69 drug traffickers arrested, time out for undocumented workers

FBI busts drug

dealers instead of

poor people

If the American people support comprehensive immigration reform ( CIR ) our border patrol can concentrate on catching drug dealers and terrorist instead of chasing poor people through the desert and shooting 14 year old boys.

The FBI announced the arrest of 69 people on Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Charges.  This has been a “Nationwide Crackdown on Members and Associates of Several Mexican-Based Drug Trafficking Organizations” in “Project Deliverance”.

They got 6,800 pounds of marijuana, over 520 kilograms of cocaine, approximately seven kilograms of methamphetamine and an estimated $2.37 million worth of alleged criminally derived assets.

The credit goes to United States Attorney John E. Murphy; Joseph M. Arabit, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, El Paso Field Division; David Cuthbertson, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, El Paso Division; Manuel Oyola-Torres, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations in El Paso; James Maxwell, Supervisory Special Agent of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation in El Paso; Ana Hinojosa, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Director of Field Operations; Randy Hill, U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector Chief; Robert Champion, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Dallas Field Division; El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen and El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles.  That is a lot of manpower that was not looking for the average poor guy and focused on the drug lords instead.

• The charges include operating a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (CCE), conspiracy to import controlled substances (marijuana, cocaine, heroin and/or methamphetamine), conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

• The Defendants include Juarez residents Jesus Rodrigo Fierro-Ramirez and Arturo Lozano-Mendez.  From January 2000 until June 2010, this organization was allegedly responsible for the smuggling of more than 150 kilograms of cocaine into the United States and attempting to transport back to Mexico from Chicago, Mississippi and Kansas more than $1.5 million in drug proceeds.

• Five defendants, including Reyes Lopez and Santiago Perez-Pinion, charged in a related indictment returned in El Paso with drug trafficking offenses. This group allegedly transported cocaine and hundreds of kilograms of marijuana to various cities in the United States. The indictment also seeks the criminal forfeiture of three properties in El Paso which were used to further the drug trafficking conspiracy.

• Eleven members of a Ciudad Juarez/El Paso-based drug trafficking organization led by Carlos Mario Gomez-Muro (aka Cacho) indicted in El Paso for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute marijuana. The indictment also charges Mexican citizen Veronica Cortez-Cruz, a high-level associate of Gomez. Since March 2009, this organization was allegedly responsible for the smuggling and distribution of hundreds of kilograms of cocaine.

• Multiple indictments returned in El Paso charging 11 defendants including Victor Vargas-Montes and his drug trafficking/money laundering network based in Ciudad Juarez/El Paso. For two months beginning in July 2007, this organization was allegedly responsible for the smuggling of more than 150 kilograms of cocaine into the United States. From July 2009 to February 2010, this organization was also responsible for the smuggling of more than 2,500 pounds of marijuana. During this time period, authorities also seized more than $800,000 in drug proceeds. The indictment also seeks the criminal forfeiture of two of Vargas-Montes’ homes in El Paso which he used to further his drug trafficking conspiracy.

• A nine-defendant indictment in El Paso charging Victor Hugo Porras Lara and his drug distribution network based in El Paso. Since April 2009, this organization was allegedly responsible for the distribution of more than 150 kilograms of cocaine and more than 150 kilograms of marijuana from El Paso to Phoenix, Detroit, Atlanta and Wichita, Kansas.

• A six-defendant indictment in El Paso charging Fernando Garcia-Baeza (aka El Ingeniero) and his drug distribution network based in Ciudad Juarez/El Paso. Since January 2009, this organization was allegedly responsible for the distribution of more than 20 kilograms of cocaine and approximately one pound of methamphetamine from El Paso to North Carolina and New York. The indictment also seeks the criminal forfeiture of $85,150 in drug proceeds.

• Eleven members of a Ciudad Juarez/El Paso-based drug trafficking organization, including Pedro Antonio Palma-Rios, indicted in El Paso for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Since March 2009, this organization was allegedly responsible for the transportation of hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from El Paso to Kansas City, Memphis and Chicago. Authorities seized 14 kilograms of cocaine in Memphis in April 2009; 108 kilograms of cocaine in El Paso in August 2009; and, 15 kilograms of cocaine in Kansas City in October 2009.

