AZMEX UPDATE 29 MAR 2013
Note: First this, and then the following story. US citizens would
of course be prosecuted. Local interest mostly.
03/28/13 - 1400 - Illegal Aliens Start Fires
http://www.secureborderintel.org/BorderBlotter/
Illegal_Aliens_Start_Fires_032913_1400.wav
Note: The Coronado NF stretches across the eastern portion of the
AZMEX border. With at least four very active smuggling corridors.
"Dispersed Use/Off Highway Vehicles. Picnicking and camping outside
of developed recreation areas on the Forest is allowed unless
otherwise posted. Visitors must provide their own water and pack
garbage out. Off-road/off-trail motorized travel is prohibited. "
Easter weekend recreation opportunities
Fire Danger High, Visitors Cautioned to be Careful with Fire
Published/Last Modified on Friday, March 29, 2013 10:23 AM MDT
http://www.douglasdispatch.com/articles/2013/03/29/news/breaking_news/
doc5155bdeb7a66c079747352.txt
Coronado National Forest officials are expecting large numbers of
visitors to the Forest's most popular campgrounds and picnic areas
over Easter weekend, March 30 to 31. Visitors are urged to use
extreme caution building, maintaining and extinguishing fires.
The fire danger rating across the Coronado is currently "High." While
patchy snow may be present at the higher elevations, as the weather
warms it will soon melt and be replaced by drier conditions. Fire
season predictions for the Forest include persistent or worsening
drought combined with fine fuel availability leading to above normal
significant fire potential. Visitors are asked to use extreme caution
with fire, and to always extinguish fires so they are "cold to the
touch" before leaving them (see below). The following are tips for
safe and enjoyable weekend outings.
Campfires, Smoking and Fireworks. No fire or smoking restrictions are
in effect on the Coronado National Forest. However, fire danger is
currently "High." Visitors should choose campfire sites carefully,
maintain small fires and ensure all fires and smoking materials are
completely extinguished and cold to the touch before leaving them for
any reason. Fires should not be built on windy days. Fireworks are
prohibited year-round on all National Forest lands.
International Boundary Travel Caution. Forest visitors traveling in
remote areas of the Coronado National Forest in the vicinity of the
International Boundary adjacent to Mexico are advised to remain alert
to their surroundings as illegal smuggling activity is known to occur
in those areas. Visitors are advised not to attempt to intercede
should they witness illegal activity, but to contact the nearest law
enforcement agency with descriptions of persons, vehicles, date/time
and other pertinent information.
Dispersed Use/Off Highway Vehicles. Picnicking and camping outside of
developed recreation areas on the Forest is allowed unless otherwise
posted. Visitors must provide their own water and pack garbage out.
Off-road/off-trail motorized travel is prohibited.
Motor vehicle use maps may be downloaded at http://www.fs.usda.gov/
detail/coronado/maps-pubs/?cid=stelprdb5327292 .
Naco CBP officers seize cocaine, meth, heroin
More than $1.8 million in narcotics seized
Submitted Article
Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 12:01 PM MDT
http://www.douglasdispatch.com/articles/2013/03/29/news/
doc5153304be05ea470838532.txt
A 54-year-old Mexican woman was arrested last Wednesday after U.S.
Customs and Border Protection officers at the Naco Port of Entry
discovered an assortment of drugs totaling more than 150 pounds.
Officers assigned to the Naco Port of Entry seize $1.8 million
dollars worth of cocaine, meth and heroin Port of Entry last week.
Submitted Photo
Officers referred Emilia Reyes-Balderrama for an additional
inspection of her Ford truck when she attempted to enter the United
States. During the search, officers nine pounds of heroin valued at
an estimated $126,000; nearly 80 pounds of cocaine worth more than
$725,000; and almost 64 pounds of methamphetamine valued at nearly
$987,000. Combined, officers seized more than $1.8 million in illegal
drugs.
The drugs and vehicle were seized. Reyes was turned over to U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.
end
Note: said to be a Glock, the Hummer stolen. Guy from AZ.
