[La Lydia]

Wish they would have said what is being done to secure that lake and the surrounding U.S. border. Ahem.

[Waverunner]

Navy Seal Teams - Fast Boats - Coast Guard Interdiction Jayhawks - A-10’s on Call .... Oh wait, Obama doesn’t give a shit.

[itsahoot]

Wish they would have said what is being done to secure that lake and the surrounding U.S. border.

Actually they did. Nothing.

[RWGinger]

The issue with the lake is that over half of it is in Mexico so it is really hard to make it safe.

This news makes it look more like the 2 were involved in a drug deal. They did not deserve this no matter what and they don’t deserve the mexican gov’t doing nothing

thanks for the link

[rickb308]

It was the wife. Something’s fishy./s
What were the other accusations/excuses Freepers gave, even after REPEATEDLY being told that this was par for the course in this area/on this lake?

[SENTINEL]

Since 2006, over 28,000 people have been killed in the mexican/US border area drug war.

That's more than half of all the US troops killed in Vietnam.

[ScottinVA]

Gonzalez expressed frustration with Mexican law enforcement, saying sometimes "they just won’t call back," but said he’s optimistic the killers will eventually be caught and brought to justice...

By WHOM???? If the past is any indication, the "law enforcement" in Mexico cashes cartel paychecks. Don't insult our intelligence, Mr. Gonzalez.

[OldDeckHand]

I’m still pissed that there were voices in the “immigrant community” that were peddling the idea that Hartley shot her husband and was just trying to “blame the Mexicans”. All that nonsense disappeared after the Mexican investigator was decapitated. This latest development only underscores what miserable liars there are in the so-called “immigrant community”.

[smokingfrog]

They never did recover the guy’s body, did they?

[no-to-illegals]

This situation is moving much slower, than I would like. I do not have a say, so what is done will be on their own (LEO's) schedule. I noticed down thread where Mexican officials are, per your post at #7 there is no reason why we could not be policing the entire body of water except that the Mexicans object. Is this opinion or fact? I have no reason to doubt it is a fact, yet I am not close enough to the situation to be involved and wonder are Mexican officials actually speaking this way. I do not doubt Mexican officials would speak this way, yet I have seen no official report where Mexican officials have spoken and said such. Just asking. I've seen no mention of the comment till now. Since I cannot read everything, I could have missed a report of this being said by Mexican officials or a Mexican official. Any thoughts?

[oh8eleven]

Wish they would have said what is being done to secure
that lake and the surrounding U.S. border.
My solution ...

[The Sons of Liberty]

IF we ever get a REAL president again, I'd like their inauguration speech to begin:

"Effective 12 Noon, I have order the Department of Defense to take all necessary steps to secure America's borders; I have also directed the law enforcement authorities to round up and expedite the removal of ANY person in this Country illegally [including the former occupant of the White House] ..."

[savedbygrace]

Wednesday, Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez said he recently received information on two additional suspects who may have disposed of Hartley's body and jet ski. He declined to name them, saying, "We don’t want to alert them that we know who's involved."

I'm probably missing something, but this appears on it's face to be a very stupid statement to make.

Instead, he should have said they know who got rid of the body and then name two Zetas who they know are NOT directly involved. Imagine the reactions of each of the four men.

[mmichaels1970]

U.S. investigators say the gunmen were "authorized" by their cartel to kill Hartley's wife, as well. David Hartley

Any further info on "why"? Did they just do this for the fun of it? Robbery? Accidental trespassing on cartel turf?

[SwinneySwitch]

Zapata ping!

[prairiebreeze]

"They were targeted because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time."

Obviously. And it's still darned odd they elected to ride on the Mexican side after living in Reynosa for two years. Maybe just a case of terribly poor judgement? Or desensitization of the risks?

Thanks for the pings Swinney

[devane617]

I admit I haven’t kept up with this story, so excuse me if I ask a simple question:
Why were they being targeted by gangs to be killed in the first place? If the gangs knew to kill her also, then someone had some pretty good information that she would be there and where they were to be found. If I missed this part of the story, please point me in the right direction.

[wolfcreek]

The USBP sent additional boats to the lake and the Mexican gov. sent 3000 troops on their side. Unfortunately, the whole area is a battle zone with at least 2 cartels fighting each other and the MexFeds.

http://immigrationclearinghouse.org/federal-reinforcements-arrive-in-the-state-of-tamaulipas/

We have friends who live in Reynosa that tell of horrific battles in the streets on an almost daily basis.

[AuntB]

All the proof in the world won’t convince the FR open border/MExico first crowd of this widow’s innocence.

Now we have another dead BP agent, courtesy of Mexico’s invasion. They won’t care about that either.