How To Run A Drug Cartel: Book Review/Explanation
Great Read on a subject every American should be concerned about.
As in most “how-to manuals” the counter is found in the methodology of the problem.
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Tag Archives: Drugs
Cartel Corner #96: Columbia’s Cocaine Trade is About to Explode
What Does Colombia’s Peace Deal Mean for the Cocaine Trade?
This is of course going to have HUGE implications in the Southern Border States like my home state of Texas. Stay on your toes gents.
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Modern Crime: The Amazing Story of John Cramsey (The Dude Who Got Arrested at the Holland Tunnel with An Arsenal Today)
A gun shop owner heading to New York City to rescue a heroin-addicted teen from a drug den was arrested with two companions at the Holland Tunnel after a police officer stopped his truck for a cracked windshield and found a cache of weapons and ammunition.
John Cramsey made it his mission to save addicts after his daughter, Alexandria, died of a heroin overdose in February, starting a group called Enough Is Enough.
The traffic stop occurred on the New Jersey side of the Holland Tunnel about 7:40 a.m. Tuesday, the Port Authority police say. It is not yet clear what charges Cramsey and the two others could face. His Enough Is Enough partner said on Facebook that Cramsey is in custody and charges are expected to be filed.
The other two people arrested have been identified as Dean Smith, 53, and Kimberly Arendt, 29.
Cramsey, 50, is the owner of Higher Ground Tactical in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.
Here’s what you need to know:
1. He Was Trying to Rescue a 16-Year-Old Who Was Scared After Her Friend Died of an Overdose
John Cramsey with Kimbery Arendt in his truck just about 30 minutes before they were arrested. (Facebook)
John Cramsey posted on Facebook about his mission just about 30 minutes before he was arrested, saying he was 11 miles away from the Queens hotel where he planned to rescue a 16-year-old Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania-area girl. He said the girl had gone to the hotel for a party with friends.
“One of those friends she went up there with will not be returning,” Cramsey wrote. “Last night she woke to find her friends body next to her in the same bed were her friend died of another heroin overdose. … I’m bringing her out of NY today and anybody else in that hotel that wants to go home too.”
Cramsey, Arendt and Dean Smith. (Facebook)
On Tuesday, Cramsey was stopped by Port Authority police before he reached Brooklyn.
A photo of John Cramsey from his Facebook page.
“Astute Port Authority Police work led to the stoppage of a vehicle on the New Jersey side of the Holland Tunnel this morning, leading to the arrest of three individuals from the state of Pennsylvania on a variety of charges related to illegal possession of guns and ammunition,” according to a statement from Joe Pentangelo, a Port Authority Police spokesman. “At this time, the investigation is continuing, but the agency does not believe the incident is terrorism-related.”
Police said the girl was found in Queens, but told police she didn’t need to be rescued. Cramsey had said in Facebook posts that he had been contacted by her mother.
2. Cramsey Has Made Similar Rescues in Recent Months
John Cramsey. (Facebook)
Cramsey has posted on Facebook about similar rescues in the past. He wrote about one on June 9:
Ok everyone.
Who feels like Kickin Some ASS this morning ?
I have a young lady in her early 20’s that skipped out of a Court Ordered Rehab in East Stroudsburg and found her way back to Allentown with another young lady from Philadelphia.
These girls were literally taken out of the Super 8 Motel on Airport Road in Allentown.
The young Lady from Philadelphia was not Court stipulated as a mandatory rehab and she has been returned to her home in Philadelphia in the late hours last night.
The other young lady is currently back out on the streets after getting out in the middle of the night and the Mother believes that she is right back at the same hotel again.
I am gearing up and going over there to get this girl out of the grasp of the demons that hold her but this place is infested with the Demons that sell this crap and trap our kids Souls forever.
I Plan on making a statement here people.
This is NOT Acceptable on my watch.
Not with my kids.
Not in my Town.
Not anymore….Say it Loud …
Say it PROUD !
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH !
He posted another story along with photos showing him in his truck with a rifle:
(Facebook)
On June 12, he wrote, “Who else out there is ready to show these Dealers of Death that we are Madder than HELL and we’re NOT GUNNA TAKE IT NO MORE ! … Enjoy your Day F**kers….. Cause I’m about to F**k UP Your Night ! Me and who’s Army ? Y’all just Stay Tuned and I’ll Introduce you to them later on.”
(Facebook)
He also posted on June 10 that he had heard there was a bounty on his head:
(Facebook)
Cramsey has also held rallies to speak out against the dangers of drug use, according to his Facebook page.
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Cartel Corner #85: El Chapo’s Prison Guard Found Dead And No One Is Fessing Up
A soldier assigned to guard the northern Mexican jail currently holding Sinaloa cartel chief Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was found dead last week, with signs of torture, and it’s not clear who’s responsible for his killing.
The body of Jorge Mauricio Melendez Herrera, 20, was discovered on Friday in an unpopulated area in western Ciudad Juarez.
He was identified after his family reported him missing on Saturday. He was found wrapped in a blanket on a dirt road.
A forensic expert determined that he had suffered multiple stab wounds, but was killed by a blow to the back of the head.
Melendez Herrera was assigned to the “first filter of security” around the Federal Social Readaptation Center (Cefereso) No. 9, just outside of Ciudad Juarez.
He was one of 300 soldiers deployed to guard the prison after Guzmán was suddenly transferred there in early May. Authorities in Chihuahua state are investigating whether his killing is related to his role as a guard at the prison, according to Mexican newspaper Milenio, though it’s possible that the case could pass to federal authorities because of Melendez Herrera’s involvement in guarding Guzmán.
Read the Remainder at Business Insider
Cartel Corner #84: Peru is Shooting Down Suspected Drug Planes (Again)
On April 20, 2001, Peruvian security forces, with CIA help, shot down a small floatplane over the Amazon near the Brazilian border. American missionary Veronica Bowers and her infant daughter died in the attack.
Having filed no flight plan, the aircraft’s pilot failed to respond over the radio. Authorities suspected the plane of transporting drugs, but found no contraband aboard.
The tragic incident led to a major de-escalation of aerial-interdiction efforts in the region. But in 2015, Peru revived its aggressive shoot-down policy.
Lima’s new law expands the definition of a “hostile” aircraft to include any aircraft authorities even suspect of drug-trafficking. “When an intercepted civilian aircraft has been declared hostile, it ceases to be a civilian aircraft,” the law states.
Peru passed its Control, Security and Defense of National Airspace Law in August 2015 in response to increasing “narco-flights” from the Andes and Amazon in recent years. And Lima isn’t alone.
Argentina’s new president Mauricio Macri enacted an executive order in January 2016 authorizing the Argentine air force to identify, track, intimidate and shoot down suspected drug-trafficking planes. The press release cites the rise in violence and drug trafficking as justifications for the harsh measures.
Argentina’s shift is no surprise. Most of its cocaine comes by air from Peru and Bolivia.
Read the Remainder at War is Boring
