Mexican Drug Cartels, Political Corruption, Illegal Immigration & U.S. Cities: Full Disclosure Network® Cable TV & Internet Special

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) July 23, 2007

International gang expert Sheriff's Sergeant Richard Valdemar, who retired from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department after 33 years of battling L.A. notorious gangs, is featured in a Full Disclosure Network® cable TV series tonight, Monday, on L.A. Cable Channel 36 and 43 other cable TV systems.

L.A. Cable Channel 36 on Monday July 23rd as follows free Internet Preview from ULRs below:

•     4:00 p.m.: Drug Cartels Take Over Local Cities

http://www.fulldisclosure.net/Programs/478.php

• 4:30 p.m.: Political Corruption & Illegal Immigration http://www.fulldisclosure.net/Programs/479-480.php

The entire four-part series with Sgt. Richard Valdemar is being featured on 43 cable systems. Available FREE on the internet, 24/7, on demand, as a public service. Other channels and airtimes can be found on the website at this URL: http://www.fulldisclosure.net/Channels/channelsINDEX.htm

Sgt. Valdemar describes how systematically "Mexican drug cartels have been taking over local city governments in Los Angeles County". This four-part Full Disclosure Network® cable TV series with Valdemar covers the impact of the Mexican Mafia gangs, drug cartels and illegal aliens that have spread to many cities throughout the United States. Sgt. Valdemar describes his frustration and the reasons why he fled California

Highlights from Valdemar Interview on Drug Cartels:

• Valdemar cited the following cities as having been infiltrated by the Mexican drug cartels: Lynwood, Bell Gardens, Hawaiian Gardens, South Gate, Huntington Park., Vernon, Cudahy.

Drug cartels set up phony businesses to launder drug money, usually used car lots, used tire shops that serve as a "front" for their operations.

• Valdemar says it all starts when a small business, like a restaurant, is purchased by someone with drug money from Mexico, who sets up shop and starts inviting the city fathers to come for complimentary or discounted meals.
• Then invitations are extended to local police and other government officials, until the business operator is well established, with powerful friends.
• Drug money is used to send out smear campaign literature to destroy reputations of incumbent city council members and to finance the campaigns of challengers whose goal is to get a majority voting block on the city council.
• Once the drug cartel controls the city council, they fire the city attorney, city manager and start giving out contracts, like the trash collection contract, to their cronies.

The Full Disclosure Network® is known as THE NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS and is an independently produced, educational, public affairs cable program hosted by Leslie Dutton. In 2002 the FDN program was presented with a local public affairs Emmy Award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for their series entitled L.A.'s War Against Terrorism. Previews of the full programs are featured on the website at http://www.fulldisclosure.net/

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