DavriellelounaGunmen storm Mexican village hall and shoot dead mayor
Why shoot someone that is already dead…
Double tap.
If you’re a Mexican politician who has, in any way, crossed the cartel(s), you have to know there’s a target on your back.
My question is this: Do they not have access to government protection? Hell, even private protection?
I’m barely above average IQ, not a great shot, no formal combat training, yet I feel I could have fended with them off with my AR and a like-armed buddy. Again, I’m certainly no badass, but an AR with a mid-tier red-dot sight is literally a point-and-click interface. Some kind of panic lock and strong door would likely have gone a long way as well.
In May, the mayor of Santiago Amoltepec was shot dead in an ambush along with two other people who were in the car with him at the time of the attack.
THAT is different situation altogether, requiring professional security. But they couldn’t have a couple of armed men to guard a building? Just standing inside looking out the window? What am I not seeing here?
Police corruption will certainly come up, but I feel they have to keep that on the down-low, not, “Oh! It’s you guys! Come on in!”
It’s insane this got upvotes. You would be insane to take that job. Most mayors don’t have access to either, because either would cost a lot of money. Far more money than you’re imagining, and certainly more money than your average town hall could get access to. Most American towns wouldn’t be able to afford this.
Defense is unbelievably more difficult than you suggest. Defense requires constant readiness and paranoia, every single day. Offense requires a few minutes of aggression, once.
There’s not a lot of information here, but this doesn’t sound like “come on in”
Two municipal police officers were also injured in the attack
Any security would know what they’re up against, and the cartel would know the security’s there. Which means you’re not going to find just two good guards. If you don’t have a lot of money, you either have whatever local police you can get, or you maybe hire two wannabes who think an assault rifle is all you need to lock down a town hall. But they take days off. Or they take bribes.
Real security against the cartels would easily be millions of dollars over the course of the mayor’s time in office. Any security guard worth a damn isn’t going to risk their lives virtually alone looking out windows, that’s a death sentence.
Thank you for answering the question, although with much snark. It was an honest question.
MelonYellowAnd Oaxaca‘s one of the safer states in Mexico. Maybe cartels are spreading there now.
García Soto is the second mayor to be killed in Oaxaca state this year. In May, the mayor of Santiago Amoltepec was shot dead in an ambush along with two other people who were in the car with him at the time of the attack.
I expect to see headlines like this in the states within a year
𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍I mean, there was a pretty major assassination less than a week ago
Was a step behind storming a building in broad daylight yet though.
lennybirdThey stormed our Capitol building in broad daylight on January 6th, 2021. They brought pipe bombs, gallows, zip ties, and had death chants.
Match!!We were once again saved only by our enemy’s incompetence
BeBopALouieIf he is a dead mayor why shoot him? He’s dead already.
*she/her, the mayor was a women.
Edit: Thanks for editing your comment from using “he/him”
We’re not far off from this in the USA. See the loan gunman the other night and the J6 lunatics. They all want to do this, they just aren’t so bold… yet.