TX - Three dead, 8 wounded in cockfight shooting, Edcouch, 19 April 2012

Three people were killed and eight injured when masked gunmen opened fire during an illegal cockfight on a Texas ranch. The attack, described by authorities as a bloody massacre, sent spectators fleeing from makeshift bleachers surrounding the fighting ring near Edcouch.
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Homer Jasso, the justice of the peace for that area of the county, said the scene was shocking in its gore.

'It was a massacre,' Jasso said. 'I haven't seen this kind of violence in the valley here on my watch."
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Jasso said one man lay dead under the corrugated metal and wood pavilion that housed the bleachers, ring and concession stand. The bodies of the other two men were just outside. .

The bodies of at least 20 dead fighting roosters were also strewn about, although Jasso said he didn't know if the birds died in the ring or the gunfire.

'It was awful, awful, awful,' Jasso said.
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McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Frantic calls to emergency responders described a chaotic scene with people frightened, wounded and fleeing in all directions after masked gunmen opened fire on a Texas cockfight near the Mexico border.
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The gunmen remained at large.
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Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino said Friday it was "the crime scene from hell."

"Obviously they're amateurs," Trevino said of the shooters.

The shooting had no connection to violence in Mexico, he said. "This was strictly a local issue."
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Killed in the fray were 49-year-old Ramiro Garcia and his brother, 53-year-old Juan Santos Garcia, and 42-year-old Arturo Buentello Garza.

Trevino said Garza was likely a bystander, but the Garcias were well known to authorities for previous criminal activity, including drug possession.
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Trevino said one possibility is that it was revenge for a previous drive-by shooting, though he did not provide details.
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AZ1991 said:

Not going to have much GAFs here. If you RELISH and ENJOY the pain and suffering, blood and torture, of animals (EVEN CHICKENS!) you are a sick and sad person. I can't find even one ounce of my body matter that feels anything but grateful that people who enjoy such activities have been eliminated. Sorry, I know that's not right to some.

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AZ1991 said:

Not going to have much GAFs here. If you RELISH and ENJOY the pain and suffering, blood and torture, of animals (EVEN CHICKENS!) you are a sick and sad person. I can't find even one ounce of my body matter that feels anything but grateful that people who enjoy such activities have been eliminated. Sorry, I know that's not right to some.

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wfgodot said:

With all due respect for - and undertanding of - your sentiment above, sorry, but I disagree.

That thought carried out to its logical conclusion would absolve the shooters in this case.

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AZ1991 said:

Not going to have much GAFs here. If you RELISH and ENJOY the pain and suffering, blood and torture, of animals (EVEN CHICKENS!) you are a sick and sad person. I can't find even one ounce of my body matter that feels anything but grateful that people who enjoy such activities have been eliminated. Sorry, I know that's not right to some.

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LadyL said:

[bbm]

btw, what does GAF mean?

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LadyL said:

[bbm]

btw, what does GAF mean?

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