Crime, Safety, and the Police

[CaptJackSparro]

This is probably the best thing they can do to take power away from the cartels. Countries like Portugal where all drugs are legal seem kore sane and less corrupt.

I'm sure the US would benefit for a while with the amount of people from Tijuana who would legally buy weed in San Diego and then take it back home across the border without fear of ruin.

Its funny that prostitution is legal, meaning you can put yourself into other people, but someone can't put certain chemicals into their own body.

Mexico is now aiming to legalize drugs and making opium poppies a legal crop citing that the current policy has resulted in more than a quarter of a million murders (250,000) in the country. Check out this November 1, 2018 article:

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-N...1641541080953/

[MongerHunger]

Mexico is now aiming to legalize drugs and making opium poppies a legal crop citing that the current policy has resulted in more than a quarter of a million murders (250,000) in the country. Check out this November 1, 2018 article:

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-N...1641541080953/

[Captain Solo]

To Bbond,

No country can ever eradicate all crimes all the time.

The best scenario is to contain crimes so criminals don't rule the normal people.

[Bbond]

To Bbbond,
Locking them up and seizing all their assets and money will put an end to it.
Colombia did clean up the drug cartels and all their violence.

Colombia is better than before, but is still very bad.

"We can't be naive and think that drug trafficking will end with FARC," Gen. Jorge Rodriguez Peralta, the commander of a police special-forces division, told The Washington Post in February. "There's too much money to be made."

Source https://www.businessinsider.com/colo...roblems-2016-8.

[Captain Solo]

To Bbbond,

Locking them up and seizing all their assets and money will put an end to it.

Colombia did clean up the drug cartels and all their violence.

[Bbond]

Witness the US Department of Justice's draconian grip of criminals overseas. They cannot escape.

Which actually accomplishes nothing. Way too much money to be made. Groups just splinter into different groups.

If the entire drug trade from Mexico was halted, does anyone believe the drug problem would go away? Did prohibition work? No, where there's a market, suppliers will supply that market, one way or another. Just way too much money involved to believe differently.

[Captain Solo]

Witness the US Department of Justice's draconian grip of criminals overseas. They cannot escape.

But POTUS Donald Trump should not pay $250 K a year to house and feed each of these violent crimnals for the rest of their lives in Max Security Penitetiary. That money can be used to educate 20 smart US kids.

The US has gotten too soft. Perhaps the old French penal colonies shoudl be used to deal with hardened, violent criminals. Put them in a lepers' island in the middle of the Pacific and made them work for their food, perhaps cultivating MJ and poppies for medical sales.

http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2018/1...to-be.html?m=1

Tuesday, October 23,2018.

CJNG Tijuana: "El Piolín"about to be extradited to the US.

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat- from Zeta Tijuana-thank you Neal.

Juan José Pérez Vargas "El Piolíand", who was leader of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacióand (CJNG) in Tijuana and was in charge of expanding the presence of this criminal organization at the cost of hundreds of murders in the city, is waiting to be extradited to the United States to face charges for drug trafficking.

Since September 20,2017 in a prison in Guadalajara, Jalisco, the 37-year-old man has been wanted by the Southern District Court of California, in San Diego, California.

At the time of his arrest, the Mexican government reported that the boss of the CJNG in Tijuana had been located with cash and weapons when he was in Guadalajara to visit his mother.

On October 16th, the Department of Justice of the United States announced the implementation of an operation to dismantle the five main criminal organizations in the world, including the CJNG, and revealed the charges against Pérez Vargas, assuring at that time there was an arrest warrant issued on January 30,2017.

According to the indictment presented in September 2016 before a Grand Jury of the Southern District Court of California and endorsed by it on January 27,2017, "El Piolín" faces charges for introducing methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and marijuana from Mexico to the United States.

For this reason, he is accused of charges of international conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to import controlled substances.

With the entrance of the CJNG to Tijuana in 2015, the number of homicides has reached historical statistics and continues to increase every year.

