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Fiestas Patrias – Mexican Independence Parties by TC

Fiestas Patrias – Mexican Independence Parties by TC September 16th is Mexico’s independence day. Back in 1810 Miguel Hidalgo rang the bell of his church and hollered at the people to rise up and revolt. This is called El Grito de la Independencia. It’s reenacted all over Mexico on the night of the 15th. Last year I saw Enrique Peña Nieto ring it in the center square of Toluca, the capital of the state of Mexico where I live. This year he was elected president of Mexico. He´s one controversial guy, this Peña Nieto. All over Mexico people celebrate fiestas patrias (patriotic parties). They eat tostadas, enchiladas, pambazos, and pozole. Maybe you’ve never heard of this food, but trust me it’s good. If you are really lucky you can get some chiles en nogada, perhaps the best food in Mexico. Even the university where I teach had a party. The day before, on Friday... I went to my girlfriend’s town Temoaya. They have a big meal/party in the center square of town, under a big tent. This is one of the three original acts of independence. Nice people, lots of food, two bands, and lots of dancing. As the party started winding down, the strays moved right in. On stage is Adrian Uribe, star of Cien Mexicanos Dijieron, a knock-off of Family Feud. He did a long stand up act in at least three characters – a gay man, an old cowboy type, and Victor, the host of the game show and his naco (low class) character. I didn’t understand all of it, but my girlfriend and everyone standing around us were laughing hysterically. Then the heavy rain started pounding before Los Tucanes came out. We caught their first song and then went to my house, soaking wet, so we missed the rest of the night. But we could hear the music from my apartment. After the grito, the big moment of the night, like midnight on New Year’s Eve, Joan Sebastian performed. Joan Sebastian is a big deal in Mexican music. I went last year so I saw the grito then. It happens around 11 PM. The governor of the state (Peña Nieto when I saw it) comes out and rings the bell that hangs in front of the executive palace. Everyone in the crowd yells “¡Viva!” Then there’s tons of fireworks. People run around spraying each other with cans of foam. It’s like silly string, but foam – same principle, yell and spray people. It’s especially popular with young teenagers. I went up on my roof for the fireworks, sorry to miss Joan Sebastian but not sorry to be out of the downpour. My girlfriend and I watched Enter the Dragon on my computer. She’d never seen it and it had been years for me. She liked it. Thanks Bruce Lee. TC | October 8, 2012 at 11:02 am | Tags: adrian uribe, fiestas patrias, grito de independencia,joan sebastian, mexian music, mexican independence, mexican parties, pena nieto, september 15, toluca | Categories: Mexico | URL: http://wp.me/p1zOG8-wL

5 cool places to learn a foreign language abroad

5 cool places to learn a foreign language abroad
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Based in a coastal village in the state of Oaxaca and about 200 miles south of Acapulco, the school prides itself on immersion into Mexican culture. Keep yourself challenged by learning to speak while adding surf tours -- or perhaps Oaxacan cooking ...
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3. Instituto de Lenguajes Puerto Escondido in Puerto Escondido, Mexico.

If world-class surfing and studying is your thing, the Instituto de Lenguajes offers small-group and private instruction Spanish language lessons. Based in a coastal village in the state of Oaxaca and about 200 miles south of Acapulco, the school prides itself on immersion into Mexican culture.

Keep yourself challenged by learning to speak while adding surf tours -- or perhaps Oaxacan cooking lessons or salsa dancing, all in Spanish -- to your daily agenda. Extracurriculars are plentiful, but the Instituto is first and foremost about foreign language. Its teachers are native Spanish speakers who come from across Latin America and Mexico and all know English.

You don't have to stroll far to sleep here.

Stay on school grounds and rent one of the Instituto's affordable WiFi-enabled bungalows, which start at $30 a night and $650 for four weeks and overlook the popular Playa Zicatela beach.

