Happy Cinco de Mayo, Gringo

Ok good for Mexico i don't care about some battle way back when..
Just so stupid is all.

I'm going to Mexico to celebrate Quatro de Julyo this year.

Happy Cinco de Mayo to you, too!

I spent a two days and a night in Puebla. SOOOOO much more interesting than Mexico City. I kind of coveted having Maximillian's chess set. Sorry!

Brought back beautiful majolica and old bull fighting tickets from one of the best street flea markets I have ever been to. Fun place.

I'd bet lots of Mexicans, as well as Americans, don't know the info. you just posted. If so, maybe "Gringo" in you title was a little limiting??

While our amigos were celebrating the holiday down south:
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Buscando una Fiesta!




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Oh dear..CRAZIEST place for cohuetes, EVER!!! Wear PPE...at least wear safety glasses if you get into the fray.

Best Ways To Celebrate Cinco de Mayo In Denver

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Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner, which means it’s time to find ways to help celebrate Mexican culture in Denver. The holiday, which commemorates the Mexican Army’s victory over the French in 1862, has become an important day to honor and explore the rich culture and traditions the diverse population in Colorado provides.

Now in its 30th year, the Cinco De Mayo Festival is Denver’s largest annual celebration...

Featuring the art and culture of the vibrant Latin and Chicano culture...

Federal drug agents arrested an Aspen man at the Hunter Creek Apartments last week as part of an effort to take down a major Mexican drug trafficking operation, according to sources and court documents.

Oscar Mora-Campos, 43, was one of two Aspen residents and one New Castle resident arrested April 20 for allegedly being part of a multi-million-dollar operation that transported large quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine from Mexico to Colorado via California, according to federal court documents and a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Denver.

Those three men plus 14 others were indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver after a one-year investigation that found the drugs were distributed out of the El Rancho Market in Aurora, according to the documents. The leader of the operation in Aurora allegedly made more than $3 million in deposits between 2013 and 2016, while another man allegedly made more than $600,000 in cash deposits during the same period, the documents state.


The leader of the trafficking operation, Jose Tapia-Rubio, 58, allegedly owned the El Rancho Market in Aurora. Confidential informants allegedly bought $1,000 ounces of cocaine and $500 ounces of methamphetamine at both the market and Tapia-Rubio's home, according to the statement.

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The 45-count indictment exposes the inner workings of a Mexican drug gang that was based at a market in Aurora and distributed drugs - mostly cocaine and methamphetamine - throughout the region and then cash back to Mexico.

The indictment says that the drugs were brought from Mexico through California and into Aurora where they were brought to one of three stash houses in town. From there, the drugs would end up at the El Rancho Market at 15401 East Mississippi and then be sent out.

The El Rancho also has a money transfer station, which investigators determined was used to send drug money back to Mexico.


The Defendants

JOSE TAPIA-RUBIO, a.k.a. “Don Chaquetas,” age 58, resident of Aurora, Colorado, from Mexico (naturalized U.S. citizen) ARRESTED TODAY IN AURORA
JUAN CARLOS MEDINA-SOBERANIS, age 31, resident of Aurora, Colorado, from Califorinia FUGITIVE
LARA ZAMORA-CRUZ, a.k.a. “Maria Lara-Reyes,” age 63, resident of Northridge, California, from El Salvador (naturalized U.S. citizen) ARRESTED TODAY IN CALIFORNIA
ERIK PARRA, a.k.a. “Flaco,” age unknown, resident of Metro Denver, Colorado, from California FUGITIVE
JOSE CHICA-ORELLANA, a.k.a. “Adrian,” age unknown, resident of Aspen, Colorado, from El Salvador IN CUSTODY PRIOR TO TODAY
SELESTINO HERNANDEZ-MAYO, a.k.a. “Chakichan,” age 45, resident of Aurora, Colorado, from Mexico ARRESTED TODAY IN AURORA
CLAUDIA LISSETH-LARA, age 41, resident of Granada Hills, California, from El Salvador (naturalized U.S. citizen) ARRESTED TODAY IN CALIFORNIA
VILMA L. ZAMORA, age 67, resident of Reseda, California, from El Salvador ARRESTED TODAY IN CALIFORNIA
FREDY PAZ-HERRERA, a.k.a. “Avispero,” age unknown, resident of Breckenridge, California, from Mexico FUGTIVE
FIRST NAME UNKNOWN, LAST NAME UNKNOWN, a.k.a. “Bancholas,” age unknown, in Mexico FUGITIVE
RODRIGO MORA-SANCHEZ, a.k.a. “Pelon,” age 49, resident of Aurora, Colorado, from Mexico (naturalized U.S. citizen) ARRESTED TODAY IN AURORA
OSCAR MORA-CAMPOS, age unknown, resident of Aspen, from Mexico ARRESTED TODAY IN ASPEN
EDUARDO JIMENEZ-SANCHEZ, age 37, resident of New Castle, Colorado, from Mexico ARRESTED TODAY IN BRECKENRIDGE
FIRST NAME UNKNOWN, LAST NAME UNKNOWN, a.k.a. “Changuito,” age unknown, in Mexico FUGITIVE
FIRST NAME UNKNOWN, LAST NAME UNKNOWN, a.k.a. “UM-9584,” age unknown, in Mexico FUGITIVE
LEOPOLDO RODRIGUEZ-PADILLA, age unknown, resident of California, from Mexico FUGITIVE
HEBERTO MORA-SANCHEZ, a.k.a. “Chaparro,” age 43, resident of Aurora, Colorado, from Mexico ARRESTED TODAY IN AURORA

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