Re: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars
I guess we could wonder wether this gun is a six shooter or an eight shot all day.But just remember, Russian roulette is 100% safe, unless the gun goes off. Now I haven't really seen anyone actually blow their brains out all over, but in this case I'm willing to accept that its probably not a great idea to find out first hand. I think an appropriate analogy in this case would be the old saying "You can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking your head up a bulls ass, but I'd rather just take the butchers word for it. '"SS-- Sent from my HP TouchPadOn Jul 7, 2012 7:24 AM, freddie poer freddiepoe...@yahoo.com wrote: It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers.--- On Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.comSubject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug warsTo: "Cavers Texas" texascavers@texascavers.comDate: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article:"In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a "historic bust," in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?..."I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the "historic" meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of "pure meth," as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, "Yes, five kilos." Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not "finished product," and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand?"I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand.--MixonI'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, "The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works." That's when I wake up.You may "reply" to the address this messagecame from, but for long-term use, save:Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.eduAMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org-Visit our website: http://texascavers.comTo unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.comFor additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars
I guess we could wonder wether this gun is a six shooter or an eight shot all day.But just remember, Russian roulette is 100% safe, unless the gun goes off. Now I haven't really seen anyone actually blow their brains out all over, but in this case I'm willing to accept that its probably not a great idea to find out first hand. I think an appropriate analogy in this case would be the old saying "You can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking your head up a bulls ass, but I'd rather just take the butchers word for it. '"SS-- Sent from my HP TouchPadOn Jul 7, 2012 7:24 AM, freddie poer freddiepoe...@yahoo.com wrote: It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers.--- On Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.comSubject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug warsTo: "Cavers Texas" texascavers@texascavers.comDate: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article:"In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a "historic bust," in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?..."I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the "historic" meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of "pure meth," as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, "Yes, five kilos." Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not "finished product," and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand?"I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand.--MixonI'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, "The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works." That's when I wake up.You may "reply" to the address this messagecame from, but for long-term use, save:Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.eduAMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org-Visit our website: http://texascavers.comTo unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.comFor additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars
I guess we could wonder wether this gun is a six shooter or an eight shot all day.But just remember, Russian roulette is 100% safe, unless the gun goes off. Now I haven't really seen anyone actually blow their brains out all over, but in this case I'm willing to accept that its probably not a great idea to find out first hand. I think an appropriate analogy in this case would be the old saying "You can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking your head up a bulls ass, but I'd rather just take the butchers word for it. '"SS-- Sent from my HP TouchPadOn Jul 7, 2012 7:24 AM, freddie poer freddiepoe...@yahoo.com wrote: It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers.--- On Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.comSubject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug warsTo: "Cavers Texas" texascavers@texascavers.comDate: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article:"In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a "historic bust," in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?..."I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the "historic" meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of "pure meth," as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, "Yes, five kilos." Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not "finished product," and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand?"I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand.--MixonI'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, "The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works." That's when I wake up.You may "reply" to the address this messagecame from, but for long-term use, save:Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.eduAMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org-Visit our website: http://texascavers.comTo unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.comFor additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars
It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers. --- On Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com Subject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars
