ExxonMobil Drug Crew Pleads Guilty

Some of the Exxon guys that were tangled up in last year's plot to assassinate the Brooks County Deputy Benny Martinez plead guilty to using the Exxon - Chevron AMI to smuggle drugs. Hey, at least they had safety training to be around XOM's stuff. I love how the indictment states on page 11 that the Zetas control the AMI. (Thanks again, Pilar Gravitt) This is just the run of the mill type of thing that goes on in Exxons and EP's joint ventures in RRC District 4.
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Also in yesterday's paper, after a two day trial, a jury convicted some other random dudes for storing three tons of marijuana on the oil and gas lease just southwest of the 755 - 1017 intersection:
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Jailing ExxonMobil's sub contractors does nothing to reduce the amount of crime on our ranch or any other ExxonMobil operation. More seizures lead to more violence in the oilfield. It's a never ending story. Brooks and Starr counties are very poor and the only way to reduce the violence is to address the poverty issue. Seventy percent of the Brooks County budget is ad valorem tax on oil and gas. As long as Exxon, Chevron, and El Paso sell the oil and gas to their own affiliates at a fraction of the true value, the counties will remain poor. The company men are paid a bonus based on how much they can gyp the county going into the laterals. As long as Exxon, El Paso and Chevron pay on the Enron model, South Texas will remain poor.