Posted on 08/29/2026 11:56:07 PM PDT by Libloather
One of the world’s most-wanted drug traffickers owns an unsuspecting ranch in a Riverside County valley — and the federal government is trying to seize it.
Juan Carlos Valencia Gonzalez, 41, of Santa Ana, is the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, nearly five months after his stepfather, Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, was killed during a Mexican military anti-drug operation.
When Valencia was just a 26-year-old living in Orange County, he bought a ranch in Hemet, California, that was offered to him for just $250,000.
The property sits in a ranching community surrounded by farmland and upscale homes, according to a visit by El Pais.
It was apparently Gonzalez’s “refuge” to escape from Santa Ana, where he was born and where relatives still live.
The property is still managed by the cartel leader’s uncle, a federal enforcement source told El Pais. Roosters, dogs and farm animals were still on the ranch, with signs hanging on a fence with labels such as “security cameras and audio recorder in use” or “beware of dogs.”
The U.S. Justice Department filed in court an attempt to seize the property last month, alleging it’s connected to Gonzalez. That case is pending.
The cartel leader, whose nicknames include “Baldy,” “Bimbo,” “Pelón” and “R-3”, comes from drug-dealer royalty on both sides of the family.
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$250K
He probably makes that in a week
At least.
A cartel boss living in the U.S. should be easy to catch.
Or maybe it gives him legal protection since we cannot just blast him with a drone.
Speaking of Santa Ana
Trump Supporters Disrupt ‘Illegal Alien’ Town Hall Held by CA Dem Rep.
breitbart.com ^ | 31 May 2017
Posted on 5/31/2017, 11:57:13 PM by Helicondelta
Trump supporters turned the tables on Democrats in California and disrupted a Santa Ana Congressman’s “Immigration Workshop” on Tuesday evening—resulting in the arrest of one ANTIFA protestor, who allegedly physically assaulted one of the Trump supporters. According to Santa Ana Police Department Cmdr. Matt Sorenson, interviewed in the Orange County Register, a fight broke out between two women at the Delhi Center, Tuesday, May 30, resulting in the room being cleared by police, and later the arrest of one protester outside.
The event was hosted by Rep. Lou Correa, (D-Santa Ana), at the [Delhi] center […and] was scheduled to run from 6 to 8 p.m., according to a post on Correa’s Facebook page. Correa listed Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), World Relief Garden Grove and the Mexican Consulate as also taking part in the town hall.”
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, Hvidston explained that the “Immigration Workshop” as it was being advertised was originally scheduled to feature a controversial slide presentation by CHIRLA, which “instructs illegal aliens how to respond to immigration authorities in order to avoid arrest and deportation.”
“It’s subversive,” Hvidston told Breitbart News. “Teaching illegal aliens how to avoid detection by ICE at a meeting being held under the seal of a US Congressman is wrong.”
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More Santa Ana
Santa Ana could allow noncitizens to vote
KTLA ^ | 10-15-24 | Cameron Krizla
Posted on 10/15/2024, 6:47:00 PM by artichokegrower
Election Day is rapidly approaching, bringing with it the possibility that one Orange County city will soon allow noncitizens to vote in local elections.
Measure DD, which is on the Nov. 5 ballot in Santa Ana, would allow “noncitizen City residents to vote in all City of Santa Ana municipal elections” beginning in November 2028, the city says on its website.
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