tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50787552024-03-13T06:38:41.204-07:00In 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.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger323125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-47823384978317548292013-09-30T11:30:00.000-07:002013-09-30T11:30:07.447-07:00THE ENDLESS CYCLE OF CRIMINAL DYNASTIESLast week we heard that the Feds and local coppers took down something like 130 Orange County Surenos. The haul apparently included some senior shot callers, Associates and street soldiers as well as female auxiliaries who might just as well be considered Associates. The use of females as enablers and facilitators is nothing new, but in recent years it seems the Carnales have been relying more Unknownnoreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-79914605645980269382013-09-24T12:20:00.001-07:002013-09-24T12:20:22.131-07:00IN FLORENCIA, PAISAS ARE A TAX-FREE ZONEThanks to an email from a loyal reader, we were made aware of a kite that Tablas Castellanos sent to Florencia. Apparently, a reporter for KQED in San Francisco got a copy of the kite and put it online.
Here's the link if you're curious:
http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2013/09/17/111570/secret-letter-from-mexican-mafia-gang-leader-to-la-street-gangs
There's some interesting information for the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-22245416711298445352013-09-19T14:25:00.000-07:002013-09-19T14:25:10.724-07:00FIRST A TRICKLE, NOW A FLOODA few weeks ago I was a guest on a nationally syndicated radio show. I was asked to comment on the usual topics - street gangs, crime, cops and prison gangs. One of the topics was the Mexican Cartels. There had been something on the news about a Cartel bust south of border. I happened to mention to the host that some Cartels were operating right here on our side of the border. And her reaction Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-39289270755755168922013-08-31T08:37:00.000-07:002013-08-31T08:37:31.566-07:00HUNGER STRIKE OR NOT?The so-called California prison hunger strike is now into its seventh week and nobody has yet to land in the hospital. According to stories in the LA Times and other sources, the "hunger strikers" are only ingesting Gatorade. This is laughable. Unless they're getting food from sources other than the prison kitchen, the handful of strikers should be dead by now. The accepted time table is that youUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-44580810519562600352013-08-29T12:04:00.002-07:002013-08-29T12:04:38.898-07:00SO IS IT LEGAL OR NOT?Adding more confusion to an already confusing issue, Attorney General Holder issued a memo to his local AGs on recreational and medical marijuana use. Basically, it gives local AGs the option of prosecuting if they feel that local pot laws are not being enforced. There's also some curious wording about what will NOT trigger a Federal prosecution. The two items are the amount of money changing Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-74540334966041084962013-08-27T10:05:00.000-07:002013-08-27T10:05:36.324-07:00THUG COPS, GUNS AND LIQUORThe poisonous thug culture seems to have no boundaries. The LA Times reported today that some campers at Prado Regional Park in Chino got into a boozed up argument over loud music or something and then started popping rounds. Some reports say they shot at each other. Others say they shot into the air. The shooters on both sides of the argument turned out to be off-duty LA County Sheriff's Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-45331574878191816722013-08-24T14:01:00.001-07:002013-08-24T14:01:28.909-07:00POMONA: CLASH OF THE GANGSIf you've been keeping your ear to the ground, you've no doubt heard that the murder rate in Pomona is heading upward. The LA Times and other local papers have covered this but none have so far gotten close to what's happening.
Be advised that this comes from two separate sources and not something I pulled out of my bag of speculation. When I speculate, I let you know that.
From someone who Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-77392890354513272862013-08-20T08:41:00.003-07:002013-08-20T09:46:10.293-07:00LAST OF THE ARELLANO FELIX SENTENCEDYou might have read that Eduardo Arellano Felix was just sentenced to 15 years in the Feds for his role as money launderer for the AFO. A full on medical doctor, he was responsible for administering the finances of the AFO. So what's next?
If history is any indication of the future, he'll land in Florence or Sandstone and join the other DTO operators, Jihadi terrorists, Mafia bosses and, of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-81781716075318606852013-08-14T23:13:00.000-07:002013-08-14T23:13:11.344-07:00TO THE FAITHFULYeah, you can say we're back on the air after a long absence. Back channel queries have asked what the hell we've been up to. Simple. Working on the next book. And a documentary. And a film project. And a few other things that frankly have made us personae non grata among law enforcement, local and state prosecutors and numerous politicians. Apparently, the mainstream media doesn't ask the sort Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-36547130725303596912013-08-14T22:32:00.003-07:002013-08-14T22:32:32.747-07:00WE WARNED YOU.Way back in old days (I think what would be 2009) this blog raised the issue that our home-grown prison gang (the Eme) was making deals and arrangements with Mexican Drug Cartels. This was based on some threads of evidence that we came across combined with common sense predictions.
It appears we were once again prescient and way ahead of the curve. It's not like we created Cold Fusion or Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-79597843806052096112013-08-06T17:20:00.001-07:002013-08-06T17:20:27.746-07:00BACK IN THE SADDLE. FOR NOW.
Hey all. Been a while.
This is a test. More to come.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-8799796768006199432013-08-06T17:17:00.000-07:002013-08-06T17:17:48.025-07:00
WHADDAYA MEAN BY LEGAL?
