Posted on 10/17/2009 12:08:14 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
In one case, an innocent man died in gang’s 3 tries to kill target
It was not the first time a rival tried to kill Mexican drug cartel-connected gangster Santiago “Chago” Salinas, but it would be the last.
When 28-year-old Salinas was shot in the head at point-blank range three years ago at the Baymont Inn & Suites hotel on the Gulf Freeway, it was the latest round in a deadly feud that has played out here and in Mexico.
Just a few weeks before, Salinas' brother-in-law who also had lived in Houston, was found dead, charred in a barrel of diesel near the city of Monterrey.
Revenge and rivalry murders are part of everyday carnage south of the border, but court papers and interviews document a growing toll in Houston, where an untold number of killers have cartel connections painstakingly being uncovered by authorities.
Houston has long been regarded as a hub for cartel- related trafficking of weapons, but officials said it also is emerging as a magnet for killings and other crimes over cartel connections gone bad.
The back and forth in the killings is undeniable, said Violet Szeleczky, spokeswoman for the Drug Enforcement Administration's Houston Division. “They are just killing themselves,” she said. “Who lost a load within a cell? Who disrespected who by doing this?”
It can take years for authorities to collect the evidence that connects seemingly random murders or robberies to underworld turf wars.
Few killings weave through the hidden connections of criminals in Houston and Mexico like that of Salinas. Three attempts
The shooting at the Baymont hotel marked the third attempt on his life in about a year.
The first came in early 2006. He was shot in the back of the head and left for dead in Mexico.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
More of those not-at-the-Rio-Grand-stopping family values.
Ping!
If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.
MX shouldn’t spend the money needed to investigate and collect evidence. They need to concentrate on taking their product away from them. Other than that, letting them kill each other is a good thing. Why stop them? Civilians should just stay out of the way until the numbers favor a successful all-out assault on them.
So these are just the killings that Americans don’t want to perform, right? Wouldn’t it be great to see about 2 million actual American patriots get together, arm themselves to the teeth and run these thugs out of the country! But then Juan McCain and Lindsey Grahamnesty might lose some votes.
At this point, the only way out is old-style Texas justice; and I dont see that happening unless something is put through the state legislator. It eventually leads to calling up of militia, and I don’t know if Texans have the stomach for that, or the will to impose itself against federal challenges.
But you have to admit, Texas would certainly become center stage, and it would be VERY interesting to watch how it plays out.
I live just on the north side of Houston. I will be glad when our house sells and we can move 2 counties away to our little farm in the country.
“Cartel slayings on the rise in Houston”
Can we stop using that phrase ‘Coming to a town near you” NOW??
From NAFBPO today
Drug Hitmen’ Dismember Bodies Of Victims
Ten decapitated and dismembered bodies have been discovered in the back of
an abandoned van in southern Mexico, police say.
Police found the bodies stuffed in plastic bags in the back of a van
The body parts of the male victims had been stuffed into 18 plastic bin
bags and were found in the state of Guerrero.
Some of the victims were shot before they were beheaded, police said.
Threatening messages signed in the name of the drugs cartel La Familia
were found with the bodies.
“La Familia doesn’t kill innocent people. Those who die have to die,” said
one of the messages.
The cult-like La Familia is based in the neighbouring state of Michoacan
and is said to mix violence and pseudo-religion to inspire its traffickers.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon
Officials say in recent days violence has escalated in Guerrero, a major
hub for drug trafficking and home to the popular resort of Acapulco.
Police found the bodies of three men dumped in a van in a residential
neighbourhood and another body was found outside a cemetery near a small town.
In both incidents, threatening messages were left alongside the bodies,
authorities said.
Soon after taking office in 2006 Mexican President _Felipe Calderon_
(http://indepth.news.sky.com/InDepth/topic/Felipe%20Calderon) launched a
crackdown on drug-related violence and deployed more than 50,000 soldiers
nationwide.
However since that time more than 14,000 people in _Mexico_
(http://indepth.news.sky.com/InDepth/topic/Mexico) have died in incidents linked to
organised crime.
Tia Juana has Found 2 corpses dangling from Bridges in the last 9 days.......
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