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A Mexican police chief arrested in connection to Mormon family killings, Fidel Alejandro Villegas:
A head of public security in Chihuahua, Mexico has been arrested in connection with the Mormon massacre last month, according to new reports, by SEIDO.
Fidel Alejandro Villegas Villegas, the director of public safety in Janos, was nabbed Tuesday by the Attorney General’s Office for his alleged ties to "La Linea", part of the Juárez drug cartel that’s believed to have ambushed the nine relatives last month, the Herald of Chihuahua reported.
Villegas Villegas is the fourth person to be detained in the high-profile murders of extended members of the LeBaron family — a breakaway sect of Mormons with US-Mexico citizenship.
Nine women and children of US-Mexican origin were shot dead by suspected drug cartel hitmen last month on Nov 4, 2019.
“The Mexican municipal police are not autonomous in this area,” said LeBaron. “They are under the control of the mayors, who are financed by the cartels.” Among the crime syndicates in the region is the Sinaloa cartel, once controlled by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who is now serving out a life sentence in the US.
originally posted by: musicismagic
Yes, it is a very sad story.
What is sad these days is that we now can go to any international paper on the net and just read how "sic" people have become. Its really a major disease these days. I don't think we have to worry about population explosion anymore.
originally posted by: 727Sky
originally posted by: musicismagic
Yes, it is a very sad story.
What is sad these days is that we now can go to any international paper on the net and just read how "sic" people have become. Its really a major disease these days. I don't think we have to worry about population explosion anymore.
Funny you should mention population as I read an article in the last few days saying Japan is down to 1.2 on the replacement scale of 2.1 just to maintain current levels. Many other western and European countries are in the same predicament. Only Muslim countries seem to be increasing as far as birth rates but... they seem to kill each other enough to almost balance stuff out.
originally posted by: 727Sky
It may be hard for some to believe that last statement by LeBaron but I believe it to be true simple because I have had friends who have said the same thing... How do you fight something like that; open borders ? (sarc)
That is not an accurate reason...how do you explain corruption in large centralized structures?
originally posted by: ArMaP
originally posted by: 727Sky
It may be hard for some to believe that last statement by LeBaron but I believe it to be true simple because I have had friends who have said the same thing... How do you fight something like that; open borders ? (sarc)
That's what happens when you have independent localised power centres. If the municipal police is controlled by the mayor then you have only one true power source, the mayor, who is a politician, and, as a consequence, subjected to other influences.
originally posted by: BlueJacket
That is not an accurate reason...how do you explain corruption in large centralized structures?
In fact locally derived power includes more checks and balances for the local population.
Mexico has been corrupt for quite some time and frankly, without the right to bare arms...they are forever victims of those that have arms.