Mexican hit men stalk U.S.

[Guest trigem]

Mexican hit men stalk U.S. - Washington Times

By Jerry Seper

-

The Washington Times

Mexican hit men stalk U.S.

Drug lords' gunmen target narcotics thieves, feds say

Drug-smuggling gangs in Mexico have sent well-armed assassins, or "sicarios," into Arizona to locate and kill bandits who are ambushing and stealing loads of cocaine, marijuana and heroin headed to buyers in the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security has warned Arizona law enforcement authorities.

In a memo first sent in May but widely circulated since, the department said a group of "15, very well-equipped and armed" assassins complete with body armor had been sent into the state to identify, locate and kill the drug thieves, who are thought to be independent operators.

The memo said the assassins had been dispatched to the Vekol Valley, a well-established and widely travelled drug-smuggling corridor running north and south across Interstate 8 between the Arizona towns of Casa Grande and Gila Bend. The valley is a direct link to both the interstate and to Phoenix, giving drug smugglers the option of shipping their goods to California or to major cities both north and east.

Disguised as groups of backpackers but carrying empty boxes covered with burlap, the memo said the paid assassins would attempt to "draw out the bandits." Once identified, it said, the assassins "will take out the bandits."

"We just received information from a proven, credible confidential source who reported that a meeting was held in Puerto Penasco, in which every smuggling organization who utilizes the Vekol Valley was told to attend," the memo said. "This included rival groups within the Guzman cartel."

Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera heads what formally is known as the Sinaloa Cartel, which smuggles multi-ton loads of cocaine from Colombia through Mexico into the United States. One of the most powerful and dangerous drug gangs in Mexico, it also is known as the Guzman cartel and has been linked to the production, smuggling and distribution of Mexican marijuana and "black tar" heroin.

The federal government recently posted signs along Interstate 8 in the Vekol Valley warning travelers the area is unsafe because of drug and alien smugglers. The signs were posted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) along a 60-mile stretch of Interstate 8 between Casa Grande and Gila Bend, warning travelers they are entering an "active drug- and human-smuggling area" and may encounter "armed criminals and smuggling vehicles traveling at high rates of speed."

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, whose county includes the valley, told The Washington Times earlier this month that Mexican drug cartels have posted scouts on the high points around the valley to control movement in the area. He said they have radios, optics and "night-vision goggles as good as anything law enforcement has."

"This is going on here in Arizona … 30 miles from the fifth-largest city in the United States," he said.

The sheriff said he asked the Obama administration for 3,000 National Guard soldiers to patrol the border,but got 15 signs along Interstate 8 instead.

[Raoul]

hey I read that book. No Country for Old Men by Cormack Mccarthy,

[Punisher84]

Hey Raoul, what's the most...you ever lost in a coin toss?

[Raoul]

Hey Raoul, what's the most...you ever lost in a coin toss?

lol. The movie wasn't bad either.

[Punisher84]

lol. The movie wasn't bad either.

Definitely one of the better adaptations I've seen.

[Raoul]

Definitely one of the better adaptations I've seen.

+1. Javier was seriously creepy

[Erik88]

thread derailment in 3....2.....1...

[Chucktshoes]

I just want a working version of that shotgun.

[leroy]

All:______________

I wonder how long the US and the state of Arizona are going to put up with the thuggery that is going on down on the border? Around 1916 a fella by the name of Pancho Villa raided Columbus, NM and shot up the town. Later, a fella by the name of John J Pershing lead a "Punitive Expedition" of US Calvary into mexico looking for Villa. That expediton was authorized by President Woodrow Wilson. A young Lieutenant by the name of George S Patton served with Pershing and personally finished off two or three Villistias with a colt single action army. They didn't get Villa; but they sent the right message. There were no more across the border raids by mexican nationals. By my unofficial count; that was 1 (...read that one, and only one...) incident.

Nobama would have us all believe he is a twenty first century Woodrow Wilson; he is an educator and smartest guy in the room ---fully credentialled, just like ole Woodrow (....remember, Wilson was a lawyer, a professor of law, and the president of Princeton University...). I wonder why he aint smart enough to come to the same conclusion that ole Woodrow came to?

Could it be that he thinks it's ok for latino hit men to come across the border and shoot both US citizens and rogue drug thugs? It would appear that he is ok with shooting rogue drug thugs (...by the way, im ok with shooting rogue drug thugs; it's an idea whose time has come. ...), because he and the Justice Department want to keep the State of AZ from enforcing duly ratified state law that might id some of them. It also could be that he may be ok with hit men shooting a few US citizens (...by the way, i aint for this one....) in the process. He (...being the smartest guy in the room...) may see it as an acceptable price to keep-inter country relationships ok with Mexico. It's just a bad deal for the citizens of AZ.

I wonder when the people of the good ole USA will get tired of this?

My, how times have changed.

Food for thought.

Leroy

PS --Trigem--- thanks for posting the original article1 Very interesting and disturbing read.

Edited October 19, 2010 by leroy
changed AZ to NM where it really happened -CRS!!