Drug traffickers suspected in boy's kidnapping

Yesterday the local news reported that the entire family is refusing to talk. 

It might have been the grandfather that took off with the money, but I'm guessing that the entire family is involved in drug dealing.

Apparently not - or else he wouldn't have gotten involved in the first place. How about a switch - the boy for the grandfather???

Sheep:  What exactly is "liberal" about this article.

I'm guessing that this family likes guns and doesn't believe in birth control, which are the basis of right wing ideology.

We could use our military to control the boarders...if it wasn't for the fact that the military is bogged down in Iraq.

We have big problems in this country that will never be resolved as long as people continue to play partisan politics with ever issue.

the article itself isn't liberal. But there are issues we need to address that the liberal side of the govt along with the dirtbags in the aclu think will just work themselves out if we just open up the borders and stop judging people. The right to own a gun is a real protected constitutional RIGHT. Birth control  ( and I have no problem with birth control, I have a problem with on demand abortion) is a FDA approved medication, not a civil right issue. Back to the point of  this article, if this little boy is harmed the USA needs to declare war on the mexican mafia, segregate or execute all it's members that are in our prison system and not just control the borders we need to shut them down forever. No one in, no one out. It is time to stop letting the third world into America once and for all. This is a partial result if groups like La raza and the aclu being given any credence what so ever in our judicial syatem.

Who's going to work the fields, clean the hotel rooms and wash dishes in restaurants for minimum wage?  You??

We need to seal the boarders...and the areas around the borders.  One of the excuses for not sealing the borders is the cost.  We could hire Illegals to do the labor - that would save a fortune!!

And the true cost is the lives of our citizens. 

Bush has been in power 8 years.  Congress was controlled by the GOP for 6 years.  Did they do one thing to seal the borders?  NO.  The GOP won't seal the borders because cheap illegal hired help is "good for business". 

But I will agree that the ACLU and La Raza are jumping on a band wagon without looking at the whole picture.  They are wrong.  If you are in this country illegally, you should have no rights other that basic humaine rights. 

I feel that La Raza should focus their energy on improving Mexico's economy and corrupt government so that Mexicans do not have to pour into this country to make a living.

Pop quiz:  Who's the richest man in the world?  Carlos Sim Helu' of Mexico.  It used to be Warren Buffett, but that was before the US markets crashed.

I'm for trading granpa for the boy, AND shipping granpa and the illegal drug mafia OUT OF THE U.S.!!!!!  Heck Guantanamo would be NICE for these people!  Granpa and the druggers are TERRORISTS!!!!

There  should  be  no  illegals! Every  person  on  our  soil  is  legal, regardless  how  he  or  she  got  here!  Sen. McCain  was  right:  we  need  to  legalize  the  so-called  "illegals."  They have  families  which  now  suffer ... little boys and girls like Cole, only with hazel eyes! A  hundred  percent of them  are  economic  refugees.  In  other  words,  they  came  here  in  pursuit  of  the  same  dream  you  and  me  take  for  granted!  It  is  time  that  we show  them  that we  believe  in  the  same  things  they  believe in! 

It wasn't the parents.  It was the Grandparents.

are you saying then, that the parents, (the kids of the little boys grandfather) had no idea what grandpa was up to?  Come on.  I don't believe that for a minute...and I doubt the cops do either.  By not talking are they protecting the 6 year old boy or themselves?  There is a special place in hell for those who hurt children.

My sincerest wishes are for the safe return of the boy......and then they should find him a family worthy of him.

Sheep

there could be one other reasson the family is not talking.  when they were "tied up at gunpoint, in their own home," someone may have told them that if they speal to the Law Enforcement people that their son would be harmed.

to LU 404506.

there are military on the border, it's just that they are support units, not combat or military police.  don't ask me i feel there should be infantry, scout and artilloery units out there...you think artillery is going overboard...not me! the next time mexican federal law or mil. troops fire on US. border patrol or other US. Law enf. persons just call in a fire mission, a little "COLD STEEL" and we could whaqt happened next time.

to Sheep

his parents may have been told that if they cooperate with Law Enf. that the child would be harmed.

to LU404506

there are Nat Grd. elements on the border but they are logistics elements (paperwork and maintenance units / elements). For me personally i would like to see infantry, light Calvary (scout) and artillery units on the border. Maybe a little air defence artillery too.  you think artillery is a little over the top, not me.  the next time Mexican federal troops or law enforcement fire across the border at US. border patrol or local or state police doing their jobs in our country...i think a little "COLD STEEL" might just solve the problem and, hey , it might just adjust a few attitudes with regard to continuing to screw with us.

in the case on the child, I pray that the young man is returned alive and well and those responsible are given a moderate glimpse of what HELL will be like BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY GET THERE.

When the story first broke the local news reported that the family tried to play it off as a random abduction but the police could tell that it wasn't "random" and the family knew more than they were saying.

The family called the police immediately;  they just didn't want to admit that they were meth pushers and it was a drug deal gone bad.  The boy was gone over a day before they could get the parents to talk.    And you'll notice that the grandfather didn't turn himself in OR give the money back to recover the boy.  How sick is that.

I have never heard of fear of the police from any Mexican drug dealers.

I  agree.  There are  many  things  yet  to  be  explained.  I  am  convinced  that  this  "family"  is  the  tip  of  the  iceberg  in  Nevada  drug  dealing!  They only  called  police  after  they  were  given a  green  light  from  their  higher-ups in  government ... or  police!

It's the mother's father that ripped off the drug dealers.

