El Paso Woman Pushing Stroller Hit By Stray Bullet From Mexico
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 10:12 PM
The stray bullet came from a Mexican gun battle where a car jacking was perceived to be taking place. (KTSM)
An El Paso woman was hit by a stray bullet in Mexico while pushing a stroller today.
The El Paso Times reported:
El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen said the woman was a 48-year-old mother who was pushing a child in a stroller when she was shot in the upper right calf.
Allen said the round went through her leg. She was taken to University Medical Center of El Paso.
Allen, El Paso Mayor John Cook and El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles conducted a press conference late Tuesday afternoon at City Hall.
Allen said the woman is a Mexican citizen but has a residency card and lives in El Paso.
Allen said that the bullet came from a gunfight between carjackers and law enforcement in Juarez.
Cook said that the public should not panic over this incident and that El Paso is still a safe place to live.
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Buffalobob commented:
“Cook said that the public should not panic over this incident and that El Paso is still a safe place to live”. This Cook guy is a candidate for the obama regine pr spokesman.
BarbaraS commented:
“Cook said that the public should not panic over this incident and that El Paso is still a safe place to live.”
Just don’t walk down any streets.
FurryGuy commented:
You also going to ensure people know you make the train run on time too, Mayor Cook?
Robert commented:
“Cook said that the public should not panic over this incident and that El Paso is still a safe place to live.”
We ran guns into Mexico to make sure of it.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
This is absolutely correct. People shouldn’t be panicking, they should be getting angry at our do-nothing government.
Really, REALLY ANGRY.
retire05 commented:
I see that some dishonest person is trying to have fun at my expense.
Just to be quite clear, I hope you enjoy yourself. Pretending to be me is probably the only joy in your small, tiny miserable life.
dunce commented:
Maybe obama will buy some votes with a bullet proof fence.
jorgen commented:
A bullet with the compliments of Eric Holder.
Ausonius commented:
Where either the act is committed, or the injury received, has legal jurisdiction to pursue the crime. Fired in Mexico, but landing in the U.S., gives us legal perrogative to pursue it.
But then again, treating this as a law enforcement issue, rather than a military one, would likely be misplaced. Law enforcement can investigate on our side and collect evidence while the military handle it on the other, so that no hint of a posse comitatus issue should arise. Yes, our military.
I’m sick of hearing the routine reports of their military crossing our borders with no consequence. The crime protruding into our nation as a result of the defacto state of war in Mexico over the dope pipeline is enough to justify it, since the outmatched and corrupt Mexican govt cannot seem to police itself and keep it’s side of the border under control.
Or plan B, which is to randomly place snipers on the border with the ROE’s giving them the ability to engage anyone that points a weapon toward the U.S. within a designated distance of the border. In this instance, their military would need to notify when operating withing that designated area so as to not be taken out unintentionally.
To make it less intrusive, we’ll limit our snipers to .300 mags and use a 1200 meter buffer zone (unless we start receiving large caliber rifle rounds at which time all bets are off).
I’m curious if things like this have a parallel in history (other countries dealing with the scale of violence on their borders AND not regarding it as fair fodder for military protection.
I’m not stating there are no diplomatic consequences to this, but that can be someone else’s problem. I’m simply offering an easy and workable way to raise the cost immensely to those who wish to play this game that currently carries little cost from above the border (and likely only the cost of a bribe below the border).
It is worth a shot (no pun intended).
Conservative to the Core commented:
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Donna S. commented:
Just another example of how stupid the gov’t thinks we are. Ummm, YES, people SHOULD panic and YES, El Paso IS a dangerous place to live. Ask the woman who just got shot. It could’ve been her baby. Perhaps the residents should make a mass exodus and leave the elected officials there to deal with it.
More Liberty commented:
Mean while US troops have been securing the border between North/South Korea. It’d be nice if we actually secured our own borders before securing other countries borders.
MilitantCatholic commented:
Obviously that bullet came from a Mexican doing the work Americans won’t do.
b pocoroba commented:
Unlucky, but lucky.
wanumba commented:
#17 February 22, 2012 at 8:04 am
More Liberty commented:
Mean while US troops have been securing the border between North/South Korea. It’d be nice if we actually secured our own borders before securing other countries borders.
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RonPaulbot.
THe United States first secured its borders and protected our citizens succesfully when the US NAVY ships showed up at Libya, Morocco and Algiers. For over 200 years, projecting our forces to the source of the aggression has protected our national security better than running around hither and yon on our own borders.
But … you as a self-professed 3 tour Marine, should KNOW that better than some slacker skateboarder slurping a double-latte at Starbucks for a cheap internet connection.
“To the shores of Tripoli …” ring a bell?
burt commented:
Juarez is a short walk away. Maybe Cook should take the walk himself.