AMERICA'S WIDE OPEN BORDERS - DANIEL GREENFIELD - VICTIMS OF MS-13's TERRORISM - 207 MURDERS, COUNTLESS RAPES!

HAVE YOU EVER EVEN ONCE HEARD THESE AMNESTY POLS HOWLING AMNESTY! AMNESTY! AMNESTY.... talk about the crime these thugs inflict? 

CAN WE GET A TOWN HALL FOR THEVICTIMS OF MS-13'S 207 MURDERS?

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February 22, 2018

 

Daniel Greenfield

 

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The unimpeachable moral authority of murdered teenagers somehow doesn't extend to MS-13's murder spree.

 As MSNBC's Joy Reid sneered after President Trump's State of the Union address, “He gives a speech tonight, in which he makes it sound like the biggest issue in the United States, the biggest threat is MS-13, a gang nobody that doesn't watch Fox News has ever heard of. So he makes it sound like they're the biggest threat.”

No one hears about it because the media maintains an embargo on the story. (Yes, we don't have a free press. We have fake news narrative operations controlled by a handful of major corporations.)

Is 207 murders a big threat?

207 MS-13 members were charged with murder. In addition we found more than 100 accused of conspiracy/racketeering, and dozens of others for drug trafficking, sex trafficking, attempted murder, sexual assaults, and extortion.

While most of the reports of MS-13 suspects in our case set did not include information on the immigration status of the individual, we could determine that 126 of the 506 suspects (and 38 of the 207 murder suspects) were illegal aliens.

The median age of MS-13 gang members identified was 23, and suspects ranged in age from 14 to 57.

The median age of their victims was 19, and victims ranged in age from 14 to 74. Sixty of the victims were under the age of 18, including 52 of the murder victims.

120 of the 506 MS-13 suspects in our case set arrived as UACs (Unaccompanied Alien Children), including 48 of the murder suspects.

The location of these MS-13 crimes corresponds with locations of large numbers of UACs who were resettled by the federal government.

Just dreamers with a dream of beheading, torturing and mutilating teenagers. The media can't be bothered to talk about their victims because it's politically inconvenient. Many of the perps are illegal aliens or undocumented beheaders. The victims aren't people they could envision as their kids. And reporting on MS-13's crimes endangers their push for illegal alien amnesty. It also shines a harsh light on the policies of Obama Inc.

But while CNN won't have that town hall, conservatives should. Imagine President Trump hearing more from the Latino parents of MS-13 victims. The media would have to grit its teeth and cover the story.

MS-13 Resurgence Linked to UAC Arrivals and  Lack of Interior Enforcement Interactive map shows MS-13 violence in 22 states

Washington, D.C. (February 21, 2018) – A new report by the Center for Immigration Studies examines over 500 MS-13 criminal arrests, 207 of which were for murder. The gang's resurgence is directly connected to two factors: the resettlement of more than 300,000 Central American youths and families that started up in 2012, and the de-prioritization of interior immigration enforcement that occurred around the same time. In addition, our analysis shows that many of the hot beds of MS-13 activity are also places where local officials have adopted sanctuary policies.

