"El Espanol is gathering truck drivers with knowledge of truck routes in the United States and explosive experts" in the state of Coahuila, according to the March 11 memo, which originated in the San Diego FBI office and was made available by a U.S. attorney's office. The informant "believes that the activity in Coahuila, Mexico, is terrorist related."
In exchange for the Zetas' help in recruiting drivers, the memo says, the Arab - who barely speaks Spanish - promised to help them fund and execute a plan to free Gulf cartel leader Osiel Cardenas from prison. The Gulf cartel is embroiled in a bloody turf war with rival traffickers for control of Nuevo Laredo, a key drug smuggling route into the United States.
We just had guests this weekend from AZ. He is a big lib, criminal defense lawyer. He was terribly defensive about the "aliens" (member of ACLU, need I say more?) Claimed the Minutemen were the worst kind of vigilantes.........he said they were actually "hunting, with intent to kill" the illegals. He and Mr. RR got into a rather heated verbal war of words. They left a day sooner than expected.
No loss.