San Diego canyons are teeming with illegal migrant camps, prostitution and numerous fire hazards. A week after a prostitution ring was uncovered, San Diego residents are still complaining about the illegal traffic through local communities.
Week-long expensive helicopter flyovers have produced no results with the San Diego Police Department. One reason for the lack of results from the helicopter flyovers is many migrants have covered their tents with camouflage tarps which make them nearly impossible to spot from the air.
It definitely takes officers on the ground to scavenge the canyon area and walk the trails that lead to the tents and small shacks high on the hillsides or deep brush. Hiking the canyons is treacherous and often requires hands and knees maneuvers. This journalist spent six-hours hiking 10-miles inside the canyon on Saturday in the treacherous canyons.
“We uncovered many recent open-fire pits, trash areas and migrant campsites. It appears they (illegal migrant squatters) are moving from one location to the next,” said J.C. Playford a video photo journalist.
The collision course of home owners and migrants is about to erupt again. Evidence of fire hazards and prostitution will push this canyon-living community to move again. A pair of female child jeans were recovered from the prostitution site and pose the difficult question concerning underage Mexican girls possibly being trafficked in to service at the migrant camps which has occurred in the past all over San Diego County.
Although there didn’t appear to be any substantial police presence in the canyons on Saturday, there was one fire truck cruising the fire break roads and two patrolmen on horseback. Neither official wished to comment about the migrant story.
The Rancho Villas Apartment Complex sits directly on the ridge above the canyon and has been hit hard by the illegal population that calls McGonigle Canyon home.
“This is a huge problem, my husband is the Manager of the complex and has called the police several times a week because these illegals have been loitering and drinking on the property,” Stephanie Jahn, McGonigle Canyon resident said.
“The first time he called the police, they (police) asked for a description once he said they were Hispanic migrants they refused to come. The second time a guy was literally passed out in the parking lot, he called and stated there was an injured man on the property, they came, called an ambulance, but again no charges.”
Jahn explained that she has her cars broken into constantly and nothing is done. “This is personal to me.”
Most want to know who owns the land in order to pressure them to do something about the subsequent crime taking place in the community. It is many residents’ understanding that they can and should go after the owners for maintaining a nuisance property.
There are also reports that local grocery store, Stater Bros., has a problem with shop lifting that is directly related to this large migrant population.
While witnessing the migrants living situation it can pull at the heartstrings; a reality check is clearly needed. All agree the migrant population are making $8 to $10 an hour, they lay claim to the idea they cannot afford to pay rent and send money home to their home country.
Can American citizens do the same thing? Even if they wanted to pitch a tent at a campground they are paying $20-$30 per night.
If they plan to immigrate legally into this country, they must assimilate and that requires obtaining a legal residence, unless a property owner decides to let migrants live on their land and that rarely happens.
It is worth pointing out that it is illegal to camp in the canyons. The landowners are currently looking the other direction because the migrants continue to call McGonigle Canyon home.
The reason these property owners do not allow the migrants to live off their land freely is because the migrant workers come with a host of problems.
These life-threatening issues include; fire hazards from propane or open-flame fires, sanitary issues, drinking, environmental destruction, pollution of the streams and finally illegal prostitution.
While local authorities blame the lack of low-cost housing the migrants admit they will not take advantage of it because they want to send all their money to their families back home. This is hardly assimilating to the American way of life.
The migrants also claim they only do work Americans will not perform, with the exception of agricultural work, this is untrue. It was the African-American community who lost construction jobs to the Latino workers.
If anything the Latinos have an advantage over Americans who are poor, because Americans must live on the minimum-wage job minus taxes; most Latinos make minimum wage or more and pay little to no payroll taxes.
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A dozen concerned citizens and anti-illegal immigration activists walked the canyon neighborhood over the weekend to hand out flyers. “We blanketed about 200 homes with information and contact flyers,” Jeff Schwilk of San Diego Minutemen said. “We spoke with dozens of concerned residents.”
Most residents continued to be worried about fire hazards inside the canyon. “After a three-year drought that canyon could go off like a torch at any time and the city of San Diego is doing virtually nothing to remove the migrant camps and fire danger,” he said.
One home owner voiced specific concerns that deemed to be quite alarming. “A Long-time resident stated Border Patrol will not go in the canyon due to the belief that if they do roundups of the illegal aliens, the migrants will torch the canyon in retaliation,” Schwilk said.
If this claim is true, residents living near McGonigle Canyon have plenty to be afraid of and they could be the next victims in this tragic story.
For video of the canyons: www.youtube.com/user/SanDiegoMinutemen#p/a/u/0/aLHOQLHhx1g
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Comments
Mayor Geraldo Sanders needs to be investigated by Congress for continually allowing dozens of Mexican aliens to camp illegally in our canyons and the underage sex trafficking that always comes with it.
Where is Brian Bilbray on this? This is his district!!
This has gone on for DECADES! Expect no help from the ACLU neutered SDPD. They have taken the "stay in the donut shops" strategy.
If I lived there I would consider torching that canyon myself as that's the only way to clear out the squatters as SDPD, SDSD and the Border Patrol have made their intentions clear. You folks are on you're own.
This is horrific. Where is the local media on this? I saw one local ch. 10 piece on it last week, but that's it. Is UT covering this up too? My god, they got film of the prostitutes!!!
Good videos of what they caught on film on Oct. 3 on YouTube/SanDiegoMinutemen Great job, guys!