Also available in a bus-accessible nearby neighborhood are studio apartments with full kitchens and ocean views. (And the next-door family is happy to help guests practice their developing language skills.) For those wanting to live with and like the locals, the Instituto arranges home stays with area residents.

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The Staves - Mexico (Official Music Video) ... PLUS ...

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'Mexico' is taken from debut album, Dead & Born & Grown, officially released on November 12th 2012.

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Tony Meehan's Classic 'Song Of Mexico' an instrumental hit written by Jerry Lordan (of Apache) in the 60s' A great number directed and produced by Tony. Enjoy!

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The Bellamy Brothers - Mexico Came Here

James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (1970) (Full Album) HD

Published on Jun 1, 2012 by TheVinylBird

Recorded on December of 1969 at Sunset Sound, released two months later, this in my opinion is James' best album, even better than JT and his debut albom on Apple Records (those two are great, but this one's greater). This is an album I listen to whenever I'm down or upset, and it just never gets old. It's basically a folk album, but it has other themes like country (the title track), gospel ("Lo and Behold"), and blues ("Steamroller" and "Oh Baby"). My favorite tracks have to be "Fire and Rain" (my all time favorite song), "Blossom", "Sweet Baby James" (was written as a lullaby for his nephew), "Country Road", "Anywhere Like Heaven" and "Suite For 20 G" (basically three unfinished songs in one, the last one being my favorite part). Sorry if I bored you, but I just really like this album.

For lyrics go tohttp://www.jamestaylor.com/music/discography/cd/JT_albumDetails.aspx?albumId=...

1. Sweet Baby James (0:00 to 2:53)
2. Lo And Behold (2:54 to 5:31)
3. Sunny Skies (5:31 to 7:52)
4. Steamroller (7:53 to 10:51)
5. Country Road (10:52 to 14:14)
6. Oh, Susanna (14:15 to 16:15)
7. Fire And Rain (16:16 to 19:40)
8. Blossom (19:41 to 21:54)
9. Anywhere Like Heaven (21:55 to 25:23)
10. Oh Baby, Don't You Loose Your Lip On Me (25:24 to 27:13)
11. Suite For 20G Part 1 (27:14 to 28:15)
12. Suite For 20G Part 2 (28:16 to 30:00)
13. Suite For 20G Part 3 (30:01 to 32:05)

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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (Luke Bryan) Cover by Tyler Falcoa

Published on Oct 8, 2012 by DirtyTAR

hey! I'm Tyler Falcoa, 18 years old. I DO NOT OWN THE SONG THIS IS MY COVER OF IT. I am new to country music and decided to give this song a shot because I love this song. I play Guitar, bass, drums, piano, ukulele, banjo, harmonica and I sing. I did all of the instruments on this cover and I hope you enjoy it!

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"MEXICANO" Grupo de danza de Sta Maria Huatulco

The Beaches of Oaxaca Written on October 1, 2012 by Michelle in Oaxaca

The Beaches of Oaxaca

Written on October 1, 2012 by Michelle in Oaxaca

Tourists are becoming more aware of the civil unrest in Mexico and are gravitating to the safer, more peaceful and beaches in the southern part of the country. The south facing beaches that line the Pacific Coast on the Isthmus of Mexico still retain their authentic, small-town charm while offering all of the modern conveniences that you would expect in more popular locations. The following beachside towns and the areas nearby are just a small sample of what the Pacific Coast of Oaxaca, also known as the Playa Chica, has to offer.
The Bays of Huatulco
The full resort experience, complete with high class restaurants and hotels, can be enjoyed in Huatulco and the several small towns that surround it. One of the two international airports in the province of Oaxaca is located here and the hospitality industry has taken advantage of this convenience, but only under the strict vigilance of local indigenous groups. Thus, development has been very restrained and you can enjoy a variety of beach and nature-related activities in an unspoiled environment. The nearby resorts offer fully guided tours to nearby markets and tourist attractions as well as typical beach activities like snorkeling and fishing. Enjoy rustic Mexican culture and its natural coastline during the day before retiring to your modern, air conditioned resort at night.
Mazunte
Just north of the Bahais de Huatulco is Mazunte, a bright and beautiful little city that is dotted with colorful restaurants, a variety of hotels and activities for travellers. Everything from scuba diving to yoga retreats to vegetarian cooking classes can be found in Mazunte, but one thing you won’t find are large resorts. Instead, look for luxury in the upscale spas and apartment rentalsperched on the edge of the main road. Mazunte is conveniently located between two other small cities that also have much to offer in the way of seaside fun and Mexican culture, San Augustanillo and Zipolite.
San Augustanillo is definitely the more modern of the two and offers a choice of upscale spas and specialty shops and an impressive array of health spas, exercise

