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JESSE
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NOT the biggest pot bust. The military is especulating 120 tons, but law enforcement (in both sides of the border) tends to always claim each pot
plant produces 1 kilo of dried product wich is untrue. San Quintin is a major producer of pot, has been for years, and the quality is superb.
Besides, most marijuana is grown domestically in the US, yet you never hear about it.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajatravelergeorge
Do people really smoke mexican pot in America? I heard that it is poor quality. |
Back in the 60s and 70s...yeah. Seeds, stems...and then some buds :-)
Since those days....sinsemilia has developed
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajatravelergeorge
Do people really smoke mexican pot in America? I heard that it is poor quality. |
I saw on a Nat Geo program that it is cut using heavy metallic particles to increase its' weight, but making it toxic at the same time. 
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surprised to find so many nomads are experts on pot!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
NOT the biggest pot bust. The military is especulating 120 tons, but law enforcement (in both sides of the border) tends to always claim each pot
plant produces 1 kilo of dried product wich is untrue. San Quintin is a major producer of pot, has been for years, and the quality is superb.
Besides, most marijuana is grown domestically in the US, yet you never hear about it. |
Well Jesse- as a restaurateur and herb expert don't you think the new Rosarito Farmer's Market should include ALL the regions fresh produce, or is
this Pot not grown organically? I asked the lady at the FRAO office in Rosarito this morning and she was less than pleased. (The Farmer's market is
weekend afternoons starting at 2pm, not mornings. There's no point selling vegetables until they wilt I guess.)
[Edited on 7-14-2011 by Woooosh]
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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Mexican soldiers find record marijuana plantation
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/14/us-mexico-drugs-id...
By Lizbeth Diaz
Jul 14, 2011
SAN QUINTIN, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers discovered the biggest marijuana plantation ever found in the country in a remote desert surrounded
by cactuses, a top army officer said on Thursday.
Soldiers patrolling the area found 300 acres of marijuana plants being tended by dozens of men this week, said General Alfonso Duarte.
He said the crop, which was found in the state of Baja California, about 200 miles/320 km south of San Diego, California, would have yielded about 120
tonnes and was worth about $160 million.
"This is the biggest marijuana plantation we have found in the country," Duarte said.
The plants will be destroyed, he said.
Most of the men tending the crop escaped capture but six suspects were arrested later at a military checkpoint.
The men had dug a well at the barren site and pumped water through hoses to irrigate the plants, which were up to 8 feet tall.
President Felipe Calderon has deployed tens of thousands of troops to the streets to take on powerful drug traffickers shortly after taking office in
late 2006.
Violence has spiraled since then, with more than 40,000 people killed across Mexico, hurting support for Calderon's conservative National Action Party
(PAN), which faces an uphill struggle to secure re-election next July.
Mexico is America's top supplier of marijuana and most cocaine consumed in the United States passes through Mexico.
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Photo: Jorge Duenes
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Just over the hill from Hwy. 1... If only Google Earth would take fresh photos more often...!!
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Restrooms are pictured at the biggest marijuana plantation found in Mexico, in San Quintin, about 350 km (220 miles) away from Tijuana, July 13, 2011.
Mexican soldiers discovered the plantation in a remote desert surrounded by cactuses, a top army officer said on Thursday. Soldiers patrolling the
area found 300 acres (120 hectares) of pot plants being tended by dozens of men on Tuesday, said General Alfonso Duarte. Picture taken July 13, 2011.
Photo: Jorge Duenes
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Hallan narcocultivo de 120 hectáreas
http://www.elvigia.net/noticia/hallan-narcocultivo-de-120-he...
By Andrés Peráles, El Valle
14.07.2011
El Rosario, B.C. - Cubierto con mallasombra para evitar ser detectado desde el aire, elementos del Ejército Mexicano descubrieron y aseguraron un
megaplantío de mariguana con extensión de 120 hectáreas en la zona de El Rosario, al sur de Ensenada.
En el operativo realizado entre la tarde del martes y todo el día de ayer, los militares aseguraron un campamento en el que se presume que laboraban
alrededor de 60 jornaleros, maquinaria para cultivos y una planta de energía.
Fueron capturados 16 hombres de origen sinaloense que viajaban en un camión de pasajeros y seis de ellos reconocieron que laboraban en el plantío.
