Thread: Authorities Say Pot Garden in Yosemite Was Sophisticated Ope

08/15/2007 - Drug agents say a multi-million dollar marijuana farm discovered in Yosemite National Park is so large it's taken 3 days to chop it down and they're still not done.
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It's expected to take about a week to destroy all of the plants growing in and around the park.

More than 30,000 plants have been found so far worth an estimated $88 million. Most of the pot-growing locations are in remote areas only reachable by helicopter.

Authorities say it's a sophisticated operation with an irrigation system set up to water the plants.

21 year old Antonio Ontiveros has been arrested. Investigators believe the entire operation is tied to a drug cartel out of Mexico.

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?secti ... id=5571563

And yes, he is an illegal alien.

GS07,

We need to confrim that he is an illegal alien with a news sorce.

Dixie

http://www.ksee24.com/news/local/9186607.html

The news media doesn't use the term illegal alien so they call them Mexican Nationals. It was stated on the radio (KMJ 580) that he was illegal.