Albuquerque - What a Shocking Surprise

Numerous times, the Dawg has accused the City of Albuquerque of being a backwater two horse town but I guess that we have reached the big time:
Agents: Group Moved $15 Million in Drugs:
"The massive drug organization taken down last week in the Albuquerque area had moved $15 million or more in drugs and had ties to drug kingpin Chapo Guzman and the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico, federal agents said Friday..............
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2012/02/agents-group-moved-15-million-in-drugs.html

Now I cannot even imagine this going on in our City since we have not experienced one incident of crime in our enclave! Moving $15M worth of drugs is totally shocking and I would predict that this is the end of the Sinaloa Cartel as we know it. Such a dent in their cash flow would have to make them another victim of the economic downturn!

The US Gubmint alway overvalues drugs they capture. It was probably only a couple of bricks of mj.

Actually, I was quite surprised to learn that they had 21 MJ seizures at the three rinky dink NM border crossings just this week.

15 million is like pocket lint to Senor Guzman..........

CG quote - "Now I cannot even imagine this going on in our City since we have not experienced one incident of crime in our enclave!"

Crime in Albuquerque in 2010 from city-data.com
Murders---------42
per 100,000-----7.7
Robberies-----940
per 100,000---172.4
Assaults-------2,971
per 100,000----544.7
Burglaries----5,465
per 100,000----1,002
Thefts------18,134
per 100,000----3,325
Auto Thefts----2,773
per 100,000----508.4

CheenaGringo wrote:SARCASM John?

No Sarcasm, just your quote CG. Guess you don't realize what happens in ABQ. Maybe you don't like the FACTS!

John:

You are really going to tick off the sailboat owners on Lake Chapala by using up all of their "sailboat fuel" by allowing it to pass between your ears!

Let me explain it for you: when the word Sarcasm was used by myself, I was questioning whether you understood that my original comments were sarcasm? I live here in Albuquerque and certainly didn't need your crime statistics to inform me. But like yourself, I could insert my head in the sand and deny anything going on in the area since we have had no crime in our enclave.