200 agents sent to El Paso after consulate slayings

harvey007

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Sat Oct-23-10 11:17 AM
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200 agents sent to El Paso after consulate slayings

Source: El Paso Times

The slayings of three people connected to the U.S. Consulate in Juárez prompted the U.S. government to deploy 200 law enforcement agents to El Paso earlier this year, according to a federal report obtained by the El Paso Times.

Read more: http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_16412590?source=most_viewed

And yet another massacre last night:

Mexico: 13 dead in massacre at house party in Juárez
http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_16415786

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nyy1998

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Sat Oct-23-10 01:12 PM
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1. Yeah, read that story this morning. It's creating enormous tension in this region

Even though we've been barely affected here in El Paso, but I have a lot of friends who have family in Juarez, and they're really concerned.

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tomm2thumbs

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Sat Oct-23-10 02:07 PM
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2. Juarez is becoming the dirty armpit of the drug war

I guess 200 isn't really even getting started

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EFerrari

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Sat Oct-23-10 02:17 PM
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3. Charles Bowden's book, "Murder City" is a must read.

He's been on BookTV panels as well on this topic.

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/search-results.php?keywords=Charles+Bowden

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tomm2thumbs

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Sat Oct-23-10 02:28 PM
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4. great - good advice, thanks

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sweetloukillbot

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Sat Oct-23-10 03:01 PM
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5. How is this connected to the women maquilladors who were being slaughtered 10 years ago?

Is this the same sort of thing, or is this a new problem in Juarez?

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