Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Mexican Drug cartels in Oregon: Violence in the Northwest

Mexican Drug cartels in Oregon: Violence in the Northwest
Posted By: AndiV
Date: Tuesday, 25-Jun-2013 01:42:00
 
By Les Zaitz,
The Oregonian

For more than a day, the plastic orange toolbox sat on the lawn under a cherry tree, a few paces from the sidewalk.
No one passing the Canby home took notice. Not the runners. Not the dog walkers. Not the kids riding by on bicycles.
Then curiosity drew a 31-year-old landscaper who had come to the home just after sunset to help a friend move. Ivan Velasco Rodriguez poked the toolbox with a wooden rake handle.
The pipe bomb lurking inside exploded. Metal shards flying at bullet speed fatally injured Velasco Rodriguez and slammed into surrounding homes. Pieces fell on roofs two blocks away.
Canby police and federal agents swarmed the scene that night in December 2011. Who planted the booby trap that killed Velasco Rodriguez, a married father of four? And who was the intended target?
Police made no arrests, and the crime faded from public view.
But behind the scenes, federal law enforcement sources say, investigators reached a chilling conclusion: A Mexican drug cartel most likely commissioned the bomb to kill a witness who once listed the address as his own. Their suspicions deepened when they discovered the bombing was eerily similar to twin explosions in central Washington, where rigged devices killed two men hours apart in 2008.
The findings, never before disclosed to the public, were uncovered by The Oregonian as part of a nine-month investigation into the astonishing reach of Mexican drug cartels in the Northwest.
The Oregonian has learned that Mexican cartels, including the powerful Sinaloa and the brutal Los Zetas, have infiltrated almost every corner of Oregon. At last count, authorities were aware of no fewer than 69 drug trafficking organizations selling drugs in the state, nearly all supplied by cartels.
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http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/06/drug_cartels_in_oregon_rise_an.html#incart_big-photo


2 comments:

archangel said...

Legalize drugs. Make them part of the marketplace with govt. oversight. Cartels disappear. The big profits are gone. Drug use will diminish. Why? Because there are no more PUSHERS. Plus no advertising in media. Just availability in drug stores. Selling to children? $10,000 bounty. Ten years in jail no parole. End of story after liberation from the BIG criminals.

Anonymous said...

Agreed! Except the children will still get their hands on it in pretty much the same manners as they do now. Overall though, you are dead on accept for the loss of funds for black projects. Until the whole system is gutted and cleaned, your stellar logic will never come to fruition.