Mexican immigration official arrested in Ariz. with 77 kilos of pot

By Michelle Malkin  •  October 27, 2008 01:33 PM

American taxpayers forked over $1.6 billion to Mexico this year for their border enforcement and anti-drug smuggling programs while our own southern fence is underfunded and incomplete. (Refresher here.)

How’s all that spending working out and who’s been pocketing the money?

A clue:

A U.S. official says American law enforcement arrested a top Mexican immigration official for carrying about 77 kilograms of marijuana.

The U.S. official identified the Mexican official as Francisco Celaya-Carrillo. The official said he was stopped in Lukeville, Ariz. Sunday afternoon, as he was coming into the country in a pickup truck to do some shopping and said that a Customs and Border Protection officer inspected the vehicle and found marijuana in the gas tank and in the spare tire.

But hey, no biggie, right? He didn’t cross the border. The border crossed him!

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  1. #1
    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:38 pm, corkie said:

    The $1.6B for border enforcement would have been much better spent on a wall.

  2. #2
    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:40 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

    Hey, McCain , stick THAT where the sun doesn’t shine. Yes, still voting for him, but he’s such a tool still on the border.

  3. #3
    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:44 pm, madchef said:

    He was only doing the job that american smugglers wouldn’t!

  4. #4
    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:44 pm, b-cat said:

    Border Patrol better watch out. They imprison agents for doing their jobs!

  5. #5
    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:45 pm, CyberCipher said:

    Just peddling the dope that Americans are too stoned to peddle themselves, I guess.

    My collie says:

    *sigh* I wish they’d let me and my canine friends patrol the border.

  6. #6
    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:45 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    The Republican Party is dead. Thanks George. Come January please move to Mexico.

    Did this guy have a six year old kidnap victim in his truck? If not, why haven’t the Customs officers been charged with felonius interrupting of a shopping expedition?

    Can I move to China to experience Capitalism and freedom?

  7. #7
    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:46 pm, CantCureStupid said:

    About 170 lbs. of dope, and this guy managed to not get shot in the ass? Bummer.

  8. #8
    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:46 pm, Barry F. said:

    …marijuana in the gas tank and in the spare tire.

    Just smugglin’ the drugs across the border that Americans won’t, huh? :roll:

  9. #9
    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:46 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    I believe he was here to drive voters to the polls for Acorn – early and often.

  10. #10
    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:48 pm, Barry F. said:

    About 170 lbs. of dope, and this guy managed to not get shot in the ass? Bummer.

    I would say that agents are very hesitant to shoot any smuggler these days, given Ramos and Compean being imprisoned. *sigh*

  11. #11
    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:48 pm, CantCureStupid said:

    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:46 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    I believe he was here to drive voters to the polls for Acorn – early and often.

    And apparently well-medicated… Pop Tarts all around!!

  12. #12
    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:50 pm, happy2behere said:

    Let’s vet the guy like “Joe the Plumber.” Guess how many relatives live here illegally and receive benefits. Lets do a property search to see he owns any property here. Even better, lets give him immunity and a free pass to go back and forth as a reward for testifying against his connections.

  13. #13
    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:50 pm, Barry F. said:

    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:46 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    I believe he was here to drive voters to the polls for Acorn – early and often.

    Ahhh! I get it, AG. The pot was his enticement – so much for cigarettes, whiskey of a couple of dollars of days gone by – to get some folks to ride to the polls to vote. :lol:

  14. #14
    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:51 pm, John Ansell said:

    Only 77 kilos? Must have been a dry run.

  15. #15
    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:54 pm, Barry F. said:

    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:51 pm, John Ansell said:

    Only 77 kilos? Must have been a dry run.

    The gas tank and the spare tire are only so big on pickup truck, JA. ;-)

  16. #16
    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:54 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:44 pm, b-cat said:

    Border Patrol better watch out. They imprison agents for doing their jobs!

    Uh oh, due to this agent’s vigilence and who he caught, I bet someone just got reassigned to a remote border crossing in Vermont.

  17. #17
    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:59 pm, Barry F. said:

    If Francisco Celaya-Carrillo doesn’t get pardoned by the outgoing administration, he will probably be pardoned by whichever one goes into office in January 2009, regardless of the “D” or “R” at the end of their name. :roll:

  18. #18
    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:59 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    sounds like 25 years of hard labor is in order.

  19. #19
    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:59 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Ahhh! I get it, AG. The pot was his enticement – so much for cigarettes, whiskey of a couple of dollars of days gone by – to get some folks to ride to the polls to vote

    Hey, even stupid voters understand the party of Gimme Free Stuff. No more chickens in every pot, it’s pot for every chick.

  20. #20
    On October 27th, 2008 at 2:00 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    sounds like 25 years of hard labor is in order.

    For the Customs guys – this is the Bush Doctrine.

  21. #21
    On October 27th, 2008 at 2:00 pm, Southpaw said:

    What an idiot. Everyone knows the lucrative way to make money on pot in this country is to grow it in our National Parks and forests. The Mexican mafia has no need to smuggle it across the border any more. Makes you wonder why DEA is busting small medical marijuana clubs when millions of plants are being grown by illegal aliens…

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,417201,00.html

  22. #22
    On October 27th, 2008 at 2:07 pm, FamilyMan said:

    Why is this news? This has been going on for thirty years.

  23. #23
    On October 27th, 2008 at 2:11 pm, brooklyn red said:

    So, if this guy can just drive that much pot across the border then I guess the chances of stopping a terrorist with another kind of package are not so good, huh?

  24. #24
    On October 27th, 2008 at 2:11 pm, Hangfire said:

    Yeah, but it was an A M E R I C A N pickup!

