{"id":254,"date":"2008-07-13T08:16:35","date_gmt":"2008-07-13T14:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=254"},"modified":"2014-12-29T20:37:07","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T02:37:07","slug":"the-week-that-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=254","title":{"rendered":"The week that was"},"content":{"rendered":"

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May 2008 with Steve and Pat<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I think I spoke too soon last Sunday when I wrote that nothing too exciting had happened with the duty phone.<\/p>\n

Shortly after I said that, I started getting calls. Long story short, at 10 PM Sunday night, I was at the Juarez morgue to identify an American who had been hit by a bus. He was a fugitive wanted for kidnapping and attempted murder – he had shot his ex-wife (she survived) and ran with their 9-year-old boy. He dropped the boy off at a church here in town, then stepped in front of traffic. After the trip to the morgue, I called his next-of-kin to notify him of the death. Wild night.<\/p>\n

On Friday, I had the opportunity to help repatriate a US teenager who had been living with her boyfriend several hours from here. We spent the day driving south through the desert to get her and bring her back, so I got to know her fairly well. The day ended by walking her over the international bridge to return her to her mom. I hope she does OK – she’s a sweet kid.<\/p>\n

They told us in school that we would have cases like the\u00a0two I’ve written about here – I just didn’t realize I would get them so soon after arriving in Mexico! The good news is that I really enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

As a side note, on the way back to Juarez with the teenager, we stopped at Villa Ahumada for lunch at a roadside burrito stand – they are known for their cheese, and it was delicious. It was a pleasant little town, lined with burrito and cheese stands. Um, I didn’t know that just two months ago, the narcos had conducted a massacre in the town<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We had a lot of rain here this week. The streets of Juarez flood easily, so we found ourselves slugging through pretty deep water on the way home from work Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Over on the right side of this page, I added a “Free Kibble” link. You can click on it daily and it helps feed shelter dogs and cats. I usually don’t do stuff like this, but I saw the 11-year-old who set up the program on TV and it seems like a neat thing.<\/p>\n

The rest of the week was pretty quiet. John took me to Corralito’s Friday night for\u00a0a good steak dinner and\u00a0to celebrate relinquishing the duty phone. Last night, we went to a fun cookout at our neighbors Michael and Teresa’s. Here’s a photo of Darren and grill master Michael:<\/p>\n

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