Another one of my friends died.

[Shadows]

4 US citizens found beaten, strangled Mexican border city of Tijuana

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The bodies of four U.S. citizens were found strangled, beaten and stabbed in a van in this border city, two days after they reportedly left their Southern California homes for a night at the Mexican clubs, U.S. officials said Thursday.

The victims, ages 19 to 23 years old, were found tied up on Saturday, but their deaths were not reported earlier because they were under investigation, said Fermin Gomez, an assistant state prosecutor in Baja California.

U.S. consular officials in Tijuana said the victims — two men and two women from the San Diego and Chula Vista areas — were U.S. citizens. The state attorney general's office in Baja California said one of the women was Mexican.

Their deaths are the latest in a string of violence in Tijuana that authorities blame on a bloody turf war between drug cartels.

Bernard Gonzales, a spokesman for the Chula Vista Police Department, said a friend told the women's parents they were headed to nightclubs in Tijuana on Thursday night. They were reported missing the next day when they did not answer their cell phones.

Gomez said relatives of one of the victims told authorities they knew drug traffickers, and that one of the women had cocaine in her system.

The victims were Brianna Hernandez, 19; Carmen Jimena Ramos; Oscar Jorge Garcia, 23; and Luis Antonio Gamez III, 21, said Charles Smith, a spokesman for the U.S. consulate in Tijuana. Ramos was believed to be 20 years old, but her age had not been confirmed

I know my friend, the dude was not involved in any drugs. He just went to go party b/c he got back from Iraq, but the news reporters/ investigators are making it seem like they were part of a fucking drug cartel shit.

 

[Shadows]

Okay, so I just got more news.

The San Diego news put up my friends picture and said he died...etc.

I called up my friends and they said he was right there with them.

They got the wrong Oscar Garcia picture. The other Oscar Garcia is someone else.

Glad to hear this.


You guys can lock the thread if you'd like, unless you want to talk about the mexican drug cartel.

 

[Flipmo]

Mexicans, they make good guacamole.

 

[kastro]

^^ i agree

 

[Bigg Limn]

This war is fucked up...glad it wasnt this bad when I went 2 TJ a few years back.

 

[Freedom Froggy]

so you knew non of the deceased?

still a fucked up situation tho.. shyt those peeps are my age and ive been wanting to go to TJ/rosarita beach and ensenada for the longest

 

[ArtsyGirl]

Good to hear its not ur friend.. Still fucked up tho

 

[Bigg Limn]

so you knew non of the deceased?

still a fucked up situation tho.. shyt those peeps are my age and ive been wanting to go to TJ/rosarita beach and ensenada for the longest

real talk...TJs fun...but right now I would say def. not worth it lol. Wait til/if/when the shit calms down and is cool for visiting again. But right now...shit seems too risky. I know a few peeps who have gone down there wit no problems; but personally I wldnt fuck wit it right now.

 

[Jokerman]

Is this him:

http://www.autographsuccess.com/jorge_garcia3.jpg

His name is Jorge Garcia. Man, your friend is lost.

 

[_carmi]

glad to hear its not your friend who deceased.