Thursday, March 3, 2011

Close call for Alfonso and I

On Friday at 2:00 pm I was walking down this street getting Gracie's Mexican passport renewed, at 5:00 our brother Alfonso who I work with was walking down this same spot when the men two men jumped out of a white car, Alfonso said they practically pushed him over as they jumped up onto the sidewalk and opened fire on the barbershop. Pray for us down here, this war isn't over yet. 
Here's a portion of the police blotter I translated:

Nogales, Sonora .- A young resident of Buenos Aires was shot dead and five others injured, by on Friday afternoon in a barbershop in the heart of downtown and within walking distance of City Hall.
Merchants, pedestrians and motorists took refuge upon hearing the blasts of the assault rifles used by the gunmen. The young man killed, a barber, was identified as Rey David Peña Vázquez, 26. The wounded were assisted by Red Cross disaster workers to the General Hospital. The incident took place at the Barber shop “Alexander” which is located on Avenida Obregon and Gonzalez Street, around 5:00 pm. Witnesses said at that time came two gunmen approached the barbershop, and without saying a word, openned fire with their assault rifles known as “cuernos de chivo (goat horn),” without warning.The mortally wounded Rey David Peña, received at least ten bullets in different parts of your body.After the shooting law enforcement began searching the streets of the city for the attackers, with negative results.
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