Posted on 04/26/2012 10:08:44 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
WESLACO - Border Patrol agents arrested a cartel hit man along the U.S.-Canadian border.
The Border Patrol kept the story quiet until Edgar Campos Barraza, who's also known as "El Cholo," was in Mexican custody. The Mexican government wanted Barraza on kidnapping, conspiracy and murder charges.
Barraza was arrested in January. He admitted to Border Patrol agents in Ohio that he worked for the Sinaloa drug cartel.
We're told Barraza was living in Sandusky, Ohio. The city is between Toledo and Cleveland, two high-intensity drug trafficking areas. It's also connected to I-80 and several other major highways.
According to a 2011 Justice Department report, smugglers pushing Mexican heroin are moving in to the Port of Cleveland. The port gets shipments from around the world.
In fact, heroin is more of a problem in that area than cocaine or marijuana. Barraza was finally handed over to Mexican authorities on April 12.
Our government is still cooperating with the Sinoloa cartel, I see. They are integral in the plans for pre-election “unrest” in America, IMHO.
Has Hussein come out and said if he had brotha by another motha, it’d be Eddie?
HMMM?? Show the Tan Klan this picture and tell them it’s Zimmerman.
It’s a twofer. 1. Zimmerman can assume a new identity and live safely. 2. We rid the world of a really bad murdering scumbag.
Excellent idea.
Ohio Ping
Have a look at the beautiful Port of Sandusky
And the Port of Sandusky is covered by TSA
Sandusky Port Workers Begin Enrollment for Federal Port Security Credential
Sandusky ping
It is on Lake Erie, a body of water which the border runs through.
Nice work by the authorities on arresting this man. Creates a hell hole of corruption and murder and then sneaks off to live the tranquil life, under the protection of the law. Plus decent law abiding folks.
Always something to learn for myself. I hastily went to a map of the area and saw the dividing line between the United States and Canada. Point Pelee Island in Canada, seems to be only about 25 miles from Sandusky, by boat. I would give the informants a pass to an extent. In reading the history of the War of 1812 between Canada and the United States, I hear vague and fleeting references to the Battle of Put In Bay nearby in American waters.
Big naval battle there and I note with a rueful grin that it ended in a decisive American victory. Oliver Hazzard Perry was the American commander and has a Great Lakes Coast Guard vessel named for him.
Whoops! Correction to my previous post. Spelling error.
Oliver Hazard Perry was the illustrious commander of the American naval forces in the Battle taking place 1813.
I further learn of the extensive reenactments that will take place this year going into 2013. This with various ships.
Something to see indeed
Oliver Hazzard Perry was the American commander and has a Great Lakes Coast Guard vessel named for him.
Partially correct. The USCG never had a vessel named after Perry.
Ohio does have many cities, villages, townships, and a county named in honor of Perry.
Cheers,
OLA
There still is a little bar in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan now called the "Bomb Shelter". Used to patronize it when it was the old Hickler House. Naval personnel would drop in from time to time. Spitting distance from the waterway. Seemed to think there was a vessel of some type called that..... still the old memory is not what it was.
Regards.
PL.
“Living in Sandusky? What does that have to do with the Canadian border???”
Used to keep the sailboat in Sandusky, across from Cedar Point. Nice area to sail in, with all the islands. Always thought that smuggling might be pretty easy during the boating season.
This is especially true for Walpole Island and the reserves along the St. Lawrence.
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