La Paz, BCS: The couple of US citizen / criminals detained by the Attorney General's Office in the town of Pescadero lived 19 years in hiding in Baja California, while the FBI was looking for them in their native North Carolina for money laundering and commercial selling of marijuana.
The elements of the attorney general's office, together with the staff of the National Institute of Migration, have arrested two Americans in Baja California Sur who have been searched for by the FBI for 19 years.
The two inmates are Robert Edward Freer , 61 years old and Wendy Galbraith or Wendy Galbraith Col Freer, 52 years old who are husband and wife and have been prosecuted in the East District of North Carolina November 8, 1999 for conspiracy to distribute marijuana and money laundering, but they quickly escaped from the area when they learned of the existence of federal charges.
In mid-July this year, Commissioners Dan Tubman and Bryan Koning of the DEA found information indicating that the couple lived on the peninsula of Baja California Sur in Mexico with different names.
So they contacted the general power of attorney in Mexico City to start working with the authorities and confirm information and develop a detention plan.
On 4 October, the Mexican authorities captured the Freers "in a tourist complex they owned and operated in San Pedrito beach".
The Deputy Prosecutor General of Regional Control, Criminal Procedures and Amparo ( SCRPPA ) and the PGR reported that after their arrests carried out by the federal ministerial police on Federal Highway #19, near the city El Pescadero, ( just south of Todos Santos ) the couple was transferred to the National Migration Institute, to resolve their immigration status.
The couple was deported from Mexico and flown to Los Angeles, where the return processes will begin to North Carolina.
"Freer are living examples of those who thought they could circumvent the system." The men and women of the Marshals Service showed them that they were wrong and reaffirmed the principles of our criminal justice system by bringing these fugitives to justice. We hope to bring this case to court here in the eastern district of North Carolina " he said Robert J. Higdon, Jr., Federal Prosecutor for the Eastern District of North Carolina
The agency announced this: elements of the Attorney General's Office (PGR), assigned to the State Delegation in Baja California Sur, in coordination with personnel of the National Institute of Migration (INM), said the two persons sought by authorities of the States United of America had been taken into custody.
Both persons were wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), for their probable responsibility in the crimes of drug distribution and money laundering.
What a waste time lol
ReplyDelete9:00 yes sire bob, if Griffa is legal now, it is like it never was a crime before, please release these exemplary US citizens and let them contribute to their own support in Mexico instead of being supported by 100 thousand taxpayer dollars a year on a US prison, that is a business of prison wardens and associates of course...
DeleteYaqui, I appreciate your work, I really do but this subject has nothing to do with Mexican drug cartels. No offense.
ReplyDeletewe so go out of the box now and then...if you don't have an interest do not read the post
DeleteGood work Chivis we also like to read reports on others living in Mexican soil. Keep it up!
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Delete9:18 sure do mista wrong, dealing grifa where they got caught and fled to a Mexico that surely supplied them.
DeleteAnyway, go make tea with your pamper and read the left overs.
Wow so you did not like the article because? They are accused of drug distribution and money laundering and they were living in Mexico how close can you get with what the blog is about???
DeleteTell em Chivis. I don't know about anyone else but I found this story very interesting being and American who's thought about fleeing to Mexico to avoid prosecution in my wilder days. Good work Chivis
Deletethanks for the support James
Deleteit is yaqui's post....and no one works harder.
Delete9:18 Im pretty sure I understand correctly and I understand this site is dedicated to reporting on the drug war . I think it shouldn't matter if its a Brooklyn doctor keeping a bunch of addicts supplied . Money laundering ? It don't matter if you are manufacturing and selling widgets , if you are hiding income and diverting huge profits its a federal crime . But they are alleging it came from drug proceeds .
Delete918 it is a relevant article, as it the subjects we're arrested in Mexico. A we're hiding in Mexico.
DeleteI enjoyed the read as well. Thanks for what you do.
Delete~Dr.R
The name of the page is Borderland Beat. That makes the article relevant. It is an interesting although short read. Thanks Yaqui.
DeleteHa ha!!
ReplyDeleteBB keep up the reads.
ReplyDeleteBad hombres going to Mexico from U.S. 😏
ReplyDeletethe us marshals should be embarassed that it took em 19 years to find en
ReplyDeleteMr 129, they are not embarrassed, they kept busy arresting other fugitives, they are great full, to close the case on this one.
