Dear Members 3 Breaking News Emails 1. Comment - how many times must we warn Americans about their safety in Mexico and how many will be murdered because they do not heed the warnings Ruthie Husband: US missionary fatally wounded in MexicoTERRY WALLACE, Associated PressPublished: 10:07 p.m., Wednesday, January 26, 2011 DALLAS (AP) — A woman described by police as a U.S. missionary died at a Texas hospital Wednesday after her husband brought her mortally wounded over a Rio Grande bridge from Mexico, where he said she had been shot in the head by gunmen in a pickup truck. The husband relayed to Texas authorities a frantic episode of the couple being fired upon in Mexico and then flooring their truck at top speed back to the U.S border. It is a scene echoing one described four months ago by an American tourist, who said her husband was gunned down by Mexican pirates on a border lake as the couple tried fleeing on Jet Skis. Nancy Davis, 59, died in a McAllen hospital about 90 minutes after her husband drove the couple's truck against traffic across the Pharr International Bridge, according to a statement issued by the Pharr Police Department. Her husband told investigators that he and his wife were traveling about 70 miles (112 kilometers) south of the Mexican border city of Reynosa when gunmen in a pickup truck tried to stop them. When the Davises sped up, the gunmen fired, wounding Nancy Davis in the head, the statement said. The husband, identified as Sam Davis by U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Felix Garza, told police he continued to drive at top speed in hopes of outrunning the gunmen until he reached the international bridge and sought help. Pharr Police Chief Ruben Villescas said Mexican authorities contacted by his department confirmed the shooting happened near the outskirts of San Fernando. The area is heavily controlled by the Zetas drug cartel and is one of Mexico's most dangerous. It is the same area where 72 Central and South American migrants were found slain in August, a massacre blamed on the Zetas. Pharr police and U.S. Customs agents converged on the Davises' truck just before 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, after Sam Davis stopped in the middle of bridge traffic to seek help. Nancy Davis was found bleeding from a head wound in the front passenger seat. An ambulance took her to a McAllen hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 1:54 p.m., according to the police statement. The statement said the Davises live in a city in the lower Rio Grande Valley in South Texas, but did not specify where or provide details about Nancy Davis' missionary work. Villescas, the police chief, did not immediately respond to requests for additional comment late Wednesday. A friend of the couple told the San Antonio Express-News that the two spent 80 percent to 90 percent of their time in Mexico and had a home in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. "They did some teaching, did some evangelistic work," said Merton Rundell III, director of finance at Union Bible College in Indiana. "But most of their labors were directly involved in establishing churches in different parts of Mexico." U.S. Customs and Border Protection referred all additional questions about the case to the Pharr police, whose statement said the CBP, the FBI, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Texas Department of Public Safety and Mexican authorities also are participating in the investigation. The Mexican Interior Ministry released a statement expressing condolences over Davis' death. It said Mexican authorities were investigating the shooting but provided no further details. Officials at the Tamaulipas state attorney general's office in Mexico could not be reached for comment Wednesday night. U.S. Embassy spokesman Alexander Featherstone said "we want to convey our condolences to the family" and that the embassy was trying to contact Mexican authorities about the case. He could provide no other information. "I don't know them, but my heart breaks for them," said Tiffany Hartley, the widow of David Hartley, who authorities say was killed on Falcon Lake in September. Concerns about the investigation into David Hartley's death, about 170 miles (273 kilometers) northwest of San Fernando, prompted Texas Gov. Rick Perry to call for a stronger response from Mexican authorities. His body was never found, and a Tamaulipas state police commander who was investigating was killed and his decapitated head delivered in a suitcase to a local Mexican army post. In the migrant massacre, a Tamaulipas state detective and local police chief who participated in the initial investigation were killed. Tiffany Hartley told The Associated Press late Tuesday that news of the couple's run-in sent her into a flashback. "I instantly went back to that day," Hartley said. "I put myself in (the husband's) shoes. Because I was there almost four months ago. I know what he's going through. He just lost his best friend." ___ ********************************************* 2. Here is a thought for you.....................(Ruthie Rant) Why, when we continue to hear we must cut the spending, is Clinton promising to send another $500 million to Mexico thru the Merida Initiative? Where are all those who are demanding a cut in defense spending? Where is the US funding for all the victims of violence and additional consequences etc (at the hands of illegal aliens from Meixco) for AMERICANS? Why are American taxpayers sending any money (mininal or not) for Judicial Reform in Mexico when there is plenty of Judicial Reform chnages that need to take place here? Where are our Conservative Representatives in Congress? HERE IS AN IDEA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lets follow Janet Napolitano's lead Seeing she trashed the bogus and outrgeously expensive vitual fence on our southern border because of the expense and because it was not producing results (man on the moon but no border security - unreal) Let's trash giving more American taxpayer dollars to Mexico thru the Merida Initiative because ...... it is too expensive and not producing results Clean up your own Country before cleaning up someone else's Ruthie and here Correo-Guanajuato (Mexico) 1/24/2011 Clinton: Mexico must continue the fight against crime: Pledges Another$500 Million U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, meeting in Mexico with her counterpart, today said that Mexico has no choice but to continue the fight against drug trafficking and the cartels. She reiterated the commitment of the U.S. to work with Mexico, and pledged another $500 million for the Mérida Initiative. Of that amount, $60 million is for non-intrusive equipment to detect weapons and illegal money. ******************************************************** 3. Military, infrastructure, enforcement focus of talk with state senators 2 sheriffs: Send more border troopsLauren Gambino Cronkite News Service | Posted: Saturday, January 22, 2011 12:00 am PHOENIX - Two sheriffs gave a grim assessment of security along the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday, telling lawmakers they need the federal government to send more soldiers. "Get the military on the border and get them there now," Cochise County Sheriff Larry A. Dever said in a presentation to the Senate Border Security, Federalism and State Sovereignty Committee. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said that a "visible human fence" comprised of armed military men and women is the answer to reducing crime and cutting down the flow of illegal immigrants. "The military should be there as a visible deterrent," Babeu said. "The (border) problem has not gone away. Do not be lulled into a false sense of security." The sheriffs both proposed a three-pronged approach to border security: increasing the military presence, improving existing infrastructure such as the border fence, and bolstering enforcement. "As long as we have a porous border, no other socioeconomic solution will have value," Dever said. During Dever's presentation, Sen. Steve Gallardo, D-Phoenix, and Sen. Frank Antenori, R-Vail, broke into a heated exchange about border enforcement and SB 1070. Sen. Sylvia Allen, R-Snowflake, the committee's chairwoman, banged her gavel to stop them. Last year President Obama deployed 1,200 troops to the border. Ruthie Minnesotans Seeking Immigration Reform "Restore Order - Secure Our Border" "The Ruthie Report" 8 pm CST every Thursday |
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