The dispute initiated by allies with the Arellano Félix Cartel to confront the Sinaloa Cartel and allowed them to use the Baja California corridor to transfer drugs to North America and dominate the retail sale of narcotics in some areas of Tijuana.

For each of the two charges against him, "El Piolín" could purge a minimum sentence of ten years and a maximum of life imprisonment. In addition, if found guilty, two fines of 10 million dollars would be imposed.

El Piolin Juan Jose Perez-V. By on Scribd.

[Travv]

" . . . It happened at a cooking class outside of Oaxaca in southern Mexico that had been recommended to us by family friends. One minute we were eating homemade mole, and the next minute men with guns had rounded the whole class up in a storage closet, tied our hands with zip ties and demanded our valuables.

Decisions born of sheer luck turned out to make a huge difference. Our passports, which we usually carry with us, were nestled safely in the hotel's lockbox. Once my wallet was stolen, carrying a credit card separately from it turned out to be a lifesaver. Only one of our family's cellphones had been taken, so we were able to get in touch with family and friends back home. Then, at the packing stage, be intentional about what you're bringing. "I tell folks, 'You should pack your luggage as if you'll never see it again,' " said Kevin Coffey, a retired Los Angeles Police Department detective-sergeant and travel safety consultant who speaks to Fortune 500 companies about travel security. Take an inventory of your valuables for insurance purposes. Homeowner and renter insurance policies should cover vacation theft, but the policies are subject to certain limitations, especially on cash, jewelry, computers and other higher-value items, which should be insured separately, Montgomery-Baisden said. You will need a police report and receipts for the items in question to make a claim with your insurance company, she added.

Another crucial item to protect: your passport. Make at least one physical copy of your passport and, to be extra careful, encrypt a digital copy of it, too, McElroy said. Also consider "sanitizing" your wallet and / or purse of everyday items that aren't needed on vacation, Coffey said. If you lose your wallet or purse, you should know what was in it, Coffey said; limiting the contents also mitigates the potential damage.

Financial steps need to be taken, too. It's good practice to set up and fund a bank account that's separate from your main one, McElroy said. You can then take a debit card for that account out, and, should anything happen, your other cards will be locked in the hotel safe and you won't lose access to your main bank account. (And, in the event you were forced to withdraw money from an ATM, even at home, you could use that card.) Also think about how you would get emergency cash if your wallet were stolen, Coffey advised. This could involve a precautionary call to your bank to iron out those details. Some banks may be able to get a credit card sent to your hotel, he said.

Getting a phone stolen can cause a good deal of damage, especially if it has banking apps or passwords on it. Travelers should set passwords for their devices, turn on the encryption setting — which will "help minimize what happens when someone gets your device" — and turn on apps like Find my iPhone, so they can delete a phone's data in case of theft, McElroy said. Back up camera memory cards and anything on a laptop that's being taken on vacation, Coffey said. . . https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wh...ico-2017-08-18.

Carry a throwaway wallet. When thieves robbed me, they ran off as soon as they found the throwaway wallet with about $5, leaving me with the passport, credit cards that was hidden elsewhere etc.

[DramaFree11]

LOL dude its their job. They get paid no matter how they spend their time during their shift. To be honest its probably entertaining for them to do a secondary inspection where the person gets really pissed off. Its certainly more interesting that standing around all day.

Agree, but when they take it to another level for no reason, I think we have right to complain. My opinion no big deal.

[CaptJackSparro]

LOL dude its their job. They get paid no matter how they spend their time during their shift. To be honest its probably entertaining for them to do a secondary inspection where the person gets really pissed off. Its certainly more interesting that standing around all day.

The same thing happen to me in Laredo, the first 5 minutes it was funny, after 20 minutes I started getting real pissed off. I told the agent, "I hope you are proud of yourself you just waited 30 minutes. There were 4-5 guys going through my car, what a joke. I told the guy do I real look like a smuggler.

