Written By Ioan Grillo
Anti-drug agents are usually extremely cautious about spilling the beans on their secret world, which lies somewhere between espionage, police work and battlefield.
Agent Mike Vigil with a confiscated shipment of drugs /Via global post |
Now an independent consultant who still advises Mexican
security forces, Vigil has detailed his work in a new memoir called “Deal.”
Vigil’s known as the agent who best infiltrated Mexico’s and
Colombia’s violent cartels. And he lives to tell the tales.
He has many thrilling ones: pretending to be a trafficker
and setting up cocaine deals; working to take down corrupt soldiers and police;
watching a drug lord offer him $3 million for his freedom, and smiling as he
turned it down.
But, no doubt, the DEA is a controversial operator. The US
government has spent billions to break up narco networks in Latin America and
elsewhere, only to see millions of Americans still abusing drugs. Some of the
agency’s tactics, at times backed by elite military operatives, have also come
under criticism.
And times have changed since Richard Nixon declared a “war
on drugs” in 1971. US citizens in many states are even voting to legalize pot.
On this issue, Vigil is a defender of the DEA’s official, prohibitionist line
about marijuana being a highly addictive gateway drug — claims that are
increasingly disputed.
Still, whatever the debate, agents like Vigil have some of
the sharpest inside knowledge of drug cartels wreaking havoc on the Americas.
Agent Mike Vigil |
In a recent interview, GlobalPost asked Vigil to dish on
some crime family secrets and to explain why he still backs the drug war.
Excerpts follow.
GlobalPost: How did you first become a DEA agent?
Mike Vigil: I was always very interested in law enforcement.
I grew up watching TV programs such as “The Untouchables,” “Dragnet” and “FBI.”
I went to New Mexico State University, which was just south of my hometown and
one of the few colleges that offered a four-year degree in police science
criminology. I graduated with honors and looked at different law enforcement
agencies. The one that attracted me was the DEA as it gave me the opportunity
to work both in the United States and abroad.
How did you pull off the drug trafficker act?
Spanish was my first language and I didn’t learn English until
I started school. I picked up the Mexican trafficking jargon very quickly. They
have their own code words, their own way of talking. When I was working
undercover I would totally expunge from my mind the fact that I was an
undercover agent and, quite frankly, I transformed myself mentally into a drug
trafficker. I thought like them, I acted like them, I spoke like them, and that
prevented them from noticing any nervousness. There was no perspiration, and I
knew how to answer all of their questions in a way they could not check on the
story and check my bonafides.
What’s the closest you’ve come to losing your life?
I was working on a case in Caborca, Sonora, Mexico. I had
met with a trafficker and negotiated to buy several tons of marijuana. Mexican
federal agents moved in to make an arrest. A Mexican fed came and put his gun
to the trafficker’s chest.
The trafficker grabbed the barrel and got leverage. He
pulled back the gun so it went off and shot the fed in the head. I saw a splat
of blood go up in the air. He turned quickly and fired two rounds at me from 3
feet with the federal agent’s gun. [Vigil wasn’t hit.] It all happened in two
to three seconds. Then he went down. I was fortunate to have survived because I
did an enormous amount of undercover work.
What motivated you to take this risk?
The big thing was that I enjoyed playing the chess game. It
was the ultimate game of cat and mouse where somebody was going to win and
somebody was going to lose. And it was the adrenalin rush, it was incredible.
You really have to curb that situation. Because you find yourself taking more
and more chances to get a bigger rush, and that is when it really becomes
deadly.
How did you arrest Juan Ramon Matta Ballesteros, the
Honduran trafficker convicted in the kidnapping of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki”
Camarena?
We tracked him to a house in Colombia. When we went in he
started to run and jumped over a wall. I jumped after him and he was on the
floor with a 9mm. I took out my gun and I was going to kill him, and he said,
“Don’t shoot. I can get out of a prison, but I can’t get out of a tomb.” … Then
he proceeded to offer me three and half million dollars if we turned him loose.
He said he could have the money there in 20 minutes. Obviously, we told him to
shove it. Later on the plane to the jail, he said, “I want to congratulate you
because no one has been able to capture me in 20 years."
What do you think of accusations that the CIA was involved
in Camarena’s killing or was negligent?
