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| Severed Head Found Outside Mexican Base |
| 2007-05-13 |
| A severed head reportedly accompanied by a note of defiance from organized crime gangs was found outside a military barracks in Veracruz state on Saturday. The head was found in a box outside the army base in Veracruz city, just hours after the government announced it was sending troops to respond to a shooting attack. "Jey, Pablo! What's in the box?" "I dunno. Let's open it!" "I hope it's not another head!" "Then don't open it!" The box also held a message saying gangs would continue operating despite the presence of troops, Mexico's Reforma newspaper reported. "Lookidat! There's a note in his nose!" The victim's body was found shortly afterward on a street in another neighborhood, wrapped in a sheet. "Jey, Manuel! What's that over there?" "I dunno. Let's go see!" "I hope it's not another headless corpse!" "Then don't go see!" On Friday, assailants killed four bodyguards assigned to protect the children of a state governor who were vacationing in Veracruz. The killings were latest in a wave of violence across Mexico that has also targeted soldiers and police. The government began sending additional troops to Veracruz after the slaying of guards protecting the children of Mexico State Gov. Enrique Pena, Interior Secretary Francisco Ramirez said. Victoria Hernandez, spokeswoman for the Veracruz state prosecutor's office said it appears the gunmen mistook the bodyguards' vehicle for that of a rival gang. Pena, a widower, also blamed the attack on mistaken identity and said he would not use extra security. "I rule out that it was against family. It was just confusion," he told reporters in Chalco, outside Mexico City. "Nothing to see here. Move along. These aren't the corpses you're looking for." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Mexico is another sh$$hole we need to clean out for our own survival. Maybe after we finish in the Middle East. Of course, first on the list has to be Congress and the bureaucrats that stand in the way of getting anything productive done. THAT has to be job #1. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-05-13 20:44 |
| #4 from the OCRegister article: "None of the things tossed out of the car during the chase have not been found, Peña said" that there's just good writin' |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-05-13 08:54 |
| #3 Haha...from the second article... "Officers tried to end the pursuit by throwing a spike strip onto the freeway in San Clemente, but the strip broke in two, Peña said. The suspect drove between the two pieces, but an Anaheim cruiser and a CHP patrol car ran over the spikes and flattened their tires." Stupid cops. |
| Posted by: gromky 2007-05-13 05:13 |
| #2 That is what you get when you say, "Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia." |
| Posted by: Sneaze 2007-05-13 04:34 |
| #1 More border action -- Two men trying to escape Anaheim CA police were shot by Mexican federal officers in Mexico early Friday morning after a high-speed chase that stretched from Anaheim into Mexico. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-05-13 02:12 |