Thread: Mexican National Sentenced to 40 Years for Kidnapping

Mexican National Sentenced to 40 Years for Kidnapping

Man also charged with 2 murders

POSTED: 08:26 PM CDT Sep 24, 2015 UPDATED: 08:48 PM CDT Sep 24, 2015

MCALLEN -A federal judge is sending one man to prison for 40 years for kidnapping someone to force repayment of a drug debt.

Judge Micaela Alvarez handed down the sentence on Thursday for 29-year-old Martin Margarito-Casimiro. The sentenced man is from Camargo, Tamaulipas.

The case dates back to January 22. Police found a man running down the street with rope still tied around his arms and legs.

The victim led officers to a house where he was held. They found another victim still tied up.

Investigators said Margarito-Casimiro held at least one victim at gunpoint for ransom for an alleged lost load of marijuana.

The victim was told he needed to pay in order to be released.
Margarito-Casimiro was also charged with two Hidalgo County murders.

Last October, Elia Margarita Flores was kidnapped from her trucks at gunpoint in Pharr. Another victim, Victor Manuel Garcia was also kidnapped. Their bodies turned up in November.

Garcia was stuffed in trash bags then dumped, north of McAllen. Flores’ body was found in a field, north of Donna.
Investigators said both victims were shot to death.

CHANNEL 5 NEWS tried contacting the district attorney to find out about the murder case, and how it will impact the federal sentencing.

http://www.krgv.com/news/local-news/...pping/35473152

I cannot toss aside the question, is it cheaper to jail all the cartel members, or go to war and end several problems simultaneously?

Originally Posted by kevinssdad

I cannot toss aside the question, is it cheaper to jail all the cartel members, or go to war and end several problems simultaneously?

The way to end this is to the end the War on Drugs that fuels it. If we end the War on Drugs with a legalization plan that includes regulation, education, taxation and rehabilitation, all this drug crime and illegal immigration that supports it goes away.

We need to legalize everything, regulate it all, including requirements that the entire business be owned and operated top to bottom by US Citizens Only, that it be a domestic only business, no imports or exports to avoid international complications, tax it under the FairTax and use a portion of those revenues to pay for the regulation, better education of the public about the real risks and consequences of using drugs, and free rehab on demand without stigma for anyone who wants or needs it, all paid for by drug users who purchase the drugs and pay the FairTax on their purchases. This way no one else is burdened with the cost, no insurance company is stuck with rehab expenses, everyone has access to the help they need or want, and it becomes their world to deal with. Legalization through regulations guarantees safer products to avoid drug overdoses, usually caused by bad mixes.

Originally Posted by kevinssdad

I cannot toss aside the question, is it cheaper to jail all the cartel members, or go to war and end several problems simultaneously?

Since Mexican cartels tend to kill Mexicans and Mexican/Americans leave them alone and let them kill each other.
It's a self solving problem,
like black on black crime.

by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ
26 Sep 2015

MCALLEN, Texas – A convicted Mexican drug cartel kidnapper and suspected assassin will spend 40 years in prison for carrying out a kidnapping in this border city under orders from his bosses in Mexico.

On Thursday, Martin Casimiro Margarito went before U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez who handed down a 480 month prison sentence on the case and set a $25,000 fine on his as well. Once his sentence is completed, Casimiro expected to face deportation procedures.



Alvarez noted that “this kind of conduct goes on routinely in Mexico and unfortunately is seen more and more in Texas,” information released to Breitbart Texas by the U.S. Attorney’s Office revealed. “Alvarez hoped that this sentence would not only serve as a deterrent to Margarito himself but also to anyone seeking vengeance for a debt owned.”

The kidnapping in question took place on January, 2015 when, according to court documents obtained by Breitbart Texas, Martin Margarito Casimiro and 17-year-old Silvestre Lopez held Gustavo Burr and Andres Reyes at gunpoint at a north McAllen house, in order to collect money owed to a Mexican drug boss.

Burr was able to escape from the stash house and ran down the street with ropes still tied around his arms and legs, asking for help. Authorities responded to the scene and found a second kidnapping victim as well as various men attempting to flee the house. Authorities also recovered two handguns and an AR-15 rifle. The kidnapping appears to have been over a $300,000 drug debt.

In addition to the double cartel kidnapping, Casimiro also is facing capital murder charges in a Texas State Court for his role in a double kidnapping and execution tied to human smuggling, Breitbart Texas reported.

The execution took place in October 2014 when “three large Hispanic” men kidnapped in broad daylight 39-year-old Elia Margarita Flores in the border city of Pharr Texas. Authorities learned that the truck belonged to 24-year-old Victor Manuel Garcia who had also been kidnapped.

Days later, on November 4, workers in a rural area found the Garcia’s remains stuffed inside trash bags in the northern part of the border county of Hidalgo. Less than a week later authorities found Flores’ decomposed body in a rural area near the border town of Donna.

The execution of the two is tied to the trafficking of illegal aliens through South Texas while authorities have not said the name of the organization, as reported by Breitbart Texas, human smuggling has become a big money maker for Mexico’s Gulf Cartel.

http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2015/...exican-cartel/

How much is this piece of crap going to cost the taxpayers to imprison? Why is he in this country? Bush and O admins are truly a disgrace! Deport all and build that wall
Mr Trump.