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El Paso|
A group of minutemen watching the Mexican Border for illegal migrants and drug traffickers, have proceeded to the citizen arrest of two men in an SUV, carrying 1300 pounds of cocaine. The volunteers were completely astonished when the two arrestees pulled out CIA ID cards and explained they were actually carrying the drug as part of their duties and that the cargo belonged to the Central Intelligence Agency.
The incident took place last night, in the Chihuahuan desert, near the Texan city of El Paso. A group of seven minutemen saw a large black SUV drive rapidly across the border. They chased the vehicle in their own trucks and achieved to immobilize it after a chase of more than 15 miles.
The vigilantes arrested the two men on board and called the border patrol, who proceeded to search the vehicle. They discovered dozens of packages of cocaine, totaling an incredible 618.4 kilograms (1363 pounds).
The search of the vehicle revealed 36 packages of cocaine, all marked with the symbol of the Sinaloa Cartel, representing a black scorpion.
The two men claim to be CIA operatives based in Mexico and explained that the drug was actually part of an operation of the agency. They presented identity cards that seem to validate their claim, but the CIA spokesperson, Dean Boyd, has officially denied any link between the organization and the two men.
The CIA doesnt take part in drug smuggling operations at the US-Mexican border said M. Boyd. I do not know, for now, if the men are actually affiliated to the agency in any way, but I can tell you the cocaine doesnt belong to the CIA. (Ollie North should be rofl by now!)
Both the border patrol officers and minutemen seem unconvinced, however, and many of them seem to believe that the secret service agency is hiding something. The U.S. custom services have even announced a thorough investigation to try and verify the two mens story.
Both of them had valid accreditations and a receipt for their cargo says Shawn Francis Miller, spokesman of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the El Paso sector. What drug dealer in his right mind, demands a receipt for 1300 pounds of cocaine? There is really something strange about these guys, and we believe the CIA possibly knows more than what it is ready to admit.
The custom services have confirmed that the two men, who cant be identified due to the Intelligence Identities and Protection Act of 1982, did carry valid CIA identifications and that the vehicle was indeed registered as a service vehicle of the organization.
The two men remain under the custody of the custom services at the moment, and are still being interrogated in a facility near El Paso. They are facing charges of possessing, trafficking and importing illegal drugs, and could face other criminal charges once the investigation is over.
Both the FBI and the DEA have announced that they would collaborate with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection on this case, which as already attracted a lot of attention in Southern Texas.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)This source seems totally legit.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Let's see now; Panama, Afghanistan, Golden Triangle, for sure-but not Mexico.
951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)Is this for real?
progressoid
(50,638 posts)A team of canadian oil prospectors had the scare of their life when one of the local guides sighted Mbokolokolo, a mythical creature living in the jungle region of Gashaka Gumti National Park, near the border of Cameroon. Weird thing is the whole team had a chance to get a glimpse of the odd creature resembling a brontosaurus of some sort. One of the team members even had the luck of taking a cellphone snapshot of the beast before it rushed back into the jungle.
951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)Any conversation surrounding the CIA and shady cocaine deals is a worthwhile discussion.
TYY
lapfog_1
(29,949 posts)might as well be the Onion.
If the CIA was bringing tons of cocaine across the border, do you really think they would DRIVE it across? Really?
They have planes... and they (unlike the drug lords) can avoid the FBI and DEA. No problem.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)Front page we have the amazing story about the 40 pound baby born!
A 600-pound woman has given birth to a 40-pound baby at Perths King Edward Memorial Hospital, a record breaking weight that could possibly make the newborn the largest baby ever born, reports the Western Australian Herald this morning.
or this HUGH story about this poor elderly woman actually really VANISHES during a magic show- FOR REAL!
USA: ELDERLY WOMAN VANISHES DURING MAGIC SHOW
Las Vegas| Margaret Manning, a 76-year old woman from Michigan, is reported missing yesterday after apparently vanishing during a magic show at the famous Casino Royale Hotel. The woman was picked from the crowd to take part in a trick in which the neophyte magician made her disappear, but was unable to make her reappear.
babylonsister
(171,535 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Let's start with the US Customs "spokesman", Shawn Francis Miller.
Find anything he's ever said on behalf of US Customs, apart from this story.
Quite a career he's got there.
olddots
(10,237 posts)Yikes .
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)Cirque du So-What
(27,427 posts)of a mobile home that was carried 130 miles - in a tornado, mind you - without harming its inhabitants. You won't hear news like that from the liberal media.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)clicking your heels three times while repeating "I want to go home" will get you a safe house ride through a tornado.
EL34x4
(2,003 posts)It looks exactly like Jason Bourne's and is available for purchase on-line.
[url]http://www.insigniaspoliciales.com/credencial-cia-el-ultimÁtum-de-bourne-jason-bourne-p-2407.html?language=en[/url]
Something doesn't smell right about this story.
Edit: Can't seem to hyperlink the whole URL. Copy and past into a different tab to see the ID photo.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)just saying.
Photos of the coke,sure, photos of the vehicle absolutely, Photos of the ID, being held by a Public Information Officer... nope, ain't gonna happen.
EL34x4
(2,003 posts)I'm pretty sure that CIA operatives don't carry out covert drug smuggling operations while in possession of ID cards that identify them as CIA agents.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)and the CYA would be in full play as well.
or it works in a link tag:
[div class="excerpt" style="margin-left:1em; border:1px solid #bfbfbf; border-radius:0.4615em; box-shadow:-1px -1px 3px #bfbfbf inset;"][link:http://www.insigniaspoliciales.com/credencial-cia-el-ultimÁtum-de-bourne-jason-bourne-p-2407.html?language=en|Jason Bourne's CIA identification badge]
Jason Bourne's CIA identification badge
EL34x4
(2,003 posts)I was using url and /url in brackets.
