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[*] posted on 5-8-2009 at 08:27 AM


My friends, you need to stop stirring the pot now. Rafael has re-granted access to Olivia and Mark which is very important to them. Let it alone now. Your pot stirring serves no purpose.



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[*] posted on 5-8-2009 at 08:41 AM


This thread has been a stew that has been stirred from day one by many.

Not everyone has decided who's wearing the Black Hat like you have David.

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[*] posted on 5-8-2009 at 12:28 PM


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This thread has been a stew that has been stirred from day one by many.

Not everyone has decided who's wearing the Black Hat like you have David.

Ken


Just to make this perfectly clear. I do not know who is right or wrong in this issue and have not taken sides with either party. I do know that people here who fan the flame to get a reaction out of one side or the other is nonproductive.




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[*] posted on 5-8-2009 at 12:32 PM


I'm getting the feeling that this Rafael dude has shot his wad!:bounce:
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[*] posted on 5-8-2009 at 01:13 PM


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My firm belief is that Rafael did not change his mind about re-granting passage to Olivia and Mark because he was scared. I am sure he has the resources to protect himself. I do believe he did so because he is a man of his word and is of good character.


I guess I missunderstood this statement.

Man of his word and good character means to me that you believe his side of the story and respect him.

I for one don't know who is right on this and until that is clear to most here this thread will have a long life unless Doug pulls the plug. An action, by the way, I supported very early on.

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[*] posted on 5-9-2009 at 10:06 AM


I am so happy this place has calmed down. Rafael, Olivia and Mark need a nice rest.



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[*] posted on 5-9-2009 at 05:54 PM
The Turtle did Not ahead until he stuck his head out!


FOR THOSE WONDER WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, HERE IS WHAT WE SAY HAPPENED TO US...

1) For 6 years we have had a man Rafael Munoz Martinez try to claim our property with false documents. Court has been 6 years La Paz. Rafael Munoz Martinez has made repeated false reports to the Ministero Publico against us.

2) Inspection order is issued specifically for our restaurant on April 8, 2009. Order number is 100.5/OC/03590/09 signed by EL DIRECTOR GENERAL, OCEAN. PRISCILIANO MELENDREZ BARRIOS from Mazatlan, Sinaloa.

3) April 11, 2009 a man and wife with a baby have breakfast in our restaurant. Returns at 1:00 pm asks for service for 20 people. States he will bring all the food. Asks to put covered blue pot in our kitchen. Permission was granted and blue pot was put on top of a stove we no longer use. This was witnessed by three separate women from Ensenada.

4) Anonymous phone call was made to CONAPESCA / SAGARPA ON APRIL 11, 2009 shortly after 1:00 PM claiming there was turtle in a blue pot inside restaurant El Sargasso, there are turtle parts in the trash and there are drugs under the computer at the bar.

5) Officials and marines wearing black masks show at our restaurant at 3:00 PM April 11, 2009 with the order 100.5/OC/03590/09 from Mazatlan, Mexico to search our restaurant specifically names "El Sargasso" for search. Permission was granted without question. Immediately they went to the blue pot and asked what it contained. We told them we did not know it was for a customer requesting special service. We were notified it was turtle stew. Military all wearing black masks enter restaurant saying turtle parts were found in trash. Olivia immediately demands to be shown parts and she is escorted out and shown a plastic bag containing two heads, four flippers and the bottom part of one shell. No guts or blood in a bag that we do not use here at Buenaventura. Olivia accuses officials FROM SAGARPA C. CESAR A. VELASCO DE LA TORRE AND C. JOEL CONTANTINO Card##AS FRANCISCO that they have set her up with turtle which they deny. Same officials search our restaurant finding 10 kilos of cabrilla and ask for the factura for the cabrilla. We are also written up for possession of 10 kilos of fish without a factura.

6) After 4:00 pm Olivia asks officials to go and look for the description of persons that placed the turtle and for their car. Marines go to Requeson search for description of other suspects they do not find any. They do find a woman from Mulege that is cooking turtle. They instruct her to dump the turtle in a hole in the ground. Then return to Buenaventura.

7) 5:00 PM April 11, 2009 Olivia and our cook Bertha are told they are to be taken to Loreto and will be arrested for the turtle. They are processed at the Loreto PGR in Nopolo and locked up in the jail there. Olivia is informed that since it is Saturday she will be there at least until Monday morning because all the officials are off.

8) Sunday April 12, 2009 I am allowed to give blankets and pillows to Olivia and Bertha. In the evening I am informed that Rafael Munoz Martinez is posting on the internet information that is considered confidential. Olivia and bertha are not processed yet. Munoz seems to have lots of information for being out of the area. He makes a Sunday post as follows.

