"Slaying of drug war hero's family shocks Mexico" by E. Eduardo Castillo, Associated Press Writer | December 22, 2009
MEXICO CITY --Assailants on Tuesday gunned down the mother, aunt and siblings of a marine killed in a raid that took out one of Mexico's most powerful cartel leaders -- sending a chilling message to troops battling the drug war: You go after us, we wipe out your families.
The brazen pre-dawn slayings came just hours after the navy honored Melquisedet Angulo as a national hero at a memorial service.... After midnight... gunmen wielding assault rifles broke down the door of their home.
Were they CIA or Blackwater?
Federal officials had warned last week's killing of drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva, known as the "boss of bosses," could provoke a violent backlash from smugglers, who have gone after federal police in the past following the arrest of high-ranking cartel members.
Yeah, except the GOVERNMENT IS the DRUG DEALERS!
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Yup, GOVERNMENT COMMANDOS WORKING for DRUG CARTELS!!
Beltran Leyva was among the most-wanted drug lords in Mexico and the United States, and was the biggest trafficker taken down by President Felipe Calderon's administration so far. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officials blamed his cartel for much of the bloodshed across Mexico....
State and federal forces searching for the assailants set up roadblocks across the state yesterday.... Calderon called the attack "a cowardly act" and vowed to press forward in his war involving more than 45,000 troops. "We will not be intimidated by criminals without scruples like those who committed this barbarity," he said Tuesday. "Those who act like this deserve the unanimous repudiation of society and they must pay for their crime."
Yeah, yeah, whatever. I'm so sick and tired of the lying, double-dealing fooleys.
While the armed forces have led Calderon's crackdown against organized crime that has seen more than 15,000 people killed by drug violence since it began in 2006, direct attacks by cartels on troops are rare, especially for marines who only recently started playing a major role in the drug war.
Which makes this REALLY STINK, folks!!
CUI BONO? Who CRACKED DOWN?
And have you noticed that AS the DEATH COUNT has SURGED by 3,000 in the last six months the MSM attention has waned?
Go ahead, scan my Mexico files and see for yourself. I'll wait.
Most of the killings have been among rival smugglers, according to the federal government. Hundreds of local, state and federal police also have been slain, but only a handful of soldiers have died at the hands of traffickers....
The Mexican government, eager to announce its victory, was unusually open about last week's raid, much of which was filmed by local media. Reporters were allowed into the apartment afterward to view Beltran Leyva's bullet-riddled body.
And it COST the HERO his LIFE, huh?
Was the SACRIFICE over LIES worth it, Mexicans?
That is where my printed paper cut it.
Web adds this:
"This is really worrisome and is a challenge to the government because clearly one of the weapons of organized crime is its ability to use violence to intimidate, and that's where it has been apparent that the state has failed many times in protecting its officials and, in this case, even their families," said Jorge Chabat, a Mexican specialist on drug cartels.
The Tabasco attack came exactly one year to the day after authorities found the bodies of seven decapitated soldiers and five other victims in southern Guerrero state, a region where the Beltran Leyva cartel has been battling for control. The bodies were accompanied by a sign that warned: "For every one of mine that you kill, I will kill 10." A bag of their heads, some still gagged with tape, was found nearby.
Those slayings, in Chilpancingo, an hour north of the resort of Acapulco, marked the worst attack against the Mexican army in its half-century battle against drug gangs. After the gruesome discovery, the government held a high-profile ceremony aimed at reassuring the nation it would not surrender....
And CUI BONO?
The FRAUDULENT DRUG WAR continues, right?
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And so does the BG shell game:
"Revenge killings raise stakes in Mexico drug war; Cartel suspected in slaying of family of late hero" by Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times | December 23, 2009
Yeah, this is your update.
MEXICO CITY - The slaughter of Melquisedet Angulo Cordova’s family early yesterday horrified Mexicans seemingly inured to a drug-war brutality that has claimed more than 15,000 lives in three years amid spectacular violence. The killing, especially, of a mother, seemed to violate the most basic code of conduct that even cold-blooded hit men and traffickers obeyed....
Yeah, the ONLY QUESTION is WHICH GOVERNMENT AGENCY did they work for or were CONTRACTED BY?
No special protection was provided the family.... Beltran Leyva, who split with the powerful Sinaloa cartel, had allied with the so-called Zetas, ruthless gunmen who authorities speculated might be responsible for the Angulo slayings....
Raul Benitez, a security specialist:
“This is the wrath of the Beltran Leyva family. It is very worrisome and should put the entire government on alert.’’
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President Felipe Calderón:
“Attacking innocent lives . . . can only reinforce our desire to uproot such a singular cancer from society.’’
And CUI BONO again?
Critics said the slaying of the Angulo family also exposed a serious security lapse emblematic of the government’s troubled offensive against powerful drug cartels....
The gunmen evidently had no trouble locating his home, suggesting they benefited from inside information....
Oh, so the RUBES OUT WEST (like me) does NOT DESERVE to be told the INSIDE JOB NATURE if this SLAYING by the big-city rag!!!!!
Yeah, ANOTHER INSIDE JOB that the MSM KNOWS ALL ABOUT!!!
Prosecutors in Tabasco said the gunmen converged on the family home in at least three vehicles shortly after midnight. They burst into the small residence where the family slept and opened fire before fleeing....
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So did they EVER CATCH ANYONE?
"4 held in slayings of marine’s family" by Associated Press | December 24, 2009
VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico - Family members of a fallen marine hailed as a drug-war hero were slain by a gang allied with a top drug lord in retaliation for the cartel leader’s death, a state official said yesterday.
Four people who are believed to be informants and aides for the Zeta gang were detained in the deaths of the mother, two siblings and aunt of Melquisedet Angulo, Tabasco state Attorney General Rafael Gonzalez said....
Now, WHO ARE THESE GUYS because I do not believe I have heard of them before?
Related: Run For the Border
Only in passing, readers.
The Zetas, former members of the nation’s military elite, have allied with the Beltran Leyva cartel in recent years.
Do I have to TYPE ANYTHING ELSE or what, readers?
The detained suspects - three men and one woman - either served as lookouts for the Zetas or transported money to pay the gunmen, who are still at large, Gonzalez said....
President Felipe Calderon vowed to press forward with his war on the cartels involving more than 45,000 Mexican troops. Meanwhile, Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission yesterday questioned the policy of releasing the names of soldiers and police who have died fighting drug cartels.
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