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REPORT: FAST & FURIOUS LINKED TO ICE AGENT JAIME ZAPATA
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<h4 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRa9w5DR9-L6kmnlM8wDYHHLlPB4F2ByouR6SGmoynRO9GxpgoAcXYnqq7qF5Ef0S-A7kR2fx4_yDtur0rrafZ_nSzcNH-bH2d6MB144Zuv6iwRV4BN57jQE9bo85JYXwMZNp44EIJLPUS/s1600/zapataambush.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRa9w5DR9-L6kmnlM8wDYHHLlPB4F2ByouR6SGmoynRO9GxpgoAcXYnqq7qF5Ef0S-A7kR2fx4_yDtur0rrafZ_nSzcNH-bH2d6MB144Zuv6iwRV4BN57jQE9bo85JYXwMZNp44EIJLPUS/s400/zapataambush.jpg" width="400" /></a><i><a href="http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2012/06/sipsey-street-exclusive-investigators.html">Sipsey Street Exclusive:</a> Investigators discover I.C.E. Report of Investigation on seizure of Fast & Furious weapons in Texas in August 2010 SIGNED BY JAIME ZAPATA!</i> </h4><div class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"> <i>"The Department of Homeland Security, ICE and the Department of Justice have long denied that the case of Jaime Zapata had anything to do with Fast and Furious."</i></div><br />Congressional investigators permitted to view Department of Homeland Security documents related to the Fast and Furious operation have located and seen an Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Report of Investigation (ROI) from August 2010 describing 80 weapons seized in an arms smuggling interdiction between Phoenix, Arizona and San Antonio, Texas. Of these weapons, the majority (approximately 50) were noted to have come from Operation Fast & Furious in Arizona, purchased by <a href="http://www.grassley.senate.gov/judiciary/upload/Holder-11-16-11-Fact-are-Stubborn-Things-Long-Gun-Reporting-Requirements-documents.pdf">Uriel Patino</a> and Jacob Chambers. The ROI was written and signed by Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Zapata_%28U.S._agent%29">Jaime Zapata,</a> who was shot dead in an ambush at a fake roadblock in San Luis PotosÃ, Mexico on 15 February 2011. At the time of the report, Agent Zapata was assigned to the Laredo office. <br />Two of the weapons found at the murder scene were later traced back to Texas -- One was purchased in August 2010 near Houston on behalf of accused drug dealer Manuel Gomez Barba, and the other in October 2010 by a Dallas trafficking ring that included Otilio Osorio and his brother Ranferi. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/29/family-demands-to-know-if-weapons-used-to-kill-ice-agent-could-have-been-seized/">Much like Fast and Furious, both groups had been under ATF surveillance for many months,</a> although ATF officials in Texas later denied that any gunwalking happened in their state. United State Senator John Cornyn has pressed Eric Holder and DOJ for details on any gunwalking in Texas. So far, he has been met with denials or silence. <br />The Department of Homeland Security, ICE and the Department of Justice have long denied that the case of Jaime Zapata had anything to do with Fast and Furious. The discovery of this ROI by Zapata, "puts the lie to that (expletives deleted) by Napolitano and Holder," according on source who spoke with this reporter on conditions of absolute anonymity. <br />Multiple sources including current and former employees of the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security have confirmed this explosive new revelation in the Fast & Furious investigation. Said one source, "I think (DHS) is covering up something big." He added, "I feel betrayed." <br />At the time of Agent Zapata's death, President Obama declared "The United States will work with Mexico to bring the assailants to justice." For her part, Janet Napolitano avowed: "Let me be clear: Any act of violence against our ICE personnel â€" or any DHS personnel â€" is an attack against all those who serve our nation and put their lives at risk for our safety." <br />One source indicated his frustration that neither DHS nor the FBI have come under scrutiny for what they know about gunwalking operations and the murders of Agent Zapata and Border Patrol BORTAC Team member Brian Terry. <br />Said another, "DHS walked away and pretended that this was Holder's problem," adding "If they didn't know, they should have known." <br />The revelation of the existence of Agent Zapata's August 2010 ROI should serve to bring more scrutiny to Janet Napolitano and her knowledge of gunwalking and the murders of Zapata and Terry, despite her previous denials under oath. <br />According to sources, both DHS and DOJ are "in a deep panic" that "their carefully contrived cover-up is breaking down," in the words of one. <br />Early morning inquiries to the offices of Congressman McCaul and Senator Cornyn for comment have not, as yet, been answered. This is not their fault, as I have had to push up the post time for this article out of concern for being scooped by other news organizations which I know are cognizant of this story. Their comments will form the basis of a follow-up story. <br /><br /><i>(Reporter's note: This may be the most important story I've written this year, and once again I ask my readers to help me get the truth out around the roadblock of the dinosaur media. If you believe that this story is as important as I do, please forward it to your Senators and Congressmen, demanding that they widen the investigations of Obama administration gunwalking to Janet Napolitano and the Department of Homeland Security.)</i><br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"> </h3><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-1503323080300868520?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
LINK: http://rrunrrun.blogspot.com/2012/06/report-fast-furious-linked-to-ice-agent.html
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DID IT HELP FOR MARCHAN'S LAWYER TO PLAY RACE CARD?
