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2 Texas missionaries murdered in north Mexico
Fox News ^ | 2-3-12

Posted on 02/03/2012 7:17:54 PM PST by SJackson

A couple from Texas who moved to a violence-plagued area of northern Mexico to run a Baptist church were found murdered on Tuesday in their ransacked home, relatives said.

John and Wanda Casias, originally from Amarillo, Texas, moved to an area outside of Monterrey, Mexico, in the late 1970s or early 1980s to make it their home. Valerie Alirez, the eldest child of John Casias, said one of her brothers found her father and stepmother dead on Tuesday in their home in Santiago, Nuevo Leon.

John Casias, 76, was a Baptist preacher and the couple ran the First Fundamentalist Independent Baptist Church in Santiago, she said.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baptist; casias; christian; christianpersecution; christians; killingamericans; killingchristians; mexico; missionaries; missionary; nuevoleon; persecution; santiago; texas

1 posted on 02/03/2012 7:17:58 PM PST by SJackson
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To: SJackson

Proselytizing is a sure-fire way to get you killed these days, unless...........


2 posted on 02/03/2012 7:30:51 PM PST by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: SJackson

Proselytizing is a sure-fire way to get you killed these days, unless...........


3 posted on 02/03/2012 7:31:18 PM PST by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: SJackson

More likely than not, the racist pig Holder put out a hit order on these crackers.


4 posted on 02/03/2012 7:33:26 PM PST by sergeantdave
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To: SJackson

Might want to.....I dunno, stay the heck out of Mexico? I’ve heard about a little dust-up they’ve had going on down there for a little while. It’s supposed to be pretty bad.


5 posted on 02/03/2012 7:33:26 PM PST by Grunthor (Mitt Romney and anyone supporting him can go fornicate themselves with a cactus)
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To: elkfersupper

I guess there wasn’t enough sin north of the border.

Violent crimes involve force or threat of force. (UCR Definition)

Violent Crimes - Laredo, TX

Year
2009

Population
226,944

Occurrences
1,294

Occurrences (per 10k)
57.0

Year
2008

Population
222,870

Occurrences
1,357

Occurrences (per 10k)
60.9

Year
2007

Population
221,253

Occurrences
1,281

Occurrences (per 10k)
57.9

Year
2006

Population
214,670

Occurrences
1,198

Occurrences (per 10k)
55.8

Laredo, TX Forceable Rape Crime Statistics

In 2009, Laredo, Texas had 3.2 occurrences of forcible rape per 10k persons in a population of 226,944 in 2009. The total known offenses of forcible rape in Laredo in 2009 was 73. There were 96 known offenses in 2006, 81 in 2007, and 78 in 2008.

Forcible rape is the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Rapes by force and attempts or assaults to rape regardless of the age of the victim are included. Statutory offenses (no force used—victim under age of consent) are excluded. (UCR Definition)

Forcible Rape - Laredo, TX

Year
2009

Population
226,944

Occurrences
73

Occurrences (per 10k)
3.2

Year
2008

Population
222,870

Occurrences
78

Occurrences (per 10k)
3.5

Year
2007

Population
221,253

Occurrences
81

Occurrences (per 10k)
3.7

Year
2006

Population
214,670

Occurrences
96

Occurrences (per 10k)
4.5

Laredo, TX Murder Statistics

Laredo, Texas had 17 murders in 2009. With a total population of 226944 in 2009, there were 0.7 occurrences of murder per 10k persons in Laredo, Texas. The murder rates in Laredo, Texas in 2006, 2007 and 2008 were 22, 10 and 10, respectively.

Murder and non-negligent manslaughter is the willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another. (UCR Definition)

Murder - Laredo, TX

Year
2009

Population
226,944

Occurrences
17

Occurrences (per 10k)
0.7

Year
2008

Population
222,870

Occurrences
10

Occurrences (per 10k)
0.4

Year
2007

Population
221,253

Occurrences
10

Occurrences (per 10k)
0.5

Year
2006

Population
214,670

Occurrences
22

Occurrences (per 10k)
1.0


6 posted on 02/03/2012 7:40:14 PM PST by Calusa (The pump don't work cause the vandals took the handles. Quoth Bob Dylan.)
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To: SJackson

We live in Dallas. My husband works with a guy whose family is from Mexico. He decided to to spend Christmas with his family in the village in Mexico that his grandfather founded. He said most of the homes were dark, everyone has moved on because Mexico is no longer safe. The law abiding citizen cannot arm themselves but the cartels are heavily armed.

He loves this country and the freedom it provides. He lives in a rural area where they do not have to lock their doors. He and his neighbors are well armed and yes, when he went to Mexico he took a side arm and he has a TX CHL which won’t do much good in Mexico but he could protect his family.

He feels America would be like Mexico if citizens were not allowed to protect themselves....sad news for loved ones of this missionary couple.....


7 posted on 02/03/2012 8:49:18 PM PST by Kimmers (Pray more and shoot straight.........)
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To: SJackson

Sic Semper Dogooders.


8 posted on 02/03/2012 9:53:50 PM PST by BigCinBigD
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To: SJackson

One of my best friends and her husband moved to Mexico a few years ago. They can’t understand why we won’t come and visit them.

“None are so blind as those who will not see.”


9 posted on 02/04/2012 7:49:19 AM PST by Ditter
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http://m.dallasnews.com/tdmn/db_22036/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=APr4ASPL

News
“Funeral services to be held in Lewisville for slain missionaries”
Posted: 02/05/2012 12:31 PM

SNIPPET: “Wanda Casias, 67, was found inside the home with a wound to the head and an electrical cord wrapped around her neck.

Her 76-year-old husband was found in a small building on the property. He also had an electrical cord around his neck.”


10 posted on 02/06/2012 1:23:17 AM PST by Cindy
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Previously...


VALLEY CENTRAL.com - News - Action 4 News Staff: "AMARILLO MISSIONARY COUPLE FOUND SLAIN SOUTH OF MONTERREY" (February 1, 2012) (Read More...)

CASIAS.org: "JOHN & WANDA CASIAS - MISSIONARIES TO MEXICO" (Read More...)

11 posted on 02/06/2012 1:25:39 AM PST by Cindy
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To: Calusa
I have 2 close relatives (man and wife), who have spent most of their adult lives as what amounts to Baptist missionaries in Peru.

They have endured fires, floods, earthquakes, political upheaval and insurgency, terrorist attacks, strange diseases and almost every other thing you can think about including persecution and facing the very real prospect of starvation on many occasions.

They managed to breed and raise a whole passel of progeny, some of whom are still with them carrying on, but most of whom just escaped any way they could.

They are now approaching old age (70+). Some days, I admire them, other days I question their sanity.

They have spent their entire adult lives either doing what they do or raising funds to do what they do.

I honestly do not know what to think of that. I guess I just have to adopt the hippie / libertarian attitude of "let it be".

Try as I might, I simply cannot fathom the underlying force which compels them.

12 posted on 02/06/2012 6:03:49 PM PST by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: elkfersupper

I can’t either, but I’m jealous of their faith. They’ve built up a mountain of treasure in Heaven.


13 posted on 02/06/2012 6:21:04 PM PST by Little Ray (FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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To: Little Ray

I am also and I agree. Sending you their names via freep mail. Do what you want about that - something or nothing, or just a note in your notebook.


14 posted on 02/06/2012 7:20:59 PM PST by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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