By Barbara Sowell
The escalating border violence has prompted Texas Governor Rick Perry to ask for troops to guard the border. This week Juárez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz moved his family to El Paso for safety.
Yesterday the El Paso Times reported that Texas Governor Rick Perry is asking for 1,000 troops to guard the Texas-Mexico border. Perry is also asking the Texas state legislature for $135 million for border security.
The Mexican National Commission of Human Rights has reported that organized crime has killed more than 10,000 people in Mexico since 2007!
According to Tuesday's El Paso Times, El Paso police are investigating the possibility that elements of the Juárez drug cartel may cross the border into the United States to come after Juárez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz and his family.
El Paso police Detective Carlos Carrillo said Monday.
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We received information that the Juárez mayor lives in El Paso, and that possibly they were going to come to El Paso to get him," Carrillo said. "He has not asked us for our help, but it's our duty to protect any resident of our city who may be under threat."
Mexican authorities are investigating the killing of a bodyguard of Chihuahua Gov. Jose Reyes Baeza. Two other Baeza bodyguards were also wounded and all of the bodyguards were members of the Chihuahua state police.
Juárez city official Guillermo Dowell said the violence in Juárez and Chihuahua state is comparable to what occurred in Ireland and Iraq, "where people were killed not because of what they did or failed to do, but to plant terror in a city and its authorities."
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Well, we've seen it coming for a long time now, Bush sat on his ass and did nothing, let's see what *The One* will do... I am guessing Perry may have to take this one on himself, and ya know, if he does, maybe it's time to tell the USA to SHOVE IT and lets get TEXAS back to being a sovereign Republic!
ReplyDeleteAs you've written before, The One will have Eric to play bad guy.
ReplyDeleteAs you've written before, The One will have Eric to play bad guy.
ReplyDeleteWow! This sounds NUTS and I had no idea!
ReplyDeleteWill excerpt and link on mine.
Thank you for this info.
This violence will only get worse. Expect full-blown warfare in the coming years.
ReplyDeleteIt has been absolutely ridiculous that we haven’t done anything about the violence. It has not been in the MSM and that is an injustice to the U.S.border cities and the border agents. Only a 1,000 though, is that enough?
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What's also troubling is the media's refusal to comment on the violence in Mexico. I have a friend who was planning a trip there, after I sent her links to a few news articles she changed her mind. How many Americans are unwittingly putting themselves in harm's way vacationing in Mexico because the media won't do it's job?
ReplyDeleteYes indeed! The Most Sensible and robust MSM reporter that stays on this vital story is CNN's Lou Dobbs, with occasional hits from O'Reilly, Hannity, and Limbaugh.
ReplyDeleteKidnappings, beheadings, and murdering officials is now commonplace.
Let's get those Nation Guard Blackhawks fueled & air-to-ground missles armed for battle. El Paso, Texas is soon to be declared a Drug Lord's 'War Zone'.
Please pass those Cactus-apples & Tabasco bottles around to get some blood flowing in this camp! reb
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