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Title: 20 Mexican tourists missing after Acapulco kidnap AFP
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Published: Oct 2, 2010
Author: http://rawstory.com/news/afp/20_Mexican_
Post Date: 2010-10-02 18:54:43 by tom007
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20 Mexican tourists missing after Acapulco kidnap AFP Published: Saturday October 2, 2010 0diggsdigg A heavily armed gang kidnapped about 20 Mexican tourists in the beach resort city of Acapulco earlier this week and their whereabouts are still unknown, police said Saturday. The tourists from Morelia in neighboring Michoacan state were "deprived of their liberty" Thursday when they were overtaken by an armed group, prosecutors said in a statement, adding they did not know the identity of the gunmen or the fate of those abducted. "On Thursday night, about 20 people were abducted by armed men as they arrived in Acapulco. There is no immediate word on there whereabouts, the suspected kidnappers or their motive," Guerrero police investigator Fernando Monreal told AFP. The prosecutor's office in the southern state of Guerrero earlier said 22 tourists had been nabbed. But police said at least two of the abducted people managed to escape. Michoacan is the base for La Familia, a powerful drug cartel whose reach stretches to Guerrero, a major hub for drug trafficking. On a single day in March, drug-related violence left 13 people dead in the city of Acapulco, including four civilians who were decapitated and five police. Guerrero is among several states at the heart of a massive federal deployment of some 50,000 troops that has so far failed to suppress a wave of violence blamed on feuding drug cartels since 2006. According to official figures, more than 28,000 people have been killed in violence linked to cartels and organized crime since December 2006, when President Felipe Calderon took power.
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#1. To: tom007 (#0)
The war expands.
We will win soon. Any truth that the US was complicit in the coup?
"Satan / Cheney in "08" I don't know what to do. *wondering what can happen* Yesterday, Schwarzenegger signed into California law that smoking a Michoacan reefer is no longer a misdemeanour offense in the state. And, yet my wife travels to Mexico for an important head of state/business family wedding this week..... Should I ride shotgun?
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
There's no way to know. Might have just been a staged event to promote Correa's heroism. No idea.
Should I ride shotgun? Only if it involves Michoacan reefer.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" I am overwhelmed now. What if Colombians surround the wedding ceremony? Ol' buckeroo can still shoot with a saw-offed shotgun and some semi-automatic machine guns because I was stripped of my RIGHTS_TO PROTECT_LIFE_LIBERTY_AND_FAMILY_BEYOND_PROPERTY in California owning a fully automatic firearm. There is some good news, however. I have a semi-automatic 9mm Beretta ready to be withdrawn on a side-hip leather holster slung on my right thigh; do you think that might be adequate for self-protection for family & friends?
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
wow, ive been to michaocan many times & never had a problem. just went swimming & had bbqs & went to church & such. no drama to be found.
"if I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing." 1 Cor 12:31—13:13 I am ready to go to Michaocan right now.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" what? aren't you petrified of being held for ransom & beheaded? after all, that's what happens to any american who steps into mexico. haven't you been reading the 4um & listening to alex jones?
"if I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing." 1 Cor 12:31—13:13 Not too much lately My contacts in Valarta report nothing but bliss. My reliable contact on the beautiful and remote Costa Allegra Mexico report some rain on the beach....
"Satan / Cheney in "08" i don't really care who goes or does not go to mexico. more power to each individual & their free choice. i just find it amusing how many people i come across are petrified, scared to death at the idea of going into mx, it is funny
"if I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing." 1 Cor 12:31—13:13
#2. To: Pinguinite (#1)
#3. To: tom007 (#0)
#4. To: tom007 (#2)
Any truth that the US was complicit in the coup?
#5. To: buckeroo (#3)
w that smoking a Michoacan reefer is no longer a misdemeanour offense in the state. And, yet my wife travels to Mexico for an important head of state/business family wedding this week.....
#6. To: tom007, Dr.Laura (#5)
Only if it involves Michoacan reefer.
#7. To: tom007 (#0)
"I don't know where Bin Laden is. I truly am not that concerned about him"
George W, Bush, 3/13/02 http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html
#8. To: Artisan (#7)
#9. To: tom007 (#8)
"I don't know where Bin Laden is. I truly am not that concerned about him"
George W, Bush, 3/13/02 http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html
#10. To: Artisan (#9)
haven't you been reading the 4um & listening to alex jones?
#11. To: tom007 (#10)
"I don't know where Bin Laden is. I truly am not that concerned about him"
George W, Bush, 3/13/02 http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html
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