Twenty-Year-Old Woman Named Police Chief in Dangerous Mexican Border Town

[Team Sergeant]

OK kids, what does this article tell us?

1. No Mexican "men" are left in the city she is now mayor....

2. All the men in that town are cowards.

3. The government of mexico no longer exists.

4. Everyone in the mexican government is also a coward.

5. mexico is on the verge of falling into total chaos.

I salute the young lady and if she asks for 50 former US Army Special Forces soldiers to assist her as personal bodyguards, I'd go. (50 SF against 500-1000 mexican cartel members, piece of cake.)

Good luck little lady.

Team Sergeant




Twenty-Year-Old Woman Named Police Chief in Dangerous Mexican Border Town

Published October 20, 2010
| Associated Press

PRAXEDIS G. GUERRERO, Mexico -- There's a new police chief in this violent borderland where drug gangs have killed public officials and terrified many citizens into fleeing: a 20-year-old woman who hasn't yet finished her criminology degree.

Marisol Valles Garcia was sworn in Wednesday to bring law and order to a township of about 8,500 that has been transformed from a string of quiet farming communities into a lawless no man's land. Two rival gangs -- the Juarez and Sinaloa drug cartels -- have been battling for control of its single highway, a lucrative drug trafficking route along the Texas border.

The tiny but energetic Valles Garcia, whose only police experience was a stint as a police department secretary, says she wants her 12 officers to practice a special brand of community policing. In fact her plan is to hire more women -- she currently has three -- and assign each to a neighborhood to talk with families, promote civic values and detect potential crimes before they happen.

"My people are out there going door to door, looking for criminals, and (in homes) where there are none, trying to teach values to the families," she said in her first official appearance on Wednesday. "The project is ... simple, based on values, principles and crime prevention in contacts house -by-house."

She has been assigned two bodyguards but won't carry a gun. She says she leave most of the decisions about weapons and tactics to the town's mayor, Jose Luis Guerrero.
Whether her decision is courageous or foolhardy, the appointment shows how desperate the situation has become in the Juarez Valley, a lucrative trafficking corridor along the Texas border.

Local residents say the drug gangs take over at night, riding through the towns in convoys of SUVs and pickups, assault rifles and even .50 caliber sniper rifles at the ready. The assistant mayor of nearby El Porvenir and the mayor of Distrito Bravos were killed recently even after they took refuge in nearby Ciudad Juarez.

While the bullet holes that pockmarked police headquarters in Praxedis have been painted over, police buildings in other towns in the valley remain empty, with broken windows and few sign of life.

"Let's hope it is not a reckless act on her part," said Miguel Sarre, a professor who specializes in Mexican law enforcement at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico. He said that "a municipal police force cannot protect itself against such powerful forces."

Local residents like farmer Arturo Gomez are willing to give her the benefit of the doubt.

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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/10...n-border-town/

[mojaveman]

I admire her ambition but God be with her. Anyone want to make bets on how long she'll live?

[sinjefe]

I have worked EXTENSIVELY in Colombia from 1990 until recently. Even did a four year stint there. I now work with the Mexican Army and I have to say they are worse off now than Colombia ever was at its worst (my opinion). I love my job (what SF guy doesn't like working with foreign nationals) but, at the end of the day, they are almost hopelessly corrupt and truly clueless. Unlike other LATAM nations, Mexico carries alot of historical animosity towards the US (no matter what you may hear). This precludes them from asking for real help (i.e.- military might v. "security assistance"). until they can get past that (and, if the PRI takes over again, they probably won't) it's only going to get worse.

[dr. mabuse]

Truly, Vaya con Dios.

[kgoerz]

Originally Posted by sinjefe

I have worked EXTENSIVELY in Colombia from 1990 until recently. Even did a four year stint there. I now work with the Mexican Army and I have to say they are worse off now than Colombia ever was at its worst (my opinion). I love my job (what SF guy doesn't like working with foreign nationals) but, at the end of the day, they are almost hopelessly corrupt and truly clueless. Unlike other LATAM nations, Mexico carries alot of historical animosity towards the US (no matter what you may hear). This precludes them from asking for real help (i.e.- military might v. "security assistance"). until they can get past that (and, if the PRI takes over again, they probably won't) it's only going to get worse.

Corruption being the key word there. Until they clean their own House. Take pride in their own Country. No amount of Aid from the U.S is going to change a thing. One of the things I learned working in Colombia and other South/Central American Countries. They loved their Country and wanted it to be a better place to live. I don't see any of that in Mexico or AStan.