Detienen municipales en Caborca a hombre armado
Escrito por Grupo AM
28.03.2013
http://www.diariodeldesierto.com.mx/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=6119&Itemid=44
Caborca, Son.- Un hombre de 27 años fue detenido por la policía
municipal la madrugada de este jueves en el centro de la ciudad en
poseción de una pistola calibre .40, lugo que intentaba darse a la
fuga en un vehículo de lujo tipo Humer de color gris con placas
sobrepuestas con reprote de robo. La persona fue identificada como
Jesús Rafael Casares Miranda originario de Nogales Arizona.
end
Note: Sawn-off .22 rifle, and black powder revolver. Maybe a 1836
Colt Navy or clone?
Amagaba con un arma
Detalles Publicado el Viernes 29 de marzo de 2013, Escrito por Carlos
Macias / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=10654
MAGDALENA
Ramón Escárcega amenaza a un vecino en la San Felipe.
Oficiales de la secretaría de protección ciudadana realizaron la
detención de Ramón Humberto Escárcega Yánez, por amenazar con arma de
fuego a un vecino de la colonia San Felipe.
De acuerdo con el reporte oficial, fue a través de una llamada
telefónica que un vecino reportaba ser agredido por un sujeto en la
casa ubicada en las calles Rafael Varela, entre Morelos y Woolfolk de
la colonia San Felipe.
Al lugar de los hechos arribaron oficiales municipales quienes se
percataron que el sujeto en cuestión empuñaba un arma de fuego,
mientras que otra de tipo pistola la portaba fajada el cinto, por lo
cual procedieron a realizar el procedimiento para persuadir al
presunto responsable que cesara sus amenazas.
Logrado el objetivo, los uniformados detuvieron a Ramón Humberto
Escárcega Yánez, alias el "Penene" de 31 años, asegurándole las dos
armas que portaba.
El detenido fue posteriormente puesto a disposición de la agencia
investigadora del ministerio público, quien deslindará
responsabilidades.
fin
Note: tortured and decapitated, in Navojoa, Son.
Publicado marzo 29, 2013, 1:50 AM
EL CUERPO ESTABA A LA VERA DEL CAMINO
Hallan un decapitado con múltiples huellas de tortura
http://www.nuevodia.com.mx/local/hallan-un-decapitado-con-multiples-
huellas-de-tortura/
Una persona fue encontrada decapitada a la orilla de un camino de
terracería, en Navojoa, Sonora.
No encuentran la cabeza autoridades investigadoras en Navojoa, Sonora
Alfonso CAMPOS-RUBIO
Navojoa, Son. - Nuevo Día
El cadáver descabezado de un desconocido, cuya bóveda craneana no
había sido localizada, fue dejado abandonado a la orilla del camino
de terracería a El Saneal, perteneciente a la Comisaría de Bacabachi,
cuyos restos fueron localizados alrededor de las 10:30 horas de ayer,
se informó en la Policía Estatal Investigadora de Sonora.
El portavoz de la PEIS agregó que a la víctima se le apreciaban a
simple vista una herida punzocortante en el abdomen, además de
múltiples golpes contusos en diferentes partes del cuerpo, como si
hubiera sido torturado.
Igualmente, se estimó que el ahora occiso tenía al morir de 30 a 35
años, con 1.75 metros de estatura, moreno, con pantalón mezclilla
azul, camiseta a rayas rojas y negras, camisa azul manga larga y
calzado negro de trabajo rudo.
Cuyo cuerpo descabezado fue trasladado al Servicio Médico Forense
para la necropsia de ley, sin que por el momento se lograra detención
alguna.
fin
Friday, March 29, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
AZMEX ACTIVITY 25-3-13
AZMEX ACTIVITY 25 MAR 2013
Summary of some of the activity for past weekend. Numbers are only those detected in the area.
Take a few minutes to listen in on some of it.
Before sources are suppressed.
Remains to be seen if activity will drop off for the Holy Week.
From AZ sources.
03/22/13 - 0000 thru 03/22/13 - 2400 - 21 groups, 133 Bodies
9 Minutes of condensed audio for the day.
Groups of: 3P,9,5P,1B,6B,18,1,5,1,5P,5,2,3,6,5,3,21,5P,4,20,5
(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, U= UltraLight Sighting, LV= Load Vehicle, B=Bailout)
Significant Events in audio:
-- There were many groups being worked during this 24 hour period where the size of the group could not be determined.
