Anti-war vet held in slaying

[Barrett808]

Source: Rocky Mountain News

Anti-war vet held in slaying
Man allegedly shot wife, companion
By Alan Gathright And Hector Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News
September 18, 2007

Just last month Iraq war veteran Ricardo Cortez was leading protests against the conflict.

Now he's in jail, accused in the shotgun slaying of his estranged wife and the wounding of her companion after finding the pair together at a Greeley gathering late Sunday.

Just last Thursday Cortez pleaded guilty to felony menacing and third-degree assault, knowingly and recklessly causing injury for attacking his wife in March. During the assault Cortez broke his wife's nose, Greeley police Lt. Carl Alm said Monday. Cortez was scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 11.

Cortez also violated a restraining order that had been issued after the assault, Alm said.

Sunday's bloodshed began about 11 p.m. when Cortez allegedly entered the house uninvited at 4431 W. Sixth St. and shot and killed his wife, Nikki Cortez, 21, of Eaton, the lieutenant said.

Read more: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5700649,00.html

[peace13]

1. She was so young.

To have been married to a soldier at what age, only to suffer at his hands when he returns home. Only to die for the oil that we hope to steal. To be killed by someone who has suffered as well. I hope that she is in a more peaceful now.

[formercia]

2. The casualties of a War never cease

until all who participated have died.


Either Junior doesn't have the fucking empathy to understand this, or he is the World's most cynical son-of-a-Bitch.

[Bigmack]

3. Actually, it's worse than that....

because the kids of some vets/casualties carry scars the rest of their lives from things dad did/said because of his war damage.

War.... the gift that just keeps on giving!

[formercia]

4. I know.

I am one of those children and my children have suffered as well. As hard as I try, some reactions are just hard wired.

There are 2 kinds of vets, the quick and the dead.

[DRoseDARs]

5. While tragic, what does his anti-war stance have to do with him finding his wife with another man?

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