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Thursday, December 13, 2012

TEXAS: Sons of a Sheriff and Police Chief Busted by FBI for Assisting Drug Traffickers

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Drug Task Force Officers Arrested
Espinoza 2nd left-Trevino 2nd right

Two Mission narcotics investigators have been arrested alongside other local law enforcement officers in a federal corruption probe focusing on drug loads stolen from the criminals they had been tasked with taking down, law enforcement officials told The Monitor. 
Federal agents Wednesday arrested Jonathan Treviño, son of Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño, and Alexis Espinoza, son of Hidalgo police Chief Rudy Espinoza, three area law enforcement officials confirmed.

Federal agents searched the Mission Police Department, where they searched and seized narcotics investigators' “documents and other items” late Wednesday evening, Mission police Chief Martin Garza said. Two unmarked white pickup trucks with tinted windows were seen leaving the police department as local television stations arrived after 9 p.m.

“The actions of these two officers should not detract from the actions of the 146 officers that devote their lives and careers to the department,” Garza said.

Garza, who did not identify the investigators or confirm their arrests, said they have been suspended pending the outcome of the federal investigation. The chief declined to disclose any details about the federal case.

Agents have obtained at least seven arrest warrants in the case, with at least four law enforcement officers believed to be in federal custody Wednesday night, a law enforcement officer familiar with the case said.

At least two others targeted in the federal probe are believed to be Hidalgo County sheriff's deputies assigned to the narcotics division, two law enforcement officials said.

“They’re buddies,” one law enforcement official said of the Mission officers. Jonathan “has gone unsupervised since the get-go.”

Details of the investigation, headed by the FBI, remain unclear. No federal court filings detailing search or arrest warrants, nor any open criminal case files, had been filed late Wednesday night in U.S. District Court in McAllen.

Spokespersons for the FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement declined to comment Wednesday night. 

“I can't confirm or deny anything,” FBI spokesman Erik Vasys said.

Several attempts to reach Sheriff Treviño and Espinoza, formerly a sheriff’s captain before becoming Hidalgo’s top cop in October, were unsuccessful Wednesday night.

The federal probe involves a local task force between Hidalgo County and Mission police known as the Panama Unit, two law enforcement officials said.

“It’s just going to get real, real nasty, real, real quick,” an area law enforcement investigator said of fallout in Mission police and the Sheriff’s Office.

Jonathan Treviño works as a narcotics investigator paid by Mission police assigned to the Panama Unit. Alexis Espinoza also works alongside the sheriff’s son at Mission police as a task force officer assigned to ICE.

Widespread allegations of wrongdoing involving Jonathan Treviño have circulated among local police departments for years, but they have failed to see light — until Wednesday.

“With all the problems he’s had, they should have kicked Jonathan out years ago,” the official said.

Federal agents have been investigating the local task force since at least July, focusing on reports of drug loads stolen from traffickers only to be resold on the black market.

Whether the probe into the younger Treviño will have political ramifications for his father remains to be seen.

Re-elected last month, Sheriff Treviño has maintained close relationships with the federal agencies locally and nationally, where he serves as vice chairman of the Southwest Border Task Force, a 20-member advisory panel launched by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano in 2009.

Jonathan Treviño has worked at Mission police since April 2006, earning a salary of $41,204, according to city salary records released to The Monitor in March 2012. No record for Espinoza exists on that document.

“Everybody knew that kid was dirty,” the investigator said of Jonathan Treviño. “It was just a matter of making a case.
“It’s been a long, long time coming.”
Court Documents Allege:
 
In August, the FBI learned of the Panama Unit helping distribute narcotics, a criminal complaint states. In September, a confidential source told agents that a drug trafficking organization was looking for corrupt cops who could escort drug loads, the complaint states.

That led to a meeting Oct. 19, when the confidential source told Duran that the organization was going to move a vehicle with 20 kilograms of cocaine from McAllen through the Falfurrias checkpoint, the complaint states. Duran, alongside an another unnamed person gave escort for a vehicle they believed had 20 kilograms of cocaine inside, the complaint states.

