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using an assault rifle while dealing methamphetamine and heroin
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https://www.staradvertiser.com/2024/05/2...d-4-times/

Accused Hawaii island drug trafficker was deported 4 times
By Peter Boylan|May. 28th, 2024
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A Mexican national deported from the United States four times is charged with using an assault rifle while dealing methamphetamine and heroin on Hawaii island.
Juan Carlos Espinoza Lopez, also known as Juan Carlos Espinoza, will be arraigned today in U.S. District court with the help of a Spanish interpreter.
Lopez was charged by criminal complaint May 10 with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a firearm by an alien and reentry of removed alien.
Lopez has allegedly used an array of avenues to enter the U.S., including using a fake California birth certificate.
On April 27, the U.S. Marshals Service, Hawaii Police Department and Homeland Security Investigations personnel were looking for fugitives with outstanding warrants in Ocean View, according to an affidavit authored by a Homeland Security Investigations special agent.
As law enforcement officers arrived at a home on Pueo Road, two police officers saw Lopez “fleeing from the rear of the residence in the direction of a lava field towards the rear of the property.”
The officers ran after Lopez and told him to stop.
Lopez was seen carrying “a red and white thermos and a plastic bag before running behind a group of trees,” according to the complaint.
Lopez “emerged from behind the trees with his hands up” and was detained. A language barrier prevented officers from immediately identifying him.
During a field interview it was determined that Lopez is a “citizen of Mexico and does not have lawful status” to be in the U.S.
Officers searched the lava field, and about 65 feet from where they found Lopez, a bag with about 188.5 grams of methamphetamine was allegedly found. In the thermos, 206 grams of heroin was allegedly stored.
Officers found a car key, and Lopez acknowledged it was for his car.
Officers searched the home on Pueo Road and allegedly found a black Colt AR-15 A2 rifle loaded with a magazine containing 27 .223-caliber bullets.
“The rifle was located in a bedroom next to a bed and propped up against the wall. The bedroom contained two bottles of medication on a shelf with a label bearing the name ‘Juan Espinoza’ and a bag containing $1,977 US currency along with multiple identification documents for Juan Carlos Espinoza Lopez,” according to federal court documents.
In 2008, Lopez was convicted in California for felony drug dealing. In 2021 he was convicted of possessing ammunition.
Lopez allegedly told law enforcement while in the home on Pueo Road that he is a “Mexican national and had crossed into the United States without proper documentation near the Sonora desert area in Arizona,” according to the complaint.
Lopez allegedly admitted “he did not have permission from the United States government to re-enter the United States after his most recent removal in 2022 but stated that he thought he could be in the United States if he stayed out of trouble.”
Lopez then asked for an attorney, and law enforcement ended the interview.
In March and April, illegal crossings along the U.S. southern border with Mexico fell to 137,000 and 129,000, respectively, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the third straight month the number dropped.
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Deleted as to not hijack thread.
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#3
Fortunately TSA makes you have a star on your driver’s license, so they know whether you’re legit or not.
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Well, they all can’t be Russian dudes I guess!

Seriously, how does a 4 time deported Mexican who can’t even speak English good enough to convey his name and need an interpreter get by for over 2 decades of drug dealing in California and now Hawaii without the help of hundreds of legal Americans?
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Fortunately TSA makes you have a star 

Seems like there was another government organization that asked people for their papers and made folks have a star.  
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#6
Fun and true tidbit:

Did you know TSA allows you to still travel with an expired ID? Yes you can! Up to one whole year.
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(05-29-2024, 03:50 AM)terracore Wrote: There is no fully-automatic version of an AR-15 available to civilians… Mechanically, it isn't substantially different from a Ruger 10/22, which kids like myself used to buy…

Yes, I can make a Ruger 10/22 look like it’s Rambo, but that doesn’t make an automatic. It is fun to watch which journalists and politicians, and others, accurately but misleadingly to most people, use the phrase automatic-assault-LIKE, instead of blatantly calling it an assault rifle (like the SA report, and the thread’s title based on it) which is really a military rapid fire 1-3-full auto machine gun. Assault rifle is almost meaningless as used in the media, or by the fellow walking down the street. Probably many readers don’t make any distinction regardless of what phrase is used…

( It is more than some call semantics. We have “no child left behind”, “inflation reduction act”, “end of democracy”, “war on poverty”, “war on drugs”, etc. etc.)

In Hawaii, like elsewhere in the US, there are no legally available military rapid fire machine guns, often called assault rifles, as terracore points out well. As fast as you can pull the trigger until the clip is out, yes, but that is semi-automatic, like nearly all modern guns. (Bump stock capable even, but that is increasingly illegal.) Most cartel folks, and some gang bangers and mob folks certainly have military assault rifles, but they are illegal, except for government agencies…


Legalize, not decriminalize, drugs and most of these scumbags are on unemployment.

Cheers,
Kirt
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A clickbait disservice to journalism, but what would one expect?

Reality,
- In 2008, Lopez was convicted in California for felony drug dealing. In 2021 he was convicted of possessing ammunition.
- he is a “Mexican national and had crossed into the United States without proper documentation near the Sonora desert area in Arizona,”
- Lopez allegedly admitted “he did not have permission from the United States government to re-enter the United States after his most recent removal in 2022
- The type of weapon in this instance is not relevant. Any firearms possession for this multiple felony convicted illegal alien is a no-go.
The Colt AR15 is irrelevant and only mentioned for dramatic effect on the ill-informed. The CAR15 is not an Assault Rifle, and there is no such classification for the made-up term "Assault weapon."

If we cannot clearly call out the cause for the true failure in the system and why it exists, then we are doomed.
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On April 27, the U.S. Marshals Service, Hawaii Police Department and Homeland Security Investigations personnel were looking for fugitives with outstanding warrants in Ocean View
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Easiest place to do that!
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They didn't even need a list!
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