The more than 500 MS-13 arrests were spread across 22 states, but they were concentrated in the areas where many UACs were resettled by the federal government. This influx provided MS-13 with a new pool of tens of thousands of mostly male teenagers from which to recruit new members. According to local gang investigators, these gangs have been known to recruit recently arrived Central American children as young as 10 years old. Jessica Vaughan, the Center's director of policy studies, said, "Failed immigration policies are partly responsible for the rebound of MS-13, and immigration enforcement will have to be a key part of the strategy to combat them. Because so many of the MS-13 members are here illegally, they are more vulnerable to these tactics. If state and local law enforcement agencies are not allowed to cooperate fully with ICE, then they are missing out on an opportunity to put a dent in this gang's strength. In addition, Congress must act to fix our laws to give DHS more flexibility in dealing both with the influx of minors and families and with the sanctuaries." The report provides recommendations, most found in the Secure America's Future Act (H.R.4760, commonly known as the Goodlatte bill), for Congress to combat the MS-13 resurgence. View the report and map at: https://cis.org/Report/MS13-Resurgence-Immigration-Enforcement-Needed-Take-Back-Our-Streets Key findings: We found 506 MS-13 members arrested for or charged with crimes that were reported in 22 states. The largest number of cases were reported in California (92 cases), Maryland (84 cases), New York (80 cases), and Virginia (63 cases). MS-13 crimes are not primarily petty nuisance crimes. 207 MS-13 members were charged with murder. In addition we found more than 100 accused of conspiracy/racketeering, and dozens of other arrests for drug trafficking, sex trafficking, attempted murder, sexual assaults, and extortion. While most of the reports of MS-13 suspects in our case set did not include information on the immigration status of the individual, we could determine that 126 of the 506 suspects (and 38 of the 207 murder suspects) were illegal aliens. The median age of MS-13 gang members identified was 23, and suspects ranged in age from 14 to 57. The median age of their victims was 19, and ranged in age from 14 to 74. Sixty of the victims were under the age of 18, including 52 of the murder victims. We could determine that 120 of the 506 MS-13 arrests in our case set arrived as UACs, including 48 of the murder suspects. The location of these MS-13 crimes corresponds with locations of large numbers of UACs who were resettled by the federal government.

