Illegal alien found murdered in Texas connected to Mexico's organized crime

The bullet-riddled body of an illegal alien was recently found near Mission, TX, by an off-duty police officer. According to the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office, the man, Gilberto Rosales Aguilar, was found on Friday, bound and shot execution-style.

Using his fingerprints, police were able to identify the Mexican national and discovered that had been previously deported, after serving a 16-month prison sentence for human smuggling.

The murder is only the latest example of Mexican drug cartel violence to occur on U.S. soil. It is also a glaring contradiction to what our current Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano tells us.

Nearly a year ago, the newly installed Napolitano paid a visit to Capitol Hill to address the horrific violence plaguing Mexico, which now threatens this country.

Incredibly, Napolitano downplayed the danger the drug cartels pose to the United States. She told legislators that the violence perpetrated by the cartels in Mexico had yet to make its way into this country.

Her testimony before the House Committee came after Texas Gov. Rick Perry requested 1,000 federal troops be sent to the border which Texas shares with Mexico. In 2008, nearly 2,000 people were killed in Juarez, which is only a short walk from El Paso. In 2009, that number reached 2,600.

Napolitano said: “We do not want to militarize the border. But what help is he thinking they can provide? I look forward to talking with Governor Perry about that.”

Napolitano went on to say that she would “study” his request…Unfortunately, she is still apparently “studying” the issue.

Shortly after her boss’ testimony, speaking about the kidnappings and murders, which have now become commonplace in Mexico, Homeland Security Dept. spokeswoman Amy Kudwa said: We’re not seeing that same kind of violence here in the United States.”

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), however, does not agree with the Department’s assessment of the situation. He said in no uncertain terms: “It is a state of war.”

While it is difficult to understand why Secretary Napolitano failed to even acknowledge the drug-fueled violence which has been spreading across the United States, even the most casual observer would disagree with her. One only has to pick up a newspaper to understand the wave of terror currently overwhelming Mexico, and now endangering the lives of American citizens.

Last year, the Houston Chronicle reported that the 2006 murder of Houston resident Jose Perez, 27 was recently solved, and was carried-out by hit men working for one of the cartels.

However, Jose Perez was not a drug trafficker, nor a rival gang member, he was simply having dinner in the same restaurant where the intended target supposedly sat. His murder was in fact, a case of mistaken identity.

It was a Friday night when the hit man sat in the parking lot of Chilos on the Gulf Expressway, where Perez, his wife and children were enjoying a late dinner.
Perez was shot twice.

His widow Norma, told reporters: “I just remember that guy coming up to us and he started shooting and shooting and shooting and never stopped. I know they will pay for what they have done, maybe in the next life,” she said of the killers. “I don’t know what is going to happen to them in this life.”

The actual target of the assassination was the Houston-based head of a Mexican drug cartel cell, responsible for distributing millions of dollars worth of cocaine into the city. The two spotters working with the shooter, misidentified Perez as the crime boss.

As a glaring example of just how bad the cartel violence has become in the Houston area, a few months after Perez was murdered, the hitman who killed him, was also murdered only two miles from the restaurant.

Houston police arrested the alleged mastermind behind the murder plot, Jaime Zamora, 38, and charged him with capital murder. In addition to his alleged activities on behalf of the cartel, Zamora worked for Houston’s Parks and Recreation Department, and has lived in Houston for many years.

Houston has also been the scene of many kidnappings orchestrated by cells working for the drug cartels. One such harrowing incident too place in 2006, when used-car dealer David DeLeon was kidnapped and held for ransom.

DeLeon was tortured and beaten so severely (once even being thrown across the room), that his face actually became unrecognizable. Fortunately, DeLeon was successfully rescued by Houston police.

DeLeon told reporters: “I thought I was going to die for sure.”

Speaking about the violence being waged on U.S. soil by the Mexican drug cartels, Houston homicide detective Rick Moreno recently told the Houston Chronicle: “It is here and it has been here, but people don’t want to listen. It is so far-reaching.”

Of course, the spreading violence being perpetrated in this country by Mexican organized crime, is a direct result of unchecked illegal immigration and a largely unprotected border.