-- Multiple rotary wing & fixed wing "Hi-Flyer" support aircraft working groups
03/23/13 - 0000 thru 03/23/13 - 2400 - 42 groups, 228 Bodies - Human remains found
12 Minutes of condensed audio for the day.
Groups of: 11,10,5,5,9,5,2,1,4,2,7,2,15,1,13,9,2,12,5,10,2,2,5P,4,4,12,4,3,4,3,3,2,1,8,9,4,4,4,9,4,6,1
(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, U= UltraLight Sighting, LV= Load Vehicle)
Significant Events in audio:
-- There were many groups being worked during this 24 hour period where the size of the group could not be determined.
-- Multiple rotary wing & fixed wing "Hi-Flyer" support aircraft working groups
-- BP agent finds human remains in the desert - Pima County Sheriff's Office notified
03/24/13 - 0000 thru 03/24/13 - 2400 - 33 groups, 228 Bodies
7 Minutes of condensed audio for the day.
Groups of: 7,1,1,5P,4,3,13,12,4,13,20,1,2,8,1,3,1,7,10,8P,1,15,12,4,2P,8,6,16,4,2P,5
(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, U= UltraLight Sighting, LV= Load Vehicle, B=Bailout)
Significant Events in audio:
-- There were many groups being worked during this 24 hour period where the size of the group could not be determined.
-- A presumed Ilegal Alien female (presumed to be in custody), complaining about being in distress with regard to her pregnancy, was requesting that the Border Patrol agent call for an ambulance. Welcome to America.... a new instant US Citizen !
end
Friday, March 22, 2013
AZMEX POLICY2 22-3-13
AZMEX POLICY 2 22 MAR 2013
Note: Long read as with most policy related pieces. But LAL'S
( Lowly AZ Locals) and other border state residents may find the
following of even more interest.
Baseline For Acceptable Level Of Illicit Cross-Border Activity Gets
Closer Scrutiny
March 21, 2013
By: Anthony Kimery
http://www.hstoday.us/blogs/the-kimery-report/blog/baseline-for-
acceptable-level-of-illicit-cross-border-activity-gets-closer-
scrutiny/70c261cad24a363f3ddef36f4430273a.html
More than a year ago, senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
officials began to discuss whether, as a matter of policy, a
statistical baseline for an allowable level of illegal migration and
other illicit cross-border activity could be established as a
realistic metric for measuring acceptable security on the Southwest
border.
Policymakers understand that there will always be a certain degree of
illegal migration and other cross-border activity -- that absolute
impenetrability is impossible. The question is, can a baseline for an
acceptable level of illegal activity be established. The thinking --
inside and outside the government -- seems to be that if a baseline
can be statistically quantified, then it can be used as a metric for
not only relative border security, but that enforcement efforts also
are sufficient to filter or prevent covert entry by terrorists and
criminals.
With the success that DHS and Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
have had in buttoning-up the Southwest border, an allowable level of
illegal cross-border activity -- a "baseline, if you will, could, in
effect, be accepted as a static illicit flow that translates into a
controllable border," an official familiar with the matter said on
background.
DHS has not, however, formally commented on how seriously it is
considering a statistically acceptable level of illicit cross-border
activity as a guage of manageable security, but clearly the concept
is viewed as a potentially realistic metric, officials said.
What DHS has acknowledged, is that for several years it's been
working on a new "holistic" measurement of border security, called
the Border Condition Index (BCI). This BCI would "provide a top level
summary of systematic border trends."
"DHS argues that preventing all unlawful entries is not an attainable
outcome," and DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano has stated that DHS will
never be able to 'seal the border' in the sense of preventing all
illegal migration," former Immigration and Naturalization Service
Commissioner, Doris Meissner, told the Senate Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs at a March 14 hearing.
Senior Fellow and Director of the US Policy Program Migration Policy
Institute, Meissner told the panel that "Border Patrol has been re-
assessing its definition of border control and the metrics to be used
in determining control. Part of its thinking may involve the concept
of determining and monitoring baseline flows."
"As in other areas of law enforcement, where some degree of law-
breaking is expected to occur and is met with policing responses, CBP
rightly argues that certain baseline flows of people and drugs
crossing the border illegally will exist," Meissner pointed out.
"Thus," she said, "the goal is distribution of baseline flows as
evenly as possible so that no location is taking the brunt, and
effective responses and deterrence keep them to a minimum."
"Low-level, distributed flows, under this theory," Meissner said,
"constitute 'risk mitigation' consistent with law enforcement
practices that see success as reducing risk to a point of low
probability of high-risk occurrences, especially terrorism."
