Thursday - February 12, 2009

Arizona Home Invaders Are Mexicans

You probably saw the video on the news last night. This guy in Tuscon Arizona has surveilance cameras all around his house. A bunch of banditos drive up in what looks like a Chyrsler 300, with great big chrome rims. They all jump out of the car firing and go running into the guy’s garage. But he saw them coming, so he has time to get his own gun. Suddenly he returns fire and they go flying. 3 of them jump the wall and run away, 1 gets back in the car as bullets tear up the windshield, and away he goes, loud exhaust and all.

Amazing video of an attempted home invasion in Tucson. Investigators say the victim fought back by shooting at a group of armed men trying to break into his house. This all happened Thursday afternoon near Cardinal and Irvington on the southwest side.

The is video from a surveillance system overlooking the driveway of the victim’s home. It shows the suspects pull up in a car and jump out. One of the would-be home invaders fires a shot as he runs into the garage. Within seconds several more shots ring out. Investigators say those came from the man inside the home.

In the video you can see shards of glass fly as bullets hit the front windshield. Two cameras caught the crime on tape. Once the homeowner shot back the suspects scattered. Three ran away on foot and the fourth jumped back into the car and sped away.

As for the suspects, they all got away but police did find the getaway car a short while later. That lead them to 23 year old Jesus Mendivil. He remains on the loose but investigators say he was shot in the arm during the shootout.

My guess is that’s the guy from the rear seat, the one who stumbles to his knees and falls against the front of the car as he’s running away. It’s pretty clear video. I bet they can ID the faces easily from it. Notice that the thugs are all wearing gloves too. It’s a hit squad.



I was just watching CNN interview the Sheriff or Police Chief from Pima County. Aside from the usual reporter idiocy of “we don’t know what kind of guns they used, but they sounded like machine guns”, the officer let on that at least one of the suspects is known to the authorities already, and wanted on previous assault charges. Finally the reporter asks the right questions, and the officer admits that this is likely gang related and that the suspects are from “south of the border”.

There you have it. Organized crime, from Mexico, invading American homes, possibly with automatic weapons. They got out of the car shooting, so add “with intent to kill” into that mix. Can we secure our borders now please?

food for thought: these guys are from Mexico, so that probably IS an M16 in the picture. Notice that it has a sling, which is kind of rare on a civilian weapon. Makes me wonder though.

If you listen to the video, it’s pretty obvious that no automatic weapons were fired. The homeowner gets off about 10 shots to the bandito’s 2, but the rate of fire is way too slow for actual machine guns. That doesn’t mean the thug wasn’t carrying one; he either didn’t shoot it, or had it switched to single shot mode.

Oh, and while the cops say the homeowner was fully within his rights, they also say that he is a person known to them, and that it is not likely that this attack was random. Which might also explain why the guy had so many security cameras around his house, and why he was so fast to get hold of his gun. Or that could be BS from the cop. Stay tuned, story as it develops.

Posted by Drew458     on 02/12/2009 at 03:35 PM   
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