tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50787552009-11-16T09:45:54.827-08:00In The HatGangs, crime, cops and politics in Los Angeles. I welcome commentary by interested parties. Comments are moderated so don't waste my time net banging. All correspondence remains anonymous. Send to wallyfay@yahoo.com.Wallynoreply@blogger.comBlogger301125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-62505956365731435822009-11-08T07:49:00.000-08:002009-11-10T16:08:13.923-08:00TWO MASSACRES. ONLY ONE MAKES THE NEWS.
The massacre at Fort Hood this week has made headlines around the world. As it should. Contrast this event, however, to the massacre of union leader Margarito Montes Parra and 14 family members and associates in Sonora, Mexico last week. The Parra event barely broke through the background news noise. The Times and some other big papers covered it but it Wallynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-64819633302019494942009-10-19T10:41:00.000-07:002009-10-19T20:21:42.191-07:00FEDS STIR THE MED POT.The USDOJ is releasing a three-page document that will clear up all the problems local governments are facing with the med pot clinics. The net result will be even more confusion and lack of specificity on exactly what constitutes legal and illegal production, transportation, distribution, possession, sales and use.And where there's confusion, there will be profit.Nobody Wallynoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-61173532139129496562009-10-15T08:52:00.000-07:002009-10-15T09:13:57.329-07:00AVENUES CAN'T STAY OUT OF THE NEWS.Yesterday ICE and the LAPD arrested nine members or associates of the Drew Street clique of Avenues on immigrant smuggling charges. The arrests took place on Avenue 34, in Holtville and Calexico. Clearly, the Guerrero faction of Drew Street doesn't limit its activities to dope and taxation. According to the ICE press release, this group was responsible for Wallynoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-1633056795308404172009-10-09T21:34:00.000-07:002009-10-09T22:17:45.642-07:00I HATE TO SAY I TOLD YOU SO.It should be obvious by now to even my most rabid detractors that this blog does not shoot from the hip. Years ago when I reported that a campaign was afoot to drive blacks out of certain neighborhoods, I was blasted by all and sundry for being everything from an alarmist, to a nutbag, to (according to one former editor of a weekly rag) "having an agenda for inciting Wallynoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-5207759041745186802009-10-08T16:46:00.001-07:002009-10-08T18:27:58.936-07:00STEVE COOLEY'S BUZZ KILL.Well that didn't take long. According to the LA Times, LA District Attorney Steve Cooley just announced that every single medical marijuana store is breaking the law and is subject to prosecution. Obviously, this is going to drive Med Pot advocates insane. Just when they thought they'd won the fight, it turns out victory went to their head. They were a little too Wallynoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-69326178732288567522009-10-08T11:51:00.000-07:002009-10-08T12:28:08.628-07:00LINES BLURRING BETWEEN CARTELS, THE MEXICAN MAFIA AND STREET SOLDIERS.We might start calling them hybrids. Or maybe non-traditionals. Or maybe we can graft the two criminal orgs together and call the new entity a MEXTEL.What we're talking about here is a developing phenomenon that first showed up along the border and making its way into our local neighborhoods. Based on information from reliable Wallynoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-53758315194313690262009-10-05T07:05:00.000-07:002009-10-05T07:09:39.671-07:00LOS ANGELES GIVES DRUG GANGS HUNDREDS OF NEW OUTLETS.Now that the med pot experiment is well under way, it’s becoming clear that the current law has not done what it was intended to do. In some ways, it’s made the situation worse.For years we’ve been hearing from the pro-dopers that the key to reducing drug related violence and take the profit motive out of drug smuggling was – wait for it – Wallynoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-45282640610561899802009-09-24T09:45:00.000-07:002009-09-24T11:11:10.080-07:00AVENUES IN THE CROSS HAIRS. AGAIN.There's probably no other single neighborhood that's been hammered harder than Avenues. This week the US Attorney unsealed a 222-page indictment naming some 88 Avenues, Eme members, Associates and various camaradas for crimes ranging from drug dealing to murder.These are big time RICO charges that can put a lot of people away for a very long