November 1, Espinoza met with a confidential informant and agreed to escort a load of cocaine; he was paid $1,500 as a down payment.
November 2, ICE agents set up an undercover operation where the source drove a car loaded with drugs from McAllen to Weslaco, which Espinoza, in a Mission police vehicle, and Duran were supposed to escort another drug load.

Espinoza was paid another $1,500 for his role. After that escort, agents said Espinoza and Duran met at Sam's Club along Jackson Road in McAllen, where they received another $2,000.

November 9, ICE set up a similar operation, where Espinoza was paid a total of $4,000 for his role in escorting the drugs.

[Below Hidalgo Sheriff Lupe Trevino]    
 
Police Chief Supports Federal Agents That Arrested His Son
Espinoza [swearing in ceremony 10/12]
Hidalgo Police Chief Rudy Espinoza said he fully supports federal agents after they arrested his son and three other local lawmen on drug conspiracy charges.

The chief's son, Alexis Espinoza, and Jonathan Trevino, Fabian Rodriguez and Gerardo Duran are accused of being part of a scheme to protect drug loads in exchange for money. The four men were taken into federal custody.

Espinosa and Trevino were fired from the Mission Police Department on Thursday. Rodriguez and Duran are deputies with the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Department.

Trevino is the son of Hidalgo Sheriff Lupe Trevino.

Rudy Espinoza issued a media release about his son's arrest.

"I am in support of the federal agencies, as well as any local police units that are involved in the federal probe," the statement said.
"It is unfortunate that a close family member is involved in these proceedings ... but as a longtime supporter and enforcer of the justice system, I believe that all allegations and police investigations must proceed with clear definition and with proper cause," the statement said.

Federal documents show that immigration officers working in Harlingen received a tip about Alexis Espinoza in August.
Federal agents spent approximately three months conducting undercover operations. They moved several kilos of cocaine through the Rio Grande Valley. Records show those agents paid thousands of dollars to Alexis Espinoza and the other three lawmen for scouting and escorting drug loads to their drop-off points.

VIDEO: After several requests that I post this here it is.  It's interesting but I have not verified the contents, however after recent events I would not be surprised.


 
Sources: Police Thugs-The Monitor-KGBT-KRGV

96 comments:

  1. his last name just haad to be trevino...

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    1. The son took the blame for the sheriff. Rgc.

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  2. Another story about corrupt cops in Mexico. Oh wait a minute....

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    1. At 6:05 hahahahahahaha!!!! Good one!

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  3. Yeah and sheriff Trevino has covered for him all this time......Trevino is Obama's man in the valley...he keeps saying there is no spillover violence.....he won by a big margin in the reelection....it just shows the ignorance and willingness to turn a blind eye to corruption in the Mexican community...

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    1. Sorry bro! That sounds a bit racist. Almost 40% of the Texas Valley population is white.

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  4. The thing about these pigs is amazing the low amount of money they get, I mean really a few thousand? It's not like they are on the street homeless and need food, these are "educated" so to speak with upstanding families and earning a decent wage, risking all that for 4,000 here and there. At least their gig is over and they were exposed, law enforcement that are shady are right up there with murderers, rapists and kidnappers, abuse of power taking advantage of the position they are in to harm others need life sentences.

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    1. Thats alot to a cop, thats their monthly salary

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    2. Not enough to jeopardize a career.

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  5. It is well known around the law enforcement community, don't trust the vally too much!!!!

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  6. they just look like scum fucks...just the photo of those guys paints them as a gangsters with badges types, i hope these guys get loosed into gen pop

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  7. Always corrupt as in rio grande city hope one day they do the same and catch a this mothfucker in rio its all about politics all this fucking pigs. There in rio is the same shit before our sherrif was a big pig and was doing this bastards and still doing it shame os this rats

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    1. Stay the fuck out of rio grande city panochas se nesesitan wevos para vivir en rio grande

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    2. Pinche Rio grande city no vale verga esta lleno de mugre. Everyone is involved but once they get caught they squeel like a pig. You dont need shit to live there just be a shitbag and your good all the way from chapeno to la grulla its the same shit.

