BREAKING: Multiple Ranches in Laredo Texas Taken Over By Los Zetas - Page 17

Johnny Ringo · #**161** (**permalink**) 08-05-2010, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by saltwn

Actually I posted it as a talking point, but seems there is some truth to it as observed and noted by some right of center members here.
Perhaps {{oh, no!

}} the truth lies somewhere in between?

What?????? Are you saying you think I might be a little bit to the Right of Center?? I have been told I make G Gordon seem like a Liberal, but its all in fun, even though I pride myself on the truth, you know NON-LIBERAL info!!

Khandahar · #**162** (**permalink**) 08-05-2010, 07:50 PM

P.T. said it best, there's one born every minute. In the case of the RWNJs they seem to abuse the privilege.

Igottago2 · #**163** (**permalink**) 08-11-2010, 09:58 AM

WELL, WELL, WELL.
Would you look at what I found.

Despite Naysayers, Reporters Get at the Truth about What Happened in Lardeo

This is a cautionary tale about reporters eagerly attacking other reporters working a developing story. Because it’s not possible to provide evidence as quickly as some might demand it doesn’t mean the story is false.

On July 24, Kimberly Dvorak, of the Examiner, and Don Amato, of the blog Digger’s Realm, broke the story about two Texas ranches outside of Laredo, Texas, being seized by members of Los Zetas drug cartel. Today, Ms. Dvorak posted a copy of the police blotter which provides a good deal of the information necessary to confirm her initial story’s claims:

After 16 days of denials by Laredo law enforcement and local officials regarding a Mexican drug cartel takeover of a Laredo area ranch, a Texas police blotter proves the alleged incident did in fact happen and that multiple agencies responded to the scene of a seized U.S. ranch…

“On Friday 7-23-10 Laredo Webb informed that their county SWAT Team is conducting an operation in the Mines Rd. area. According to LT. Garcia with LSO (Laredo Sheriff Office) received a call from a ranch owner stating that the Zetas had taken over his ranch. As per the 17 (reporting person) he informed them that they stated La Compania (area business) was taking the ranch and no one was permitted on the ranch without permission. SO (Sheriff Office) will have an unmarked green Ford Taurus with two officers stationed at Los Compadres and a white Chevy Tahoe with two officers stationed at Mineral Rd. The LSO (Laredo Sheriff Office) will maintain surveillance in the area and advise if action is taken. Susp (suspect) Veh (vehicle) are described as a gray or silver Audi, a BLK (black) Escalade or Navigator and a van truck with a logo of a car wash spot free on the side. Border Patrol also has their response team on scene. Also known info of BMW’s and Corvettes entering and leaving the area. Auth LT Lichtenberger if assistance is requested LPD (Laredo Police Department) will secure the outer perimeter. (07/24/10 07:42:10 NR1873)”

full story here:
Despite Naysayers, Reporters Get at the Truth about What Happened in Lardeo - Big Journalism

Infidel Dog · #**164** (**permalink**) 08-11-2010, 12:48 PM

Good one. So that's two now then. There was that one they wanted to dismiss about plans by a Mexican gang to blow up the dam in Texas. That one turned out to have truth. Now there's this one. I'll bet there's more.

jabbo · #**165** (**permalink**) 08-11-2010, 01:13 PM

A rebuttal of sorts

From the article:

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Analysis: "There are several tiny details wrong with the entry. First of all (and you probably already know this), you have the City of Laredo Police Department and Webb County Sheriff - two separate law enforcement entities with different jurisdictions. Why would an official blotter entry refer to LSO (Laredo Sheriff's Office) when there's no such thing? LPD is only referred to as such at the end of the report. I have a hard time believing a deputy with WCSO or officer with LPD would make such an error repeatedly. Also, why would Border Patrol respond to such an incident that would clearly fall under the jurisdiction of local law enforcement? If anything, the FBI would respond with a hostage rescue team, not Border Patrol. From a law enforcement perspective, this report makes no sense to me. Finally, Los Zetas telling the ranch owner that no one is allowed on-site without permission? Really? Like someone would come knocking in the middle of an armed takeover of a ranch on US soil and be allowed to visit by one of the most dangerous cartels in Mexico."