[DramaFree11]

The same thing happen to me in Laredo, the first 5 minutes it was funny, after 20 minutes I started getting real pissed off. I told the agent, "I hope you are proud of yourself you just waited 30 minutes. There were 4-5 guys going through my car, what a joke. I told the guy do I real look like a smuggler.

[CaptJackSparro]

Maybe the agents at the booths only have access to limited information about people once their card is activated but not until then. If nothing shows until activated they may have probably cause to believe the card your friend has is fake because they can't look up the member number until the card is active.

Makes sense that not all agents who scan your passport need access to all your personal information that only higher up supervisors etc would need to see.

Sounds like they treated you like you were trying to bring someone across who wasn't yet authorized to use trusted traveler lanes.

You'd think they could see status as pending activation or something but government is very rigid and I doubt they can see information until active for the privacy issues I mentioned.

Very strange that your friend would attempt to use the card without activating it. That's like trying to use an ATM card even though it has a huge sticker that you have to peel off that says it has to be activated before using. Either bogus story or your friend isn't too bright.

Tuesday night had a good time eating, drinking, partying with the bros, flirting with girls on the streets and in HK. The bro just got his Global Entry card, using it the first to cross back. The CPB woman told him he needed to call in to activate the card. She sent us to Secondary Inspection.

The bulky CBP agents made us drive through their X-ray machine, then to the parking space to wait. 2 agents went into my car searching thoroughly in engine bay, trunk, under the car. , tapping panels and very carefully in all crevices inside the car. They also did body searches on us, including groping our crotches under the balls. I have never undergone such thorough inspection in 20+ years crossing Mexico border. Looks like CBP expected to find contraband and to bust us. They found nothing and let us go in about 30 minutes.

Since I have never been searched so intensively over 20 years, the bro was the only new variable. He's a nice, clean, law-abiding guy. The only probable cause is, his name may be matching some bad dudes in CBP database.

It's not wise to bring back anything other than some cooked food or 1 liquor bottle per person. CBP can be a bunch of real bad asses with their targets.

[Captain Solo]

Tuesday night had a good time eating, drinking, partying with the bros, flirting with girls on the streets and in HK. The bro just got his Global Entry card, using it the first to cross back. The CPB woman told him he needed to call in to activate the card. She sent us to Secondary Inspection.

The bulky CBP agents made us drive through their X-ray machine, then to the parking space to wait. 2 agents went into my car searching thoroughly in engine bay, trunk, under the car. , tapping panels and very carefully in all crevices inside the car. They also did body searches on us, including groping our crotches under the balls. I have never undergone such thorough inspection in 20+ years crossing Mexico border. Looks like CBP expected to find contraband and to bust us. They found nothing and let us go in about 30 minutes.

Since I have never been searched so intensively over 20 years, the bro was the only new variable. He's a nice, clean, law-abiding guy. The only probable cause is, his name may be matching some bad dudes in CBP database.

It's not wise to bring back anything other than some cooked food or 1 liquor bottle per person. CBP can be a bunch of real bad asses with their targets.

[CaptJackSparro]

Don't use ATMs in Zona Norte. Period.

The US dollar one next to Adelitas was compromised last time I used it. Bank caught it.

Treat ZN trips like you would a casino. Leave your ATM card at home and only take what you are willing to lose.

ZN is a very corrupt place that is very much under the grips of organized crime even though there is a police presence. The police are pretty much there to make sure only sanctioned business continues as usual, not to stop crime.

Everyone knows about the back alley drug dealers who scatter when the obvious police car turns onto the street and those popular ATMs have been getting skimmed for years.

If the police really cared they could shut these activities down overnight. But they don't.

If you absolutely need to use the ATM for some reason (like you forgot to leave yourself enough for cab fare and don't have uber) ID call my bank the next day to get a new card / report it stolen so that no one can even attempt to withdraw funds.

[Ctytek]

Went by City Hall and picked up a flyer and some free coupons. Starting pay $4000 pesos a month. HK girls can make that in less than a day, tax free.

That's about $2,700 a year. Crazy. No wonder the cops resort to bribe and corruption to supplement this so-called "income".