Viva Mexico

[miguel]

This is cool.

Vigilantes seize town in Mexico and shoot at tourists after 'commander' is killed | Mail Online

 

[traderdan]

Desperate times call for desperate measures.I have been in villages in Mexico that were in fear of their own police departments because the police departments were the pawns of the local drug lords.

 

[LarryC]

Yeah, in my opinion the whole country is corrupt. I retired from my job as an Engineer 6 ~7 years ago. The company I worked for had a plant in Juarez, Mexico. The last few years before my retirement I had to travel there several times to straighten out manufacturing issues. Always stayed in El Paso and made it a point to be back in the US before dark! It was bad enough then, couldn't pay me enough to go there now!

 

[churchmouse]

Anyone that has even seen the local LEO's in these areas know to stay away from them. Even in Cobo San Lucas they are a corrupt bunch.

 

[tsm]

Vigilantes seize town in Mexico and shoot at tourists after 'commander' is killed | Mail Online

Vigilantes or is it really a Mexican Militia?

 

[Sfrandolph]

If things don't improve north of the border the same thing will happen north of the border.

 

[Hookeye]

Holder will be their Queen.

 

[6mm Shoot]

If that had happened here the government would have stepped in and thrown the lot in jail.
Stating that you have to work with in the law.

 

[miguel]

Vigilantes or is it really a Mexican Militia?

Mexican Militia...can I use that for a band name?

 

[netsecurity]

Impossible. What a ridiculous story. There is no way 1,500 armed citizens could exist in Mexico, since guns are illegal.

 

[BE Mike]

This is a quote from the article, "The vigilantes claim they are fighting violence, kidnap and extortion by drug cartels - but there are fears that the groups are violating human rights of those they detain and cooperating with criminals." That is part of the trouble. Who are these vigilantes, REALLY, and what is their motive?

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[d012]

Tourist been shot at is the quick way to lose a boat load of money.

 

[Tombs]

This is a quote from the article, "The vigilantes claim they are fighting violence, kidnap and extortion by drug cartels - but there are fears that the groups are violating human rights of those they detain and cooperating with criminals." That is part of the trouble. Who are these vigilantes, REALLY, and what is their motive?

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My guess is... They've simply had enough.

If every child you ever had was kidnapped by the cartels, and the same thing was happening every day to your friends, and you watched your towns and cities ruled cartels. Well, likely that after enough of it, you'd be ready to take things as far as they needed to go as well.

Uprisings aren't always smooth, especially with lack of good leadership. Of course there will be screw ups, but the media won't care unless a tourist gets injured.

 

[BIGKAT9]

Impossible. What a ridiculous story. There is no way 1,500 armed citizens could exist in Mexico, since guns are illegal.

I was thinking the same thing,i don't think Mexican citizens can even pocess a military size cartridge,let alone a weapon.