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Further Reading:  No Sanctuary for MS-13 267 MS-13 Members Arrested in Operation Raging Bull A Renewed MS-13 — Courtesy of Obama’s Lax Immigration Policies Trump Administration Cracks Down on Gangs, with Focus on MS-13 Tackling Sanctuaries Recommended Video: What is MS-13? HIGHLY GRAPHIC VIDEO! AMERICA’S OPEN AND UNDEFENDED BORDERS: LA RAZA HEROIN CARTELS CUT HEART OUT OF LIVING MAN AND BEHEAD HIS PARTNER! MEXICANS ARE THE MOST VIOLENT CULTURE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE! http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/01/la-raza-drug-cartel-cut-out-heart-of.html ICE nabs 195 criminal illegal immigrants  during workplace inspections in Los Angeles by Anna Giaritelli  In this 2017 photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by ICE aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants, and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. This week, ICE deportation officers and special agents took a total of 212 people into custody during 122 notices of inspection to businesses throughout the southern California region. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP) Federal immigration agents arrested 195 criminals living in the U.S. illegally during a five-day worksite enforcement operation around Los Angeles Sunday through Thursday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers and special agents took a total of 212 people into custody during 122 notices of inspection to businesses throughout the southern California region. ICE said 195 of the arrestees were convicted criminals, had been issued a final order of removal and failed to leave the country, or had been previously removed from the U.S. and returned illegally. About 100 in that group have been previously convicted of violent offenses, including child sex crimes, weapons violations, and assault, as well as serious misdemeanor offenses. ICE Director Thomas Homan defended the agency's detainment of 27 noncriminal illegal immigrants and said those people were not the target of their enforcement operations. Due to Los Angeles' sanctuary city policies, which bar federal officers from picking up individuals at the jail, ICE is forced to find them at their home or workplace or find them in other ways. "Because sanctuary jurisdictions like Los Angeles prevent ICE from arresting criminal aliens in the secure confines of a jail, our officers are forced to conduct at-large arrests in the community, putting officers, the general public, and the aliens at greater risk and increasing the incidents of collateral arrests," Homan said in a statement. "Fewer jail arrests mean more arrests on the street, and that also requires more resources, which is why we are forced to send additional resources to those areas to meet operational needs and officer safety." The interior enforcement agency conducted 1,360 of these I-9 audits in fiscal year 2017, and carried out notices of inspection at 77 northern California businesses in January and February. Notices of inspection informs businesses that ICE will audit their hiring records to verify employees' hiring eligibility. Businesses receive three days to produce papers confirming its employees' eligibility to work, and if they do not, immigration agents will conduct an inspection for compliance. "Critics argue that giving amnesty to 12 to 30 million illegal aliens in the U.S. would have an immediate negative impact on America’s working and middle class — pecifically black Americans and the white working class — who would be in direct competition for blue-collar jobs with the largely low-skilled illegal alien population." JOHN BINDER "Additionally, under current legal immigration laws, if given amnesty, the illegal alien population would be allowed to bring an unlimited number of their foreign relatives to the U.S. This population could boost already high legal immigration levels to an unprecedented high. An amnesty for illegal aliens would also likely triple the number of border-crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border." JOHN BINDER VIDEO: ‘F*ck All of You!’ California Open Borders Activists Surround DHS Agents http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/16/video-fck-all-of-you-california-open-borders-activists-surround-dhs-agents/ 2983 MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty by JOHN BINDER16 Feb 2018Los Angeles, CA4,234 A group of open borders activists blocked and surrounded federal immigration officials in downtown Los Angeles, California on Thursday, preventing the agents from accessing a nearby detention center. Coordinated by a slew of open borders groups, about 50 illegal immigrant activists stopped a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) van of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while they were on their way to a detention center. The open borders activists shouted, “Stop the deportations!” and other pro-illegal immigration chants, as captured by Los Angeles Times reporter Marcus Yam. “Hey hey! Ho ho! Deportations have got to go!” the activists can be heard shouting at ICE agents. Another open borders activists shouted at Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers, saying “F*ck all you n*ggas!” 20h Marcus Yam 火 ✔@yamphoto Replying to @yamphoto No way out. pic.twitter.com/CJ0ug9MFmo Marcus Yam 火 ✔@yamphoto A single protester is facing off the LAPD despite calls for peace from the other protesters. pic.twitter.com/z39Nes93Zf 9:00 PM - Feb 15, 2018 18 17 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Marcus Yam 火 ✔@yamphoto Activists block an ICE van in downtown LA tonight. More to come. 8:40 PM - Feb 15, 2018 178 95 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy 21h Marcus Yam 火 ✔@yamphoto Activists block an ICE van in downtown LA tonight. More to come. pic.twitter.com/45AJ8qyZJX Marcus Yam 火 ✔@yamphoto Around 50 people are gathered around the ICE van near Aliso and Alameda. pic.twitter.com/I85bHC3TUE 8:42 PM - Feb 15, 2018 97 102 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy 21h Marcus Yam 火 ✔@yamphoto Replying to @yamphoto So far it’s been a peaceful protest. pic.twitter.com/fDugDH3i6G Marcus Yam 火 ✔@yamphoto LAPD issuing a dispersal order but protesters are down the street away from them and it’s barely audible. pic.twitter.com/354w1gONda 8:51 PM - Feb 15, 2018 29 28 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy 20h Marcus Yam 火 ✔@yamphoto Replying to @yamphoto Officially, the protest is over. LAPD dispersing. Marcus Yam 火 ✔@yamphoto Here are the photos from tonight's ICE protest. