Texas Prosecutor And Wife Slain At Their Home; Law Enforcement Authorities Fear Retaliatory Plot By Mexican Drug Cartels

[This is here because this is Prohibition History repeating itself.]

Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia Woodward McLelland were shot to death in their home last night as reported by The Dallas Morning News:

A law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity described the scene at the McLellands' home as an awful scene where the door appeared to have been kicked in. "There are shell casings everywhere," the official said. "This is unprecedented. This is unbelievable. This is huge."

Last month Kaufman County Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse was gunned down outside the local courthouse by two men in tactical gear who remain at large, and authorities fear the murders may be connected to a retaliatory plot by Mexican cartels.

The drug cartels freelance their retail distribution and enforcement work to local street and prison gangs across the United States, and have recently been targeting both Mexican and U.S. law enforcement officials for assassination.

Last week the Texas Department of Public Safety released a report identifying the Mexican drug cartels as the greatest threat to the Lone Star State as reported by KWTX: "six cartels have command and control networks in the state, moving drugs and people into the United States, and transporting cash, weapons and stolen vehicles back to Mexico." Former Texas Ranger Mark Leger says "Mexican drug cartels are a real and present threat to Central Texas," and "sometimes, the general public doesn't have any idea that there are gangs operating in their cities and towns."

Meanwhile, the Obama administration naively -- or is it cynically? -- continues to insist that the border is secure, there is no evidence of drug-related spillover violence, and American citizens have no need to own semi-automatic rifles and standard-capacity magazines for personal protection.

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http://bitterqueen.typepad.com/friends_o...ican-drug-.html

The governor can call out the National Guard to the border and seal it. WITHOUT any Federal oversight. He can also call on 'volunteers to help seal the border in a state of emergency.

We have sent real troops across the border for this kind of lawlessness before. It didn't turn out very well then, but this is a different age, with a different military.
But I doubt the pResident has the nads to do anything other than send a nasty 'note' to the cartels.

This is a very disturbing story.

And - Kaufman county, for Pete's sake!

When I read this story on Drudge the first thing I thought was "drug cartel"?

The thing is every time I think that, for example the Gabrielle Giffords shooting, I end up being wrong.

Then I heard it might be related to the neo-Nazi shooting?

Quote: Weird Tolkienish Figure wrote in post #4

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When I read this story on Drudge the first thing I thought was "drug cartel"?

The thing is every time I think that, for example the Gabrielle Giffords shooting, I end up being wrong.

Then I heard it might be related to the neo-Nazi shooting?

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Quote: Sanguine wrote in post #5

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Quote: Weird Tolkienish Figure wrote in post #4

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When I read this story on Drudge the first thing I thought was "drug cartel"?

The thing is every time I think that, for example the Gabrielle Giffords shooting, I end up being wrong.

Then I heard it might be related to the neo-Nazi shooting?

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Yeah, I don't know. I think the national press would like for it to be related to neo-nazi-white-supremecists, but whether it is or not, who knows?

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