No, that is not correct. We know that it was the Guadalajara
cartel. There are all kinds of allegations but there was never any evidence
that I saw and I was pretty actively involved in that investigation. I’ve
worked closely with the CIA and they would never do anything like that,
involving themselves in the murder of a US agent. That would never happen.
What’s your opinion of how Mexican President Enrique Peña
Nieto administration is fighting drug traffickers?
I think it has done a very good job. It has carried on with
the legacy of [former President] Felipe Calderon in trying to make an impact on
the drug trade. Obviously it has resulted in a lot of violence, because a lot
of the drug cartels were crippled, so others want to take control, and a lot of
innocent people die as a result.
How about the release from prison of drug lord Rafael Caro
Quintero, also implicated in the killing of DEA agent Camarena?
The situation with Caro Quintero was pretty tragic. He is a
killer, a complete psychopath, who has no respect for human life. For him to be
released after killing Kiki Camarena and a multitude of other people is a
travesty of justice. … I would have to say that it was corruption by the judge.
Who’s running the Sinaloa Cartel following the arrest of
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman?
The information that I have is that Ismael “Mayo” Zambada is
running the organization. … He has the ability, he is widely respected by the
organization, he knows who the sources are for cocaine, and other drugs, and
has a great understanding in all the aspects involved in cultivation,
transportation and distribution.
What do you think of the use of soldiers to fight drug
traffickers and the risk of civilians being killed, as in a recent case in
Mexico state?
The military are good at using force but the military are
not trained investigators, so when they go on these raids and arrest
situations, they often destroy evidence. That may weaken the case against these
cartel heads.
What’s your take on the marijuana legalization in two US states
and in Uruguay, and high-profile criticism of the war on drugs?
Legalized marijuana is a tragedy. … Marijuana is highly
addictive and has been proven to be a gateway to other drugs. What kind of
message are we sending to our partners like Mexico and Colombia that every year
lose hundreds of police officers and military personnel [at the hands of narco
gangs] when we legalize drugs in the United States?
I think we need a very balanced approach to the drug
situation where we have to work as a community. Families, the church, the
school[s] and independent organizations have to work together to try to reduce
the demand. You have to start educating children at a very early age in terms
of the issues involved in taking illicit drugs.
In your personal opinion what Mexican cartel was the most powerful in history? Agent: Cartel de Tijuana without a doubt.
ReplyDeleteCAF
DeleteYou're not getting money. Just riding their nuts
Deleteand then something happened and suddenly we had anonymous tips on CAF...
DeletePeople from Tijuana are funny lol still think CAF is strong and tgey think they are actually from Tijuana lol what a bunch of lames lol
DeleteI didnt see that question and answer??
DeleteNoooo carrillos organization had the most power I mean he made 25 billion what does that tell you and they never caught him
DeleteLa CAFetera sigue rifando putos!
DeleteHe was killed by whom ever didn't him there! Because he was one of those "fools". And then things were supposed to keeo 'going'......
DeleteWe need much more demand reduction (prevention) not just supply reduction (enforcement). Now doubt a demanding job, but pretty much like 'shooting fish in a barrel.
DeleteDiddo on 8:44 comments. The public has grown weary of this money sump called the War on Drugs. Sounds like a good sound bite, but often times it amounts to extra-judicial punishment ala Phillipine style. Enforcement is only one dimension of this horrible problem that is resulting in the decay of families and society. We need to do more than trail'm; nail'm; and jail'm. Too often those with 'deep pockets and long arms' WALK.
DeleteDon Chuyito, Jesus Labra Avilés when he worked with jorge or jesus Quintero Payán a real Quintero family, and a Doctor, problem was, they met Benjamin arellano felix and he.got to bring his brothas into it, and they murdered Dr quintero payan, and they had sent don chuyito al bote, and they did not have el padrino around anymó, and their greed got them arellanuses all facked up, the same happened to amao carrillo juentes, did not last because he was a ratero and a murderer and a traitor..
DeleteWhich proves that if you behave and don't rob the american or the mexican governmentand bankster drug traffickers "too much" you can rob and work in peace for a long time, the patrones know a man may have special needs, sometimes, some, no too many...not all the time...to make sure we will keep you or your kids in prison for a little while, pleading guilty to... whatever...
Mr. Vigil is the closest anyone will ever get 2 an actual super hero.These are the ones everyone should look up 2. - El Sol Perdido
ReplyDeleteLook at the world we are "living in" villains by the millions all freely destroying things, but what about the opposite? ..