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ice-protest-20180215-story.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter … pic.twitter.com/2wJr4qGVyR 10:00 PM - Feb 15, 2018 53 35 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Organizers with the open borders groups told the Times that the blocking of the DHS van was to protest the “machinery of deportation.” “The original goal was to really loudly proclaim that we’re not going to stand for ICE destroying families … on Valentine’s Day of all days,” said Rabbi Aryeh Cohen, who is on the board of an organizing group. “When the ICE/DHS van came, our group of people decided it was time to put their bodies in front of the machinery of deportation,” he said. The “open borders” lobby has become increasingly outraged at the lack of immediate amnesty for the 12 to 30 million illegal aliens living across the United States. Last month, for example, a group of activists with the George Soros-funded group “United We Dream” held a mock funeral where they blasted President Trump and conservatives for “killing our dreams” by not immediately giving them amnesty, as Breitbart Newsreported. Critics argue that giving amnesty to 12 to 30 million illegal aliens in the U.S. would have an immediate negative impact on America’s working and middle class — pecifically black Americans and the white working class — who would be in direct competition for blue-collar jobs with the largely low-skilled illegal alien population. Additionally, under current legal immigration laws, if given amnesty, the illegal alien population would be allowed to bring an unlimited number of their foreign relatives to the U.S. This population could boost already high legal immigration levels to an unprecedented high. An amnesty for illegal aliens would also likely triple the number of border-crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border. John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter at @JxhnBinder.  THE LA RAZA INVASION: The Washington-imposed economic policy of economic growth via mass-immigration floods the market with foreign labor, spikes profits and Wall Street values by cutting salaries for manual and skilled labor offered by blue-collar and white-collar employees. It also drives up real estate prices, widens wealth-gaps, reduces high-tech investment, increases state and local tax burdens, hurts kids’ schools and college education, pushes Americans away from high-tech careers, and sidelines at least 5 million marginalized Americans and their families, including many who are now struggling with opioid addictions.   NEIL MUNRO PARTNER WITH MEXICO, the LA RAZA DEMOCRAT PARTY and the PRO-BUSINESS GOP to keep wages for LEGALS depressed (today they are depressed to 1973 levels). But you will still get the tax bills for the Mex welfare state and crime tidal wave! http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-trump-amnesty-partnering-with-la.html “Illegal aliens are not supposed to work, and knowingly providing shelter for illegal aliens can be construed as harboring and shielding, elements of a felony under federal law, Title 8 U.S. Code § 1324.”   “Where aliens and jobs are concerned, even many categories of nonimmigrant aliens (temporary visitors) including aliens who lawfully enter under the Visa Waiver Program or with tourist visas may not work in the United States and immediately become subject to removal (deportation) if they seek gainful employment.”  ----MICHAEL CUTLER – FRONTPAGE mag NumbersUSA’s Rosemary Jenks:  E-Verify Ignored in DACA Negotiations Because ‘Members  of Congress Know It Will Work’ http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2018/01/23/rosemary-jenks-establishment-republicans-dont-want-e-verify-know-will-work/ by ROBERT KRAYCHIK23 Jan 2018 Members of Congress broadly oppose a legislative nationwide E-Verify mandate for employers because “they know it will work,” said NumbersUSA’s Rosemary Jenks, explaining why E-Verify is not being pushed in congressional negotiations for an amnesty deal for recipients of the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Jenks further noted that both parties are beholden to special interests supportive of “mass migration.” Trump 'Thinking About' Punishing California for Sanctuary Cities https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/02/22/trump-thinking-about-punishing-california-for-sanctuary-cities-n2452878?