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17 Charged in String of Brutal Kidnappings and Slayings in San Diego Suburbs (Mexican Gang)
Los Angeles Times ^ | August 14, 2009 | Richard Marosi

Posted on 08/15/2009 1:52:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Authorities announced charges Thursday against a Mexican gang that took Tijuana-style violence to the upscale suburbs of San Diego County, kidnapping, torturing and killing well-to-do residents, even after some families paid large ransoms.

The gang, a rogue cell of the Tijuana-based Arellano Felix drug cartel, moved across the border in 2002 and posed as U.S. law enforcement, donning FBI and police uniforms and caps while snatching victims outside homes and public places, said San Diego County prosecutors.

Nine victims were killed from 2004 to 2007, and the bodies of two of them were dissolved in chemicals at a rented house in San Diego. Gang members were also charged with trying to murder a Chula Vista police officer in September 2005, peppering his car with high-caliber bullets before fleeing in a car.

The gang targeted people it suspected of having links to organized crime, although some victims had no known ties, authorities said. Prosecutors charged 17 defendants, including gang leader Jorge Rojas Lopez, who is serving a life sentence for one of the abductions. Eight of those charged Thursday remain at large. The others are in custody on previous charges.

"This rogue group of individuals is responsible for a string of brutal murders and kidnappings that demonstrate the ugly reality of cross-border violence," said San Diego County Dist. Atty. Bonnie M. Dumanis.

Spillover crime from Tijuana's gang wars is relatively small, given the scale and brutality of the violence there. Nevertheless, the gang's migration to the San Diego area reinforces concern that border vigilance is no match for Mexican organized crime.

After Arellano-Felix cartel members in 2002 killed Lopez's brother in a gangland dispute, he moved his cell across the border to stage retaliatory attacks against anyone suspected of cartel links, according to authorities.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: aliens; armedcitizen; banglist; ccw; gangs; illegalaliens; kidnapping; mexico; rkba; sandiego

1 posted on 08/15/2009 1:52:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

On a slow night, 5,000 cross our southern border from Mexico. On a busy night, the figure is 10,000.

EVERY NIGHT.


2 posted on 08/15/2009 1:54:28 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: nickcarraway

Just another celebration of culture and diversity.


3 posted on 08/15/2009 1:54:35 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (January 20th, 2013)
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To: nickcarraway


4 posted on 08/15/2009 1:56:12 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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To: nickcarraway

I’m sure this will be HEAVILY reported by CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS etc, etc. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


5 posted on 08/15/2009 1:56:34 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: nickcarraway

I used to ride through Chula Vista and National City when I was a kid in 1958. They were dangerous shit holes back then, and I don’t think they’ve improved with age.


6 posted on 08/15/2009 2:06:50 PM PDT by Dumpster Baby (Bacon,smokless powder,and boobs are proof that God loves us.)
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To: calcowgirl; SierraWasp; NormsRevenge; AuntB; cripplecreek; fieldmarshaldj; Impy

This is appalling, but not all that surprising. Many of the illegals are criminals, and this is what we get for the policy of open borders.


7 posted on 08/15/2009 2:11:44 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Liberal sacred cows make great hamburger)
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To: Dumpster Baby

We need open season, no limit, on gangs!


8 posted on 08/15/2009 2:20:16 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: nickcarraway
Eric Holder will have the DoJ jump right on this.

That is, right after the FBI gets done rounding up every white male gun owner whom the Communist SPLC claims is a right-wing extremist.

nor sarcasm

9 posted on 08/15/2009 2:24:09 PM PDT by Condor51 (The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
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To: nickcarraway

Time for more concealed carry, and more armed homeowners in San Diego.


11 posted on 08/15/2009 3:14:36 PM PDT by G Larry ( Obamacare=Dying in Line!)
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To: G Larry

Jay LaSeur is running for San Diego sheriff next year. He’s promised to go essentially “shall-issue” with CCW permits. The scumbag in there now, well, lets just say the odds of an average citizen getting a permit is near zero.


12 posted on 08/15/2009 4:05:44 PM PDT by jrp
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To: nickcarraway

So Chula Juana is the “upscale” suburb referred to in the article? HAHAHAHAHAHA


13 posted on 08/15/2009 4:23:08 PM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (GOP: Stop listening, start doing -- we need new leaders!)
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To: nickcarraway

Has DHS Sec. Napolitano been told about this?


14 posted on 08/16/2009 4:07:37 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch (Mexico - beyond your expectations.)
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