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Title: Officials know nothing of rumored Zeta standoff on Mines Road
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Laredo Morning Times
URL Source: http://lmtonline.com/articles/2010/ ... /doc4c4b6b53d2179200438464.txt
Published: Jul 26, 2010
Author: Nick Georgiou
Post Date: 2010-07-26 15:50:55 by Artisan
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Views: 155
Comments: 9
Officials know nothing of rumored Zeta standoff on Mines Road By Nick Georgiou Laredo Morning Times Published: Saturday, July 24, 2010 5:38 PM CDT Local law enforcement was bombarded with calls from across the country Saturday asking about a report that the Zetas had taken over two ranches off Mines Road. But officials with the Laredo Police Department, Webb County Sheriff’s Department and Border Patrol said they knew nothing about such an incident, while Erik Vasys, an FBI spokesman in San Antonio, said the agency does not comment on rumors. The report, which spread like wildfire among blogs Saturday afternoon, appears to have initially been posted on a blog called Diggers Realm. The blogger wrote that he got a tip from a San Diego, Calif., minuteman named Jeff Schwilk, who said that the Zetas, former enforcers of the Gulf Cartel, had crossed into the United States and taken over two ranches off Mines Road, about 10 miles northwest of Interstate 35. Quoting Schwilk, the blogger wrote that there was a standoff between “the unknown size Zeta forces and the U.S. Border Patrol and local law enforcement on two ranches …” The blogger wrote that the story was confirmed by anonymous sources at LPD. But Investigator Jose E. Baeza, LPD spokesman, said he had not heard anything about the incident. Also, an LPD sergeant, who was on duty as a watch commander Saturday afternoon, said she had not heard anything about it either. At about 4:30 p.m., Maru De La Paz, spokeswoman for Webb County Sheriff’s Office, wrote that the report about Zetas taking over ranches in Laredo is not confirmed.
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#3. To: Artisan, 4 (#0)
Has anyone contacted the Zetas? Do they have a website?
This is the closest I can come to that... The Texas Latino Vote GOP. Texas GOP Vote - Update From Laredo Rancher on Los Zetas Drug Cartel Story [snip] Mr. Hector Farias of Laredo, spoke with me on the phone this morning about this matter. He told me the first he heard of this story was when he was contacted by the FBI. He has owned this ranch for over 30 years and has never had a problem on his ranch regarding illegal immigration or smuggling. He stated he was at his ranch over the weekend and everything was fine there and in the entire area. Well if Mr. LaRaza never "had a problem" with illegals or smugglers in 30 years, I guess he'd have no problem with Los Zetas either. Typical of the lame disinformation coming out on this story.
#5. To: hondo68, 4 (#4)
Thanks for that link. So this may turn out to be an internet Urban Legend? I hope that's so, but, imo, it could turn out either way. The Zetas, although they are also a sorority, are not to be taken lightly, or easily, (as were the sorority girls.)
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#4. To: Lod (#3)
Has anyone contacted the Zetas?
LOL!
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