I’m not quite sure how the cartel and a lack of pot eradication in 2008 ties in with Dave’s murder, so perhaps your future posts will make it clear. The article you linked from 2021 does not mention anything about a cartel. I assume Mexican names and the scale of the operation and types of crimes are supposed to make it obvious, which it does to me as a local resident.
I do recall that your earlier post referencing “the cartel of Jackson county” back in January did not mention drugs, but contained an article about the ”RVs” being installed at Hyatt Lake and the death threats Dave had received seemingly because of what he knew.
Stick to the facts and those who know the facts. Truth will out.
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When questioned about what exactly you meant by “the cartel”…specific County officials? A specific cartel or cartels in general?…there was no answer.
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It now appears that you are referring to the Mexican Cartel involved in growing marijuana all over Oregon and bringing drugs up the I-5 corridor. Those of us who live here have long been aware of that cartel, but do not understand how it relates to Hyatt Lake events you referenced in connection with “the cartel of Jackson county” or to Dave’s murder.
While I can’t find any documentation supporting your statement that in 2008, the year Dave was murdered, JCSO Sheriff Mike Winters reported no plants pulled by eradication teams, I did find this 2010 article that may explain why. It refers to a helicopter flyover by then U.S. Rep. from Oregon Greg Walden and various county sheriffs who were begging for eradication funding. I recommend everyone read the whole thing for a clear view of the crime the Mexican Cartel brought to our area and the effort Sheriff Winters expended reeling it in.
{p}"The longer it goes on, the harder it will be for us to overcome," says Jackson County Sheriff Mike Winters.{/p}
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From the link:
To a man, the seven sheriffs in the group organized by Jackson County Sheriff Mike Winters urged Walden for more funding to beef up their departments, which have been hit hard by budget cuts over the years.
Unlike domestic pot operations of years past, many of the plantations now growing on federal land are operated by Mexican drug-trafficking organizations who are well-financed and well-armed, the sheriffs said.
"The longer it goes on, the harder it will be for us to overcome," Winters told Walden. "They are better funded than us ... There are more of them than there are of us."
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To consolidate law-enforcement efforts, Winters came up with the SOMMER project and received a $202,000 federal grant to find, investigate, remove and clean up marijuana gardens on federal land this summer. Other counties participating in SOMMER include Josephine, Curry, Coos, Douglas, Klamath and Lake.
The seven counties pulled out more than 55,000 pot plants from federal land in 2009, with nearly 30,000 of them coming from Jackson County.
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Helicopters enable law enforcement officers to hit more "grows" per week, an activity that averages about three patches a week during this time of year, Winters told the congressman.
"In the old days, when we used to hike in with the steep terrain and everything, our guys were wiped out," he said, adding they were lucky to hit one patch a week.
"And there is so much more dope now," he added. "You aren't dealing with just a few plants now. You are dealing with grows that have 5,000 plants."
In 2009, his department assisted law enforcement officers just across the state line in Siskiyou County, Calif., raiding a patch which had 200,000 plants, Winters said.
"We've picked up our efficiency and are doing the best we can but we don't have enough people," Winters said. "Most of us are half-staffed or losing people."
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I realize there was a lot to dislike about Sheriff Winters, but I am not seeing anything nefarious in not pulling any pot plants in 2008, or anything that connects him to Dave’s murder. I have read the archived website numerous times over the years and I only see innuendo about him and numerous others.
JMO
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