9/5/24

I am probably one of the most conservative liberals you could ever encounter. I own firearms and believe in the second amendment (although not the right to possess machine guns, bazookas or flamethrowers) and also believe in a strong border policy that does not reward those that come into our country illegally and break our laws or otherwise victimize us.

I don't believe in giving free mortgages to illegal immigrants nor do I think we should give reparations to any citizens short of maybe Native Americans. It is a slippery slope when you start singling out groups for reparations because every group has been victimized somewhere down the line, from the Irish to the blacks to the Chinese.

It is a nonstarter.

One thing that bothers me is those on the left who deny the existence of foreign Latin gangs and cartels working in this country.

They clearly are.

This week three Columbians were arrested in Temecula after surveillance cameras they had installed were found to be tracking the comings and goings of private residents.

Three Colombian nationals were taken in custody on Tuesday on suspicion of using a hidden camera device to commit a burglary at a residence in the City of Temecula.

The investigation began on May 9, when Southwest Sheriff’s Station deputies, with the assistance of the Sheriff’s Hazardous Device Team, responded to a suspicious device call at a residence in the 42000 block of Drennon Court in the City of Temecula.

The investigation determined that the device planted in the yard was not an explosive but contained improvised video recording components, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.

Investigators collaborated with other local law enforcement and federal agents to identify those responsible for staging the device. Investigators determined four suspects conspired to covertly place the recording device with the intent to commit burglary, according to the sheriff’s officials.

On September 3, a search warrant was executed in the 500 block of Catalina Avenue in the City of Los Angeles, where three of the four suspects, 28-year-old Hames Lopez-Granados, 38-year-old Dany Alejandro Aponte-Abaunza, and 27-year-old Jonathan Sierra-Rincon, were taken into custody and booked at the Cois Byrd Detention Center for conspiracy and burglary.

This sort of "burglary tourism" has been going on for the past several years.

Glendale Colombian Burglary Tourists

Did you read about the Venezuelan gang operating in Colorado? This is an interesting read as well. 

A Denver law firm, hired to look into an alleged gang takeover of an Aurora apartment building, says they found the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang began taking over the Whispering Pines Apartments in late 2023. Since then, the gang has engaged in violent assaults, threats of murder, extortion, strongarm tactics, and child prostitution as they have exerted a "stranglehold" on the Aurora apartment complex. That's according to a letter sent to Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman, Aurora City Manager Jason Batchelor, and the interim police chief that was obtained by CBS News Colorado.

While some residents say the report is overstated, there is definitely something there. The issue of Latin cartels operating in our country is not new and hits home with me. My Glendale Show was cancelled after one of the dealers was followed home and robbed after a show at gunpoint by the cartel in a week in which there were approximately 162 similar incidents in Los Angeles. It is rampant there. And not helped by soft on crime District attorneys like Gascon.

The government has long known about the presence of Latin cartels operating in our country and the problem is only getting worse.

Encinitas has also experienced a rash of "Burglary tourism."

The recent break-ins aren’t the first time Encinitas and surrounding areas have had trouble with South American theft rings. In 2022, the sheriff’s department reported that a South American crime ring was behind a string of North County burglaries targeting affluent neighborhoods in Rancho Sante Fe, Del Mar, Encinitas, northern Poway and 4S Ranch.

According to the FBI, many thieves are believed to have entered the U.S. from South America, namely Chile, on a tourist visa as part of a visa waiver program. Under the program, citizens from 41 countries can visit the states for up to 90 days for tourism and business purposes.

Bleeding heart liberals who deny that any problem exists are not helping anything. You have to have your head in the sand to not see that these cartels are indeed operating and victimizing Americans. I am sickened by their presence here.