BurnPgh wrote on 07/13/08 at 00:12:52:west...and south. My brother lives in juarez. Anyone thats been following the news is mildly aware of the drug war in el paso/juarez. Last week he found body parts a few block from his home. Not bodies...body parts. The gangs post hit list of the cops they're going to kill on the doors of the police station. He was caught in the middle of downtown el paso during a drive by a month ago. 1 cop killed, 2 bystanders killed, 2 wounded. Mugged the week before last. He's forbidden me to come but I'm going to anyhow just to visit and make sure he's okay. He's a missionary. His wife is Mexican and she HAD a visa until SHE got mugged about a year ago. He wont leave without her and neither of them will let me sneak them across. The paperwork to get her a new one is expensive and time consuming (a year in forms and processing so far not mention the money). Im gunna visit him. Hopefully get to the Grand Canyon before I have to turn around. Visit a friend in FL and another friends dad in MS. And go to that place in TN where you can see 7 states. theres a fair chance I wont get to any of those destinations though (except for Juarez). If the road says west or south and looks interesting thats the road I'm taking. Who knows what I'll find between here and there.
BurnPgh,
I've been thinking alot about your brother's and sister-in-law's plight. Could we take up a collection to help with their legal expenses? It would be nice if they at least had the option to flee across the border, if they had to.
Let us know.