Posted on 11/16/2007 3:48:51 AM PST by prisoner6
Missing Cisneros is fugitive
| By ASHLEY RICHARDS , LAREDO MORNING TIMES |
| For more than three years, Brenda Y. Cisneros has been one of the commonly known faces of Laredo's Missing. But according to the U.S. Marshals Service, she is also a fugitive.A wanted poster recently re-circulated among U.S. law enforcement, identifying Cisneros as wanted on two arrest warrants related to illegal drug possession. She should be considered armed and dangerous, the wanted poster states, and notes that Cisneros was last seen on Sept. 17, 2004.
The families of Cisneros and Martinez have been searching for the young women since they disappeared, pleading their cases repeatedly at all levels of government and asking for public help in finding them. The cases have received national attention and there have been several theories, ranging from the women being the victims of drug cartel violence to a suggestion that they may have been given as gifts, but still there have been no definite signs of the missing women. Regardless of the drug charges against Cisneros, the families of Cisneros and Martinez do not believe it justifies kidnapping the young women. "That doesn't give anybody the right to kidnap, murder in the name of drugs," said William Slemaker, Martinez's stepfather. "We've always dealt with situations like this, where people have accused them of being linked to the drug cartels. I hope they find her. "Maybe it's the only way they'll find her," Slemaker said about the arrest warrants, adding that if an arrest is what it will take to find a missing person, he hopes they issue a warrant for Martinez as well. "If people feel like (drug charges justify kidnapping), then people should call their congressmen and tell them to pass a law to make it legal to kidnap, rape and murder in the name of drugs." The first arrest warrant for Cisneros was issued in November 2004, about two months after she was reported missing, for violating pre-trial release in a 2004 case for possession of 50 kilograms (approximately 110 pounds) of Rohypnol, known as the date rape drug. A second arrest warrant was issued in January 2005 for violating probation in a 2002 conviction for marijuana possession with intent to distribute. An investigator with the Marshals Service's Mexican Investigative Liaison division said Cisneros violated probation before the date she was last seen because she failed to show up for a court hearing. "We're not looking for her because she's a kidnapping victim," the investigator said. "We're looking for her because she's a fugitive. It's nothing against the family." The U.S. Marshals Service investigator said they have been actively pursing Cisneros on the arrest warrants for years and he routinely re-circulates the wanted poster to law enforcement in Laredo and Nuevo Laredo every six months. A wanted poster for Cisneros is also posted on the local U.S. Marshals' bulletin board. When the young women went missing, their families went to the media, seeking help in finding them to no avail. The families have sought out leads on their own in hopes of assisting in the search. Slemaker found the vehicle in which the girls traveled to Nuevo Laredo, about 30 days after they disappeared, in a Mexican police impound lot. He later spoke to a man who reported seeing Mexican police stopping the women about five blocks from the international bridge the night they disappeared. Even as leads have diminished, the families have continued to speak out to keep their daughters' disappearance from becoming a cold case. A joint kidnapping task force has been created since their disappearances, involving the FBI and Mexican federal officials. And U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, has maintained contact with the families and law enforcement. Cuellar said he was unaware of the drug charges, but agreed with Slemaker that it does not justify kidnapping or violent action against the women. "She's still a human being," Cuellar said. "Regardless of what she's done, that doesn't justify the kidnapping or any other steps that they've taken on her. "The U.S. Marshals have to do what they have to do. At the same time I think they want her for a particular reason; we want her … back over here safe." The U.S. Marshals' wanted poster describes Cisneros, who would now be 26 years old, as weighing 140 pounds and 5 feet 6 inches tall with brown eyes and hair and a scar on her left cheek. (Ashley Richards may be reached at 728-2538 or by e-mail at ashley@lmtonline.com)
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While he's probably correct that something needs to be done, I think this story paints a bit different picture. It's more about the drug trade and corruption in both Laredo and Nuevo Laredo across the border than it is the kidnapping and murdering of US citizens.
I'm not saying this girl shouldn't be found, but because she's apparently involved in the drug trade and a convict to boot, she ain't an angel.
Maybe I'm reading this whole thing in the wrong light but if I were Glenn I'd go carefully into this situation.
I sent copies of the article to Glenn and Stu his producer, but they are probably aware of it anyway.
prisoner6
What’s a “Pepe Salinas concert” ?
I think his larger point is the refusal of the US government to give a flying crap about actual, legitimate US citizens- angels or not.
You never heard of the Mamas and the Pepes?
“That doesn’t give anybody the right to kidnap, murder in the name of drugs...”
No, but it certainly does explain why she’s missing and can’t be found.
It's kinda like the question, "Can a prostitue be raped?"
Well, yes she can, and the perp punished. However in the Cisneros abduction case it isn't exactly the same thing as an innocent US citizen being kidnapped. The way Glenn talk about it that's the spin I hear.
When I get the chance I think I'll run the names of the other missing and see if there are any similarities.
prisoner6
From what I've been told, kidnapping is an industry in Mexico. A friend who works for Robinson Helicopter's tells me their #1 market is Mexico City because of all the kidnappings of wealthy folks there. It isn't safe for the well-to-do to travel on the streets of Mexico City because kidnappings and being held for ransom is so common. So, the well-to-do set buy small helicopters and fly from destination to destination, usually rooftop to rooftop of high rises.
I see this as yet another reason to build the fence......
They used to call these what they really are.
Article from 2003:
Even while news broke about fresh serial killings in Cd. Juárez, evidence emerged that similar murders are spreading to other parts of Mexico. Besides Chihuahua City, recent murders in Tamaulipas state had eerie similarities to, and coincidences with, many of the Cd. Juárez cases. Standing out is the killing of 16-year-old Olga Lidia Osorio in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.
http://www.nmsu.edu/~frontera/mar03/feat2.html
I think it’s a Mexican skunk.
This is getting insane, Rush needs to address this now for the first time. THe guy was arrested last night, and this needs to be in the mainstream Consecutive debate. Others who know more than me about this situation please stop over at the Rush Limbaugh thread and get some 24/7 members to e-mail Rush directly about this.
I just read Glenn Beck’s book. An Inconvient Book. He explains all of this. This man does not report anything that he does not have facts to back up his arguments.
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