[Richard]

Ahhhh...time for a remake of "The Magnificent Seven"...

Richard

[dadof18x'er]

Originally Posted by Richard

Ahhhh...time for a remake of "The Magnificent Seven"...

Richard

but please don't remake the soundtrack

[aegisnavy]

TS, on 1 thru 4 I cannot comment, but based on recent discussions with friends from south of the border, number 5 gets my vote.

[Team Sergeant]

Unlike the State Department and the government of the United States my SF brothers tell the truth and they tell it like it is, no holds barred.

In the 90's under "SLICK Willie" bill clinton, we (Special forces) attempted to "assist" the mexican government. All the "training" the Special Forces gave them (under protest) was eventually used "against" the United States.

With mexico, corrupt is an understatement.

[ZonieDiver]

Originally Posted by Richard

Ahhhh...time for a remake of "The Magnificent Seven"...

Richard

Okay... but I get to be Yul Brynner! (And... you can remake the soundtrack!)

[ZonieDiver]

Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

OK kids, what does this article tell us?

1. No Mexican "men" are left in the city she is now mayor....

2. All the men in that town are cowards.

3. The government of mexico no longer exists.

4. Everyone in the mexican government is also a coward.

5. mexico is on the verge of falling into total chaos.

I salute the young lady and if she asks for 50 former US Army Special Forces soldiers to assist her as personal bodyguards, I'd go. (50 SF against 500-1000 mexican cartel members, piece of cake.)

Good luck little lady.

Team Sergeant

On a serious note, TS is pretty spot on, in my estimation. While my high school is not Mexico, it is close in many respects. 80% of the students are Hispanic... Mexican-American, or Mexican (estimates of as high as 60% "undocumented"). I frequently speak of Mexico and its problems, especially if the discussions get to things such as Aztlan. I tell them that the original revolution was in 1821, and the second in 1916. It seems as if there is one every 100 years... and it is time for another. I tell them if they were true Mexican patriots, which many pose as, they would organize, arm, and return.

However, in my school of about 1500 students (full-time here, not counting "duals" from other campuses here for CTE classes only), we can only get about 60-70 actively involved in ANYthing... and about 50-55 of that number are girls. Most of the boys do nothing put pose.

Sad...

[kgoerz]

Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

Unlike the State Department and the government of the United States my SF brothers tell the truth and they tell it like it is, no holds barred.

In the 90's under "SLICK Willie" bill clinton, we (Special forces) attempted to "assist" the Mexican government. All the "training" the Special Forces gave them (under protest) was eventually used "against" the United States.

With Mexico, corrupt is an understatement.

Oh yes I remember...THE GREAT MEXICAN TRAINING INITIATIVE.
A bunch of Mexican Generals and politicians said
"lets tell the U.S to train our Troops in the U.S. Not in Mexico because we might have to lift a finger if they come here.Completely outfit our Units, give them pay equal to a U.S Soldiers pay while in the U.S, give them complete Health Care while in the U.S. Worse they can say is no. We said yes of course. What a complete failure that program was.
IMO Mexico is a waste of time. Border up

[Box]

This entire thread reeks of bigotry.......

Shame on you folks for suggesting that a woman cant handle this job without getting kilt'; or for that matter even suggesting that our oppressed mexican neighbors problems are a product of mexican corruption and not a by product of Americas addiction to oil and drugs and big cars.
if we weren't all a bunch drug addicted racists desperately clinging to guns and religion, mexico wouldn't be in this mess


shame on all of you

[DevilSide]

That's a brave woman considering what many her in her job description face everyday. If there were more of her around Mexico might actually get somewhere. It's sad to see that Mexico, the land of a culture I grew up with and like, puts up with this crap. Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, etc. I can see them being like this but Mexico is our neighbor, our problem.

I really say we call it like it is, Mexican immigrants are actually refugees, cut out that god awful racist rant from people who have no clue whats going on and secure that boarder. I'm in favor of tighter boarder control, no one can tell me I'm racist because about 90% of my friends are of Mexican decent because of the neighborhood I grew up in. Its costing us too much to worry about what is politically correct, its just hurting America and those true Mexicans trying to live normal lives. From the other posts I've read we have tried to help already but I seriously hope thats not the end of it...

[RockSolid]

The entire police force of the small town in northeastern Mexico quit on Tuesday, a day after gunmen attacked their headquarters. Los Ramones Mayor Santos Salinas said 14 members of the police force told him they quit on Tuesday morning. (Oct. 27)