In the last few months I've been pulling together information on the Cannabis issue. It's clear that attitudes have change since the Woodstockers and 60s hipsters starting using the weed for fun and to make various statements about personal freedom, government intrusion into private affairs and the possibility of a shortcut to the expansion of consciousness. A lot of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-31005547553107555392011-04-16T10:24:00.000-07:002011-04-16T10:24:46.623-07:00GUEST LECTURER.
Every so often we get exchanges in the COMMENTS section that deserve a more prominent place on this blog. In the past, we've had priceless info from Tijuana Jailer and several others and I gave them the big platform. This is another one of those bits of info that cries out for a prominent place. The following is a response from Pepsi Man - don't ask, I don't know who he is - butUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-54229382058426848172011-02-15T18:09:00.000-08:002011-02-15T18:09:35.445-08:00NEW BOOK FOR THE LIBRARY
Since dropping out of the Mexican Mafia, Rene Enriquez hasn't just quit the life. He's launched himself on a mission to help dismantle the organization to which he devoted his entire adult life. He's testified against his former brothers, collaborated on a book with LA TV journalist Chris Blatchford (The Black Hand), attended law enforcement conferences as a speaker Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-65455601162123508702010-11-21T10:51:00.000-08:002010-11-21T10:51:38.766-08:00WHERE THE GUNS COME FROM.
The conventional wisdom is that the Mexican Cartels get their guns from the U.S. The usual culprits are gun shows, sleazy gun dealers who knowingly sell to "straw" buyers and, of course, guns stolen in the U.S. in the course of burglaries.
The usual number we hear is that 90% of the guns confiscated in Mexico can be traced back to the U.S. The truth is, that of all theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-23831532698363003152010-09-24T15:19:00.000-07:002010-09-24T15:19:17.750-07:00L.A. TIMES NOT SO SURE ON POT LEGALIZATION.
In an editorial yesterday, the L.A. Times came out against legalizing Cannabis - at least as the law is currently consituted in Prop. 19. The Times focused on two major points. One, is that Prop. 19 would leave regulation to individual counties and towns. The confusion that would follow is obvious; what's legal in L.A. County would not be legal in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-51169875187879728102010-09-23T18:24:00.000-07:002010-09-23T18:24:50.213-07:00L.A. SEES RECORD LOW HOMICIDE RATES.
According to the L.A. Times, the LAPD reports that Los Angeles is on track to record the lowest homicide rates in decades. Compared to 1992 when homicides reached 1,200 for the year, 2010 looks like it's on track to record somewhere around 300.
This is frankly astonishing. For one, it flies in the face of conventional wisdom that says a bad economic climate Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-28933556970356485112010-09-22T23:34:00.000-07:002010-09-22T23:34:30.066-07:00WHO WANTS POT LEGALIZED?
The issue legal pot seems to morph with every headline. Just when you think you've got a handle on it, something pops up from left field and forces the thinking person to re-evaluate his position or question the very premises on which that position was based.
When the issue first became public discourse, the players, advocates and opponents were fairly well established.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-56826659533047661192010-09-11T13:31:00.000-07:002010-09-11T13:31:05.384-07:00AU CONTRAIRE, SAYS OBAMA.
She says "insurgency." He says "not so fast, Mrs. Secretary." Our last post articulated Hillary Clinton's position on the MEXTEL (our term for Mexican Drug Cartel) violence. She correctly called it an insurgency. Naturally, any accurate statement made with regard to anything in Mexico is met with a blowtorch of backlash and "how dare you?" posturing from the ruling Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-12853452059264151082010-09-09T08:45:00.000-07:002010-09-09T08:45:06.052-07:00STATE DEPT. FINALLY GETS ON BOARD.
Today's LA TIMES delivers the earth shattering news that the criminal situation in Mexico is an "insurgency." This term comes from the lips of none other than the woman with her finger on the pulse of world affairs - Hilary Clinton. She finally came around to that startling conclusion almost four years after those words were uttered by this blog. I said as Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-70266096440484500672009-11-17T10:18:00.000-08:002009-11-17T10:18:53.663-08:00ROLO FINDS U.S. JAIL SAFER THAN LIVING IN MEXICO.
After eleven years living and operating in Mexico, Rolando "Rolo" Ontiveros slipped back across the border in February and immediately started turning the heads of people who know him. It was only a matter of time before street intel would bring him to LE attention.
For those familiar with the Shady Detevis, Chuy Martinez, Stranger Turscak Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078755.post-48020058407931259392009-11-17T09:43:00.000-08:002009-11-17T09:43:20.909-08:00CARTELS AND OTHER CRIMINAL ORGS SCORE A WIN.
The politicians in charge of our lives in Los Angeles handed every smuggler and dope dealer carte blanche to continue doing business. It's clear that the camel got his nose under the tent and slid his whole body into your sleeping bag.
What we heard yesterday was nothing that will impose any kind of control mechanism to determine where the cannabis Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag: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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag: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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag: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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0