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Cypress
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalearner
it is encouraging that there are enough honest ones that this bust went down. |
Or maybe they paid the wrong people?
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surfer jim
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And now to ask how was all this going to cross the border?
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BillP
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I wonder how severe the cartel retaliation will be? I'm betting they aren't very happy about losing what amounts to a very hefty chunk of change.
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Dave
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I have to ask...Who buys this crap? The smokers I know wouldn't touch typical Mexican dirt weed now that designer pot is easily and readily available.
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woody with a view
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| Quote: | Originally posted by surfer jim
And now to ask how was all this going to cross the border?
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i was commenting to my wife after crossing sunday and watching 5 dog teams working the lines at SY how you'd have to be CRAZY to even try to smuggle
anything. secondary was full so the inspector had me pull up by the k-rail and park. 10 minutes later two guys and a dog circled my rig and said,
"okay brother, have a nice day!"
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BillP
I wonder how severe the cartel retaliation will be? I'm betting they aren't very happy about losing what amounts to a very hefty chunk of change.
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To Law Enforcement, that can NEVER be a consideration. To do so just leads to more chaos and corruption and death------a never ending cycle.
You just keep pounding them-------------using every tool at your disposal.
Barry
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Bajahowodd
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I've read at least four different news reports on this, and one thing seems strange. One report did comment on the purported intent of the cartels to
wean themselves of foreign product, and control the entire profit by trafficking in homegrown. But, still gotta wonder the origin of this stuff, and
how such a huge amount, hauled in numerous trucks could somehow evade the highway checkpoints, which are all over the highways of Mexico.
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sancho
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I would think if that stuff came up from the East,
it came from Durango, if it came up Baja
I would come from the Mainland,
Michaucan sp? , maybe. Whichever I don't
think the transporter would have jeopardized
his load, someone wasn't paid off or
not enough, but to compare US Law Enforcement
to Mexico's is naive
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BajaBruno
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The cartels have lots of ways to import their product without bribing officials on either side of the border. They have trans-border tunnels, groups
of backpackers (mules) who ferry the drugs by night through the canyons, semi trucks with drugs mixed in with legitimate cargo, planes, boats, and
submarines.
We have a huge appetite for drugs on the north side of the border, and although some product gets through via corrupt officials, most comes through
means that bypass government controls. It is cheaper that way and after all, it is just business and business likes to minimize operating costs.
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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krafty
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The Feds had to be tipped off-3 locations? 115 tons? not that there is anything wrong with that!
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krafty
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Mx pot is not bad and still cheaper than the med. places in Cali-so I've heard.
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Beachgirl
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134.2 tons now per news revision this morning. Wow!
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Martyman
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When is the bonfire? i have a snorkel with a funnel duct taped on ready to go!
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bajabass
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 Highly efficient method sir! Practice makes perfect "eh?
Keep your eyes on the road, and your hands upon the wheel!
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motoged
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The gasmask option might be preferred....
Don't believe everything you think....
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sanquintinsince73
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Beachgirl
134.2 tons now per news revision this morning. Wow! |
I heard the same thing....It is the largest seizure of mota on record in Mexico.
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sanquintinsince73
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Heads Will Roll........
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
The Associated Press
updated 10/19/2010 5:39:36 PM ET 2010-10-19T21:39:36
MEXICO CITY — Mexico's largest-ever seizure of marijuana packaged for sale is even bigger than the original estimate of 105 tons and probably belonged
to the powerful Sinaloa cartel, authorities said Tuesday.
The government so far had counted 15,000 packages — 5,000 more than first announced after the seizure during early-morning raids Monday in the border
city of Tijuana, said Alejandro Poire, President Felipe Calderon's security spokesman.
Authorities were still weighing the haul Tuesday to determine just how much bigger it is than originally thought, he said.
"There are indications that it belongs to the organization of the Pacific," said Poire, using another common name for the Sinaloa cartel headed by
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
Soldiers and police grabbed the U.S.-bound marijuana in pre-dawn raids in three neighborhoods after police arrested 11 people following a shootout,
army Gen. Alfonso Duarte Mujica said at a news conference Monday.
