I got a story on this...going to try to make this as short as possible.
There is a Mexican guy that does a lot of work for my business. He has an American name. Out of curiosity, I asked how that came about. He laughed, and told me this story:
He was a soldier in the Mexican army. A sniper, to be specific. And he said he did 6 years of service. His job was to sit on the border in a literal tiny foxhole complete with a bucked for a bathroom. He would do this for days or weeks on end. Any time a known cartel member was in his field of view, he was to take them out. He said he has no idea how many kill shots he has but its plus/minus 1,000 in his mind.
After awhile he said he started to lose focus. Said that you get dejected when you see the US border patrol or other officials openly bringing these cartel guys across. Was like wtf is the point of going through all of this when it appears to make zero difference.
One day, he got spotted in his foxhole by local police. Unsure if said policeman was corrupt, he stayed in the hole. 20 minutes later, a truck with 5 cartel guys got out and filled him full of bullets. He showed me the scars. I couldn't count the number of bullet holes but it was at least 7 or 8 that I could see. He managed to survive and get someone to take him to a hospital in another area.
He was terrified the cartels would find out he survived and go kill his family. So he fled to the border and made an asylum claim. It was granted. Along with basically being in witness protection with a new alias. Hence his American name.
I got a story on this...going to try to make this as short as possible.
There is a Mexican guy that does a lot of work for my business. He has an American name. Out of curiosity, I asked how that came about. He laughed, and told me this story:
He was a soldier in the Mexican army. A sniper, to be specific. And he said he did 6 years of service. His job was to sit on the border in a literal tiny foxhole complete with a bucked for a bathroom. He would do this for days or weeks on end. Any time a known cartel member was in his field of view, he was to take them out. He said he has no idea how many kill shots he has but its plus/minus 1,000 in his mind.
After awhile he said he started to lose focus. Said that you get dejected when you see the US border patrol or other officials openly bringing these cartel guys across. Was like wtf is the point of going through all of this when it appears to make zero difference.
One day, he got spotted in his foxhole by local police. Unsure if said policeman was corrupt, he stayed in the hole. 20 minutes later, a truck with 5 cartel guys got out and filled him full of bullets. He showed me the scars. I couldn't count the number of bullet holes but it was at least 7 or 8 that I could see. He managed to survive and get someone to take him to a hospital in another area.
He was terrified the cartels would find out he survived and go kill his family. So he fled to the border and made an asylum claim. It was granted. Along with basically being in witness protection with a new alias. Hence his American name.