Mexican Drug Cartel HAVE NOT Seized Texas Ranches – Tea Bagger extremists move to incite more fear and hatred of Mexicans.
Satellite view of the area where Los Zetas supposedly seized two ranches sending their owners fleeing in fear for their lives, or so say the purveyors of this malicious rumor designed to spread hysteria amongst the populace. As you can see, many trucking companies have terminals in this area and a few small track ranchitas.
The latest lies and fearmongering coming from anti-Mexican groups and conspiracy wingnuts such as ALIPAC, Jeff “Bikini Boy” Schwilk of San Diego Minutemen, Dan Amato of “Diggers Realm” and World Net Dailym in their ongoing attempts to spread fear of and hatred against Hispanics is the report that ranches have been seized in Laredo Texas by Los Zetas, the paramilitary enforcers for the Gulf Cartel.
In as few words as possible,
UTTER AND TOTAL BULLSHIT!!!!
Here’s the story that is circulating and is causing the gun nuts and anti Mexican crowd to call it an “Act of War” by Mexico.
The story was originally “broken” by Pennsylvania based anti immigrant activist and co organizer of the failed Phoenix Rising Teabiilly gathering Dan Amato of “Diggers Realm”.
The bloodbath continues along our southern border and now word is coming in that Los Zetas, the highly trained killers formerly with the Gulf Cartel, have crossed into the United States and taken over at least two ranches in the Laredo, Texas area. I am receiving word that the owners of the ranches have evacuated without being harmed. The source is law enforcement in the area.
No, the source is not law enforcement in the area. It is non other than San Diego based leader of the San Diego Minutemen, Jeffrey “Bikini Boy” Schwilk.
Digger claims Schwilk made this statement:
I can personally vouch that this info came in late last night from a reliable police source inside the Laredo PD. There is currently a standoff between the unknown size Zeta forces and U.S. Border Patrol and local law enforcement on two ranches on our side of the Rio Grande. The source tells us he considers this an “act of war” and that the military is needed on the border now!
And where did Scwilk get this “breaking news”? From Kimberly Dvorak, the blonde bimbo who writes trash bashing Mexicans and Mexico for the Examiner.com and is associated with the Californa Tea Baggers and Minuteman groups.
In what could be deemed an act of war against the sovereign borders of the United States, Mexican drug cartels have seized control of at least two American ranches inside the U.S. territory near Laredo, Texas.
Two sources inside the Laredo Police Department confirmed the incident is unfolding and they would continue to coordinate with U.S. Border Patrol today. “We consider this an act of war,” said one police officer on the ground near the scene. There is a news blackout of this incident at this time and the sources inside Laredo PD spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Word broke late last night that Laredo police have requested help from the federal government regarding the incursion by the Los Zetas. It appears that the ranch owners have escaped without incident but their ranches remain in the hands of the blood thirsty cartels.
Laredo Border Patrol is conducting aerial surveillance over the ranches to determine the best way to regain control of the U.S. ranches, according to the Laredo Police department.
The approximate location of the U.S. ranches are10 miles northwest of I-35 off Mines Road and Minerales Annex Road. Just off 1472 (Mines road) near Santa Isabel Creek north of the city of Laredo, Texas.
Again, Total and malicious BULLSHIT!!!!
Dan “Digger Amato” goes on to claim, that based on Dvoraks outlandish claims quoted above, that;
However, upon that second confirmation and her running her story “Los Zetas drug cartel seizes 2 U.S. ranches in Texas” the story to me at that point was 100% confirmed. I changed my story to reflect that and released it to the world – spreading it wide. It has since gone viral.
So Dan “Digger” Amato admits to being the one behind spreading this false and malicious rumor around the internet. He further state;
(Since then I have learned Kim has no less than three sources inside law enforcement. Kim was also involved in the Acorn investigation with Breitbart, so she’s no whipper snapper.)
That justifies it all. Dvorak involved in the heavily edited ACORN videos with Breitbart, who was just caught red-handed defaming former USDA employee Shirley Sherrod. A helluva charactor reference.
BEGINNING TO DEBUNK THIS DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO SPREAD HYSTERIA
One has to wonder how people sitting in California and Pennsylvania seem to know so much about something that is allegedly happening in the border city of Laredo Texas. If there was a siege happening at a ranch in Laredo Texas, one would imagine there would be city, federal and state SWAT units on scene with all the big boy toys, Helicopters, armored vehilce etc. The area of Mines Road (FM-1472) from it’s beginning at I-35 to the Camino Toll Road 15 miles to the north, is quiet. No law enforcement activity at all save for the normal Border Patrol units, and Texas DPS commercial vehicle inspectors going about their normal routines. How would I know this? Well, since Thursday morning, I’ve been at my home in Nuevo Laredo and today, I took a drive out along Mines Road and all was quiet.