• A four-defendant indictment returned in El Paso charging Roberto Uribe-Zubiate and his marijuana distribution network based in Ciudad Juarez/El Paso. The indictment also charges Mario Rigoberto Mireles-Zubiate, who allegedly coordinated the transportation of marijuana in the United States. During the course of this investigation, agents seized 2,200 pounds of marijuana from a tractor trailer in Sierra Blanca, Texas.

• An eight-defendant indictment returned in El Paso charging Arturo Herrera-Moreno and Edilberto Herrera-Moreno and their drug distribution network based in Ciudad Juarez/El Paso. From August 2009 until March 2010, this organization was allegedly responsible for the distribution of large quantities of cocaine from Mexico to Atlanta, New York and Chicago, and returning large amounts of currency to Mexico through El Paso.

• A nine-defendant indictment charging Raul Santos (aka Candelario or Pariente) and his drug distribution/money laundering network based in Ciudad Juarez. Since January 2005, this organization was allegedly responsible for the distribution of more than 100 kilograms of cocaine and more than 50 kilograms of marijuana from El Paso to Chicago, Illinois and California. Members of the organization also allegedly laundered over $1.8 million in drug proceeds during that same time period.

• A 16-defendant indictment returned in Midland charging a drug trafficking/money laundering network based out of Ciudad Juarez led by Luis Enrique Loya-Alcaraz (aka Guero) and Jorge Aguilar. The indictment alleges that from January 2006 until May 2010, this organization was allegedly responsible for the smuggling and distribution of more than 150 kilograms of cocaine to North Carolina, Kansas, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Florida and South Carolina. This organization was also responsible for the attempted transportation of more than $3.5 million in drug proceeds back to Mexico.

The FBI wants you to remember an idictment is an allegation.  Until one is judged guilty in a court of law, each person has the right of the presumption of innocence.  Trust me, there will be a fair number of guilty pleas, although we can’t tell which one’s will be judged guilty and which will be judged not guilty.

I doubt these arrests will make any difference to Jan Brewer and her Republican cronies who passed SB 1070 in Arizona.  I don’t think the racial profiling law was passed in good faith.  Hence, good faith efforts on the part of Presidents Obama and Calderon won’t make much difference to the Arizona conservatives.  Fortunately, they are likely out of step with the rest of us!

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Anastacio Hernandez Rojas murdered, caught on video by medical student, Murder on the border, Captan en video asesinato de inmigrante mexicano

Video of murder of 

Anastacio Hernandez Rojas

Medical student catches death on cell phone 

 I recently wrote in my blog, immigrants2bfree about a Mexican national, Anastacio Hernandez Rojas, a/k/a/ Anastasio Henandez Rojas, who was murdered at the border as the authorities returned him to Mexico. 







Anastacio was attempting to re-enter the U.S. when he was apprehended by the border patrol. The U.S. fast tracked him for deportation since he had been recently deported days before.


Shortly before being returned to Mexico something went terribly wrong. There are two general versions. In the first, Anastacio made a run at the gate between the U.S. and Mexico. Authorities chased him down and went at him.


In the second version, Anastasio was seated on the ground in hand cuffs and was attacked and beaten by law enforcement.


Which ever version suits your fancy, one thing is for sure:   Anastacio was attacked by up to 20 law enforcement officers who beat the holy hell out of him. They tazered him and hit him in the head so hard he lost consciousness.


By the time Anastacio was delivered to the hospital he was pronounced brain dead. The death was rules a homicide by the medical examiner.


The video taken by the medical student is troubling, as not only does it depict a person being murdered, his perpetrators did so under sanction of a badge issued by the United States of America.  It reflects the worst side of law enforcement and is a disgrace to every border patrol agent who risks his life on a daily basis to get it right.


All of this could have been avioded with comprehensive immigration reform.  The US Mexico border is like a war zone because the American people can't find a simple solution to a problem they created years ago by having a loose border and through their unskilled labor needs. 


Call your senator and tell him we need comprehensive immigration reform today!  Then get on your knees, those of you who are with me on this point, let's get on our knees and pray for the lost soul, Anastacio Hernandez Rojas, a/k/a Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, his family including twin 4 year olds and the rest of the 13,000,000 undocumented people searching for a solution to this ugly problem.

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25% to 38% Guaranteed! Buy Oil, it ain’t getting any cheaper! Prosper Oil and Gas!

Who knows if that is exactly how Alan Todd May pitched unsuspecting clients with his Prosper Oil and Gas, Inc. a/k/a Prosper Energy, Inc.  What is well alleged, is May took a bunch of people for a free ride and the SEC didn’t take kindly to it!

