new mexico mayor and police chief arrested for running guns to mexico

and in more drug news, krqe news is reporting that in the border town of columbus, new mexico, the mayor, chief of police, and ten others have been indicted for smuggling guns to mexico.  no one is officially saying that the guns were destined to arm america's beloved high suppliers, but the atf and dea conducted the raid.

the death toll in mexico attributed to the drug war has been estimated at well over 28,000 since presidente calderon began battling with cartels in 2006.  meanwhile, here in the u.s., the price of mexican dirt weed remains steady.

columbus, nm

and still yet one more crash

reprinted from el paso times 8/15/2010

alleged drunken driver crashes into chico's tacos

by annette arrigucci

EL PASO -- Police arrested an alleged drunken driver who crashed into the Chico's Tacos in the 4200 block of Alameda, police spokesman Michael Baranyay said. An officer found a Ford Explorer had struck the building and was partially inside the restaurant just after 4:30 a.m. Sunday.
The officer arrested the driver, Luis Ojeda, 25, who appeared to be intoxicated, Baranyay said. Ojeda was booked into the El Paso County Jail on $1,000 bond.
No one inside the business was injured, police said.

Luis Ojeda (El Paso Police Department)

el paso, tx

another crash!

 

to answer your first question, yes, the happy hocker pawn shop is real. 

so, just drinking a tecate on a thursday afternoon on the fiesta's patio, then a screech of tires and--fuck! an old beast, a 64 buick electra 225, comes barreling down montgomery and then jumps the median.  it mows down an intersection camera (yay!) and careens into oncoming traffic, including a car with a little baby inside (boo!!). the sedan the buick crashed into was thrown back into a four car pile up.  two vatos get out of the buick, one stripped to the waist and another in a wife-beater.  they split in opposite directions, the half-naked one sprinting north to the apartment complex across the street, the other, clutching his shoulder and limping steadily south, disappearing down the alley. 

the baby was ok.

photos submitted by p.nut
albuquerque, nm

nese arrested for illegal rainbows

via alibi:

artist nese arrested for illegal rainbows 

update : 

rainbow warrior:  the alibi speaks with albuquerque's most contraversial public artist

by nese 

712 central sw

albuquerque, nm 87102