HIDALGO - Clowns are not usually a party to large drug investigations.
But on Sunday, customs inspectors at the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge found more than 500 pounds of cocaine on a private tour bus in which a Latin Grammy-nominated musical group of clowns was riding.
About 40 minutes later, an additional 600 pounds of cocaine was seized from another tour bus entering the United States Officials said the two drug seizures were not related...
...Los Payasonicos are popular in the Monterrey area, where they have a television program that airs three times a week. In 2005, they were nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for best Latin Children's Album.
On Monday, an employee in charge of booking the Los Payasonicos for events said the group had sold the bus that was seized at the border six months ago. However, he did not give a specific date or the name of the buyer...
The singing clowns are now being questioned...
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Comments
Yep, same answer at every hit and run. Someone stole my car and I was getting ready to report the thief. I really don't blame the dealers. If people weren't so stupid they wouldn't use the drugs and there would be no dealers. As long as there are users there will be a source.
Posted by: Scrapiron at Oct 3, 2006 10:38 PM
only 500 pounds that isn't day days take for the normal mexican drug dealer, the fact is where is the money going inside our so called backing system? total corruption is now part of our system of no laws but one! "money", the population of mexico/drug government needs us as fools for the take over of all areas of out life's and our dead government wants it that way, ask is bin laden right or is he just one more tool being used against us all, for the big kill and the death of our once great nation? ask is he working in some-ways with mexico and its drug government and the third world governments and others who want us dead,dead,dead!
Posted by: Fred Dawes at Oct 3, 2006 9:08 PM