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  8. Go to KGBT n get the latest. Sherrif Trevino who is the father can't cover this one up. Karma is a bitch. Hes son was known to be a no good cop! They were stealing loads and selling them back to the cartels. Thanks FBI. Great job. Now. Clean house!Oh! And they would also hold the drugs them moving em up north in PD units.

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    1. It will never be 100% clean ladies and gentlemen.The dollar is a very powerful item. Call it corruption,call it what you may. It isa network with a system beyonds nobodys control infiltrated in all levels of law enforcement.

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  9. He probably busted tons of honest drug smugglers. I hate pigs and love to hear about a good pig roast. Can anyone say karma. Everyone of them is dirty if you ask me. They have no problem ignoring your civil rights, and the judges that turn a blind eye should roast too. Freedom is fading in this great country but at least the texas syndicate will get to finish these dirtbags off. Show no mercy amigos. Dirty cops. Do they come any other way.

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  10. I really think the drug war can succeed. But to succeed they have to seal the border, really start deporting illegals. By sealing the border I mean putting layers of razor wire, underground sensors, electric fences etc.... Posting US Army infantry units with orders to shoot to kill would also be a nice touch. Otherwise this crap will never stop. You can't have borders like we have now, it's a joke how easy it is to get in the country illegally. If the USA doesn't control immigration, who does???? Think about it....The Mexican CARTELS control immigration now. And you are seeing the result.....more drugs....More corruption...more crime. I really don't buy the legalization argument, the health crisis it would cost would be staggering. Quit playing politics with immigration which affects so many other things...... Our leaders all the way up to the president suck and are spineless. They are not in it for the country, they are in it for what they can get out of it....they SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Enforce our immigration laws!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  11. trevino is a politician not a cop. ppl in hidalgo co were stupid to re-elect the clown. he covered for his idiot brother for years and everyone knew his kid was corrupt...

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  12. Do the crime do the time thought he was a big shot since his father was a big wig now do the labor greed I tell you never learn.

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  13. Trevino's dad has a Teflon badge everything just slides right off it.
    clean up our local law enforcement and you will eliminate the escorted drug loads by law enforcement.

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  14. Many HTX police operate their Own drug houses
    Good Story Chivis
    Texas,,

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  15. Just the Tip of the iceberg with law enforcement involvement in the US

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  16. Why is this not all over the national news????
    Hildago county and the city of Hildago police chief and sheriffs sons are running armed protection for the cartel!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hildago county probably has more bridges to mexico than any other county in the nation. And the biggest preacher of there is no spillover violence is Sheriff Trevino who has been Obama's exspert on the situation....Where is CNN..ABC..etc........Get a rope!!!!!!!!

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  17. I once asked a Gulfo member how they got the drugs across the bridge? Did they vacuum pack it or what??He said no you wero's let the foxes watch the hen house. He said you don't put Puerto Ricans or Cubans or Dominicans on the border,you hire all Mexicans...and he said have you ever met a Mexican you couldn't bribe???

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  18. Greed destroys everyone/everything it touches.

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  19. If you read about the situation other investigators said they knew he was dirty for years....but did they turn him in...no,,,because they were afraid of sheriff Trevino and that they would wind up floating in the Rio Bravo.....

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  20. I heard Sheriff Trevino comment on the news that he supports his son and that he would make it through this. What??????? YOUR son is caught red handed and you support him??? He should get the death penalty for this>

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  21. You say 40 percent of the Texas valley is white??????? You must be talking about a different valley......it is over 85 percent Mexican.....My friend's kids in Mission school said they only have two other whites in their grade of several hundred....When will people admit that the cartels influence and ability to transport drugs directly corresponds to the legal and illegal immigration of the Mexicans in the states.....They move the drugs through their families.....Not racist,JUST A FACT

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    1. Do you have any evidence to back up your "fact" or was that just your opinion?

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    2. Also Mexican is not a race genius. Just as "American" isnt a race either. Mexico just like the United States has white, brown, black etc.
      I really dont think you could have sounded anymore ignorant in your comment.

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    3. Since when race is defined by the color of your skin, idiot.

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  22. Did they move or rob for any specific cartel, anyone know?
    Im glad this was exposed,bloody shocking.

