward to replace Police Chief Jose Valdes, who left the post to become City Council secretary. Dominguez was selected from a group of three potential candidates. He was the only one to voluntarily seek the job. Authorities say drug violence in Nuevo Laredo intensified after the 2003 arrest of Osiel Cardenas, the alleged leader of the Gulf Cartel, in the nearby city of Matamoros. They say accused drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been fighting Cardenas to gain access to drug smuggling routes in Nuevo Laredo and other border cities. The U.S. government has issued a warning to tourists traveling to the border, at the request of U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza. Garza has come under fire from Mexican officials who say the warning is unnecessary.
700 troops and no one there to protect him? Hellloooooo????
A. By the rigor mortis.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
The whole country needs an enema. Time for a great wall of the US south and north.................
The next chief will be on the take. They make an "attempt" on his life and then sign an agreement to stop their criminal behavior. Then it's business as usual.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
I assume that the culprits were members of his own police force.
How soon will it be before the same thing happens in an American city?
Ping!
This quaint Mexican custom will come to America along with the immivasion.
Very good question. However, our nation's "politically correct" disease will prevent action until it really hurts or is fatal!
America, See thy future - Ping.
It is already here, though on a lesser scale. Once this kind of thing takes root, it is nearly impossible to destroy it. Look at the result of the WOD. There must be corruption for the large amounts to reach our shores. Why are the ingredients for Meth still available over the counter? Shouldn't it require ID to purchase it, with a registry? How do drugs get into prison? Why do the lowest members of a drug ring get serious time, while the top guy gets off scot free?
Vince Fox is a corrupt man... those 700 troops are prolly there to help the drug runners move the product to the US.
10 bucks says a group of these "troops" killed him...
Uhhhhh...I dunno...the problem with Mexico, is the Mexican Populace. They are largely passive, afraid, and poor with no interest in helping the situation.
In the U.S. the citizenry is quite different...wouldn't go all doom an gloom just yet.
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When you look at this alongside Presidente Fox's forced comments on immigration, African Americans and the police murders in Denver I need to laugh. I have never understood why Americans still go on holiday in Mexico while they tolerate this level of crime and corruption domestically. Even the Mexican elite dont live there anymore for fear their kids will be grabbed. As I have said before "guess who owns the hotels" They are looking for assets to roll narco money into. Lets think......hmmm sell drugs take dollars build hotels take dollars. Send our poor North to take dollars and alleviate the domestic political problems as seen in Chiapas. And lets just say you were in trouble there would you feel the police could or would help you!
The US Marines could do it in short order. Of course, sorting out the bad guys from the good guys isn't really their schtick...
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