ACTION?
STUFF.
INTENSE,
ADRENALINE
PUMPING ACTION.
DEFINITELY NOT A
PLACE FOR THE
THE ACTION
INCLUDES HUGE
BETS, RIGGED
RESULTS,
VIOLENCE .. AND ...
ONE OF THE
WORST MEXICAN
DRUG CARTELS.
TONIGHT NEWS 13
INVESTIGATIVE
BARKER EXPOSES
A LAWLESS
EMPIRE IN THE
MEXICO:
THESE ARE THE
IMAGES WE ALL
RECOGNIZE. THE
ESTA NOCHE NEWS 13 LARRY BARKER
DE REPORTERO INVESTIGADOR
EXPONE UN IMPERIO ILEGAL EN EL
CORAZóN DE NEW MEXICO:.
LA LLAMADA DE CORNETA éSTOS SON
LAS IMáGENES QUE RECONOCEMOS.
LOS JOCKEYS.
CROWDS. THE
JOCKEYS. AND
THE RACE
Y LOS CABALLOS DE CARRERA.
SU TIEMPO POSTAL.
NO, NOT HERE.
HERE. WHILE THIS
NO AQUí.
STORY ABOUT
HORSE RACING, IN
HISTORIA SOBRE CARRERAS DE
INVESTIGATION
LAWLESSNESS IN
OUTBACK. ITS
DANGER, ANIMAL
DRUG
EVERY WEEKEND
GATHER AT CRUDE
CARVED INTO THE
LANDSCAPE FOR
HORSE RACES.
ON HERE IS RIGHT
OUT OF THE OLD
WHERE NOBODY
RULES BECAUSE
RULES.
regulates racing at a
one."
NINGUNAS REGLAS.
MARES: Q.
PISTA DE ARBUSTO?
COMMISSION'S
DIRECTOR.
maintain the safety of
those horses, mostly
the safety of those
make sure that the
CASI TOTALMENTE LA SEGURIDAD DE
AQUELLOS JOCKEYS.
race itself is fair, not
trainers but the betting
public in general. We
want to make sure that
everything is on the up
and up. What happens
QUEREMOS ASEGURARNOS QUE TODO
ESTá OK.
out on the bush track?
3QUé PASA EN LA PISTA DE
ARBUSTO?
Your guess is as good
as mine."
EL MíO.
UNREGULATED
TRACK IN NEW
MEXICO FEATURES
RACING SIX MILES
LUNAS IN
COUNTY. ANOTHER
FACILITY RUNS
LA PISTA NO REGULADA MáS GRANDE
EN NEW MEXICO FIGURA A 6
MILLAS QUE CORREN DURANTE TODO
WEEKEND RACES
IN CIBOLA
THEY OPERATE
REPORTERS ARE
NEWS 13 WENT
UNDERCOVER TO
GOES ON HERE.
SUNDAY
AFTERNOON
TRAVEL
MILES, OFTEN
FROM ACROSS
EN UN VIAJE DE ESPECTADORES DE
PARTICIPATE. IN
A MENUDO DEL EXTRANJERO
MORE PEOPLE
ATTENDING
RACING THAN
THOSE AT THE
DOWNS OF
MANY AS A
THOUSAND
SPECTATORS
SPEND THEIR
PARA ENCONTRAR MáS ASISTENCIA
SUNDAY
PLAYING THE
ADMISSION IS 10
BUCKS FOR A
OF RACING IN
HORSES TRY TO
OTHER FOR A FEW
HUNDRED YARDS.
DRAW OF
UNLICENSED
RACING IS NOT
LA ADMISIóN ES 10 DóLARES
DURANTE UNA TARDE LLENA DE
CARRERAS EN LAS CUALES SóLO 2
CABALLOS TRATAN DE DEJAR ATRáS
OTRO PARA UNAS 100 YARDAS.
THE MONEY. ONE
SU EL DINERO.