For those of us who live by the boarder we know the problem is real. When there are bullet holes on this side fired from Mexico and gun battles with the Rio Grande in the middle...You believe. Probably 90% of the deaths are involved in one way or another. The problem is when one gets caught in the middle, is mistaken as being involved or they think that you saw something. News reporters that report the facts in Mexico are killed. Even reporters on the US side that live on the boarder are hesitant to really report what is going on. Thus mis-information. I live on the boarder and still do a lot of business in Mexico and I can assure you it is real. I have learned to be very careful and aware of my surroundings. For those not over there all of the time the total probability may be low but in the right place and not knowing the local situation the probability can be quite high. Keep in mind that the growing and manufacturing is in remote areas. Hum...Where are the caves? Bruce Sent from my iPhone On Jul 7, 2012, at 7:24 AM, freddie poer freddiepoe...@yahoo.com wrote: It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers. --- On Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com Subject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars
I just finished an excellent book on the sad situation in Mexico and I recommend it. El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency, by Ioan Grillo. The dusk jacket says Ioan Grillo has reported on Latin America since 2001 for international media, including Time magazine, CNN, the Associated Press, PBS NewsHour, the Houston Chronicle, CBC, and the Sunday Telegraph. He has covered military operations, mafia killings, and cocaine seizures, and has discussed the drug war with two Mexican presidents, three attorneys general, and the U.S. ambassador. A native of England, he lives in Mexico City. El Narco is his first book. Grillo also got out there on the streets, barrios, and prisons and talked to the criminals themselves. There are areas of Mexico where most cavers are not going these days. I have projects in Tamaulipas and Guerrero which are on indefinite hold. I got scared off by things that really happened, witnessed firsthand by me. Bill Steele In a message dated 7/7/2012 7:25:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time, freddiepoe...@yahoo.com writes: It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers. --- On Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com Subject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: _bmixon@alumni.uchicago.edu_ (http://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu) AMCS: _editor@amcs-pubs.org_ (http://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=edi...@amcs-pubs.org) or _sales@amcs-pubs.org_ (http://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sa...@amcs-pubs.org) - Visit our website: _http://texascavers.com_ (http://texascavers.com/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: _texascavers-unsubscribe@texascavers.com_ (http://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com) For additional commands, e-mail: _texascavers-help@texascavers.com_ (http://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=texascavers-h...@texascavers.com)
Re: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars
Y'all should read Charles Bowden. a former running buddy of Ed Abbey. Scary stuff. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bowden And see the flick MISS BALA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Bala I can walk to a curandera/botanica in 10 minutes from where I live in KCMO and get sanctified oil from the patron Saint of the Sinaloa Narcotraficantes, Jesus Malverde. My friends here in KC from Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, and Michoacan say this is seriously bad juju. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malverde There's some great banda music available with this. None of that pinche reggaeton, which is favored by los chilangos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2kcyvrKj9Yfeature=related On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 8:38 AM, speleoste...@aol.com wrote: ** I just finished an excellent book on the sad situation in Mexico and I recommend it. *El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency*, by Ioan Grillo. The dusk jacket says Ioan Grillo has reported on Latin America since 2001 for international media, including Time magazine, CNN, the Associated Press, PBS NewsHour, the Houston Chronicle, CBC, and the Sunday Telegraph. He has covered military operations, mafia killings, and cocaine seizures, and has discussed the drug war with two Mexican presidents, three attorneys general, and the U.S. ambassador. A native of England, he lives in Mexico City. El Narco is his first book. Grillo also got out there on the streets, barrios, and prisons and talked to the criminals themselves. There are areas of Mexico where most cavers are not going these days. I have projects in Tamaulipas and Guerrero which are on indefinite hold. I got scared off by things that really happened, witnessed firsthand by me. Bill Steele In a message dated 7/7/2012 7:25:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time, freddiepoe...@yahoo.com writes: It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers. --- On *Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com* wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com Subject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.eduhttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.orghttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=edi...@amcs-pubs.orgor sa...@amcs-pubs.orghttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http
Re: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars
We're being protected from the truth. The news won't tell us what is really happening. I have relatives who live in Europe. They know more about what's going on in Mexico than most Americans do. Tom Rogers -Original Message- From: freddie poer Sent: 7 Jul 2012 12:25:02 GMT To: Mixon Bill Cc: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers. --- On Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com Subject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