How'd you like to be that little boy knowing that his grandfather thinks more of money than his life.

protect our borders? you are an idiot! how about protect our children from greedy and ignorant parents and grandparents. the blame is on the grandfather who thinks that stealing drug money is worth his grandsons life and the mother and boyfriend who refuse to help authorities because obviously they were involved also. just typical white trash who think that their drug sponsored lifestyle is worth the life of their innocent grandson.

the grandfather was in hiding for three months. he had been reported missing because he knew the dealers were looking for him. what a coward. the guilty drug head hides and leaves his grandson to fend for himself. all the blame is on the grandfather and the mother and boyfriend.

the police should do the right thing and hand over the grandfather to the mafia in return for the innocent boy.

you are blind. what does a greedy drug addicted grandfather have to do with border protection? nothing. his greed and addiction was the only factor in the abduction of his grandson.

let me make this easy on you. AIG is the grandfather and the taxpayers money is the innocent kid. now do you get it? the government is the drug cartel. does that help explain what just happened? we did not pull $700 billion out of a hat. the government took $700 bilion from innocent taxpayers to help pay greedy AIG debt.

Vegas used to have a bunch of meth labs here but the police cracked down on them which, ironically, led to the opening in the meth market for the Mexican mafia to fill.

What is it about humans that make them addicted to drugs to the point of ruining their lives??

No,  it  wasn't  the  only  thing,  Loius.  For  decades,  the  Democrats  like  Barbara  Boxer,  Nancy Pelosi,  and  Barack Obama,  have  been  obstructing  moral  teaching  in  schools.  This  and  nothing  else  is  what  caused  this  "family," and  the  AIG  CEO's,   to  engage in  excessive greed and/or  in  drug dealings!  It wasn't  just so  much  addiction  and  greed,  but  the  Democrat  policies  that  caused  addiction  and  greed!

D Voice

re: #9.6 Thats the sum total of the issue. YOU ROCK

Are you serious?  Because my kid is thinking of UNLV.

Well, just when I think I've heard it all, a drug-dealing grandpa, mixing with the worst sort, likely just got his grandson killed.  Makes me sick.

I've met a lot of great people in Vegas, but it's no place for people with addiction problems. As long as your kid doesn't drink, gamble, do drugs, or have a sex addiction they will be fine. 

They keep the Strip cleaned up so the tourists don't notice, but the bum population of this city is huge.  And they are the laziest bums I've ever seen.  Not once has a bum offered to wash my windows.  There's only one bum in my neighborhood that goes through the garbage cans.  In Cali people used to go through my garbage cans 10 times a day.

The colleges are good, housing and the cost of living is pretty cheap.  There are jobs ever where - even in this economy. 

The population of the Vegas Valley is @ 2 million.  But after you take out the bums, druggies and other loosers it's really a very small town.

And the courts are very strict in Nevada....just ask O.J.

I hope that they bring the Grandfather back to Vegas to try him, but I bet he fights to stay in Cali where he has a chance to get off.  I have a friend that's a cop in Vegas.  He told me that when someone gets before a judge here there are no "mistrial" or reduced sentences loopholes...which is not always a bad thing.

Thanks, that's good to know. He doesn't drink - often anyway, he's only 18.  Generally a good kid.  I'll be sure to give him a head's up on the transients, although initially he'd be in a dorm.

Works for me Chucky!

And that's what our "Defense Dept." should be doing; defending our country instead of being deployed to other countries.

Has there been any evidence that the parents knew anything or are involved?  I haven't seen anything, and I have seen videos of the father and he appears pretty upset...much more than the girl in florida has behaved.  I am asking honestly, as I haven't read most of what people have posted about the parents not talking.

They've only showed the maternal grandmother and the father on TV passing out flyers.

The news hasn't mentioned the mother or boyfriend.

We need to close the borders Now!!!!!  Am I the only one that is bothered that the Mexican Mofia was able to cross into this counrty so easy & take the little boy & go back into Mexico with him? I am !!! If the borders were not so easy to cross then the drugs could not cross either. I hate to say it but this little boy is gone. The Mafia kidnapp people every day. If they do not kill them, they sell them into the sex slave trade. Then they still try to ransom the family for money. For them this is a money maker. If you think all the children that are missing are just taken by bad people in this counrty, think again. The sex slave trade is a big money maker for them. Young children are thier biggest targets. We have to close the borders to stop this from happening!!!

Last year in San Diego they found a tunnel that led from Mexico to Cali.  It had ventilation, lighting, and was large enough for a diesel truck to drive through.

This year at the Mexicali border they found a tunnel - someone had ratted out the dealers.  Within days the new police chief in Mexicali was shot to death in front of his wife and kids. 

This  is  what  is  so  terrible:  the  inevitable  police  corruption  on  both  sides  of  the  border! The  drugs  do  that!  People  sell  their  souls  for  a  joint  of  crack!  We  must  end  the  Cartels  by  legalizing  drugs!

Agree..It has been around for long time, Family down the street was victims of this and they knew nothing about there son's drug involvement until he ripped the gang off and then they killed his little sister 3 yr old to teach him a lesson...so don't be so sure Mom knew granddads dealings, this happens often, the family is a target for non payees, or rip offs cause quickest way to send message and they don't care about human life, sadly little Cole is probably gone especially since Granddad is in jail !!

It's a latino trademark because their families mean something to them. 

But the Mexican mafia made a mistake thinking that the grandfather would be moved by taking the boy.

My  take  on  this  is  different.  The  boy  was  probably  let  go  to  protect  high  ranking  officials  in  the  U.S.,  involved  in  drug  dealing!  This  type  of  publicity  was  probably  too  much  for  the  drug mafia  on  both  sides  of  the  border!