"For fiscal year 2011, the Tucson Sector had 123,285 apprehensions.
The Border Patrol states that at that level, given the steep
percentage declines of recent years, the Tucson Sector could be
reaching the level of its baseline flows, as have San Diego, El Paso
and the other sectors that now experience a degree of illegal
crossing attempts but are able to respond to them and are, therefore,
deemed to be under control," said Meissner.
Similarly, Edward Alden, the Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow at the
Council on Foreign Relations, told the committee that "a secure
border cannot mean one with no illegal crossings" because "that would
be unrealistic for almost any country, especially one as big and as
open as the United States. On the other hand, the borders cannot be
considered secure if many of those attempting to enter illegally
succeed."
"Defining a sensible middle ground, where border enforcement and
other programs discourage many illegal crossings and most of those
who try to cross illegally are apprehended, is the challenge," stated
Alden, who served as project director for the 2009 Independent Task
Force on US Immigration Policy, and author of, The Closing of the
American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11.
"It is not clear that more walls, technology and manpower at the
border have significantly diminished illicit cross-border flows. On
the contrary, despite very costly investments in border interdiction,
illicit flows of cross-border flows of people, drugs, guns and cash
are likely to continue even with significantly greater investments in
border enforcement," Dr. David A. Shirk, director of the University
of San Diego's Trans-Border Institute, further told the committee.
"At best, US authorities have succeeded only partially in securing
the border against outside threats -- primarily by raising the stakes
for migrants and smugglers, and thereby discouraging terrorists --
but at extraordinary cost," Shirk said.
"Ultimately," though, Shirk said, "the real question is how 'tough'
border security has to be -- not only as a deterrent, but also as a
filter -- and what other mechanisms can be used to enhance the
effectiveness of border security. Given the enormous investments in
post-9/11 border security measures, this is ultimately a question of
whether tougher border security measures merit the numerous costs" of
additional border enforcement.
Testifying March 20 during hearings on measuring border security by
the House Committee on Homeland Security, Border Patrol Chief Michael
Fisher and Kevin McAleenan, CBP Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office
of Field Operations, said in a joint statement that while "Some have
suggested that [border security] can be measured in terms of linear
miles of 'operational control,' a tactical term once used by the
Border Patrol to allocate resources among sectors and stations along
the border, we do not use this term as a measure of border security
because the reality is that the condition of the border cannot be
described by a single objective measure. It is not a measure of
crime, because even the safest communities in America have some
crime. It is not merely a measure of resources, because even the
heaviest concentration of fencing, all weather roads, 24-hour
lighting, surveillance systems and Border Patrol agents cannot seal
the border completely."
"For CBP, securing our borders means first having the visibility to
see what is happening on our borders, and second, having the capacity
to respond to what we see," said Fisher and McAleenan. "We get
visibility through the use of border surveillance technology,
personnel and air and marine assets. Our ability to respond is also
supported by a mix of resources including personnel, tactical
infrastructure, and air and marine assets."
Following a detailed recitation of achievements that have "led to
unprecedented success" in securing the border, Fisher and McAleenan
stated "DHS uses a number of indicators and outcomes to evaluate
security efforts at our borders, including factors described above
such as resource deployment, crime rates in border communities and
apprehensions. However, while enforcement statistics and economic
indicators point to increased security and an improved quality of
life, no single metric can conclusively define the state of border
security. Any individual metric can only capture one element of
border security and none captures the true state of security along
our borders. Rather than focus on any particular metric, our focus is
on the enhancement of our capabilities, ensuring that we have tools
that will lead to a high probability of interdiction in high activity
areas along our Southwest border."
Last Spring, Napolitano told the Senate Homeland Security Committee
that DHS is considering "metrics" that possibly could translate into
a new border security measurement policy.
The homeland security secretary said "illegal immigration attempts,
as measured by Border Patrol apprehensions … are less than one third
of what they were at their peak."
Coupled to "increases in seizures of cash, drugs and weapons …
Customs and Border Protection has begun the process of developing an
index … to comprehensively measure security along the Southwest
border" to "help guide future investments" and to "target resources
to more cost-effective programs that have the biggest impact on
improving border security."
