Special to The Tribune
McALLEN - The police chief here fielded questions from the press today about the weekend shooting outside a chicken wings joint that left a man dead at the scene. What Chief Victor Rodriguez said was that he was growing more and more alarmed at the boldness exhibited by fearless killers coming over from Mexico. "They seem to think they can just come over, kill someone, and then run back," Rodriguez explained.
That Ol' Running For The Border Act has been around for many, many years. Criminals bent on evading U.S. law have to navigate barely 11 miles to get from downtown McAllen to the international bridge that takes people across the border to Reynosa, a sprawling, ungovernable city where they can easily melt into the large population.
Rodriguez noted that the four shooters in the Chicken Wings Murder Case apparently stalked their male victim to the parking lot of a popular N. 10th Street eatery just a few doors down from the Barnes & Noble bookstore. Patrons told police their munchings were interrupted by loud voices and then louder gunfire. The victim died alongside his vehicle.
From there, the killers fled south on busy 10th Street toward the intersection of Expressway 83 and past La Plaza Mall and the grounds of McAllen International Airport. According to the chief, several witnesses to the chase joined the hunt, some pointing at the fleeing vehicle as cops began and stayed with the pursuit. The killers were captured at the border bridge in Hidalgo, only yards from Mexico. It was not the first time Mexican criminals have used that simplistic ploy: drive into town, do the deed, and beat feet back to Mexico.
Of late, law enforcement officials up and down the Rio Grande Valley have made mention of the international crime arriving at their doorsteps. It's not a spree, the chief noted with a certain terseness in his voice.
"Not yet!" this reporter said aloud...
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[Editor's Note: Reporter Speedy Ayala is a newcomer to the Rio Grande Valley, but has years of experience covering border and Mexico crime. He hails from El Paso and now resides in Hidalgo with his bulldog, Lazlo. This is his second dispatch for The Tribune...]
10 comments:
(Florida Governor Charlie Crist checks out beaches ahead of the president's Oval Office address to the nation tonight. -)
Yeah, right. Wish I had his job. And he's getting paid to do that?
Ren.
Here in The U.S.A. and Specially in the larger cities, all together " WE" Have over 4,000 Gangs / Clicks spread across the Nation. In Houston, just last year, there were over 3,000 Gang Related Deaths. In the News We Never here about all Those crimes, How Come ? Is It just another Conspiracy / complot to make All Hispanics , Mexican - American, Chicanos Look Bad and Their Self - Steem Drop to The Floor, and Hate their ROOTS, by Brainwahing Them ?
Rand Paul is another tea party loony, he ought to move to Harlingen, he would fit in their little neck of the woods, just fine.
All: ...Trouble with "hits" being posted. Bear with us. We are on the problem and will soon resolve it... - Editor
Mr. Editor: how about some music to lighten up the rhetoric, like John Paul Jones, something like Love is the Air.
Wow, the blogs here in Cameron county have gone bananas, everybody is giving opinions.
I must say good commentaries all over the place.
Mary Lou:...Found your song. It's a bit sappy, but I am a Fool For Love, so there it is. Enjoy...- Editor
The Florida's Governor , He's Like Checking That Girls' Rear end, Instead of The oil on The Beach !
How about a song By " Los Halcones Del Valle " that song was composed especially for the entire Rio grande Valley;
" ALLA EN EL RANCHO GRANDE " It talks about all the Rancheritos / as living in their Paradise / Mecca.
(Instead of The oil on The Beach !)
It's obvious he was thinking, i'm just gonna tear these clothes off and tackle that little girl into the water.....
Ren.
Okay everyone quit making things up, the Governo, as they say in Gorgia is doing his elected duty, Inspecting the beaches, hey nothing wrong with checking the girls out.
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