Mexican soldiers charged with killing U.S. man

[RPB]

Mexican soldiers charged with killing U.S. man after planting gun to 'prove' he fired first
Last updated at 11:21 AM on 27th December 2010


He told girlfriend Liliana Gil Vargas that he was popping out to a local convenience store for supplies.

But he never returned and the next morning the 32-year-old was found dead in his crashed car - riddled with bullets and an automatic rifle in his hands.

Three soldiers have now been charged with killing her son. Two have been charged with planting the assault rifle in his hands
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... two university students killed in March during a gun battle between soldiers and cartel suspects that spilled into their campus in the northern city of Monterrey.
...said soldiers destroyed surveillance cameras, planted guns on the two young men and took away their backpacks in an attempt to claim they were gang members.
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.......an autonomous government institution, has received more than 4,000 abuse complaints, including torture, rape, killings and forced disappearances, since Calderon deployed tens of thousands of soldiers in December 2006 to destroy drug cartels in their strongholds.

,,,So far military courts have passed down only one conviction



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Sometimes I read news from other Countries, they aren't protecting Mexico nor the USA so you get a "whole story."

[Oldgringo]

1. What were Mexican soldiers doing in the U.S?
2. The gringo went to a convenience store in Mexico?

I smell frijoles cooking in jolly old blighty.

[RPB]

My El Paso cousin and his wife go to Mexico to see Dentists ... lots of people go to Mexico to shop... some at UTEP live in Mexico ... cheaper rent

The U.S. couple at Lake Falcon where husband was killed, lived in Mexico, until recently.

I wouldn't ... but some U.S. citizens retire or live there to make their Pesos go farther than they do here...

I recall one guy getting a Personal Injury settlement said he was going there so he wouldn't have to work again for a long time after converting the money.... wanted to pay college tuition there and live cheaper.