Mexican drug cartels?!?! Hmmm...Very Interesting article at link...As they say, follow the money!
EXCLUSIVE: Law Enforcement, Legal Marijuana Industry Suspect Mexican Drug Cartels Behind California Wildfires
Law enforcement officials and legal marijuana industry leaders alike are beginning to suspect the Mexican drug cartels played a role in starting the deadly fires.
While massive wildfires are far from uncommon in California’s forests, they usually occur in December and January, not October. Moreover, this year’s have widely been described as unprecedented in size and destruction. Some 16 fires have burned over 200,000 acres of land in Northern California so far: (Video)
Law enforcement authorities – including senior Department of Homeland Security officials – and key people within the legal marijuana business quickly noticed that the areas hit hardest by the fires are the same places that California’s marijuana industry legally grows cannabis, and are now starting to suspect foul play.
The suspicious timing and sheer destruction of the fires has led them to believe the Mexican drug cartels – infamous for their ruthless tactics – had a hand in starting them. These cartels, which run a large share of the world’s multi-billion dollar illegal drug trade, certainly have the means to pull of an attack like this.
They also have an enormous incentive to drive up prices and hurt their competitors, and these fires are already accomplishing that. If Mexican drug lord involvement is confirmed, it will likely spark an international crisis between the United States and Mexico over the latter’s failure to rein in its criminal cartels.
This is excerpt...More at link!
It makes sense, it really does.
But this sentence kind of made me want to stop reading: “While massive wildfires are far from uncommon in California’s forests, they usually occur in December and January, not October.”
That is a very glaring piece of erroneous information.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3595939/posts
“PG&E shares spike after suspected wildfires arsonist is arrested in Northern California”
To this former Mendocino resident, the cartel angle sounds perfectly logical. Lots and lots of allegedly good marijuana grown back in those hills. I lived quite close to the coast and don’t believe there was any around me, but plenty of stones wobbling around attested to plentiful supply.
Would be great to round up the cartel guys.