According to Right Wing Pundits, a conservative site, this malicious rumor that the whack jobs are spreading was cobbled together from reports dating back more than a year.
There seems to be confusion from readers about this story concerning two things. One, the link to a year old Houston Chronicle article and two the video by Glenn Beck at the bottom. This post is about the rumor of the Los Zetas seizing control of ranches in Texas. Some report they have, others refute that. I have provided a link to a story from May of 2009, which could have contributed to the confusion of the Zetas and ranches in Texas, and a Glenn Beck video that speaks to the history of the Zetas and the overall Mexican Drug war. I am not in anyway trying to use those links as a confirmation as to the validity of the original story. I am providing more links at the bottom as they become available.
Two separate reports have said that the infamous Los Zetas Drug Cartel have seized 2 US ranches in Texas, these reports appear to be inaccurate but not totally. The original reports said that Los Zetas, a deadly drug syndicate operating in Mexico had taken control of US owned ranches in Texas and that the ranch owners were unharmed. Had this happened in this way, we would be looking at an escalation of hostilities that we haven’t seen to date.
These reports have widely been disproven, to a certain extent. What has taken place however is this. The FBI is advising law enforcement across the country that a “Texas cell” of Los Zetas acquired a ranch in Texas that they are using as a base of operations.
The Houston Chronicle has in the past reported that this cell of Los Zetas uses a secluded ranch to train its members how to “neutralize” competitors in the drug trade. You’ll feel safe to know that Los Zetas is training its members within our borders about home invasion techniques, firearms, and how to run vehicles off the road to kidnap those who owe drug debts.
While reports that the Los Zetas Cartel has seized US ranches in Texas are exaggerated, it’s not totally false. The Mexican drug war continues to be a huge problem; just today authorities in Northern Mexico unearthed a mass grave which contained 51 bodies.
Dvorak, Amato and the know nothings at ALIPAC are claiming this is actually happening and it’s time to arm ourselves and respond to this “act of war”. They claim the alleged “media blackout” is coverup by Obama, Governor Rick Perry and other politicos. They also claim their 3 anonymous sources within the Laredo law enforcement community are furious that this is being kept under wraps. Again;
TOTALLY FALSE, DELIBERATE AND MALICIOUS BULLSHIT
According to the Laredo Times;
Officials know nothing of rumored Zeta standoff on Mines Road
By Nick Georgiou
Laredo Morning Times
Published: Saturday, July 24, 2010 5:38 PM CDT
Local law enforcement was bombarded with calls from across the country Saturday asking about a report that the Zetas had taken over two ranches off Mines Road.But officials with the Laredo Police Department, Webb County Sheriff’s Department and Border Patrol said they knew nothing about such an incident, while Erik Vasys, an FBI spokesman in San Antonio, said the agency does not comment on rumors.
The report, which spread like wildfire among blogs Saturday afternoon, appears to have initially been posted on a blog called Diggers Realm.
The blogger wrote that he got a tip from a San Diego, Calif., minuteman named Jeff Schwilk, who said that the Zetas, former enforcers of the Gulf Cartel, had crossed into the United States and taken over two ranches off Mines Road, about 10 miles northwest of Interstate 35.
Quoting Schwilk, the blogger wrote that there was a standoff between “the unknown size Zeta forces and the U.S. Border Patrol and local law enforcement on two ranches …”
The blogger wrote that the story was confirmed by anonymous sources at LPD.
But Investigator Jose E. Baeza, LPD spokesman, said he had not heard anything about the incident. Also, an LPD sergeant, who was on duty as a watch commander Saturday afternoon, said she had not heard anything about it either.
At about 4:30 p.m., Maru De La Paz, spokeswoman for Webb County Sheriff’s Office, wrote that the report about Zetas taking over ranches in Laredo is not confirmed.
(Nick Georgiou may be reached at 728-2582 or ngeorgiou@lmtonline.com)
So there you have it folks. Confirmation that the story is totally bogus and without merit It is disgusting the lengths these cretins will go to to push their anti-Mexican agenda of hatred and xenophobia. But they’ve got some of the best nut jobs in the business doing it and a gullible and uninformed public to fall for it.
You know folks, the First Amendment is a wonderful thing, but it has it’s limits. For instance, you don’t have first amendment protection to yell “FIRE!!!” in a crowded theater and incite panic, and this here is no different. Perhaps the Feds should launch an investigation of Schwilk, Dvorak and anyone else involved in trying to incite mass hysteria.
On summation. I am here on the ground in Nuevo Laredo and Laredo Texas. Friends I have within the LPD and Webb County Sheriffs office, in addition to several Border Patrol and Customs agent I’ve spoken to deny anything is amiss. And until something breaks, I stand by this account.