What about SD county sheriff's office? I heard from one deputy that they tow and impound cars for many minor offenses because it's the only way they can discourage the illegal aliens from dangerous driving.
There were a few articles about this several years ago when community security guards were keeping the illegal aliens from going through Rancho Penasquitos, but it looks like nothing came of it.
Once again we see the breakdown of the law and order in our society due to corrupt politicians. Where is Interim Sheriff Gore and his deputies? Why aren't they protecting the citizens? He must be banking on the Latino vote as payback for not solving this problem or getting his deputies ICE trained.
Why should we as citizens be forced to follow laws if foreign nationals illegally in the country do not need to? I guess that pretty much allows citizens to morally take law enforcement into their own hands, eh?
What a sad thing it is to see our country destroyed via demographic conquest by Mexico.
Mayor Gerry Panders (yes, he panders) refuses to admit that we're a sanctuary city. How much more proof does he need? Guess he's kissin' ass to get his Nobel Peace Prize by doing nothing about it.
Maybe Jerry Sanders would like to be butt-raped by 15 criminal illegal aliens, um I mean "migrant workers"!!
Mexican corruption has infested San Diego, but we residents will take care of our own neighborhood if the cops refuse to do their jobs. I've had it with these migrants running through my nice neighborhood like wild dogs! Time to call in the "dog-catcher"!
that should be a crime in itself. Smart law enforcement, would track the prostitute. I hear that she used the reporters, phone to call someone. Was that number ever followed or asked for by SDPD? Sgt. Connoly should be charged for his actions that night, and the city of San Diego should really take a hard look at clearing that canyon so that those, scared people can sleep at night. I do believe that this canyon is on the radar, and that city will step up and fix it.
With people like Kim, Jeff and the others even the Rick ( BALL LESS ) Roberts this should be a done issue.
Remember there is more to a city then illegal immigration, and this will never ever end in San Diego, there is 1,000s of miles of oceans people cross to get to anywhere USA, and our founding fathers said take care of AMERICA first. That means our borders first, and what border is it that our men and women are dying on.
Agent Rosas sir thank you. You gave your life for my freedom to say just that THANX AGAIN
Well howdy doo!! The Boarde Patrol Auxliry will take em all out yessiree thats what fer theys a tranein with tham rifuls fer.
Numbersusa.com Help America Help Itself!
Dont feel sorry for anyone in a SANCTUARY CITY. And SAN DIEGO is one for sure.How does it go YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW THATS SAN DIEGO. AN AMERICAN>>> TRY THINKING AMERICAN SAN DIEGO>>
If videos of the ho's arn't enough to get the law enforcement into that canyon, just torch it. Burn them out.
That will work better than the last 30 years of alternatives!
We the people must be vigilant. If those we pay won't do their jobs, we will do it for them. Fire Saunders. Fire the police chief. Fire all those corrupt council dweebs that support the sanctuary city crime. Hire Sheriff Joe Arpaio or a clone. Round them up, move them out.
Why is that so hard?
why the community doesn't hire their own mercenaries since the tax-paid ones are working for the other side? What an upside-down world we have!
What a bunch of crap.
There were no arrests. There were no prostitutes or johns.
You have the woman beater, bikini boy Jeff Schwilk saying so. So What!
Then you have JC Playford videos. There were no crimes on his pix. Here is what it says about Playford on another forum:
www.topix.com/food/vegetarian/2009/08/to-diet-for-at-70-shes-one-sexy-vegetarian
SOunds like that pothead J. C. Playford who hates cops because he is a druggie- my daugheter knows him and says he is a creep amd smells like pot all the time. Noone take him serious because he is a nut
He is a well known pothead from the area and friends of bikini boy schwilk.
If you want to go after a REAL OC Prostitution ring, go after this one. This one was REAL:
www.southerncaliforniadefenseblog.com/2009/08/oc_mom_admits_running_high_end.html
report has detailed the story of an Orange County mom who ran a high end prostitution ring. The mother of two pleaded guilty to money laundering and transporting a person from Orange County to New York City for purposes of prostitution. The guilty plea followed a previous not-guilty plea that was entered in a Santa Ana court in May.
Or go after the REAL creeps on the Internet who are promoting REAL prostitution.
Illegal migrant workers are getting more brass the more they know they can get away with murder, rape and drug use and we won’t do anything about it. When it comes to work just try to hire them for $8 an hour. They will kick your car. On the other hand if you can’t beat ‘em join ‘em. Sex with little girls, drugs. Just like the wild wild west. Let’s get ‘em boys, yahoo.
Dee, you idiot. I mean you are misguided. The prostitution ring you are talking about are consenting adults not young girls. What you are talking about should be legal. Do you have any young daughters? If so send them over.
One more thing Dee, pot should be legal. Nothing wrong with being a pothead unless you are porking little girls or your girls.
james
you are insane. you want to legalize prostitution and pot and have sex with underage girls, yet you are angrily opposed to the people in the carwash who just want to work.
you are totally bananas!
This thread is pretty pathetic. If this is an example of the mentality of SD County residents and the usual bystanders, why should we expect quality law enforcement? It really sounds like the whole place has gone to hell in a handbasket...starting with the feds and working up. I am surprised at Representative Bilbray. Maybe he has reached his "tell 'em what they want to hear" quota. There's not a Republican or a Democrat worth the powder to blow them off the planet. DON'T KEEP THE ENCUMBANTS!!!
VOTE 'EM OUT!!! SD is a disgrace, but CA is on the skids, so who cares? It just may be time to get the heck out of CA...almost anyplace else is a step up.
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