Baja Mexico Fishing Reports and Discussion Thread, Tj Heads up in Mexico; This isn't really fishing, but it is worth paying attention to, since we need to pass thru Tj. to get ...  | | 
Apr-26-2008, 05:26 PM
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 #1 | | Registered User
Name: Bill Age: 63 Vessel: C.C. Location: Baja Job:What's dat? Bio: I run a orphanage. It's only for girls; mostly in their 20's and 30's..
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This isn't really fishing, but it is worth paying attention to, since we need to pass thru Tj. to get South,
13 dead, five injured as rival gangs stage gun battle
By Sandra Dibble
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
2:52 p.m. April 26, 2008
TIJUANA – In one of the deadliest confrontations Tijuana has seen in recent years, 13 are dead and five are injured following a gun battle early Saturday between rival gangs linked to organized crime. Eight suspects were in custody, including the five injured.
The incident comes amid a spike in violence across Mexico's northern border as Mexican law enforcement officials battle criminal groups vying for control of lucrative drug smuggling routes to the United States.
Advertisement“We are evidently facing one of the most dangerous, most terrible events that we have lived through in recent months,” Rommel Moreno Manjarrez, Baja California's attorney general, said during a news conference Saturday. “We are talking about highly dangerous criminal groups.”
The shootout took place on a major thoroughfare in eastern Tijuana, Bulevar Insurgentes, when gunmen ambushed a group of men in parked cars. Authorities who responded to the 1:40 a.m. call found seven victims inside and near late-model vehicles that were parked on a frontage road that runs parallel to Insurgentes.
Three more victims were found at hospitals around the city, after apparently seeking treatment, while another was found in the back of a pickup truck a few miles away from where the incident occurred. Two more were killed in a confrontation across town with members of the Baja California State Preventive Police force in a shootout at a clinic where the suspects had sought treatment.
Investigators have seized 21 vehicles believed linked to the event, as well as 54 weapons. They counted 1,500 spent cartridges at the various crime scenes.
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Apr-26-2008, 06:08 PM
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#2 | | SICK FISH
Name: Gregg Age: 60 Vessel: 20' Seaway Skiff Location: Hermosa Beach Job:Artist
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That is bad news indeed. It seems things are getting worse before getting better there. Good luck to all going down and back !
SICK FISH
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Apr-26-2008, 06:13 PM
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#3 | | No MLPA Closures
Name: Michael Vessel: next one i'm on... Location: Happiest place on earth ! Job:I could even make YOUR hoopty look good Bio: multiple offender, but God has a plan for me
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Can't wait to hear from the " It happens all the time in LA " crowd.
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Apr-26-2008, 06:29 PM
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#4 | | Captain
Name: Steve Age: 35 Vessel: 2003 43' Cabo Con "Butt Plugger" , 2009 Yamaha FX SHO, 2007 Yamaha VX Cruiser Location: Lomita Job:Team Baja Fish Gear
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I'm driving up through there Sunday afternoon...if I make it I'll have report
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Apr-26-2008, 06:58 PM
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#5 | | cause I eat alot of beans
Name: Kurt Age: 43 Vessel: 30ft Grady CC Location: PV, mx via Edmonds Wa Job:Esperanza Sportfishing
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Originally Posted by divegod1  Can't wait to hear from the " It happens all the time in LA " crowd. | just investigate what happened in Chicago last weekend and it kinda opens up some eyes, only about 32 people shot in one weekend.....WOW, and an average of 30 homocides per month for the 1st 3 months of this year, thatsjust the city, not the whole state. And honestly, I'm not trying to flame the whole here/there theme, but the reality is just that.....reality, but it would never stop me from driving in or going to Chicago.
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Apr-26-2008, 07:25 PM
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#6 | | Captain
Name: Jeff Age: 58 Vessel: Two too many Location: Mexico Job:Two too many
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TJ is bad guys killing bad guys-good ridance. But they have 5 more wounded in the hospital under military guard that have a story and are making a few people nervous. I laughed to heare that the local TJ cops are laying low after the incident as they feel vulnerable to personal attacks after an incident like this.
Another group of 5 grabbed the assistant DA yesterday in SLP and left him on the road in the morning with a little extra lead to the head.
Then the military took over the federal police station and dearmed almost 1000 cops.
Interesting times.
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Apr-26-2008, 07:29 PM
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#7 | | Captain blue perch!!!
Name: Chris Age: 38 Vessel: Blackman'46'Boat Ho!!! Location: Lomita Job:Paint Stuff! Bio: Love fising the Island when the Blue Perch are biting!
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Originally Posted by Ready4TheYellow I'm driving up through there Sunday afternoon...if I make it I'll have report | You mean down Steve..........I'll be back down in three weeks,so if you get captured put up a yellow flag and I'll come save you! 
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Apr-26-2008, 07:31 PM
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#8 | | Captain
Name: Dave Age: 65 Vessel: BERTRAM 35 Location: Winnetka ca Job:Engineer
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Aint FISHEN FUN FUN FUN.Kevlar any one.
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Apr-26-2008, 07:31 PM
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#9 | | Team Tail Chasers
Name: Leoman Vessel: Stringari 18' x 2 Location: San Diego Job:working to retire Bio: spend most of my time trying to go fishing
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this is why, no matter where, Captial Punishment is a good policy
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Apr-26-2008, 07:46 PM
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#10 | | Registered User
Name: nate Vessel: 25 panga Location: scorpion bay Job:builder
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1500 spent rounds? 13 dead? Nice shootout. Its pretty obvious these groups are going to do what they damn well please. Law enforcement can't stop them. Judicial system doesn't mean anything to them when they are kidnapping and killing anyone who opposes them. Serious problems that have no answers. Just try and duck when you pass through TJ. What else can you do?
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Apr-26-2008, 07:50 PM
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#11 | | Registered User
Name: Mario Age: 39 Vessel: 25' Invader Bloody Flakes Location: Downey CA, USA Job:College Recruiter Bio: I love fishing the LA Breakwall
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Originally Posted by divegod1 Can't wait to hear from the " It happens all the time in LA " crowd. | OK, here you go.... It happens all the time LA  | |
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Apr-26-2008, 07:52 PM
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#12 | | cause I eat alot of beans
Name: Kurt Age: 43 Vessel: 30ft Grady CC Location: PV, mx via Edmonds Wa Job:Esperanza Sportfishing
Posts: 1,815
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Originally Posted by LTBOLTMAN this is why, no matter where, Captial Punishment is a good policy | Agreed!
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