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  23. Lock that S.O.B. up or kill him. Really im sure no one would care. Really if you can't show where your money is coming from then your as good as fried eventually.

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  24. I want to thank the reader who left a comment about this bust. You readers are so vital to us, we can't possibly see every story.

    About the comment attributed to the golfo asking "have you ever met a Mexican that couldn't be bribed?" What a crock of crap.
    My father used to say "show me your friends and I will show you who you are". This is a narco talking, what do you think he hangs with? Humanitarians?

    Bueñas noches BB readers

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  25. December 13,9.12pm AMEN TO WHAT. U SAID! !AND YES LITTLE PISSANT TREVINO THE SON HAS BEEA SPOILED DADDY'S KID AND CORRUPT AS HELL FOR YEARS NOW.I HAD HEARD JUST HOWCORRUPT THIS PIECE OF SHIT WAS FOR AWHILE NOW FROM NON LAW ENFORCEMENT" TYPES "(if u know what I mean) AND TGANK HEAVEN NOW ITS JUST NOT AN ORGANIZED CRIME RUMOR,BUT A FACT AND TRUTH EVERYONE CAN KNOW.

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  26. They ripped off dealers who are assisted the Feds. They should have known. Prices on the border are plummeting. Get the picture?

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  27. Que bueno que fui de ese pinche poblado naco llamado The Valley. Pinche gente más naca y pocha que me a tocado convivir con. Desde Brownsville a Río Grande City, como me gustaría que la tierra se abriera y se desaparecía ese pinche lugar. Yo soy de Brownsville y puedo criticar. Y si no me creer soy de Las Brisas apt en la 802. Pinche Valley puto. Castidado por Dios y Ridiculizado por el resto del país. Con mucho saludos desde Seúl Corea.

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  28. All valley officers r dirty.starr county had its sherriff busted.the current sherriffs son has also been caught selling guns in starr county.yet they have the nerve to hassle me over a 10sack.wtf

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  29. There's no way that Sheriff didn't know his son was working with the drug cartels. This is only the tip of the iceberg as far as corruption goes in the US. Enjoy the bed you made USA.

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  30. The feds should go investigate Eagle Pass, TX. Crooked border patrol, crooked customs agents, Crooked DPS, city police, sherrifs, jailers at county & GEO facility, and crooked ICE and DEA. All the law enforcememt agencies would lose 20-40% of its people. Next would be the politiciams who bring loads to San Antonio on the weekends ttaveling with their wife & kids, check point sees rhey are political figures and let em pass all the time.

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  31. Sounds just like Clayton county sheriff victor hill...he has 32 federal warents.he just got sworn in.oh he's black and plays the card well.he is wanted for racketeering,frauds,jury tampering all kinds of shit.I just chalk it up to lowering shit for people to gain office.he's a true crook of crooks.with a sheriffs badge...






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  32. "When will people admit that the cartels influence and ability to transport drugs directly corresponds to the legal and illegal immigration of the Mexicans in the states?" i guess the same time white america admits their demand for drugs fuel the drug war. not racist, just a fact!

    ppl love to blame immigration to justify their prejudices yet theyre fewer and fewer crossings and more and more drugs here. ppl crossing drugs dont stay, they leave their product and go back to mex. if german americans were on the border they would be facilitating the drug trade on this side, too. we are talking millions of dollars and theres no industry or jobs here, its inevitable some will get into the drug trade...with a pop nearly 90% hispanic, the majority caught will be hispanic...and jeez, almost everyone in the valley is related somehow. im related to gringos but i dont use drugs...as much as gringos love their drugs, it doesnt reflect on me.

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  33. Good point about "sow me your friends and I will show you who you are" I'm with you on that one Chivis. I can smell narco a mile away!

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  34. @12/13 9:12PM,
    Stop trolling...you sound like a fucking convict! Your distrust of law enforcement probably comes from your illegal endeavors! If every police officer, in your ignorant opinion, was "dirty," than how did these assholes get busted and by whom? Stop blaming the profession and start realizing it's the individuals who are at fault. Becoming a police officer or working in law enforcement is like anything else...it's a job! Look at this way...ask yourself could you be bribed with ez money?