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US English language mainstream news media do not report much about Mexico. But US Spanish language channels do. Watch them, a dozen or so are available over the air. Oh, these channels are in Spanish BTW. On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 9:01 AM, tom rogers decksunlimi...@hotmail.comwrote: We're being protected from the truth. The news won't tell us what is really happening. I have relatives who live in Europe. They know more about what's going on in Mexico than most Americans do. Tom Rogers -Original Message- From: freddie poer Sent: 7 Jul 2012 12:25:02 GMT To: Mixon Bill Cc: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers. --- On *Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com* wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com Subject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.eduhttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.orghttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=edi...@amcs-pubs.orgor sa...@amcs-pubs.orghttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.comhttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.comhttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=texascavers-h...@texascavers.com -- Lyndon Tiu
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It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers. --- On Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com Subject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
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For those of us who live by the boarder we know the problem is real. When there are bullet holes on this side fired from Mexico and gun battles with the Rio Grande in the middle...You believe. Probably 90% of the deaths are involved in one way or another. The problem is when one gets caught in the middle, is mistaken as being involved or they think that you saw something. News reporters that report the facts in Mexico are killed. Even reporters on the US side that live on the boarder are hesitant to really report what is going on. Thus mis-information. I live on the boarder and still do a lot of business in Mexico and I can assure you it is real. I have learned to be very careful and aware of my surroundings. For those not over there all of the time the total probability may be low but in the right place and not knowing the local situation the probability can be quite high. Keep in mind that the growing and manufacturing is in remote areas. Hum...Where are the caves? Bruce Sent from my iPhone On Jul 7, 2012, at 7:24 AM, freddie poer freddiepoe...@yahoo.com wrote: It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers. --- On Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com Subject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
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I just finished an excellent book on the sad situation in Mexico and I recommend it. El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency, by Ioan Grillo. The dusk jacket says Ioan Grillo has reported on Latin America since 2001 for international media, including Time magazine, CNN, the Associated Press, PBS NewsHour, the Houston Chronicle, CBC, and the Sunday Telegraph. He has covered military operations, mafia killings, and cocaine seizures, and has discussed the drug war with two Mexican presidents, three attorneys general, and the U.S. ambassador. A native of England, he lives in Mexico City. El Narco is his first book. Grillo also got out there on the streets, barrios, and prisons and talked to the criminals themselves. There are areas of Mexico where most cavers are not going these days. I have projects in Tamaulipas and Guerrero which are on indefinite hold. I got scared off by things that really happened, witnessed firsthand by me. Bill Steele In a message dated 7/7/2012 7:25:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time, freddiepoe...@yahoo.com writes: It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers. --- On Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com Subject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: _bmixon@alumni.uchicago.edu_ (http://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu) AMCS: _editor@amcs-pubs.org_ (http://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=edi...@amcs-pubs.org) or _sales@amcs-pubs.org_ (http://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sa...@amcs-pubs.org) - Visit our website: _http://texascavers.com_ (http://texascavers.com/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: _texascavers-unsubscribe@texascavers.com_ (http://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com) For additional commands, e-mail: _texascavers-help@texascavers.com_ (http://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=texascavers-h...@texascavers.com)
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Y'all should read Charles Bowden. a former running buddy of Ed Abbey. Scary stuff. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bowden And see the flick MISS BALA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Bala I can walk to a curandera/botanica in 10 minutes from where I live in KCMO and get sanctified oil from the patron Saint of the Sinaloa Narcotraficantes, Jesus Malverde. My friends here in KC from Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, and Michoacan say this is seriously bad juju. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malverde There's some great banda music available with this. None of that pinche reggaeton, which is favored by los chilangos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2kcyvrKj9Yfeature=related On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 8:38 AM, speleoste...@aol.com wrote: ** I just finished an excellent book on the sad situation in Mexico and I recommend it. *El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency*, by Ioan Grillo. The dusk jacket says Ioan Grillo has reported on Latin America since 2001 for international media, including Time magazine, CNN, the Associated Press, PBS NewsHour, the Houston Chronicle, CBC, and the Sunday Telegraph. He has covered military operations, mafia killings, and cocaine seizures, and has discussed the drug war with two Mexican presidents, three attorneys general, and the U.S. ambassador. A native of England, he lives in Mexico City. El Narco is his first book. Grillo also got out there on the streets, barrios, and prisons and talked to the criminals themselves. There are areas of Mexico where most cavers are not going these days. I have projects in Tamaulipas and Guerrero which are on indefinite hold. I got scared off by things that really happened, witnessed firsthand by me. Bill Steele In a message dated 7/7/2012 7:25:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time, freddiepoe...@yahoo.com writes: It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers. --- On *Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com* wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com Subject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.eduhttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.orghttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=edi...@amcs-pubs.orgor sa...@amcs-pubs.orghttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http
