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20 Year-old College Girl Now Police Chief of Guadalupe, Mexico
« on: October 21, 2010, 12:12:23 PM »
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101020/wl_yblog_upshot/college-student-named-police-chief-in-violence-plagued-mexican-town-after-no-one-else-would-apply

A 20 year-old college girl was the only one to apply for the position amidst all the recent beheadings of police and public officials. Hopefully she can find a way to make the town safer without getting killed!

Other articles state she's planning on having a largely female police force. Even without the ongoing violence, I'm wondering how well such a force would work amidst the culture of machismo.
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Re: 20 Year-old College Girl Now Police Chief of Guadalupe, Mexico
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2010, 12:21:38 PM »
I read she's having a largely female unarmed police "force".
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Re: 20 Year-old College Girl Now Police Chief of Guadalupe, Mexico
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2010, 12:34:26 PM »
Sounds like the plot of a Western.
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Re: 20 Year-old College Girl Now Police Chief of Guadalupe, Mexico
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2010, 12:36:24 PM »
She won't get killed or beaten. She'll just be ignored.

Unless she's armed and prepared to use force. Then she'll get killed and/or beaten.
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Re: 20 Year-old College Girl Now Police Chief of Guadalupe, Mexico
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2010, 12:41:18 PM »
Quote from: Racehorse on October 21, 2010, 12:36:24 PM
She won't get killed or beaten. She'll just be ignored.

Unless she's armed and prepared to use force. Then she'll get killed and/or beaten.

Pretty much.  The cartels would love someone focused on just "prevention" and "youth events".  Keeps a competent person from taking the job. 


Hell, maybe I should check if they'd allow a gringo to put in for the job.  Sounds like it'd be fun, actually. 
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Re: 20 Year-old College Girl Now Police Chief of Guadalupe, Mexico
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2010, 01:21:10 PM »
Quote from: MicroBalrog on October 21, 2010, 12:34:26 PM
Sounds like the plot of a Western.

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Re: 20 Year-old College Girl Now Police Chief of Guadalupe, Mexico
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2010, 01:41:16 PM »
Quote from: MicroBalrog on October 21, 2010, 12:34:26 PM
Sounds like the plot of a Western.

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Re: 20 Year-old College Girl Now Police Chief of Guadalupe, Mexico
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2010, 01:56:07 PM »
She's sexy, i know that much
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Re: 20 Year-old College Girl Now Police Chief of Guadalupe, Mexico
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2010, 02:56:26 PM »
Sounds like she could use seven hired guns...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0vqQjaXLOU
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Re: 20 Year-old College Girl Now Police Chief of Guadalupe, Mexico
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2010, 03:02:10 PM »
Quote from: scout26 on October 21, 2010, 02:56:26 PM
Sounds like she could use seven hired guns...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0vqQjaXLOU

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Re: 20 Year-old College Girl Now Police Chief of Guadalupe, Mexico
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2010, 03:36:49 PM »
Quote from: Angel Eyes on October 21, 2010, 03:02:10 PM
Unfortunately, the cartels make Calvera and his men look like Boycub Scouts. brownies


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Re: 20 Year-old College Girl Now Police Chief of Guadalupe, Mexico
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2010, 03:42:41 PM »
Quote from: Ragnar Danneskjold on October 21, 2010, 12:21:38 PM
I read she's having a largely female unarmed police "force".
Quote from: Racehorse on October 21, 2010, 12:36:24 PM
She won't get killed or beaten. She'll just be ignored.
In a city awash in violent crime, I don't see how unarmed female police could NOT be ignored - even John Q. Public   Juan Q. Público wouldn't take them seriously.

I know I wouldn't in those conditions . . .
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Re: 20 Year-old College Girl Now Police Chief of Guadalupe, Mexico
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2010, 04:41:15 PM »
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A young Guadalupe citizen complained to Valles, "We are spending a great part of our lives locked up inside our homes," according to a Spanish-language paper. Valles responded that she wants to encourage more events for young people in the town.

Why do things such as "Mid-Week Drive-By Bullet Dodging" and "Friday Night Firefight" come so readily to mind?

Or how about a dance for all the young folks in town, where the invitations to the cartel members "got lost in the mail"?  What movie was that where the gangbangers showed up anyway?  All I can remember was the male lead got offed in the crossfire and his girlfriend was not saved from "a fate worse than death" - even though she was shot in the head afterwards.

Too bad there are no chupacabra or zombies involved.  Chapter One of Monster Hunter Vendetta was fantastic!

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Re: 20 Year-old College Girl Now Police Chief of Guadalupe, Mexico
« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2010, 06:31:22 PM »
Quote from: HankB on October 21, 2010, 03:42:41 PM
In a city awash in violent crime, I don't see how unarmed female police could NOT be -

Beaten, kidnapped, raped and/or murdered? Yeah, I know.
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Re: 20 Year-old College Girl Now Police Chief of Guadalupe, Mexico
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2010, 06:02:39 AM »
My days of not taking Mexican law enforcement seriously have come to a middle....
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Re: 20 Year-old College Girl Now Police Chief of Guadalupe, Mexico
« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2010, 11:42:54 AM »
any chance she's ex-mil(or etc.), and the whole idiot for running thing is a cover. =|

didn't think so. =(

maybe she's really good at metal gear.

oh, crap. <-- not her school(i think) just a handy link to a description of her major.
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Re: 20 Year-old College Girl Now Police Chief of Guadalupe, Mexico
« Reply #16 on: October 22, 2010, 07:16:52 PM »
It's been a couple of days now, is she still alive?
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Re: 20 Year-old College Girl Now Police Chief of Guadalupe, Mexico
« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2010, 09:45:25 PM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on October 22, 2010, 07:16:52 PM
It's been a couple of days now, is she still alive?
RKL, I was just thinking of the exact same question and came here to post.  :laugh:
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