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSvEo2_N68kdR6pynZo2hTBE7zbJRjbjW_wfjkSlXQdMjYLv4F7zKo8qwAMmojpOPzfSQIhVphksqY4mKsXP-2NGWIqSLovEa3pxzYxPHz5fMrADeFZpDVlwd601tUVTllc40cgO8nCo/s1600/marchan3.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSvEo2_N68kdR6pynZo2hTBE7zbJRjbjW_wfjkSlXQdMjYLv4F7zKo8qwAMmojpOPzfSQIhVphksqY4mKsXP-2NGWIqSLovEa3pxzYxPHz5fMrADeFZpDVlwd601tUVTllc40cgO8nCo/s640/marchan3.gif" width="556" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>Comment 1:</b> Its the elephant in the room that they do not want to recognize. It is the truth. But as Mexicanos..whether educated or not... they want to continue to have us to the "yesum sir..we will do as you say" The racism has not changed ... its a alive ..just more sophisticated in the RGV. Now we call it "sanctions" for standing up for the Truth.<br /><div> Note: The Black community would have had his ass (Asst. U.S. Attorney Jodi Young) fired long time ago. The mentality that its ok... its only a Mexican/joke. Obama wants our vote but not defend us. I am sure a complaint was filed against this behavior but zero action. There is a "witchhunt" and yes it is a "white" mandate.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Comment 2:</b> A number of years ago a young attorney with deep roots to this community graduated from law school and wanted to return to Brownsville to practice. He approached Federal Judge Filemon Vela for advice. Judge Vela suggested that he change his last name or use a Hispanic last name in order to be successful in Cameron County. That seems to indicate a prejudice (officially and unofficially) by Hispanics against Anglos. This community is about 95 percent Hispanic and Hispanics control the government and the Democratic ruling party. Yet, the Hispanics refuse to take action against corruption....its part of the culture. So, when there is evidence of corruption guys like you Juan bring up the race card; just like Al Sharpton and Rev. Jackson. As long as locals refuse to police the Democratic party and take action against corruption...somebody has to do it.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Comment 3</b>: Using the race card was not only stupid, it was the desperate act of a mamon lawyer. There is no distinction between Brown and White here, both sides have their share of crooks and idiots. (Marchan defense attorney Noe) Garza is simply a racist with a guilty client, and bears no resemblance to lawyers who really fought for minority rights.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Comment 4</b>: The only racist is Garza, for trivializing racism. <i>Bola de mamones son ratas</i>, and we do have them in our Mexican culture as well as in all others.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Comment 5</b>: Corruption is corruption, white, Hispanic, black, etc. We must as citizens look at the facts and determine whether the accused is guilty of the allegations brought forth by the federal government. The jury does not decide if this is a witchhunt and the white guys get off free. The jury looks at the evidence and determines if the accuser is guilty, regardless of color. It is apparent that the defense did not have any evidence to refute what the government had alleged and therefore used the race card. I can only assume that the jury was just, composed and impartial when the facts were submitted to them. I thank the jury for a job well done.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Comment 6</b>: What was the ethnic profile of the grand jury? And the trial jury? I bet I know. <i>Mescalero</i></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Comment 7</b>: Former county employee said...Interesting write up Montoya? Sounds like you agree with Noe Garza on that perception of the government picking and choosing? Bottom line, like one other blogger wrote. "Corruption is corruption and a jury of MARCHAN'S peers found him guilty". Who cares the color of their skin? These are and were elected officials who ran for office to publicly serve. As anyone in public office knows that the purpose of being an elected official is for notoriety, resume, standing and making money. The only problem is that "making money" leads to greed. The problem is that the voter sometimes TOO ignorant to vote their common sense and go with their heart or family loyalty. Thus, this is the result of that chose of vote? Elected officials being Indicted, convicted and sentence to prison. Let's just hope that this will teach those a lesson and prevent this from occurring again, at least in my lifetime?</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-6769829712392873059?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
LINK: http://rrunrrun.blogspot.com/2012/06/did-it-help-for-marchan-to-play-race.html
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DOES THE "C" IN CORTEZ STANDS FOR "CHUECO" OR "CONCHUDO?"
