Quote:A local mayor in Mexico was gunned down on his first day of office on New Year's Day.

Tlaxiaco Mayor Alejandro Aparicio Santiago was walking to his first official meeting at city hall shortly after taking office, when a group of gunmen opened fire, according to a statement from the prosecutor's office of Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca.

He was taken to a hospital, where he died.

Gov. Alejandro Murat of Oaxaca confirmed the killing of Santiago via Twitter Tuesday.

Murat condemned Santiago's slaying, promising a thorough investigation. He said a suspect was already in custody.

Between September 2017 and August 2018, 175 politicians were killed in Mexico, NPR reported, citing the consulting firm Etellekt.

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10' higher

Obviously an occupational hazard for that job.

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
Your criminals
Your assassins
Your drug dealers

"They're not sending their best."

But it's WRONG to say some countries are shite-holes......

I love how 'a group of men opened fire', and 'A suspect is in custody'.

(01-04-2019 09:46 AM)BadgerMJ Wrote:  But it's WRONG to say some countries are shite-holes......

Hell, some of them would even say this guy's murder is the fault of the United States.

Bad hombre

There are some of those who say sending back the illegals will make Mexico a failed state.


I say that when 175 politicians are assassinated in a year's time and the government has ceded control of vast swaths of the country to criminal groups the country has already failed.


It's just a matter of time until our hand will be forced and we will have to intervene militarily in Mexico because of the threat it poses to our own security.

(01-04-2019 12:44 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  There are some of those who say sending back the illegals will make Mexico a failed state.


I say that when 175 politicians are assassinated in a year's time and the government has ceded control of vast swaths of the country to criminal groups the country has already failed.


It's just a matter of time until our hand will be forced and we will have to intervene militarily in Mexico because of the threat it poses to our own security.

If people knew how many Mexicans have killed Americans in the USA over the past couple of decades we would have already.

Y'all need to watch Narcos. That's pretty much what you get with Mexico outside of the resort towns.