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Research
REMARKS:
RANCHO DEL RIO
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1989
12:15 P.M.
THANK YOU, SHERIFF GATES. IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE.
AND I'M HONORED TO BE JOINED BY GOVERNOR DEUKMEJIAN;
SENATOR PETE WILSON; MIKE HAYDE; COMMISSIONER WILLIE
VON RAAB; ATTORNEY GENERAL THORNBURGH; AND SOMEWHERE
OUT THERE, ARE 50 UNDERCOVER NARCOTICS AGENTS.
- 2 -
THE UNSUNG HEROES IN THIS WAR -- RISKING THEIR LIVES,
EVERY DAY, BEHIND ENEMY LINES, TO SAVE OUR KIDS LIVES.
You KNOW WHO YOU ARE. AND WE SALUTE YOU.
ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY ARE FIGHTING SOME OF THE
TOUGHEST BATTLES -- WITH THE BIGGEST POPULATION OF
USERS -- IN THE LARGEST AND TOUGHEST DRUG MARKET IN THE
COUNTRY. SOMEBODY DIES EVERY OTHER DAY IN ORANGE
COUNTY AS A RESULT OF DRUGS. THEY'VE RANGED IN AGE
FROM 82 YEARS OLD... TO ONE MONTH OLD.
- 3 -
BUT YOU'RE NOT BACKING DOWN, OR GIVING UP. THE
COMMUNITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY HAVE UNITED. LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE BANDED TOGETHER. You ARE AN
EXAMPLE OF HOPE, DETERMINATION, AND PURE AMERICAN
SPIRIT.
WE WON'T BUILD A BETTER AMERICA UNTIL WE WIN THE
WAR ON DRUGS. So TODAY I WANT TO TOUCH ON BOTH SIDES
OF THE EQUATION: EDUCATION, TO CUT OFF DEMAND FOR
DRUGS; AND ENFORCEMENT, TO CUT OFF THE SUPPLY.
- 4 -
DEMAND FOR DRUGS IS DRIVEN BY HOPELESSNESS. LAST
YEAR AN 18-YEAR-OLD MEMBER OF THE LA "CRIPS" GANG WAS
ASKED, "IF YOU COULD CHANGE THE WORLD, HOW WOULD YOU DO
IT?" HE SAID, "I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO... I WOULD
NOT KNOW WHAT TO CHANGE." LATER, HE WAS ASKED, "WHAT
DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE DOING IN TEN YEARS?" HE SAID,
"I DON'T THINK I'LL BE ALIVE IN TEN YEARS."
- 5 -
THAT IS A LIFE WITHOUT HOPE -- WITHOUT MEANING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A DESPERATION THAT MONEY ALONE WILL
NEVER CURE. WE WON'T WIN THIS ONE WITH OUR WALLETS
ALONE -- WE WILL ONLY WIN IT THROUGH OUR EFFORTS, AND
OUR WILL.
AND THAT MEANS EDUCATION -- CUTTING OFF DEMAND,
THROUGH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AT ALL LEVELS.
- 6 -
MIKE HAYDE, SHERIFF GATES, AND SO MANY OTHERS: YOUR
"DRUG USE IS LIFE ABUSE" PROGRAM IS ONE OUTSTANDING
COMMUNITY AWARENESS EFFORT. You've GOT BUSINESS,
GOVERNMENT, SCHOOLS, RELIGIOUS GROUPS, FAMILIES, AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT -- ALL PERSONALLY COMMITTED TO HALTING
DEMAND.
THERE ARE THE STUDENTS, WHO PRODUCED THE ANTI-DRUG
VIDEO THAT RUNS BEFORE THE MOVIES START.
- 7 -
THE WORKERS WHO ROLL BY ON SANITATION TRUCKS PAINTED
WITH SIGNS THAT SAY "DRUGS ARE GARBAGE." EVERY L.A.
RAM WITH A "DRUG USE IS LIFE ABUSE" PATCH ON HIS
UNIFORM. OVER 22,000 STUDENT ATHLETES ON TEAMS IN
ORANGE COUNTY, WHO WILL WEAR THE SAME PATCH.
THERE'S REVEREND SHULER, WHO'S GOT CHURCHES ALL
OVER THE COUNTY DELIVERING A SERMON ON DRUG ABUSE EVERY
THREE MONTHS.
- 8 -
AND ALL OF THE STUDENTS, DISTRIBUTING TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF CARDS FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN, MAKING A PERSONAL
COMMITTMENT AGAINST DRUGS. THAT IDEA CAME FROM A 16
YEAR OLD GIRL, WHO SAYS "THE ONLY THING I OWN IS MY
NAME. I DON'T TAKE SIGNING MY NAME LIGHTLY." WELL,
I'M GOING TO SIGN ONE OF THOSE CARDS PROUDLY.
- 9 -
So MANY ARE GETTING THE WORD OUT. BUT I'D LIKE TO
ENLIST ONE OTHER GROUP IN THE L.A. AREA, THAT HAS A
SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY: THOSE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT
INDUSTRY. TELEVISION, FILMS, AND MUSIC ARE A POWERFUL
INFLUENCE. USE THAT INFLUENCE WISELY -- TO DO GOOD. I
KNOW THAT MANY IN THE BUSINESS ARE ALREADY CONCERNED
AND ACTIVE. BUT ENTERTAINERS HAVE THE EYES OF A YOUNG
WORLD UPON THEM -- AND MUST DO MORE.
- 10 -
You HAVE RAISED YOUR VOICES so EFFECTIVELY, IN THE
CAUSE OF so MANY ISSUES. CAN YOU NOT RAISE THEM ONCE
MORE, IN SUPPORT OF A CAUSE SO IMPORTANT? IN THE WORK
YOU DO -- AND THE LIVES YOU LEAD -- HELP US SEND A
STRONG MESSAGE, THE RIGHT MESSAGE, TO A NEW GENERATION
OF AMERICANS: WE WANT A DRUG-FREE AMERICA.
I RECENTLY GOT A LETTER FROM A YOUNG WOMAN, WHO
WANTS THAT VERY MUCH. SHE WROTE, "I HAVE A BROTHER WHO
HAS WASTED TIME, OPPORTUNITY, AND FINALLY HIS MIND.
- 11 -
I HAVE WATCHED MY MOTHER AND FATHER CRY AND SPEND YEARS
OF ENERGY AND EFFORT ON THEIR ADDICTED SON INSTEAD OF
THEMSELVES. I HATE DRUGS. DRUGS HAVE VIRTUALLY
DESTROYED MY FAMILY.' SHE DESERVES BETTER. WE ALL DO.
WITH THE STRONGEST MEANS OF ENFORCEMENT WE CAN DEVISE,
WE MUST DESTROY THOSE WHO TRAFFIC IN DRUGS.
MANY OF YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE GROUND WE STAND
ON. DANIEL JAMES FOWLIE ONCE OWNED THIS LAND.
- 12 -
MADE IT THE CORE OF AN INTERNATIONAL DRUG SMUGGLING AND
MONEY LAUNDERING OPERATION. How MANY LIVES -- HOW MANY
FAMILIES -- HOW MANY HOPES AND DREAMS HAS DANIEL FOWLIE
DESTROYED, WITH THESE CHEMICAL WEAPONS OF DEATH AND
DESTRUCTION: DRUGS.
- 13 -
FOWLIE BOUGHT AND SOLD DEATH BY THE TON. THE MAN
HAD COMMERCIAL PACKING EQUIPMENT, UNDERGROUND STORAGE
VAULTS, LARGE VANS WITH HIDDEN COMPARTMENTS, JET
AIRCRAFT, OCEAN-GOING VESSELS. TODAY, HE'S GOT ONLY
ONE THING: NO FUTURE.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW WELL HE SLEPT AFTER THE TORTUOUS
MURDER OF DEA SPECIAL AGENT ENRIQUE CAMARENA -- BUT HE
WON'T SLEEP HERE AGAIN.
- 14 -
WHILE THE LAST BREATH WAS LEAVING THE TORTURED BODY OF
ENRIQUE CAMARENA, FOWLIE LOUNGED IN SHORT-TERM LUXURY.
Now HE'S ROTTING IN A MEXICAN JAIL, ENJOYING JUST WHAT
HE DESERVES: NOTHING.
RANCHO DEL RIO HAS BEEN RECLAIMED. ONCE A
WAREHOUSE OF DEATH, NOW IT'S A SOURCE OF HOPE.
- 15 -
THANKS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE CRIME CONTROL ACT OF 1984,
PUSHED THROUGH BY YOUR FORMER CONGRESSMAN, DAN LUNGREN,
WE CAN NOW SEIZE DRUG DEALER'S ASSETS AND USE THEM IN
THE WAR ON DRUGS.
THIS IS THE FIRST PIECE OF FORFEITED DRUG-LORD
PROPERTY TURNED OVER FOR USE BY LOCAL OFFICIALS.
- 16 -
It's GOING TO SERVE AS AN INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
TRAINING CENTER -- AND AS A REMINDER TO THESE MERCHANTS
OF DEATH: YOUR MONEY WON'T HELP YOU. IN FACT, WE'RE
GOING TO USE IT AGAINST YOU.
WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS TABLE HERE, IS OVER $4 MILLION
OF LAUNDERED DRUG MONEY, RECENTLY SEIZED BY U.S.
CUSTOMS AND THE REGIONAL NARCOTICS SUPPRESSION PROGRAM,
IN "OPERATION SHAKEL" [SHEH-KEL].
- 17 -
TODAY I'D LIKE TO FORMALLY TURN THESE FUNDS OVER TO
SHERIFF GATES, TO HELP FUND THE RANCHO DEL RIO PROJECT.
I HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU CAN HELP MAKE THIS RANCH A
REALITY.
I'M ALSO PLEASED TO PRESENT ANOTHER $6 MILLION IN
DRUG MONEY -- CONFISCATED THROUGH A STING OPERATION IN
CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA -- TO FUND MORE EFFECTIVE,
COOPERATIVE EFFORTS BETWEEN LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
- 18 -
THIS MONEY -- TOTALLING $10 MILLION -- IS THE
BOUNTY OF DEFEATED DRUG CRIMINALS. You've EARNED IT.
AND YOU KNOW HOW TO PUT IT TO GOOD USE. WE WON'T STOP
UNTIL WE NAIL EVERY COWARD WHO DEALS IN DEATH, AND PUT
THEM ALL WHERE THEY BELONG.
You've HAD OUTSTANDING RESULTS OVER THE LAST TWO
YEARS -- THANKS TO THE TEAM EFFORTS OF LOCAL, STATE,
AND FEDERAL AGENTS. NEARLY $40 MILLION IN CASH,
CONFISCATED.
- 19 -
THE EQUIVALENT OF 9 MILLION INJECTIONS OF HEROIN, AND
38 MILLION DOSES OF COCAINE SEIZED. THAT'S 15 DOSES
FOR EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD IN ORANGE COUNTY. Do
WE NEED ANY OTHER REASON TO WIN THIS WAR?
[PAUSE]
LET THESE FUNDS GO TO FIGHTING THE WAR THEY ONCE
FINANCED. LET US RAISE AWARENESS -- AND BUILD STRENGTH
-- THROUGH A CONSTELLATION OF CONCERNED AMERICANS, IN
EVERY TOWN, CITY, AND COMMUNITY IN THIS COUNTRY.
- 20 -
AND LET US SEND A MESSAGE, LOUD AND CLEAR, TO EVERY
DRUG MERCHANT IN AMERICA: YOU'RE OUT OF BUSINESS.
THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. AND GOD BLESS THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
# # #
Staff. topm NOON SAT.
(Lange/Blessey)
April 21, 1989
3:30 p.m.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
RANCHO DEL RIO
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1989
12:15 P.M.
Gotes
Thank you, Attorney General Thornburg. It's good to be
here. And I'm honored to be joined by Governor Deukmejian;
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But you' re not backing down, or giving up. The communities
of Orange County have united. Law enforcement agencies have
banded together. Your example is one of hope, determination, and
pure American spirit.
We won't Build a Better America until we win the war on
drugs. So today I want to touch on both sides of the equation:
education, to cut off demand for drugs; and enforcement, to cut
off the supply.
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wouldn't know what to do
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Later, they asked -him, "What do you think you'll be doing in ten
years? He said, "I don't think I'll be alive in ten years."
That is a life without hope -- without meaning. A life that
ended before it began. We're looking at a desperation that money
alone will never cure. We won't win this one with our wallets
alone -- we will only win it through our efforts, and our will.
And that means education -- reducing demand, through
community involvement at all levels. Mike Hayde, Sheriff Gates,
Unishife
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sanitation trucks with signs saying "Drugs are Garbage.' Every
L.A. Ram with a "Drug Use is Life Abuse" patch on his uniform.
All
Over 22,000 student athletes on teams in Orange County, who will
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responsibility: those in the entertainment industry.