"Laredo Sheriff's Office".

waltky · #**166** (**permalink**) 12-12-2011, 10:51 PM

Brains'll only get ya so far, an' luck eventually runs out - Thelma & Louise...

Mexico Zeta drug gang leader 'El Lucky' arrested
12 December 2011 - A key leader of Mexico's powerful Zetas drug cartel, Raul Lucio Hernandez Lechuga, has been arrested in the state of Veracruz, say officials.

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Hernandez Lechuga, alias El Lucky, was allegedly a founding member of the cartel and ran its activities in Veracruz, Puebla and Oaxaca states. Security forces had placed a 15m peso (£700,000: $1m) bounty on his head. At least 40,000 people are thought to have died in drugs-related violence in Mexico in the past five years.

Mexico's navy said marines had captured Hernandez Lechuga in the Veracruz town of Cordoba, where the Zetas have been battling another powerful cartel, the Sinaloa, for control of the lucrative drugs market. President Felipe Calderon also announced the capture on Twittter.

Some 50,000 troops and federal police are actively involved in tackling the country's drugs gangs, with top leaders being targeted. Mr Calderon says 22 of the 37 most-wanted drug lords have now been accounted for.

BBC News - Mexico Zeta drug gang leader 'El Lucky' arrested

See also:

Mexico navy catches a founder of Zetas drug cartel
December 12, 2011 —Mexican marines captured a founding member of the brutal Zetas drug cartel Monday, the navy announced.

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Marines arrested Raul Lucio Hernandez Lechuga in the city of Cordoba in the state of Veracruz, where the Zetas are fighting for control against a gang allied to the Sinaloa drug cartel, the navy said in a statement. Hernandez, known as "Lucky," was the leader of the Zetas for the states of Veracruz, Puebla and Oaxaca, it said. The federal government had offered a 15 million-peso reward, about $1.2 million, for information leading to his arrest. The Zetas organization was formed by a small group of elite soldiers based in Tamaulipas state, across the border from Texas, who deserted to work for the Gulf drug cartel in the 1990s. The Zetas began gaining independence from the Gulf cartel after their then leader, Osiel Cardenas Guillen, was extradited to the U.S. in 2006. They finally split from their former bosses last year, setting off bloody fights throughout Mexico as they seek to expand south.

The navy didn't say if Hernandez was a soldier when he joined the Zetas in the 1990s or give any other details about him. Earlier Monday, the Mexican army said its soldiers battled suspected drug cartel members just south of the Texas border, killing 11 gunmen. One soldier was reported wounded. The clash began when soldiers on patrol were fired on Saturday from a building in the city of Valle Hermoso, south of Brownsville, Texas, the Defense Department said in a news release. The troops later seized the building, finding 11 dead gunmen and 73 rifles inside, it said. Two suspects were arrested. The wounded soldier was taken to a hospital for treatment. His condition was unknown. Both the Gulf and Zetas drug cartels operate in that area.

In Veracruz, a Gulf coast state bordering Tamaulipas to the south, unidentified assailants tossed a bomb into a building where a cockfight was being held early Sunday, state prosecutors said in a statement. One man was killed and nine others slightly wounded, the statement said. The wounded were treated at hospitals and released. State prosecutors did not specify what type of explosive was involved. They also did not say if they had arrested any suspects or uncovered a motive for the attack. Federal prosecutors also announced Monday that a judge sentenced five former soldiers to 25-year prison terms for aiding a drug cartel.

The rare convictions occurred in the northern state of Sinaloa, home to the drug cartel of the same name. The five included a major assigned to the military court system, three lieutenants and a sergeant. They were convicted of organized crime and assisting in drug trafficking. Prosecutors said in a statement the former officers gave "strategic military information and protection" to Alfredo Beltran Leyva, who was a leader of the Beltran-Leyva drug cartel before he was arrested in January 2008. Beltran Leyva and his brothers were allied with the Sinaloa cartel, but the two gangs split in part because of Alfredo's arrest.

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