Listen as POS pandering Betty Bode of Beaverton’s city council attempts to explain to Lars Larson. 

Her bullshit explanation doesn’t fly with Larson and he subsequently cuts her a new asshole and rightly so.

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And Calderon has the unmitigated gall to criticize how we treat Mexican illegal aliens in the U.S.

El Paso Times

MEXICO CITY (AP) – A survivor has told police that 72 people found dead at a ranch near the Mexican border with Texas were migrants kidnapped by an armed group, a federal official said Wednesday.

The bodies of 58 men and 14 women were discovered Tuesday when Marines manning a checkpoint on a highway in the northern state of Tamaulipas were approached by a wounded man who said he had been attacked by gang gunmen at a nearby ranch.

A federal official said that man had identified himself an illegal migrant. The man said he and other migrants had been kidnapped by an armed group and taken to the ranch in San Fernando, a town about 100 miles south of Brownsville, Texas, according to the federal official, who had access to the investigation. He spoke on condition of anonymity because the was not authorized to speak publicly about the case.

The official said police believe the migrants were mostly from Central America.

It was unclear if all 72 were killed at the same time – or why. Another federal official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said investigators believe the victims were killed within recent days.

The newspaper Reforma, citing a police report, reported that that the migrants had refused to pay extortion fees demanded by the armed group. The federal officials could not immediately confirm that.

Investigators had not determined who was behind the massacre. But one of the federal officials noted that the area is controlled by the Zetas drug cartel, which has diversified into trafficking of migrants trying to reach the United States.

Drug gangs often demand payment from migrants trying to cross the border and sometimes kidnap them, holding them hostage while demanding money from relatives in the United States or their home countries.

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The Mail Foreign Service has more on this story

Don’t feel too bad for these lying thieving dead illegal aliens. Their lying thieving illegal alien family members in the U.S. will end up with a financial jackpot ( and U.S. citizenship) courtesy U.S. tax payer.

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Dayton Daily News

 By EMERY P. DALESIO–The Associated Press

GOLDSBORO, N.C. — A jury on Monday convicted a former Marine of first-degree murder in the death of a pregnant colleague who had accused him of rape, a charge that stalled the military career he treasured.

Cesar Laurean, 23, of Las Vegas, was found guilty of killing Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, 20, of Vandalia, Ohio, in December 2007. The two were assigned to the same logistics unit at Camp Lejeune, the base in Jacksonville that is home to about 50,000 Marines.

The former Marine corporal was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The victim’s mother, Mary Lauterbach, read a statement before the judge imposed the sentence. She told Laurean to look at his mother and see the pain in her face.

“I feel so sorry for your daughter. She will have to live with the shame that her father is in prison for murdering not one but two people,” Mary Lauterbach said.

Defense lawyer Dick McNeil told the court Laurean would appeal. The judge ordered the state’s appellate defender’s office to represent Laurean’s appeal.

Laurean also faced three other charges of robbing Lauterbach of her bank ATM card, and of theft and attempted fraud for allegedly trying to use it to withdraw cash. He was found not guilty of the robbery charge, but Laurean was convicted on the fraud and theft charges.

The jury of seven women and five men deliberated for three hours Monday before convicting Laurean.

The rape accusation never was corroborated, and a Marine buddy testified Laurean told him the sex was consensual.

Prosecutors had argued Laurean wanted to get rid of the woman because their encounter threatened to destroy his military career. Even if the sex was consensual, Laurean could have been punished because it is against Marine Corps rules to have sex with a subordinate.

McNeil had argued prosecutors failed to prove Laurean swung the crowbar that fractured Lauterbach’s skull. Laurean’s wife, also a Marine, could have exploded when Lauterbach appeared at the couple’s home on the day she disappeared. Authorities described Christina Laurean as a cooperating witness and have not charged her with any crime.

Laurean, who was born in Mexico, fled his home and was on the run until police arrested him in April 2009 in the Mexican municipality of Tacambaro. Prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty so Mexican authorities would return Laurean, who was born in Guadalajara, to the U.S.

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Bonus:

Dave Gibson

Mexican illegal alien teen pleads no contest to robbery, kidnapping, and raping 64-year-old woman

On Friday, Alexis Ramirez, 14, pleaded no contest to nine adult charges, including aggravated robbery, kidnapping and rape. When Butler County Judge Keith Spaeth accepted the guilty plea, Ramirez became the nation’s youngest convicted rapist.

