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Cole Puffinburger's grandfather allegedly stole millions from Mexican meth dealers
The Los Angeles Times ^ | October 17, 2008

Posted on 10/18/2008 1:50:47 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued

Police officials said Friday that a group of men may have kidnapped a 6-year-old boy here this week because his grandfather allegedly stole millions of dollars from Mexican methamphetamine dealers, a violent retaliatory tactic rarely seen north of the border.

Cole Puffinburger -- 48 pounds, nearly 4 feet tall, blond, blue-eyed and wearing silver-rimmed glasses -- was abducted Wednesday by two or three Latino men with "heavy accents" who posed as police officers, tied up the boy's mother and her boyfriend and ransacked their home looking for money.

"They got the attention of an entire nation. We will not stop looking for this child," Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Capt. Vincent Cannito told reporters Friday. The agency is working with the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Though trafficking-related kidnappings are relatively common in Mexico -- where drug-related violence is blamed for about 3,500 deaths this year -- they rarely occur in the United States, law enforcement officials said.

Las Vegas serves as a way station for drugs headed to the Midwest and California, officials said, and has its own sizable demand for methamphetamine. But traffickers usually seize cars and other assets to recoup money.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Mexico; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: aliens; cartels; drugtrafficking; homelandsecurity; illegals; kidnapping; mexico; puffinburger; wod
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1 posted on 10/18/2008 1:50:47 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
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To: LibWhacker; goldstategop; calcowgirl; doug from upland

This is appalling. There’s supposed to be a news conference about this case today.


2 posted on 10/18/2008 1:52:35 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (If Islam conquers the world, the Earth will be at peace because the human race will be killed off.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Prayers up for the little boy.

This is awful.


3 posted on 10/18/2008 1:54:01 PM PDT by Califreak (As seen on TV: S.A.R.A.H!-Sane Americans Are Against Hussein-Obama!)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Yep, coming up in a few minutes. I’m going to go in the other room and watch it now, and ask God one more time to please save the little tyke.


4 posted on 10/18/2008 1:55:29 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Clintonfatigued

>a violent retaliatory tactic rarely seen north of the border.<

We’re going to see a heck of a lot more of this if gumment don’t get their act together.

We need that fence yesterday as well as a permanent military presence.


5 posted on 10/18/2008 1:56:33 PM PDT by Califreak (As seen on TV: S.A.R.A.H!-Sane Americans Are Against Hussein-Obama!)
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To: LibWhacker

I pray for Cole with you... may God help him and his family.


6 posted on 10/18/2008 1:56:43 PM PDT by dandelion
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To: Clintonfatigued; All

Would appreciate it if someone would keep me updated on this case.

That precious boy.... I pray he is returned unharmed.


7 posted on 10/18/2008 1:58:52 PM PDT by proudofthesouth (Homosexuality IS a choice! There isn't any biological reason for it. They CHOOSE to be that way!)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Bush and McCain please do everything you can ro keep our borders open so more people lke this can visit.

Doing the work Americans don’t want to do. /sarcasm off


8 posted on 10/18/2008 2:00:17 PM PDT by stockpirate (Herbert Hoover, "Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of 'Emergency.'")
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To: Clintonfatigued

Welcome to the future of Obamaland.


9 posted on 10/18/2008 2:04:27 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: stockpirate
It is a very good thing we have open boarders. We need more Mexican Drug Gangs in this country. I lay the responsibility on Bush. He didn't enforce the laws and tried to change them so we could keep these people in our country permanently. Nice job! No wonder the Republicans are going to get smoked in this election.
10 posted on 10/18/2008 2:07:41 PM PDT by FightThePower! (Fight the powers that be!)
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To: Clintonfatigued

This is related to the War on Drugs making the drugs a valuable commodity.


11 posted on 10/18/2008 2:08:57 PM PDT by Mark was here (The earth is bipolar.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

I was in Las Vegas on business when this happened. Way to go, grandpa. Idiot.


12 posted on 10/18/2008 2:11:58 PM PDT by doug from upland (8 million views of .HILLARY! UNCENSORED - put some ice on it, witch)
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To: Mark was here
Plavix is a valuable commodity. But people don't kidnap little boys over it.
Gold is a valuable commodity. But people don't kidnap little boys over it.
Oil is a valuable commodity. But people don't kidnap little boys over it.

There's something about addictive recreational drugs which makes people do unpleasant things. Maybe that's why the laws were passed.

13 posted on 10/18/2008 2:16:33 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: doug from upland

I wish crooks wouldn’t have kids.

They are either too greedy or stupid to consider that if you run with such rough people, everyone in your family is a potential target if you make someone mad.

If they have a bone to pick with you anymore, they are likelier than ever to just kill everyone in your family.

Something like that happened up in Ukiah quite some time ago. The guy killed everyone in the family, including the baby.

I’ll keep praying, but it doesn’t sound good.


14 posted on 10/18/2008 2:18:44 PM PDT by Califreak (As seen on TV: S.A.R.A.H!-Sane Americans Are Against Hussein-Obama!)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Gold is a valuable commodity. But people don't kidnap little boys over it.

Oil is a valuable commodity. But people don't kidnap little boys over it.

People through out the ages have murdered, raped, pillaged, and yes...kidnapped little boys and girls....over both gold and oil.

15 posted on 10/18/2008 2:21:10 PM PDT by Osage Orange (" I did not have radical relations with that man, William Ayers. " -Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: Da Coyote
Welcome to the future of Obamaland.

Why do you say that? Didn't it happen in present day Bush land?

16 posted on 10/18/2008 2:22:11 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: ClearCase_guy

“There’s something about addictive recreational drugs which makes people do unpleasant things. “

Legalize recreational drugs and organized crime loses it’s major source of funding.

OTOH, Law enforcement and the court system lose too, so never mind.


17 posted on 10/18/2008 2:27:10 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Clintonfatigued

“Joel, you look like a smart kid. I’m going to tell you something I’m sure you’ll understand. You’re having fun now, right? Right, Joel? The time of your life. In a sluggish economy, never ever **** with another man’s livelihood. Now, if you’re smart, and I hope you are, you’re not gonna make me come back here.”

—Joe Pantoliano, “Risky Business”


18 posted on 10/18/2008 2:27:43 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Rebelbase

And so, of course, the drug lords will quietly disappear and do something legal! /sarc


19 posted on 10/18/2008 2:50:34 PM PDT by brytlea (Obama--Keep the change!)
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To: brytlea

By all means, lets not inconvenience them into having to look for other lines of work.


20 posted on 10/18/2008 3:04:17 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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