CONFIRMATION OF A FRAUDULENT REPORT
Jim Kelly of the Tucson Citizen finally got confirmation of what I’ve said here:
July 24 2211 MT Hector Garcia , a city council member of the City of Laredo TX, has returned my phone call and aboslutely denied that any armed conflict has occured with the Laredo PD. He is quoting the Chief of Police, Carlos Maldonado. Mr Garcia went on to say that it appears two ranchers had a disagreement.
July 24 2241MT, I am still waiting to hear from the Webb County Sheriff Department, Sheriff Martin Cuelar. Original reports of sources inside Laredo PD go unsubstantiated, however the many ” I can neither confrim nor deny such reports” from the Webb County Sheriffs Department leaves a few questions. Mr Garcia confirmed that a disagreement happened between two ranch owners. It would be up to Sheriff Cuelar to elaborate or state with certainty that the disagreement between two ranchers was not in fact a conflict between possible narco-trafficers. Will keep everyone updated.
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Apologize for what? The incident never happened. No Zetas. I was in Laredo
at the time. But that doesn’t count does it since it conflicts with your tin
hat anti Mexican conspiracy theories
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So- now that everything you have claimed as BS above, has been proven true, which you could have done just as easily if you had the brains to research it; Where is your apology to the world for crying bullshit? It is amazing how quiet you libs get when slam dunked proven wrong…
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You really can’t be that stupid to believe that.
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Oh well seems the story of ranch takeover has been confirmed as true and the dupes here were just part of a media black out:
http://www.northstarnational.com/2010/08/11/mexican-drug-cartel-takeover-of-texas-ranch-was-real-after-all/
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[...] Fortunately or perhaps unfortunately for Kimberly Dvorak, this writer was in Laredo Texas the weekend in question and Immigration Clearinghouse took the lead in thoroughly debunking the Los Zetas hoax. [...]
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Advocate540,
Here are two videos you can check out, the first one has Debbie Riddle the Texas state rep who wants an Arizona law started in Texas. And the next video makes fun of the GOP over their fear of babies!
Take care my friend
Terror Babies! Anderson Cooper Challenges State Rep. Over Latest Immigration ‘Threat’
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by Colby Hall | 7:37 am, August 11th, 2010
http://www.mediaite.com/online/terror-babies-anderson-cooper-challenges-texas-state-rep-over-latest-immigrant-threat/
Jon Stewart Is More Accurate than Fox News on Anchor Babies
Posted on August 4, 2010 by Jason Easley
http://www.politicususa.com/en/jon-stewart-anchor-babies
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[...] the story was branded an Internet rumor,” “conspiracy theory,” a “hoax” or outright lies by the usual suspects from the Progressive Left/amnesty [...]
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Wonderful. That’s what it takes. Linking to articles, using the social network buttons to Tweet the posts, etc helps spread the word to counter all the negativity and hatred coming from the right wingnuts.
Thanks so much.
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Cool, I will be sure to spread the word about the immigrationclearinghouse.org. website, Advocate540. “I will do so, because this website promotes TRUTH, JUSTICE, and HUMAN RIGHTS. Not a pack of life destroying lies, that attempt to demonize even little Hispanic babies, like the far-right extremist hate your neighbor websites do! ” Much respect, to you and everyone at immigrationclearinghouse.org.
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Wonderful. That's what it takes. Linking to articles, using the social network buttons to Tweet the posts, etc helps spread the word to counter all the negativity and hatred coming from the right wingnuts.
Thanks so much.
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Cool, I will be sure to spread the word about the immigrationclearinghouse.org. website, Advocate540. “I will do so, because this website promotes TRUTH, JUSTICE, and HUMAN RIGHTS. Not a pack of life destroying lies, that attempt to demonize even little Hispanic babies, like the far-right extremist hate your neighbor websites do! ” Much respect, to you and everyone at immigrationclearinghouse.org.
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We don;t mind at all and encourage participation in the discussion here and elsewhere. Thanks for helping us to spread our message.
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Advocates540 have you guys seen this video yet?
SB1070 is in FULL Effect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7pomFrlMyM&feat...
I hope you don't mind but when I post comments on different online sites, I often place a link back to immigrationclearinghouse.org, I do so with the hope that some people will come here and learn the truth about hate movements involvement in the lies spread to fuel the hate against Hispanic's. I hope you don't mind me posting a link back to you guys, basically because if not for websites like this to refute the far rights lies, there would be Hell to pay for all Hispanic's!
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Well you are entitled to your opinon. I couldn't care less what is said on Alipac. I don't understand what the obsession is with that website or some supposed Neo-Nazis. I am just a rule of law kind of guy and so are most Americans who are opposed to illegal immigration.
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Consider this. Who came in and murdered the native south american population BEFORE the english landed on the northern half…?
