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Old 10-11-2010, 11:31 AM
gary
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Well they looked at one to many, all this yelling started up and guys just started pouring from one villa , my friend found himself wrestling with a guy with a machine pistol the whole time its going click , click, his friend decked a few but they had nailed him with an iron bar a few times .
Hi Graham,

A chilling story and a very, very close call.

There are too many stories like these in Mexico at the moment -
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news...104-17f7d.html
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news...924-15pox.html
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news...013-16jpr.html

We went down to Juarez as a side trip from TSP in 2007, but last year it had
the dubious distinction of having the world's highest murder rate. Over 2000
have been murdered in Juarez this year alone with grizzly stories appearing every week -
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news...0827-f03t.html
http://media.smh.com.au/world/world-...o-2031418.html
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news...021-16uhw.html

Reminiscent of the plot from some wild west movie where the new sheriff comes into town, it makes this 20 year old mother,
who was the only one to volunteer to be police chief in a northern Mexican town, arguably one of the world's bravest people -
http://www.smh.com.au/world/just-20-...021-16umk.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/640amont...022-16xbx.html
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