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  35. There is going to be an epic house cleaning! The FBI doesn't come in until they got dirt on EVERYBODY.

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  36. Also Mexican is not a race genius. Just as "American" isnt a race either. Mexico just like the United States has white, brown, black etc.
    I really dont think you could have sounded anymore IGNORANT in your comment. Since when race is defined by the color of your skin, idiot.

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  37. I added to the post response from the sheriff and chief about their sons...vastly different.

    Paz, Chivis

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  38. Hidalgo County has always been dirty. Everyone tries to screw someone in some form or fashion down here. I’d say 75% of the county, elected officials and employees are dirty. If they piss tested the entire county, there would be an overnight explosion of available positions at the court house. Everyone knows the rumors and yet their votes still get bought for a taco during election season. What makes it even worse is that our local media covers it up, too. Sure they break the story for the first week, and then the story just disappears. Whatever happened to the court coordinator and assistant coordinator that were selling dismissals in County Court 5? What was Judge Aparicio being investigated for before he killed himself? Even more recently, why are there no more details about the Carla Davis, the black court reporter that was fired when she told HR about the breakfast club and people falsifying their time sheets? Now, Lupe’s son gets busted by the Feds! Give it sometime and this story will just fade away, too. Our county has gone to Hell! I wonder if Lupe still thinks that there’s no spillover? Don’t blame me I didn’t vote for him.

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  39. Now if weed were legalized it texas how would u handle this lets say we were in colorado what would happen

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  40. I gotta say the FBI (and the FBI only)R THE MOST LEGIT AND INCORRUPTIBLE agency that exists today.believe me not only do I say that acadamecially speaking (I read only nonfiction rue crime n history books) but through first hand accounts of a family member that was a CI field various agency's. +(the Jim hannsen case is unique) .that's why when all these faggots so called coos from the valley r dirty they send in the FBI NOT the dea. Rangers. Or anyone else as these also will be corruptable n make matters worse.

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  41. The USA is very lucky to have many honest, hard0working agents in law enforcement. This story is about two bad apples. Don't judge all LEO's by the actions of two. In fact, the story shows that Federal agents were working this case for a long time - our system does work the way it's supposed to. I am encouraged by the outcome.

    Pete, California

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  42. Dirty cops no way.?!! Wait I though American law inforcement didn't sale out??

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  43. December 13 6:38 pm You think 4000 dollars is not much, but if you think about it you do it 5 times a month and that will be 20000 dollars in your pocket a month extra money. I know they did wrong but the reality is that they didn't care about selling their soul to the devil. Bye bye cops and say hello to the prison system.

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  44. Look at all the racist bullshit from either side,and we have people who want to talk idealistic shit about how we all love one another?
    How can you help someone who hates you? Answer,don't.Just stay away.
    On a very sad side-note.Deepest condolences to the family's of the innocent babies senselessly murdered by a coward and loser.

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  45. dear Pete, California did you read the same information the rest of us read?
    two police officers and two sheriff deputies were arrested making the count four and only one week ago the father of Jonathan Trevino fired eleven students at the sheriff's academy for cheating on the exam. space does not allow me to go into the great detail required to show you have corrupt law enforcement has become.

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  46. You ask if there are facts backing up the flow of drugs with Mexican immigration....Read the feds report...why is Atlanta...Chicago...major staging areas now....HISPANIC,politically correct.....communities is who they move the drugs through.....READ....Am I against Mexican immigration.....legally no.....but illegally yes the same people who ship the drugs also coyote the illegals....I have had quite a problem immigrating my wife and kids to the US from mexico.....Yes my wife is Mexican and my kids were born there....but I have been doing it legally...I have lived for 9 yrs in mexico and see all the corruption all the time and it starts with the family.....they are brought up it is alright to lie for la familia....they would never turn in a family member for a crime and would cover it up for la familia....I have had a hard time explaining it to my kids that you DO NOT LIE...even for your primos.....my wife is now seeing the big picture and realizes that her illegal family in the states living off government freebies is why Our taxes are so high....you tell me Trevino's family didn't know about his drug running??????? Call it what you want but it a FACT