  25. #25
    On October 27th, 2008 at 2:17 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    a dual layer fence with armed troops….get the Israel government to build it for us…

  26. #26
    On October 27th, 2008 at 2:17 pm, rignerd said:

    On October 27th, 2008 at 1:50 pm, happy2behere said:
    -SNIP- Even better, lets give him immunity and a free pass to go back and forth as a reward for testifying against his connections captors.

    There, fixed that for ya’

  27. #27
    On October 27th, 2008 at 2:22 pm, fred5676 said:

    Want some more outrage? How about 2 NYC cops shot by an illegal alien, previously deported? Did you ever see this Oct. 21, 2008, story on any MSM? Hear any candidate mention it?? Didn’t think so.

    Courtesy of OutragedPatriots, one of my daily web stops.

  28. #28
    On October 27th, 2008 at 2:23 pm, sonofdy said:

    Thats pot summgling you can believe in!!!

  29. #29
    On October 27th, 2008 at 2:29 pm, John Ansell said:

    According to Juan Hernandez it’s our fault.

  30. #30
    On October 27th, 2008 at 2:33 pm, wighttrasch said:

    It was for personal consumption–purely medicinal reasons!

    Now gimme a light *flames*

  31. #31
    On October 27th, 2008 at 2:38 pm, Lockstein13 said:

    $1.6 billion refund, por favor.

    …payable in your territory or tequila.

  32. #32
    On October 27th, 2008 at 2:43 pm, CO2 Producer said:

    I think he was trying to get out of the immigration biz. Too much pressure.

  33. #33
    On October 27th, 2008 at 2:48 pm, ajmontana said:

    If he didn’t know they found it, follow him see where it was going…..

    an Obama rally prolly…. lmao

    “hand out the dope, we get the vote.”

    “Obama 08′ the hopey dopey tour”

    It’s Killin em and
    I Love it!!!

    McCain/Palin 08′

  34. #34
    On October 27th, 2008 at 2:59 pm, Bhishma said:

    Again, POTUS in the middle of another scandle. What will his lies be this time?
    - “Pot Americans can’t traffic”?
    - “Mexican Family values”?
    - “Mexicans are here just for the jobs”?

    Then again, Americans are about to elect :
    - Juan McCain.
    - Mobarak “driver’s licenses for illegals” / “God D**n America” Obama.
    Would be hilarious, if it wasn’t so tragically dangerous.

  35. #35
    On October 27th, 2008 at 3:54 pm, rightisright said:

    I know of 2 Borders Guards that would have shot his a$$, but their in prison for doing their job.

  36. #36
    On October 27th, 2008 at 3:58 pm, Papa Louie said:

    He just wanted to redistribute the wealth pot from the haves to the have-nots.

  37. #37
    On October 27th, 2008 at 4:05 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Beautiful Downtown Lukeville will never be the same. Francisco Celaya-Carrillo has got to be one dumb smuggler. He is not unknown in these parts.

    On October 27th, 2008 at 2:11 pm, Hangfire #24 said:

    Yeah, but it was an A M E R I C A N pickup!

    Probably an American’s pick-up too. They don’t care to use their own vehicles for such dangerous work, not when the norteamericanos have so many…
    Los yanquis son ricos.

    Free Ramos and Compean

    Free up cells for Johnny Sutton and Judge Cardone.

  38. #38
    On October 27th, 2008 at 4:55 pm, Hurricanes said:

    Wish he’d get some of that over to SW Florida. Dry spell is killing me.

  39. #39
    On October 27th, 2008 at 4:57 pm, Leatherneck said:

    I bet the State Department will hold hands with Syria about thier border being thiers, but when it comes to a Mexican invasion through the southern US, well that is another matter.

    Get off you arse Condi!

  40. #40
    On October 27th, 2008 at 5:03 pm, Rob said:

    God’s Children!

  41. #41
    On October 27th, 2008 at 5:21 pm, Wallyinthedesert said:

    In the gas tank? He was working on energy independence.

  42. #42
    On October 27th, 2008 at 5:42 pm, Southpaw said:

    With friends like these, who need enemies:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7694257.stm

    “One worker said he spied from within the US embassy on the Drug Enforcement Administration, one Mexican official told the Associated Press news agency.”

    Is Mexico any enemy of the United States or just a really messed up third world country?

  43. #43
    On October 27th, 2008 at 5:50 pm, WilliBrimm said:

    I’m surprised that he did not claim that it was for medicinal use….

  44. #44
    On October 27th, 2008 at 6:14 pm, zorro said:

    Throw the book at him. He can start making sand out of boulders with a sledge hammer. We can then use the sand to help build our own fence.

    By the way, I’m ready to give up my vacation to help build the fence our government refuses to build.

  45. #45
    On October 27th, 2008 at 7:05 pm, right_on said:

    It’s like a bad movie script…”Diplomatic Immunity?”

  46. #46
    On October 28th, 2008 at 9:50 am, Weary Citizen said:

    The open borders and importation of millions of 3rd world peasants which results in the changing demography of the US, per the Census Bureau, will lead this country into 3rd world status and a dysfunctional socialist state under perpetual martial law. It is pretty obvious to me that the more “diverse” or “multicutural” a society, the worse the social upheaval when things go bad. This is not racism, it is common sense, IMHO of course. Peace in a society with extreme diversity/multicultualism only exists when bellies are full and times are good.

  47. #47
    On October 28th, 2008 at 12:04 pm, pueblo1032 said:

    Absolutely eye opening post, could not believe this could happen in my beloved STATE… Went to my local RAG, for more detail on this story… HMMMMM, I looked high, I looked low, not even a mention in THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC… AHHH, heavy day reporting on the new LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM, set to start service on the 27th of December…

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