{"id":255343,"date":"2010-01-31T11:04:53","date_gmt":"2010-01-31T16:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a835f2fb970b"},"modified":"2010-01-31T11:15:09","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T16:15:09","slug":"will-there-be-justice-in-mexico-in-slaying-of-bobby-salcedo-share-your-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/255343","title":{"rendered":"Will there be justice in Mexico in slaying of Bobby Salcedo? Share your view"},"content":{"rendered":"<div xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"Salcedo's funeral\" src=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/media\/photo\/2010-01\/51508480.jpg\" width=\"580\" border=\"0\" height=\"447\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/talk-back\/\"><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a7ff41ff970b-pi\" src=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a7ff41ff970b-500pi\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" title=\"Talk back L.A.\" \/><\/a> The investigation into the slaying of El Monte educator Augustin Roberto &#8220;Bobby&#8221; Salcedo in Mexico by suspected drug-cartel associates was slow going to begin with. But the probe may have been hampered more by the killing of the lead detective in the case.<\/p>\n<p>His killing is yet another reminder of the specter of drug violence in Mexico &#8212; and has some wondering whether Salcedo&#8217;s family will ever find justice.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear how the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-salcedo31-2010jan31,0,6811075.story\">death of investigator Manuel Acosta<\/a> will affect the case. Authorities would not speculate on whether Acosta&#8217;s killing<br \/>\nwas related to Salcedo&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On behalf of my community, we are so grateful for Mr. Acosta&#8217;s life<br \/>\nand work and for trying to get justice for Bobby and for other people,&#8221; said El Monte Mayor Andre Quintero. &#8220;Not a day goes by that I don&#8217;t introduce myself and the minute I say<br \/>\n&#8216;El Monte,&#8217; the first thing that comes out of their mouth is, &#8216;I&#8217;m<br \/>\nsorry about Bobby.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Can Mexico officials solve the case given the power of drug cartels? Is there more U.S. authorities should be doing? Share your views here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Shelby Grad<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/projects.latimes.com\/mexico-drug-war\/#\/its-a-war\">Mexico under siege: The drug war at our doorstep<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Pallbearers carry the coffin of El Monte school board member Bobby<br \/>\nSalcedo to a hearse after a funeral Mass on Jan. 7, 2010. Salcedo was<br \/>\nburied in Montebello. <span class=\"credit\">Credit: <span class=\"photographer\">Mark Boster \/ Los Angeles Times<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The investigation into the slaying of El Monte educator Augustin Roberto &#8220;Bobby&#8221; Salcedo in Mexico by suspected drug-cartel associates was slow going to begin with. But the probe may have been hampered more by the killing of the lead detective in the case. His killing is yet another reminder of the specter of drug violence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4131,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}