Television, films, and music are a powerful influence. Use that
influence wisely -- to do good. I know that many in the business
are already concerned and active. But entertainers have the eyes
of a young world upon them -- and must do more.
You have raised your voices so effectively, in the cause of
so many issues. Can you not raise them once more, in support of
a cause so important? In the work you do -- and the lives you
lead -- help us send a strong message, the right message, to a
We want &
new generation of Americans: There is no glamour in drugs. singfree
America.
I recently got a letter from a young woman who knows that
only too well. She wrote, "I have a brother who has wasted time,
opportunity, and finally his mind. I have watched my mother and
father cry and spend years of energy and effort on their addicted
son instead of themselves. I hate drugs. Drugs have virtually
destroyed my family." She deserves better. We all do. And we
must destroy those who traffic in drugs -- with the strongest
means of enforcement we can devise.
Many of you know the history of the ground we stand on.
Fowlie
Danny James Fowlie once owned this land. Made it the core of an
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international drug smuggling and money laundering operation.
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Used this ranch as a base for one of the largest drug networks in
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the country. And how mony lires and families has he destroyed
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destruction
storage vaults, large vans with hidden compartments, jet
drags.
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aircraft, ocean-going vessels. Today, he's got only one thing:
no future.
Handont
He's in a Mexican jail now. And we don't know how well he
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slept after the tortuous murder of DEA Special Agent Enrique
Camarena -- but he won't sleep here again. Tools death of toints Pol hope
In
Rancho del Rio has been reclaimed It's the first piece of
forfeited drug-lord property turned over for use by local
officials It's (now going to serve as an International Narcotics
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Training Center and as a reminder to these merchants of death:
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Your money won't help you. In fact, we're going to use it
against you.
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What you see on this table here, is over $4 million of
laundered drug money, recently seized by U.S. Customs and the
are
RNSP
Sheriff's Department here in Orange County, in Operation Shakel
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Sheriff Gates, to fund the Rancho del Rio project.
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confiscated through a sting operation in Arizona to fund
more effective, cooperative efforts between state and federal
enforcement agencies I hope that you COR locp help make this ranch
10 reality
These funds -- totalling $10 million -- are the spoils of
defeated drug criminals. You've earned them. And you know how
to put them to good use, to punish stop other drug criminals. throw themin shammes the
(turn the FANCEL of
You've had outstanding results over the last two years, in
the Regional Narcotics Suppression Program -- thanks to the team
Grells
The bothrooms
efforts of state and federal agents. Nearly $40 million in cash,
local
5
confiscated. The equivalent of 9 million injections of heroim
Gotes
and 38 million doses of cocaine seized. That's 16 doses for
every man, woman, and child in Orange County. 1001
Down
need
any
other
reason
&
win
this
war.
sheet
these funds go to fighting the war they once financed.
us,
Let us raise awareness -- and build strength -- through a
Crime Creash Lob nos how wholes it
to
constellation of concerned Americans, in every town, city, and
community in this country. And let us send a message, loud and
clear, to every drug merchant in America: you're out of
SAB 1/10 me.
business.
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States
of America.
12:15 remarks
sheets
besiness people
JJhn Henoley
(719) 798-4682
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Sherriff Gates
(1714) 647 - 1800
$4 mill from Customs to open
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on stopping drug
pired Detore every movie
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ALS in newspapers
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put out envelopes for business
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L/X 5 cord designed by students
sign your name
Blown up card for Pres.
to sign
50 - 60,000 of the cords
All insurance Co in county
have logo on letherheod
All garbage trucks have
Drys bre < Gorbage
Son Diego
All chorches once D quarter
will tolk about drugs
Revi Schuler put 17 together
Churches will pass and cords
L.A. Rams all have DALA
potch
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Coaches Referees, d Athletic Diry
And in
will but DAtches on all unitorms
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element- 1 his
12,000 Rubber Stamps
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for every elementary school
piece of paper
teacher to stomp on every
Possed at bumper stickers
to Not get poking Anolved for money poking
non-drug Loe side.
Make everyone want to got in
Regional Marcatics Supression Program
(RNS P)
43 officers
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Orange County Sherrift Dept
U.S. (notoms
FBI
DEA
State IRS Nercotics Bureau
38 million doses of cocoine confiscated
population - 2½
in Oronge Compty m.A. /pst 2 yrs
16 mill Nasis Per person
9 million injections of herdin in 2yrs
Confiscated $40 mill. in cash
401 die in 2yrs from cocaine or
Someone heroin dying every other day
71% died from overdose
youngeal 2 yrs old from overdose
82 yr old refired engineer
stillburn
Ronch
Doniel Fowlik - NAC
Interney
213 Acre ronch
mojor investigations
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1st piece of property given to
local low enforcement
for official coc
dedicate it -) of soy he'd liked see
it happer
prrested do in LA Plaz Mrxi
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investigating Voldez Commision
Scizures in (A $5,2 mill.
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worth $18. 5 million
$4 /mill to local from Pres. to Shera
largest Amount After speech
sitting on stage
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in seizurez
CA Bur Nogcotics
Ricerside tol Dept.
SouthGate Pol. Dept
L.D. County Sherr, Dept.
Tour of property
see vehicles 32mill just seiged last wk.
opelent turniture
storage compartments
see how lows enforcement have
bonded together
how community gotten together
Proceeds taken from drug dealer
Read smounts
or hand chk.
Stage
Gon
Pete Wilson
Mike Hoyde - -pres. of DAL. A Comm.
Comm. of Customs WillixaN Roab
Sherrift Gates
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has brought money for Pres, to giveShan
undercorer
det. spec. agents
SD
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"unsing hero"
no one can see
risking lives everyday
ROVC
pile card of cocaine, heroin, money
4/17/89
L.A Crime
Spencer Geisingers
4 Seasons
(213)273-2222
Centrex # 5512
Kothy
drop 220
Peggy - Adv.
what does he see
who will be there
notables
sudience
what time
what does he do immmediately before of after
Hiotory of place
contact person @ LAPD
Shorid Brad Gates
John Henoley SAC from
Dave Rivant
CESTRO off
ATF Examiner tric Hompe 6156
BATF against Jameicon DragGrams
Tim
spngs usholly locals
Time 566-7370
BATF targets Jamoicans
Anyone w/ P fiream w/3pren felonies
mond
Anyone drug traft w/ firearms monda 5 you
Brek
Jim PASCOR
Scont.
took forces in 22 cities
Drand-ups
Starterd 86
Addit Fed. gents to enforce
fedl repeat Iffender programs
firebrm & drug offense mond 54rs
possession of firear
mand 15yrs.
tope
Jom. posse paper
I poge on charges
Gong Task Force - 798-4816
Mike Huckoby
Ted Royster
Bill Cron
Rod Watson (213) 894 - 4812
Justice
L.D. off. - John Zinter FTS 798-2650
DEA off. tJohn O'Neil - 786-4560
J
@ Readquarters
drug took force
L.A. Crime
4/28/89
Rod Watson
10/7/88
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AUGUST 1988
TWO DOLLARS
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to achieve recall. (3) Content. The content of
son can't trust the other person no more and the
the event is of greater importance than the date
other person can't trust him, there ain't no trust
it occurred. (4) Sanctions. The President has
left and then when they get out there, they both
some obligation to give a correct answer, with
get shot up.
penalties for incorrectness. On most of these
What makes you feel bad?
points, one might expect a typical real-life wit-
When somebody get killed who you feel close
ness to demonstrate a recall superior to that of
to. That make me angry enough to go kill
the respondents in this study.
somebody.
How do you feel afterward?
You see, sometimes after you kill somebody,
[Interview]
you feel like "Why did I do that? I should not
REFLECTIONS
have even done that, that wasn't even called
OF A GANGBANGER
for. What made me do this?" You be thinking
all that, then you see someone look just like the
person you killed. Then you be thinking, "I
From an interview with "Racketeer," a Los Angeles
probably didn't even kill him-he probably
gang member, in the May 6-12 issue of L.A. Week-
coming back to get me."
ly. Racketeer (not his real street name) is an eigh-
I used to "jack" people-you know, with a
teen-year-old member of one of the several dozen
gun or your hand, just catch 'em and go into
factions-known as sets-that make up the Crips, a
their pockets-because I thought it was fun.
gang with about 20,000 members in Los Angeles.
But, you know, you get to the point where you
The Crips have been battling the Bloods for almost two
wouldn't like nobody doing you like that when
decades. At the time of the interview, Racketeer was
you get old, and you wouldn't like nobody just
living at home with his family, while on probation for
coming around you mother and just snatching
attempted murder. The interview, which took place at
her purse and lapping her, you know, so I start
the Kenyon Juvenile Justice Center, was conducted by
thinking, I can't be doing this no more, because
Léon Bing.
somebody who do my mother like that make me
ready to kill anybody. I started to be, like, sorry
Why did you get into a gang?
for things that I done, started to think that if I
I wasn't in it at first. I was just young, about
had stayed in school maybe I wouldn't have
twelve years old, and I started talking about
been into some of those things that I done.
gangbanging and all that. Then they started
What I done in my life ain't so bad, maybe-
breaking my stuff and all that, you know, so you
the problem is, I done it.
figure, well, what's the use, it's protection. So
you thinking about it and then somebody sock
Do you ever feel bad because you killed somebody
you when you not looking and then you fight
who was somebody's son, somebody's brother,
'em back and you end up in their set.
somebody's boyfriend, just like you are?
See, if you friend get shot, you will get some-
What if you want to leave the set?
body. You don't care who it is, you will get
That's really hard. They probably kill you or
somebody, just to let your friend know, if he was
catch your mother, something like that. When
still here, that's what you would do, you know.
they think you don't want to be from their set
Like most of the times the set be down and stuff,
no more they probably wind up killing you.
they take off they head rags, put 'em in the cas-
When I was younger I didn't even think peo-
ket with the bullets they killed people with-let
ple did that-I thought that was just on TV,
the friend know they did this for him. Right
like with the Mafia and all that, biggest gang in
now I'd say our set be cooled down, we ain't
the world, and they get hit men and do that.
been killing nobody, we ain't been doing noth-
But you ain't got no friends out in L.A. Not
ing but kickin' it. But that's hard because we
even in your set. You by yourself.
been fighting each other.
Do a lot of guys feel that way?
How do you get involved in a drive-by shooting?
Lot of guys.
See, like when one of your homeboys get
Why?
killed, you think you gonna go kill somebody-
They fight against each other every time they
you gonna do it because he died-you gonna do
get loaded. And that's why a lot of homeboys be
it for him, just to let him know you really miss
him.
getting killed, because after they fight they got a
grudge against each other, you know. So then
What if somebody in the set says, "I can't do that"?
they thinking: "I'll get him-I'll let him get
You don't. See, when a homeboy says,
killed, I'll let somebody shoot him." So that per-
"Come on!" and you say, "No," that's like say-
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ing you don't want to be from the set. You ain't
neral-only we going to a picnic and we just get
really down for your set if you ain't ready to die
up there and we just be kickin' and having fun,
for the set. Then they probably kill you. You
and then the police come and they run every-
can't say no to your set.
body off the place, and we come back to our
What does your sister think about you being in a
'hood and we be talking about how much fun we
gang?
had, and then the next thing you know, some-
She into the Lord. That's what got me think-
body just drive by and start shooting and some-
ing. She be playing that gospel music, all that
body got hit and somebody got killed, so that
stuff, and I be sitting at home listening to it and
just spoil all the fun that we done had, and now
she be telling me the Lord ain't gonna keep on
you ready to go do the same thing, but you ain't
letting me get away with the crimes I been do-
gonna do it that night, because you know the
ing. He ain't gonna keep on helping me out.
police is gonna be out so you gonna try to find a
Day before yesterday my cousin got shot in the
night the police ain't gonna be out. But you
chest in a drive-by.
ain't gonna do it when you're sober; you will get
like all tipsy and you will start talking crazy, like
Who do you think shot him?
saying, "Fuck Blood!" and all of that, and then
We got so many enemies we don't know
which one done it.
there's gonna be another homeboy saying,
"What you-all want to do? You-all wanna go get
Who is your worst enemy?
'em?" And you will just be so drunk and all of
Bounty Hunters [a Blood set].
that, you just say, "Come on!" and everybody
Do you have Crip enemies?
start getting guns and stuff. And the next thing
P.Gs., 60s.
you know, we drove over and shot them up.
Would you kill another Crip?
What do you think you'll be doing in ten years?
Bloods kill Bloods. Crips will kill Crips.
I don't think I be alive in ten years.
That's why I don't even know why it's Bloods
and Crips, because they be killing each other.
If you didn't have Bloods or 60s or some other en-
[Doctrine]
emies to fight, who would you turn your anger on?
A NEW THEOLOGY
Just fight our own selves.
OF SEX
Do you think gangs are moving east?
