Thread: Explosives possibly thrown at Mexican Consulate in NY

Explosives possibly thrown at Mexican ConsulateOne may have detonated

Eyewitness News
(East Side -WABC, Oct. 26, 2007) - Two explosive devices were apparently thrown at the Mexican Consulate on the East Side in the middle of the night -- and it appears one exploded.

Residents reported hearing an explosion at around 3:50 a.m. this morning in front of the building at 27 East 39th Street. When consulate workers arrived at around 9:25 a.m., they reportedly discovered broken glass and fragments from one of the devices.

Eyewitness News is told police responded and immediately began scouring outside the building for evidence. Neither of the devices actually got into the consulate.

The two devices appear "similar" to those thrown at the British Consulate in May 2005. Law enforcement officials are investigating the possibility that today's incident is related to the one outside the British Consulate in 2005.

No injuries were reported at the consulate.

A State Department official said the building was evacuated due to "a broken window." Police say the Consulate General was not at the building at the time of the incident.

The NYPD Bomb Squad is on the scene investigating. None of the residents called police when they heard the overnight explosion.

On May 5, 2005, two makeshift bombs exploded in front of a building that houses the British Consulate and other offices on the East Side. Those blasts shattered windows but caused no injuries and no significant damage. No arrests were made in that case.
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?secti ... id=5727663

Just received e-mail release from La Voz de Atzlan (no link):
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LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
Los Angeles, Alta California
October 26, 2007

NEW YORK: Mexican Consulate Bombed

Very early this morning two improvised explosives devices were
launched at the Mexican Consulate located in central Manhattan.
Only one of the devices exploded shattering at least three windows
of the building located in the middle of East 39th Street between
Madison and Park avenues. No one was injured.

The NYPD is presently investigating. The most likely source of the
bombs are 1) A group or individual angry at the murder of New York
independent journalist Bradley Will in Oaxaca, Mexico (See
http://www.aztlan.net/death_in_oaxaca.htm ) 2) A fringe group of the
anti-Mexican minutemen vigilantes or 3) A group angry at President
Calderon of the PAN Party for selling out Mexico through
the USA funded "Plan Mexico".

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La Voz de Aztlan
Website http:/www.aztlan.net