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Fort Stockton sweep latest area drug bust June 14th, 2012 under Top Stories FORT STOCKTON – Federal, state and local law enforcement on Thursday, June 7 arrested 24 Fort Stockton residents including alleged ringleader Noe Torres “Prieto” Ortega in connection with a cocaine distribution operation, said United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit. All of the defendants are charged in a 27-count federal grand jury indictment returned on May 17 and unsealed last week by U.S. Magistrate Judge Dwight Goains. The indictment charges all of the defendants with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. Other charges in the indictment include distribution of a controlled substance in a school/playground zone, namely Rocket Park and Fort Stockton Intermediate School; possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance; use of a communication facility (phone) in a felony drug offense; and, maintaining a drug-involved premises. Law enforcement authorities this year have staged drug sweeps in Alpine, Presidio and Odessa-Midland and arrested dozens of suspects.. “DEA and our federal, state and local law enforcement partners are working together to have a positive impact at the local level. Together, we are taking these drug dealers off the streets and depriving them of the opportunity to further engage in criminal activity, which has adversely affected the quality of life in this region. We are sending a strong and unified message that drug dealing, at all levels, will not be tolerated, and, in turn, we are making our communities safer,” said Arabit. Upon conviction of the drug conspiracy count, the defendants face between ten years and life in federal prison. All of the defendants remain in federal custody at this time. This investigation was conducted by agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration Alpine Resident Office Multi-Agency Task Force (MTF) comprised of agents from DEA, United States Border Patrol, Pecos County Sheriff’s Office, Brewster County Sheriff’s Office, Alpine Police Department, and the Texas Department of Public Safety – Criminal Investigation Division as well as members of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Presidio and Alpine and the Fort Stockton Police Department. The United States Marshals Service, along with Special Response Teams from the Texas Department of Public Safety and the City of Pecos, also assisted with the arrests. This matter is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Monty Kimball. The defendants are Noe “Prieto” Torres Ortega, Justin Ray Holguin, Guadalupe “Lupe” Hernandez Granado, Alexander Jon Pillado, Juan Isidro Vasquez, Veronica Colomo Holguin, Maria Elida Colomo, Omar Colomo, Samuel Lee Holguin, Adan Ljuan Villegas aka Hamburger, Joseph Aaron Benavidez, Geomar Calderon, Sandra Martinez Quintela, Patricio Dominguez Primera, Georgina Jimenez, Salvador Luna Chacon, Sonya Galvan Sheehan. _____________________________________________________________________ Maria Elida Colomo was the head nurse of the surgical unit at the local hospital. Locals say her mattress in her mansion was full of 100.00 bills. |
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Sojourning_Soul
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“DEA and our federal, state and local law enforcement partners are working together to have a positive impact at the local level. Together, we are taking these drug dealers off the streets and depriving them of the opportunity to further engage in criminal activity, which has adversely affected the quality of life in this region. We are sending a strong and unified message that drug dealing, at all levels, will not be tolerated, and, in turn, we are making our communities safer,” said Arabit. It seems to me that legalization and repealing prohibition would do a much better job of that than the possibility of raiding the wrong house, killing innocent civilians, risking communities to violence, and creating the very problems the taxpayer is put on the hook to battle, driving up prices and the lucrative monetary nature by keeping it illegal..... would do a much better job EVERYWHERE not just in one single community! Eliminating the "cause" eliminates the problem! Remove the tax burden, instead creating a tax base, remove the profits, and you remove the incentive! It's NOT rocket science! |
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“DEA and our federal, state and local law enforcement partners are working together to have a positive impact at the local level. Together, we are taking these drug dealers off the streets and depriving them of the opportunity to further engage in criminal activity, which has adversely affected the quality of life in this region. We are sending a strong and unified message that drug dealing, at all levels, will not be tolerated, and, in turn, we are making our communities safer,” said Arabit. It seems to me that legalization and repealing prohibition would do a much better job of that than the possibility of raiding the wrong house, killing innocent civilians, risking communities to violence, and creating the very problems the taxpayer is put on the hook to battle, driving up prices and the lucrative monetary nature by keeping it illegal..... would do a much better job EVERYWHERE not just in one single community! Eliminating the "cause" eliminates the problem! I posted about Fort Stockton cuz I used to live there. It's a very small community. Most all long-timers are related. The last time anything big happened there was last year when a friend sliced and diced his wife in front of where she worked. He was probably one of their customers. Time before that was some 15 years ago a dude disappeared. They found him in a deserted well shaft. A couple years ago, they finally came up with 3 suspects. All long-time locals. |
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“DEA and our federal, state and local law enforcement partners are working together to have a positive impact at the local level. Together, we are taking these drug dealers off the streets and depriving them of the opportunity to further engage in criminal activity, which has adversely affected the quality of life in this region. We are sending a strong and unified message that drug dealing, at all levels, will not be tolerated, and, in turn, we are making our communities safer,” said Arabit. It seems to me that legalization and repealing prohibition would do a much better job of that than the possibility of raiding the wrong house, killing innocent civilians, risking communities to violence, and creating the very problems the taxpayer is put on the hook to battle, driving up prices and the lucrative monetary nature by keeping it illegal..... would do a much better job EVERYWHERE not just in one single community! Eliminating the "cause" eliminates the problem! I posted about Fort Stockton cuz I used to live there. It's a very small community. Most all long-timers are related. The last time anything big happened there was last year when a friend sliced and diced his wife in front of where she worked. He was probably one of their customers. Time before that was some 15 years ago a dude disappeared. They found him in a deserted well shaft. A couple years ago, they finally came up with 3 suspects. All long-time locals. http://www.kentontimes.com/headlines/25-charged-in-roundup/ This is less than 3% of the amount of drug users in our community of 8250 people. The people chose to use drugs. The Federal government is the enemy of the people, and the primary drug traffickers. |
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