studios and hotels perched on picturesque cliffs. Head south to nearby Zipolite if you are a more budget-conscious traveler or looking for more Mexican authenticity. A getaway known for its bohemian collection of cheap and simple but authentic restaurants and hotels, the translation of the name means “Beach of the Dead” in the language of the local Mixtec tribe. Although this seems needlessly dramatic considering Zipolite’s peaceful, laid-back atmosphere it aptly describes nearby swimming conditions. The undertow here is notoriously strong and severely limits any opportunities for water sports or other related activities,

overpowering even the strongest swimmer. The gently curving beach is lined with stark red and yellow flags to mark the more and less dangerous spots. Better to stay on land instead and enjoy one of Mexico’s few nude beaches, complete with friendly vendors hocking handmade art, clothing, jewelry and food. Be warned that Zipolite offers little in the way of modern amenities like air conditioning, bank machines and internet access but still has a variety of choices for food and accommodations for the backpacking student or the budget traveller who wants to enjoy the best of Mexico.
Playa Azul
South of Huatulco, on the way to the industrial port city of Salina Cruz, you can find the yet undiscovered beaches of the Mexican Pacific Coast. You will not find any resorts or hotels here, although you are welcome to pitch a tent at various locations or perhaps rent a humble room attached to one of the occasional restaurants that line the beach. Playa Cangreco and Playa Azul are two of the few beaches that have names or roads to accommodate them. The floor is sand and the tables and chairs are plastic, but the food is fresh and delicious, caught in the nearby ocean and prepared by a local family. Aside from the folks who maintain these restaurants, permanent housing or structures are scant here and if you decide to explore these beaches, be sure to shop for certain amenities and essentials along the main road. Many more beaches with varying levels of civilization line this part of the coast, and the closer to venture to Salina Cruz the more likely you will be able to find a

beach with a larger restaurant, a hotel or even a dance club.
The Pacific Coast of Oaxaca offers a safe, relaxed and authentic experience of Mexico that can suit the needs and desires of any type of traveller, whether you come to Mexico to enjoy a luxury resort or a traditional palapa.

References:
Whipperman, Bruce. “Moon Pacific Mexico, Including Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara, Acapulco, and Oaxaca.” (8^th Ed.), September 2007.

How Zipolitians Make a Palapa- Sustainable Housing

Playa Zipolite. Welcome To The Beach Of The Dead!:

Playa Zipolite. Welcome To The Beach Of The Dead!:

