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Three Americans among those arrested in Rio Bravo shootout
Houston Chronicle/AP ^ | Jan. 8, 2008

Posted on 01/08/2008 11:15:16 AM PST by SwinneySwitch

McALLEN, Texas — Three Americans were among 10 suspects arrested in a shootout with Mexican federal troops Monday that left three gunmen dead in the Mexican border city of Rio Bravo.

A gunfight broke out in front of the Rio Bravo police station between Mexican soldiers, federal police and suspected drug cartel members, officials said.

The Americans arrested Monday were Esteban Valdez de los Santos of Texas and Ricardo Zamora Lopez and Jose Raul Gonzalez Sanchez, both of Detroit, The McAllen Monitor reported. It wasn't immediately known where in Texas Valdez was from.

The Monitor reported that at least two soldiers and one federal police officer were injured in the fighting. One soldier was hospitalized in Reynosa.

Authorities seized 40 weapons, including AK-47s and AR-15s, as well as three vehicles.

Witnesses described a frightening scene with gunmen breaking down doors and positioning themselves inside homes for the gun battle.

It was the second outbreak of gun violence in Rio Bravo, about 15 miles south of McAllen, in recent months. On Nov. 30, former Rio Bravo Mayor Juan Antonio Guajardo Anzaldu and five others were killed in a shooting outside a downtown restaurant.

After that incident, Mexican President Felipe Calderon sent thousands of soldiers and federal police to calm the city. Tamaulipas state, which is home to Rio Bravo, is the base for the Gulf cartel and has been plagued by drug violence.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Michigan; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: americansmyeye; banglist; corruption; diversity; immigrantlist; mexico; notamericans; riobravo; terrorism; zetas
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US Zetas?
1 posted on 01/08/2008 11:15:16 AM PST by SwinneySwitch
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To: SwinneySwitch

El drugo dealeros de motown.


2 posted on 01/08/2008 11:19:40 AM PST by Soliton
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To: SwinneySwitch

You are probably right.


3 posted on 01/08/2008 11:19:47 AM PST by texastoo ((((((USA)))))((((((, USA))))))((((((. USA))))))))
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To: SwinneySwitch

The Americans arrested Monday were Esteban Valdez de los Santos of Texas and Ricardo Zamora Lopez and Jose Raul Gonzalez Sanchez, both of Detroit, Oh yeah!....I’m sure they are Americans.


4 posted on 01/08/2008 11:21:28 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: texastoo

Anchor baby Americans.


5 posted on 01/08/2008 11:21:51 AM PST by Flavious_Maximus
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To: SwinneySwitch

Let me guess:
John Wayne
James Caan
Walter Brennan

What do I win?


6 posted on 01/08/2008 11:22:45 AM PST by Poser (Willing to fight for oil)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

John Wayne, Dean Martin & Ricky Nelson????????????


7 posted on 01/08/2008 11:23:27 AM PST by Cyman
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To: Poser

Nothing - that was “El Dorado”. ;-)


8 posted on 01/08/2008 11:24:29 AM PST by day10 (Rules cannot substitute for character.)
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To: Poser

“What do I win?”

Nada...wrong movie. LOL


9 posted on 01/08/2008 11:25:52 AM PST by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: Cyman

The Winnah!


10 posted on 01/08/2008 11:26:26 AM PST by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: day10

This sounds more like a remake of “The Wild Bunch”.


11 posted on 01/08/2008 11:26:44 AM PST by Eternal_Bear
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To: SwinneySwitch

Seeing that kind of fire power, is yet another reason that Americans need guns. We’re going to have to be defending ourselves from the scum that is slithering across the border out of Mexico.


12 posted on 01/08/2008 11:27:49 AM PST by NRA2BFree ("The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves!")
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To: SwinneySwitch
"Ricardo Zamora Lopez and Jose Raul Gonzalez Sanchez, both of Detroit"

uh-oh. Professionals. Mucho dinero involved in this one.
13 posted on 01/08/2008 11:28:49 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Poser
Or was it the other movie where John Wayne rides in and saves the drunk sheriff Robert Mitchum?

James Caan (Alan Bourdillion Traherne (’Mississippi’)))was in El Dorado, “Ride, boldly ride”

14 posted on 01/08/2008 11:29:05 AM PST by fungoking
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To: Poser

Nothing. That was El Dorado.


15 posted on 01/08/2008 11:30:08 AM PST by Tribune7 (Dems want to rob from the poor to give to the rich)
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To: SwinneySwitch

These three? Gee, I always thought it only a movie.

16 posted on 01/08/2008 11:30:33 AM PST by meandog (I'm one of the FEW and the BRAVE FReepers still supporting John McCain)
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To: SwinneySwitch

Coming to a town near you.


17 posted on 01/08/2008 11:30:49 AM PST by Bruinator ("It's the Media Stupid.")
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To: SwinneySwitch

These three? Gee, I always thought it only a movie.

18 posted on 01/08/2008 11:30:53 AM PST by meandog (I'm one of the FEW and the BRAVE FReepers still supporting John McCain)
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To: day10

:-)


19 posted on 01/08/2008 11:30:55 AM PST by Tribune7 (Dems want to rob from the poor to give to the rich)
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To: SwinneySwitch
Esteban Valdez de los Santos of Texas and Ricardo Zamora Lopez and Jose Raul Gonzalez Sanchez...

just a few of McCain's amnesty candidates

20 posted on 01/08/2008 11:31:29 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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