Wednesday, October 30, 2019

NANCY PELOSI'S MEXIFORNIA WHERE HALF THE MURDERS ARE BY ILLEGAL MEXICANS

Two Mexican men including one illegal immigrant are arrested for shooting and killing a California cop at a marijuana farm

  • Officer Brian Ishmael shot dead at an illegal marijuana farm early Wednesday
  • Carlos Vasquez Orozco, 20, from Mexico, has been charged with the shooting
  • Romiro Bravo Morales, 22, also from Mexico and who was in the country illegally, has been charged as an accessory to the murder 
  • Christopher Ross, 47, who called to report the theft, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for withholding key information from police 
Two men have been charged with fatally shooting a California cop as he responded to reports of theft at a weed farm in the Sierra Nevada foothills. 
Carlos Vasquez Orozco, 20, a Mexican national, has been charged with murder after allegedly firing the shot that killed Deputy Brian Ishmael early on Wednesday.
Romiro Bravo Morales, 22, who is also from Mexico and was in the country illegally, has been charged as an accessory to the murder. 
Meanwhile, 47-year-old Christopher Ross, who owned the house where the shootout happened and called to report the theft, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after police accused him of withholding key information. 
Carlos Vasquez Orozco, 20
Romiro Bravo Morales, 22
Carlos Vasquez Orozco, 20 (left), has been charged with fatally shooting Deputy Brian Ishmael at an illegal marijuana farm early Wednesday morning. Romiro Bravo Morales, 22 (right), who was in the country illegally, has been charged with being an accessory to murder
Christopher Ross, 47
Brian Ishmael, 37
Christopher Ross, 47 (left), who called to report the theft, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for failing to tell police that he was involved in a dispute with the two men at the farm. Officer Ishmael is pictured right
A fourth man - Jorge Lamas, an American citizen who has been living in Mexico for years - was also charged Tuesday, according to the Sacramento Bee.
Lamas is accused of overseeing a conspiracy to grow at least 50 marijuana plants at two locations in California, including the one where Officer Ishmael was shot.
He was also charged with drug trafficking and firearms offences, the paper reports. 
Investigators say Ross called police Wednesday morning to report a theft from his marijuana farm in Somerset, around 50 miles outside Sacramento.
However, they say he failed to mention the fact that he was leasing the land to the two men and that the trio were involved in a business dispute.
'Had he been truthful with our deputies and the 911 dispatcher, this tragedy would not have occurred,' El Dorado County Sheriff John D'Agostini said.
Officer Ishmael and an off-duty police officer who was accompanying him for a ride-along were dispatched to the scene.  
When they arrived and announced their presence, 'they were immediately confronted with gunfire,' D'Agostini said. Both returned fire.
Police say that had deputies been aware of Ross's dispute with the two men at the farm, 'this tragedy would not have occurred' (pictured, police near the scene)
Police say that had deputies been aware of Ross's dispute with the two men at the farm, 'this tragedy would not have occurred' (pictured, police near the scene)
Ishmael was shot twice during a hail of gunfire - once in the foot and once in the chest, above his bullet-proof vest - and died within minutes. A second officer was also shot in the thigh, while murder suspect Orozco also had to be treated for gunshot wounds
Ishmael was shot twice during a hail of gunfire - once in the foot and once in the chest, above his bullet-proof vest - and died within minutes. A second officer was also shot in the thigh, while murder suspect Orozco also had to be treated for gunshot wounds
Ishmael, 37, was struck once in the upper chest, above his bulletproof vest, and once in the foot, the sheriff said. 
The off-duty deputy, whose name has not been made public, was hit once in the upper thigh and tried to help Ishmael, but was unable to save the officer who bled out within minutes.
Ross, 47, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and jailed on $50,000 bail, records show.
The suspected gunman, Juan Carlos Vasquez Orozco, underwent surgery for gunshot wounds, D'Agostini said. 
He was arrested on suspicion of murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
Morales is charged with being an accessory and is in custody on $250,000 bail.  
Police have confirmed that Morales is an illegal immigrant, but say they are still trying to establish whether Orozco was in the country illegally.
Ishmael was a four-year veteran of the sheriff's office and had worked two years for the Placerville Police Department. He is survived by a wife and three daughters.

MEXICO - A NARCO STATE

The moment Mexican security forces put El Chapo's son on his knees outside his home and force him to call his brother to stop cartel members attacking soldiers in Culiacán gun battle that left 13 people dead

