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highplainsdem

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Sun Aug 4, 2019, 04:36 PM Aug 2019

Mexico says it will take legal action against US over El Paso shooting [View all]

Source: The Hill

Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard on Sunday announced that his country will take legal action against the United States over Saturday's mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has instructed officials to make sure "the position from Mexico translates first as protecting the affected families and after in effective, swift, expeditious and forceful legal actions” to protect Mexicans in the U.S, Ebrard said in a video posted on Twitter.

“What happened was inadmissible and today at 4:30 PM we’ll reveal the first judicial actions the government of Mexico will take in accordance with international law.”

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Read more: https://thehill.com/latino/456121-mexico-says-it-will-take-legal-action-against-us-over-el-paso-shooting

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I hope they can do something, but I have my doubts if it will mean anything katmondoo Aug 2019 #1
They should pass a Magnitsky style act and sanction Trump personally for inciting mass murder RockRaven Aug 2019 #2
+1 oasis Aug 2019 #3
They have to include Moscow Mitch RainCaster Aug 2019 #22
K & R SallyHemmings Aug 2019 #36
Uhh, that's the pot calling the kettle black. X_Digger Aug 2019 #4
so the point is moot? Demonaut Aug 2019 #5
No, just hypocritical. I thought that was obvious. n/t X_Digger Aug 2019 #6
Hypocritical my ass SCantiGOP Aug 2019 #17
"Do something" about their own 5x homicide rate? Or are you referring to this action? n/t X_Digger Aug 2019 #24
I can't believe how quickly it went up from 3 times to 5 times our homicide rate. I know our rate... EarnestPutz Aug 2019 #76
Exactly right. Our market for Fentyl, Meth, coke creates the high murder rate. All their guns ... marble falls Aug 2019 #25
Actually they don't. EX500rider Aug 2019 #35
Actually they do ... marble falls Aug 2019 #37
You are missing the point.. EX500rider Aug 2019 #39
So which country is their main source? cstanleytech Aug 2019 #43
The US media don't care. Igel Aug 2019 #46
Here: EX500rider Aug 2019 #56
It's almost like you didn't even read the post you are responding to. AtheistCrusader Aug 2019 #71
Submitting a Wiki article in college would get your paper thrown out by the professor. TheBlackAdder Aug 2019 #60
Boy and how Mike_DuBois Aug 2019 #70
I'll take Wikki and their footnotes over a opinion piece in the LA Times. nt EX500rider Aug 2019 #72
Some data discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2019 #73
Makes sense to me, the Cartels go for full auto, not available over the counter in the US. EX500rider Aug 2019 #74
While there is a lot of murder in Mexico, there's never been a xase of of a Mexican gunman ... marble falls Aug 2019 #7
I suspect that the high murder billh58 Aug 2019 #12
the cartels are the cause of so much immigration to the USA. Lots are fleeing for their lives mucifer Aug 2019 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author Jedi Guy Aug 2019 #14
Screw these Donnie Shit for Brains "Talking Points" maxrandb Aug 2019 #20
Thank you Bradshaw3 Aug 2019 #51
This message was self-deleted by its author Jedi Guy Aug 2019 #53
All the State Department stats in the world don't change the fact maxrandb Aug 2019 #65
That's a fair point and one I honestly hadn't considered. Jedi Guy Aug 2019 #69
Mahalo, Max Cha Aug 2019 #63
That's half the srory. How about some statistics on Mexicans killed in this country? And again ... marble falls Aug 2019 #23
I haven't been able to find any stats for Mexican nationals murdered in the US per year. Jedi Guy Aug 2019 #54
When you hear the Mexican leadership saying America is sending rapists and Doodley Aug 2019 #58
Right, they just happen to stumble upon mass graves with 100+, 200+, 300+ bodies. X_Digger Aug 2019 #26
So, Mexicans are just naturally bloodthirsty? Bradshaw3 Aug 2019 #52
I know bullshit is incoming when I see, "So.." X_Digger Aug 2019 #55
Took your words at face value Bradshaw3 Aug 2019 #59
But there have been fairly numerous cases of Americans being killed. Igel Aug 2019 #47
It's actually worse then that: EX500rider Aug 2019 #19
Would I be far off on the mark at guessing that most of those are being done in areas that are cstanleytech Aug 2019 #44
I assume mostly cartel killings for sure. nt EX500rider Aug 2019 #57
I'm not thinking that your point is relevant to this discussion. PatrickforO Aug 2019 #21
Goody for you. I was responding to this: marble falls Aug 2019 #27
So was I. no text PatrickforO Aug 2019 #28
Ended up in my mail box. Go figure. marble falls Aug 2019 #29
Its not so much the war on drugs rather its our high demand for them making it lucrative for people cstanleytech Aug 2019 #45
It's not like we installed remote controlls in hundreds of thousands of South Americans. Igel Aug 2019 #48
You know.... paleotn Aug 2019 #32
The murders in Mexico are from drug cartels and mafia Perseus Aug 2019 #38
Dead is dead. I doubt it matters to the dead which circumstance they fall prey to. n/t X_Digger Aug 2019 #40
Mexico does this. Igel Aug 2019 #50
I am a US citizen born and raised there but I have live in Mx for friend of m and j Aug 2019 #62
Those are mostly drug cartel crimes. lunatica Aug 2019 #75
Yeah, umm, not really. X_Digger Aug 2019 #78
Both stories seem to be from 2011. lunatica Aug 2019 #79
If you say so. *pat* X_Digger Aug 2019 #80
I have extensive family and know people in various parts of Mexico lunatica Aug 2019 #81
Somebody need to file an action at the Hague. Stonepounder Aug 2019 #8
Can they do that? BigmanPigman Aug 2019 #10
DING! FirstLight Aug 2019 #41
Tried for what? Sure, groupthink among some has already Hortensis Aug 2019 #66
i was just thinking abut this being an international incident. AllaN01Bear Aug 2019 #9
How U.S. gun deaths compare to other countries billh58 Aug 2019 #11
Canada is a good analog.... paleotn Aug 2019 #34
We lead the developed world. Igel Aug 2019 #49
not so weird - gun ownership rates declined with violent crime rates jimmy the one Aug 2019 #77
Good. MicaelS Aug 2019 #13
any lawsuit should include treatment of ice detainees Tiggeroshii Aug 2019 #15
right? FirstLight Aug 2019 #42
I'll see you in court. Something Rump has heard since he was 14 years old. Mc Mike Aug 2019 #16
the fascists, tRump have been inciting violence, its time they get their asses sued off. nt yaesu Aug 2019 #18
Recommended but I honestly don't think it matters KentuckyWoman Aug 2019 #31
Good! warmfeet Aug 2019 #33
Sounds like a good way to end up with customerserviceguy Aug 2019 #61
I appreciate Mexico Cha Aug 2019 #64
The Situation, Mike Sleepscratch Aug 2019 #67
K&R real Cannabis calm Aug 2019 #68
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