DeleteIt is because everything is mostly under the control sick, twisted pigs. Who have been controlling everything with many deceptions for centuries..
Using #s for words? Combine that with your message & you are not El Sol Perdido, you are el cerebro roto.
DeleteVigil is but residue of the failed Drug War [1971 - 2017]. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over & over, while expecting a different result. We are going on forty six [46] years of Drug War & what has that gotten us?...the posterchild for insane policy.
Attentamente,
AmigoAnónimo
Wow you are so wrong and also pathetic that you worship a guy like this. Mike vigil is either very naive or he is just lying when he claims the CIA "would never do something like that". Did he forget what the Iran-Contra Scandal was? Mr. Vigil do you know what Operation Condor was? My family is in this world and trust me, you people probably know 25% of the narco-related "news" that happens currently. And I only know the situation in Mexico and one other SA country. Most events that happen in this world, don't even get reported and definitely not on Borderland Beat
DeleteOf course he is going to deny that the cia had kiki killed. Why the fk would he say otherwise?. They are always quick to point a finger!. This guy called Rafa a cold blooded killer, he should take a look at his side of the street before he looks to judge!.
Delete& you know some are suppost to change things around, but those type of pigs would not let them simple as that!
DeleteWe knee iran contra and op.Condor...but there was nothing writzen about killing federal agents.... Or did i miss This in The Statement of o.north? You Are talking BS.
DeleteAnd yes rfc is a cold blooded killer.doesnt matter if You did not like This but he ordered The killing of kiki and supervised his torture.they will catch him again and send him to the to The states
Please forgive Sol Perdido, he obviously doesn't know what he's talking about.
Deletemister vigil unknown until today has been around a long time, and i congratulate him for his heroics, BUT...
Delete--Hector Berrellez, Phil Jordan, Mike Levine, Gary Webb, Operation 40 survivors and dead, the more than 100 presidential pardoned by george h w bush, and hundreds of other accusers agree that the CIA and the DEA, and Felix Ismael Rodriguez ARE IN FACT, GUILTY AS CHARGED, and that they murdered Kiki Camarena, after kidnapping him and torturing him and his pilot for three days, and that the CIA has been having the mexican DFS and federal police and armed forces doing their dirty deeds for them since before MEXICO68, AND EPN IS ANOTHER PUPPET BETRAYER OF MEXICO AND THE MEXICANS...
--WE ALL KNOW HERE AND OTHER PLACES THAT REAL MEN WHO DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BUTTER GOES ON THEIR SLICE OF BREAD, THEY DON'T LAST LONG IN THEIR JOB...
...HECTOR BERRELLEZ AND CELE CASTILLO ARE MY WITNESSES, "max gomez" never sued 'estos imbeciles' (i mean felix ismael rodriguez mendigutia, heroe de mil batallas secretas) but Barry Seal knew him very well, they even partied together in mexico city bars as part of "Operation 40", there are photos...
--sorry mister vigil, nothing personal...
Not mentioned thus far is the indiscriminate spraying of herbicides like GYCOPHOSPHATES on 10s of 1000s of hectares of agriculturally rich lands. Poisoning the land is like the final "fu<# you" to whomever actually is in charge down there, not that it matters.
DeleteThe spraying is criminal, by any normal person's standards. GYCOPHOSPHATES fu<# up the entire ecosystem, hastening the current mass extinction event we're currently amidst. The flora/fauna from that entire region is a treasure to be nurtured, not poisoned.
The Drug War has bred violence, caused heartache, & cost the US tax payers trillions since 1971...only to find ourselves talking about weed, coke, meth, etc as everyday occurrences in 2016, almost 2017.
Trillions.
Forty six [46] years.
That's crazy.
I suggest the people in charge try something else, before the 50th anniversary [2021] to avoid that embarrassing golden status of failure. How about full decriminalization of everything, and confinement/rehabilitation for people whose self-control has been compromised to the detriment of self & others.
It is that simple.
Putting people in jail for drugs serve only the gatekeepers, no one else. It is a cold, ruthless human that would choose incarceration as a deterrence to drugs, when compassion, understanding, & employment opportunities have not only proven effective, but brought communities together as well.
Off soapbox.
Atentamente,
AmigoAnónimo
Vigil is right, the CIA had no involvement. They won't take part in killing a US Agent. That's not to say they will stop him from being killed by someone else. Especially if they drop warnings in some manner that are ignored by an undercover Agent.