Yeah-I don't know how far. I'm thinking all
over the world. I think Crips will rule the
Excerpted from "Sexuality: A Divine Gift; A Sacra-
world-that's what they trying to do.
mental Approach to Human Sexuality and Family
If you could be anybody you wanted to be, who
Life," a teaching manual prepared by the Task Force
would you be?
on Human Sexuality and Family Life and published
Somebody rich. Somebody famous, like the
by the Episcopal Church Center, in New York City.
The task force was established six years ago to help the
rappers. You know, make a lot of money. But
18 old
Episcopal Church come to terms with the sexual revo-
you know, the rappers, they got the same prob-
lution and prepare an educational guide for Church
Anyohing nember
lems we all do: They got to think, like, they up
leaders. The manual, which was released last fall, has
one the LA
there on the stage one day and they be saying
been criticized by conservative Episcopal leaders; its
the wrong thing and somebody just shoot 'em
use has been restricted in certain dioceses.
"Crips gang
from the crowd.
If you could change the world, how would you do it?
S
exuality is a gift from God. Although we
I wouldn't know what to do. Because if I take
sometimes identify sexuality with sexual activity
all the guns away, then, you know, you can just
and thus see sexuality as occupying a small and
use a knife. I would not know what to change.
isolated portion of our total living and being, we
Are other gangbangers starting to think about stop-
are foolish to deny our functioning as sexual be-
ping the killing and shooting too?
ings. Through an understanding of the full
Most of 'em. They think about it, but they try
range of love as described by C.S. Lewis (agape,
not to show it, you know. Like me-1 think it,
eros, storge, filia-divine love, passion, affec-
but I try not to show it.
tion, and friendship, respectively), we under-
stand the place of sexual activity and the source
What makes you happy?
of sexual energy, which permeates our entire
When all my homeboys is just kickin' it, like
life.
we all just go somewhere, like a big old park-
Creativity and health flow from sexual ener-
we be going to a picnic or something, and there
gy. The capacity to experience the total compo-
just be a long line of cars, you know, like a fu-
nents of love and sexuality was never intended
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I
How many cords have been signed?
by VS. under asset forfeiture process
-
1st piece of property given to local
low enforcement
1
how to pronounce Shakel
$ 39.5 midl.
RNS
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confiscated infOrange County
1/1/87 10/31/88
form D portnership w/ you 1,000 pts. of
light
Board of Supervisors
Privi Broinesses
they need $10 - 15 mill. more from priv. sector
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DATE: 4/21/89 TIME: 11:41am NUMBER OF PAGES:
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Invitation
GRANGE COUNTY
2
DRUG USE
Orange County
IS
Regional Narcotics
Suppression Program
LIFE ABUSE
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
WILL DELIVER A MAJOR DRUG ADDRESS AT
RANCHO DEL RIO
(CONFISCATED RANCH FORMERLY USED AS AN ILLICIT DRUG DISTRIBUTION CENTER)
ON APRIL 25, 1989, 9:30 A.M.
AND PRESENT $4,000,000 IN CONFISCATED DRUG MONEY TO
ORANGE COUNTY'S REGIONAL NARCOTICS SUPPRESSION PROGRAM
TO CONTINUE THE WAR ON DRUGS
THE MEN AND WOMEN OF
THE REGIONAL NARCOTICS SUPPRESSION PROGRAM,
THE DRUG USE IS LIFE ABUSE PROGRAM
AND
THE SHERIFFS ADVISORY COUNCIL
CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO RANCHO DEL RIO
FOR THIS IMPORTANT EVENT IN RECOGNITION
OF YOUR SUPPORT OF A DRUG FREE ORANGE COUNTY,
A PART OF THE PRESIDENT'S 1000 POINTS OF LIGHT
600 West Santa Ana Boulevard, #104
Santa Ana, California 92701
24 Hour Number: (714) 567-3950
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ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
LAGUNA BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT
ANAHEIM POLICE DEPARTMENT
ORANGE POLICE DEPARTMENT
HUNTINGTON BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT
LA HABRA POLICE DEPARTMENT
SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT
BREA POLICE DEPARTMENT
GARDEN GROVE POLICE DEPARTMENT
IRVINE POLICE DEPARTMENT
PLACENTIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
CYPRESS POLICE DEPARTMENT
COSTA MESA POLICE DEPARTMENT
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
NEWPORT BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT
STATE BUREAU OF NARCOTIC ENFORCEMENT
TUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
WESTMINSTER POLICE DEPARTMENT
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
SAN CLEMENTE POLICE DEPARTMENT
UNITED STATES DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
FULLERTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
RNSP
600 West Santa Ana Blvd., #104
Santa Ana, California 92701
N
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I-5
Junipero Serra Rd.
Caspers Park
Entrance
(Parking)
outsided
ORTEGA HWY
Caspers Park 7.5 miles
San Juan
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Capistrano
(map not to scale)
See datail map
RSVP BY APRIL 24, 1989
RESERVATIONS: 647-1817
SHUTTLE SERVICE PROVIDED FROM CASPERS PARK
SHUTTLE SERVICE TIME 9:00 AM TO 10:00 AM,
BE EARLY
CASPERS PARK IS LOCATED 7.5 MILES EAST OF INTERSTATE 5 ON
ORTEGA HIGHWAY. MILEAGE SIGNS WILL BE IN PLACE TO MARK THE
ROUTE AND BUSES WILL BE USED TO SHUTTLEATTENDEES TO THE RANCH
TO
FOR THE CEREMONY. PARKING FOR YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE WILL BE
PROVIDED AT THE PARK.
SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT SEVERLY
RESTRICT SHUTTLE ACCESS TIME TO THE RANCH. EARLY ARRIVAL WILL
ASSURE YOUR ENTRANCE TO THE EVENT.
NO PERSONAL VEHICLE ACCESS TO THE CEREMONY WILL BE PERMITTED.
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RNSP Fact Sheet
RNSP STARTED: DECEMBER 15, 1986 (28 MONTHS OF OPERATION)
SINCE THEN, RNSP HAS INVESTIGATED 101 CASES RESULTING IN THE
SEIZURE OF;
$38,848,734.90 IN U. S. CURRENCY
8 8,280 POUNDS OF COCAINE (37,542,400 DOSES)
24 FOUNDS OF HEROIN (9 MILLION INJECTIONS)
2,200 FOUNDS OF MARIJUANA (2 MILLION CIGARETTES)
117 ARRESTS OF NARCOTICS VIOLATORS
85 CONTACTS OF NARCOTICS VIOLATORS
(TOTAL; 202 ARRESTS/CONTACTS)
SPECIAL NOTE:
CASH SEIZURES OF OVER $1 MILLION;
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student card
(front & back)
The Future of Orange County
Place
Stamp Here
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AGAINST DRUG STUDENTS ABUSE
Orange County Student
Advisory Council
Against Drug Abuse
370 N. Glassell St.
ORANGE COUNTY
Orange, CA 92666
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Can Be Drug Free!
Make a personal commitment against drug abuse by
completing this card.
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Age
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4/24/89 Shirhy Toylor
Schuller
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Din intro
Fowlie in. joil
furfeited drug lord property
Poscoe
bissest population of
627 Class 112 violates
633-1469
(Joy Keate -DEA fased
Fowlie in jail
NY disc
NYC
Slizures
forrists
biggest population of users
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LA. City F488
708,5488 cocbine
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Dockets (213) 814-2430
prests
282
violers Class/12
Dick Witherby
John Honoly
Lloyd Miller 633-2028
public offairs
ly, Walls
313 894-149
in penitent
A.G. advisire FBI
1/24/59 Steve had Waks been in FBI touch legal w/ pHAche Mexicon A.G.
D.G. adised him That he WAS physically
Fowlie has filed document which
in penitentiory
has delayed extradiction
since 6/87
N.4. Hield division FY 88 3/23
total prests
L.D. "
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F4 88 1, 714
total arests
NIDDR 301443-6245
Mono Wittocker
A users to traffickers
04/20/1989 16:37 **** DOJ CMD CTR
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MONDAY PRESS RELEASE
ATTORNEY GENERAL THORNBURGH AWARDS $6.2 MILLION FOR DRUG FIGHT
LOS ANGELES--Attorney General Dick Thornburgh today
presented checks totalling nearly $6.2 million to local police
forces in the Los Angeles area and in Arizona from the Justice
Department's Assets Forfeiture Fund program.
"This is proof that the illegal profits and booty of the
drug trade can be turned into a weapon for law enforcement
agencies in their war against all types of crime," Thornburgh
stated. "This distribution comes from a 'sting' operation on a
known narcotics dealer and money launderer in which ten law
enforcement agencies in two states cooperated with the Drug
Enforcement Administration and U.S. Attorneys.
"These funds will go back into the drug war. While the
police agencies have discretion over its spending, I understand
that much of the money is intended to be spent on personnel and
training operations," Thornburgh said at a news conference at the
training center of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Today's announcement is the result of a June 1, 1988 "sting"
operation in which Los Angeles and West Covina agents assigned to
a Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force, working with police
and Arizona agents, put Hernando Cuellar under surveillance.
After arriving at the Burbank airport from Arizona, Cuellar was
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followed to a shopping center where he was met by two
accomplices. Later that day Cuellar and a third accomplice were
detained by police in Walnut. Investigators then confiscated
$6,886,685 in currency from the vehicle and the residence.
Based on department guidelines, the Justice Department has
allocated a total of 90 per cent of the funds seized to state and
local law enforcement agencies with 10 per cent to the Federal
Assets Forfeiture Fund: 25 percent, or $1.7 million will go to
the Los Angeles Police Department; another 25 per cent or $1.7
million will go to the West Covina Police Department; 10 per cent
or nearly $700,000 will go to the Los Angeles Sheriff's Office
and 30 per cent, or nearly $2.1 million, will be distributed to
seven different Arizona state and local drug task forces. These
include the Arizona Attorney General's Office, the Arizona
Department of Public Safety, the Peoria Police Department, the
Mesa Police Department, the Phoenix Police Department, the
Glendale Police Department and the Scottsdale Police Department.
The Justice Department will retain 10 per cent, or nearly
$700,000. for the Asset Forfeiture Fund. The law authorizes the
Department of Justice to use any surplus in the Fund at the end
of the year for the construction of federal prisons.
The Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 and the Anti-
Drug Abuse Act of 1986 have granted the Attorney General and the
Department of Justice greater latitude in the seizing of currency
and property used in connection with illegal drug trafficking and
money laundering.
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The Attorney General praised the success and effectivess of
the Asset Forfeiture Progam, "This is money that did not have to
come from the taxpayer's wallet. These resources, seized from
traffickers, can be recycled for use by those who are fighting
what President Bush has called the , scourge of drugs' rather
than to subsidize futher illegal operations by drug syndicates."
The progam has seen dramatic increases. In fiscal year 1985
the Fund collected $27.2 million, in fiscal 1986 revenues jumped
to $93.7 million, in fiscal 1987 the figure grew to $177.6
million, in fiscal 1988, $207 million, and fiscal 1989
projections are put at $450 million.
Since the program began, the Department of Justice has
shared over $250 million with state and local agencies nationwide
and expects to share an additional $100 million this year alone.
In addition to the sharing of cash with participating agencies,
the Department of Justice shares forfeited property including
cars, boats, and airplanes. In fiscal year 1988, shared property
worth $28 million supplemented over $76 million in cash.
California has enjoyed the highest share of forfeited assets
of any state, reaping a four year total of almost $120 million.
In the Central California District which includes Los
Angeles, over $55 million has been distributed in the last four
fiscal years. A large portion of these funds have been used to
hire and train additional anti-drug personnel.
"While the war against drugs will be won ultimately on the
battlefield of values, an aggressive forfeiture plan, with the
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successful results we have seen today is a major tool in the
getting the law enforcement job done," Thornburgh concluded.
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Department of Justice
Asset Forfeiture Fund
The Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 and the Anti-
Drug Abuse Act of 1986 have granted the Attorney General and the
Department of Justice greater latitude in the seizing of currency
and property used in connection with illegal drug trafficking and
money laundering.
Confiscated currency and property are placed in the
Department of Justice's Asset Forfeiture Fund. Much of the fund
is shared with state and local law enforcement agencies
nationwide. Money is used for the hiring of police personnel and
equipment. Justice uses any surplus in the Fund for the
construction of federal prisons.
The program has seen dramatic increases. In fiscal year 1985
the Fund collected $27.2 million, in fiscal 1986 revenues jumped
to $93.7 million, in fiscal 1987 the figure grew to $177.6
million, in fiscal 1988, $207 million, and fiscal 1989
projections are put at $450 million.
Since the program began, the Department of Justice has
shared over $250 million with state and local agencies nationwide
and expects to share an additional $100 million this year alone.
In addition to the sharing of cash with participating
agencies, the Department of Justice shares forfeited property
including cars, boats, and airplanes. In fiscal year 1988,
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shared property worth $28 million supplemented over $76 million
in cash.
California has enjoyed the highest share of forfeited assets
of any state, reaping a four year total of almost $120 million.