  • The Mexican government released a video of the moment it tried to arrest El Chapo's son Ovidio Guzmán López in northern Mexico on October 17
  • Guzmán López is led out of him home by soldiers and is told to call his brother, Iván Archivaldo Guzmán, to stop the attacks around Culiacán
  • After being placed on his knees, he calls his brother who refuses to stop the attacks launched in response to his brother's house being surrounded 
  • The gun battle left at least 13 people dead and Guzmán López was eventually released by security forces so his brother would end the bloodshed 
The Mexico government has released video of the moment Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán's son was detained outside his home in Culiacán, placed on his knees and told to call his brother and stop a counterattack by armed cartel members on soldiers around the city.
Video of the failed arrest of drug lord Ovidio Guzmán López was revealed by Mexico's Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval on Wednesday — an incident that has embarrassed the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
In the footage, Guzmán is shown surrounded by soldiers with one telling him to call his brother, Iván Archivaldo Guzmán, the leader of Los Chapitos wing of the Sinaloa Cartel, and tell him to stop the gun battle he launched in response to his brother's house being surrounded.
'Tell them to stop everything,' a soldier says as the sound of high-powered artillery rattles away in the background.
'Stop this, stop this. I already turned myself in,' Guzmán can be heard telling his brother on the phone. 
The Mexican government released video footage of the failed arrest of drug lord Ovidio Guzmán López's October 17 (pictured)
The Mexican government released video footage of the failed arrest of drug lord Ovidio Guzmán López's October 17 (pictured)
The son of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán turns himself in during an operation earlier this month in Mexico
The son of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán turns himself in during an operation earlier this month in Mexico 
Soldiers ask El Chapo's son to call off attacks before letting him go
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Archivaldo responded 'no' and shouted threats against the soldiers and their families. The attacks continued and eight minutes later the first wounded soldiers were reported. 
Towards the end of the video, Guzmán begs his brother: 'Please tell them to stop. Relax. Tell them to retreat. But just tell them. I don't want there to be any more chaos, please.'
Later that afternoon, police withdrew from the residence having released Guzmán in exchange for a ceasefire.
Thirteen people were killed in the bloodshed. 
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Ovidio Guzmán López
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (left) defended the decision to release Guzmán (right), saying he was protecting civilian lives
Cartel leader Iván Archivaldo Guzmán ordered an all-out attack on the Mexican military after they surrounded his brother's house
Cartel leader Iván Archivaldo Guzmán ordered an all-out attack on the Mexican military after they surrounded his brother's house 
A Mexican soldier records the moment Guzmán instructs his brother Archivaldo to stop attacking security forces
A Mexican soldier records the moment Guzmán instructs his brother Archivaldo to stop attacking security forces
A cartel member carrying a grenade launcher to fight the army in Culiacán on October 17 after violence erupted over the attempted arrest of El Chapo's son
A cartel member carrying a grenade launcher to fight the army in Culiacán on October 17 after violence erupted over the attempted arrest of El Chapo's son
A body is seen laying on the street after the deadly gun battle. Culiacán exploded in violence with armed cartel members in trucks roaring through the city's streets shooting at soldiers with machine guns
A body is seen laying on the street after the deadly gun battle. Culiacán exploded in violence with armed cartel members in trucks roaring through the city's streets shooting at soldiers with machine guns
Northwestern Mexico was turned into a war zone as a result of a gun battle between armed cartel members and Mexican law enforcement
Northwestern Mexico was turned into a war zone as a result of a gun battle between armed cartel members and Mexican law enforcement
The violence began when members of Guzmán’s entourage hiding in his house opened fire on a group of soldiers who were patrolling the area.
The soldiers returned fire, stormed the house and took four people into custody - including Guzmán.
But as word spread that they had been detained, scores of cartel members descended on the house to save them from arrest. 
They overpowered the 35 soldiers, who eventually retreated without the drug lord. 
Mexico's Security Minister Alfonso Durazo (pictured above during an October 18 press conference) defended the decision to release El Chapo's son
Mexico's Security Minister Alfonso Durazo (pictured above during an October 18 press conference) defended the decision to release El Chapo's son
Ovidio Guzmán López
Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán
Ovidio Guzmán López  (left), along with his brothers, is believed to be a leader in the Sinola Cartel ran by his father, Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, (right), before he was jailed in theUS
A burnt vehicle sat across the street from a soccer stadium in Culiacán, Mexico, a day after armed gunmen waged an all-out assault against the Mexican military
A burnt vehicle sat across the street from a soccer stadium in Culiacán, Mexico, a day after armed gunmen waged an all-out assault against the Mexican military
Dozens of bullet casings litter the sidewalk in Mexico, a day after heavily armed gunmen attacked the military and forced the released of El Chapo's son
Dozens of bullet casings litter the sidewalk in Mexico, a day after heavily armed gunmen attacked the military and forced the released of El Chapo's son 
A video captures the moment cartel members took to the streets with machine guns and grenade launchers in an attempt to stop the arrest of El Chapo's son
A video captures the moment cartel members took to the streets with machine guns and grenade launchers in an attempt to stop the arrest of El Chapo's son
Mexico's Public Safety Secretary Alfonso Durazo said on Wednesday that the aborted operation to arrest Guzmán was a 'hasty action' and a 'tactical stumble' that deserves criticism, but added the government's security strategy is sound.
'What could have become a scene of war and the shedding of innocent blood was resolved in favor of a return to peace and protecting the population,' Durazo said during a press briefing Wednesday.
Critics argued that the government should have anticipated the overwhelming response by the Sinaloa cartel and that by withdrawing they gave cartels a road map on how to avoid capture.
At the same briefing, Cresencio Sandoval said that there was an arrest order for Guzmán López based on a September 13 United States extradition request. 
Mexico's Secretary of Defense Luis Sandoval (right) joins President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at Wednesday's morning press briefing to reveal the video of the moment Ovidio Guzmán López was told by the military to tell his brother to stop an assault
Mexico's Secretary of Defense Luis Sandoval (right) joins President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at Wednesday's morning press briefing to reveal the video of the moment Ovidio Guzmán López was told by the military to tell his brother to stop an assault 
Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán is the co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel
 Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán is the co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel
Abandoned trucks and burning cars scattered along roads in Mexico
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During the attack, videos emerged on social media of cartel members in trucks with machine guns and grenade launchers. Children crouched next to cars and asked their parents why people were shooting.
During the battle at least 51 inmates escaped from Aguaruto Penitentiary in Culiacán. Two were captured.
After his father was jailed in the US, Guzmán, along with his brothers, reportedly become leading figures in the Sinaloa Cartel.
Yet Guzmán is not one of El Chapo's best-known sons.
Archivaldo and Jesús Alfredo Guzmán are known as 'Los Chapitos', or 'the little Chapos', and are believed to currently run their father's drugs empire, alongside Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, the organization's co-founder.