The House of Death: Diary and Radio Show Continue

December 13, 2005
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Dear Colleague,

Bill Conroy concludes his three-part House of Death diary in the
Narco News Bulletin, weaving a tail of conspiracy and murder, the
drug war's bread and butter.

Conroy writes:

"U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, when asked recently by Narco
News, said he was aware of the House of Death mass-murder case, but
he declined to comment on whether there is any investigation
currently underway into the role that the informant and U.S. law
enforcers played in the homicides. So it appears, to date, that the
cover-up is continuing.

"When it comes to the House of Death, it seems the Department of
Justice and the Department of Homeland Security find it convenient to
wash their hands of the blood and to turn the tragedy into a two-
dimensional media circus touting the virtues of the war on drugs. How
else do we explain the plea deal cut with the narco-trafficker
Santillan, a deal that involved dropping all murder charges against
him and assuring that the informant Contreras would never be put on
the stand in a courtroom? Murder charges against Mexican State
Judicial Police Commander Loya also were dropped, with U.S. Attorney
Sutton justifying that decision by claiming the Mexican government is
in a better position to pursue the matter — the same Mexican
government that his own Assistant U.S. Attorney in El Paso did not
trust enough to provide with information that might have led to
Loya's capture."

Read the full story here, in The Narco News Bulletin:

http://www.narconews.com

Also, the House of Death series on WBAI's Expert Witness Radio
continues this week. WBAI preempted its broadcast last night with
another program, but the hour-long Part II is available for download
at the show's website:

http://www.expertwitnessradio.org/

From somewhere in a country called América,

Dan Feder
Managing Editor
The Narco News Bulletin
http://www.narconews.com
webmaster [at] narconews.com

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