https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2010/11/23/the-dead-of-the-night/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 11:06:14 -0400<![CDATA[One big story that hasn&#8217;t yet made it across the Spanish-English divide is the epic of Don Alejo Garza, an elderly farmer who fought a one-man stand against a drug gang.  When they gave him a deadline to leave his property or else, Garza sent his ranch hands home and armed himself. There he waited. When the gang came in the dead of the night he met them with a fusilade and killed four and wounded two before the numerically superior drug enforcers finally took him out with gunfire and hand-grenades. The Mexican Marines arrived on the scene to find  bodies all over and an old man at the center of it all.]]>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:53:07 -0500<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2010/11/23/the-dead-of-the-night-n190131