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IUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — A spray-painted sign threatening death for U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents was found Friday next to a school in a northern Mexico state capital, officials said.
Addressed with profanity to "Gringos (D.E.A.)," the unsigned graffiti warned: "We know where you are and we know who you are and where you go. We are going to chop off your (expletive) heads."
Anonymous messages conveying threats and other warnings are common in areas hit hard by Mexico's drug war, but it is rarer for them to threaten U.S. law enforcement. Authorities do not know who
The DEA referred questions to the U.S. State Department. Officials there did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The message was left in the Chihuahua state capital, also called Chihuahua, which is about 220 miles (360 kilometers) from the U.S. border.
In February, suspected Zeta cartel members killed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jaime Zapata and wounded colleague Victor Avila on a highway in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi.
Also on Friday, five copies of a message addressed to Chihuahua Gov. Cesar Duarte were found painted on blankets known as "mantas" in Ciudad Juarez, a city across the border from El Paso, Texas. Those messages, apparently posted by rivals of the Sinaloa drug cartel, accused officials of protecting the Sinaloa organization.
Originally posted by josh2009s
reply to post by deltaboy
The drug war is only ever a war as long as the DEA is involved. Can't they find something better(or worse) to waste out money on?edit on 1-7-2011 by josh2009s because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by captaintyinknots
Foreign troops enforcing laws on your land? You'd want some heads too.
Imagine if China had troops inside our borders...
At the time, it was considered a rare success in U.S.-Mexico law enforcement cooperation. Now, unprecedented numbers of U.S. law enforcement agents work in Mexico, and high-profile arrests occur monthly. U.S. drones spy on cartel hideouts, while U.S. tracking beacons pinpoint suspect's cars and phones.
Originally posted by captaintyinknots
Foreign troops enforcing laws on your land? You'd want some heads too.
Imagine if China had troops inside our borders...
Originally posted by Americanist
Originally posted by josh2009s
reply to post by deltaboy
The drug war is only ever a war as long as the DEA is involved. Can't they find something better(or worse) to waste out money on?edit on 1-7-2011 by josh2009s because: (no reason given)
That's what we have drones for...
Originally posted by curious7
Well hopefully they step up and take these drug cartels down because who knows how many lives they're wrecking already without threatening US officials on top of that.