Thread: BREAKING NEWS: Major gun battle in Tijuanaâ€

Originally Posted by usanevada

Dodge city

Remember that article that came out about 2 weeks or so ago----about someone in law enforcement in Tijuana helping the Border Patrol?? As soon as it came out, I remember commenting that I hope that he keeps himself safe, because he probably just became a target.

I cannot find the article to see if one of those killed was him----I don't remember his name.

Its no different there than the old wild west

The place is a banana republic

3rd world at its best

Now the scary part is that 20+ million of their people are living here
illegally

What exactly does that say for their culture ?

What is really going on here. I do not trust the Mexican government. Perhaps am being cynical but 'something is not right' about these gun battles on the border inside Mexico from what I have read.

Look at the pictures--majority of the police and army are not wearing uniforms. They all can't be 'undercover agents'. The picture of the men in civilian clothing aiming rifles have children watching them.

Cops rush Tijuana house to end 3-hour gunbattle

The tile dome of a house in Tijuana's La Mesa area was riddled with bullet holes and windows shot out by gunmen yesterday during a three-hour standoff with the Mexican military and federal, state and municipal police. The photo was taken from the vantage point of an attacker. ..................
Authorities say they've found six executed kidnapping victims inside a Tijuana house where gunmen took refuge during a shootout with police. Mexico has recently seen a spike in gang-related killings.

How many drug-cartel members are involved in these gun battles-- 5 or 6? How many police and army members are after them--reports say hundreds.

The Mexican Army is going after the drug cartel members--they have
humvees, armoured vehicles, tanks and all sorts of modern weapons. Yet apparently the majority of the drug cartel members escape.

A 3 hour standoff? Why didn't the Mexican army shoot the house full of tear gas instead of engaging in a 3 hour standoff? Why didn't they drive a tank into the building? Why didn't they use gernade launchers instead of just exchanging gunfire?

Is it just me or is this 'drug war' being waged like a gunfight at the OK Corral utilizing tactics used by gunfighters in the 1800's.

Bren4824 wrote:

Remember that article that came out about 2 weeks or so ago----about someone in law enforcement in Tijuana helping the Border Patrol??

Are you thinking of the tunnel story? Believe the police chief who explored the Mexican side of that tunnel was murdered.

Fences make good neighbors.

6 Kidnapping Victims Killed During Tijuana Shootout

Authorities Say 4 Gunmen Taken Into Custody
(Two of Them Were Police Officers)



The victims, all male, were blindfolded and gagged and had been shot execution-style in the head, said Edgar Millan, a spokesman with the federal Public Safety Department, at a news conference in Tijuana.

One kidnapping suspect was also killed in the battle. Five police agents were wounded and four suspects taken into custody. Authorities said two of the kidnapping suspects are police officers.

Soldiers, state and local police were sent in to help control the firefight that began when federal agents prepared to raid a house near the U.S. border that police now say was a shelter for a cell of the Arellano Felix drug cartel.

Three nearby schools were evacuated, and television showed police running with small children in their arms while shots rang out. More than 100 children were escorted at gunpoint out of their preschool by armed guards, following the gun battle in the Ermita neighborhood, NBC 7/39 reported.

One of the captured gunmen is a state police investigator and another a Tijuana police officer, Millan said. The four suspects will be flown to Mexico City for questioning.

Millan said officials recovered 11 automatic rifles and three bulletproof vests inside the house.

Already this week, gunmen shot and killed eight people in Tijuana, including two local police officers, as well as a district commander, his wife and his 12-year-old daughter.

Also Thursday, employees at Tijuana's City Hall and police headquarters were evacuated after receiving death threats over a police radio frequency, said Abraham Sarabia, a spokesman for city police.

Mexico has seen a spike in gang-related killings since the beginning of the year. The Mexican government has described the violence as revenge for President Felipe Calderon's year-old crackdown on organized crime that sent thousands of soldiers and federal police into violence-plagued cities nationwide.

In the central Mexican state of Hidalgo on Wednesday, assailants killed the director of public safety for the town of Tulancingo.

Jose Alvarado was shot more than 20 times, Hidalgo state police director Ahuizotl Figueroa said.

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http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/15079591/detail.html

So battle staged by 5 men--one suspect killed and four suspects captured?

Video was very interesting.

Fences make good neighbors.