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.
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This is appalling. There’s supposed to be a news conference about this case today.
Prayers up for the little boy.
This is awful.
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.
>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.
I pray for Cole with you... may God help him and his family.
Would appreciate it if someone would keep me updated on this case.
That precious boy.... I pray he is returned unharmed.
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
Welcome to the future of Obamaland.
This is related to the War on Drugs making the drugs a valuable commodity.
I was in Las Vegas on business when this happened. Way to go, grandpa. Idiot.
There's something about addictive recreational drugs which makes people do unpleasant things. Maybe that's why the laws were passed.
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.
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.
Why do you say that? Didn't it happen in present day Bush land?
“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.
“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”
And so, of course, the drug lords will quietly disappear and do something legal! /sarc
By all means, lets not inconvenience them into having to look for other lines of work.
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