Posted on 05/09/2010 5:31:36 PM PDT by Libloather
Killing and kidnapping at Mexico wedding
Published: May 9, 2010 at 4:47 PM
JUAREZ, Mexico, May 9 (UPI) -- Gunmen killed one person at a wedding and kidnapped the groom and three others Friday at a Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, church before escaping, officials say.
Chihuahua State Attorney General's Office spokesman Carlos Gonzalez said "It's unclear if this was gang or drug related," CNN reported.
The shooting victim, described in his 20s, was shot in the back in the church's parking lot while running from the scene, Gonzalez said.
The groom, his brother, uncle and best man were kidnapped, CNN said.
In 2009, Ciudad Juarez had more than 2,600 drug-related deaths, and is alleged to be the most violent city in Mexico.
CNN reports at least 870 people have been killed in Juarez so far this year.
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Do regular Mexican folks ever “have enough” and arm themselves? Or will they die like sheep to the end?
Probably some loner upset about the health care bill.
They carried them over the border into the lawless El Paso area.
Yes, Yes, Yes. Let’s import much more Mexican culture here.
“I don’t blame so many Mexicans for wanting out of their crime-ridden cesspool of a country, but if he open up the borders, the same thing will happen here. We’re already getting some of it.”
We’re getting a lot of it, for too long, all over the country.
You have probably heard me talk about the Mexican Cartels in my area (800 miles from the border).
Last summer, rural residents of Siskiyou County, California.....800 miles from the border, heard groups of ‘spanish speaking’ people walking up and down the roads in the middle of the night, patrolling. The various cartels are here fighting each other over LAND...our national forests, to grow their weed. We are told not to go into the forests for our own safety.
One fire in California last summer, LaBrea, was set by these cartels, consumed 88,000 acres.
Mexico, illegal aliens - TERRORISM, time to call it what it is
http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/2010/05/mexico-illegal-aliens-terrorism-time-to.html
“We need to invade the border states of Mexico and create a buffer state . We could do it in 12 hours. Then we would stop this crap.This is lawless !!”
I said it jokingly, but it would work..... Take a 50 mile strip..of Mexico all along the border. Bring the Israeli’s
in and let them settle it. End of problem.
Coming soon to an Amexican barrio near you, thanks to the open border Quislings.
And in 20 years, that strip would produce more food than California and Florida, and would be exporting hi-tech products.
POST #20 LOLOLOLOL
That's true.
These values don’t stop at the Rio Grande.
It is a long honored tradition for there to be a fistfight at a Mexican wedding, but this is really getting out of hand.
My cousin married a Mexican girl whom he met when he was working for VISTA in early 1970s in Tulare, CA. Her parents were part of the Bracero program during those years. Ne had to pay for the wedding (which certainly surprised my aunt), but what a wedding it was! I still remember it as the most fun wedding I've ever attended.
The wedding was Catholic (he was not) and they must have Baptised him at the rehearsal dinner because it was a surprise to his relatives when he took Communion at the Mass. Rumor was that her father insisted that my cousin be Baptized the night before the wedding, or he'd cancel the whole thing. They are still happily married -- 4 handsome children and a number of grandchildren later. The bride and groom both enjoyed long careers as educators in California. As far as I know, my cousin is still Catholic.
The wedding was in the morning with relatively few people attending. The reception was in the evening. The Anglo guests had to kill time all day in Tulare with no AC and the Mexican guests were all still working the farms during the day. Late in the afternoon, her family and friends brought all the food to the hall and cooked it on the spot for the reception. A band showed up. We all danced including fathers with their small children. It was a very nice crowd that included all ages, but it was really a surprise to all the Anglo relatives that my cousin was required by the owners of the Hall and the Tulare police that he had to hire a couple of policemen to be present at the wedding reception and to patrol the parking lot. Town requirement for all Mexican weddings.
Her family worked the San Joaquin Valley farms for many years. Her parents have since retired to Mexico where my cousin built them a house. I have no idea whether her parents ever became citizens, but of course she is.
This was a happy occasion and an enjoyable mixing of cultures. There was no "trouble", and everyone had a good time. Of course that "town requirement" for a police presence probably forestalled any violence. I wonder if it is possible -- 40 years later -- for a town to require police at Mexican weddings and not at other weddings? I doubt it.
Being Anglos, your cousin’s family was obviously unaware of the fistfight custom, and there was no bad blood between the families. The way I’ve seen it work out is that some hot headed muchacho has too much cerveza and takes a swing at somebody. But at the core will be the words of a woman, perhaps the mother of the groom. You know how mamas can be about their sons!
The most incredible wedding I ever attended was an Italian wedding up in Calgary. Those folks know how to throw a wedding. Oh, the food, delizioso! The Italians do not have the fistfight custom, as they are lovers, not fighters.
“Four Funerals and a Wedding.”
Also, 'Kill Bill'.
My parents hired police for my Italian wedding @ 25 years ago to keep the riff raff out (in)!
Bodies of groom, wedding party members found
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/7001078.html
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