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Well, all the articles were just a cover up for Olivia Higuera and Mark Burbey drug unloading business and illegal turtle catching in the Restaurant El Zargazo on Buenaventura Beach in Bahia Concepcion, Mulege, she was caught this Saturday by the Marine Commandoes with her hands full selling illegal turtle in her restaurant and is at this moment in Federal custody in Loreto, ready to go to jail for 12 years; the illegality of the property papers was actually put before the Federal Judge and he found that the property papers were real and Olivia was just trying to confuse things, also you can ask Mr. Thad Braxton in Buenaventura Beach to se that he is stil in his house, so all the Olivia and Mark acusations were just a smoke curtain for their illegal activities that are now over.
Hey this is Mexico, but still a Lawfull place where the bad guys go to jail as it happened to Olivia, just watch el Sudcaliforniano now when they know the true events.

Monday 13, 2009 Olivia and Bertha are processed. Since it was a holiday week PGR officials are slow to come in to the office. It takes all day until 11:00 PM to get the two released. Bail costs 44,000 pesos. Munoz is all over the internet posting claims about Olivia and the turtle.

We are having this case and officials responsible investigated for possible corruption.
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[*] posted on 5-9-2009 at 06:07 PM


Oh my GOSH, Stop already!
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[*] posted on 5-9-2009 at 06:54 PM


Did I mention these Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Models taking pictures of themselves???



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[*] posted on 5-9-2009 at 10:40 PM


Hey Baja Gringo

After opening up your swimsuit link I forgot what this thread was all about. Maybe one of the girls was from the Dry Tortugas Islands and that is the common thread between he girls and the subject at hand.





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[*] posted on 5-10-2009 at 04:32 PM


Just wondering how turtles are commonly captured in the Sea of Cortez. It would seem that they are bi-catch in netting operations. Any experience in they manner in which they are acquired? Dorado fishing last week we observed two turtles with a shell size of approx. 1 meter. They are still out there and hopefully experiencing a comeback in numbers.
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[*] posted on 5-11-2009 at 08:36 AM


I have good news....yesterday being mothers day was one of those days where many families feasted on cauhuama...so it was a topic of conversation. I was happy to hear that this tradition was no longer possible...that finally people are realizing they must give it up. So we had pulpo en la disca...it was so yummy! with coctel de chocolatas as an apetizer...ummm



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[*] posted on 5-11-2009 at 09:20 AM


There are turtles living in the waters in front of the power plant in Chula Vista. I'd like to see someone try to capture one of these guys. The judge would have no mercy.
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[*] posted on 5-11-2009 at 04:56 PM


i think this subject is finally losing steam...whew!...thanks dennis, for trying to keep it going, but..i'll check on all the "usual suspects" in two weeks when we go down for the dorado tourney...may be some shallow graves by then..oh boy..



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[*] posted on 5-11-2009 at 05:53 PM


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thanks dennis, for trying to keep it going,


That, certainly, was not my intention. Mine was to offer a little known fact to those who may appreciate a little known fact. You can see by my past disinterest in this thread how my intentions never approached support of the nonsense presented , and I would never support any type of hyperbole that would lead to a prolongation of the crap presented here in this thread.

What's up with you Michael? Why the attack on me? Am I misreading it or, is it on with you and me? I'm in the mood for anything and everything.
Tell me....


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[*] posted on 5-11-2009 at 06:40 PM


Dennis, Have you ever meet any of the three people mentioned or been to the restaurant or motel. Or been south of GN Let a good thread die with out stiring the BLUE POT



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[*] posted on 5-11-2009 at 07:19 PM


well, i can see it's off to the races with dennis...i have tried and tried to avoid this crap but i knew this is where it would eventually end up......so....what?...so...and NO...yer not misreading me...i HAVE the time!....what IS the time?.....is it time?



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[*] posted on 5-11-2009 at 07:21 PM


here is a hug and a flower if you guys just kiss & make up.....peace on earth good will toword man and the like.:tumble:
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[*] posted on 5-11-2009 at 08:39 PM


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is it time?


Yeah...I guess it is. Don't attack me just for the sake of notariety. It won't do you any good.
You jumped off on me for less than nothing and followed up with a bunch of childish jibberish.
What did I say that prompted a continuation of this original thread?
I said nothing in that regard. I offered a bit of information that was meant to inform the bored audience of pertinant, unrelated information. That's what I did.
You..a-hole that you are..decided to tell everybody of my efforts to prolong the agony of a long overloaded pile of crap thread that should have been put to death days ago.
You did that maliciously and knew that when you hit the POST button.
What was your effort in the quest for peace and understanding here? I'll tell you what it was. It was NOTHING.
So...Don't bother me with your nonsense. You don't have what it takes.

And you, roun2it..........I live here. Don't ever think you know how far, in any direction I have traveled in my neighborhood. You just continue to be a good tourist in Baja and everything else will take care of itself.
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[*] posted on 5-11-2009 at 09:00 PM


Olivia and Munoz are now passé.
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