Jeff Hubbard sweeps the 2012 Zicatela Pro Friday, 05 October 2012 15:45

Jeff Hubbard sweeps the 2012 Zicatela Pro

Friday, 05 October 2012 15:45

Jeff Hubbard has come out victorious at the 2012 IBA Turbo Zicatela Pro, at Puerto Escondido, Mexico. The Hawaiian charger defeated six-time world bodyboarding champion Guilherme Tamega, from Brazil, with a high flying air roll and deep barrels in the final heat. Hubbard collected his second Zicatela Pro title and the world title race has heated up between the top four seeds, as the 2012 IBA World Tour enters the last two stages. The two-time world champion fell victim of the non-elimination Round 4, but taking the longer road to the final did not slow down the hungry Hawaiian. Hubbard took down Australian super talent Mitch Rawlins in Round 6 and managed to keep his momentum, topping Magno Passos, in the quarterfinals and current world champion Pierre-Louis Costes in the semifinal. Guilherme Tamega was looking strong thought the event, defeating an inform Mark McCarthy in the quarterfinal and current ratings leader Dave Winchester in the semifinal, but could not match Hubbard’s aerial antics in the final. Today, Tamega bagged his third 2nd place finish of 2012, making it clear that he is hungry for a seventh world title. Winchester’s 3rd place finish has helped him improve on his current points, but with the other three semifinalists also drastically improving on their points, everything is possible. Puerto Rico or Canary Islands will decide who claims gold. 2012 IBA World Tour rankings after Zicatela Pro: 1. Dave Winchester 8380 2. Guilherme Tamega 7380 3. Pierre Louis Costes 7250 4. Jeff Hubbard 7240 5. Mitch Rawlins 6400 6. Mark McCarthy 6400 7. Ben Player 6020 8. Jared Houston 5740 9 Mike Stewart 5520 10. Andrew Lester 5340

Murder of Miami’s ‘Cocaine Queen’ Offers Teaching Moment The Truth of the Drug War Won’t Be Found in Hollywood or the Mainstream Media — Which Both Work From the Same Tired Script By Bill Conroy Via The Narcosphere October 6, 2012

Murder of Miami’s ‘Cocaine Queen’ Offers Teaching Moment

The Truth of the Drug War Won’t Be Found in Hollywood or the Mainstream Media — Which Both Work From the Same Tired Script

By Bill Conroy
Via The Narcosphere

October 6, 2012

Murder of Miami’s ‘Cocaine Queen’ Offers Teaching Moment

Posted by Bill Conroy - October 6, 2012 at 5:24 pm

The Truth of the Drug War Won’t Be Found in Hollywood or the Mainstream Media — Which Both Work From the Same Tired Script

Griselda Blanco, 69, was cut down in front of a butcher shop in Medellin, Colombia, in early September by a middle-aged man who was delivered to the murder scene on the back of a motorcycle — and who calmly, methodically, jumped off the back of that bike, held a gun to Blanco’s head, and pumped two bullets into her brain.

Blanco, well prior to her death, had been pumped up as a rock star of the drug war by the US mainstream media and various Hollywood-inspired films, such as the Cocaine Cowboysdocumentary. In fact, at the time of her death, several feature films about her life as a big-time cocaine dealer and killer in Miami in the 1970s and early 1980s were reportedly in the works — including one in which movie star Jennifer Lopez is seeking to play the leading role as the “Narco Queen” in hopes of winning an Oscar, according to Fox News Latino.

But Blanco, like so many other US-media created narco anti-heroes, is more fiction than reality, and a prime example of how US “news” coverage of the drug war has become essentially indistinguishable from the fiction manufactured in Tinsel Town.

Baruch Vega, a long-time CIA asset who, in the 1990s and early 2000s, helped to broker cooperating-source deals on behalf of US law enforcement agencies and the CIA with dozens of major Colombian narco-traffickers, describes Blanco as, at best, a mid-level player in the cocaine business during her prime.

“She was made out to be the queen of cocaine, but there were much more powerful people,” Vega says. “She was responsible for killing a lot of people [street lore puts the number at a couple hundred], but she wasn’t the biggest killer. The biggest hit man at the time [in Miami cocaine wars in the early 1980s] was a Venezuelan named Amilcar Rodriquez. Many of the people that Blanco claimed she killed, he was responsible for killing, but he was happy to let her take the credit.”

