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Ex-Mayor of Tiquicheo, Mexico, Maria Santos Gorrostieta Murdered by Drug Gang
Maria Santos Gorrostieta, 36, had survived two assassination attempts that left her with several bullet wounds and a dead husband.
However, Gorrostieta, the former mayor of Tiquicheo -- a rural district in Michoacan, west of Mexico City -- was known for standing up to Mexican drug gangs that ravaged her district.
Her body, which was stabbed, burned, battered and bound, was recently found dumped by a road in the San Juan Tararameo, Cuitzeo Township, reports the Daily Mail.
Gorrostieta leaves behind two sons, a daughter and her second husband Nereo Delgado, who is missing.
Gorrostieta disappeared on Monday, November 12, after leaving home to take her daughter to school.
During the trip, in Morelia, Mexico, another vehicle blocked her van. Then two men pulled Gorrostieta out of her van.
Gorrostieta managed to get the men to leave her daughter alone, but she was kidnapped in a car with tinted windows.
Following the kidnapping, her family spent days waiting for a telephone call for a ransom demand.
Finally, they reported her missing on November 14 and her body was found three days later.
Gorrostieta was elected mayor of Tiquicheo in 2008. The first assassination attempt came in October 2009 when the car she was traveling in, with her first husband Jose Sanchez, came under fire from gunmen. Sanchez died, but Gorrostieta survived.
The next attempt on Gorrostieta's life was three months later when a van she was traveling in was shot by 30 bullets. Three hit her, but she survived.
She later remarried and ran for a seat in Mexico's Congress of the Union, but failed to win.
Gorrostieta's government security team was withdrawn in November last year and her police escort was discontinued in January.
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What a saint. It's an outrage
What a saint. It's an outrage that the security detail was withdrawn from this courageous woman, they bear responsibility for her death. Personally I think we should offer our services by using the sophisticated technology developed in Iraq and Afghanistan to provide smart bombs that can take out any safe house or gathering of these creeps on the ground. Let them walk in the same fear they like to impose on others.
Carol Key must live in some
Carol Key must live in some alternative universe of her own imagination. Over 70% of American voters state they want stronger border security and an end to illegal immigration. There is a small faction of far-Left liberals who are fine with open borders & universal amnesty for illegals living in the US today, but that is not the opinion of the either political party (both of which have proposed immigrations reforms). George W Bush was the last President to try to force Amnesty through Congress, not liberals. The majority of Americans want a US amendment today that states only children born to a US citizen is considered an automatic citizen. All other births are register with the citizenship of the Mother. This is how it is done in most nations of the world. Congress is to blame for our Immigration issues. They have had the power to over-rule every Presidents' requests against enforcing our federal laws. Congress has taken billions in bribes to allow illegal immigrants to work in agriculture in FL.,AZ.,NM., TX and CA for decades. Then corporate American franchises began arranging the transport of illegals into every state. Which is why Reagan believed a blanket amnesty was the only way to clean up our immigration problem. Reagan has been proven wrong. The People have the votes but here is a perfect example of corporate lobby money blocking the WILL OF THE PEOPLE. There is NOT polarization between Parties. Lobby money has been spread throughout Congress. Corruption of Congress is preventing our existing laws being enforced & new reforms taking place. No one in this country has any excuse for being undocumented & illegal after the age of 18. Unless or until each State makes this a deciding issue in the election of Senators & House members they will continue to accept bribes to bury the issue of immigration.
As much as I admire Ms Gorrostieta for her bravery & martyrdom to her ethics, Mexico is a sovereign, separate country with it's own laws & problems. The duty of the US government to protect US citizens, especially inside our borders. My primary concern about Mexico is keeping their insanity & violence out of the US.
side note: Mexico has very
side note: Mexico has very strict gun laws. homeowners may only buy a small 38 pistol from the one gun store in Mexico City to protect their home. they may not carry it. if they are caught defending themselves with a larger illegal gun, there are mandatory prison sentences.
how well is that working for you Mexico??
Hang those thugs from the
Hang those thugs from the nearest tree!
jmcv02