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Gunmen kill 2 Canadian men at Mexican beach resort

World Sep. 29, 2009 - 06:34AM JST ( 12 )

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Suzu1Sep. 29, 2009 - 08:58AM JST

Two other Canadians, both BC gang members, were killed in a similar manner outside a restaurant in Guadalajara last year.
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SuperLibSep. 29, 2009 - 09:50AM JST

Whalen said Ivans pleaded guilty in Kamloops, British Columbia, in 2002 to one charge of drug trafficking and was fined $1,000.

Only a $1,000 fine for drug trafficking? Not that it matters now....but jeeze.
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4thEstateDotComSep. 29, 2009 - 09:59AM JST
Pretty shocking results for a search using
- - "drug wars violence gangs british columbia"
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HehehohohahaSep. 29, 2009 - 10:42AM JST

Come soon to a Canadian city near you: DRUGS WARS - and you thought Mexico was so far away.

No pity for those fools.
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30061015Sep. 29, 2009 - 01:11PM JST

deploying thousands of soldiers and federal agents

So much for that.
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skipthesongSep. 29, 2009 - 01:23PM JST

sorry, but I have a hard time picturing Canadians being gang members.. truck drivers yes, but gang members...
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rajakumarSep. 29, 2009 - 05:05PM JST

Canadian drug cartels against Mexico drug cartel?
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dolphingirlSep. 29, 2009 - 06:43PM JST

I thought everyone in BC was too stoned on marijuana to get involved in such things as trafficking cocaine!
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smithinjapanSep. 29, 2009 - 08:38PM JST

skipthesong: Actually, gang activity is alive and well in Canada, unfortunately, and in particular on the West Coast and the city of Toronto. There were a lot of drug-related gang killings in Toronto a couple of years back that increased our overall annual homocide rate (particularly by guns) up a LOT. There's a lot of Triad activity in Canada in particular, if I'm not mistaken.

Anyway, my point is that from some of the comments about these guys it seems pretty clear that there was something dodgy going on, and it sounds gang-related (or at least drug-related). Still... while these guys may have been up to no good, if Mexican gangs want to put even more pressure on themselves there's nothing like adding more nations to the list of those getting involved.
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skipthesongSep. 29, 2009 - 09:08PM JST

smith: Triads? in Canada? Ok, so you think its not the typical Canadian?
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Gombei424CanadaOct. 01, 2009 - 04:16PM JST

Very sad. RIP, people.