Posted on 05/30/2023 3:26:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
-A gunman shot at a vehicle the Tijuana mayor's bodyguard was in -Three people were arrested for this incident, but threats haven't stopped -Mexico's president spoke out in defense of Mayor Montserrat Caballero
Montserrat Caballero, the mayor of the Mexican border city of Tijuana, right across from San Diego, California, has been receiving threats from the drug cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación.
These threats drew the attention of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who promised during a news conference last Thursday to protect Caballero from any possible threats of violence.
“Montserrat is not alone, she has all our backing,” López Obrador said, according to Border Report. “This woman who has been getting threats lately, who runs that border city, is a migrant from Oaxaca. She’s an extraordinary woman, humble, hardworking, honest.”
On May 17, a member of the mayor’s security team was targeted when a gunman in an SUV with California license plates opened fire on a vehicle her bodyguard was in.
The bodyguard had been outside of a beauty salon that was being inspected moments before Caballero was set to arrive, Border Report wrote. The San-Diego Tribune reported the guard only suffered injuries related to the truck’s window being impacted.
Coast Guard airlifts 3-year-old girl from cruise ship Authorities later discovered the SUV and recovered from it three long loaded guns and several bulletproof vets.
According to Tijuana police, three people were arrested in connection to this incident. A motive has not yet been revealed.
Following the assassination attempt on the mayor’s bodyguard, two ‘Narco-banners’ popped up at two separate locations in Tijuana with threats to Tijuana’s chief of police and the head of his department’s special forces. The banners were addressed to Caballero and signed by the Jalisco Nueva Generación.
Caballero blamed Ricardo Iván Carpio Sánchez, Baja California’s Attorney General, for the lack of security in Tijuana.
The mayor took to social media to say she would hold Carpio Sánchez responsible should anything happen to her, her family or members of her team.
At a news conference, Carpio Sánchez said he respected Caballero’s opinion, but added that “the city’s security is the responsibility of the local government,” Border Report wrote. Carpio Sánchez also said he reached out to the mayor to see if she had any information that could help officials with their investigation.
Lucky us. The worse country on earth and it borders ours.
The worst country on earth?
Yup, President Trump was right about the need to bomb the cartels.
Federales ought to set up death squads then go balls to the wall if they want to rid the country of cartels. Or they can take the bribe and stay alive.
Chicago more dangerous than Mexico City and without it’s charm.
Don’t be so hard on Canada.😎
>>>The worst country on earth?>>>
What other country is a narco state run by Cartels that are behind the invasion of a neighbor? At least North Korea doesn’t allow anyone to leave......or drugs. Dang.......u don’t see it?
>>>Don’t be so hard on Canada.>>>
Ok...I take it back. :)
>>>Chicago more dangerous than Mexico City and without it’s charm.>>>>
Give me a bullet from a Chicago bro any day over a cartel beheading of me and my family.
That’s the only solution at this point. We are now forced to invade them. Trump is spot on.
Yeah, they do it more brutally south of the border.
And they include the spouses, kids, pets, .....I wouldn’t step foot across the border. I might pass through Chi town and stop to get a slurpee ......maybe.
I hear you. I grew up on south side and feel I could go back to my old ‘hood and safely interact with the brothers.(I’d be armed though!)
I’m always amused by the lack of world view, head in the sand, moms basement keyboard warrior attitude on this board. Conservatives clearly need to experience the world more often. Either that or stfu about things you know nothing about.
I would recommend they watch the movie “Sicario”.
Thanks. I just added it to my watch list.
Good idea. Develop the fear to the max. Meanwhile 10 people shot dead and 50 wounded in Chicago this past weekend.
“Authorities later discovered the SUV and recovered from it three long loaded guns and several bulletproof vets.”
Impossible. Guns are illegal in Mexico. And those must be some very tough vets.
L
Sicaro should be shown on a big screen in a joint session of Congress.
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