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3 federal officers imprisoned for airport suitcase scheme
The Miami Herald ^ | 9/25/10 | Jay Weaver

Posted on 09/25/2010 1:53:28 PM PDT by ruralvoter

A husband, a wife and her sister -- all uniformed federal officers in South Florida -- plotted to allow couriers to carry loads of cocaine and heroin on flights from the Dominican Republic via Fort Lauderdale to New York, authorities say.

The suitcase scheme worked for a few years, until some of the couriers were caught with kilos of drugs, and federal agents figured out it was all an inside job.

This week, the group's ringleader, Cindy Moran-Sanchez, 32, a former Customs and Border Protection officer from Cooper City, was sentenced to 14 years in prison on an importation conspiracy conviction.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crime; drugs; immigrants; tsa
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--Who hired these people to work in the Federal Government? --Why was this allowed to happen for several years? --Who manages these people? --Do you think it might be happening anywhere else in Florida?
1 posted on 09/25/2010 1:53:30 PM PDT by ruralvoter
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To: ruralvoter

The same people who run GM and Chrysler and the whole govt.

The whole country has become a joke. Idiots traded liberty for a TV clicker.


2 posted on 09/25/2010 1:57:46 PM PDT by Frantzie (Imam Ob*m* & Democrats support the VICTORY MOSQUE & TV supports Imam)
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To: ruralvoter

Is’s not only happening in Florida, the majority of the country’s LEO’s are corrupt in some shape or another.


3 posted on 09/25/2010 2:02:30 PM PDT by eastforker (.If you design an idiot proof gadget, society will just build a better idiot!)
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To: ruralvoter

the whole state of Florida is a scam LOL..wanna buy a condo? Now is the time to buy!


4 posted on 09/25/2010 2:04:18 PM PDT by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: ruralvoter

Elizabeth Moran-Toala, sister, co-perp

5 posted on 09/25/2010 2:05:41 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: ruralvoter

Living proof that “Our Diversity Is Our Strength!”


6 posted on 09/25/2010 2:08:23 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: ruralvoter

The sentences should have included mandatory name changes to Cindy Moron-Sanchez, Elizabeth Moron-Toala, Joser O. Sanchez, and Joan Baez.


7 posted on 09/25/2010 2:15:49 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Obama makes me miss Jimmah Cahtah!)
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To: ruralvoter
This is not a racist post.

Certain ethnic groups gravitate towards Corruption, more than others.

This group betrayed the trust of a nation they were sworn to defend, and should pay a very high price.

They disgraced the badge and uniform and their fellow officers.

8 posted on 09/25/2010 2:20:24 PM PDT by gitmogrunt
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To: ruralvoter

Drug War idiots showing up to defend their failed policies in 3.. 2... 1...


9 posted on 09/25/2010 2:35:14 PM PDT by Seruzawa (If you agree with the French raise your hand - If you are French raise both hands.)
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To: ruralvoter

They professionalized that just like anything else the government does.


10 posted on 09/25/2010 2:57:14 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Frantzie

Exactly....how can it be that some folks that work at airports (housekeeping, dishwashers, etc.) cannot speak enough English to help you!

So many corrupt people grouping together to make their group even bigger. It’s the new pyramid schemes!

At least Christians know how it all ends if they read the Bible...


11 posted on 09/25/2010 2:59:19 PM PDT by YouGoTexasGirl
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To: eastforker
the majority of the country’s LEO’s are corrupt in some shape or another.

Utter nonsense.

12 posted on 09/25/2010 3:22:55 PM PDT by Choose Ye This Day (Patriotism: looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. ~ Calvin Coolidge)
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To: Choose Ye This Day
Utter nonsense.

Jeez, how can you prove that...
13 posted on 09/25/2010 4:03:27 PM PDT by JSteff ((((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.))))
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To: Choose Ye This Day

Well, it depends on how you define it. Do many of them follow every rule, law, and regulation at all times?

It’s not serious, if a police officer speeds when off-duty, knowing he only has to show his badge if he’s pulled over?


14 posted on 09/25/2010 4:04:17 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: Choose Ye This Day
Utter nonsense.

Jeez, how can you prove that...
15 posted on 09/25/2010 4:04:33 PM PDT by JSteff ((((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.))))
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To: JSteff

There are over 800,000 law enforcement from local to federal.
That pretty much says it right there.


16 posted on 09/25/2010 4:06:13 PM PDT by IrishCatholic (No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
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To: proxy_user

Corruption implies something quite a bit more sinister.


17 posted on 09/25/2010 4:26:47 PM PDT by Choose Ye This Day (Patriotism: looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. ~ Calvin Coolidge)
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To: Choose Ye This Day

Yes, that is true, but there is the slippery-slope theory. First you speed, then you arrest some guy who you have a personal dispute with, and if no one says anything, you just keep going. Most guys don’t start out with serious offenses.


18 posted on 09/25/2010 4:33:18 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: proxy_user

The slippery slope theory that is wrong probably 90% of the time? Maybe more?

I think everyone, LEO or civilian, have gotten away with small offenses. And the vast majority of us don’t go on to bigger and more heinous offenses, simply because we got away with the small infractions.

I’ve known dozens of law enforcement officers, and I can’t think of a rotten apple in the whole bunch. A couple of jerks, but not corrupt. I don’t deny rotten ones are out there, but I reckon it’s more proportional to the percentage of criminals in society as a whole.

To say that the vast majority of LEO’s are corrupt is just stupid, and impossible to prove, since no evidence whatsoever exists to remote such a ridiculous assertion.


19 posted on 09/25/2010 6:02:20 PM PDT by Choose Ye This Day (Patriotism: looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. ~ Calvin Coolidge)
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To: IrishCatholic

What does it say? Nothing and no facts to support your assertion.


20 posted on 09/25/2010 7:27:16 PM PDT by JSteff ((((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.))))
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