Still learning this place!
hack89
(39,179 posts)looks like a legit source to me!
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)KamaAina
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stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Both rags view the truth as an unnecessary inconvenience.
TheNutcracker
(2,104 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)What does your ad-hominem have to do with the content of the OP?
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)in post #42 to supposedly bolster your point?
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)sold them to poor kids to support the Iran Contra plans in the raygun years?
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)For a spokesman, he never seems to have done any speaking except in connection with this story.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Shawn+Francis+Miller+U.S.+Customs+&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
A "group of minutemen", eh?
Did they have names too? You know, the people who were directly involved and interviewed by the reporter?
"Both the FBI and the DEA have announced..." - they must have made this "announcement" pretty quietly.
What bullshit.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/wikileaks-documents-reveal-apollo-program-was-a-fraud-moon-landings-never-happened/
You get your news from this site?
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)They get this nugget every so often in circulation. This time around, they nabbed CNN, Proceso and Reforma.
They can write better than these guys. These are part of a very large fear cottage industry. Just alerting you.
For the record, I saw it on my FB feed, since I do follow (and subscribe) to Proceso. After the laughter was over, I passed on even running a debunking story of this crap. Another publication did though, but in my mind that was giving them far more credit than necessary.
The story you posted has way too many red flags. The biggest is the photo of the ID. I go to pressers regularly, and I have yet to see a PIO pulling that stunt. If they were CIA, like for real, you would not hear of it. And for the record, we have had the CIA trafficking drugs in South East LA.
https://oig.justice.gov/special/9712/ch01p1.htm
The reporter who went there, his career was destroyed and 20 years later we are finding out he was correct.
KansDem
(28,498 posts)"Cocaine Into America"
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)"Remains of Nazi Officer Discovered inside 100-Year Old Giant Catfish"
"Tornado Carries Mobile Home 130 Miles, Family inside Unharmed"
"Archaeologists Discover Golden Plates Believed to Be Linked to Joseph Smith Jr."
"Former Beatle Ringo Starr Claims the Real Paul McCartney Died in 1966 and Was Replaced by Look-Alike"
You read this shit and believe it?
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)So if I tell you "Everything I say is a lie", what then?
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)...but you put faith in their disclaimer.
The disclaimer says the site is fictional.
But it's a bullshit site.
That means all of the content is REAL.
You have fallen for the Epimenides Paradox.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimenides_paradox
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)You posted the text from their site, which says their site is fictional.
What point were you trying to make?
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)A disclaimer is not an article.
EDIT: Oop, nevermind.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Response to TheNutcracker (Original post)
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snooper2
(30,151 posts)the world does need more true believers though!
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Find ONE other instance where "US Customs spokesperson" Shawn Francis Miller has ever done any speaking for US Customs.
You think he's had that job for a while, just waiting for something to say?
Jaysus.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/disclaimer/
WNDR assumes however all responsibility for the satirical nature of its articles and for the fictional nature of their content. All characters appearing in the articles in this website even those based on real people are entirely fictional and any resemblance between them and any persons, living, dead, or undead is purely a miracle.
Do you know what "fictional" means?
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NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)sufrommich
(22,871 posts)Citing a holocaust denying rag hardly helps your cause.
Veterans Today (VT) is a website that bills itself as a military veterans and foreign affairs journal. And, indeed, many of its contributors are military veterans or veterans advocates from across the political spectrum. VT also offers some information about veterans benefits (lifted from the Veterans Administration) and links to home and other loans for vets.
But start reading the posts, and youll find something else entirely: myriad claims that there was a conspiracy behind 9/11 (Israel orchestrated it, in cahoots with the American government), that the American government is a puppet (of Israel), that the Holocaust never happened or was greatly exaggerated (Jews made it up to manipulate non-Jews), and, most recently, that Julian Assange, the man behind Wikileaks, is a pawn (of Israel).
Notice a theme?
Gordon Duff, the senior editor and chairman of the board at VT, is a prolific proponent of these anti-Israel conspiracy theories, including the Wikileaks claims. Though he does occasionally write on issues and policies that directly affect American veterans (he claims to be a Marine Vietnam veteran), most of his ammo is reserved for churning out articles that claim 9/11 was a U.S./Israel conspiracy and that Israel controls the U.S. government. According to Duff and VT contributors like author and attorney Jeff Gates, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a civil rights watchdog group, and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a lobbying group, are Zionist-controlled fronts for Israeli intelligence operations.
http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/01/06/buyer-beware-veterans-today-and-its-anti-israel-agenda/
TheNutcracker
(2,104 posts)true?
I have a retired fed in my family. I cannot divulge. But this shit goes on all the time. You only consider the source? What research have you done?
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Wow.
FSogol
(46,256 posts)Some folks are pretty gullible.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)TheNutcracker
(2,104 posts)Then how much makes it into our poor neighborhoods, for their dime, even when it keeps them impoverished.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)You understand that the place you cited your OP information from is a satire site like the Onion, right?
Iggo
(48,195 posts)murielm99
(31,378 posts)I must be in a bad mood. It does not seem very funny to me. Why is this on the front page?
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Omaha Steve
(103,075 posts)Fake news source: http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/Fake-News/tp/A-Guide-to-Fake-News-Websites.01.htm
http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/ is not considered credible.
My mistake. Corrected.