LEO BRADSHAW - RIP
Please contact Sunny Benedict "Bajadogs at aol dot com" if you can provide any information about contacting Mr. Bradshaw's next of kin.
According to Sunny, his body was discovered at his house on 4/22 by his landlord (apparently in Rosarito).
She is trying desperately to get his remains so he can have a decent funeral/memorial. He was a long time supporter and volunteer of the animal Sanctuary near Rosarito, and it's very unfortunate that he should end like this. Please let her know if you know anyone that can assist her obtaining a death certificate, and getting his body released.
viernes, mayo 02, 2008
martes, abril 29, 2008
Reports now indicate between fifteen and seventeen killed in April 26 Tijuana drug battle - There are indications the number may go over twenty killed
Sources - Reuters, "El Mexicano," SignonSanDiego.com
Sunday, April 27
TIJUANA, Mexico - Between fifteen and seventeen Mexican drug gang members were reported killed near the U.S. border on Saturday, their bodies scattered along Bulevar Insurgentes after one of the deadliest shootouts in Mexico's three-year narco-war.
Rival drug cartel organizations factions in Tijuana (on the Mexico-California border) battled each other with rifles and machine guns in the early hours of the morning, police said. There is speculation that the Mexican army masterminded the attack.
Fourteen bodies were lying in pools of blood on a road near assembly-for-export maquiladora plants on the city's eastern limits. The corpses were surrounded by hundreds of bullet casings and many of their faces were destroyed. The 15th body was found nearby. Two more men died in hospital on Saturday evening, police said. Six men were wounded and another six were arrested; some gang members are thought to have escaped.
Two of the dead were believed to be senior hitmen for the Arellano Felix cartel and were identified by large gold rings on their fingers. The rings carried the icon of Saint Death, a ghoulish figure that gangsters believe protects them, police said.
Street hearsay has indicated that a rogue group was not abiding to the code of not messing with innocent people and keeping it quiet...so they were taken out completely. The survivors of the group have supposedly left Baja California. Not all were alive.
Of 22 damaged vehicles impounded in government yards involved in the gunbattle, 12 are reported to be stolen, 9 from the United States, and 3 from the Baja California region.
Inhabitants of nearby colonies such as Guaycura and Capistrano, mentioned that "the noise was so loud that they woke up." Some left their hearths "to take the taxi," to find the stage of the battle. They reported the gunfire lasted for five minutes.
"Today shows we are facing a terrible war never seen before on the border," Baja California Attorney General Rommel Moreno told a news conference.
Some 190 people have been killed in Tijuana so far this year. In 2007, there were more than 2,500 drug killings across Mexico and there have been more than 900 this year.
Police cordoned off the surrounding roads, forcing workers at a nearby maquiladora to walk through the crime scene to get to work. "Another shootout," said a woman who gave her name only as Lisa. "There are just too many. We are so afraid."
TROOP REINFORCEMENT
Heavily armed federal police patrolled across Tijuana after the gunfight. Soldiers and police guarded the city's main hospital where the wounded were being treated to prevent any attempt by drug gangs to pull them out. Baja California state police chief Daniel de la Rosa said fresh troops from Mexico City were arriving in Tijuana, which borders San Diego, California.
President Felipe Calderon has sent thousands of troops to Tijuana and Baja California state since taking office in December 2006. Some 25,000 soldiers and federal police are deployed to fight cartels in drug hot spots across Mexico.
The army in Tijuana said it was on high alert for reprisals against soldiers and federal police after the shootout and the ensuing arrests. "The risk of attacks against our agents after an event like this is extremely high," said Lt. Col Julian Leyzaola, Tijuana's police chief.
The Arellano Felix gang was long the dominant trafficking organization in Tijuana, smuggling drugs into California. Recently the group has been under attack from a rival gang from the Pacific state of Sinaloa, led by Mexico's most wanted man, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman.
Many Tijuana residents complain that the city administration does not take adequate measures to protect the populace.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has reportedly re-enforced the Port of Entry in San Ysidro to thwart possible armed attacks. The Port of Entry and surrounding area is constantly monitored by criminal operatives on both sides of the border.
Sources - Reuters, "El Mexicano," SignonSanDiego.com
Sunday, April 27
TIJUANA, Mexico - Between fifteen and seventeen Mexican drug gang members were reported killed near the U.S. border on Saturday, their bodies scattered along Bulevar Insurgentes after one of the deadliest shootouts in Mexico's three-year narco-war.
Rival drug cartel organizations factions in Tijuana (on the Mexico-California border) battled each other with rifles and machine guns in the early hours of the morning, police said. There is speculation that the Mexican army masterminded the attack.
Fourteen bodies were lying in pools of blood on a road near assembly-for-export maquiladora plants on the city's eastern limits. The corpses were surrounded by hundreds of bullet casings and many of their faces were destroyed. The 15th body was found nearby. Two more men died in hospital on Saturday evening, police said. Six men were wounded and another six were arrested; some gang members are thought to have escaped.
Two of the dead were believed to be senior hitmen for the Arellano Felix cartel and were identified by large gold rings on their fingers. The rings carried the icon of Saint Death, a ghoulish figure that gangsters believe protects them, police said.
Street hearsay has indicated that a rogue group was not abiding to the code of not messing with innocent people and keeping it quiet...so they were taken out completely. The survivors of the group have supposedly left Baja California. Not all were alive.
Of 22 damaged vehicles impounded in government yards involved in the gunbattle, 12 are reported to be stolen, 9 from the United States, and 3 from the Baja California region.
Inhabitants of nearby colonies such as Guaycura and Capistrano, mentioned that "the noise was so loud that they woke up." Some left their hearths "to take the taxi," to find the stage of the battle. They reported the gunfire lasted for five minutes.
"Today shows we are facing a terrible war never seen before on the border," Baja California Attorney General Rommel Moreno told a news conference.
Some 190 people have been killed in Tijuana so far this year. In 2007, there were more than 2,500 drug killings across Mexico and there have been more than 900 this year.
Police cordoned off the surrounding roads, forcing workers at a nearby maquiladora to walk through the crime scene to get to work. "Another shootout," said a woman who gave her name only as Lisa. "There are just too many. We are so afraid."
TROOP REINFORCEMENT
Heavily armed federal police patrolled across Tijuana after the gunfight. Soldiers and police guarded the city's main hospital where the wounded were being treated to prevent any attempt by drug gangs to pull them out. Baja California state police chief Daniel de la Rosa said fresh troops from Mexico City were arriving in Tijuana, which borders San Diego, California.
President Felipe Calderon has sent thousands of troops to Tijuana and Baja California state since taking office in December 2006. Some 25,000 soldiers and federal police are deployed to fight cartels in drug hot spots across Mexico.
The army in Tijuana said it was on high alert for reprisals against soldiers and federal police after the shootout and the ensuing arrests. "The risk of attacks against our agents after an event like this is extremely high," said Lt. Col Julian Leyzaola, Tijuana's police chief.
The Arellano Felix gang was long the dominant trafficking organization in Tijuana, smuggling drugs into California. Recently the group has been under attack from a rival gang from the Pacific state of Sinaloa, led by Mexico's most wanted man, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman.
Many Tijuana residents complain that the city administration does not take adequate measures to protect the populace.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has reportedly re-enforced the Port of Entry in San Ysidro to thwart possible armed attacks. The Port of Entry and surrounding area is constantly monitored by criminal operatives on both sides of the border.
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