Happy Children’s Day, Love Grandpa Cocaine
May 1st, 2008 | By Michel Marizco | Category: General News, Organized Crime, Politics
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THE BORDER REPORT
For years, Mexico’s narco-traffickers have feared one thing more than any: extradition to the United States. In the U.S. prison system, the thinking goes, these guys are rendered impotent, away from their castles, their money and their connections.
Then Grandpa Cóca threw a little party. (Photos and tip courtesy of my friends at Vanguardia in Coahuila. ¡Saludos, cabrónes!)
This is my favorite picture. The clown looks like a sicario himself and if you enlarge the photo, you see two other guys staring hard at the photographer. I especially like the clown’s camouflage sun-visor topped with a backward American flag hat. Not very clown-ish, if you ask me. But … interesting.
Osiel Cardenas Guillén is the godfather of the Gulf Cartel; the man, who perhaps most famously, un-nerved the continent when he gave Special Forces soldiers their start as the notorious Zetas. He was arrested in a gunbattle in Mexico, 2003, then extradited to Houston last year.
This morning, as Mexico celebrated the Day of the Child, Osiel’s long arm reached out again, festooning the city of Ciudád Acuña with food, drink, music, clowns, balloons, and a banner that read:
“Happy Day of the Child; your friend Osiel Cárdenas Guillén; because you are the future of our Mexico, your friend, Osiel CG.”
Now, I’m certain the Americans would sneer and say, “no, no, there’s no way Cardenas paid for that party! He’s safely locked away.”
But I’ll tell you what I believe: A guy like Osiel Cardenas doesn’t rise to the top of his game, fall, go to prison in the U.S. and still throw these parties unless he’s thinking he may get out sometime soon. About 2,000 people attended grandpa’s bash, my friends tell me.
– Michel Marizco
The guy dressed as the clown could be one of the top enforcers in the gulf organization.
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The way that clown has his arms stretched out really does look like he’d be comfortable carrying an AK47.
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that’s a tradition, he also helps people out when natural disasters hit his turf, they call him “papa osiel”
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I read about this on the AP, and there was a link to this blog, pretty cool site. Why they call him Papa Osiel?
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out of respect, poor people love that guy.
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HEY WHO IS TO SAY HE REALLY DONT CARE ABOUT THE KIDS.
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See here’s another example on how traffickers have gained the respect and admiration of the people because of them some of the poorest areas in Mexico are starting to develop and prosper.
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Its amazing what money does. With less than 2k dllrs Oziel could organize this party and win the support of 200 people just by giving them a piece of cake. Even some ignorant guy said he does care for the kids because a party was thrown for them, not because he has since 2004 kidnapped at least 3 people per city on the state.
I wonder, if I give you too a piece of cake KILO will you suck my dick?
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FIRST OFF PARDEN MY GRAMMAR.
I PERSONALLY KNEW OSIEL SINCE HIS HIGH SCHOOL YEARS AND DURING HIS FIRST JOB AS AN AUTO MECHANIC AND LATER ON IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A CANINE DRUG SNIFFER TRAINER. TO BE HONEST HE ALWAYS HAD A “LEADING PERSONALITY” AMONG OUR FRIENDS AND HIS HUNGER FOR POWER WAS FORSEEN AMONG US. LATER ON Y DECIDED TO MOVE TO TIJUANA MEXICO TO ESCAPE THIS LIFESTYLE THAT SOONER O LATER I KNOW WOULD GET A HOLD OF ME. KNOW IM IN TIJUANA WERE CRIME IS THROUGH THE ROOF WITH CARTEL’S USING CITY STREETS AS WAR TURF, 700 DEATHS AS OF THIS YEAR (2008) AND NEARLY 5,000 NATION WIDE WHAT CAN I SAY ?
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WHAT DO YOU GUYS HAVE AGAINST THE POOR UGLY CLOWN? JUST BECAUSE HE IS UGLY AND CAN AFFORT MORE MAKE UP, THAT DOES NOT MAKE HIM A SICARIO. FIRST YOU HAVE TO ANALIZE HIS CLOTHES, IF HE WAS A SICARIO THAT MEANS HE IS DRESS AS A CLOWN ONLY FOR THIS OCCASION, NOW IF YOU DO A CLOSE UP YOU CAN SEE THAT HE IS WEARING SOME OLD AND DIRTY SHOES, DONT YOU THINK IF HE WAS A SICARIO HE COULD AFFORT A LEAST NEW SHOES INSTEAD OF BORROWING THOSE OLD CLOWN SHOES FROM SOME OTHER CLOWN, OR THAT HE CAN ALEAST AFFORT BETTER CLOWN CLOTHING AND MAKE UP. HE IS PROBABLY A LOCAL POOR STARVING CLOWN ….. OR MAYBE HE IS A PART TIME SICARIO AND A PART TIME CLOWN AND THAT COULD EXPLAIN HIS OLD AND DIRTY SHOES (JUST BEING SARCSTIC)
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if this would be true, the owner of this blog wouldnt exist already.. do’t you think? Or you believe that such powerful cartel lord would permit that someone would give a clue about his territorial position?, I dont believe this is quite authentic. If it is true, well, it would be expected from Cardenas to be actually free, and if is not, well the owner of this websiteis a good photoshoper.
is just my personal opinion, im not against anyone.
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viva mexico amáres!
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