time. Avenues is no Wallynoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-49934679053238427602009-09-16T08:55:00.000-07:002009-09-16T09:23:37.580-07:00WHAT'S THE ROLLING STONE SMOKING?For those who keep up with such things, the recent issue of Rolling Stone Magazine has an article on the cartels written by Guy Lawson. He's listed on the masthead as a Contributing Editor.While there were some good things in the article, some of his assertions and conclusions were absolutely the product of bong hits.Here's a link to my rebuttal:http://Wallynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-21415765930978934252009-09-15T10:42:00.000-07:002009-09-15T11:19:04.923-07:00TONY V., THE MAYOR OF CHINATOWN.In a brilliantly researched piece for the LA Times, David Zahniser directed another blowtorch at Mayor Tony V's ethically challenged administration. This time the scandal involves a wind farm and a former aide to the mayor. Here's the link. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-wind15-2009sep15,0,839175.storyThe usual suspects were named, the usual machinations Wallynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-13388132234865335152009-09-01T18:31:00.000-07:002009-09-01T19:30:27.751-07:00PROFILING WORKS.Based on past experience, you'd think that the administration and teaching staff at UC Berkeley would be blowing a gasket right about now. Two of their campus cops, both females, profiled the hell out of Philip Garrido and his two daughters when Garrido walked in to organize a lecture he wanted to inflict on the campus. The two cops said that the girls appeared "robotic" and Wallynoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-21427511434442761172009-08-11T11:26:00.000-07:002009-08-11T12:21:49.234-07:00THIS TIME WE'LL GET IT RIGHT. SERIOUSLY. WE MEAN IT.Once again politicians are reinforcing defeat. According to today's L.A. Daily News, Tony Cardenas and Maxine Waters announced a new bill (H.R. 3526) to "professionalize" gang intervention work and make an effort to make sure that taxpayer money isn't being skimmed, stolen or wasted. You can set your watch by these periodic announcements that "Wallynoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-50165621405259126082008-09-29T13:14:00.000-07:002008-09-29T13:24:29.931-07:00MENDOZA BOOK.Clearly there's interest out there for more information. I've gotten numerous emails inquiring on the availability of Mundo Mendoza's CD autobiography, "From Altar Boy to Hit Man." The only place I know for sure that has it is the following.Ken Whitley & AssociatesP.O. Box 2623 Corona, CA 92878-2623There's no phone number available but the cost is $22 per CD. That includes shipping. Wallynoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-12260212611509388712008-09-28T17:42:00.001-07:002008-09-28T20:13:12.529-07:00ENRIQUEZ BOOK A GREAT ADDITION.TV journalist Chris Blatchford's long awaited book on Rene Enriquez is finally out and it's an awesome read. Second only to Raymond Mendoza's CD autobiography, The Black Hand is the best look we've had so far into the workings of the mob, the vertical integration of the mob with street gangs, Eme and CDC politics and some insight on how the mob can play prison Wallynoreply@blogger.com89tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-17551170606159558502008-08-30T10:58:00.001-07:002008-08-30T13:01:49.588-07:00MEXICO OUT OF CONTROL.As if we needed any reminder that Mexico is about to achieve critical mass, here comes another story of multiple beheadings. Click on the link for the details.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4636533.eceThe Zs carved into the victims is the mark of the Zetas. Look it up if you're not familiar with that group. It's becoming clear that MexicoWallynoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-68225939169374404222008-08-17T10:55:00.000-07:002008-08-17T11:17:43.366-07:00KNOCK IT OFF, WHOEVER YOU ARE.I've been alerted that some assbite is trolling the web, leaving idiotic comments and linking back to this site in an effort to discredit me. Be advised it's not working. This person is laboring under the illusion that the rest of the world is as stupid and gullible as he or she is. I urge you to come out of that dark place where you reside, step into the light of Wallynoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-34401120399194119712008-08-06T19:15:00.000-07:002008-08-06T20:23:18.712-07:00ON THE RADIOIn case you missed it, yours truly was on the local air this afternoon on KPCC. The host was Patt Morrison and I was on with USA Tom