TRACK, TOLD THE
ILLICIT WORK
HALF MILLION
DOLLARS. THIS
NEW MEXICO
HORSEMAN HAS
BEEN ON THE
INSIDE OF
SEVERAL BUSH
TRACKS. FOR HIS
SAFETY, WE HAVE
OBSCURED HIS
PISTAS DE ARBUSTO.
.Shadow: "You're
You're talking
thousands of dollars.
... On a popular horse
... theres a lot of
betting going on. ...
three or four thousand
3 O $4000
of people betting on it
against each other."
ON A TYPICAL DAY
HAY MUCHA GENTE QUE APUESTA A
DOLLARS
CHANGES HANDS.
.Shadow: "Q. Can you
DURANTE UN DíA TíPICO CIENTOS
MANOS.
yeah. Tax free."
3PUEDE UD. GANAR MUCHO DINERO
AH Sí.
MEXICO
ASSOCIATION
LICENSED
OWNERS.
.McGrail: "Many of the
mano, they're a wager
between the owner of
SON SóLO MANO A MANO,
owner of the other
horse or the people
and they wager
amongst themselves.
And they can be very
ELLOS SON UNA APUESTA ENTRE EL
DUEñO DE UN CABALLO Y EL DUEñO
DEL OTRO CABALLO O LA GENTE
substantial problems."
.Shadow: "Q. What
Y ELLAS PUEDEN SER APUESTAS
SUSTANCIALES QUE PUEDEN CAUSAR
doesn't pay? A. Get in
argument. a lot of
fights."
.fight nats
ITS NOT JUST
FIGHTS. THERE
ARE SHOOTINGS
HAY TIROTEOS
AND STABBINGS
Y STABBINGS TAMBIéN.
MURDERED
DISPUTE AT THE
BUSH TRACK IN
BECAUSE THE
UNREGULATED,
ANYTHING GOES.
DE HECHO, HACE 4 AñOS UN HOMBRE
THAT INCLUDES
EN LOS LUNAS.
OPENLY FIXED
DRUGGED
YOURSELF. HERE
ABIERTAMENTE ARREGLADAS Y
CABALLOS DROGADOS.
them. I've seen them
drug them. ... They do
poke them with the
needle and then they
get pretty crazy. ...
ELLOS REALMENTE LOS EMPUJAN CON
BASTANTE LOCOS.
bit but everybody
knows its fair game to
their horses you
know."
.McGrail: "I think there
PERO TODOS SABEN SU JUEGO JUSTO
A ELLOS QUE ELLOS DROGAN A SUS
horses and to the
think those dangers
MCGRAIL: PIENSO QUE HAY
PELIGROS PARA LOS CABALLOS Y
PARA LOS PARTICIPANTES.
into that horse ...
which may allow an
Y PIENSO QUE AQUELLOS PELIGROS
SON LA MANIFESTACIóN CUANDO
UD. NO TIENE A NADIE
possibly throw the
jockey, could injure
the horse."
.Mares: "Theres no
regulations so who
doing to these horses
and when they bring
them onto our tracks
they break down, they
die, they have to be
MARES: NO HAY NINGUNAS
QUE ELLOS HACEN A ESTOS
CABALLOS Y CUANDO ELLOS LES
TRAEN EN NUESTRAS PISTAS ELLOS
knows what happens."
SER EUTHANIZED.
EL ENTONCES QUIéN SABE LO QUE
AS WELL SUCH AS
SURFACES AND
PARTICIPANTS.
JUST NINE YEARS
OLD. THIS
UNDERGROUND
ON WEEKENDS ON
PARAJITO MESA IN
COUNTY. AS MANY
AS A THOUSAND
FAR AWAY AS
MEXICO FILLED
THIS FACILITY.