In the Central California District which includes Los Angeles,
over $55 million has been distributed in the last four years.
This Justice program is now administered by five different
agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug
Enforcement Administration, the Immigration and Naturalization
Service, the United States Marshals Service, and the Executive
Office of U.S. Attorneys.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
APRIL 22, 1989
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON KG for au
FROM:
MARK LANGE mL
SUBJECT:
REMARKS FOR L.A. CRIME EVENT -- RANCHO DEL RIO
I. SUMMARY
Attached is a draft for brief remarks (about 8 minutes), at a
drug event at Rancho del Rio on Tuesday, April 25, at 12:15 P.M.
II. DISCUSSION
The site is a forfeited property, formerly owned by a large-scale
drug distributor. The property will be used as a Narcotics
Training Center.
Your audience -- about 1500 -- will be a mix of students,
teachers, law enforcement officials, community leaders, and local
CEOs. The draft remarks cover education and local initiatives,
and enforcement.
After your remarks, you will be asked to sign a giant card saying
you are making a personal committment against drug abuse. On the
stage will be $4 million in seized cash, which you will formally
give to Sheriff Gates. You will close by presenting checks to
representatives of five different local enforcement agencies.
(Lange/Blessey)
April 21, 1989
5:30 p.m.
[RANCH. DOC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
RANCHO DEL RIO
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1989
12:15 P.M.
Thank you, Sheriff Gates. It's good to be here. And I'm
honored to be joined by Governor Deukmejian; Senator Pete Wilson;
Mike Hayde; Commissioner Willie Von Raab; Attorney General
Thornburgh; and somewhere out there, are 50 undercover narcotics
agents. The unsung heroes in this war -- risking their lives,
every day, behind enemy lines, to save our kids lives. You know
who you are. And we salute you.
Poscoe
All of you here today are fighting some of the toughest
battles -- with the biggest population of users -- in the largest
and toughest drug market in the country. Somebody dies every
other day in Orange County as a result of drugs. They've ranged
in age from 82 years old
to one month old.
But you're not backing down, or giving up. The communities
of Orange County have united. Law enforcement agencies have
banded together. You are an example of hope, determination, and
pure American spirit.
We won't Build a Better America until we win the war on
drugs. So today I want to touch on both sides of the equation:
education, to cut off demand for drugs; and enforcement, to cut
off the supply.
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Demand for drugs is driven by hopelessness. Last year an
18-year-old member of the LA "Crips" gang was asked, "If you
could change the world, how would you do it?" He said, "I
wouldn't know what to do I would not know what to change."
Later, he was asked, "What do you think you'll be doing in ten
years?" He said, "I don't think I'll be alive in ten years."
That is a life without hope -- without meaning. We're
looking at a desperation that money alone will never cure. We
won't win this one with our wallets alone -- we will only win it
through our efforts, and our will.
And that means education -- cutting off demand, through
community involvement at all levels. Mike Hayde, Sheriff Gates,
and so many others: Your "Drug Use is Life Abuse" program is one
outstanding community awareness effort. You've got business,
government, schools, religious groups, families, and law
enforcement -- all personally committed to halting demand.
There are the students, who produced the anti-drug video
that runs before the movies start. The workers who roll by on
sanitation trucks painted with signs that say "Drugs are
Garbage. " Every L.A. Ram with a "Drug Use is Life Abuse" patch
on his uniform. Over 22,000 student athletes on teams in Orange
County, who will wear the same patch.
There's Reverend Shuler, who's got churches all over the
County delivering a sermon on drug abuse every three months. And
all of the students, distributing tens of thousands of cards for
people to sign, making a personal committment against drugs.
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That idea came from a 16 year old girl, who says "The only thing
I own is my name. I don't take signing my name lightly." Well,
I'm going to sign one of those cards proudly.
So many are getting the word out. But I'd like to enlist
one other group in the L.A. area, that has a special
responsibility: those in the entertainment industry.
Television, films, and music are a powerful influence. Use that
influence wisely -- to do good. I know that many in the business
are already concerned and active. But entertainers have the eyes
of a young world upon them -- and must do more.
You have raised your voices so effectively, in the cause of
so many issues. Can you not raise them once more, in support of
a cause so important? In the work you do -- and the lives you
lead -- help us send a strong message, the right message, to a
new generation of Americans: We want a drug-free America.
I recently got a letter from a young woman, who wants that
very much. She wrote, "I have a brother who has wasted time,
opportunity, and finally his mind. I have watched my mother and
father cry and spend years of energy and effort on their addicted
son instead of themselves. I hate drugs. Drugs have virtually
destroyed my family." She deserves better. We all do. With the
strongest means of enforcement we can devise, we must destroy
those who traffic in drugs.
Many of you know the history of the ground we stand on.
Daniel James Fowlie once owned this land. Made it the core of an
international drug smuggling and money laundering operation. How
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many lives -- how many families -- how many hopes and dreams has
Daniel Fowlie destroyed, with these chemical weapons of death and
destruction: drugs.
Fowlie bought and sold death by the ton. The man had
commercial packing equipment, underground storage vaults, large
vans with hidden compartments, jet aircraft, ocean-going vessels.
Today, he's got only one thing: no future.
We don't know how well he slept after the tortuous murder of
Solah
to
DEA Special Agent Enrique Camarena -- but he won't sleep here
again. While the last breath was leaving the tortured body of
Some
in
Gates
Enrique Camarena, Fowlie lounged in short-term luxury. Now he's
custody
Hensley
rotting in a Mexican jail, enjoying just what he deserves:
nothing.
Rancho del Rio has been reclaimed. Once a warehouse of
death, now it's a source of hope. Thanks to the Comprehensive
Cartes
Crime Control Act of 1984, pushed through by your former
Congressman, Dan Lungren, we can now seize drug dealer's assets
Asset
and use them in the war on drugs.
This is the first piece of forfeited drug-lord property
to
ontes
turned over for use by local officials. It's going to serve as
an International Narcotics Training Center -- and as a reminder
to these merchants of death: Your money won't help you. In
fact, we're going to use it against you.
What you see on this table here, is over $4 million of
laundered drug money, recently seized by U.S. Customs and the
Regional Narcotics Suppression Program, in "Operation Shakel"
5
[SHEH-kel]. Today I'd like to formally turn these funds over to
Sheriff Gates, to help fund the Rancho del Rio project. I hope
that all of you can help make this ranch a reality.
I'm also pleased to present another $6 million in drug money
-- confiscated through a sting operation in California and
Arizona -- to fund more effective, cooperative efforts between
local, state, and federal enforcement agencies.
This money -- totalling $10 million -- is the bounty of
defeated drug criminals. You've earned it. And you know how to
put it to good use. We won't stop until we nail every coward who
deals in death, and put them all where they belong.
You've had outstanding results over the last two years --
thanks to the team efforts of local, state, and federal agents.
Nearly $40 million in cash, confiscated. The equivalent of 9
million injections of heroin, and 38 million doses of cocaine
seized. That's 15 doses for every man, woman, and child in
Orange County. Do we need any other reason to win this war?
[PAUSE]
Let these funds go to fighting the war they once financed.
Let us raise awareness -- and build strength -- through a
constellation of concerned Americans, in every town, city, and
community in this country. And let us send a message, loud and
clear, to every drug merchant in America: you're out of
business.
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States
of America.
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MR. PRESIDENT, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: WELCOME TO
RANCHO DEL RIO, WE ARE TRULY HONORED, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT YOY HAVE CHOSEN
TO COME TO ORANGE COUNT AND RECOGNIZE THE NARCOTIC OFFICERS AND THE
COMMUNITIES EFFORTS IN THE WAR ON DRUGS;
IN THE LATE 1800'S THIS 213 ACRE RANCH WAS HOMESTEADED BY A GOOD AMERICAN
FAMILY NAMED HEIM. A CRIMINAL NAMED DANIEL FOWLIE TURNED THIS PICTURESQUE
RANCH INTO A WAY STATION AND HIDE OUT FOR DRUG SMUGGLERS AND DOPE DEALERS.
THANKS TO THE DEDICATED AND COOPERATIVE EFFORTS OF OUR LOCAL, STATE, AND
FEDERAL NARCOTIC OFFICERS, THE DRUG DEALERS ARE IN JAIL AND THIS PLACE
HAS A GREAT FUTURE; THESE PLUSH HOMES AND BUILDINGS THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN
RESPITE AND COMFORT TO DEALERS OF DEATH, WILL INSTEAD SOON BE USED TO TRAIN
NARCOTIC OFFICERS TO ACHIEVE MORE VICTORIES.
MR. PRESIDENT, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR COMMITTMENT IN ORANGE COUNTY
TO END THE SCOURGE OF DRUG ABUSE. FOLLOWING YOUR VISION OF THE THOUSAND
POINTS OF LIGHT; THE CITIZENS AND LEADERS OF THIS COUNTY HAVE UNITED;
IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY; IN CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT; IN OUR SCHOOLS;
IN OUR CHURCHES AND SYNAGOGUES; AND IN OUR HOMES - WE ARE TAKING A
STAND AGAINST DRUGS. WE SAY THAT "DRUG ABUSE IS LIFE ABUSE" AND WE
WON"T TOLERATE IT ANYMORE-- TAKE STAND, BE A FRIEND, NOT ONE MORE USER.
FROM
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P. 2
I ESPECIALLY COMMEND TO YOUR ATTENTION, MR. PRESIDENT, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
COMMUNITY OF ORANGE COUNTY, IT WAS FROM THE COOPERATIVE EFFORTS OF THE
CHIEF"S OF POLICE, THE STATE BUREAU OF NARCOTICS, THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION, THE FBI, THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND THE U.S. CUSTOMS
SERVICE AND ESPECIALLY THE NARCOTIC OFFICERS OF ORANGE COUNTY, THAT WE WERE
ABLE TO CONFISCATE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS: 38,000,000 DOSES OF COCAINE;
9,000,000 INJECTIONS OF HEROIN, 2,000,000 MARIJUANA CIGARETTES AND ALMOST
40,000,000 MILLION DOLLARS IN HARD COLD CASH FROM DRUG DEALERS.
MR. PRESIDENT, WE ARE PROUD OF THEIR SUCCESS.
I SHOULD ALSO MENTION SOME GOOD NEIGHBORS. RANCHO DEL RIO SITS ADJACENT TO
ORANGE COUNTY'S HISTORIC RANCHO MISSION VIEJO. IT IS OUR GOOD LUCK TO HAVE
NEIGHBOR'S LIKE TONY AND MELINDA MOISO AND THE O'NEILL FAMILY. THEY HAVE
LENT THEIR PERSONAL EFFORTS AS WELL AS THEIR RESOURCES TO HELP US WITH
THE DRUG RAID ON THE RANCH AND TO TEACH 4,5, & 6 GRADE STUDENTS TO LIVE DRUG
FREE. I HOPE THE FUTURE RANCHO DEL RIO CAN PROVE TO BE AN EQUALLY GOOD
NEIGHBOR FOR THE RANCHO MISSION VIEJO FAMILY AND A VALUEABLE RESOURCE TO
ORANGE COUNTY AND THE NATION.
TODAY, THE NATION'S ATTENTION IS FOCUSED ON ORANGE COUNTY BECAUSE OF OUR
DISTINGUISHED VISITOR. OUR PRESIDENT IS HERE TO LEND HIS INFLUENCE IN
HELPING US, AND AMERICANS EVERYWHERE, TO TAKE A STAND ON DRUGS AND NOT
HAVE ONE MORE USERE. THE PRESIDENT SAID THE WAR ON DRUGS WOULD BE A TOP
PRIORITY IN HIS ADMINISTRATION -- HIS PRESENCE HERE TODAY SAYS IT EVEN LOUDER.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS MY VERY GREAT HONOR TO INTRODUCE THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
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ONGRESSIONAL
QUARTERLY
Almanac
98th CONGRESS
2nd SESSION
1984
VOLUME XL
Congressional Quarterly Inc.
Washington, D.C.
LAW ENFORCEMENT/JUDICIARY
comprehensive crime controe ACT
Major Crime Package Cleared by Congress
President Reagan Oct. 12 signed into law a sweeping
leadership in general and the House Judiciary leadership in
anti-crime package that represented the culmination of an
particular for failing to act on the Senate-passed package.