Ramirez will be sentenced in October.

In March, Ramirez, appeared before Butler County Juvenile Court Judge Ronald Craft and heard that he will be tried as an adult for the alleged rape and robbery of a 64-year-old Liberty Township woman.

The victim’s family was in court for that proceeding and testified to the deterioration of the woman’s health since the particularly violent attack. They reported that she had simply lost her will to live. Barely eating and drinking.

Her son said: “All she wants to do is sit and stare out a window.”

According to detectives with the Butler County sheriff’s office, armed with a pellet rifle, Ramirez entered his victim’s home in the early morning hours of Jan. 11. He then demanded money, beat and raped the woman, finally forcing her to drive him to an ATM.

At Friday’s hearing, Dr. Kim Stookey, a forensic psychologist, described her meeting with Ramirez, and the troubling results of the tests she administered to the Mexican national.

Dr. Stookey diagnosed Ramirez as a high-risk sex offender, citing that he seems to be “fixated” on the sight of blood, even being aroused by it. She said his chances for rehabilitation are low, and gave her recommendation that his trial be moved to adult court.

Prosecutors also told the court about Ramirez’ disruptive behavior for the two months he had been incarcerated. In addition to being loud and confrontational, he has reportedly been sexually gratifying himself in public view.

In an earlier proceeding, a detective told the court of a rather sickening statement made by Ramirez, when he was arrested for the rape. Ramirez reportedly said: “Well, I guess you have to pay the price for having a little fun.”

CBS 5

Authorities say they’ve kept millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine and cocaine from hitting the streets during a raid of a home in Gilroy.

Members of several law enforcement agencies seized almost 475 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and cocaine, together worth more than $100 million, from the home Thursday, a Sacramento County sheriff’s sergeant said.
Three men were arrested and $35,000 in cash was confiscated from the home, which contained 459 pounds of methamphetamine and 15 pounds of cocaine, Sgt. Tim Curran said.

“This is the largest drug bust in Sacramento history,” he said. “Probably in Northern California history.”

The multi-agency seizure began just after 7 a.m. at the corner of Roop Road and New Avenue, Curran said.

He said the suspects—Mexican nationals Fabian Ayala, 28, Hector Salazar, 43, and Sergio Valencia, 35 — will eventually be transported and held in Sacramento County.

Investigators believe the men are linked to a Mexican drug cartel and expect to make more arrests, Curran said.

The case began a year ago when an undercover Sacramento sheriff’s deputy initiated a low-level street buy, Curran said.

“The investigation led to a major Mexico-based drug trafficking organization,” he said.

The sheriff’s department is not naming the cartel, he said.

Two firearms were also confiscated during Thursday’s raid, which was assisted by state drug agencies, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, and Gilroy police.

The case was investigated by task force members with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department and Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Curran said.

The California Multi-jurisdictional Methamphetamine Enforcement Team, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force, the Department of Justice, and Modesto police also contributed to the effort.

Denver Post

Promoters for a Mexican Rodeo have voluntarily canceled a “steer-tailing” event for this weekend at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.

The American Humane Association and Jefferson County Animal Control planned on Friday to file an emergency injunction to stop the event.

Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies completed an investigation last week into animal cruelty and have issued summons for the father-son promotion team alleged to have failed to provide veterinary care to animals injured in a July 18 coleadero, or “steer-tailing.”

Sheriff’s spokeswoman Jacki Kelley said investigators received a complaint after the event, in which riders grab the tail of steers to bring them to the ground.

Deputies searched the Adams County property of promoter David Martinez and found seven steers whose skin was pulled from their tails. Also, two were lame, one had a broken pelvis and one had a broken leg. The two with broken bones were euthanized.

While the case for the July 18 complaint is underway, deputies were concerned about future acts of animal cruelty, Kelley said.

The promoters will still participate at the fairgrounds over the weekend, but will replace “steer-tailing” with other events.

By Mark Havnes

The Salt Lake Tribune

Cedar City • Four pot farmers in Iron County had a rude awakening Thursday morning when police stormed their growing operation.

Sheriff Mark Gower said two suspects were arrested. Officers are searching for two others who fled, including one who was bitten twice by police dogs.

“We had a concise plan and surprised them,” Gower said from the incident command post about six miles southeast of Cedar City.

