Jocotepec shootings Saturday night

http://semanariolaguna.com/38797/

Here is a Google translation:

Murdered three people in hairdressing in the area Center of Jocotepec.

In addition, there are two other people who were injured in the workplace.

Members of the municipal police cordoned off the place waiting for elements of the Prosecutor's Office and the Jalisco Institute of forensic sciences.
Writing. -An assassination attempt has left as the balance three people dead and two more wounded inside the hairdresser "Meño", located in the center of Jocotepec, on the night of the cry of independence.
According to preliminary reports were three men who died at the site, while the other two were transferred to the municipal clinic and reported in stable condition.
Unofficial information indicates that a stranger arrived at the hairdresser with gun in hand around nine o'clock in the evening and asked for "La Pioja", but not to receive response of those present began to shoot them "burning clothes".
Among the wounded is the Barber, who received a bullet in the abdomen; another person shot in leg. "The Pioja" died in the medical service municipal due to two shots in the head.
According to eyewitnesses, began to listen to gun detonations when passed around 9:00 o'clock, they pointed to Laguna locals.
Police have blocked the South Matamoros Street and José Santana, waiting for forensic services.

Undoubtedly drug related, so just keep out of bad neighborhoods, don't flash your jewelery, don't get drunk and walk home alone late at night. You'll be fine. Move along, nothing to see here. Unless, of course, you happen to be sitting in a beauty shop getting your hair done.

“Getting your hair done” on a holiday Saturday night at 9 p.m.?

Good point Lady O.

I was kinda thinking that this takes Georgy Girl to a whole new level of discontent.

Note that this was not a beauty salon but a barber shop and three "men" were shot.
Thanks for the translation, CBob.

Lady Otter Latté wrote:“Getting your hair done” on a holiday Saturday night at 9 p.m.?

The "Grito" isn't until 11PM.  La Pioja wanted to look his/her best.

I doubt flashing jewelry, being drunk, or walking to the barber shop alone had much to do with it.

“Burning clothes” or quema ropa means powder burns caused by close up shots.

And a piojo/a type person is gender sensitive, so maybe he was very "effeminate"?.....quien sabe?
Almost down to the "Cabron" level.

My point was, and I can hardly believe you didn't get it, was that you can get shot being in the wrong place at the wrong time. 9PM on a Saturday night is not late in Mexico or most anywhere else for that matter. Many businesses, including barber shops are open at that time. Thus, an innocent and uninvolved person could get shot simply because they were there. Drug cartels, etc., have nothing to do with it.

Would you make the same comments (above) if the murders happened in a grocery store? The problem is not piojo/a, it is more that murders have become commonplace. In your lives before Mexico, did you live in a neighborhood or small town where murder is treated as the norm?

No, however they still occurred on a regular basis. Gang shootings and hits in public places in Vancouver were not uncommon.

Anyone who has lived in the U.S. knows all too well about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The wrong places include schools, churches, malls, movie theaters, post offices, work places, and concerts. Wrong times include any.

CanuckBob wrote:No, however they still occurred on a regular basis. Gang shootings and hits in public places in Vancouver were not uncommon.

Yep. Remember Bindy Johal? It's been 20 years since he was shot and killed in a crowded Vancouver night club. Terrible tragedy; He was such a swell guy.

addtocart wrote:  Drug cartels, etc., have nothing to do with it.

Well, you could get pretty good odds from me on a bet, that they did.

slainte39 wrote:

addtocart wrote:  Drug cartels, etc., have nothing to do with it.

Well, you could get pretty good odds from me on a bet, that they did.

Let's see: the gunmen entered the shop and asked for a specific person. Then, they shot him. Sounds like a cartel hit to me, too, sorry to say.

ltollefs wrote:

CanuckBob wrote:No, however they still occurred on a regular basis. Gang shootings and hits in public places in Vancouver were not uncommon.

Yep. Remember Bindy Johal? It's been 20 years since he was shot and killed in a crowded Vancouver night club. Terrible tragedy; He was such a swell guy.

I do remember ole Bindy and the many public shootings and attempted hits surrounding the Bacon brothers during the years following that.