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Mayor slain in Mexican border town
AP via Breitbart ^ | Oct 9, 2009 | N/A

Posted on 10/08/2009 9:51:08 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar

Unidentified assailants kidnapped and killed the top official of the border town of Palomas, across from New Mexico, on Thursday. Town Mayor Estanislao Garcia Santelis had long complained about the drug traffickers and migrant smugglers active around Palomas.

Arturo Sandoval, a spokesman for the prosecutor's office in northern Chihuahua state, said Garcia Santelis' bullet-riddled body was found near a burned-out pickup truck and bore signs of torture.

Palomas made headlines in 2008 when its police chief sought asylum in the U.S. after his deputies abandoned him and he received death threats. The Mexican army subsequently took over law enforcement in the tiny town.

Garcia Santelis led protests against high electricity rates,

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Mexico; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: kidnapping; mayor; mexico; murder; palomas; torture

1 posted on 10/08/2009 9:51:08 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar

This is very not good :(


2 posted on 10/08/2009 9:52:22 PM PDT by EDINVA (Obama CAN'T see the Olympics from his back porch !)
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To: CedarDave

Heads up.


3 posted on 10/08/2009 9:52:42 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (A mob of one.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

unidentified assailants.... geez, who could they possibly be??... let me guess... let me guess... Barbie salespersons? Amway?


4 posted on 10/08/2009 9:59:04 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Jet Jaguar

Oh, Man, am I gladder than ever that I didn’t buy that cheap parcel of land south of Deming that I was looking at a couple of years ago.


5 posted on 10/08/2009 10:00:08 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Jet Jaguar
"Heads up."

Eyes open and powder dry. Mexican border towns are little better than cesspools.

6 posted on 10/08/2009 10:03:21 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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To: GeronL
"unidentified assailants.... geez, who could they possibly be??... let me guess... let me guess... Barbie salespersons? Amway?"

That border needs to closed off. Thank God I am not close to it.

7 posted on 10/08/2009 10:07:34 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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To: blackbart.223
"That border needs to closed off. "

You are right - but it should have happened on 9/12/01. Closed and sealed tight - with everything we had: drones, troops, national guard, and a border patrol that wouldn't be sent to prison for guarding it from the intruders.

8 posted on 10/08/2009 10:20:30 PM PDT by yorkie
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To: Jet Jaguar

coming to a town near you...


9 posted on 10/08/2009 10:30:01 PM PDT by NewLand (What does 0bama know and when did he know it?)
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To: Jet Jaguar

This Mayor should have crossed the border and became a Mayor of an American city that no American wanted to be the Mayor of.


10 posted on 10/08/2009 10:49:04 PM PDT by pennyfarmer (Your Socialist Beat our Liberal)
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To: blackbart.223

I am near Dallas. I am not real comfortable.


11 posted on 10/08/2009 11:27:49 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL
"I am near Dallas. I am not real comfortable."

I can't blame you. I'm far to the north of you but the problem will migrate if is not dealt with at the source. Stay safe.

12 posted on 10/09/2009 7:38:47 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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To: yorkie
"You are right - but it should have happened on 9/12/01. Closed and sealed tight - with everything we had: drones, troops, national guard, and a border patrol that wouldn't be sent to prison for guarding it from the intruders."

The turds in D.C. need the votes coming from south of the border. This is a disgrace.

13 posted on 10/09/2009 7:42:04 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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To: blackbart.223
"This is a discrace.

Yes, it most certainly is.

14 posted on 10/09/2009 8:47:17 PM PDT by yorkie
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To: Jet Jaguar; GOPsterinMA; woerm; bert; altura; bunster; waterhill; FlyingEagle; Playa Pete; ...

Ping-)))

If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.


15 posted on 10/09/2009 8:49:50 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch (Mexico - beyond your expectations!)
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