11-year effort to make major changes in the federal crimi-
The criticism greatly annoyed House Democrats, but
nal code.
they never found an effective way to counteract it. The
The crime provisions were attached to the fiscal 1985
House Judiciary Committee, which disliked omnibus bills,
continuing appropriations resolution (H J Res 648 - PL
approved several important elements of the Senate pack-
98-473) cleared by Congress Oct. 11. (Funding bill, p. 444)
age as separate pieces of legislation, and the full House
The package was not quite as comprehensive as earlier
passed those bills. Sentencing reform and pretrial deten-
criminal code reform proposals. But the new law incorpo-
tion legislation, however, lagged behind other provisions,
rated many major elements of the earlier proposals, and it
and these were considered to be the most important sec-
was the most far-reaching anti-crime measure enacted
tions of the crime package.
since the 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act. (Code reform history, 1979 Almanac p. 363; Safe
Legislative Maneuvering
Streets Act, 1968 Almanac p. 225)
On Sept. 25, House Republicans employed an end run
to get the Senate crime bill passed. Rep. Dan Lungren, R-
Major Elements
Calif., a Judiciary Committee member, made a motion to
The new law overhauled federal sentencing procedures
send the "must-pass" fiscal 1985 continuing appropriations
to reduce the disparity in punishment for defendants who
resolution (H J Res 648) back to the Appropriations Com-
commit similar crimes, and allowed pretrial detention of
mittee with instructions to attach a House bill (HR 5963)
defendants considered dangerous to the community.
identical to the Senate crime package and return the mea-
Other provisions prohibited tampering with comput-
sure to the full House.
ers, unauthorized use of credit cards or bank-account ac-
Lungren's motion was agreed to 243-166, with 89 Dem-
cess numbers, and trafficking in counterfeit trademarked
ocrats joining 154 Republicans in supporting the maneuver.
goods. Still others substantially increased penalties for ma-
(Vote 370, p. 112-H)
jor drug offenses and gave federal prosecutors new author-
The funding bill, with the crime package attached;
ity to seize the assets and profits of drug traffickers.
promptly returned to the House floor and was passed the
In addition, the law re-established a grant program for
same day, 316-91. (Vote 371, p. 114-H)
state anti-crime projects, although one substantially more
On Oct. 2, House Democrats countered by consolidat-
modest than the defunct Law Enforcement Assistance Ad-
ing various Judiciary Committee proposals into one bill
ministration.
(HR 5690) and proposing it for passage under suspension
Further, it tightened the legal definition of insanity
of the rules, which requires a two-thirds majority. The bill
and made it harder for criminal suspects to employ such a
passed 406-16. (Vote 382, 118-H)
defense successfully. This section was largely an outgrowth
When the funding bill (H J Res 648) got to the Senate,
of concern over the acquittal based on insanity of John W.
members decided to retain the crime provisions, even
Hinckley Jr., who shot President Reagan and three other
though most other riders were eventually stripped from the
people in a March 30, 1981, assassination attempt. (1981
measure. A few amendments were made to the crime sec-
Almanac p. 6)
tion, and a number of new provisions were added. Nearly
all of the new provisions had been approved as separate
Pressure From Reagan
bills by one chamber or the other. They dealt with such
President Reagan could claim a large share of credit
issues as terrorism, trademark counterfeiting, computer
for getting the crime package enacted. Beginning with his
and credit card fraud, and victim compensation.
1983 State of the Union address, he made it one of his top
The Senate decision assured that major crime legisla-
tion would be enacted in 1984. And the House Democrats'
domestic priorities.
"It is high time that we make our cities safe again," the
Oct. 2 move to pass their own bill did have some effect on
president declared in that Jan. 25 message. "This adminis-
the final product. When appropriations conferees met Oct.
tration hereby declares an all-out war on big-time orga-
10, they called in House and Senate Judiciary members to
nized crime and the drug racketeers who are poisoning our
advise them on the crime section of H J Res 648.
young people." (Text, 1983 Almanac p. 3-E)
During a lengthy and somewhat testy meeting, a final
On March 16, 1983, Reagan sent to Capitol Hill an
compromise crime package was worked out. Senators re-
anti-crime proposal that contained a number of provisions
sisted efforts to alter the pretrial detention and sentencing
ultimately included in the legislation that cleared Con-
provisions. But House Judiciary members succeeded in
gress. (Text, 1983 Almanac p. 19-E)
tailoring the measure's drug enforcement provisions more
The Senate on Feb. 2, 1984, passed by 91-1 a compre-
to their liking.
hensive crime bill (S 1762) containing most of Reagan's
Criticisms of the Bill
proposals. (Vote 6, p. 3-S)
At his next televised press conference, on Feb. 22, the
While most lawmakers hailed passage of the anti-crime
president opened his remarks by declaring the legislation
measure, representatives of the American Civil Liberties
"long overdue," and urging the Democratic-controlled
_Union (ACLU) expressed deep concern about the preven-
House "to stop dragging its feet and to act promptly." He
tive detention, insanity and computer crime provisions.
returned to the theme repeatedly in the months thereafter.
They said these provisions infringed on individual liberties,
Throughout the year, House Republicans also ham-
and Jerry Berman, of the ACLU's Washington, D.C., office,
mered away at the crime issue, denouncing the Democratic
contended that it was "fraudulent" to claim "that this bill
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will reduce violence
or make this a safer society."
Sentencing
Berman said one of the computer crime provisions was
Established four general purposes of sentencing and
so broad that it amounted to a "government secrecy" law.
specified that individuals could be sentenced to probation,
He was referring to a provision that made it a crime for a
a fine, a prison term or a combination of those sentences.
person who was authorized to use a government computer
An organization could be put on probation, fined or a
to use it in a manner beyond the scope of his authorization
combination of the two.
and subsequently disclose the information he obtained.
Created a grading system for crimes, ranking them
The Senate passed a bill (HR 5616) Oct. 11 to revise
according to their seriousness.
this provision in PL 98-473, but the House did not act on it.
Established a seven-member commission to write
The sentencing provisions caused some concern in the
guidelines for sentencing, which were to be completed
federal judiciary, because they reduced the historically
within 18 months of enactment. Panel members, to be
broad discretion of judges to impose punishment. Under
appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate,
the new law, federal judges were required to stay within
must include three federal judges.
specific sentencing guidelines, to be written within 18
Required judges to follow sentencing guidelines pro-
months, or justify in writing why they had departed from
duced by the commission, although a judge could deviate
those guidelines. Judges were given three of the seven slots
from them if he stated in writing the mitigating and ag-
on a special commission that was to draft the sentencing
gravating factors that led him to do SO.
guidelines.
Authorized a defendant to appeal a sentence that was
The U.S. Judicial Conference, the policy-making arm
harsher than the guidelines and authorized the government
of the federal judiciary, had supported a House Judiciary
to appeal a sentence more lenient than the guidelines.
Committee version of the sentencing bill (HR 6012), which
Barred parole for prisoners incarcerated after the
gave judges greater authority over the creation of the sen-
guidelines went into effect. Phased out parole over five
tencing guidelines.
years for prisoners incarcerated before the guidelines took
The federal judiciary "recognizes the need to have a
effect.
commission and guidelines," said conference spokesman
Provided that a sentence of more than one year could
William James Weller, "but judges have been apprehensive
be shortened at the end of each year by 15 percent for good
about the process being controlled by people who aren't in
behavior.
the business every day of actually sitting there and making
Gave a judge authority to modify a term of imprison-
the difficult sentencing decisions."
ment if certain conditions specified in the bill were met.
Gave a judge authority, when imposing a sentence, to
order supervision of a defendant after his prison term
Final Provisions
ended. Existing law provided varying degrees of supervi-
sion when defendants were put on parole, but not after
As cleared by Congress, the crime sections of PL 98-
completion of a prison term.
473 included the following major provisions:
Forfeiture: Seizure of Assets
Bail, Preventive Detention
Expanded the government's authority to require for-
Authorized federal judges to consider whether a defen-
feiture of profits and proceeds from organized crime enter-
dant posed a danger to the community in deciding whether
prises and narcotics trafficking.
to release him before trial.
Established revolving funds in the Justice and Trea-
Authorized judges to detain a suspect before trial upon
sury departments for a number of purposes, including
a determination that no conditions for release would assure
maintenance of equipment seized through forfeiture pro-
both the defendant's appearance at trial and the safety of
ceedings, payment of rewards for information leading to
the community. Existing law required pretrial release un-
seizure, purchase of drugs pursuant to an undercover oper-
der the minimal conditions required to assure the defen-
ation, and rebuilding seized equipment so it could be used
dant's appearance for trial.
for drug enforcement.
Established a presumption that a defendant was not
Increased the value of goods that could be forfeited to
entitled to pretrial release if there was enough evidence to
federal agents without a full-scale court proceeding. Prior
charge him with a major drug offense or specified other
to enactment of the law, goods valued at up to $10,000
serious crimes. The defendant could seek to rebut the
could be forfeited through default proceedings, when no
presumption.
one showed up to claim the goods. The new law raised the
Required detention after conviction pending sentenc-
value for most cases to $100,000.
ing or appeal, unless a judge found by clear and convincing
evidence that the defendant was not likely to flee or pose a
Insanity Defense
danger to the community.
Modified the definition of insanity to require a defen-
Previously, there was a presumption in favor of release
dant to prove that as a result of a severe mental disease or
on bail, even after conviction.
defect, he was unable to appreciate the nature and wrong-
Increased penalties for bail jumping from a maximum
fulness of his acts. Existing law required proof that a
of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine to 10 years in
defendant suffered from a mental disease or defect that left
prison and a $25,000 fine.
him unable to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or
Required revocation of bail of a person arrested for a
conform his conduct to the law.
crime committed while on pretrial or post-conviction re-
Shifted the burden of proof for establishing insanity to
lease, and set up procedures for such revocation.
the defendant, who had to show by clear and convincing
Permitted an appeal of release and detention orders by
evidence that he met the legal test. Under existing law, the
both the government and the defendant. Under the law
prosecutor had to show beyond a reasonable doubt that the
prior to PL 98-473, only the defendant could appeal.
defendant did not meet the insanity test.
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Limited psychiatric testimony to the presentation and
a license to practice medicine by an appropriate licensing
explanation of a diagnosis of mental disease or defect; no
board.
testimony would be allowed on whether the defendant had
Authorized the attorney general to seize or place under
the mental state or condition constituting an element of
seal any controlled substances owned or possessed by a
the crime, such as intent, or a defense to it, such as the
registrant whose registration had expired or who had
inability to understand the wrongfulness of his actions.
ceased to practice or do business in the manner contem-
Provided for commitment to a mental hospital or other
plated by his registration.
suitable facility of anyone found not guilty by reason of
Authorized the attorney general to establish programs,
insanity until such time as a court determined that the
including investigations, collection of information and
person had recovered sufficiently so that his release would
grants, to help states reduce the amount of drugs diverted
not endanger other people or their property. Under the
from medical channels to the black market.
previous law, there was no federal procedure for commit-
ment of those acquitted on insanity grounds.
Justice Assistance
Created an Office of Justice Programs within the De-
Drug Enforcement
partment of Justice, headed by an assistant attorney gen-
Increased maximum fines for most serious drug of-
eral appointed by the president and confirmed by the
fenses from $25,000 to $125,000 for individuals. For traf-
Senate.
ficking in large quantities of specified drugs, including
Authorized the assistant attorney general to publish
heroin and cocaine, the maximum fine was set at $250,000,
and disseminate information on the progress of criminal
and the maximum prison term at 20 years. Under current
justice systems, and maintain liaison with the executive
law, the maximum prison term was 15 years.
and judicial branches of the state and federal governments,
Authorized judges to fine a drug offender up to twice
public and private research and educational institutions.
the gross profits from his enterprise instead of imposing
Gave the assistant attorney general authority to co-
the fine specified for the crime in question.
ordinate programs of the National Institute of Justice and
Increased the first-offense penalty for illegally distrib-
Bureau of Justice Statistics.
uting or making certain drugs from a maximum of five
Created a Bureau of Justice Assistance within the
years to 15 years.
Justice Department, headed by a director appointed by the
Gave the attorney general emergency authority to re-
attorney general.
quire tight control, similar to that already in effect for
Authorized the director to provide funds to eligible
heroin, of new chemical substances when he determined
states, local governments and private, non-profit organiza-
such action was "necessary to avoid an imminent hazard to
tions for criminal justice projects through a block grant
the public safety." Required 30 days' notice before the
program.
attorney general could place a substance on "Schedule I"
Provided "such sums as may be necessary" to carry out
status, the most restrictive for controlled substances. The
the block grant program.
emergency listing would expire after one year, although the
Provided that of the amount appropriated each year,
attorney general could extend it for up to six months.
80 percent was to be set aside to give each participating
Required anyone who manufactured or distributed any
state at least $250,000. Any remaining amount would be
controlled substance to obtain an annual registration from
allocated based on population.
the attorney general.
Established that the purpose of the block grant pro-
Required anyone dispensing or proposing to dispense
gram was to provide funds for anti-crime programs of
any controlled substance to obtain a registration from the
proven effectiveness, with special emphasis on combating
attorney general for a term of not less than one nor more
violent crime and dealing with serious offenders. The mea-
than three years.
sure specified 18 types of programs that could be funded.
