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That Big Bend Now is a lying, liberal rag that would make CBS look like a conservative saint.

First they plagiarized the story from L. Bryant.

Here is what she said about that...






The guy that was seriously injured in the shooting as also had death threats since the story became public. Gee. Wonder who would do that?

Why would they want to shut him up?

Something doesn't smell right.

I agree that something doesn't smell right. I don't know who stinks in the situation though. I think that the farther south you get in Brewster and Presidio Counties, the stranger things become. I have a hard time believing that a group of low paid mules or wets trying to steal an RV would have any desire to follow up with death threats.

Yes, yes...have it your way, it seems to be working.

wonder how much cash has lined his pockets over the years.

It sure happens.

http://libit.sulross.edu/archives/marfanews/indandsent84-92/1992-01-16.pdf

Brewster co. sheriff may well have been told by cartels how the cookie crumbles. BS that the country is safe.

Barry, was the leo on the take that you referred to earlier hispanic.

Be a dr in south texas and get sued by grampa gonzales when your chair collapsed under him in your waiting room (with 6 grandkids on it with him) and the judge and prosecuting atty are named gonzales.

Attys go around teaching how to get these things down to a science.

You want a bunch of whiplash money. Call atty soinso. They have plans.

There may wind up being much more to this story than meets the eye.

^^^

Willowcreek - remember the term "plausible deniability" ?

Just because the sheriff "says" there is no sign of foreign involvement, does NOT mean that is a fact - or even that he believes it himself.

Let's see what shakes out - assuming it doesn't get "buried"

I think that there may be more to this story than we know at this point. I have no doubts that people lie and often get caught believing their own bull$h. I agree that we will have to hold our horses and see what comes of this. I'd say that there is a good chance that it does get buried. That happens frequently down there. The reward for information on Zuzu Verk is up to $200,000 and I don't think that there is a very big question as to who is responsible on that one.

No. He is a gringo.


What many don't know, and what is surprising in itself is these border sheriff's claiming that there's no trouble on the border in West Texas.

All sheriffs in the western border of Texas/Mexico are members.

http://www.bordersheriffs.us/



What is also interesting, is that while denying that there is border trouble, the sheriff's departments in these border counties get most of their operating budgets from state and federal grants as well as equipment and added deputies.

There's not much tax base out in far west Texas, so if the border is so secure and safe, then they wouldn't need that money or equipment or manpower... Right?

They'd all squeal like a pig under a gate if they were to lose that funding...

I remember hearing about the ranch where this happened. I think Chianti Spring is on it but maybe not. Seems like it was bought by a yuppie couple a few years ago.

It is only 15 or 20 k acres as I recall which is not large enough to sustain a hunting operation in that country.

It's more of a resort deal I'm thinking.

Looks like their website is shut down.

Website is up. They have the name listed wrong on several of the articles...

http://circledug.com/index_nf.html

Related trivia....

I used to know a woman twenty years back from Brewster County, IIRC her kids went to school with Rick Thompson's (the drug Sheriff) kids, she knew Thompson well.

I knew her through bird watching circles, didn't know Thompson's name until I looked up your link, but I recall her telling me that while she was looking through binoculars at birds along the river one time she was shot in the wrist from a long distance away with a .22, possibly an attempted head shot.

She always figured the Sheriff, ex-military and a noted marksman with a rifle, was responsible. For reasons I don't recall now.

I also recall her telling me she felt the Sheriff somehow had a hand in the sudden and untimely demise of the previous Sheriff. After seeing your link and searching the web it turns out that the previous Sheriff, one D. Hank Hamilton, was shot during his first year in office by a retired Air Force Veteran while checking out said veteran's sedan parked in a pasture.

http://libit.sulross.edu/archives/marfanews/sent26-84/1973-07-19.PDF

Dunno the truth of it, but there it is.

I will say that tough gal was the only person I ever knew that had got bit by a Mohave rattlesnake. It still gave her nerve problems in her leg years after the fact.

Birdwatcher

You Border guys know more about things down there than me.

I'd guess "wait and see" is the thing to do in this case, ballistic reports might shed a light.

A bit hard to sweep something under the rug or misrepresent it maybe with all these diverse LEO's involved. Sounds like too from the magnitude of the response that the responding agencies took this incident seriously: The County Sheriff, Texas DPS, and "about 30" Border Patrol agents including competent trackers and canine units.

(from the link)



ALL of those agencies and personnel are gonna sweep this under the rug?

Birdwatcher

Bump for my friend and patient and retired Texas Ranger Ashby Mitchell who says TR will be in on this investigation .

Ruh roh Raggie!


http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/Pr...idence-of-border-violence-410175185.html

I know you drink in hunting camp, but were they THAT drunk?


Something still doesn't pass the smell test... ?

Ashby Mitchell was the TR who caught Ricky Thompson with 600 lbs of dope. Ricky got 40 or so years.

Mitchells protege from Alpine will be the TR investigating the case he said and there will be no BS in it.