DeletePay attention to what Vigil says about "the rush" and subcoming to it and undercovers putting themselves in even more dangerous positions.
Think about it.
George hw bush who was a cia director in a past life had his national security agency people like oliver north working with his close friend felix ismael rodriguez carrying on with the contras and drug trafficking, on iran iraq selling weapons for oil, with Israel brokering deals wit iran, Richard secord, for air america, and admiral John poindexter, among other crooks,
DeleteFelix Rodriguez represented himself all over SouthAmerica as a CIA AGENT maybe that is why the CIA is accused, but the mexican DFS sure was CIA puppet, like all the mexican politicians involved, and all kinds of american crooks left over from the nixxon era, it is very easy for the agency to clear up this confusion, come clear, and accuse the right people...stop covering up their dirty deeds...before they die.
Senor Vigil. Venga a el triangulo dorado. Aqui lo esperamos con brazos abiertos y con varias copias de su libro. Quiero su firma en mi copia especial. Este diga...
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ReplyDeletefrontline in a failing war and still thinks prohibition is the answer....
He wouldn't have a job if they started de-scheduling drugs, do you expect him to say anything different? Plus he came up in the DEA during the prime of the "just say no" era. He's a 60-something year-old cop, his whole frame of mind is founded on that type of fairy-tale logic; "if only parents and the church would talk to kids about drugs, then they wouldn't take them." What a crock of shit.
DeleteGo say that 2 your parents and grandparents. And then let us know if they approve of what you say. 4 you are very ignorant. - El Sol Perdido
DeleteMake alcohol and tobacco illegal too and then I'll start to give their moralist argument some respect. Alcohol and tobacco cause more deaths per year in America than all drug overdoses combined. As long as you have double standards then what is the point of the rule in the first place?
Delete10:30am
DeleteYou should refrain from making any comments about a posters person or personal situation (telling them to ask their parents) because it demonstrates the poverty of your intellect.
Military intervention as in Iraq and Afghanistan. Drones dropping bombs on these scumbags. What's the wait. Long overdue......
ReplyDeleteThe Military is already in Afghanistan protecting our Poopy fields:)
DeleteAnybody have any opinions on weed being addictive? I have seen a few examples. But those examples seemed more like caffeine addictions. But nothing major. Anybody have opinions on this one?
ReplyDeletePeople who wind up "addicted" to pot were going to wind up addicted to something sooner or later. If there is such a thing as a gateway drug, it's alcohol. Have a few drinks and you're ready for anything.
DeleteANYTHING can be addictive psychologically if the individual is predisposed to addiction. Some people have addictive personalities that make it easy for them to become addicted to everything from Coca-Cola to playing bingo at the local bingo hall. Something being physically addictive is a completely different story. There is a big difference between the two.
DeleteMarijuana is to physically addictive nor is it a gateway drug. The whole gateway drug thing has already been debunked. Someone who is a hardcore drug user is likely to have used marijuana before simply because they are a hardcore drug user.
I use marijuana. I don't smoke it as I prefer edibles. In states where it has been legalized. It's never once enticed me to try heroin. Or cocaine. Or meth. I can use it daily for months and then gone on a 2 week vacation out of the country and therefore couldn't bring it with and have absolutely no issues. I can go from using it daily to not using it all. Why? Because it's not physically addictive. If it was, I would have had major withdrawals and a vacation would have been miserable. But that simply isn't the case. Try doing that when using heroin, coke or meth on a daily basis... you couldn't.
I hope the new administration doesn't deter the progress that has been made with marijuana reform. The stigma associated with it and the misinformation used by law enforcement and anti-marijuana lobbyists (funded by the private prison industry) is absurd.
I had a bout of the 'flu today 1 nice spliff with ibuprofen pretty much cured it. If that's addiction, then bring it on!
DeleteI agree, only gate way stuff is alcohol and tabaco
DeleteAlcohol is the main gateway! Don't let these people make u think otherwise
Deletemeth is also just mental addiction, youre not in any pain during withdrawals you just want it. just thinking about it makes you want it but its not a situation where you get headaches or become physycally disabled because you dont have it
Deletein junior high schools all over the US mariguana is pushed relentlessly to young students, by the time they get into high school they are addicted, and working to buy their own, or better, and customers for life, all repeat buyers.
