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Just because I lean towards strong enforcement of existing border laws doesn't mean I'm blind to the very real, shared culpability in stories like last weekend's killings in Tijuana.  Our border is only a small solution to a much larger problem of American demand for drugs.  I did a little more searching on this news story after watching local T.V. coverage gloss over the fact that these Americans were likely cocaine traffickers or users and in debt to Mexican drug suppliers.  As tragic as all this is, it tells an important story that our kids need to hear and understand.  I don't typically swallow whatever the Mexican Police Dept. reports, but we all know their story makes way too much sense.

From here: 
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-4-killed-tijuan,0,2915642.story

SAN DIEGO - The weekend beating deaths of three young San Diegans and a Mexican friend in Tijuana may stemmed from an unpaid drug debt, Mexican police sources told FOX 5 San Diego.
According to a press release from the attorney general's office in Tijuana, two men, and two women were found dead inside a cherry-colored mini-van in the eastern Tijuana community of Valle Dorado early Saturday afternoon. The bodies showed signs of beating and torture and were wrapped in blankets, according to Tijuana authorities

Three of the victims were from San Diego, according to family and friends. Family members didn't want to speak on camera, but they told FOX 5 that two of the victims went to Southwest High School. The sources said Luis Antonio Games, 21, and Oscar Jorge Garcia Cota, 23, attended the school, and Briana Hernandez Aguilera, 19, attended Chula Vista High School.  (read more...)