Nonetheless, Blanco had made a long list of deadly enemies by the time she was 69 — after serving years in a US prison prior to being deported in 2004 back to her native land of Colombia. And it is the still-open question of who assassinated her on the streets of Medellin last month that opens a door to the past, to the obscured history of the drug war that you will not read about in the New York Times or see exposed on CNN, or even in a Hollywood film — precisely because it is not fiction.

The Cocaine Coup

One murder scene that Blanco’s fingerprints are all over, most observers agree, is the Dadeland Mall shootout in Miami in 1979, which left two people dead in the wake of a barrage of bullets in front of a liquor store. The assassins in that hit job worked for Blanco, and one of the men left dead, not reported until this time, was the father of a brutal Colombian killer and drug dealer named Papo Mejia (Luis Fernando Arcila Mejia), according to Mike Levine, a retired DEA agent who was working some of the biggest deep undercover cases for the agency in the 1970s and 1980s — both in the US and South America.

One of those cases, dubbed Operation Hun, targeted major Bolivian and Colombian narco-traffickers, including Mejia. But Levine, author of a detailed and revelatory nonfiction drug-war book, The Big White Lie, insists that, due to CIA intervention and complicity in the drug trade, most of the targets of Operation Hun walked free, with a few exceptions, such as Mejia — who was ultimately convicted of narco-trafficking-related crimes, sentenced to a couple decades in a US prison and, upon his release in the early 2000s, deported to Colombia.

But prior to his arrest in the early 1980s, Mejia himself was the target of a Blanco assassination attempt — the two were bitter rivals in Miami’s cocaine street wars — one in which the sicario stabbed Mejia some 10 times with a rusty bayonet blade, in broad daylight, at Miami International Airport, shortly after Mejia had debarked from a flight from Colombia. Mejia survived. But the attack allowed DEA — who to that point had lost track of him — to arrest him on charges related to Operation Hun. The key cooperating source in that DEA undercover operation was a beautiful and deadly Bolivian named Sonia Atala — who, by any measure, was the true “Cocaine Queen” of the 1980s. She worked with Levine, posing as his lover, as part of Operation Hun — and for whom the operation was named (“Atala” the Hun; DEA humor). Atala also happened to be a key CIA asset, according to Levine.

“Of all the drug barons in Bolivia, Sonia’s connections in Colombia and the United States — where most Bolivians had feared to go — were the best. [Bolivian Minister of the Interior Col. Luis] Arce Gomez quickly recognized her value to the government and put her in charge of selling the government’s cocaine, then piling up in bank vaults and beginning to rot,” Levine writes in his book the Big White Lie. “The Cocaine Coup had turned Sonia Atala into the chief international sales representative of the country [Bolivia], then producing [in the early 1980s] 80 percent of the world’s cocaine — beyond doubt the biggest drug dealer in the world.”

Levine explains that in 1979 and 1980, the center-left Bolivian government of Lidia Gueiler Tejada had agreed to work with DEA in targeting that nation’s major narco-barons, individuals such as Roberto Suarez, Jose Gasser and Alfredo Guitierrez. That led these narco-traffickers, cloaked in the garbs of legitimate businessman, along with elements of the Bolivian military, who were assisted by former Nazis, literally — chief among them, Klaus Barbie, dubbed the Butcher of Lyon for the brutal torture tactics he employed in Nazi Occupied France during World War II — to organize a successful coup d'etat against Gueiler’s government. Levine adds that the CIA backed this “Cocaine Coup” and that many of its chief architects and key players, the top narco-traffickers in Bolivia, were, in fact, CIA assets.

But Levine is not alone in his assessment of the forces behind the Cocaine Coup, which resulted in making Bolivia a South American narco-state in the early 1980s and a major supplier of cocaine to the US during the period in which Griselda Blanco and Papo Mejia were fighting over the streets of Miami.