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By <b>Juan Montoya</b><br />For years now, former Brownsville Independent School District trustee Ruben Cortez has been flying under the radar.<br />Cortez, the son of Justice of the Peace Linda Salazar, husband of a BISD elementary school principal, business partner of local attorney Rick Zayas in a lucrative jail commissary contract, and possessing only a high school equivalency education, wants to be one of 15 members of the Texas School Board of Education.<br />After the public furor that erupted over the fact that commissary contract that was awarded without bidding and that his cousin was the chief deputy for the sheriff awarding the contract, there was a call for proposals. Cortez and his partner were again awarded the contract that nets them more than $650,000 a year by a committee made up of county employees.<br />Above all, he is counting on his political contacts to try to beat Celeste Zarate Sanchez, a San Benito CISD trustee and city commissioner with a Master's degree and more than 35 years in education in the July 31 runoff. His slogan? How about "Keeping Politics out of the Classroom."<br /> How's that for chutzpah?<br />So far, he has been able to bamboozle the Texas State Teachers Association, the Association of Brownsville Educators (AOBE) under his crony George Borrego, the Brownsville Unity Council, the Rio Grande Valley Central Labor Council, the mayor of Mercedes, the schools boards of major school boards like those at La Villa, Santa Maria, PSJA, and Monte Alto.<br />Still, Cortez's charm has been lost on more discerning eyes, like those of the editorial board of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times who gave Celeste Sanchez its endorsement calling her the best qualified for the position. In the May 29 election, he trialed far behind Sanchez in the voting. Now he is scurrying to pull votes from his hat (and those of his paid politiqueras) to try to overcome his deficit.<br />It's interesting that in none of his qualifications does he list his education. Instead, he fills up the space with the committees and boards to which he got himself appointed while he was with the BISD. <span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br /> We're sure that Cortez didn't tell those attending his weekend pachanaga at the appropriately named "La Cucaracha Bar" that he is currently named in two major lawsuits as a result of his actions while on the BISD board. One other has already been settled in federal court and the district had to renumerate lost income to the plaintiff and award his attorneys their fees.<br />In the others, he is till pending on civil rights violations like retaliation, rigging insurance bids in favor of his friends, and engaging in conspiracies to subvert the grievance process to fire a superintendent and a chief financial officer who didn't do his bidding.<br />Read what former Superintendent Hector Gonzales says about Pretty Boy Ruben Cortez in his amended motion before a state district court:<br /><div>â€" February 2007: (Ruben) Cortez visited Gonzales and told him he did not want insurance provider Healthsmart as the new insurance carrier for the district. He told Gonzales that he and the other (co-conspirators) wanted Mutual of Omaha, or any other firm in which Johnny Cavazos would be the agent. Gonzales said he would not participate in this conspiracy.</div>â€" March 2007: Cortez approached Gonzales again on the same issue and insisted that Gonzales only recommend one of Cavazos' insurance firms for the upcoming insurance contract. Again, Gonzales refused to join the conspiracy.<br />â€" Dec. 2007 to February 2008: (Rolando) Aguilar Cortez, and (Joe) Colunga met with Gonzales to discuss their "concerns" regarding the upcoming health insurance contract. They made it clear that they did not want Healthsmart, but one of Cavazos' companies.<br />â€" Also May 2008: Cortez went to Gonzales and instructed him to promote his wife to principal of Benavides Elementary. Cortez threatened Gonzales that "if he wanted to remain at BISD as superintendent, he should make it happen. Gonzales said he could not oblige such a request. Cortez responded "we will see what happens." <br />â€" Sept. 16, 2008: CFO Antonio Juarez recommended AAG/Berkley for the Stop-Loss Insurance contract which was not adopted by the board at that meeting. Afterwards, Cortez visited Gonzales in his office and told him he did not like the recommendation and didn't like "being lied to." Gonzales said he would have Tony Resendez, counsel with Walsh, Anderson, Gallegos, Brown and Schultze to look into the matter. Resendez recommended the matter be handled administratively with a warning to Juarez that perhaps he did "not communicate effectively" to the board. <br />â€" Immediately after the Sept. 23, 2008 board meeting: Gonzales and board members attended CUBE convention in Las Vegas and Cortez approached Gonzales and told him the current board did not extend his contract because they were going to "hold him hostage." He also said his job "was on the line" and that the superintendent needed to "prove that he would do as they directed" and to "start proving himself by firing Rendon because that would make Colunga very happy."