The propaganda has reached such absurdly insane levels it is simply no longer worth the attention.
"Mennonite sentenced in cartel drug smuggling case" Associated Press December 02, 2014
DENVER — In what prosecutors called a drug smuggling conspiracy between Mennonites and a Mexican drug cartel, a man was sentenced Monday to 15 months in prison for aiding the movement of tons of marijuana to the United States.
Mennonite Abraham Friesen-Remple was expected to be released later in the day after a judge sentenced him to time served as part of a plea deal he made in October.
Prosecutors said he played a minor role as a driver, helping the Juarez cartel smuggle drugs in gas tanks of cars and inside farm equipment.
Friesen-Remple was one of seven people indicted, all but one of whom are members of a Mexican Mennonite community in Chihuahua.
Prosecutors say the Mennonites also grew marijuana for the cartel.
The investigation involved wire taps in which 32,200 calls were recorded in Spanish and a German dialect used by Mennonites.
Authorities said the operation moved to North Carolina after the arrest of a person who ran a Colorado Springs, Colo., auto body shop involved in the case.
Court records show Friesen-Remple delivered a shipment of marijuana — hidden in a farm bulldozer — to a home in Shelby, N.C.
DEA agents tapped his phone and learned he was getting directions from someone in Mexico.
The next month, a fellow member of the drug ring, who became a cooperating witness, told agents Friesen-Remple delivered the 1,575 pounds of pot that agents found during a search of his home, according to court records.
Friesen-Remple was arrested on Aug. 20, 2013, in the Santa Testa Point of Entry in New Mexico.
He pleaded guilty to using a telephone to facilitate the distribution of marijuana.
During sentencing, US District Judge Philip Brimmer noted his lack of criminal history and limited role in drug distribution.
The Mennonite community in Chihuahua dates to the 1920s, when thousands of Mennonites moved from Canada to northern Mexico to preserve a way of life rooted in farming and objection to military service.
Now it is looking a lot like political persecution!
They continue to farm and ranch in isolated communities.
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"US judge sentences cartel lieutenant to 22 years" Associated Press November 25, 2014
CHICAGO — A US judge sentenced a reputed lieutenant of captured Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to 22 years in prison Monday for his role in a $1 billion trafficking conspiracy, saying the stiff sentence should send a message to traffickers everywhere.
Alfredo Vasquez-Hernandez, 59, stood unmoving in a Chicago courtroom, listening through a Spanish-speaking interpreter as Chief US District Judge Ruben Castillo’s tone became more stern.
‘‘I tell you on behalf of all citizens of Chicago . . . we are tired of this drug trafficking,’’ he said.
The case is regarded as one of the US government’s most important against Mexican cartels. Guzman is jailed in Mexico and Mexican authorities haven’t said whether they may extradite him to Chicago.
Minutes before the sentence was imposed, a deferential Hernandez said he wanted to apologize.
‘‘I ask you for forgiveness and for you to have pity on me,’’ he told the judge.
Defense attorney Paul Brayman had asked that Castillo impose no more than the mandatory minimum 10-year sentence, saying ‘‘anything more . . . is a death sentence’’ for his client. Hernandez pleaded guilty this year to possessing heroin and cocaine with intent to distribute.
After the hearing, Hernandez’s 43-year-old son, Gabriel Vasquez, said the punishment was too harsh. ‘‘He’s not the monster that everyone says he is,’’ an emotional Vasquez said. ‘‘He’s a family man.’’
Prosecutors relied on two Sinaloa cartel associates-turned-government witnesses, Pedro and Margarito Flores, to paint Hernandez as a close friend of Guzman who used his logistical skills to ship tons of drugs by train from Mexico to Chicago, concealed in cargo.
Prosecutors say the Flores brothers cut deals with Guzman, Hernandez, and others to distribute drugs in several cities.
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Related: Accused Mexican drug boss pleads not guilty
"The identification confirmed what Murillo Karam told parents in November: the students rounded up in a conflict with police had been killed and incinerated by a drug gang. Horror, hope, and the lack of positively identified remains, led parents to discount the story, saying they would keep searching and expected to find them alive."
I have a confession to make.... something missing there.
Did you see my point?