DeleteThanks Ya’ll for your support.
ReplyDeleteI’m sorry that 9:18 finds something offensive about it.
There happens to be ALOT of money laundering in that area, and it is not done all by Mexicans......I happen to know there is a lot of US dope money laundered there. And for all we know , the fugitive couple could very well have been keeping up their sceaming. Their ultimate price is gonna be a lot worse now than it would have been 19 years ago. If they had federal charges that long ago they were not selling joints on a corner. Also, folks living and working in MX for this long have to have had some experience w Narcos or corrupt police etc, it is just unavoidable.
Don't worry . I think 9:18 don't believe gringo are news worthy . He is from a bubble and sees things his own way .
DeleteThanks yaqui! I get that these people are fugitives and broke the law. But pot? 18 years ago? I almost feel bad for them. Talk about picking the lowest hanging fruit!
ReplyDeleteWhat a joke...they must have really pissed someone off to deserve this treatment? Got a business in mex, The authorities should have left them alone. Instead they want killers and thieves living in their country
ReplyDeletesounds like a good movie idea.
ReplyDeleteThere are many Americans who have committed violent crimes in the USA as well as sex crimes, who hide out in Mexico. Also tax evaders and those fleeing child support obligations. Lot of these Americans in Puerto Penasco, Sonora.
ReplyDeleteAMÉN to that, I am sorry to say. LOTS.
DeleteExactly! What made these two so special? PO'd the wrong people somewhere. Just Us for AWL. As an aside, I enjoy reading every story here on BB. Keep up the great job! Saludos!
DeleteHola Yaqui and thank you for work.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Toluca.
El rana rene
While these two get nabbed, the American military is in Afghanistan guarding the poppy fields for the CIA and stealing lithium for Tesla batteries. Where is the justice?
ReplyDeleteWhat's your point? American military has no business on Mecico, it's two different governments, one is super dupper corrupt.
DeleteThe point (for the fucking idiot commenter above) is that weed growers should be the least of anyone's worries. They're not murderers or thieves. But you are 100 percent a fucking moron I'll tell you that faggot.
DeleteThanks 4 the read Big Yak, this story reminds me of an old American couple on the run in TJ not too long ago. They were from a midwestern state and were hiding out in Mexico unbeknownst to anybody around them. They had fake names and people around them in BCS said they were nice quiet business owners. Turns out they were on the FBI's most wanted list. The husband was a hells angel member wanted for a spree of murders carried out throughout several states. When the U.S Marshall's tried to detain them the wife shot herself committing suicide and the husband was ultimately aprehended at a burger spot close to rosarito.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, that is quite a story.
DeleteHonest to gawd : I met a guy YEARS ago who was a train conductor who was at fault for derailing a train and killing and injuring MANY people. He was actually bragging about how easy it was to hide in plain sight to me , a perfect stranger. I have always hoped that dumb fk got caught and wished I had done something myself about it. However, you know how many crazies are out there, it seemed so outlandish I thought maybe he was just another nutball.
I am dating myself here but I have to say that was really so many years ago you could hardly make a phone call out of the country of Mexico or many paved roads for that matter.
@Yaqui That's not cool man. When confronted with any situation involving killings of innocent people, you should have called the police. You have to have a conscience and think of the families of those dead people who still don't have closure. You live and you learn, but that's not cool at all.
DeleteGoing after weed growers. How pathetic. Isn't that shit legal now?
DeleteRegional general prosecutor
ReplyDeleteOf Baja California...again I ask
Why does Mexico have long exhausted NAMES FOR INSTITUTION..WHAT ABOUT ATTORNEY GENERAL?
THE DEPUTY CONTROL OF REGIONAL CONTROL BLOODY HELL
Older couple contributing to.mexico economy
ReplyDelete19 years ago
I doubt they living off process
..let them go',go get carfentanil killers
Weed is legal here now
All of kanada..so many dispensary..buy from govt
One gram comes in four containers...unreal
With shipment $35 one gram
Dispensary 12 bucks you figure that out
Hardly any paved road or phone call out deep dark Mexico??
ReplyDeleteReally dude...circa 1933
Too many hits of purple mike...YAQUI