"As part of this process," Napolitano explained, CBP has begun to
bring together "a group of independent, third-party stakeholders from
a diverse cross-section of critical areas of civic life -- to include
law enforcement officials, representatives from border-communities,
former members of Congress, experts from independent think-tanks --
to evaluate and refine this index as we move forward."
Napolitano said "this index will help us measure progress along the
Southwest border comprehensively and systematically, rather than by
anecdote."
"With the reliable and trusted measures of border security that we
are developing and validating with third-party experts, we can
provide an accurate picture of the state of the Southwest border …
and more precisely guide future border security investments,"
Napolitano told the committee, noting that "the border, as a whole,
is simply not the same as it was two years ago, or even one year ago
-- in terms of the manpower, resources, and technology."
Continuing, Napolitano said "… it is important to focus on how we can
best measure progress in the future. Significant improvement has
occurred since 2007 in all the major metrics used to describe
capabilities and results," everything from a significant yearly
declines in Border Patrol apprehensions and substantial increases in
currency, drugs and weapons.
But despite all of the measures of improvement, Napolitano said, "it
is clear we must also focus on more comprehensive and accurate
measurements of border security." And to that end, she said, "CBP is
developing … a new comprehensive index that will more holistically
represent what is happening at the border and allow us to measure
progress … That is why CBP is creating a new comprehensive index
drawing on data gathered both from their own operations as well as
from third parties."
This index, or BCI, would take into account traditional measures such
as apprehensions and contraband seizures, state and local crime
statistics on border-related criminal activity and overall crime
index reporting. It's also expected to incorporate indicators of the
impact of illegal cross-border activity on the quality of life in the
border region.
And, it may also "include calls from hospitals to report suspected
illegal aliens, traffic accidents involving illegal aliens or
narcotics smugglers, rates of vehicle theft and numbers of abandoned
vehicles, impacts on property values and other measures of economic
activity and environmental impacts," Napolitano added. "These new
measures are also critical to evaluating existing resources and
guiding future federal investments in personnel, technology, and
infrastructure. They are key to determining how best to apply limited
resources to gain the most impact on border security."
Despite DHS's clear success in recent years in securing the Southwest
border, not everyone believes the Southwest border is as secure as it
can, or should, be, and that much, much more still needs to be done.
"Any concept of an acceptable level [of illegal migration] is bogus
on its face when false numbers are being used," said former veteran
Border Patrol agent, G. Alan Ferguson, vice chairman of the National
Association of Former Border Patrol Officers. "DHS has painted a lie
that the border is secure, that there are fewer coming [across the
border] … they keep coming."
A veteran CIA operations officer who served in law enforcement on the
Southwest border and conducts counter-cartel training, said any DHS
effort to establish metrics that are linked to a policy that would
accept a certain level of illegal migration "is more smoke and
mirrors from DHS." He said Border Patrol is "only catching a
percentage of the illegals. How many they missed isn't known, but
[is] assumed to be substantial. I think in recent years there have
been several attempts to come up with a figure, but at present I
don't trust any numbers coming out of … DHS."
During hearings this month before his panel, Senate Homeland Security
Committee Chairman, Tom Carper (D-Del.), said "illegal immigration
has dramatically decreased" and "some experts estimate that more
undocumented immigrants now leave the United States each year than
enter unlawfully. Border Patrol apprehensions of undocumented
immigrants -- our best current measure -- are at their lowest level
in decades … I believe that we can attribute a lot of this success to
the security gains that we have made [that] deter people from
crossing the border ..."
"Having said all that," Carper said, "we [still] need to refine and
strengthen the metrics we use to determine how secure our borders and
Ports of Entry are to ensure that our security efforts are both
effective and as cost-efficient as possible. This is especially
necessary when budgets are tight, as they are today. We simply cannot
afford to keep ramping up resources for the border at the rate we
have in the past. We must be strategic with our investments -- and we
can be."
Carper said he's heard from "a number of frontline agents" who told
him "that we need to focus our efforts on giving them technologies
and tools that can serve as force multipliers. This includes a wide
range of cameras, sensors and radars that can be mounted on trucks or
put on fixed towers to help the Border Patrol deploy its agents more
efficiently. More aerial surveillance assets, including blimps and
aircraft such as the C-206 are also needed to help the Border Patrol
identify people crossing the border illegally and track them until
agents can catch them."