Deletenot everybody has the education or the independent character to escape, grown up mariguanos con pelos en el fundillo are suppossed to know better than trying to push their vices saying it is not addictive, or that it is all a harmless fun, by the way that was the line, cocaine was not as addictive as heroin, another facking lie...
11:48-That's you that can go without for a 2 week vacation.You obviously don't smoke your joints like cigarettes like a lot of people do,1 joint every 2 hours.coffee breaks at work,etc.I spent a nightmare honeymoon in Venezuela with a new husband going through pot withdrawals ranting and raving publicly over a 25 cent charge for an extra checked bag with Avianca in Caracas airport terminal wondering if he was going to be arrested.All the coke you could find for $10 a gram but no MJ.He admitted it was the 1st time in 20 years he ever went 2 weeks without pot and it was hell on earth.Even alcohol didn't alleviate his anxiety that much.There are actually people in rehab and N.A.[narcotics anomymous] for pot although the consequences of drug use are much more obvious with other forms of drugs like meth and coke.
DeleteHey kids, I'm a loyal reader of BB in SF CA here, I've been smoking weed for 45 years and I'm not addicted yet ;)
DeleteIn late 70s early 80s in Zipolite beach (Oaxaca coast near what is now Huatulco) you could score all diff kinds of mota from Oaxaca and Guerrero, dried peyote buttons from San Luis Potosi, dried mushrooms from Chiapas, and local goma and Andean coca on its way to el otro lado if you wanted them (I didn't). All really cheap, too. Quite a local scene back then. I really miss Mexico.
BTW for all your drug-smuggling history buffs I highly recommend the book "Weed - Adventures of A Dope Smuggler" by Jerry Kamstra, 60s-era head from Santa Cruz. Excellent gonzo-journalism style story and photos of dope's journey from the mountains of Mexico to the streets of San Francisco. Lots of yes, inside dope on Mexico and the beginnings of the weed business. It's out of print but you can sometimes find it used.
"Mind if I do a J?" -The Dude
@canadiana Your husband was psychologically addicted. Not mentally addicted. Psychologically being addicted to something can be even worse than bein physically addicted. He wasn't craving it because marijuana is physically addictive. He was having issues because he was psychologically addicted to it. He's likely someone who could easily become addicted to alcohol, gambling, etc. Some people are simply predisposed to addictions. Those people shouldn't use marijuana, alcohol, gamble, etc.
DeletePsyrchorlorgicarlly addicted is the same as mentally güey, unless a person really has the brain on las patas but really this with the ass, like all other people with mental problems "en el cerebro..."
Delete--I don't know why, but have any of youses noticed that as famous writers with published Great Operas get more famous and influential they also get sought to write crap and government leaning propaganda? With all due respect to madam Ioan Grillo, I see she now belongs on the shelf with anabel hernandez, who recently published PGR prooaganda "stolen" from the PGR and "diffused" by prestigious reporter Carmen Airistegui, all of which don't make a motherfacking lie true.
--Please make sure miss Ioan Grillo reads these comments and stops tryin to cover the sun with both hands when she can't find her ass with both of them and a map...
Not certain about addiction but I do have a friend that had a prescription for years as a cancer survivor that won't touch it anymore. She said it started to make her paranoid. She started seeing stuff that wasn't there. And no it wasn't laced, it was delivered by police escorts in Michigan.
Delete3:08 that right about paranoid, others feel sexy, others feel hungry, and some slice their mother's throat for a dollar or two to buy another joint, we really are all different and have different results, not worth it.
DeleteWow this guy thinks FC and EPN have done a good job and still thinks prohibition is the best answer to the drug war..speechless
ReplyDeleteLoser wouldn't have a job
DeleteThis guy is just brainwashed and face it: without the War On Drugs he'd be without a job!
DeleteWtf is fc?
Deletefc is Felipe Calderon
DeleteI am addidcted to marijuana. It has caused nothing but misery in my life. Ice cream is delicious. Movies are awesome. Sex is amazing. Inflamation is nonexistent in my body. Im nicer and kinder to people. You know all the horrible stuff like that that pot does to you.
