Are Mexican army personnel being hired as assassins by drug cartels???
By ladyluna
@ladyluna (7004)
United States
June 26, 2008 10:21am CST
Hello All,
[i]"Police reports show that three men arrested in a Phoenix home invasion and homicide Monday may have been active members of the Mexican Army....
... the men involved were hired by drug cartels to perform home invasions and assassinations.
... The Monday morning incident at 8329 W. Cypress St. (Phoenix, Arizona) resulted in the death of the homeowner. Between 50 and 100 rounds were fired at the house.
...all were all dressed in military tactical gear and were armed with AR-15 assault rifles.
... Spencer said a police officer told him that one of the men captured said they were completely prepared to ambush Phoenix police, but ran out of ammunition....
Three other men involved in the invasion escaped." [/i]
The full story may be read here:
http://kfyi.com/pages/local_news.html?feed=118695&article=3875223
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[b]My questions to you are:
1. What are your thoughts about this incident?
2. Do you think it matters if the thugs were active Mexican military personnel, or not?
3. How should we, as a nation, deal with this kind of international, criminal assassination activity? And, does the possibility of active military classification affect our possible remedy, or solution options?
4. If the thugs were active Mexican Military, then is the Mexican Government responsible for their own rogue military personnel?
5. If these had been rogue USA military personnel, would the international community be in an uproar to hold the U.S. Government accountable? [/b]
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@sataness (321)
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26 Jun 08
Should it matter that they were mexican military personnel? No, they killed, they harmed and they were planning more attacks.. no remorse by the sounds of it which i feel is the biggest highlight in that story, why should they be treated differently in one area than in another? Just because they are military shouldn't allow them an easier handelling by the government in either nation and i think US have a right to get involved..but not to take over, completely, the ruling of punishment as it was their citizens which were harmed. My thoughts are that it makes me feel sick to think that although rank shouldn't matter.. they were army personnel which tends to mean they shouldn't attack innoccent, those which they are meant to protect. Its also sickening to think about how lack of security and etc allowed these people to use government weaponry and suggest a suspiciously weak control over the men.
@ladyluna (7004)
• United States
27 Jun 08
Hello Sataness,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this very troubling issue.
I want to make sure that neither you, nor any other member misinterprets my stance on this.
To be clear: When uniformed members of one nation's military cross into the sovereign territory of another nation, with covert, strategic intent, then it it interpreted, according to international law, as an act of war!
I fully agree that they should not be treated more leniently. In fact, the opposite is true.
Which of course, makes the most relevant, unanswered question of this story (short of the loss of life, and potential harm for collateral damage) the issue of whether or not these assassins were actually active military personnel in the Mexican military.
