Mexico pushes U.S. to designate El Paso shooting an act of terrorism

[zydeco]

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Between June 2017 and June 2018, 238 Americans died in Mexico, amounting to 29 percent of all U.S. citizens who perished overseas during the period, according to the U.S. Department of State. But in terms of homicide, Mexico looms much larger in the figures: Of the 152 who were murdered overseas during the 12 months in question, exactly half died in Mexico. 

 https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/murder-mexico-whats-danger-american-tourist

And how many of the Mexican murderers were extradited to stand trial in the US???

[theoldgit]

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[radiochaser]

Does not matter who he was, who he  shot or why. 

It was an act of terrorism.  

Trying to make it a political issue is wrong!

 

[Jingthing]

On ‎8‎/‎18‎/‎2019 at 5:06 AM, radiochaser said:

Does not matter who he was, who he  shot or why. 

It was an act of terrorism.  

Trying to make it a political issue is wrong!

 

Not sure where you're coming from.

If there was no political motivation a mass shooting wouldn't be terrorism.

El Paso clearly had an ideological motivation.

Thus an act of terrorism. 

Of course there are political implications of such events. A big one involves the current occupant of the white house. Does his toxic race baiting xenophobic rhetoric encourage a small number of people towards terrorism? I think yes. Also, why is this president so SOFT on extremist white supremacist terrorism?