Thread: Border Cities fed up with Drug Violence Nightmare

For residents who have not fled, living on the border has turned into a nightmare
By JOHN MACCORMACK
SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
March 22, 2010, 1:01AM


CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — In a place where death is measured in massacres, the killing last week of Rogelio Ituarte de la Hoya in Loma Blanca, a dusty agricultural settlement east of this border city, was just a few words on the evening news.

The father of five made it only a few steps from his parked Ford pickup before he was gunned down in front of the corner store La Consentida. The killers then sped off into the night.

For a couple of brooding hours, as reporters, police and neighbors stood around and relatives sobbed, Ituarte's crumpled body lay on the unpaved street below a glowing Carta Blanca sign.

The federal police, part of a large contingent sent here two years ago by Mexican President Felipe Calderon to restore order, had little to say while waiting for the crime scene investigators to arrive.

“We know the means. We know the result. We don't know the motive,â€

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THIS IS GOING ON THERE AND IT WON'T BE TOO LONG BEFORE IT IS OCCURING HERE IN THE U.S., AND THERE IS NOTHING BEING DONE TO CLOSE THAT BORDER. ALL OBAMA CAN THINK TO DO IS MAKE A DEAL THAT HE WILL MAKE AMNESTY AND CITIZENSHIP HIS NEXT PRIORITY IN EXCHANGE FOR A HISPANIC SENATORS YES VOTE FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE. WHATS RIGHT ABOUT THAT? NOTHING, THATS WHAT. THIS GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE RAN BY "LETS MAKE A DEAL" TO ME THAT WAS AS WRONG AS SIN. IMO, THAT WAS AND IS VERY UNETHICAL. BUT, GO LET THEM GO AHEAD AND ATTEMPT TO PASS AN AMNESTY FOR THESE ILLEGALS WHILE MILLIONS OF AMERICAN AND LEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE UNEMPLOYED. THIS WILL DO NOTHING BUT OPEN UP A CAN OF WORMS FOR VIOLENCE, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT, ANYTHING TO MAKE ILLEGAL MEXICANS AND MEXICO HAPPY. BTW, THE U.S. SHOULDN'T BE TRYING TO SEND THEM ANYMORE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS TO FIGHT THEIR DRUG WAR EITHER