Mexican Kidnapping Diversity Arrives in San Diego

Open borders are increasingly welcoming the Mexican way of crime to this country. Forget the sentimental baloney about hard-working foreigners breaking in to feed their families: America's full refrigerator of riches is an irresistible attraction to criminals looking to upgrade their lifestyle via bigger and better illegal activity than they could achieve at home. (See Beyond Willie Sutton [1] for an examination of foreign criminals in search of a better life.)

Kidnapping can be a low-rent crime, since it requires little in the way of infrastructure. A gun, a vehicle and a hiding place mean you can be in business. Voila! People-snatching has grown in popularity in Mexico [2], which is #2 in kidnapping [3] per capita in the world, right behind Colombia.

In February, 13-year-old Clay Moore of Parrish, Florida, was grabbed [4] by Mexican Vicente Beltran-Moreno [5] at a school bus stop in a kidnap-for-ransom plot (Mexico’s Kidnap Culture Appears in Florida [6]). Fortunately Clay was resourceful enough to escape his captivity, but the crime was an indicator of Mexicans' third-world criminal preferences appearing in America.

Another devolutionary [7] marker is the current kidnapping case in San Diego. Five Hispanic non-citizens snatched a man for cash in the Mexican style. Kidnapping for ransom was practically unheard of in the United States [8] until now, when treasonous Washington has dissolved national borders and sovereignty for money and influence.

Five men pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of kidnapping and torture in what prosecutors said was a sophisticated kidnap-for-ransom ring.

The five were involved in the kidnapping of Eduardo Gonzalez Tostado, 32, whose family paid $200,000 in ransom, said San Diego Deputy District Attorney Mark Amador.
[Five men charged with kidnap for ransom [9] San Jose Mercury News 6/20/07]

This turn of events was easy to predict because of the earlier reports of Mexicans "moving" to southern California [10] to escape the escalating crime wave in Mexico. Of course, they just brought their criminal culture with them, along with their famous enchiladas.