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More Gringo-on-Gringo Border Crime

Submitted February 5, 2005 - 12:57 am by Al Giordano
TV-4 in Harlingen, Texas, reports:

Another horrifying shooting in matamoros, this time involving two men from Mississippi.

The details are still coming in... But, the American Consul says two men were driving to Playa Baghdad, when one man allegedly shot the other in the head.

They both died a car accident shortly afterwards.

The Consul says one man was in his 70's, the other in his 50's.

Mexican officers contacted family members in Mississippi. They apparently didn't even know the men were in Mexico.

Maybe the U.S. State Department "travel advisories" about going to Mexico should be less about Mexico, and more about the dangers that gringos bring with them... something more basic, with important tips like...

  • When traveling to Mexico leave your gringo guns at home.
  • If you must bring guns, don't shoot your travel mates.
  • If you must shoot your traveling partner, remember not to shoot him while he's driving.
  • If you must shoot him while he's driving, at least make sure the car is not moving.
  • If you must shoot him while he's driving and the car is moving, make sure that you are not also in the same car!
Y'know? That sort of thing would be much more useful in lowering these gringo death statistics that Ambassador Tony Garza calls a "rising wave of crime" in Mexico.

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