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Mark, I don't know if you have watched ALIPAC.US or other forums to see the omni-present “The Age of Consent in Mexico is 12 years old” topic come up. What is left unstated is that the United States law on age of consent is at the same level. It is a Federally-mandated lower limit that the individual states can raise if they want.
The age of consent has nothing to do with illegal immigration. Billy Gheen has brought the topic up himself on his radio show. It is simply Mexico-bashing to spread irrational fear and lies.
I agree with Porter that the focus at ALIPAC.US is against Hispanics and Latinos, whether they are immigrating, legally or illegally, or not…
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2.) For legal and illegal immigration not having anything to do with each other, you are still linking them. However, you should be talking about the high level of legal immigration from Mexico as well. The quota system lags the immediate relative immigration so much that the numbers there are not going to show the full percentages.
What was the nationality and timeframe your ancestors immigrated? And if the frontier was “wide open”, why a blockade on Chinese laborers at the time? They built most of the railway through the country to link the coasts before being banned later.
3.) Your view of an ethnic average and language is different from other areas of the country. Demographics are demographics, and Whites have had a non-sustainable birthrate for decades now. Blacks and Asians have also had a comparable growth against Whites, so it just isn't a factor to blame on illegal immigration.
To twist your logic, why does my home state of New Mexico have to be as White as Iowa, and for us to change our culture to fit that view? The prevailing culture (if there is anything truly universal in that notion) of America displaced what was before it in a very unnatural way. I know, you define that as the past, but fail to see any irony between then and now (in what is now Texas, the Americans were the first illegal immigrants!).
4,) Non-immigrant visas are also not based on quotas. We are talking entry, time, and distance limitations for Mexicans when there are none for Canadians. At a border checkpoint close to where we live we were astonished to see a car with Canadian license plates be waved through! At least the Border Patrol could try to appear consistent to all visitors.
Porter will educate you further on trucking. I believe my views against racism will be carried through to stop it where it exists. You can't allow it to fester, and need to shine the hot light of knowledge on that kind of ignorance.
Please finish your post with a closer truth than you live by the rule of equal law and don't hate anyone. We can see from what you say that it isn't true. Of all things, I tend to be more offended by hypocrisy than anything else.
I think you are catching our points here, but you won't loosen up enough to admit it. You agree that ALIPAC.US is uneducated fear-mongering that feeds itself rather than rational discussion. And see that we are much more tolerant of a view other than our own, believing it is better to educate than to be divisive.
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Where did I say that I was trying to get banned? Please don't twist my words like you did with this Ready character. IBM said he was banned from anti-illegal sites and I said I have been banned from pro-illegal sites for the same reasons that he was. Since that has been the case I merely told him don't be surprised if I get banned in here also. That isn't the same as trying to get banned. Why would I want that?
2. No, that isn't better because it isn't true unless you re-word it to “anti-illegal Mexican forums”. Even that is a stretch because most anti's are opposed to all illegal immigration. You know darn well the only reason that the Mexican kind take most of the heat is because they are here by far in the largest numbers. Let's keep the race card out of this, ok?
3. Again, I don't care about the extremists on either side including the reconquistas on the other side carrying their Che militant signs either. They don't count for anything in this country. They are the minority. I don't harp about illegal immigraton using extremists as backup for my oppositon to illegal immigraton. My arguments are based on the rule of law. Does your side have any viable arguments without using extremists on the other side to defend your views?
4. Nice to know you are knowledgable about the trucking industry. It isn't my expertise so I have no comments about your complaints. As I told IBM perhaps you should take it up with the proper authorities. My complaints are about illegal immigration.
I also wasn't aware that it is easier for Canadians to come here on a visa but different for Mexicans. If that is so, then why don't you ask the proper authorities about your concerns on that one and your concerns that we supposedly allow people from hostile nations to come here easily also.
As for Agri-processors, they deserved to be busted they weren't following our immigration and labor laws. If it were really true that they couldn't find citizens to fill those jobs then why didn't they use the visas available for legal foreign labor? Answer….they wanted the cheap illegal labor instead to increase their profits. I find businesses like that dispicable.
If the citizens who took those jobs didn't last and other legal immigrants didn't either then why weren't the jobs offered to Mexicans who were still waiting in line in Mexico to come here legally? Surely, they should have been offered the jobs over those who were working there illeglly and were then subject to deportation after being caught.
Again, I don't understand how you can feel it was alright for that company to hire illegals instead of legal immigrants. Weren't there any Mexicans waiting at home to fill those jobs? You know and I know that it was all about the employer lining his pockets with more profit instead. There was no excuse for the employer to do what he did and no excuse for the illegals to come here without permission and take those jobs.
As I said, I am not a member of Alipac of which you seem to be obsessed with but from what I have read in there they are mostly opposed to illegal immigration from anywhere. Following our laws is not discrimination and the word hate has no place in this issue unless you want to continually base your arguments on the extremist faction.
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