<br />Further, Cortez said there was going to "be a change" and that Gonzales needed to "play ball with his side" or be fired. He also said that once Zayas was elected, they would have the majority vote and that they wanted the current insurance policy cancelled and a new insurance policy to be awarded to Cavazos.<br />Cortez also told Gonzales they wanted Rendon fired and his contract terminated immediately. Further, Cortez warned that Gonzales "needs to listen to him because they will be in control and all he has to do is do what they tell him to do" because "this was the way Brownsville operated."<br />â€" Oct. 21: Cortez requested a consent item on the agenda related to "apparent misinformation" directed toward board members on insurance contract. Another "superintendent evaluation" was placed on agenda but no action was taken. Aguilar. Cortez, and Colunga all met with Gonzales separately after the meeting regarding Juarez. Each conveyed to Gonzales that they wanted him to fire Juarez for "lying" to them regarding the Stop-Loss insurance contract they wanted to go to Cavazos. They all wanted Gonzales to fire him and then give a recommendation to Cavazos' company.<br />When Gonzales didn't fire Juarez, but instead reassigned him to a grant administrator position, Cortez's reaction was immediate.<br />â€" Upon discovering the reassignment, trustees Aguilar, and Cortez went to Gonzales' office outraged. They both screamed "Why didn't you fire Tony? Why didn't you just terminate him?"<br />â€" In the days and months following this episode: The BISD majority and its co-conspirators tried to procure false grievances against Gonzales in a further attempt to discredit, discriminate against, and terminate him.<br />â€" Sept. 18, 2009: Because of his refusal to stop and/or silence efforts to uncover and expose illegal and other improper activity of the conspiracy, Gonzales was terminated. He further charges in his petition that the conspirators â€" including Cortez â€" "manipulated and created evidence, coerced and intimidated witnesses, gave false testimony, and falsified records to make it appear that the Special Services Department was in a financial mess and in an organizational shambles. Further, the conspirators controlled, corrupted, and manipulated the entire grievance and appeal procedure such that the outcomes of specific and selected cases at the conspirators' choosing, were pre-determined."<br />This is not all. Cortez was also in the majority sued by former Special Needs Department Director Art Rendon, who stated in a sworn deposition in his case (Southern District of Texas 1:10-cv-00198) that:<br /><div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;"><i>"58. On or about June, 2008, Ruben Cortez, a sitting board member on BISD, contacted Plaintiff directly via telephone. He instructed Plaintiff to hire his sister, Linda Aguilar, for summer school employment as a Special Education teacher.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;"><i>59. Plaintiff informed Mr. Cortez that BISD had hiring policies in place and instructed him that the hiring application for the summer of 2008 had already been accepted and processed.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;"><i>60. Cortez sent Plaintiff his sister's application and insisted Plaintiff call her immediately and giver her a job. Plaintiff set up a meeting between Cortez's sister Linda, Ana Lerma, who was a Special Education supervisor, and Dr. Lee Garcia, Assistant Director for Special Services. At the meeting, Ruben Cortez's orders were followed, and Linda Aguilar was given a job for the summer of 2008.</i></span></div>And this is the guy who is running under the slogan of "Keeping Politics out of the Classroom?"</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-2055247124141468008?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
LINK: http://rrunrrun.blogspot.com/2012/06/does-c-in-cortez-stands-for-chueco-or.html
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