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  47. To chivis.....you say I am a narco because one told me about moving drugs by bribes???? It was 4 yrs ago and this Mexican "I thought businessman" would set down and drink a beer with me whenever he saw me because he wanted to speak English...He had a degree from Pan Am in the valley...At one time a few years back the narcos weren't running around with ak47s and tattoos.If you don't think they move their drugs with bribes just read the article about Tony the tormenters nephews testimony in US federal court.He even said the coke was moved across the border with bribes...But I guess you write for BB so you must be RIGHT

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  48. HELP HELP PLEASE DEA, FBI , MARSHELS AND MARIO AlMADA we need help with this same situation that is happening in STARR COUNTY there a lot of cops and investigators that are doing the same shit come and investigate all this departments and you will find a lot of shit.

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  49. "Sorry bro! That sounds a bit racist. Almost 40% of the Texas Valley population is white."

    SO WRONG! "86 percent of Cameron County, 90 percent of Hidalgo County, 97 percent of Starr County, and 86 percent of Willacy County are Hispanic." Just saying.

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  50. chingas a tu madre "alain" ojala y no regreses nunca para el valley!!!

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  51. @ 3:15PM

    Calm down yourself. I said no such thing. Unless you were the one who said all Mexicans will take a bribe. Go back and read very slowly.

    Better yet allow me:
    Reader quoted a narco, narco says something ridiculous, I attributed his ignorance and stupidity both to his choices and the people he befriends.

    This was not about you, you did not say it, though sounds like you may share the mindset or you would not have posted it. Either way I was not speaking of you was attacking the quote from a thug.

    You don't have to explain about having interactions with narcos, and doing so casually inadvertently does not make you a narco or bad person. In Some geographical regions it is almost unavoidable. Paz, Chivis

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  52. @ 2:31PM

    Man oh Man I hear you, I can't think of much else than those 20 babies and the countless ones that saw the aftermath of the horror. The shooter was mental, unimaginable.

    But speaking of racist comments, go to FOX Latino on their coverage of the shooting...their headline:

    Connecticut School Shooting Leaves 6-Year Old Puerto Rican Girl Dead

    W the damn F

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  53. 5:34 PM
    What can we say?Except,don't linger on it to much,in thought.It could make you very sad,and god knows there is enough of that already.

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  54. Hey chivis I respect your reporting....I use to have a business in Tamp. mx....sorry if I sounded harsh.....lost my biz to extorsion when the Zetas broke off......my point is from first hand experience that mexico will not change because of problems in their culture...thanks for the hard work

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  55. 6:26PM
    oh that is a different scenario. I thought it was a blanket statement and could not agree with that, however I have to say I can't argue with your analysis of the culture of Mexico, accepting what people know is wrong. the "what can I do" approach. Even good people, no matter.

    You are correct the mindset of good people and the corruption that permeates every segment of society before any hope of a thriving democracy can exist in Mexico.

    Because I am a 501C3 I can have a business under the NAFTA treaty in Mex, US or Canada, exempt from taxes. I wanted to open school supply stores bringing in everything from pencils to uniforms and bicycles. I am an importer (pacific rim) so I can do it on the cheap. All proceeds would go to our org. and kids would get dirt cheap supplies. But my advisors in Mex said don't do it, I would be extorted big time. So I did not.

    a real shame.

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  56. 2:44 pm - you are right that I only skimmed the article and did not read all the details. But even if it's 4 law enforcement officers and not 2... it's still just a few bad apples. The majority of our US officers are good people - and we are lucky to have them. I hope that does not change.

    I expect the cartels to try to penetrate weak points along the US/Mex border - and at major smuggling transit points inside the USA. it will happen. they have big money. those LEO's whose hearts are corrupt will fall. but most US cops are still good people - don't be cynical about them. If anything, pray that they keep their integrity.

    i don't say these words easily. i know countries overseas where honest cops are few, and 90% of them are corrupt. imagine trying to be a straight cop in that kind of environment - it takes rare and exceptional courage. But there are still a few good men and women who do it.

    For all the good cops - I am grateful. They are a blessing!!