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad= Cortney O'Brien | Posted: Feb 22, 2018 1:50 PM   Share (238)   Tweet What's happening in California is a "disgrace," President Trump said Thursday at the White House during a roundtable meeting on safety and security with teachers and lawmakers. The White House has been trying to crack down on MS-13 gang violence, but they've gotten "no help" from the Golden State, the president fumed. California leaders continue to support sanctuary city policies, harbor illegal immigrants and refuse to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. Their rebellion has tempted Trump to leave them on their own and remove his ICE agents from the state. "If I wanted to pull my people out of California you would see crime like you’ve never seen before," Trump predicted. "I could do it.” California would be "begging" the White House for help before long, he said, and he's "thinking about" doing it. While illegal immigration was discussed, Thursday's White House conversation largely focused on school safety after last week's shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. Seventeen people were killed in the carnage. Trump reiterated his arguments against gun-free zones, comparing them to welcome signs for killers. "It is such a target for killers," he said. These people are "cowards," Trump said, suggesting they would stay away from schools if they knew teachers were carrying concealed weapons.   One roundtable participant suggested active shooter drills, which Trump was initially opposed to, calling it a "very negative thing." There was some pushback at other recommendations, but overall the participants seemed thankful that the discussion was being had. Democratic Parkland Mayor Christine Hunschofsky called it an "amazing" discussion. THE INVADING CRIMINALS: A county by county chart:        http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2015/05/someday-is-here-today-democrat.html According to the nonpartisan Center for Immigration Studies, the deportations occurred between October 2008 and February 2015. The three counties with the most deportations during this period were Los Angeles County, Calif.; Maricopa County, Ariz.; and Harris County, Texas. * Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute has testified before a Congressional committee that in 2004, 95% of all outstanding warrants for murder in Los Angeles were for illegal aliens; in 2000, 23% of all Los Angeles County jail inmates were illegal aliens and that in 1995, 60% of Los Angeles’s largest street gang, the 18th Street gang, were illegal aliens.  * ILLEGALS CLIMBING CALIFORNIA’S BORDERS FOR JOBS AND WELFARE: SAN DIEGO … Mexicans (unregistered democrat anchor baby breeders (1,877). In just the month of October 2017 CBP Border Patrol San Diego border sector reported apprehension of individuals from Bangladesh (12), Brazil (1), Camaroon (3), Chad (1), China (16), El Salvador (76), Eritrea (7), Gambia (4), Guatemala (178), Honduras (54), India (101), Iran (1), Mexico (1,877), Nepal (31), Nicaragua (1), Pakistan (13), Peru (1), Somalia (1), and “Unknown” (1) — a total of 2,379 individuals. These numbers are similar to volumes seen in this sector for October since 2012. MICHELLE MOONS "Though he was an illegal alien with a substantial criminal  record and deportation history, Huerta lived in El Paso and  planned several bomb plots targeting oil refineries in Houston and  the Fort Worth Stockyards. He is also alleged to have smuggled  explosives and weapons from the Fort Bliss range and exercise  areas in concert with corrupt US Army soldiers and government  contractors with gate passes at the El Paso base."  JUDICIAL WATCH Illegal Alien in Fla. Drug Bust Deported 3 Times, Easily Reentered Us https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/02/illegal-alien-fla-drug-bust-deported-3-times-easily-reentered-u-s/ A startling drug trafficking case out of south Florida is especially disturbing because the illegal immigrant caught with more than half a million dollars in crystal methamphetamine had been deported three times in three months shortly before the drug bust. A few months after the third deportation, the Mexican national returned to the United States with a partner and a vehicle stuffed with thousands of grams of pure crystal meth. The drugs have a street value of about $560,000, according to estimates issued by federal authorities. The thrice deported illegal immigrant, Saul Bustos Bustos, and his partner in crime, fellow Mexican Irepan Juanchi Salgado, got arrested when they tried to sell five kilograms of crystal meth to undercover Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents in Miami. The exchange occurred in November and this week both men pled guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute drugs. “During the transaction, the defendants, who possessed a total of 3,717 grams of 98% pure crystal methamphetamine, worked together to transfer the drugs from their vehicle to the undercover officer,” according to a statement from the Department of Justice. “Bustos Bustos also pled guilty to illegal reentry after removal, after reentering the United States subsequent to removal on April 13, 2017, July 6, 2017, and July 19, 2017.” It’s not clear how or where Bustos Bustos entered the country after getting deported, but court documents reveal he drove from Atlanta with the drugs as part of an operation based in Georgia and New York. On November 28, the two Mexican men drove to a restaurant in the Miami Dade County city of Hialeah to make the sale. The customer, an undercover DEA agent, followed the drug dealers to a warehouse to complete the transfer and the Mexican men got arrested. Bustos Bustos is scheduled to be sentenced on March 29 and faces life in prison. Salgado’s sentencing date has not been set, but he also faces a lengthy jail sentence for the narcotics conviction. Authorities say his brother, Luciano Salgado, is a renowned meth dealer. Previously deported illegal immigrants have reentered the U.S. to commit a multitude of atrocious crimes over the years, but this one sticks out because President Donald Trump vowed to tighten border security and the violations occurred after he took office. Under the famously lax Obama rules, this type of thing was par for the course. In fact, the former president’s own uncle, Onyango