ReplyDeleteAka makes you lazy
DeleteWe already getting beat in education now we're gonna get slaughtered
the problems start when you stop smoking weed, weed relaxes you lowering anxiety so much that when you dont have it your body feels as you loose control of the anxiety and it goes up, like a catapoult, anxiety is loaded on a catapoult and weed is the rope that pulls it down, the more you smoke the more tge anxiety is lowered, and when you stop is like cuttin that rope and what happens? anxiety shoots waaaay up. you gotta admit that many pot smokers say they get grumpy if they dont smoke weed, or feel like shit cant work, theres always that one negative thing about not taking their daily joint, thats a sign of addiction. but the good thing is that you dont overdose
Deleteas you say, it is addictive, that is why you have repeat customers, stop making excuses, you have a monkey in your back, young people don't need it...
DeleteHe has to say those things. That is or was his job. But I agree with you sir and it is getting much worse with the addiction and violence.
ReplyDeleteThis guy wants attention. Obviously his retirement is boring. Alot of baby boomers are facing the same problem they feel useless and are looking for some ata boy or last hurrah. It happens to CEOs company presidents, doctors, cops and ex military vets. Let it go let it go it's a war we can't win!!!! In fact it's not even a war. It's terrorism. Cartels don't play by the rules
ReplyDeleteYou cannot win this "war" if the mentality of consuming drugs iw not changed. Drugs are so embedded in popular culture now that it's almost a safe bet to say that those that do not consume drugs are becoming the minority in this country. It is not even an uphill battle - shit it is not even a battle with this trend.
ReplyDeleteMakes me think someone could create a video of celebrities or people doing drugs, then showing the impacts of Mexico. Would be a nice contrast video.
DeleteThis guy is a joke, CIA is willing to kill even presidents if need be.
ReplyDeletehit me with an offer.
ReplyDelete7:12 is a fraud.
ReplyDeleteI'm not saying weed is a horrible drug or that it should be illegal but to think it is harmless is laughable and shows how naive a lot of people are. Being naive is not good when it comes to any type of drug.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion if you want to smoke, that's fine, it's not a big deal. It is your body and I don't feel it is worse than alcohol. But remember it is a drug and it is addicting. Like anything moderation is the key.
Lol, this asshole is a complete liar. Its a known fact as to why the DEA is not successful in combating or stopping illegal drugs coming into USA cause most of the agents are corrupt.
ReplyDeleteI was in rehab when they asked
ReplyDeleteWhat is 1 good thing weed has done for you.
My buddy responded, it introduced me to Crystal Meth and I fell in love
this guy is a joke spent his whole career fighting this drug war and accomplished absolutely nothing. Mexican government doing a good job? weed being legal a tragedy? shove your book up your a**
ReplyDeleteDon't disregard the probability,he might been sarcastic!Talking Political correct,proactive!
ReplyDeleteAnd sorry to keep ranting, but they already had a drug program for kids called DARE. Guess what? It was a miserable failure also. Weed is about as addictive as your afternoon sugar rush, probably less. Lets get rid of cigs and alchohol 1st, then go from there. Ps mike vigil is a pussy
ReplyDelete12:47 Refer addicts are easy to spot . If nothing else points them out an rant like yours will surely give them away . Whats the longest you done without weed in the last year ? Either you spend a tremendous amount of effort to beat the tests at work of you don't work . That is if your a refer addict . If maybe your self employed or deal drugs . That is if your a refer addict . Its hard to keep a job and support your family but anybody addicted will adapt .
Deletedangerous job!
ReplyDeleteHmmm...no mention of DEA agents knowingly partying with cartel members and receiving money and prostitutes in Colombia while on duty...I refuse to believe that this moron or any other DEA agent didn't accept some bribes from high ranking drug traffickers. After all, I think a DEA agents salary tops off at about 110k a year, maybe a little but more. So maybe this guy had a couple of extra zeroes in his bank account but for the sake of "fighting" the war on drugs decided not to say anything abd play it off as Christmas bonuses. And let's not forget, this idiot said that he was 99% sure that it was El Chapo in a "leaked" video that turned out to be some old guy in a music video by some banda. What an idiot.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what narco from caborca son. Was it?????
ReplyDelete@9:33 HAHA that was a good one. I haven't smoked pot since high school and i'm 36.. I don't sell drugs. And I don't use drugs. I don't drink alcohol (Over 10 years now) and I don't smoke cigarettes. Any other questions? I'm a veteran, and I haven't stopped working since I was 17 years old. Nice try though.
ReplyDeleteReefer smokers are easy to spot lol.
Clowns that don't know shit and believe everything their government tells them are easy to spot for me.. Gtfoh with that bullshit, nobodys buying it anymore.
