In California, cops say, Tapia-Martinez purchased the meth from the cartels, then had his underlings transport it up to Yakima, Wash., and then to Minnesota and North Dakota –- along the same routes once used by migrant laborers.
Police later found detailed documents, suggesting that Tapia-Martinez regulated every penny his mules spent on their eastward excursions, demanding that they stay at bargain hotels, and travel on specific highways.
“You can bring methamphetamine to a rural community, and make more money than in a larger city,” Moorhead, Minn. Sgt. Toby Kroney told AMW. “There’s more competition in the cities. In a place like this, you can set the price.”
At one point, Brad approximates, there were 40 or 45 members of Tapia-Martinez’s organization, including his father and a bookkeeper. When a dealer was unable to make a payment, police claim, the fugitive would order his associates to take over the person’s home until the debt was paid.
He was known to use automatic weapons -- and, in one instance, a hand grenade -- to drive home his point...
“Shot dead on sight” works for me...
Someone tell Tapia, El-Primo, the scumo that he can post a US birth certificate on the Internet, and that will make him a citizen. Maybe then, he’ll go to prison or fry for his sins.
Mr. President, our Border Security is a Joke!
—unanticipated consequence of driving meth production south of the border?
...”transporting meth from his base in Turlock, Calif. to the rural areas surrounding Fargo, N.D. and Willmar, Minn”
...truly sad to read this about small town America. These were, at one time, prime examples of small town America. Work hard, go to church, listen to your Mom and Dad, get married, get a good honest job, join the Rotary etc. Now, turning into piles of shi$, and likely to turn into bigger piles of shi$ once the amnesty gates open completely. Which they will.
ping