Required the attorney general to register a physician
Limited federal grants to 50 percent of program costs.
or pharmacy to dispense and conduct research with con-
Required applicants to make a detailed request for
trolled substances if an applicant was authorized to do so
funds covering the type of program the funds would be
under the laws of the state in which he practiced, and no
used for and providing assurance that state and local offi-
circumstances existed that would make such registration
cials and members of the public had been apprised of the
"inconsistent with the public interest." Such circumstances
application and given an opportunity to comment upon it.
would include, among others, a prior criminal record in-
Provided an applicant the opportunity to seek a re-
volving drug offenses, or an adverse recommendation by a
consideration of any grant proposal that was rejected.
state licensing board or professional disciplinary authority.
Required each state to designate a "state office" to
Expanded the authority of the attorney general to
prepare applications and administer grants.
deny or revoke a registration upon a finding that the reg-
Provided that 20 percent of the funds appropriated
istration was inconsistent with the public interest, as deter-
would be for "discretionary" grants to public agencies and
mined according to specified factors.
non-profit organizations for training of criminal justice
Required the attorney general to present the applicant
personnel, technical assistance to state and local govern-
or registrant with a document stating the basis of the
ments, multi-state projects and demonstration projects.
denial or revocation and to give the person an opportunity
Created a pilot program of grants to help states and
to respond.
localities build new prisons to relieve overcrowding and
Authorized the attorney general to suspend any reg-
improve substandard facilities.
istration on an emergency basis upon finding that there
Limited grants to no more than 20 percent of the cost
was "imminent danger to the public health and safety."
of constructing a correctional facility.
Previously, a practitioner could be stripped of his registra-
Authorized the director of justice assistance to estab-
tion only upon criminal conviction, upon proof that the
lish a clearinghouse of information on the construction and
application for registration was false, or upon revocation of
modernization of prisons.
1984 CQ ALMANAC-217
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PROGRAM SPONSORS
WESTERN NATIONAL PROPERTIES
-FUNDED POSITION OF PROFESSIONAL MARKETING PERSON AND
FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS EXCEEDING $70,000.
-LOGO AND PROGRAM SUPPORT IN ADVERTISING
AVCO FINANCIAL SERVICES
-OVER $50,000 IN DONATIONS AND PRINTING SUPPORT FOR DRUG
EDUCATIONS MATERIALS
-LOGO AND PROGRAM SUPPORT IN ADVERTISING
-EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS INTERNALLY
BALBOA INSURANCE
-$5.000 DONATION
-EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEER WORKERS
-LOGO AND PROGRAM SUPPORT IN ADVERTISING
NATIONAL DISPLAY ADVERTISING
-USE OF 113 BUS STOP SHELTER SIGNS FOR ADVERTISING
INTERNATIONAL COLOR POSTERS
-200 4'X 6' POSTERS
TACO BELL
-LOGO PROMOTIONS
CHUCK E. CHEESE
-LOGO PROMOTIONS
EDWARDS THEATERS
-PSA VIDEOS IN 26 THEATERS
-PSA VIDEO PREMIER
-SIGNAGE IN THEATERS
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COCA COLA
-IN STORE PRODUCT SIGNAGE
-PRODUCT SUPPORT AT EVENTS
ORANGE COUNTY BUILDERS
-LOGO AND PROGRAM SUPPORT IN ADVERTISING
KNOTT'S BERRY FARM
-$5,000 DONATION
-SIGNAGE IN PARK
-VENUE USE FOR EVENTS
ORANGE COUNTY SWAP MEET
-$1.500 DONATION
-LOGO AND PROGRAM SUPPORT IN ADVERTISING
ORCO BLOCK COMPANY
-$3,000 DONATION
PERRY MORRIS CORPORATION
-$1.500 DONATION
WESTERN FINANCIAL SERVICES
-$1,500 DONATION
ARNEL DEVELOPMENT CO.
-$1,500 DONATION
DISNEYLAND
-CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION MATERIALS
PACIFIC MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
-$5,000 DONATION
-SUPPORT OF YOUTH SPORTS PATCH PROGRAM
-LOGO AND PROGRAM SUPPORT IN ADVERTISING
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ORANGE COUNTY MOTOR CAR DEALER'S ASSOCIATION
-LOGO AND PROGRAM SUPPORT IN ADVERTISING
-DISTRIBUTION OF DRUG EDUCATION MATERIALS
-DISPLAY BOOTH AT AUTO SHOW
COLDWELL BANKERS
-LOGO ADVERTISING ON 5,500 REAL ESTATE SIGNS COUNTY WIDE
-LOGO AND PROGRAM SUPPORT IN CORPORATE MATERIALS
ARA FOOD SERVICES COMPANY
-$2,500 DONATION
-LOGO PRINTED ON DRINK CUPS
-LOGO AND PROGRAM SUPPORT IN ADVERTISING
PITNEY BOWES
-CREATION LOGO PLATE FOR MAIL STAMP MACHINES
PARAGON FOODS
-LOGO ON MENUS AND NEWSLETTERS
DEL TACO / NAUGLES
-LOGO AND PROGRAM SUPPORT IN ADVERTISING
-MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION AT POINT OF PURCHASE
ORANGE COUNTY FAIR
-LOGO AND PROGRAM SUPPORT IN ADVERTISING
-BOOTH SPACE DURING FAIR
-BILLBOARD ADVERTISING
WILLARD MARKING COMPANY
-LOGO AND PROGRAM SUPPORT IN ADVERTISING
-12,000 STAMPS FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS
-2,000 STAMPS FOR BUSINESSES
-$5,000 DONATION
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DIMENSION CABLE TV
COMCAST CABLE TV
MULTIVISION CABLETV
-DIRECT MAIL PLEDGE CARD CAMPAIGN TO SUBSCRIBERS
-SUPPORT OF PSA VIDEOS WITH SCREENING ON 5-8 CHANNELS EACH
RAMS ORGANIZATION
-$5,000 DONATION
-DISPLAY OF LOGO SPORTS PATCH ON UNIFORMS
-ADVERTISING IN GAME PROGRAMS, GAME BOARD SIGNAGE
-PLAYER APPEARANCES
-CHEER LEADER APPEARANCES
-STADIUM SIGNAGE
ANGEL ORGANIZATION
-DISPLAY OF LOGO SPORTS PATCH
-PLAYER APPEARANCES
-ADVERTISING IN GAME PROGRAMS
-STADIUM SIGNAGE
KIWANIS SERVICE CLUBS
-DRUG PROGRAM SUPPORT ON INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
-$500 DONATION AND FUTURE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
ELKS SERVICE CLUB - NEWPORT HARBOR LODGE
-$2,000 DONATION
-BOAT BURGEE PROGRAM SUPPORT
-LOGO AND PROGRAM SUPPORT IN NEWSLETTER
ROTARY SERVICE CLUB
-INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
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-FUTURE FUND RAISING SUPPORT
ST. JOHN 'S KNITS
-JIM EVERETT GOLF TOURNAMENT SPONSOR
FUND RAISER FOR DRUG EDUCATION
LAGUNA BEACH CITY VOLLEYBALL PRO TOUR TOURNAMENT
-LOGO AND PROGRAM SUPPORT IN ADVERTISING
TONY ROMA RESTAURANTS
-SPONSOR FUND RAISING"RIB EATING CONTEST"
-LOGO AND PROGRAM SUPPORT IN ADVERTISING
NORDSTROM DEPARTMENT STORES
-SPEARHEAD DRUG ABUSE RETAIL MALL PROGRAM
MARSHALL'S DEPARTMENT STORE
-$15,000 DONATION
-IN STORE SIGNAGE
-LOGO ADVERTISING
INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS AND BROKERS
-INDUSTRY WIDE SUPPORT OF LOGO AND PROGRAM
PACIFIC BELL
-PROGRAM SUPPORT
SOUTH COAST METRO ALLIANCE
-ADVERTISING IN CORPORATE MATERIALS
-RETAIL SIGNAGE
ORANGE COUNTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
-DIRECT MAIL PLEDGE CARD CAMPAIGN
MARTIN LUTHER HOSPITAL
-COOPERATIVE ADVERTISING AND SIGNAGE IN FACILITY
-EMPLOYEE PLEDGE CARD CAMPAIGN
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WESTERN INFORMATION INSURANCE SERVICES
-SUPPORT IN INDUSTRY CAMPAIGN
STATE FARM INSURANCE
-ADVERTISING SUPPORT
FARMER'S INSURANCE
-ADVERTISING SUPPORT
FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY
-LOGO SUPPORT IN NATIONWIDE ADVERTISING
DRUG USE
IS
IFE ABUSE
© AHHHHH Graphics 1988. All rights reserved.
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IR! CASS 2; EXIT;
(Lange/Blessey)
April 21, 1989
5:30 p.m.
[RANCH.DOC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
RANCHO DEL RIO
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1989
12:15 P.M.
Thank you, Sheriff Gates. It's good to be here. And I'm
honored to be joined by Governor Deukmejian; Senator Pete Wilson;
Mike Hayde; Commissioner Willie Von Raab; Attorney General
Thornburg; and somewhere out there, are 50 undercover narcotics
agents and undercover detectives. The unsung heroes heroes in
this war -- risking their lives, every day, behind enemy lines,
to save our kids lives. You know who you are. And we salute
you.
All of you here today are fighting some of the toughest
battles -- with the biggest population of users -- in the largest
and toughest drug market in the country. Somebody dies every
other day in Orange County as a result of drugs. They've ranged
in age from 82 years old
to one month old.
But you're not backing down, or giving up. The communities
of Orange County have united. Law enforcement agencies have
banded together. Your example is one of hope, determination, and
pure American spirit.
We won't Build a Better America until we win the war on
drugs. So today I want to touch on both sides of the equation:
2
education, to cut off demand for drugs; and enforcement, to cut
off the supply.
Demand for drugs is driven by hopelessness. Last year an
18-year-old member of the LA "Crips" gang was asked, "If you
could change the world, how would you do it?" He said, "I
wouldn't know what to do
I would not know what to change."
Later, he was asked, "What do you think you'll be doing in ten
years?" He said, "I don't think I'll be alive in ten years."
That is a life without hope -- without meaning. We're
looking at a desperation that money alone will never cure. We
won't win this one with our wallets alone -- we will only win it
through our efforts, and our will.
And that means education -- turning cuttag, off the faucet of
demand, through community involvement at all levels. Mike Hayde,
Sheriff Gates, and so many others: Your "Drug Use is Life Abuse"
program is one outstanding community awareness effort. You've
got business, government, schools, religious groups, families,
and law enforcement -- all personally committed to halting
demand.
There are the students, who produced the anti-drug video
the
that runs before movies get started. The workers who roll by on
sanitation trucks painted with signs saying Drugs are Garbage." Every
that
L.A. Ram with a "Drug Use is Life Abuse" patch on his uniform.
Over 22,000 student athletes on teams in Orange County, who will
wear the same patch.
3
There's Reverend Shuler, who's got churches all over the
County delivering a sermon on drug abuse every three months. And
all of the students, distributing tens of thousands of cards for
people to sign away their interest in drugs. That idea came from
a 16 year old girl, who says "The only thing I own is my name. I
don't take signing my name lightly." Well, I'm going to proudly
sign one of those cards
provily
So many are getting the word out. But I'd like to enlist
one other group in the L.A. area, that has a special
responsibility: those in the entertainment industry.
Television, films, and music are a powerful influence. Use that
influence wisely -- to do good. I know that many in the business
are already concerned and active. But entertainers have the eyes
of a young world upon them -- and must do more.
You have raised your voices so effectively, in the cause of
so many issues. Can you not raise them once more, in support of
a cause so important? In the work you do -- and the lives you
lead -- help us send a strong message, the right message, to a
new generation of Americans: We want a drug-free America.
I recently got a letter from a young woman, who wants that
very much. She wrote, "I have a brother who has wasted time,
opportunity, and finally his mind. I have watched my mother and
father cry and spend years of energy and effort on their addicted
son instead of themselves. I hate drugs. Drugs have virtually
destroyed my family." She deserves better. We all do. And we
4
must destroy those who traffic in drugs -- with the strongest
means of enforcement we can devise.
Many of you know the history of the ground we stand on.
Daniel James Fowlie once owned this land. Made it the core of an
international drug smuggling and money laundering operation. How
many lives -- how many families -- how many hopes and dreams has
Daniel Fowlie destroyed, with these chemical weapons of death and
destruction: drugs.
Fowlie bought and sold death by the ton. The man had
commercial packing equipment, underground storage vaults, large
vans with hidden compartments, jet aircraft, ocean-going vessels.
Today, he's got only one thing: no future.
We don't know how well he slept after the tortuous murder of
DEA Special Agent Enrique Camarena -- but he won't sleep here
again. While the last breath was leaving the tortured body of
Enrique Camarena, Fowlie lounged in short-term luxury. Now he's
rotting in a Mexican jail, enjoying just what he deserves:
nothing.