He said the drugs had an estimated street value of 4.2 billion pesos, about $340 million.
The drugs were wrapped in different colors and labeled with apparently coded phrases and pictures that included Homer Simpson.
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The bust occurred after Tijuana municipal police on patrol came under fire from gunmen in a convoy of vehicles, Duarte said. One police officer and
one suspect were injured.
The Sinaloa cartel has long eyed Tijuana's lucrative land and sea routes leading into California.
Territorial warring both inside the local Arrellano Felix cartel and with other gangs result in much of the border city's bloodshed.
Violence peaked in Tijuana in 2008 amid a showdown between two factions headed by Fernando "The Engineer" Sanchez Arellano and Teodoro "El Teo" Garcia
Simental, a renegade lieutenant who rose through the ranks by dissolving bodies in vats of lye. The violence has dropped off since Garcia's January
arrest.
Calderon recently praised the new calm in Tijuana as a success story in Mexico's drug war. He discounted speculation that the peace stems from one
cartel taking over.
"The truth is that in the last two years, the government has made important hits on the criminal structures," he told The Associated Press in an
interview.
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Associated Press Writer Mariana Martinez in Tijuana, Mexico, contributed to this report.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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DENNIS
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Heads are beginning to roll....in the traditional sense anyway:
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Jorge Alberto Avelar Ruiz, the brother of Jose Avelar Ruiz, president of COTUCO is among 11 arrested by the seizure of 134 tons of marijuana.
Among those arrested on Monday after the seizure of 134 tons of marijuana, is Jorge Alberto Avelar Ruiz, brother of the still President of the
Committee of Tourism and Conventions (COTUCO).
Jose Avelar Ruiz is the leader of an agency within the City of Tijuana which is responsible for promoting the city.
According to information obtained by BORDER, Jorge Alberto, rent sound equipment for official events, including the same COTUCO.
Jorge Alberto was arrested on Monday in an operation jointly by the Mexican Army and the Municipal Police, which obtained the arrest of ten other
people and the largest recorded seizure at least in the state of 134 tons of marijuana.
Today at 15:00 am will be the incineration of the drug, according to a statement from the Armed Forces of the Second Military Region
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Jorge Alberto Avelar Ruiz, hermano de José Avelar Ruiz, presidente de Cotuco está entre los 11 detenidos por el decomiso de las 134 toneladas de
mariguana.
NOTAS RELACIONADAS
Resultan heridos agente y delincuente en tiroteo
Decomisan varias toneladas de mariguana
Reportan fuera de peligro a agente lesionado
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Share 71Comentarios TIJUANA, B.C.(PH)
Entre los arrestados el lunes luego de la incautación de las 134 toneladas de mariguana, está Jorge Alberto Avelar Ruiz, hermano del aún presidente
del Comité de Turismo y Convenciones (Cotuco).
José Avelar Ruiz es el dirigente del organismo dependiente del Ayuntamiento de Tijuana que se encarga de la promoción de la ciudad.
De acuerdo a información obtenida por FRONTERA, Jorge Alberto se dedica a la renta de equipos de sonido para eventos oficiales, entre ellos los del
mismo Cotuco.
Jorge Alberto fue detenido el lunes pasado en un operativo en conjunto entre el Ejército Mexicano y la Policía Municipal, donde lograron la
aprehensión de otras diez personas y el decomiso más grande registrado al menos en el Estado de 134 toneladas de mariguana.
Hoy a las 15:00 horas será la incineración de la droga, según un comunicado de las Fuerzas Armadas de la Segunda Región Militar
http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnlinea/Notas/Noticias/20102...
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[Edited on 10-21-2010 by DENNIS]
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Martyman
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C'mon man...let 'em slide it's just a little weed.
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sanquintinsince73
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Up In Smoke.....134 Tons Incinerated. Where's Cheech?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TeXPPOV0rc
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