 

First, the SEC obtained an asset freeze against the company along with a temporary restraining order, civil Action No. 3:10-cv-425-L U.S.D.C./Northern District of Texas (Dallas Division).  The court went along with it so Mays found himself unable to sell more oil and gas deals and likely locked out of his office.

 

According to the SEC, May, who is a convicted felon with a long criminal history of theft and fraud, went at it again.  He conned $6 million smacks out of investors who were rubbing their hands together in contemplation of huge returns on investment.  May placed a series of ads in various publications offering unregistered fractional, undivided royalty interests in oil and gas properties. 

 

The purpose in selling undivided interests was likely to skirt securities laws.  If all the partners were equal partners, it is harder to claim May was the sole management agent.  In order to be a security, an investment must be managed by third parties.

 

The reality is, even undivided interests in partnerships constitutes securities in most cases.  The SEC felt it did in this case.  In fact, they allege profits presumably made and paid out to investors were done so via a ponzi scheme.  There were no huge profits from Prosper and Prosper Oil and Gas Inc.   Those who invested got the old suckeroo!

 

May took off from his wealthy Texas feeding grounds in order to avoid facing the music. United States Marshal Federico Rocha of the Northern District of California announced he got his man.  Rip off artist May had made his way to San Francisco where he met his match, or maybe better said, he met his marshal!

 

The arrest was a result of the efforts of the Dallas Fort Worth Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team, the U.S. Secret Service and the Northern District of California Fugitive Task Force.

 

Just to be sure, nothing is offered for sale.  The headline is to attract reader attention, and illustrate what a scam headline might look like.  Now if you want to send a donation we would very much appreciate that!  But please don’t expect anything more than great reporting in return!

 

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El Paso District Court Judge Manuel Barraza will do 5 years for bribery

An El Paso District Court judge gets to bend over for bill for the next five years.  That is what happens when one corrupts justice for one’s own benefit.  Bad boy Barraza was convicted of two counts of wire fraud and the deprivation of honest services and one count of making false statements.

Barraza used his power to extort sexual favors out of a criminal defendant.  He convinced her to make him a happy camper.  In exchange, he was to use his influence in a criminal matter she faced in another court.  Barraza missed one small detail.  One of the women he was extorting was an undercover agent for the FBI!
 

Rich guys use their power and money to extort sexual favors out of supposed adoring women.  District court judges have similar power but these powers are to be guarded.  Ex-judge Barraza made a mockery out of every honest judge who works endless hours to get it right.   He didn’t waste time doing it.  He was only on the bench for three months! 

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Laura Franco Gregory and Antonio Franco.

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SB 1070 may be blocked by court action! Racial profiling won’t fly!

 

Those who oppose SB 1070 are optimistic a court of competent jurisdiction will issue a restraining order to prevent this ugly law from going into effect.

 

Right wing forces like Senator John McCain passed a law which requires police to detain any person suspected of being “illegal”.  There are several problems with the law.  The first is, since most undocumented workers who are in the country are ‘of color’ Latinos and other minorities are surely to be profiled.  The second problem is undocumented workers will be reticent to report crimes since they face deportation if they do.  A third problem is, under the law, it is illegal to transport undocumented workers.  If your mom takes her neighbor to choir practice she is subject to arrest for transporting.

 

Because people will suffer immeasurably, opponents of the law hope a judge will issue a temporary injunction against implementation of the law.  The injunction is a short term solution.  However, in the meantime, law suits like the one in Tuscon can move forward to challenge the law.  On May 29th, 2010, up to 200,000 people protested the unfair law!

 

Arizona Governor, Republican Jan Brewer, is doing all she can to see to it racial profiling moves ahead.  She recently fired the attorney general which could delay law suits challenging the law.  The law is so bad, prominent Republicans oppose it!

 

 

Call your senator and tell him to support comprehensive immigration reform!  Really!  Every phone call counts.  Let’s stop unfair laws like Arizona SB 1070.  Let’s strengthen our borders.  Let’s help those who are here keep their families together (family values) and let’s help young people of undocumented workers break the chain of poverty and go to school!

 

Meanwhile, if wise judges enjoin SB 1070 then we will have time to let courts help us sort this all out!

 

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Tim Paynter is a staunch opponent of SB 1070, racial profiling and unfair laws against the poor and oppressed.

 

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