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We're being protected from the truth. The news won't tell us what is really happening. I have relatives who live in Europe. They know more about what's going on in Mexico than most Americans do. Tom Rogers -Original Message- From: freddie poer Sent: 7 Jul 2012 12:25:02 GMT To: Mixon Bill Cc: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers. --- On Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com Subject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
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US English language mainstream news media do not report much about Mexico. But US Spanish language channels do. Watch them, a dozen or so are available over the air. Oh, these channels are in Spanish BTW. On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 9:01 AM, tom rogers decksunlimi...@hotmail.comwrote: We're being protected from the truth. The news won't tell us what is really happening. I have relatives who live in Europe. They know more about what's going on in Mexico than most Americans do. Tom Rogers -Original Message- From: freddie poer Sent: 7 Jul 2012 12:25:02 GMT To: Mixon Bill Cc: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers. --- On *Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com* wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com Subject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.eduhttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.orghttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=edi...@amcs-pubs.orgor sa...@amcs-pubs.orghttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.comhttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.comhttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=texascavers-h...@texascavers.com -- Lyndon Tiu
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It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers. --- On Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com Subject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
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For those of us who live by the boarder we know the problem is real. When there are bullet holes on this side fired from Mexico and gun battles with the Rio Grande in the middle...You believe. Probably 90% of the deaths are involved in one way or another. The problem is when one gets caught in the middle, is mistaken as being involved or they think that you saw something. News reporters that report the facts in Mexico are killed. Even reporters on the US side that live on the boarder are hesitant to really report what is going on. Thus mis-information. I live on the boarder and still do a lot of business in Mexico and I can assure you it is real. I have learned to be very careful and aware of my surroundings. For those not over there all of the time the total probability may be low but in the right place and not knowing the local situation the probability can be quite high. Keep in mind that the growing and manufacturing is in remote areas. Hum...Where are the caves? Bruce Sent from my iPhone On Jul 7, 2012, at 7:24 AM, freddie poer freddiepoe...@yahoo.com wrote: It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers. --- On Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com Subject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
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I just finished an excellent book on the sad situation in Mexico and I recommend it. El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency, by Ioan Grillo. The dusk jacket says Ioan Grillo has reported on Latin America since 2001 for international media, including Time magazine, CNN, the Associated Press, PBS NewsHour, the Houston Chronicle, CBC, and the Sunday Telegraph. He has covered military operations, mafia killings, and cocaine seizures, and has discussed the drug war with two Mexican presidents, three attorneys general, and the U.S. ambassador. A native of England, he lives in Mexico City. El Narco is his first book. Grillo also got out there on the streets, barrios, and prisons and talked to the criminals themselves. There are areas of Mexico where most cavers are not going these days. I have projects in Tamaulipas and Guerrero which are on indefinite hold. I got scared off by things that really happened, witnessed firsthand by me. Bill Steele In a message dated 7/7/2012 7:25:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time, freddiepoe...@yahoo.com writes: It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers. --- On Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com Subject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: _bmixon@alumni.uchicago.edu_ (http://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu) AMCS: _editor@amcs-pubs.org_ (http://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=edi...@amcs-pubs.org) or _sales@amcs-pubs.org_ (http://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sa...@amcs-pubs.org) - Visit our website: _http://texascavers.com_ (http://texascavers.com/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: _texascavers-unsubscribe@texascavers.com_ (http://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com) For additional commands, e-mail: _texascavers-help@texascavers.com_ (http://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=texascavers-h...@texascavers.com)
