Trouble in Gringoland

The Weirdness, Violence and Decadence
of North San Diego County, California

by
Ernesto Cienfuegos
La Voz de Aztlan

Los Angeles, Alta California - 2/12/2002 - (ACN) - North San Diego county is a rapidly growing area in southern California that is inhabited by mostly white upper middle class folks. Most of the residents here have fled from the now largely minority populated cities of Los Angeles and San Diego. The region is a mix of brand new residential developments and dwindling agricultural fields. The many bedroom communities that have arisen in this corridor between Los Angeles and San Diego pride themselves in being family oriented and an excellent and healthy place to raise children. Recently, however, three major incidents have shattered the false image that was being projected by whites in the area.

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The first incident occurred in the community of Rancho Sante Fe (Map location 1) on March 26, 1997 when 39 bodies of young men an women were found dead in various rooms of a $1.6 million dollar home. The bodies of 18 men and 21 women where dressed similarly and all were lying in a prone position, hands at their side as if asleep. Autopsies of the bodies later revealed that all had committed suicide and that 8 of the men were castrated. The castrations had occurred years before and had already healed. Subsequent investigations by police authorities of the bizarre case revealed that the 39 young men and women were members of a group called Heaven's Gate that was led by a homosexual who called himself "Do". "Do" apparently had convinced the 39 young men and women that a spaceship hiding behind the Hale-Bopp comet would take them to heaven and that they must free themselves from their temporary vessels (bodies) in order to be lifted away as the comet approached earth. They prepared for the trip to heaven, on an alien UFO, by first purifying their bodies. The castrations were performed on those who had deviant sexual desires in order to free them of sin.

The second incident was one of racial violence against 4 elderly agricultural Mexican workers by 8 white thugs from the community of Carmel Valley (Map location 5)and the dragging death of a fifth. The incident took place not far from where the Heaven's Gate suicides occurred. The horrific racial incident took place on July 5, 2000. The four Mexican migrant workers, ages 64 to 69, lived in a worker's encampment by a creek (Map location 2). The four worked in nearby nurseries and tomato fields. They where terrorized for 2 hours by 8 local white high school aged hoodlums with baseball bats, pellet guns and a pitchfork. One of the workers lost one eye when he was shot point blank in the face seven times. The dragging death of a fifth migrant worker from Oaxaca, Mexico occurred two days later in the same vicinity. The 8 youths were arrested and tried for the beatings of the 4 elderly workers but they were never charged with the murder of the 17 year old migrant worker who had been dragged on his face and dumped over a ravine. The San Diego police determined that the two cases were unrelated.

The third case is currently in the news. It involves the disappearance of 7 year old Danielle van Dam from her Stable Springs home (Map location 3). Stable Springs is another of the new white communities in north San Diego county. This incident has been compared to the Jo Bennet case except that no body has yet been found. It appears that the girl was abducted on February 1, 2002 from her upstairs bedroom while her so called "soccer mom", Brenda van Dam, was out dancing till 2:30 in the morning in a bar in the adjacent community of Poway (Map location 4). The father, Damon van Dam, who was at home, does not know what happened. The prime suspect is a neighbor who lives two houses down. According to the suspect, David Westerfield, he danced with the "soccer mom" at about 10:00 P.M. and then left the bar. The "soccer mom", Brenda van Dam, said that she went out with two single female friends to celebrate the going away of one of them. She said that all three met two other friends and that the five came back to her home for some "pizza" at around 2:30 AM. The following morning, Danielle was gone. No trace of her has been found. There have since been media reports citing law enforcement sources that the Van Dams took part in a "swingers" lifestyle and were engaged in an after-hours sex party with a group of people Mrs. Van Dam brought home from the bar. No one has been arrested. The reader can draw his or her own conclusions concerning the case.

Superficially, north San Diego county seems like an ideal place to live. It is marketed as a crime free and family oriented area. Most schools are brand new and churches abound. White picket fences surround the well manicured lawns and gardens of the upscale homes. It looks like a utopian "Gringoland"! But looks can be deceiving. Underneath the facade, lurks violent racist kids, decadent "soccer moms" and weird groups of people yearning to to be lifted away to heaven in UFO's. Is this the real America? Is white north San Diego county just a small aberration of the nation as a whole? Pat Buchanan recently wrote a book titled "The Death of the West". Possibly, the three incidents in this small region of America, are just mere symptoms of a larger, deeper and more serious problem that is beginning to rear its ugly head.