Robert Parry, a former Associated Press reporter who played a key role in exposing the Iran/Contra scandal in the mid-1980s, in a story written in 1998, describes Bolivia’s Cocaine Coup (which, Parry claims, also was aided by the neo-fascist/US-supported Argentine government of that era, a government that launched a “Dirty War” against so-called “leftists,” which resulted in the “disappearing” and torture/murders of the thousands of Argentines in the late 1970s).

From Parry’s story, co-written with Marta Gurvich:

In testimony before a U.S. Senate subcommittee, another Argentine intelligence officer, named Leonardo Sanchez-Reisse, described that operation.  A financial expert, Sanchez-Reisse said he had been recruited by Argentine intelligence in 1976 and specialized in the service's international operations. …

Sanchez-Reisse testified that the Miami [money laundering] operation was based in two front companies: Argenshow, a promoter of U.S. entertainment acts in Argentina, and the Silver Dollar, a pawn shop that was licensed to sell guns.

He asserted the real activity of the companies was to transfer more than $30 million — much of it from drug lords — into various political and paramilitary operations in South and Central America. He claimed the operation was approved by the CIA, which maintained close ties to the Argentine generals.

According to Sanchez-Reisse, the money operation's first major activity was funneling drug proceeds into a 1980 coup to overthrow an elected center-left government in Bolivia. That new government had offended Bolivia's powerful cocaine barons, including Roberto Suarez, then one of the biggest traffickers in the world.

Besides the weapons from Argentina, the Bolivian putschists got help from an international band of ex-Nazis and neo-nazis led by Klaus Barbie, known as the Butcher of Lyon for his work in Hitler's Gestapo.

In July 1980, the coup overthrew the Bolivian government and slaughtered many of its supporters. Some victims were tortured by Argentinean experts flown in to demonstrate their expertise.

The putsch, which became known as the Cocaine Coup, installed Luis Garcia Meza [as president of Bolivia] and other drug-connected military officers [such as Arce Gomez] who promptly turned Bolivia into South America's first modern narco-state. The secure supply of Bolivian cocaine was important to the development of the Medellin cartel in the early 1980s.

Parry's story continues:

… Many of the Argentine intelligence officers who assisted in the Cocaine Coup followed up their victory in Bolivia by moving northward into Central America to train a ragtag force of Nicaraguan contras.

Over 18 months, Sanchez-Reisse testified, more than $30 million went through [the CIA-sanctioned money laundering] operation. The money supported the Bolivian coup, the contras and other right-wing paramilitary activities in Central America….

It is important to note that this history still resonates today, in the current US presidential election. Candidate Mitt Romney’s signature company, Bain Capital, was launched in the early 1980s with the help of seed capital from Central American oligarchs, who, according to some press reports, helped to finance right-wing death squads operating in Central America at the time.

Prime Suspect

But in the drug business, treachery is right up there with greed and power as the guiding forces of the trade, and Bolivia’s Queen of Cocaine, Atala, fell victim to those rules. She had grown too powerful in the eyes of some of the Bolivian narcos running the country in 1980 and 1981, and so they double-crossed her on a coke deal she had made with the Colombian Mejia — then in his mid-20s. She had no place to run.

Mejia was out to kill her and Atala’s Bolivian allies had turned against her, according to Levine, so she ran to her only other “friends,” the DEA — with the CIA still, always, in the background. That resulted in Operation Hun, with Levine going undercover in an extremely dangerous assignment working to make cases, with Atala’s assistance as an informant, targeting her Bolivian and Colombian associates.

But there was a big problem with the plan, Levine says. The CIA had no intention of turning over their still-useful narco-trafficker assets in Latin America at a time when they were helping to sponsor dirty wars across that region that were deemed to be in the US interest in its battle against Communism — the War on Terror of its day.

As a result, the cases Levine and others helped to build in the early 1980s against the major Bolivian narcos behind the Cocaine Coup, including Suarez, Gasser and Guitierrez, all fell apart due to the inherent conflict between the objectives of US intelligence agencies and US law enforcement — in which the former holds most of the cards. Even Atala, in the end — a woman who, as Levine writes in the Big White Lie, had a “detachment of Klaus Barbie’s Nazi mercenaries … placed at her disposal” — proved to be beyond the reach of the law.