Rancho del Rio has been reclaimed. Once a warehouse of
death, now it's a source of hope. Thanks to the Comprehensive
Crime Control Act of 1984, pushed through by your former
Congressman, Dan Lungren, we can now seize drug dealer's assets
and use them in the war on drugs.
This is the first piece of forfeited drug-lord property
turned over for use by local officials. It's going to serve as
an International Narcotics Training Center -- and as a reminder
5
to these merchants of death: Your money won't help you. In
fact, we're going to use it against you.
What you see on this table here, is over $4 million of
laundered drug money, recently seized by U.S. Customs and the
Regional Narcotics Suppression Program, in "Operation Shakel"
[SHEH-kel]. Today I'd like to formally turn these funds over to
Sheriff Gates, to help fund the Rancho del Rio project. I hope
that all of you can help make this ranch a reality.
I'm also pleased to present another $6 million in drug money
-- confiscated through a sting operation in California and
Arizona -- to fund more effective, cooperative efforts between
local
state and federal enforcement agencies.
This money -- totalling $10 million -- is the bounty of
defeated drug criminals. You've earned it. And you know how to
put it to good use, to nail the other cowards in this disgusting
trade -- and throw them in the can.
You've had outstanding results over the last two years, in
the -- thanks to the team efforts of local agents, state and
federal. Nearly $40 million in cash, confiscated. The
equivalent of 9 million injections of heroin, and 38 million
doses of cocaine seized. That's 15 doses for every man, woman,
and child in Orange County. Do we need any other reason to win
this war? (PAUSE)
Let these funds go to fighting the war they once financed.
Let us raise awareness -- and build strength -- through a
constellation of concerned Americans, in every town, city, and
6
community in this country. And let us send a message, loud and
clear, to every drug merchant in America: you're out of
business.
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States
of America.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
APRIL 22, 1989
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON KG for au
FROM:
MARK LANGE mL
SUBJECT:
REMARKS FOR L.A. CRIME EVENT -- RANCHO DEL RIO
I. SUMMARY
Attached is a draft for brief remarks (about 8 minutes), at a
drug event at Rancho del Rio on Tuesday, April 25, at 12:15 P.M.
II. DISCUSSION
The site is a forfeited property, formerly owned by a large-scale
drug distributor. The property will be used as a Narcotics
Training Center.
Your audience -- about 1500 -- will be a mix of students,
teachers, law enforcement officials, community leaders, and local
CEOs. The draft remarks cover education and local initiatives,
and enforcement.
After your remarks, you will be asked to sign a giant card saying
you are making a personal committment against drug abuse. On the
stage will be $4 million in seized cash, which you will formally
give to Sheriff Gates. You will close by presenting checks to
representatives of five different local enforcement agencies.
(Lange/Blessey)
April 21, 1989
5:30 p.m.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
RANCHO DEL RIO
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1989
12:15 P.M.
Thank you, Sheriff Gates. It's good to be here. And I'm
honored to be joined by Governor Deukmejian; Senator Pete Wilson;
Mike Hayde; Commissioner Willie Von Raab; Attorney General
Thornburgh; and somewhere out there, are 50 undercover narcotics
agents. The unsung heroes in this war -- risking their lives,
every day, behind enemy lines, to save our kids lives. You know
who you are. And we salute you.
All of you here today are fighting some of the toughest
battles -- with the biggest population of users -- in the largest
and toughest drug market in the country. Somebody dies every
other day in Orange County as a result of drugs. They've ranged
in age from 82 years old
to one month old.
But you're not backing down, or giving up. The communities
of Orange County have united. Law enforcement agencies have
banded together. You are an example of hope, determination, and
pure American spirit.
We won't Build a Better America until we win the war on
drugs. So today I want to touch on both sides of the equation:
education, to cut off demand for drugs; and enforcement, to cut
off the supply.
2
Demand for drugs is driven by hopelessness. Last year an
18-year-old member of the LA "Crips" gang was asked, "If you
could change the world, how would you do it?" He said, "I
wouldn't know what to do I would not know what to change."
Later, he was asked, "What do you think you'll be doing in ten
years?" He said, "I don't think I'll be alive in ten years."
That is a life without hope -- without meaning. We're
looking at a desperation that money alone will never cure. We
won't win this one with our wallets alone -- we will only win it
through our efforts, and our will.
And that means education -- cutting off demand, through
community involvement at all levels. Mike Hayde, Sheriff Gates,
and so many others: Your "Drug Use is Life Abuse" program is one
outstanding community awareness effort. You've got business,
government, schools, religious groups, families, and law
enforcement -- all personally committed to halting demand.
There are the students, who produced the anti-drug video
that runs before the movies start. The workers who roll by on
sanitation trucks painted with signs that say "Drugs are
Garbage. " Every L.A. Ram with a "Drug Use is Life Abuse" patch
on his uniform. Over 22,000 student athletes on teams in Orange
County, who will wear the same patch.
There's Reverend Shuler, who's got churches all over the
County delivering a sermon on drug abuse every three months. And
all of the students, distributing tens of thousands of cards for
people to sign, making a personal committment against drugs.
3
That idea came from a 16 year old girl, who says "The only thing
I own is my name. I don't take signing my name lightly." Well,
I'm going to sign one of those cards proudly.
So many are getting the word out. But I'd like to enlist
one other group in the L.A. area, that has a special
responsibility: those in the entertainment industry.
Television, films, and music are a powerful influence. Use that
influence wisely -- to do good. I know that many in the business
are already concerned and active. But entertainers have the eyes
of a young world upon them -- and must do more.
You have raised your voices so effectively, in the cause of
so many issues. Can you not raise them once more, in support of
a cause so important? In the work you do -- and the lives you
lead -- help us send a strong message, the right message, to a
new generation of Americans: We want a drug-free America.
I recently got a letter from a young woman, who wants that
very much. She wrote, "I have a brother who has wasted time,
opportunity, and finally his mind. I have watched my mother and
father cry and spend years of energy and effort on their addicted
son instead of themselves. I hate drugs. Drugs have virtually
destroyed my family." She deserves better. We all do. With the
strongest means of enforcement we can devise, we must destroy
those who traffic in drugs.
Many of you know the history of the ground we stand on.
Daniel James Fowlie once owned this land. Made it the core of an
international drug smuggling and money laundering operation. How
4
many lives -- how many families -- how many hopes and dreams has
Daniel Fowlie destroyed, with these chemical weapons of death and
destruction: drugs.
Fowlie bought and sold death by the ton. The man had
commercial packing equipment, underground storage vaults, large
vans with hidden compartments, jet aircraft, ocean-going vessels.
Today, he's got only one thing: no future.
We don't know how well he slept after the tortuous murder of
DEA Special Agent Enrique Camarena -- but he won't sleep here
again. While the last breath was leaving the tortured body of
Enrique Camarena, Fowlie lounged in short-term luxury. Now he's
rotting in a Mexican jail, enjoying just what he deserves:
nothing.
Rancho del Rio has been reclaimed. Once a warehouse of
death, now it's a source of hope. Thanks to the Comprehensive
Crime Control Act of 1984, pushed through by your former
Congressman, Dan Lungren, we can now seize drug dealer's assets
and use them in the war on drugs.
This is the first piece of forfeited drug-lord property
turned over for use by local officials. It's going to serve as
an International Narcotics Training Center -- and as a reminder
to these merchants of death: Your money won't help you. In
fact, we're going to use it against you.
What you see on this table here, is over $4 million of
laundered drug money, recently seized by U.S. Customs and the
Regional Narcotics Suppression Program, in "Operation Shakel"
5
[SHEH-kel]. Today I'd like to formally turn these funds over to
Sheriff Gates, to help fund the Rancho del Rio project. I hope
that all of you can help make this ranch a reality.
I'm also pleased to present another $6 million in drug money
-- confiscated through a sting operation in California and
Arizona -- to fund more effective, cooperative efforts between
local, state, and federal enforcement agencies.
This money -- totalling $10 million -- is the bounty of
defeated drug criminals. You've earned it. And you know how to
put it to good use. We won't stop until we nail every coward who
deals in death, and put them all where they belong.
You've had outstanding results over the last two years --
thanks to the team efforts of local, state, and federal agents.
Nearly $40 million in cash, confiscated. The equivalent of 9
million injections of heroin, and 38 million doses of cocaine
seized. That's 15 doses for every man, woman, and child in
Orange County. Do we need any other reason to win this war?
[PAUSE]
Let these funds go to fighting the war they once financed.
Let us raise awareness -- and build strength -- through a
constellation of concerned Americans, in every town, city, and
community in this country. And let us send a message, loud and
clear, to every drug merchant in America: you're out of
business.
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States
of America.
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OCSO Hand out
RANCHO DEL RIO
Rancho Del Rio is a 213 acre parcel of land located
in the southern foothills of Orange County. Rancho Del
Rio was identified as the site for arranging sales and
selling of large quantities of cocaine and marijuana as
early as 1980. The ranch's owner, Daniel Fowlie, is
reported to have been smuggling in excess of 200 kilos of
cocaine per month into the United States since the late
1970's.
Fowlie's activities did not go unnoticed by law
enforcement. In March 1983, the Presidential Task Force
accepted the Fowlie case. The case was assigned to United
States Customs. This investigation was a joint effort by
federal, state, and local law enforcement. During the
years 1983 through 1985, Daniel Fowlie was seldom observed
in the United States, apparently preferring to spend time
at his ranch in Costa Rica. Fowlie was also known to be
involved in a criminal business venture in Holland.
In February of 1985, an associate of Daniel Fowlie
was arrested by the Orange County Sheriff's Department for
possession of a large quantity of marijuana. This arrest
provided the basis for search warrants to be served on the
ranch property. Upon service of the warrants it was
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determined that the ranch was being used not only to
arrange sales but also to distribute massive quantities of
cocaine and marijuana. Underground storage vaults,
commercial packing machines, trucks with false cargo
containers were but a few of the items observed.
As noted previously, Daniel Fowlie was reported to
be in Holland when the search warrants were served. A
joint effort commenced between the Orange County Sheriff's
Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
During this joint effort it was learned that Daniel Fowlie
owned several aircraft ranging from DC3s to small jets.
Fowlie owned and operated several ocean-going vessels
capable of international travel and suitable for smuggling
large quanities of cocaine and marijuana.
It was determined that Fowlie was involved in
criminal enterprise with fugitive financier, Robert Vesco,
having purchased the ranch in Costa Rica from Vesco.
Fowlie eluded law enforcement officials around the world
until he was finally arrested by Mexican authorities, at
the behest of the FBI, in Cabo San Lucas, Baja, Mexico.
Fowlie is currently awaiting extradition from Mexico at a
prison in La Paz, Baja, Mexico.
The FBI initiated forfeiture proceedings on Rancho
Del Rio, the ranch clearly being the product of an ongoing
criminal enterprise by Daniel Fowlie and associates. On
October 4, 1988, Rancho Del Rio was turned over to the
Orange County Sheriff's Department by United States
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Attorney Robert Bonner. The ranch will become a Regional
Training Center for Narcotics Enforcement in the Western
United States.
Daniel Fowlie has since been named on an indictment
alleging involvement in the criminal conspiracy that was
responsible for the death of United States Drug
Enforcement Agent, Kiki Camarena, in Guadalajara, Mexico.
The indictment contends that Rafael Carl Quintero and
Daniel Fowlie were principals in the criminal enterprise
responsible for Agent Camarena's death.
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Fowlie Indictment - November 1988 -Los Angeles, Ca.
DEFENDANT
STATUTE
COUNT
Joseph M. Cooper
21 USC 846
1
21 USC 841 (a) (1)
2-16
18 USC 371
17
31 USC 5316 (a) (1)
18
31 USC 5322 (a) (b)
18
26 USC 7206 (1)
28,30
Clyde R. Gates
21 USC 846
1
21 USC 841 (a) (1)
2-12,16
18 USC 371
17
31 USC 5316 (a) (1)
18
26 USC 7206 (1)
29,31
Daniel Mack Fowlie
21 USC 846
1
21 USC 841 (a) (1)
2-15
18 USC 371
17
31 USC 5316 (a) (1)
18-25
Gus Fowlie
21 USC 846
1
21 USC 841 (a) (1)
2-15
18 USC 371
17
31 USC 5316 (a) (1)
18-25
Christopher O'Keefe
21 USC 846
1
21 USC 841(a)( (1)
2-12,26
18 USC 371
17
26 USC 7201
27
Jon Aiken
21 USC 846
1
21 USC 841 (a) (1)
10-15
18 USC 371
17
31 USC 5316 (a) (1)
19-25
Daniel James Fowlie
21 USC 848
1
21 USC 846
2
21 USC 841 (a) (1)
3-19
18 USC 371
20
31 USC 5316 (a) (1)
21-26
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DRUG USE IS LIFE ABUSE
THE ORGANIZATION
Drug Use is Life Abuse (the "Organization") is a support group of the Orange
County Sheriff's Advisory Council, a California non profit corporation (the
"Council"). The Council is an exempt charitable organization under Section 501
(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and the correlative provision of California law
(Tax I.D. #95-3498487). The Council was organized with the purpose of providing
such assistance to the Sheriff of Orange County as he may see fit and to support,
sponsor and promote the policies and activities of the Orange County Sheriff's
Department and other Law enforcement agencies in Orange County.
