So the illegals are saying this rancher to them is more dangerous than Mexico, More dangerous than the drug cartels, more dangerous than the human smugglers ? If i had to be held by someone, I would select the rancher considering this is atypical of how human smugglers treat their cargo. Federal agents arrested four men after they allegedly held an illegal immigrant captive in a Rubidoux house and threatened to cut off his feet if his sister didn’t pay a $3,500 smuggling fee.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents discovered the man, Ricardo Salazar, in a bedroom in a house on the 2900 block of Taos Drive. The bedroom windows were boarded over and the door had a deadbolt lock.
Salazar told agents his captors had beat him with a wire hanger, kicked him and vowed to break his legs, cut off his hands or kill him if they didn’t get the money.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_drophouse05.281ca04.html
Janet Napolitano claims border is safe, as families flee cartel violence
Examiner | February 2, 2011 | Will Weissert
FR Posted on Sunday, February 06, 2011
DHS Secy Janet Napolitano told a crowd at the University of Texas at El Paso that it is “inaccurate to state, as too many have, that the border is overrun with violence and out of control.” She continued: “This statement, often made only to score political points, is just plain wrong.”
Perhaps Napolitano has not spoken to, nor ever heard of the Burns family in Brooks County, Texas, who have been forced to pack up and leave their 38,000 acre ranch because the area has become a war zone, thanks to the Mexican drug cartels and illegal aliens crossing on or near their property on a daily basis. The Burns’ family home has been broken into, their land littered with garbage and the distinct sounds of gunfire can be heard from their front porch.The ranch, which is located 60 miles from the Mexican border runs alongside Farm Road 755, which local law enforcement calls a “main smuggling corridor” for the cartels. Or, perhaps she should have spoken to Texas Gov. Rick Perry before she said: "Let's stick with the facts and numbers when talking about where we are with the border.” (Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
POINTS TO PONDER Mexico's using the Mideast Playbook very effectively----extorting billions using the well-worn Mideast Scam. Federales are getting rich on US dollars, hitting all the tried-and-true Mideast buttons:
(1) plotting to become a ward of the US;
(2) faking victimization;
(3) secretly revving up internal conflicts;
(4) play-acting the ignoramus;
(5) claiming they can't "control" their enemies without US money;
(6) organizing voting blocs----exchanging votes for US cash.
Clearly, the Mexican govt is fomenting the drug violence in order to: (1) get billions of dollars in US assistance, and, (2) to help their populations flee over the border claiming they are victims of violence and need "asylum".......asylum claims gets illegals thousands of dollars in SS funds. The unfortunate Burns family better watch out that the reconquistas don't takeover their land using ancient history as an excuse.