    Pete, California

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  57. wow....that is great idea chivis on school supplies.....my kids are in school here in mexico and school supplies are actually higher here than in the states.......but like your people told you right now would not be a good time unless you paid the cuota....right now le frontera is the wild wild west gone bad....sad too say but Reynosa was much better off when the gulfo cartel was ran by the brothers....it has gotten much worse since M3 was killed last year.....keep that thought though ,maybe oneday

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  58. @2:44pm no one has to tell me hispanic families support each other no matter what... i was raised that way but i also brought my wife from mexico legally on a fiance visa. i have also lived in mexico... and without a doubt, the same ppl that bring in drugs also bring ppl across but to imply the drug trade success in the us is based on family ties is just wrong... sure, hispanic families generally dont rat each other out but not every recently arrived mexican family are involved in the drug trade. i know plenty of mexicanos that just got here and not one is involved in the drug trade...nor is anyone in my wife's family or extended family...nor anyone they know. while someone in a family might bring someone into the drug business, they are very few drug trafficking families where everyone is involved...they do exist but the success of the drug trade isnt based on mexican families. the drug trade uses the latino community to blend in and hide in...other latinos in the community and their ties with each other is what makes the drug trade successful here. blaming mex families for the drug trade success helps perpetuate the myth that the majority of mexicans use drugs...and thats not the case

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  59. Lol ths is old, I dont understand why the pentagon hasnt done nothing.

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  60. Sheriff Lupe Trevino is a darn good communicator and well organized in his thought process.

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  61. Tucson says, "COCAINE COCAINE, ALL FALL DOWN".

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  62. My parents take school supplies to Mexico and have been doing it for years (they buy them here and take them there). They also take clothes and toys.

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  63. @12:23am Dude can you please explain to me why reynosa is in worse condition now then before and what cartel is in reynosa anyways?

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  64. @ 2:44 pm Please excuse me if you thought that I said all Mexican immigrants run drugs....of course not......but your comments of supporting your family no matter what...and Mexican familys don't generally "rat" each other out is a perfect example....You obviously would not look kindly on someone telling law enforcement about illegal activity a family member is into....That is what I am trying to get across....Did Trevino's family know about his illegal activities......more than likely.....This is why we need the military on the border patrolling......they would be more impartial and harder to bribe....And don't get me wrong I love the family values my wife and extended family has BUT I will not support them no matter what.......

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  65. Mr. Sheriff you need to fire your Commander Padilla. He is the cancer in your department.

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  66. The reason that Reynosa is worse off now is that the Cardenas brothers had everything under control.....government..police....transitos and more importantly..LOS ZETAS.....businesses were allowed to operate freely...no paying cuotas...no kidnaping....no extorsion......If crime was going on in your neighborhood.....there was a number you would call and the Gulfo took care of it....believe it or not they gave a lot to the poor....especially at Christmas and school kids starting back to school.....they wanted the streets peaceful and the support of the people.....after tony the tormenter was killed all hell broke loose....the Zetas broke off kidnapping extorting.....I know firsthand what it is for them to show up and ask for the cuota....I paid four gran US last year to get my sister in law back.....well when M3 ran the Zetas off he restored the calm but after he was killed.. the gulfo broke off into all these factions fighting, extorting, kidnapinh etc..plus Los Zetas keep sending operatives into Reynosa commiting thing that never has been reported in the press...like raping literally dozens of small kids boys and girls...In no way am I saying I support the Gulfos...just stating the facts.....I use to ride around on my motorcycle in the middle of the night with no problems....but the last 3yrs have been hell on earth.....believe me at one time I bet all of Tamaulipas. would have 90 percent voted one of the cardenas brothers for governor...that is how well liked they WERE..

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  67. a must see before it is taken down is on youtube.
    http://youtu.be/fZc3tUaYnRg

    another way to find this is type in lupe trevino and look for x files. mind blowing stuff the fox is guarding the hen house. one of the main reasons you will not hear about spillover violence along the lower rio grande river.
    i hope one of our own can find a way to make permanent copies of the youtube posts.