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Y'all should read Charles Bowden. a former running buddy of Ed Abbey. Scary stuff. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bowden And see the flick MISS BALA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Bala I can walk to a curandera/botanica in 10 minutes from where I live in KCMO and get sanctified oil from the patron Saint of the Sinaloa Narcotraficantes, Jesus Malverde. My friends here in KC from Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, and Michoacan say this is seriously bad juju. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malverde There's some great banda music available with this. None of that pinche reggaeton, which is favored by los chilangos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2kcyvrKj9Yfeature=related On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 8:38 AM, speleoste...@aol.com wrote: ** I just finished an excellent book on the sad situation in Mexico and I recommend it. *El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency*, by Ioan Grillo. The dusk jacket says Ioan Grillo has reported on Latin America since 2001 for international media, including Time magazine, CNN, the Associated Press, PBS NewsHour, the Houston Chronicle, CBC, and the Sunday Telegraph. He has covered military operations, mafia killings, and cocaine seizures, and has discussed the drug war with two Mexican presidents, three attorneys general, and the U.S. ambassador. A native of England, he lives in Mexico City. El Narco is his first book. Grillo also got out there on the streets, barrios, and prisons and talked to the criminals themselves. There are areas of Mexico where most cavers are not going these days. I have projects in Tamaulipas and Guerrero which are on indefinite hold. I got scared off by things that really happened, witnessed firsthand by me. Bill Steele In a message dated 7/7/2012 7:25:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time, freddiepoe...@yahoo.com writes: It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers. --- On *Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com* wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com Subject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.eduhttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.orghttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=edi...@amcs-pubs.orgor sa...@amcs-pubs.orghttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http
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US English language mainstream news media do not report much about Mexico. But US Spanish language channels do. Watch them, a dozen or so are available over the air. Oh, these channels are in Spanish BTW. On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 9:01 AM, tom rogers decksunlimi...@hotmail.comwrote: We're being protected from the truth. The news won't tell us what is really happening. I have relatives who live in Europe. They know more about what's going on in Mexico than most Americans do. Tom Rogers -Original Message- From: freddie poer Sent: 7 Jul 2012 12:25:02 GMT To: Mixon Bill Cc: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars It probably is. I still go to Mexico quite frequently and what I have noticed is that what makes the news here, I don't see in the news there, and visa versa. Makes me wonder where this news is coming from and how much of it is true. Meanwhile, I do not know of a single person who has witnessed any of it firsthand. Nonetheless it has been very effective in scaring off American tourists including what I formerly considered brave American cavers. --- On *Fri, 7/6/12, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com* wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com Subject: [Texascavers] Mexican drug wars To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 9:09 PM For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth-lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.eduhttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.orghttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=edi...@amcs-pubs.orgor sa...@amcs-pubs.orghttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.comhttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.comhttp://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=texascavers-h...@texascavers.com -- Lyndon Tiu
[Texascavers] Mexican drug wars
For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth- lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
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For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth- lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] Mexican drug wars
For those wanting to keep up on the Mexican drug wars, there's a long article in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker. I recall earlier press reports that the Mexican army had seized a remarkable about of meth. From the article: In February, the Army announced that it had seized, in a historic bust, in Tlajomulco [Jalisco], fifteen tons of methamphetamine. The street value of that much meth was, by the Army's figuring, some four billion dollars. If true, that would make it the largest meth bust in history. But was it true?... I tried to get to the bottom of a single bust--the historic meth- lab raid in Tlajomulco that confiscated some our billion dollars' worth of drugs. Were the drugs seized really worth that much? Well, no. The more experts I consulted, the lower the number sank. Maybe it was a billion, if the meth was pure. Then was it really fifteen tons of pure meth, as widely reported? Well, no. There had been some confusion. There were precursor chemicals. A lot of equipment--gas tanks, reactors. Maybe it was eleven pounds of pure meth. Eleven pounds? Nobody wanted to speak on the record, but the spokesman for the federal presecutor's office in Guadalajara, a young man named Ulises Enríquez Camacho, finally said, Yes, five kilos. Eleven pounds. The fifteen tons had been methamphetamine ready for packing, according to the Army. But it was not finished product, and there had been only five kilos of crystal. In the U.S., where meth is often sold by the gram, that amount might be worth five hundred thousand dollars. So the reported value had been inflated by a factor of eight thousand? I hope the body count is not off by a factor of eight thousand. --Mixon I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, The things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain to me how everything works. That's when I wake up. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com