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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on November 25, 2016, 12:23:15 pm

Title: U.S. Smuggler Turns to Feds to Hide from Drug Cartel
Post by: rangerrebew on November 25, 2016, 12:23:15 pm

    U.S. Smuggler Turns to Feds to Hide from Drug Cartel



    21 Nov 2016

    McALLEN, Texas — Fearing a certain death at the hand of a Mexican drug lord, an American smuggler turned himself in to federal authorities after more than $400,000 in cocaine was stolen from his house during a shooting and raid.

    Court records obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed that since October, 25-year-old Ejalte De Leon, a U.S. citizen, was in contact with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and told them that he feared for his safety after having been the victim of a drug rip-off. Under the guidance of an attorney, De Leon told agents through various interviews about his operation and how someone had stolen drugs from his stash house, leaving him with a large drug debt.

    According to De Leon, he had one stash house in the western side of McAllen at 2201 North 31st Street and charged users $400 per kilogram there. The man also claimed to travel to Houston to deliver five to seven kilos (11-15 pounds) of cocaine at a time.


    http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/...e-drug-cartel/

Title: Re: U.S. Smuggler Turns to Feds to Hide from Drug Cartel
Post by: Fishrrman on November 25, 2016, 11:36:07 pm

Better just to toss this guy back out on the street and let the "cartel justice" run its course...

Title: Re: U.S. Smuggler Turns to Feds to Hide from Drug Cartel
Post by: TomSea on November 26, 2016, 02:37:32 am

Down in Mexico, things have gotten so bad, villages now defend themselves; "auto-defensas", Self-defense groups or maybe even something akin to vigilantes.

A major figure in this movement has been Dr. Mireles.
(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/WODxRRq2YQ4/hqdefault.jpg)
(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/7oOD4xXQBIY/maxresdefault.jpg)
Those cartels are bullies, there are a lot of bullies running around down there; criminal gangs might be a broader term, kidnap, stealing and so on.

But Mireles and a few others seem to be honest to goodness, good guys.

Title: Re: U.S. Smuggler Turns to Feds to Hide from Drug Cartel
Post by: TomSea on November 26, 2016, 03:07:20 pm

More bad news comes out of Mexico and this one might not even hit the news in English circuit,

81 slaves rescued from a tomato plantation in the north of the country.

http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2016/11/26/1130494#imagen-1

Too much bad news, in the big picture of being a country of 110,000,000 ? I don't know if there is perspective.