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Mexican Mayor charged with running a cocaine-smuggling ring

By see-dubya  •  April 4, 2008 06:48 AM

This is not encouraging:

Drug Enforcement Agents and U.S. Marshals arrested Ruben Gil, the mayor of Izucar de Matamoros in Puebla, Mexico, for allegedly helping run the narcotics trafficking ring.

Gil was arrested as he tried to fly into Los Angeles but his name was on a watch list due to his alleged drug trafficking activity. Prosecutor said he had been helping run the drug ring for much of the last decade. Gil, 41, was elected mayor of Izucar de Puebla in 2007.

A big hint here was that he was also known as “Padrino” (Godfather).

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And speaking of criminal charges and shady connections to Mexican narcotraffickers, over in Corpus Christi it looks like major Democratic donor (and Hillary donor!) Mauricio Celis may finally be charged with money laundering for Mexican cartels today. This charge would be in addition to the other wacky charges already against him, like impersonating a police officer under hilariously suspicious circumstances:

In that September incident, Celis allegedly attempted to “take into custody” a nude woman at 4 a.m. outside a Corpus Christi convenience store while dressed only in a bathrobe and waving a sheriff’s badge from nearby Duval County.

Celis, whose peace officer license as a reserve deputy for that county had expired in 2003, now is charged with impersonating a police officer and attempting to interfere with an investigation.

More background on those possible new charges against Celis here at JYB.

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  1. #1
    On April 4th, 2008 at 7:01 am, Chief RZ said:

    He is just following the lead of our own mayor of Washington, D. C.

  2. #2
    On April 4th, 2008 at 7:12 am, rooster said:

    Is this mayor a “typical mexican person”?

    Is the Hillary supporter a “Typical Democrat person”?

  3. #3
    On April 4th, 2008 at 7:26 am, TMoney said:

    Have to wonder why the mayor was not arrested in Mexico…hmm?
    Corruption seems to run deep in Mexico. At least we in the US try to keep it under control.

  4. #4
    On April 4th, 2008 at 7:32 am, bloghooligan said:

    why does this not shock me? our drug enforcement laws make it an attractive side job when you live in a country where justice is determined by how fat your wallet is.

  5. #5
    On April 4th, 2008 at 7:39 am, nyc123me said:

    A Mexican Mayor involved with drug trafficking? Hardly surprising. In fact, I’d be a little surprised to find one that isn’t - not if they hope to survive their term in office. That’s just how they roll south of the border.

  6. #6
    On April 4th, 2008 at 7:39 am, Dandapani said:

    How come the Democraps aren’t talking much about the Culture of Corruption?

  7. #7
    On April 4th, 2008 at 8:05 am, ajmontana said:

    dressed only in a bathrobe and waving a sheriff’s badge from nearby Duval County.

    I thought they didnt need “no stinking badges”???

  8. #8
    On April 4th, 2008 at 8:16 am, zorro said:

    The Culture of Corruption. Democraps and their donors invented it.

  9. #9
    On April 4th, 2008 at 8:20 am, On-my-soap-box said:

    Which Dimocrap candidate is fighting for his endorsement? Will Bill be pissed if Glowbama gets it?

  10. #10
    On April 4th, 2008 at 8:33 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

    In that September incident, Celis the Godfather allegedly attempted to “take into custody” a nude woman at 4 a.m. outside a Corpus Christi convenience store while dressed only in a bathrobe and waving a sheriff’s badge from nearby Duval County.</blockquote>

    Say hello to my little friend… wrong movie. My bad. :-)

  11. #11
    On April 4th, 2008 at 8:45 am, Barry F. said:

    Maybe Gil was mislead by the Absolut ad campaign and thought California had been retaken as part of Mexico, when they caught him flying into Los Angeles. ;-)

  12. #12
    On April 4th, 2008 at 8:47 am, almeehan said:

    Sr Gil has no problem. Ex Prez Fox & Bush will get him back across the border for the sake of relationships.

  13. #13
    On April 4th, 2008 at 8:50 am, Barry F. said:

    Celis allegedly attempted to “take into custody” a nude woman at 4 a.m. outside a Corpus Christi convenience store while dressed only in a bathrobe and waving a sheriff’s badge from nearby Duval County.

    Okay, this begs a couple of questions:

    One, why was the woman nude and outside a convenience store at 4:00 in the morning?

    And, two, why was Celis outside that same store at 4:00 in the morning wearing only a bathrobe.

