{"id":1968900,"date":"2023-07-10T17:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T21:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-franciscos-honduran-drug-dealers-are-building-mansions-back-home-report\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T17:35:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T21:35:50","slug":"san-franciscos-honduran-drug-dealers-are-building-mansions-back-home-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-franciscos-honduran-drug-dealers-are-building-mansions-back-home-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Honduran Drug Dealers in San Francisco Constructing Mansions in Homeland."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsan-franciscos-honduran-drug-dealers-are-building-mansions-back-home-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1968900&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Sanctuary city status makes Bay Area &#8216;attractive to the Honduran dealers,&#8217; San Francisco Chronicle finds<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><figcaption>\n      A billboard in San Francisco \/ Getty Images<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Residents in Honduras&#8217;s Siria Valley are building &#8220;handsome new homes, some mansions by local standards, some mansions by any standard,&#8221; with the money they make from selling drugs in San Francisco, the <em>San Francisco Chronicle<\/em> reported Monday.<\/p>\n<p>More than 200 Honduran migrants in San Francisco, some of whom are illegal aliens, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/projects\/2023\/san-francisco-drug-trade-honduras\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/projects\/2023\/san-francisco-drug-trade-how-dealers-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to<\/a> the <em>Chronicle<\/em> report. The majority are from the Siria Valley, with some making as much as $350,000 a year. &#8220;At least some of that money is sent back to the valley&#8217;s villages, where it is fueling a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-home-prices-post-biggest-monthly-drops-since-2009-following-interest-rate-hikes\/\" title=\"U.S. Home Prices Post Biggest Monthly Drops Since 2009 Following Interest Rate Hikes\">real estate boom<\/a>,&#8221; the <em>Chronicle<\/em> reported. One dealer &#8220;marveled at the grandeur of some of his neighbors&#8217; properties,&#8221; pointing out one mansion he said was built by a 17-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Drugs have devastated the Bay Area in recent years, with many big-name companies fleeing San Francisco. <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/whole-foods-closes-san-francisco-store-due-to-rampant-crime-drugs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whole Foods<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/california\/nordstrom-saks-become-latest-high-end-companies-to-flee-crime-ridden-san-francisco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nordstrom, Saks OFF 5th<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/old-navy-closes-flagship-store-in-san-francisco-amid-wave-of-retail-theft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Navy<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/california\/hotels-are-dumping-property-in-san-francisco-as-tourists-shun-crime-ridden-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiple<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/another-corporation-ditches-san-francisco-over-citys-major-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hotels<\/a> have shuttered San Francisco locations in response to rampant crime and drug use.<\/p>\n<p>In just the last three years, fentanyl has resulted in the deaths of more than 2,200 San Franciscans, according to the <em>Chronicle<\/em>. While the city often records the deaths as overdoses, a &#8220;former leader of a local Honduran trafficking organization&#8221; told the paper that most of the deaths are actually murders committed by dealers.<\/p>\n<p>The deep-blue city&#8217;s Democratic leaders have nevertheless gone easy on drug dealers. Former district attorney Chesa Boudin chose to prosecute <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/radical-san-francisco-da-prosecuted-just-3-drug-cases-in-2021-0-involving-fentanyl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zero fentanyl cases<\/a> before San Franciscans <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/the-broken-windows-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">booted<\/a> him from office, the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> reported. Left-wingers in February <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/california\/san-francisco-liberals-rush-to-defense-of-fentanyl-dealing-illegal-immigrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacked<\/a> a city lawmaker&#8217;s bill to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-franciscos-honduran-drug-dealers-are-building-mansions-back-home-report\/\" title=\"Report: Honduran Drug Dealers in San Francisco Constructing Mansions in Homeland.\">make illegal immigrants caught dealing fentanyl eligible<\/a> for deportation,&#8221; while California state legislators as of April <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/california\/california-dems-go-easy-on-fentanyl-dealers-as-overdose-deaths-spike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed<\/a> at least a dozen bills to hold fentanyl dealers more accountable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is usually minimal effort to hide a sale,&#8221; according to the <em>Chronicle<\/em>. Many dealers aren&#8217;t afraid of San Francisco police, with one letting out &#8220;a loud laugh&#8221; when asked if he fears police officers. One dealer was arrested four times since 2022, the <em>Chronicle<\/em> confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>One convicted Honduran fentanyl dealer told the <em>Chronicle<\/em> that &#8220;the people from her home village in the Siria Valley love San Francisco.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A major reason for this love, the <em>Chronicle<\/em> found, is &#8220;San Francisco&#8217;s status as a sanctuary city.&#8221; The city forbids U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-will-be-no-enforcement-sheriff-blasts-biden-for-dismantling-ice\/\" title=\"\u2018There Will Be No Enforcement\u2019: Sheriff Blasts Biden For \u2018Dismantling\u2019 ICE\">deporting illegal immigrants<\/a> for serving time in city jails.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only way most dealers face deportation is if they are arrested on federal charges or in another city,&#8221; the <em>Chronicle<\/em> explained, making San Francisco &#8220;attractive to the Honduran dealers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The dealers receive their drugs from powerful Mexican cartels, which &#8220;ferry them up the West Coast,&#8221; former Drug Enforcement Administration agent Wade Shannon said.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin DeMattia, who owns a bar in San Francisco&#8217;s Tenderloin district, told the <em>Chronicle<\/em> that &#8220;the dealers and the addicts&#8221; are &#8220;ruining the neighborhood in so many ways.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re poisoning people,&#8221; DeMattia said. &#8220;They&#8217;re this cancer, this aggressive, metastasizing cancer on the Tenderloin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco Chronicle discovered that the sanctuary city status of the Bay Area is drawing Honduran dealers. In Honduras&#8217;s Siria Valley, residents are constructing impressive homes using the profits earned from drug sales in San Francisco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":1968901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1968900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1968901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1968900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1968900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}