Eyewitness to Unusual Arrest
Asylum-Seeker Staying in Austin Returns to Border to Smuggle More
Good morning friends,
Longtime readers may recall past editions where we’ve mentioned a person we’ve given the pseudonym “Local Wag” to. Normally, when Local Wag makes an appearance, he’s saying something that might seem a little outrageous to folks that are unaware of the absurdity of the absolute state of things in Kinney County as the Southern Border Crisis continues.
This morning, he’s laying out the sequence of events as Sheriff’s Deputies entered a local restaurant to arrest a smuggler transporting illegal aliens, while the smuggler attempted to hide in plain sight.
It happened Friday Night, inside a local eatery called “Julie’s Cafe.” The location is notable, as the restaurant sits on the very edge of town, atop a large hill on Highway 90 West, toward Del Rio.
Many a driver has gotten a speeding ticket coming down that hill into the city limits of Brackettville, as gravity conspires against them while the limit transitions from 75 to 45.
Apparently, Deputies were on the lookout for the alleged smuggler. We can only assume he must have been observed while making his pickup of some illegal aliens.
The driver was temporarily able to break contact with deputies however— losing them in town and doubling back to the restaurant.
One imagines law enforcement had vehicles stationed at the various arteries that exit the city limits, and when the driver didn’t show up— they went searching.
“Everything seemed normal, just another mixed crowd on a Friday night,” said Local Wag.
Unknown to Mr. Wag at that point— the driver being searched for had his car parked outside and was inside the restaurant waiting to eat a taco, and also presumably waiting for the heat to die down.
Deputies must’ve spotted his car in the parking lot of the restaurant.
“The guy was sitting right by the exit— staring out the windows,” said Mr. Wag. It’s interesting to note, that even though Mr. Wag had no idea what was going on at this point, there was something about this stranger’s presence and behavior in the restaurant that marked him out as not only being from out-of-town but also being a little agitated.
Mr. Wag is no policeman.
Neither are the employees of Julie’s Cafe, who were approached quietly by Deputies via the drive-through window and briefly quizzed.
“They were real smooth, two deputies just came in quietly and talked to the guy and walked him outside, before putting the cuffs on in the parking lot,” said Mr. Wag.
Inside the vehicle, deputies found 3 illegal aliens from Mexico. The driver himself claimed to be in the US as an asylum-seeker from Mexico. That claim has not been verified.
He’s identified as 30-year-old Osiel Martinez Perez. Apparently, he’s been living in Austin, while awaiting an asylum hearing. That’s our assumption, by the way, we have no direct information on his official status with Immigration.
Deputies say they got his taco to go, and he was able to eat it in jail.
It’s worth noting, the entire time this was going on, Martinez’s passengers were still in the SUV parked out front— waiting for the next shoe to drop.
We’re not sure if this is the first time an asylum seeker has been arrested in Kinney County and accused of returning to the border area to smuggle illegal aliens.
But logic tells us this sort of thing is more common than people realize. Any asylum seeker coming across the river has either paid the cartels or is in debt to them. If they have no ready way of paying once in the US, the Cartel makes them an offer they dare not refuse: Work for us, or else.
We haven’t accessed any kind of official record of interrogation for Mr. Martinez, but we’d bet money that he was struggling to find work or pay bills while in Austin and was offered this load as a chance to get the cartels off his back for a while.
Many fail to realize that the cartels have a nationwide reach. And it doesn’t matter where asylum seekers might be settled. The cartels know how to reach them. And even if they can’t— they know how to reach any family members that might remain in Mexico. No one comes across the Rio Grande via their networks that they don’t know how they’re going to collect from.
On that note— let’s zoom out here, from the personal level to something more like a view from 20,000 feet. One of the things that’s pinging on a lot of radars about the border right now are the waves of Chinese nationals on their way up from the Darien Gap in Panama.
We first heard about it from Michael Yon, Todd Bensman, and others.
But here’s the Wall Street Journal: Determined to Flee China, Migrants Take a Long, Dangerous Route to the Southern U.S. Border - WSJ
One of the things freaking many conservatives out about the wave of Chinese migrants is the worry that hidden among them might be Chinese intelligence agents, military, or saboteurs, as tension and fears grow over a brewing possible showdown over the fate of Taiwan.
How in the world can DHS successfully vet and process these people, when they aren’t even able to vet and process any of the other migrants from other nations that are already here?
And yet, it is undeniable that the vast majority are almost certainly just ordinary folks, hoping they’ll be lucky and allowed to stay in the United States.
There are no easy answers. And we’re not afraid to admit that the vague possibility of having to forcibly reject a majority of those coming here concerns us. What cost, such cruelty to the soul of a nation?
And yet, with austerity looming— surely there will be a higher price to pay, in some other currency, if something isn’t done to impose some kind of order on the brutalization we are all witnessing on both sides of the border.
To date, no one seems to have answers that will satisfy all demands, physical and spiritual being made by this crisis— but for many living with the day-to-day activities in Kinney County and other overwhelmed communities, it seems an impossible victory has been won in just getting this issue in front of the public after months and years of denial, gas lighting, and smoke blowing by the majority of national press and the White House.
Make no mistake— there is something evil that is being allowed to coil itself around the roots of this crisis. Many will recoil from use of such a word. Evil. Good. It’s all become so relative, no? Much of it depends on where you’re standing, we’re all told.
But no, there is something evil about a process and situation that has been tolerated for so long, with the full knowledge of those whose job is to monitor and police it, that have allowed billions of dollars in profit to flow to the cartels, all while trying to tell us that there is no problem— no danger— no reason to be concerned.
Imagine Alejandro Mayorkas in a Jedi robe, waving his hand in front of your face: “This is not the border crisis you are looking for.”
There is something evil about allowing these organizations to all but enslave those coming here. One would like to think, that if nothing else, the arrival upon American shores would equal some kind of an emancipation from the cartels and whatever one might be fleeing. But that is not the case. Instead, we are all witness to what amounts to an all but secret, semi-permanent installation of a generational underclass.
There will be those who think to dispute this. We wish they were correct. But sadly, we know better.
Little wonder, that some of those who know best— U.S. Border Patrol agents— are killing themselves, with numbers at a 13-year high.
Some may have their own personal reasons for doing so. But bearing daily witness to this misery cannot be a help.
Here’s something we wrote a while back, digging into the rape culture many female border crossers must contend with. Many don’t realize— but border pharmacists routinely run out of contraceptives and morning after pills. Such items are in demand, with many women knowing they’re just part of the cost of coming this way.
And then there’s the one we wrote that delved into the history of a major sex-trafficking-ring in Houston, and some of the hints that matters are actually worse than ever.
We originally intended this morning to take a closer look at the recent happenings in Austin as various border bills make their way through the various legislative committees.
But we are out of time! The sun is about to rise, and we anticipate a busy Monday. Never know where the fingers will take you when you start writing, one supposes.
House bill 20, the controversial bill that proposes the creation of a Border Protection Unit, that could include a militia-volunteer-like component is in a sort of limbo, after hearings in front of the State Affairs Committee in Austin.
After testimony that lasted until 2:00 AM last week, the bill was left pending, meaning it can be voted on at any future meeting, according to the Dallas Morning News.
Likewise, the Cavalry-Dispatch is now going to be left pending. We’ll be back again very soon.
As always, it is an independent work product, produced as independently as possible from our day job fulfilling public information requests for Kinney County.
It is written without any oversight, and any errors, mistakes, or overwrought language is entirely our own, and no one should mistake it for any kind of official communication by the County.
Have a great day! We’re all going to make it. Whatever the trouble— it can be handled.