  14. #14
    On April 4th, 2008 at 8:52 am, Barry F. said:

    On April 4th, 2008 at 8:45 am, Barry F. said:

    Maybe Gil was mislead misled by the Absolut ad campaign and thought California had been retaken as part of Mexico, when they caught him flying into Los Angeles.

    Sorry. Typing too fast. ;-)

  15. #15
    On April 4th, 2008 at 9:00 am, ajmontana said:

    One, why was the woman nude and outside a convenience store at 4:00 in the morning?

    And, two, why was Celis outside that same store at 4:00 in the morning wearing only a bathrobe.

    She was shopping for hot dogs and he was shopping for buns?

  16. #16
    On April 4th, 2008 at 9:04 am, Barry F. said:

    On April 4th, 2008 at 9:00 am, ajmontana said:

    One, why was the woman nude and outside a convenience store at 4:00 in the morning?

    And, two, why was Celis outside that same store at 4:00 in the morning wearing only a bathrobe.

    She was shopping for hot dogs and he was shopping for buns?

    So who had the condoms condiments? ;-)

  17. #17
    On April 4th, 2008 at 9:05 am, Barry F. said:

    So who had the condoms condiments? ;-)

    Or, maybe it should be condoms and mints? ;-)

  18. #18
    On April 4th, 2008 at 9:11 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

    You guys are crazy. :-)

  19. #19
    On April 4th, 2008 at 9:15 am, Barry F. said:

    On April 4th, 2008 at 9:11 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

    You guys are crazy. :-)

    Me..crazy? Nah. I’m not running around shopping for hotdogs and bun in the nude at 4:00am. ;-)

  20. #20
    On April 4th, 2008 at 10:42 am, walterc said:

    So tell me again why we need to help them build a fence on their southern border? To keep out the drug traffickers or something?

  21. #21
    On April 4th, 2008 at 11:09 am, Boomer said:

    It appears we find the real reason our “open borders” politicians don’t want a fence. It could cut into their drug money profits as well as stop the flow of cheap labor to their corporate donors.

  22. #22
    On April 4th, 2008 at 11:35 am, pecze said:

    Hmmm…does is strike anyone else as odd that the article mentions that Celis was a major political donor, but doesn’t mention the party to which he gave all of the money?

    Yeah, didn’t think so…

  23. #23
    On April 4th, 2008 at 11:37 am, Reg.conservative said:

    http://www.wnbc.com/news/15772456/detail.html Link will not load after you get on the site.

  24. #24
    On April 4th, 2008 at 1:06 pm, DanMan said:

    I vaguely remember this fake attorney/officer story. The girl ran from this idiot’s hot-tub when he got a bit over aggresive. Something leads me to believe he was also associated with a San Antonio attorney that dropped out of the democratic primary race against Rick Noriega.

  25. #25
    On April 4th, 2008 at 1:10 pm, DanMan said:

    I guess I still have a cell or two rattling around in my noggin’.

    http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/mexico/stories/MYSA100607.08A.lawyer.350d4df.html

  26. #26
    On April 4th, 2008 at 2:47 pm, Barry F. said:

    On April 4th, 2008 at 1:10 pm, DanMan said:

    I guess I still have a cell or two rattling around in my noggin’.

    Well, darn. There goes the hotdog, buns and condiments theory we had earlier. ;-)

  27. #27
    On April 4th, 2008 at 4:39 pm, twoninerkilo said:

    I’m shocked! Shocked I tell you!

  28. #28
    On April 4th, 2008 at 11:07 pm, greenLibertarian said:

    Vincente Fox is on my better-off-deceased list, but he was right when he said that drug users are the cause of drug problems, including the corruption of governments. Enormous sums of money in the hands of criminals inevitably corrupts. Government officials can be threatened and killed, given enormous bribes that perhaps some of us could not resist, … The other culprit is the US government, which arbitrarily has declared certain drugs illegal and more harmful and potent drugs legal. We need to legalize them all and regulate them as we do alcohol, cigarettes, morphine, etc.

  29. #29
    On April 6th, 2008 at 1:27 pm, Bogtrotter said:

    Hey, greenLibertarian, do you really think that methheads and crackheads, etc., are going to become honest upstanding citizens if their drug of choice is made legal? I don’t think so. Most will STILL commit crimes to get their drugs.

  30. #30
    On April 27th, 2008 at 8:20 am, ptg said:

    Progressive mantra: “Legalize and regulate!”

    Ain’t it just like those anti-liberty poseurs. They can’t see the “Regulation of Everyday Life Law” that will be the result of their misguided efforts.

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