Obama, an illegal immigrant from Kenya, reentered the U.S. and even got a driver’s license after getting deported. Uncle Onyango lost the license for driving drunk and was somehow able to obtain a special “hardship license” from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles even though he wasn’t even supposed to be in the United States and had been removed. Just a few months ago a previously deported gang member was charged with attempted murder and kidnapping in the northern Colorado city of Ft. Collins. The illegal alien from El Salvador, Angel Ramos, was deported from Texas to El Salvador last year after getting arrested for domestic violence. Somehow, he reentered the U.S. and tried to kill a woman by stabbing her repeatedly with a screw driver then running her over with his car before trying to stuff her in the trunk. Ramos is a confirmed member of the violent street gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and is wanted for homicide in his native El Salvador, according to information provided to the media by the U.S. Marshals Service. In November the 36-year-old was charged with attempted murder, assault, menacing with a deadly weapon, kidnapping, domestic violence and criminal impersonation. Back in 2014 a Judicial Watch investigation uncovered that a twice deported illegal immigrant was a key figure in a sophisticated narco-terror ring. The Mexican national, Hector Pedroza Huerta, plotted a Chicago truck bombing with two of the FBI’s “most wanted” terrorists and was deeply involved in smuggling drugs and weapons. The narco-terror ring that Huerta helped operate after being deported two times from the U.S. runs from El Paso to Chicago to New York. Though he was an illegal alien with a substantial criminal record and deportation history, Huerta lived in El Paso and planned several bomb plots targeting oil refineries in Houston and the Fort Worth Stockyards. He is also alleged to have smuggled explosives and weapons from the Fort Bliss range and exercise areas in concert with corrupt US Army soldiers and government contractors with gate passes at the El Paso base. JUDICIAL WATCH: “The greatest criminal threat to the daily lives of American citizens are the Mexican drug cartels.” http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-american-border-with-narcomex.html  “Mexican drug cartels are the “other” terrorist threat to America. Militant Islamists have the goal of destroying the United States. Mexican drug cartels are now accomplishing that mission – from within, every day, in virtually every community across this country.” JUDICIALWATCH “Mexican authorities have arrested the former mayor of a rural community in the border state of Coahuila in connection with the kidnapping, murder and incineration of hundreds of victims through a network of ovens at the hands of the Los Zetas cartel. The arrest comes after Breitbart Texas exposed not only the horrors of the mass extermination, but also the cover-up and complicity of the Mexican government.” “Heroin is not produced in the United States. Every gram of heroin present in the United States provides unequivocal evidence of a failure of border security because every gram of heroin was smuggled into the United States. Indeed, this is precisely a point that Attorney General Jeff Sessions made during his appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on October 18, 2017 when he again raised the need to secure the U.S./Mexican border to protect American lives.” Michael Cutler …..FrontPageMag.com THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS OPERATING IN AMERICA’S OPEN BORDERS Overall, in the 2017 Fiscal Year, officials revealed that a record-breaking 455,000 pounds plus of drugs had already been seized. In 2016, that number amounted to 443,000 pounds. The 2017 haul is worth an estimated $6.1 billion – BREITBART – JEFF SESSION’S DRUG BUST ON SAN DIEGO http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/09/20/ag-sessions-touts-record-breaking-drug-seizure-san-diego/’ THE ILLEGALS’ AND THEIR CRIME TIDAL WAVE! http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/01/michael-cutler-illegals-and-their.html Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute has testified before a Congressional committee that in 2004, 95% of all outstanding warrants for murder in Los Angeles were for illegal aliens; in 2000, 23% of all Los Angeles County jail inmates were illegal aliens and that in 1995, 60% of Los Angeles’s largest street gang, the 18th Street gang, were illegal aliens.  DOJ: Mexican National Allegedly Led ‘Significant Drug-Trafficking Organization’ in U.S. By CNSNews.com Staff | February 21, 2018 | 9:54 AM EST This shipment of methamphetamine, which had been hidden in a shipment of commercial candles, was confiscated by Customs and Border Protection at the Laredo, Texas, port of entry on the U.S.-Mexico border. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo) (CNSNews.com) - The U.S. Justice Department says that a Mexican national allegedly led what it calls a “significant drug trafficking organization” inside the United States. In an indictment filed last July, according to Justice, the 34-year-old Mexican national, Jose Raul Mendivil-Berrelleza, was charged in New Mexico along with seven others for trafficking methamphetamine and cocaine. “The indictment was the result of a multi-agency investigation into a significant drug trafficking organization allegedly led by Jose Raul Mendivil-Berrelleza, 34, a Mexican national who resided in Hobbs, [N.M.] that allegedly imported methamphetamine and cocaine into Lea County from Mexico through Arizona,” the department said in a statement released yesterday. “The 20-count indictment charged alleged ringleader Mendivil-Berrelleza and seven co-defendants with conspiracy, methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking, and money laundering offenses,” said the Justice Department.  “Count 1 of the indictment charged all eight defendants with participating in a conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine and cocaine in Lea County and elsewhere between Nov. 2016 and July 2017,” the department said. “Count 2 charged Mendivil-Berrelleza and Roberto Rendon-Duran, 70, of Yuma, Ariz., with participating in an international money-laundering conspiracy.  Counts 3 through 5 charged certain defendants with methamphetamine trafficking offenses and Count 6 charges certain defendants with a cocaine trafficking offense.  Counts 7 through 20 charged certain defendants with using communications devices to facilitate their drug trafficking activity.” One of the defendants in the case, Jeremy W. Gough, was sentenced on Tuesday to 120 months in prison. “On Dec. 13, 2017, Gough pled guilty to conspiracy and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute,” said the Department of Justice. “ In entering the guilty plea, Gough admitted that from Nov. 2016 through June 2017, he conspired with others to distribute methamphetamine in Hobbs by having methamphetamine delivered to Gough’s residence from his source of supply, which Gough would then deliver to other individuals in Hobbs through the use of couriers.” Here is the full statement on the case released by the Department of Justice on Tuesday: Hobbs Man Sentenced to Ten Years for Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction ALBUQUERQUE – Jeremy W. Gough, 41, of Hobbs, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. Gough and seven other residents of Lea County, N.M., including four Mexican nationals, and a resident of Yuma, Ariz., were charged in a 20-count indictment filed in July 2017, alleging federal drug trafficking and money laundering offenses.  The indictment was the result of a multi-agency investigation into a significant drug trafficking organization allegedly led by Jose Raul Mendivil-Berrelleza, 34, a Mexican national who resided in Hobbs, that allegedly imported methamphetamine and cocaine into Lea County from Mexico through Arizona.  The  investigation, which was led by the DEA and included HSI and the Lea County Drug Task Force of HIDTA Region 6, was designated as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program, a Department of Justice program that combines the resources and unique expertise of federal agencies, along with their local counterparts, in a coordinated effort to disrupt and dismantle major drug trafficking organizations.  During the course of the investigation, law enforcement authorities seized approximately 13 kilograms (28.6 pounds) of pure methamphetamine and 1.45 kilograms (3.2 pounds) of cocaine, a firearm and $19,000 in cash. The 20-count indictment charged alleged ringleader Mendivil-Berrelleza and seven co-defendants with conspiracy, methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking, and money laundering offenses.  Count 1 of the indictment charged all eight defendants with participating in a conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine and cocaine in Lea County and elsewhere between Nov. 2016 and July 2017.  Count 2 charged Mendivil-Berrelleza and Roberto Rendon-Duran, 70, of Yuma, Ariz., with participating in an international money-laundering conspiracy.  Counts 3 through 5 charged certain defendants with methamphetamine trafficking offenses and Count 6 charges certain defendants with a cocaine trafficking offense.  Counts 7 through 20 charged certain defendants with using communications devices to facilitate their drug trafficking activity. On Dec. 13, 2017, Gough pled guilty to conspiracy and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.  In entering the guilty plea, Gough admitted that from Nov. 2016 through June 2017, he conspired with others to distribute methamphetamine in Hobbs by having methamphetamine delivered to Gough’s residence from his source of supply, which Gough would then deliver to other individuals in Hobbs through the use of couriers.  Gough further admitted that on Nov. 5, 2016, he possessed approximately 152 grams of methamphetamine which he intended to sell to other individuals in Hobbs. Four of Gough’s co-defendants have previously entered guilty pleas and are pending sentencing hearings.  Two co-defendants have entered pleas of not guilty and are pending trial.  Miguel Angel Luna-Arredondo has yet to be arrested and is considered a fugitive.  Charges in indictments and criminal complaints are only accusations, and defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. This case was investigated by the DEA and HSI offices in Las Cruces and the Lea County Drug Task Force with assistance from the Lea County Sheriff’s Office and the Hobbs Police Department.  Assistant U.S. Attorneys Terri J. Abernathy and Dustin Segovia of the U.S. Attorney’s Las Cruces Branch Office are prosecuting the case. The Lea County Drug Task Force is comprised of officers from the Lea County Sheriff’s Office, Hobbs Police Department, Lovington Police Department, Eunice Police Department the Tatum Police Department and the Jal Police Department, and is part of the NM HIDTA Region VI Drug Task Force.  The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program was created by Congress with the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988.  HIDTA is a program of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) which provides assistance to federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies operating in areas determined to be critical drug-trafficking regions of the United States and seeks to reduce drug trafficking and production by facilitating coordinated law enforcement activities and information sharing.