Columnist Killed on U.S.-Mexico Border

[dArKeR]

By RAUL LLAMAS, Associated Press Writer

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico - Suspects beat to death a Mexican newspaper columnist and dumped his body outside the offices of the Red Cross in the border city of Matamoros, state police said Tuesday night.

Francisco Arratia Saldierna, 55, wrote the "Portavoz," or "Spokesman" column, which was syndicated and appeared in several papers throughout the state of Tamaulipas.

State police said unknown attackers fractured Arratia Saldierna's skull, broke his hands and damaged his spine Tuesday afternoon before dumping him from a moving vehicle near the intersection of Roberto Guerra and Jose Arrece streets, not far from the Red Cross in Tamaulipas, across the border from Brownsville, Texas.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=589&ncid=734&e=5&u=/ap/20040901/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_columnist_killed

Bush is working his magic down in MX!

[pscot]

1. News reporting is dangerous work down there

I've heard of other border town reporters being killed by the gangs.

[sam sarrha]

3. Gangs of Mexican Police owned by the drug cartels.. i liven in El Paso

there are over 5000 missing people from Juarez.. they said they found 8 graves in a ranch in Juarez .. i had a friend that lived down the road across from the rural ranch and said they counted 150 bags the first day.. till the police started parking in front of their house and watching the windows.. they said four big trucks were loaded with body bags.. she said that the bags had to be just bones because they carried armload's of them at a time and threw them up into stacks up to the roof of the truck... there have been about 700 or 800 young women and girls murdered in Juarez by a cereal killer... when the police chief was asked why there was not investigation.. he replied "they were just Whores". actually they were all young "Clean" girls from good neighborhoods.. all very pretty.. the theory is that the police pick them up for the drug cartels parties... for party favors for politicians and drug lords.. then they get to kill them after the party is over..

[shanti]

4. not to make light of your post

...but a "cereal" killer?;-)

[amber dog democrat]

5. where do you think " Post , ( as in post mortum ) Toasties " comes from.?

wake up. Snap Crackle & Pop is happening as we speak.
Orders from General Mills - from Battle Creek.
Cerael killers are everywhere. They're up to their old Trix.
Watch out for the "Special" K treatment.

[AngryAmish]

6. Wasn't "Cereal Killer" a Too Much Joy record?

[sam sarrha]

7. i hit spell check. i am severely dyslexic and suffer from a form of autism

when you get over gloating about your superior self image and observe compulsive making fun of others... you might reflect on the tragic subject and not a typo... i am really disappointed by your lack of humanity... but we have been under an intensive mind control agenda by the NEOCON's for 30 years. ..sorry you have become a victim of of it.

I feel sorry for you to only be able to see the failings of a spelled word within what is not only the scandal of the century, but a tragedy for thousands of families. These girls were gang raped and tortured to death by sadistic monsters. and many represent the government of Mexico, which is why there is no demand by this country to do something about it.

You aren't that good a critic either.. my syntax is really far worse.

keep reading my posts, it will continue to give you many opportunities to make fun of the disabled.

[telamachus]

2. how is bush involved? (magically or otherwise)

just asking.