HASTA UNAS 1000 PERSONAS DE TAN
ADMISSION FEES
AT THE GATE FOR
UNREGULATED
DEPUTIES
HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF
EXCHANGED
HANDS. THE
LOS ALGUACILES ESTIMARON QUE
CIENTOS DE MILES DE DóLARES
NAMED HOMERO
ALTHOUGH THE
FACILITY WAS
SHUT DOWN TWO
VARELA
Y AUNQUE LA INSTALACIóN FUERA
DOWN CERRADA HACE 2 AñOS,
YEAR WHEN HE
THE DEA ON
TRAFFICKING
CHARGES.
ACCORDING TO
THE DEA, HOMERO
TEMPRANO ESTE AñO CUANDO éL
FUE DETENIDO POR DEA EN
ACUSACIONES DE TRáFICO DE
THE VIOLENT
CARTEL AND ITS
HITMAN, JOSE
TORRES-MARUFO.
TRACK
SEGúN DEA, HOMERO VARELA TIENE
QUE VER CON EL CáRTEL DE
DROGAS DE SINALOA VIOLENTO Y
SU ASESINO A SUELDO CELEBRE,
UNNOTICED BY
THE DEA.
.Brown: "Clearly, drug
LAS CONEXIONES DE PISTA DE
CARRERA DE VARELA'S NO HAN IDO
Mexico and Texas and
other places are
involved with these
race tracks. Just as
involved with the
KEITH BROWN IS
COMO ELLOS ESTáN IMPLICADOS CON
EL CARTEL DE SINALOA.
SPECIAL AGENT IN
.Brown: "These
unlicensed horse
racing operations are
the perfect place for
drug dealers to sort of
infiltrate, become
legitimate or quasi
BROWN : ESTAS OPERACIONES DE
CARRERAS DE CABALLOS NO
AUTORIZADAS SON EL LUGAR
PERFECTO PARA TRAFICANTES DE
INFILTRACIóN,
HECHO LEGíTIMO O CASI LEGíTIMO
Y NO SE DESTACAN.
talking hundreds of
thousands of dollars
CONVERSACIóN CIENTOS DE MILES
these individuals that
in many cases they
turn and invest into
these tracks."
EVEN THOUGH
AUNQUE
UNDERGROUND
BRAZENLY
OPERATE ALL
OVER NEW
DIFFICULT FOR
ENFORCEMENT TO
SHUT DOWN.
FOLLOWING AN
INVESTIGATION IN
POLICE
ARRESTED FOUR
PEOPLE FOR
VIOLATING NEW
MEXICO'S RACING
COVERT TRACK
ROSWELL.
.Barker: "However, in
court, the entire case
DESPUéS DE INVESTIGACIóN EN '09
LA POLICíA ESTATAL DETUVO A 4
PERSONAS POR VIOLAR EL ACTO DE
CARRERAS DE NUEVO MéXICO EN
ROSWELL.
state police could not
BARKER: SIN EMBARGO, EN EL
TRIBUNAL, EL CASO ENTERO SE
were RACE horses, all
charges were dropped
and case was
CUANDO LA POLICíA ESTATAL NO
PODíA DEMOSTRAR QUE LOS
CABALLOS DIRIGIDOS EN LA PISTA
CARRERA,
THE CHAVES
AND THE
ACTIVITY
TODAY. THE
RACING
LA PISTA DE CHAVES COUNTY FUE
VUELTA A ABRIR Y LA ACTIVIDAD
LAS CARRERAS CO
EXCEPT THESE
UNDERGROUND
STAND AS ISLANDS
AND COME
HUNDREDS OF
RACE FANS WILL
POUR THROUGH
THESE GATES AND
ENFORCMENT CAN
DO IS STAND AT
WATCH. LARRY
BARKER, KRQE
NEWS 13.
ELLOS ESTáN DE PIE COMO ISLAS
DE LA ANARQUíA Y VIENEN EL
DOMINGO CIENTOS DE FANáTICOS
DE CARRERA MANARáN POR ESTAS
COMMISSION IS
LEGAL CHANGES
ENFORCEMENT GO
TRACKS AND THE
THEM.
ADLIB TOSS TO
WEATHER