More questions than answers.

To say this event is simply tragic, is an understatement. I want to know the extent Vincent Bustamante was involved in possible gun traffiking. To be guilty of stealing a 'shotgun' seems like a minor event compared to the potential of finding him in Mexico and possibly shot with a similar weapon.

This is more than odd. It reeks of organized crime.


Police and forensic officers look at the body of U.S. marshal Vincent Bustamante, found in the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Photo: AP

Mar 26, 2009 9:30 pm US/Central

U.S. Marshal Found Dead In Mexico (click here)
WASHINGTON (AP) ―
A law enforcement official says Bustamante was found with a gunshot wound to the back of his head.
Federal authorities say a deputy U.S. marshal wanted for allegedly stealing a government shotgun has been found dead in Mexico.
A spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Service says Deputy Vincent Bustamante was found dead Wednesday in Juarez.
Bustamante had been a fugitive since March 18 when he failed to show up for a court date in El Paso, Texas. He was placed on modified duty status after a pawnbroker called to report Bustamante had pawned a government shotgun.
A law enforcement official says Bustamante was found with a gunshot wound to the back of his head.
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US Intelligence Chief: Mexico Will Not Become 'Failed State' (click here)
By Gary Thomas Washington
26 March 2009
The top U.S. intelligence officer says Mexico remains stable, despite the recent surge in violence spawned by the illegal drug trade.
The Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Dennis Blair, also dismisses North Korea's claim that its upcoming space launch is for peaceful purposes.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Dennis Blair downplayed the notion that drug violence has brought Mexico to the brink of collapse. Rather, Blair says the escalating violence is a testament to the Mexican government's efforts to pressure the illegal drug cartels.
"Mexico is in no danger of becoming a failed state. [Let me] repeat that. Mexico is in no danger of becoming a failed state. The violence we see now is the result of Mexico taking action against the drug cartels. So it is in fact the result of positive moves, which the Mexican government has taken to break the baneful influence that many of these cartels have had on many aspects of Mexican government and Mexican life," Blair said....