Another pot farm in neighboring Washington County was also raided Thursday. Federal officers, along with members of the county’s Drug and Gang Task Force, raided a camp and grow site in the Pinto Springs area and confiscated 3,900 plants.

Two Mexican nationals, ages 30 and 23, were arrested at the scene. They were armed with shotguns, but were taken into custody without incident.

Johnny Heppler, a spokesman with St. George Police Department, which is part of the task force, said 70 law-enforcement members took part in the morning raid.

Gower said the marijuana field in Iron County was a sophisticated operation with about 10,000 plants that were ready for harvest. There was also an elaborate irrigation system, tents for sleeping and a kitchen.

Law-enforcement agencies participating in that operation included the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI, Cedar City police, and members of the National Guard.

Gower said his office became aware of the site about a month ago and had been planning Thursday’s operation for several days.

Officers spent most of Thursday collecting evidence at the grow site and uprooting the pungent weed, which was then flown to another location by helicopter and loaded into trash bins. Pot from the farm in Washington County was also removed by chopper.

Heppler said the bust was the fourth or fifth in Washington County this year. He said 38,000 plants have been uprooted in raids around the state, most on public lands. Last year, about 88,000 plants were dug up, all but 60 of them on public lands, he said.

Gower said the number of pot farms on public lands has soared in recent years, presenting a danger to people who might happen upon them unexpectedly. Significant growing operations, linked to Mexican drug cartels, have been located recently in Iron, Washington, Garfield, Piute and Wayne counties.

“We’re seriously being inundated,” said Gower. “We’re under attack and the backcountry is being taken over. …These are not locals growing some [pot] for their habit, but are part of violent cartel operations.”

He said once the pot is harvested, growers leave the area and their trash, including pesticides that can pollute water supplies.

“They’re brazen,” said Gower.

Just how brazen became evident when a pot farm was busted in Garfield County last month after two girls confronted an armed man while they were swimming in a stream southwest of Panguitch.

According to sheriff’s spokeswoman Becki Bronson, the man demanded a cell phone, but fled when some other girls appeared. He was later arrested in Panguitch and investigators learned from him of a farm 6 miles west of Panguitch. Several hundred plants were dug up in that operation.

Bronson said the farmers were bold enough to tap into a city water line to irrigate the plants.

Iron County Commissioner Alma Adams, who was at Thursday’s raid, praised police for their aggressive approach.

Arturo Castillo

THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD

A top Zeta lieutenant who led a cell of hitmen in Matamoros and Valle Hermoso is now in federal custody in Brownsville after he tried to swim across the Rio Grande on July 24, The Brownsville Herald has learned.

Arturo Castillo, also known as Oscar Castillo Flores, or “El Apache,” was arrested in Brownsville and remains in the custody of U.S. Marshals.

Law enforcement officials in Mexico said Castillo led his band of hitmen on a series of recent border firefights, including the shootout at the Matamoros municipal police station on June 9 in which seven Matamoros municipal police officers were killed.

Nina Pruneda, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman, said Castillo’s capture was the result of a joint operation that included ICE Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Border Patrol and Brownsville police.

Details of the operation were not released, but Pruneda confirmed that Castillo was apprehended as part of the operation and remains in custody in the United States.

Castillo has been charged with one count of illegal entry.

After Castillo’s pending immigration charge is concluded, ICE will begin the extradition process with Mexico, which wants him for “grievous crimes,” Pruneda said. “Mexico is very interested in getting him back.”

Castillo is the brother of Alberto Castillo, also known as “El Beto Fabe,” who was involved in organized crime. He was killed execution style on May 17 and his body was dumped on a street in Matamoros.

A few days before Castillo’s arrest, 15 bodies bearing the marks of torture, with the large black “Z” of the Zetas gang painted on them, were found on the highway between Matamoros and San Fernando. A source with first-hand knowledge of criminal activity in Mexico, who asked not to be identified due to safety concerns, said they were part of El Apache’s group.

The Mexican navy arrested 12 Zetas in Valle Hermoso during a raid in a motel where they were hiding on July 25. According to the source, the men were also part of El Apache’s group.

About three weeks before Castillo was arrested, Mexican federal authorities found more than a dozen bodies on the highway near Matamoros.

Those bodies, too, showed signs of torture and, according to the source, were also members of El Apache’s group.

The source also said the Gulf Cartel is offering an unconfirmed $500,000 dollars for the head of Castillo.