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  68. USA Govt. better pay attention. The Mex. cartels are making their way up to DC corrupting law enforcement. Today Hidalgo TX, tomorrow Manhattan, NY.


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  69. Ok...I put the XFILES video up...Paz, Chivis

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  70. December 15 8.12pm FUCK THE CARDENAS BROTHERS! u wanna make it like "IN NOWAY DO I SUPPORT THE GULFIS "but u do exactly that dicksucke.in ur OBVIOUS CHEERLEADING of the Cardenas bros.disguised as nuetral comments. THE GOLFOS KIDNAP AND EXTHORT TOO.!I KNIW THIS CUZ I GO TO BOYSTOWN IN REYNOSA TWICE A WEEK N IVE SEEN WITH MY IWN EYES THE QOUTA THAT LIPSTICK N A FEW OTHER BARSPAID A REPRESENTATIVE. OF METRO 3 AND MOST RECENTLY METRO 4.OH AND EVE THE POOR GIRLS. THAT CONE FROM SOUTHERN MEXICO. PAY 200 PESOS WEEKLY.

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  71. Thanks Chivis....another interesting note is I am told most of the media is owned by one corporation in the valley..I don't know that as a fact....that is what a radio engineer told me once....

    Reynosa

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  72. Any man who carries a gun and gets to tell me how to live is scum. But yes I am a criminal cuz I fight crime with crime. So did Ghandi when he walked to the sea to make salt. I say that I am a true patriot more than a criminal. This is most definitly a war. Some of the enemies are in clear view. Some are not. All cops are santioned criminals. Its the nature of the beast. So yes, you cant roast enough of them for me. The criminal.

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  73. @3:26 I am not a gulfo cheerleader.....everyone is paying cuota now....It is my understanding that the whore houses have always paid it......I'm not interested in screwing underage girls so I don't frequent the Zona......I did not say the gulfo do not extort or kidnap......I said at one time they did not........so go back to the zona and support the human trafficking and snort another line........chow


    Reynosa

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  74. @8:16pm thanks for the honesty dude,okay bout the rapes u stated,how do you know that it was the zetas(not attacking you)like i mean did they tell the kids"we are the zetas" afterwards or how do you know it was the gay ass zetas?
    thanks again dude,ppl like you that live there we can fully appreciate....stay safe.

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  75. The Zetas are the ones that always take responsibility for and actually brag about...it's called heating up the plaza....they want to spread fear and they're doing a good job of it....they were ran out of Reynosa after the split and M40 has repeatedly put up signs vowing revenge.......

    Reynosa

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  76. When they put sheriff Brigido Marmolejo in federal prison, the sob did all his time crying like a baby. When I remember this guy I just get sick. He was supposed to be one of the toughest sheriffs in the Texas Valley, and in prison he cried louder than a quinceañera begging for some cock.

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  77. More dirty cops in the valley! Im not saying it doesnt happen anywhere else because it does, but every couple of months some cop gets busted there. Thats why more agencies need to start giving polygraphs and regular piss test to all employees, especially upper ranks and task force members, this is embarrasing to the good cops out there trying to make a difference. Police academies should focus on good recruits not just the money!

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  78. Anything for money! These fucking idiots are just as bad as the cartels. Jack asses!

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  79. this story is an ongoing affair. officers who got nervous have resigned others terminated.
    more arrests coming and the tangled web of cartel cooperation will be shown under a light.
    BB needs to sticky articles in some location so that they don't get buried and forgotten.
    I can't be the only one who feels this ought to happen.
    some sub category maybe "USA Law enforcement and cartel smuggling" or you guys come up with a sticky title.

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  80. I agree........where is the national news media with this story???????? Sheriff Trevino is supposedly Obama's point man here in the Texas valley and Obama's much quoted "expert" on there is no spillover violence......we talk about Mx lack of reporting on corruption and look at the lack of news coverage this has had..........of course its probably not politically correct to look into the epidemic of corruption of the "Hispanic law enforcement" on our borders..........call in the national guard Gov Perry.......remember the Alamo!!!!!!!!

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  81. More arrests are coming very soon,trust me I know.Don't trust anybody in texas law enforcement,or you will end up in a box no matter what.

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