Stay safe !
Posted on 09/08/2004 2:38:14 PM PDT by fidelio
Stay safe !
You have to be.
Yes, it is, Squantos.
I'm just outside of Edinburg, which is now almost a part of McAllen, and there's lot of strange stuff going on down here.
Breaking into a pawn shop and stealing weapons is tame compared to some of the stuff I've been hearing about.
As always, follow the money. It will lead you to the people.
If I were a gringo living permanently in deep South Texas, I'd either move or invest in the best weapons I could afford.
Ping to a very important Texas thread.
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We lived in Harlingen from late '85 to '88.
We both quit really good jobs (the only reason we were there) and moved.
I have been doing what investing in weapons that I can since then.
My apologies to FReepers that live in the Valley, but I wouldn't go back if I had buried money there.
I have pawn shops for clients. I know a little about their security.
Even the dingiest pawn shop would be the absolute last place I would break into.
That's laughable.
You need to talk to some of the people I talk to everyday.
Nothing about this story sounds right. There's far more to it. Fortunately, this moron was carrying a laptop. That will reveal all.
What's up with these guys coming and going thru McAllen?
A gun store has a "glass front door" & no burglar bars?
Maybe he'll return to Boston when he's 30.
Wonder what the handcuffs, etc., were for.
$500,000 is a BIG bail, no?
"Morales said it appeared that Forghan was working alone"
Yeah, right. Hand me those pliers.
DRUGS = MONEY = TERRORISTS
"Wonder what the handcuffs, etc., were for."
Hostages.
We have hunted in south Texas for years. Every Sat. nite during hunting season we had dinner across the border. No more, it got too scary.
Si.
And I sure wouldn't be sleeping in a S. Texas alley with $3000 in cash on me. I wonder whats up with his purchase of leg chains and handcuffs.
Strangely enough, the gringo culture is still predominate in Brownsville and Harlingen, even though they're further south than McAllen.
As you come up the border, the culture becomes that of Mexico.
There is a mindset in Mexico which has suppressed the people of that country for hundreds of years.
Everyone desires to be the top dog raking in the illicit big bucks.
The people who can get away with the most and make the most money out of it are admired and emulated.
It's their way of life.
The Mexican Mafia lifestyle is well entrenched in Texas border towns, and gringos aren't going to change it.
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