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Obama "outraged" by consulate murders in Mexico

WASHINGTON
Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:11pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is "outraged" by the murders in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico of three people connected with the U.S. consulate there, a White House official said on Sunday.

"In concert with Mexican authorities, we will work tirelessly to bring their killers to justice," White House National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer said in a statement.

A consulate employee and her husband, both U.S. citizens, were killed along with the husband of another employee who is a Mexican citizen, the statement said.

"The president is deeply saddened and outraged by the news," Hammer said, adding that Obama "shares in the outrage of the Mexican people at the murders of thousands in Ciudad Juarez and elsewhere in Mexico.

Mexico's drug war has killed some 18,600 people, mainly cartel members and police officers, since President Felipe Calderon took power and launched an army crackdown on traffickers in late 2006. The rampant violence worries Washington and foreign investors.

Hammer said the United States would work with Calderon's government "to break the power" of drug trafficking organizations.

The consulate in Ciudad Juarez could not immediately provide more details and the deaths were not reported by the local Mexican media.

(Writing by Caren Bohan; additional reporting by Julian Cardona in Ciudad Juarez Editing by Paul Simao)

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Mar 14, 1:07 PM EDT

2 Americans killed in drive-by shooting in Mexico

By PHILIP ELLIOTT
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three people with ties to the American consulate in a drug-plagued Mexican city were killed in a drive-by shooting, a U.S. official said Sunday.

Two American citizens and a spouse of a Mexican employee were killed Saturday afternoon, a U.S. official said. The official spoke only on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information.

The White House said President Barack Obama was "deeply saddened and outraged" by the killings of those linked to the U.S. mission in Ciudad Juarez.

"He extends his condolences to the families and condemns these attacks on consular and diplomatic personnel serving at our foreign missions," the White House said in a statement. "In concert with Mexican authorities, we will work tirelessly to bring their killers to justice."

The State Department authorized U.S. government employees at six U.S. consulates in northern Mexico to send their family members out of the area because of concerns about rising drug-related violence. At least 18,000 people have been killed since Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched an offensive against drug traffickers in December 2006.

The State Department said it would allow family members of diplomatic staff to leave border cities of Tijuana, Nogales, Ciudad Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Monterrey and Matamoros.

The department noted the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City has advised American citizens to delay unnecessary travel to parts of the Mexican states of Durango, Coahuila and Chihuahua.

The bloody drug war in has plagued the 200-mile U.S.-Mexican border for years, and once-busy streets are empty after dark. More than 45,000 soldiers have been dispatched to fight cartels since Calderon took office in late 2006, but the U.S. has been critical of Mexican efforts to fight the drug trade amid complaints of human rights abuses.

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What is he going use? Harsh language??

Originally Posted by Texas2step

President Barack Obama is "outraged" by the murders in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico of three people connected with the U.S. consulate there, a White House official said on Sunday.

But what is he going to do about it? You think he will apologize to Mexico and blame America?

Why isn't he "outraged" by the thousands of Americans killed in the US every year by Mexican criminals? Why is he only outraged when it's a Federal employee killed in Mexico?

Two Americans and a Mexican citizen affiliated with the United States consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, were shot to death Saturday in this violent border town, across from El Paso, Texas.

Families of US staff can leave


On Sunday the US State Department authorized the temporary departure of dependents of US personnel in the consulates of northern Mexico, including in Tijuana, Nogales, Ciudad Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Monterrey, and Matamoros – not just because of the incident in Juarez, but because of violence mounting along the border.

“We will continue to work with Mexican President Felipe Calderón and his government to break the power of the drug trafficking organizations that operate in Mexico and far too often target and kill the innocent,â€

Obama won't do anything !

adding that Obama "shares in the outrage of the Mexican people at the murders of thousands in Ciudad Juarez and elsewhere in Mexico.

What about the outrage of the American people when illegal Mexicans murder our citizens? Instead of giving Mexico millions of dollars to help incompetent Mexican police & army fight drug carels, why doesnt Obama just finish the fence and put the National Guard along the border? America's security is at stake for every single illegal alien that crosses the border. And the 30+ million of illegal aliens already here are a constant security threat.

Obama was "deeply saddened and outraged" by the killings, the White House said, and in a prepared statement Obama said that America will have health care by March 18.

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