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Tijuana Drug Cartel Hitman Describes Life As A Professional Killer In New Book

Everyone KNOWS that I live for a redemption story, so much so that I am working on my own masterpiece redemption story entitled, “Gangster Girls: The Last Girl Standing” in which I hope to release sooner than later.

Anyhow, the following article was posted on Daily Mail UK and gives some insight into the life of Martin Corona, a former hitman for the Tijauna drug cartel.

Corona, who has admitted to killing 8 people during his time in the cartel says that it was when he was ordered to murder two women (with a child in the car) that he decided to walk away from the lifestyle. For good.

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Martin Corona was a professional killer working for the feared Mexican Cartel leader Ramon Arellano-Felix.

Racking up a total of eight kills in his criminal career, he earned himself 25 years in prison back in 2001.

The killer, now 58, opened up about how he handled his killings and his life as a gun for hire.

Fighting a drug war which engulfed the southern part of California, he claims to killed a member of El Chapo’s drug cartel.

He described being a “lost soul” who found acceptance in the world of paid for murder and gangs.

Corona revealed he is “not proud” of what he has done and said he finds it “humiliating” to look himself in the mirror.

Working as enforcer of drug-pushers, he gunned down two women sitting in a car who were suspected of snitching.

However he discovered one of their seven-year-old daughters sitting in the back seat.

The killer said it was this moment which made him give up his life as a hitman.

He described telling himself “its an ugly business, but its a business” before his first assassination – when he was ordered to kill two members of a rival gang.

Corona – who cannot be pictured for his own safety – is now free from prison and working as a construction worker, trying to escape his brutal past.

Corona’s descent into crime began at age 12, getting into drugs, and discovering the man he thought was his father wasn’t.

He told the New York Post:

I was a lost soul. These people accepted me. They treated me with respect, and at the time, it seemed like admiration and love.

I’m not proud of my past.

It’s really humiliating waking up and looking at yourself in the mirror knowing the things you’ve done.

His story is being told in new book Confessions of a Cartel Hit Man which is out on July 25.

California Man Arrested After Shooting Himself And Then Blaming Someone Else

This guy. I have a lot of questions for this guy….

A man in Oxnard has pled not guilty to felony charges of unlawful possession of a firearm, negligent discharge of a firearm resulting in injury and a misdemeanor charge of unlawful possession of ammunition after he allegedly shot himself in the stomach and then said another person did it.

Tyler Acosta, 25, pled not guilty in Ventura County Superior Court on Monday after being arrested on Thursday on charges of illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Authorities said Acosta shot himself in the abdomen with a handgun.

In late April, Ventura County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call from the Ojai Valley Hospital emergency room about a gunshot victim there, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.

At the hospital, they found Acosta with a single gunshot wound to the abdomen, and he allegedly told them that he had been walking through a field near North Ventura Avenue and Crooked Palm Road in Ventura when he was confronted by a man who accused him of theft, according to Ventura County officials. The two men got into a physical fight, and then the other man produced a handgun and shot Acosta with it, according to the account that sheriff’s deputies say Acosta told them.

However, “physical evidence obtained that night” and further investigation since then all indicate that Acosta’s account is not entirely true, Sgt. Ron Chips said. It appears that Acosta actually shot himself in the abdomen, not someone else, Chips said.

Over the course of their investigation, Ventura County detectives found evidence indicating Acosta had been in unlawful possession of a handgun. Acosta also had a 2013 conviction for being a felon in unlawful possession of a firearm — a charge that prohibited him from legally possessing firearms and ammunition, according to a news release from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.

That is why Acosta allegedly lied to authorities about having a handgun and shooting himself with it, according to Chips.

“He didn’t want to tell the true story,” Chips said.

Since the case is ongoing, Chips said Ventura County officials cannot not release any more information about what they believe really happened when Acosta shot himself in the stomach.

Acosta was arrested on Thursday at an apartment complex in the 300 block of West Vineyard Avenue in Oxnard. Officials found a fixed blade dagger as well as “a usable quantity of methamphetamine and prescription medication” in Acosta’s possession at the time of his arrest, according to a news release from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.

He was booked into the Ventura County Jail with his bail set at $100,000. His next court appearance is scheduled for July 28 at Ventura County Superior Court.

Drugs are bad.. mkay?

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UPDATED: O.J. Simpson Is Up For Parole And Looking Forward To Playing Golf Again Soon

The original “OJ the Juiceman” is up for parole for ~~killing his ex wife back in the 90’s~~ a Vegas memorabilia heist that he allegedly orchestrated and is “optimistic” that he will be released from prison and back to playing golf in no time.

According to USA Today:

“He says, ‘Tell them we’ll be playing golf again soon,’ ” Tom Scotto said of O.J. Sunday in a phone interview.

If paroled, Simpson, 70, is eligible for release Oct. 1.

Simpson sounded “excited’’ when he and Scotto spoke by phone last week, according to Scotto, who added that he will be in the hearing room with the former football star Thursday at Lovelock Correctional Center, where Simpson has been imprisoned for almost nine years.

In 2008, Simpson was sentenced to a minimum of nine years and a maximum of 33 years in prison for his role in the armed robbery of two sports memorabilia agents at a Las Vegas hotel, and Scotto indicated Simpson is ready to reclaim his life outside of prison.

“He just says, ‘We’ll be together again, my life will go back to normal, ’ ” Scotto said. “He’s very positive. He’s always been positive.”

In life positivity is key, however, I am not so sure if being positive will be enough to release O.J. from the unforgiving grips of the people’s law. However, stranger things have happened.

Prosecutors have had it out for this guy ever since he was surprisingly acquitted of the murder of his former wife Nicole Brown and her ~~boy~~friend Ron Goldman back in 94′. Many believe his current prison sentence is nothing short of inescapable karma for those past transgressions. Nonetheless, miracles do happen everyday so we will just have to wait and see what fate holds for the former pro athlete turned convict.

Check out this article of what O.J. Simpson’s life is like behind bars and take the poll.