I started feeling guilty talking about this on "weather" threads, so I decided to start a new one. We mentioned, once before, in relation to the Free case, the very coordinated, effective and timely police action that lead to the rescue of Free's mother. I have to say that, so far, what I've seen taking place here at my apt complex also appears to be rather professional, if a little unsettling. I said, yesterday, that police in military uniforms and helmets were present at my complex, together with their vehicle, with its truck mounted machine gun (all typical for Mexico these days, with the effort to get tough with drug traffickers). One of them told me they were conducting an investigation and, I suppose, the large numbers are to provide security for the operation and the investigators- who may be targets, owing to what they know and the testimony they could provide at trial of future cases. The vehicle remains stationed near the entrance to my stairwell and seven to eight police are standing guard in the stairwell. This looks like what would be overkill, in many countries, but perhaps it prevents anyone from getting any ideas by a show of "overwhelming" force. Soon, it will be 24 hours that they've been here, and there was just a shift change (8 AM), with a deuce and a half delivering the replacements. All remains very, very quiet. Perhaps, today, I will get a little more bold, and ask them what they're investigating....
Just ask. Be nosy. They are bored silly, they want to talk. If you bring them cokes and fried pork skins they will probably talk your ear off. Over here we had a house seized because the owner was suspected of being involved in those dozen or so people who were beheaded near Merida. The cops sat on that house for a year. Let's hope you are not in for a long stay by the cops.
Just to clarify I suspect if they have a truck with a 50cal on top and are in military uniforms they ARE military.... not police.... I bet you won't have any crime problems so long as they are there.. assuming its enough of them to keep each other in line as opposed to just 1 or 2 which would make me nervous.
Ha, ha, RG, so then, every time I come home, for the next year, I'm greeted by a chorus of "So, where's the cokes, where's the pig skins?" That could get costly.... When I worked in Kazakhstan I roomed in a collective where the administrator had a taste for Soviet Champagne (the French would object to calling it that, wouldn't they), so I kept some in the refrigerator for him. He would come in and help himself to a couple of bottles, now and then. The stuff was cheap, less than two dollars a bottle, and I considered it a good trade, as he was supplying my workplace, in the collective, for over a year. And, Life, maybe the same could be said for the "built in" police protection these guys are giving me!
If this is in SM 20, then that story is interesting. Israeli spy equipment and such. And you are in on the "ground floor" so to speak. Well, keep us posted. Por Esto! | Yucatán
Building is still under guard. Never met the people who used that apartment, though I did see them come and go. Haven't seen them in the last 24 hours, though.
Recordings of phone calls of "enemies" of Greg Sanchez? And what are Greg's political ambitions again? To be Governor of the state? This doesn't seem confusing or mysterious to me at all...this seems quite obvious. If I wanted to spy on my political enemies it seems that hiring outsiders with expertise in espionage would make sense; around here, in gossiplandia, you HAVE to make sure you hire outsiders otherwise what you are up to would get leaked.
Looks like we've lost our good security, Life; and, they lost interest in watching me, Mixz1- 'cuz they're gone, now. _________________ Must have been a few anxious moments in the lives of any drug dealers who may live here when they first arrived, two days ago. It was a little distressing to me, too, I'll admit, because I never feel that comfortable around people who are armed. Their conduct was professional at all times during the two days plus they were here, even though many of them were very young men. They spoke in hushed tones at all times, and there was never any slap-ass behavior of any kind. This was impressive to me, that such a well disciplined force exits here.