O'Brien, head of the Central District of California. The ubiquitous Connie Rice joined in by phone for a short comment. The topic was the increasingly better lubricated cooperation between the DOJ and local coppers. It should be fairly obvious to even a Wallynoreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-69814089624300070132008-07-24T07:17:00.000-07:002008-07-24T08:16:28.831-07:00NORTENO DROPOUT KILLED IN TC.Robert "Huero" Gratton, the Norteno dropout at the center of a massive Federal RICO case against the NF was killed in a traffic collision on July 18, 2008. Diligent students of the subject will remember that the 44-year-old Gratton, a long time NF member, dropped out, flipped and testified against a legion of NF members and associates in what came to be known as Wallynoreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-4802550598422543992008-01-18T05:42:00.000-08:002008-01-18T05:57:00.852-08:00I NOW OFFICIALLY HAVE A STALKER.It appears someone using my names Wally Fay (screen) and Tony Rafael (print) is posting comments on the Mayor Sam website (possibly other places) and trying to make me look like a racist goon. I was just made aware of this and the person who runs that site has promised to delete all comments coming from anyone using those names. I guess you don't need to be as Wallynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-3024904000178528172007-12-06T10:05:00.000-08:002007-12-06T11:42:21.556-08:00YEAH, THIS IS TERRORISM.I've always been cautious about using the T word. And I'll still refrain from applying it to U.S. based street gangs and their associates in organized criminal enterprises. But what's happening south of the border absolutely qualifies as terrorism. The difference between us and them isn't subtle. Criminal gangs and organized groups in the U.S. generally speaking are not Wallynoreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-11314680221981628662007-11-28T08:32:00.000-08:002007-11-28T10:55:40.137-08:00YAGMAN GETS THREE YEARS.Stephen Yagman, the attorney who claimed he didn't know it was illegal to not pay taxes, got three years in a Federal prison and two years of supervised release once he serves the time. As his case proved, Yagman put his money and house in his girlfriend's name, claimed he was broke and then filed for bankruptcy. During the penalty phase, this paragon of morality and Wallynoreply@blogger.com71tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-43950505367751837222007-11-16T07:23:00.000-08:002007-11-16T08:07:12.408-08:00THE YEAR OF THE RICO.This year has to be some kind of record for Federal gang prosecutions. Following on the heels of the F13 and 18th Street indictments we now have a major MS-13 case dropping. The entity behind the MS-13 case is the Metropolitan Task on Violent Crime, a group we haven't seen officially credited with an investigation in a very long time. This was the same group, but clearly Wallynoreply@blogger.com88tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-38481103560064792782007-11-15T07:17:00.000-08:002007-11-15T08:03:28.640-08:00FRANKIE B. - 1947 - 2007.Legendary Emero Frankie "Chivo" Buelna, usually known simply as Frankie B has apparently died by the sword. It was all over Pomona from the minute it happened Tuesday night but we held off on posting it until it became official. He and another man, Enrique Sanchez were shot and killed in Characters Sports Bar on 1st Street in Pomona. Born on 9/29/1947, Buelna rose up Wallynoreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-78581344673659522352007-11-09T09:39:00.000-08:002007-11-09T09:52:24.928-08:00SOME F13 CONNECTIONS.If you've been reading the indictments filed on F13, the observant student will notice some interesting connections. The person named as AC, an unindicted co-conspirator turns out to be Arturo Castellanos, a Mero doing all day. Known variously as "Tablas" and sometimes "Spider," Castellanos is (was) a close associate of Tigger Salinas (Avenues), Salvador "Mon" Buenrostro (Wallynoreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-55180937261545765932007-11-09T07:32:00.000-08:002007-11-09T08:38:34.721-08:00CAN YOU TRUST THE POLS WITH YOUR MONEY?It's ironic that former police chief and current council member Bernard Parks wants to divert that trash pickup tax money away from hiring more cops to providing other city services. When that tax was put before the citizens, we were told it was going directly to hire more cops for the most under-policed city in the country. Parks imperiously figures now Wallynoreply@blogger.com2