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A reader says that U.S. Border Patrol agents and sheriff's deputies are looking at two bodies found stuffed in bags out in the southcentral Arizona towns of Gila Bend and Ajo. Both of those are towns along State Route 85, the connecting highway between Sonora and Phoenix. Anyone know anything on this?
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Mexican and Arizonan officials are negating that an arrest has been made in connection with the shooting death of Robert Krentz. We'll just have to be patient and see what happens over the next few days.
Krentz, 58, was a long-time rancher in Arizona's southeast region on the border with New Mexico and Sonora. On March 27, he was found shot dead astride his Polaris ATV, his dog dying by his side. Sheriff's deputies suspected illegal migrants or drug mules because he had sent a garbled message to his brother earlier saying something that sounded like "illegal alien" and "hurt."
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So, the same day that the Mexican Army pulls out of Cd. Juarez, U.S. agents start spreading the rumor that the Juarez Cartel has been defeated?
Anyone want to continue disagreeing with my assessment that the Sinaloa Federation is being protected and supported by the Mexican government?
It's been clear for some time; from arrests like that of El Jabali last winter to the public relations campaign published by Proceso Magazine this week to the dissension within the Mexican Congress against what even two months ago was seen as an obvious move to protect Joaquin El Chapo Guzman.
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The family of the man arrested for the murders of people connected to the U.S. consulate was beaten and held captive by Mexican federal forces for two days before being dragged into the spotlight as a suspect, his family says. If true, it suggests a gross setup in a high-profile murder case that's lingered on for weeks and is beginning to embarrass the law enforcement agencies on both sides of the border.
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It's been more than a week and La Linea continues to be targeted for the triple murders of people tied to the U.S. Consulate in Cd. Juárez; the Americans continuing to state they believe that it was a case of mistaken identity. Departing from my skepticism of the theory for the moment, let's say it's true. Let's say the killers targeted the wrong people. So who were they targeting? Follow me for a moment because this is confusing.