Ellos fueron interceptados en el retén militar ubicado en El Rosario, donde al hacer una revisión a los pasajeros de un camión, notaron que el grupo
de sinaloenses viajaba de manera sospechosa.
Aunque fueron seis nada más los que admitieron haber estado en el narcoplantío, aseguraron a los 16 y los pusieron a disposición del agente del
Ministerio Público Federal.
En el reporte establecieron que en las 120 hectáreas había plantas que iban desde los 40 centímetros hasta los 4.5 metros, por lo que las autoridades
castrenses calcularon que son alrededor de 120 toneladas de enervante asegurado y que será destruido.
El general Alfonso Duarte Mújica, comandante de la II Región Militar, encabezó el operativo que representa el segundo golpe más fuerte al
narcotráfico en los meses recientes, luego del aseguramiento de 134 toneladas el 18 de octubre del 2010 en la ciudad de Tijuana, Baja California.
Duarte Mújica informó que fue en un sobrevuelo el martes como detectaron la mallasombra, pero no se apreciaba el plantío, por lo que mandaron a
personal por la vía terrestre, con lo que ya confirmaron la presencia de las plantas de mariguana.
Duro golpe
Ubicación: Km.141 tramo El Rosario-Cataviña, a dos kms. de la carretera
Extensión: 120 hectáreas
Material asegurado:
Un campamento con capacidad para 60 jornaleros
Maquinaria para cultivo
2 pozos
1 planta de energía
Mallasombra
120 toneladas de mariguana en las plantas destruidas
300 elementos castrenses en el operativo
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JESSE
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
NOT the biggest pot bust. The military is especulating 120 tons, but law enforcement (in both sides of the border) tends to always claim each pot
plant produces 1 kilo of dried product wich is untrue. San Quintin is a major producer of pot, has been for years, and the quality is superb.
Besides, most marijuana is grown domestically in the US, yet you never hear about it. |
Well Jesse- as a restaurateur and herb expert don't you think the new Rosarito Farmer's Market should include ALL the regions fresh produce, or is
this Pot not grown organically? I asked the lady at the FRAO office in Rosarito this morning and she was less than pleased. (The Farmer's market is
weekend afternoons starting at 2pm, not mornings. There's no point selling vegetables until they wilt I guess.)
[Edited on 7-14-2011 by Woooosh] |
I doubt we will see one of these anytime soon in Rosarito.
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\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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This had to be the first year they were trying to grow a crop. My guess is that the military has inspected every farm, ranch, and village in Baja many
times over.
Or was it the payola? But why bust it now?
Or have they known about it for awhile and they were trying to get the head honchos?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajatravelergeorge
This had to be the first year they were trying to grow a crop. My guess is that the military has inspected every farm, ranch, and village in Baja many
times over.
Or was it the payola? But why bust it now?
Or have they known about it for awhile and they were trying to get the head honchos? |
The Military also has a barracks above the Popotla fishing village in Rosarito and that hasn't slowed down the human and drug smuggling by panga from
there. Short trip from this grow field to Popotla with the Military manning the checkpoints and the Sinaloans run both operations. Just saying...
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajatravelergeorge
Or was it the payola? But why bust it now?
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Who knows? A new sort of pressure from above perhaps. Or...maybe someone didn't get their allowance.
Endless possibilities which we'll never know.
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Could it be? maybe? just maybe the soldier just did their job?
You guys are as paranoid as us Mexicans
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
Could it be? maybe? just maybe the soldier just did their job?
You guys are as paranoid as us Mexicans |
let me work on a conspiracy theory so we'll feel better about dismissing it.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
Could it be? maybe? just maybe the soldiers just did their job?
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No....Not a chance.
OK....you get two more trys.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
Could it be? maybe? just maybe the soldier just did their job?
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Given that the big fish got away and Army caught only the migrant laborers... let you draw your own conclusions
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JESSE
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
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Could it be? maybe? just maybe the soldier just did their job?
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Given that the big fish got away and Army caught only the migrant laborers... let you draw your own conclusions
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The big fish are NEVER there, they been doing this for a logn time and know better.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
Given that the big fish got away and Army caught only the migrant laborers... let you draw your own conclusions
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Yeah...but...do the big fish usually sit around in the dirt?
And....migrants? Were they illegal Americans?
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