From Levine’s book:

Under cross-examination by defense counsel Stephen Finta, Sonia [Atala] admitted that, with the full knowledge, cooperation, and aid of the US government, all her vast wealth and properties in Bolivia had been returned to her…. It was also revealed that Sonia was soon to return to Bolivia [in the early 1980s], still the number one source country in the world for cocaine, once again free to reign supreme as the Queen with the Crown of Snow.

But for Levine, the story does not have a fairy tale ending. After Mejia was nearly stabbed to death in Miami by one of Blanco’s assassins, Mejia was arrested by DEA, due to the case built against him in Operation Hun, and ultimately sent to jail, because of Levine’s case work and testimony.

Levine told Narco News that Mejia is a very vengeful and skilled killer, who, at one time, “had an army of hit men” under his command, and has to be considered among the prime suspects in the September assassination of Blanco in Medellin.

Levine described the scenario as follows in a recent email:

1.  The Cocaine Cowboy War [in Miami] was raging when we began Operation Hun that targeted Papo Mejia among others, using Sonia Atala as the bait. What we learned was that Griselda Blanco had already killed Papo's father in the infamous Miami Dade[land] Mall, broad daylight shooting.

2. We (DEA undercover team) are then successful in indicting Mejia via an elaborate undercover sting, but he is nowhere to be found.

3. Griselda has her own intelligence system and learns that Papo is landing at Miami International from Colombia in [on Sept. 15, 1982]. She pays Miguel Perez $250,000 to off him. Perez catches Mejia after he passes customs and in broad daylight stabs him ten times with a bayonet.

4. He survives … stands trial and is sentenced to 27 years.... I retire [from DEA] and become an expert [court] witness. 

5. Years go by and his [Mejia’s] lawyer, Steve Finta, in the mid-90s is trying to get Papo [Mejia] an early release [from prison]. We have a meeting. He wants to hire me as an expert to get Papo out…. This is the actual dialogue: 

Me: “You want me to help get him out, when I’m on his hit list?”

Steve [Finta]: “I talked to him. You're no longer on the top of the list….” (Real life is so much stranger than fiction.)

6.  Papo is eventually released from prison with no help from me. He is deported to Colombia.

7.  Griselda [Blanco] is released after Papo and deported to Colombia where she is (recently) murdered.

8.  Question: Is Papo Mejia now working his way down his long-held "bucket" hit list?

In short: I'd like to make this public, at least, as a measure of self-defense. At the very least, it should also alert the Colombian Police to their most likely subject.

Narco News attempted to contact Mejia’s former attorney, Finta, for comment. The number for his Miami-area law office is disconnected. He did not reply to an email query.

Stay tuned…..

Oaxaca in the Heart of México

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The new Oaxaca in the Heart of México Multimedia CD-Rom is a complete Tourist Guide about the state of Oaxaca. It offers detailed information about more than 350 different Natural  & Cultural Attractions, as wel as Travel Tips,  Maps, Recipees, and more. Among other things, the CD-Rom contains: Images: 1500 full-screen photographs Text: 400 pages Music: 2 1/2 hours of music (42 traditional songs) Audio: 20 pages of text, read out by professional  readers The CD-Rom is great to get a general overview of the  City and State of Oaxaca, and also to be used as  research material for entertainment and/or educational purposes. It has sections which  give a global view of Oaxaca as well as  sections with in-depth information. All the  documents and audio are in Spanish and  English (on the same CD). Special introductory price: $ 24.95 USD  (includes Shipping). Distributors: If you are interested in distributing (500+) the CD-ROM, contact:  Sales@jaruz.com. http://www.oaxaca-travel.com/guide/index.php?section=cdrom&doc=cdrominside&lang=us

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