The Orange County Sheriff's Department and members of the Council saw a
need in Orange County to raise the level of community awareness regarding the
proliferation of drug abuse, particularly among our school-age children. The
product of that concern is Drug Use is Life Abuse. Our Organization, while serving
a law enforcement purpose, has as its principal objective the education of Orange
County residents, particularly children, concerning the destructive effects of drug
abuse and the building of community support in efforts to eliminate unlawful
consumption of drugs in our county. Our hope is that, within a few years, there
will be no more need for our Organization in Orange County.
As a support group of the Council, the Organization is not a separate legal
entity. While it operates under its own set of bylaws with its own organizational
structure and governing body, it is part of and is a supporting organization of the
Council. Contributions to the Organization are tax deductible as its resources may
be utilized only for charitable purposes. The bylaws of the Organization, when
finalized and approved, will be adopted by the Council. The Organization will be
managed by a governing board estimated to include between 20 and 50
community leaders, religious leaders and concerned individuals. A number of
board positions will be reserved for students from local schools. An additional
number of board positions will be reserved for members of the board of directors
of the Council. Through the Council's participation on the Board of the
Organization, the Council will be continuously advised of the activities of the
Organization and the coordination of the efforts of both entities will be facilitated,
when appropriate.
The Organization's Executive Director will manage the day-to-day activities of
the Organization, subject to the directives of the governing board of the
Organization.
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DRUG USE IS LIFE ABUSE
MISSION STATEMENT
The abuse of drugs in Orange County continues to threaten the lives of our
young people and the future of our society. Burglary, robbery, and violent crime
continue to be major problems, and the direct causal relationship between drug
use and criminal behavior has been clearly established. Addiction, injury and
loss of life are often the effects of abuse. The individual, the family and all of
society are at risk unless we change the prevailing tolerant attitude toward drug
usage and become committed to the goal of a drug free society.
Drug Use is Life Abuse, a support group of the Orange County Sheriff's
Advisory Council, was formed in response to this pressing need. The
Organization endeavors to bring together leaders in business, government,
education, religion, families, and law enforcement to work together towards
changing the way society perceives drug use.
THE GOALS OF DRUG USE IS LIFE ABUSE INCLUDE:
1. To initiate action and coordinate efforts to bring the message "Drug Use is
Life Abuse" to every citizen of Orange County.
2. To provide tangible support for our citizens, particularly our young
people, to let them know that they are not alone in the campaign to create a
drug free society.
3. To empower each citizen to make a personal commitment not to abuse
drugs and to enable them to encourage others to make this commitment.
4. To help our young people find positive ways of dealing with the stress of
growing up through the encouragement of life-positive programs.
5. To rally support within the entire Orange County community to make the
commitment to accomplish these goals.
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MARKETING PLAN
MAJOR MARKETS
The Organization will pursue a nonbusiness marketing effort involving two
distinct major markets. Two separate, though parallel, marketing programs will
be instituted to address these markets. These two markets must be given equal
emphasis in the implementation of the plan:
THE CONTRIBUTOR MARKET:
Donors of money, labor, services, materials, endorsement, positive
association. The task of the organization is resource attraction.
THE CLIENT MARKET:
The recipients of the message and services. The task of the organization is
successful delivery of its program's message and services.
As the plan is meant to address and impact all of the citizens of Orange
County, most specific target-markets will have attributes of both Contributor and
Client. Individual strategies will be in place for each of these target markets,
based on the goals to be attained with each group, and specific tactics will be
used in pursuit of these goals.
TARGET-MARKET ANALYSIS
Though the ultimate market for the Organization is the entire populace of
Orange County, the specific markets targeted below were chosen because of a
combination of:
1. Their need to address the problem of drug use and to change the tolerant
attitude toward drug use among members of their own group or
organization and the society around them.
2. Their ability to reach and influence a large segment of the populace, both
within and outside of their group or membership, without creating
labor-intensive tasks for the Organization.
3. Their potential for contributing resources (money, labor, services,
materials, credibility, etc.) that serve to strengthen the Organization,
lighten its task load, and enable it to better deliver its products.
The following target-markets have been chosen based on the above criteria.
Specific strategic goals are established for each, and tactics have been developed
to see that these goals are reached:
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 18, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR STEPHEN M. STUDDERT
FROM:
JOHN G. KELLER, JR.
SUBJECT:
PRE-ADVANCE FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
The following information was gathered during a pre-advance
trip to Los Angeles and Orange County, California which was
conducted by Judd Swift on Tuesday, April 18, 1989 and
Wednesday, April 19, 1989.
THEME/CONCEPT
The visit of THE PRESIDENT to Los Angeles and Orange County,
California is his first since being elected President.
However, as Vice President, George Bush make several stops
there, many during the campaign. The theme for most of the
latter trips was Gang/Drug related where then Vice President
Bush made various campaign pledges to rid the streets of
Drugs and Gangs.
THE PRESIDENT'S upcoming visit to Southern California
provides him the opportunity to spell out his new plans and
initiatives for the Drug/Gang problem as it relates to the
Los Angeles area and the nation, by visiting The Los Angeles
Police Academy and Rancho del Rio, which is the future site
of an International Narcotics Training Center. In meetings
with Orange County Sheriff Brad Gates to discuss the Rancho
del Rio event, the following background information was
revealed. Sheriff Gates began a county-wide drug awareness
program entitled "Drug Use Is Life Abuse" in Orange County.
This program was designed to combat the Orange County drug
problem with the concept of community based involvement.
Sheriff Gates feels, as does THE PRESIDENT, that the solution
to this major scourge is community involvement on all levels,
including schools, churches, and the business community.
Sheriff Gates' Rancho del Rio project and his "Drug Use Is
Life Abuse" program, are excellent examples of THE
PRESIDENT'S drive toward Building A Better America.
On March 1, 1985, following a month of investigation by
the Orange County Sheriff's Department and the FBI, the
Orange County Sheriff's Department served a search warrant
at Rancho del Rio, a 213 acre ranch located in the rural
southwest sector of Orange County. Although the owner
of the ranch, Danny James Fowlie, was not present when
the warrant was served, substantial evidence indicating
involvement in an International Drug smuggling and money
laundering operation was seized. The Orange County Sheriff's
Department filed to acquire Rancho del Rio under the
Federal Distribution Act, and on January 4, 1988 was
awarded title to the property. This award of title was
conditioned on the Ranch being utilized to further the
efforts of narcotics enforcement.
NOTE: Danny James Fowlie and his
organization has also been linked
to the murder of Federal DEA Special
Agent Enrique Camarena.
Rancho del Rio would serve as an excellent backdrop for
THE PRESIDENT to present Sheriff Gates a check for 4 million
dollars. This money was seized during a recent drug money
laundering operation called "Operation Shakel" by U.S.
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Customs and supported by the Orange County Sheriff's
Department. The Sheriff's Department applied for this
money under the same guidelines as they received Rancho
del Rio and has been approved. This money will be used to
help fund the Rancho del Rio project.
SCENARIOS
On Tuesday afternoon, April 25, 1989, upon arrival in
Los Angeles, THE PRESIDENT could visit the Los Angeles
Police Academy where he would be given a dramatic S.W.A.T.
demonstration by L.A.P.D.'s finest crack house assualt
team. Following the demonstration, THE PRESIDENT could
proceed to a conference room where he would receive an open
press briefing by the fathers of the Los Angeles Gang
Task Force which includes representatives from DEA, ATF,
L.A.P.D. and the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. Upon
conclusion of the briefing, THE PRESIDENT, accompanied by
Police Chief Darrel Gates, could be shown a stactic
display to include weapons and drugs which are used by the
gangs.
On Wednesday morning, April 26, 1989, following the Informal
Coffee Reception with Team 100 and Celebrities, THE PRESIDENT
could visit Rancho del Rio in Orange County.
THE PRESIDENT could arrive Rancho del Rio and briefly
tour the grounds and then meet privately with several
undercover officers of the Orange County Sheriff's
Department inside the ranch house. Following the meeting,
THE PRESIDENT could proceed outdoors and deliver a major
address on drugs to assembled law enforcement officials,
community leaders, students involved in drug prevention
programs, and members of the Sheriff's Drug Awareness
Advisory Council which is made up of over 150 CEO's from
companies based in Orange County. The backdrop for this
address could include currency and narcotics. Upon conclusion
of THE PRESIDENT'S speech he could present the Sheriff with
the 4 million dollars.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 18, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR STEPHEN M. STUDDERT
FROM:
JOHN G. KELLER, JR.
SUBJECT:
PRE-ADVANCE FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
The following information was gathered during a pre-advance
trip to Los Angeles and Orange County, California which was
conducted by Judd Swift on Tuesday, April 18, 1989 and
Wednesday, April 19, 1989.
THEME/CONCEPT
The visit of THE PRESIDENT to Los Angeles and Orange County,
California is his first since being elected President.
However, as Vice President, George Bush make several stops
there, many during the campaign. The theme for most of the
latter trips was Gang/Drug related where then Vice President
Bush made various campaign pledges to rid the streets of
Drugs and Gangs.
THE PRESIDENT'S upcoming visit to Southern California
provides him the opportunity to spell out his new plans and
initiatives for the Drug/Gang problem as it relates to the
Los Angeles area and the nation, by visiting The Los Angeles
Police Academy and Rancho del Rio, which is the future site
of an International Narcotics Training Center, In meetings
with Orange County Sheriff Brad Gates to discuss the Rancho
del Rio event, the following background information was
revealed. Sheriff Gates began a county-wide drug awareness
program entitled "Drug Use Is Life Abuse" in Orange County.
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This program was designed to combat the Orange County drug
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problem with the concept of community based involvement.
Sheriff Gates feels, as does THE PRESIDENT, that the solution
to this major scourge is community involvement on all levels,
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including schools, churches, and the business community.
Sheriff Gates' Rancho del Rio project and his "Drug Use Is
Life Abuse" program, are excellent examples of THE
PRESIDENT'S drive toward Building A Better America.
On March 1, 1985, following a month of investigation by
the Orange County Sheriff's Department and the FBI, the
Orange County Sheriff's Department served a search warrant
at Rancho del Rio, a 213 acre ranch located in the rural
southwest sector of Orange County. Although the owner
of the ranch, Danny James Fowlie, was not present when
the warrant was served, substantial evidence indicating
involvement in an International Drug smuggling and money
laundering operation was seized. The Orange County Sheriff's
Department filed to acquire Rancho del Rio under the
Federal Distribution Act, and on January 4, 1988 was
awarded title to the property. This award of title was
conditioned on the Ranch being utilized to further the
efforts of narcotics enforcement.
NOTE: Danny James Fowlie and his
organization has also been linked
to the murder of Federal DEA Special
Agent Enrique Camarena.
Rancho del Rio would serve as an excellent backdrop for
THE PRESIDENT to present Sheriff Gates a check for 4 million
dollars. This money was seized during a recent drug money
laundering operation called "Operation Shakel" by U.S.
Customs and supported by the Orange County Sheriff's
Department. The Sheriff's Department applied for this
money under the same guidelines as they received Rancho
del Rio and has been approved. This money will be used to
help fund the Rancho del Rio project.
SCENARIOS
On Tuesday afternoon, April 25, 1989, upon arrival in
Los Angeles, THE PRESIDENT could visit the Los Angeles
Police Academy where he would be given a dramatic S.W.A.T.
demonstration by L.A.P.D.'s finest crack house assualt
team. Following the demonstration, THE PRESIDENT could
proceed to a conference room where he would receive an open
press briefing by the fathers of the Los Angeles Gang
Task Force which includes representatives from DEA, ATF,
L.A.P.D. and the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. Upon
conclusion of the briefing, THE PRESIDENT, accompanied by
Police Chief Darrel Gates, could be shown a stactic
display to include weapons and drugs which are used by the
gangs.
On Wednesday morning, April 26, 1989, following the Informal
Coffee Reception with Team 100 and Celebrities, THE PRESIDENT
could visit Rancho del Rio in Orange County.
THE PRESIDENT could arrive Rancho del Rio and briefly
tour the grounds and then meet privately with several
undercover officers of the Orange County Sheriff's
Department inside the ranch house. Following the meeting,
THE PRESIDENT could proceed outdoors and deliver a major
address on drugs to assembled law enforcement officials,
community leaders, students involved in drug prevention
programs, and members of the Sheriff's Drug Awareness
Advisory Council which is made up of over 150 CEO's from
companies based in Orange County. The backdrop for this
address could include currency and narcotics. Upon conclusion
of THE PRESIDENT'S speech he could present the Sheriff with
the 4 million dollars.