What Happened at Santa Cruz Island?
AENN, Paul Preston, Agenda 21 Radio
In the early morning hours of Labor Day 2019 a fire broke out on the dive boat the Conception just 20 yards off the shore of the Southern California Channel Island of Santa Cruz. On board was a crew of 6 and and passenger manifest that included 33 divers who were destined to return back to Santa Barbara harbor later that day.
When the fire broke out just after 3:00 am it engulfed the entire boat so quickly the captain of the Conception was barley able to get out a destress “mayday” call. He and the other 4 crewmen who were top side jumped from the boat without doing anything to help the 33 divers and the 1 crewman who were asleep below decks. When help arrived some 20 minutes later from the Ventura, Los Angles, Santa Barbara county fire departments and the Coast Guard there was no way to save any of the 34 people inside the boat.
Literally as I was doing show prep for the Labor Day show I got a call before 5:00 am from a law enforcement listener of my show. I had just started to follow the burning boat story on local tv channels from Los Angeles when my listener stunned me with his information. I have used him as a source over the years for many stories and he has never been wrong. He went on the tell me that the Conception was set afire as a “hit” on several people in the boat.
The hit centered around M.S. 13 the international cartel gang that arose in Los Angeles in the late 1980s who were taking out people involved in human trafficking and drug smuggling. In later conversations it was revealed there was a money laundering element involving two of the victims.
We broadcast that morning that the fire may have been a hit by M.S. 13 and there would be more information coming. By noon time I was getting calls that news sources around the nation were stopping their coverage of the story except those in the local area.
Then a listener sent this facebook post to Agenda 21 Radio on Friday September 6, 2019.
“30 + Dead: MS-13’s Callous Disregard Of Collateral Damage:
Folks in positions of authority and power are avoiding an ugly truth as if they dare not touch it like the third rail in a subway. I did however have a few folks make contact because they did not want the truth to be ignored or worse yet to have it deliberately swept under the table. A few days ago a couple of criminals were wiped out and over 30 innocent victims were sent to their graves years before their times. The innocent were in the wrong place at the wrong time and those given charge of the safety and security of those aboard their vessel deserted their responsibilities and aided in the deaths of those innocents.
A casual observer could put two and two together and ask a meaningful question as to how it was that the crew managed to survive the inferno while their passengers did not? Would cowardice be the only thing that those crew survivors had in common or were there lives spared through foreknowledge and complicity? Again, people might ask reasonable questions given the tally of the dead and the convenient selfish actions of the crew.
As I chatted with folks close to the scene and the investigation and those who have experience with gang related activities the details shared with me were that MS-13 has recently employed a strategist in their quest to effectively wipe out enemies or authorities that get in their way. They have never been shy about direct action, nor have they been bothered by collateral damage. They find themselves in every state with a mandate to profit from the misery of others either from the sale of illegal substances, stolen goods, kidnapping, murders for hire, or paying for political influence – these are not choir boys and they have proven their viciousness on a national scale without caring that they will be exposed as the deliberate beneficiaries of the recent carnage.
When police freely share information that is at the moment hidden from public view, you know that some consciences are bothered and there is a fear that justice will not be administered to the guilty. Should the public be bothered, be worried, be fearful? Or would all of the aforementioned by appropriate given this new level of effectiveness on the part of a major lawless element of American society? I am suggesting that we should be bothered, worried, and fearful if the swift execution of justice is not seen to be levied against the lawless”.
As the weeks go by and salvage operations along with the investigations by the FBI, NTSB, Santa Barbara Sheriff’s departments conclude there will be answers with plenty of Dots to connect. What will all those Dots reveal is the real question.