9:27 once you have smoked the hierba, it will show in everything you do or say, and in what you hear, even if nobody said anything, I hope you get better.
Delete@8:33 Of course Mike Vigil and his dea buddies kept a lot of that cash for themselves. He's playing a game here with his comments. You know what his answers are going to be by just reading the questions. Also, no mention of Fast and the Furious.. The US gov has been in bed with these guys forever.
ReplyDeleteHeres another great example. The Twins (Flores Brothers) were importing over 2000 kilos of cocaine and heroin into the US while working for the feds. The feds looked the other way the whole time, let them do what they needed to do. As long as the twins could help them get Chapo. The twins made who knows how much money (most of which was never found) and got 14 years in prison. When they get out, if they live, theyll have all those millions tucked away somewhere to live the life they want to. THE DEA KNEW what the twins were doing. Is that not a conflict of interest, I don't know what is.
Bottom line is, the DEA is just as grimey, if not MORE, then all these kingpin types they bust..
If the dea had anyones best interest at heart the crack epidemic never wouldve been able to happen. And the modern day crack epidemic (opiates/pain killers) also never wouldve happened.
But hey, pot is a gateway drug. You could smoke pot, fall asleep, and wake up with a needle in your arm/s
Interview was pure government propaganda. What a coincidence that someone who invested their whole life in the phony drug war is going to support it and say that the drug war is legit. This Mike character lined his pockets for decades with money stolen from the American people under the premise of this drug war hoax. And I guarantee he knows it. And I also guarantee that he made more money from the drug war than the average drug dealer. If we didn't have a drug war then we wouldn't have drug cartels and we wouldn't need Mike.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see how many people know this guy is hot air, but the source for this article is over 2 years old!
ReplyDeleteSure did get aggressively defensive about involvement with the Camarena murder.. Didn't even touch the part of negligence?
3:11 great reports ever get old and never die, many times explain clear and present dangers based on past performances that come back to bite you on the ass, some call them "history", they get delayed too often until after we have our feet deep in the deep shit again...
DeleteAn article came out here in a New Mexico news channel since Vigil was born and raised in Espanola, New Mexico, the Lowrider and "Heroin" Capitol of the US, I proceeded to comment that I would not be buying his book and got attacked by his friends and family members here in NM. Many innocents have died in this drug war, it's a farce, no mention of the Iran/Contra, no mention of fast and furious, this guy lives a very financially set life on this drug war, time to decriminalize and treat as a health issue, the drug war was lost before it even started.
ReplyDelete7:55 show them this BB article AND THE COMMENTS, I am sure you can handle the consequences, new mexico now deals medical grifa to all the neighbor states and beyond, I am sure mister vigil is a partner on a few medicine man enterprises, and ioan the suspect is starting to look like a judas too.
DeleteAbsolutely, you are righthe, not surprised how many of these folks now are on the side of Medicinal Marijuana, people here in NM can obtain their Mota card as well as a grower's card allowing up to 16 adult plants I believe, now in Colorado and Washington it's fully legal, many people are flocking to Denver. Vigil has been a player in this war on drugs that was lost when it started and it's pretty interesting to me how Espanola NM where Vigil was born and raised is known as a Heroin Capitol since the 1960's and 1970's.
DeleteI do not use drugs. I work in mexico. The dea Cia and Mexican government can not be trust
ReplyDeleteThe Catels r super dangerous
When i get stopped i just keep my mouth shut. When see something I just forget it.either one will lock up up r kilt u
Local law enforcement keept money also lol lol let people use. Alcohol kills. Let all dumb asses kilt themselves
ReplyDeleteU.S. Congresswoman MAXINE WATERS (D-Watts):
ReplyDelete“Several informed sources have told me that an appendix to this Report was removed at the instruction of the Department of Justice at the last minute. This appendix is reported to have information about a CIA officer, not agent or asset, but officer, based in the Los Angeles Station, who was in charge of Contra related activities.According to these sources, this individual was associated with running drugs to South Central Los Angeles,around 1988. Let me repeat that amazing omission. The recently released CIA Report Volume II contained an appendix, which was pulled by the Department of Justice, that reported a CIA officer in the LA Station was hooked into drug running in South Central Los Angeles.”
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ReplyDelete@3:22 Bad link
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DeleteMike Vigil is a corrupt piece of shit. He is an ass kisser of drug lords and higher authority.
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