Community | August 18, 2009 | 7 comments

Are Mexican drug cartels setting California fires?

source: http://www.newswithviews.com/Cutler/michael168.htm

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An article that appears on the CNN website that includes a link to a broadcast version of the news report concerning the fires that are plaguing California, threatening massive destruction of property and endangering lives.

Succinctly stated, some of these dangerous fires are apparently being traced to the cultivation of large numbers of marijuana plants by members of the Mexican drug cartels operating inside our country. The news report I watched on CNN today also noted that often these cartel members are known to be heavily armed. The news report went on to talk about how these individuals use propane tanks to cook their food because they fear that a traditional campfire would generate smoke that would be easy for law enforcement to spot. It is theorized that one of these fires got out of control resulting in at least one of the major fires that fire fighters are battling.

The news report makes clear the amount of damage that the fire started by the drug gang members has caused- to quote from the article:

In Southern California's Santa Barbara County, a weeklong blaze has charred more than 84,000 acres, investigators said. The fire originated at an illegal marijuana camp believed to be run by a Mexican drug organization, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Narcotics Unit said in a news release Saturday night.

In addition to damage that these fires have caused, imagine the huge financial costs associated with the valiant efforts of the firefighters to combat the fire that has burned more than 84,000 acres, especially at a time when California is already suffering insolvency.

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7 comments // Are Mexican drug cartels setting California fires?

  • samthesixth
  • idealist
  • good_stuff
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      good_stuff  

    • If you go read the article on who was arrested in the latest crop roundup effort, I beleive about 25 people were arrested for growing in national parks. I think all but 1 were illegal aliens.

      While the climate in CA is nice, I'm not sure most people legally in the country would sign up to go camping in the woods for months on end. Silas wasn't planning on staying there, so he wouldn't have been caught.

    • 2 years ago
  • hammywill
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      hammywill  
    • good_stuff:

      I know PLENTY of American citizens who would do JUST what you say they would NOT be willing to do. The one article in which the round up of growers were all illegals but 1 is not indicative of all the growers of Marijuana in California....on Private, State, AND Federal land. Don't jump to conclusions based on a single news article.

    • 2 years ago
  • WTFitsMeSarah
  • ooohexxxplode
  • a_d_4_m
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      a_d_4_m  

    • I dont understand why people keep blaming marijuana issues that take place in California on Mexicans!!! American's are growing pot in CA because they enjoy smoking it. This makes me sick...

    • 2 years ago
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