U.S. mayor smuggled weapons to Mexican drug cartel

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U.S. mayor smuggled weapons to Mexican drug cartel

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The mayor of a New Mexico town located near the U.S.-Mexican border, who had been convicted of smuggling weapons to a violent Mexican organized crime gang, was sentenced on Thursday to more than four years in prison, according to a police official.
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Only 4 years.... :roll:

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The Annoyed Man wrote:Only 4 years.... :roll:

Democrats do take care of their own.
It seems so. Had the mayor been a gringo Republican named Smith or Jones, who knows....
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Following the link in the article, the police chief and a city trustee were also charged.
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...corruption is a write-in ballot...both parties are found there...and always have been...
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speedsix wrote:...corruption is a write-in ballot...both parties are found there...and always have been...
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They probably could have stayed out of trouble if they gave Holder his cut.
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Holder and Bloomberg are eliminating the competition.

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...ain't THAT the truth!!!
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