Presumably, any "baseline" or other "metrics" DHS eventually uses to
measure border security will depend upon full implementation of
Border Patrol's new five-year national border security strategy and
deployment of the Integrated Fixed Tower multi-sensor network system.
"We also need to ensure that the investments we have already made
are fully utilized, and not wasted," Carper added, saying, "I was
surprised, and frankly disappointed, to learn that the Border Patrol
has four drones deployed in Arizona but only has the resources to fly
two of them -- and even then they cannot fly them every day of the
week."
Carper further observed "that a lot of the smuggling seen on the
southern border is being pushed to the Ports of Entry," but that
"These border crossings have received far less attention and
resources than the Border Patrol over the past decade, but they are
just as important to our security and economy."
"Ultimately, I hope that we can help the Department of Homeland
Security be so effective at securing the border that we can begin
shifting our resources towards staffing and modernizing our Ports of
Entry."
end
Note: Long read as with most policy related pieces. But LAL'S
( Lowly AZ Locals) and other border state residents may find the
following of even more interest.
Baseline For Acceptable Level Of Illicit Cross-Border Activity Gets
Closer Scrutiny
March 21, 2013
By: Anthony Kimery
http://www.hstoday.us/blogs/the-kimery-report/blog/baseline-for-
acceptable-level-of-illicit-cross-border-activity-gets-closer-
scrutiny/70c261cad24a363f3ddef36f4430273a.html
More than a year ago, senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
officials began to discuss whether, as a matter of policy, a
statistical baseline for an allowable level of illegal migration and
other illicit cross-border activity could be established as a
realistic metric for measuring acceptable security on the Southwest
border.
Policymakers understand that there will always be a certain degree of
illegal migration and other cross-border activity -- that absolute
impenetrability is impossible. The question is, can a baseline for an
acceptable level of illegal activity be established. The thinking --
inside and outside the government -- seems to be that if a baseline
can be statistically quantified, then it can be used as a metric for
not only relative border security, but that enforcement efforts also
are sufficient to filter or prevent covert entry by terrorists and
criminals.
With the success that DHS and Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
have had in buttoning-up the Southwest border, an allowable level of
illegal cross-border activity -- a "baseline, if you will, could, in
effect, be accepted as a static illicit flow that translates into a
controllable border," an official familiar with the matter said on
background.
DHS has not, however, formally commented on how seriously it is
considering a statistically acceptable level of illicit cross-border
activity as a guage of manageable security, but clearly the concept
is viewed as a potentially realistic metric, officials said.
What DHS has acknowledged, is that for several years it's been
working on a new "holistic" measurement of border security, called
the Border Condition Index (BCI). This BCI would "provide a top level
summary of systematic border trends."
"DHS argues that preventing all unlawful entries is not an attainable
outcome," and DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano has stated that DHS will
never be able to 'seal the border' in the sense of preventing all
illegal migration," former Immigration and Naturalization Service
Commissioner, Doris Meissner, told the Senate Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs at a March 14 hearing.
Senior Fellow and Director of the US Policy Program Migration Policy
Institute, Meissner told the panel that "Border Patrol has been re-
assessing its definition of border control and the metrics to be used
in determining control. Part of its thinking may involve the concept
of determining and monitoring baseline flows."
"As in other areas of law enforcement, where some degree of law-
breaking is expected to occur and is met with policing responses, CBP
rightly argues that certain baseline flows of people and drugs
crossing the border illegally will exist," Meissner pointed out.
"Thus," she said, "the goal is distribution of baseline flows as
evenly as possible so that no location is taking the brunt, and
effective responses and deterrence keep them to a minimum."
"Low-level, distributed flows, under this theory," Meissner said,
"constitute 'risk mitigation' consistent with law enforcement
practices that see success as reducing risk to a point of low
probability of high-risk occurrences, especially terrorism."
"For fiscal year 2011, the Tucson Sector had 123,285 apprehensions.
The Border Patrol states that at that level, given the steep
percentage declines of recent years, the Tucson Sector could be
reaching the level of its baseline flows, as have San Diego, El Paso
and the other sectors that now experience a degree of illegal
crossing attempts but are able to respond to them and are, therefore,
deemed to be under control," said Meissner.
Similarly, Edward Alden, the Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow at the
Council on Foreign Relations, told the committee that "a secure
border cannot mean one with no illegal crossings" because "that would
be unrealistic for almost any country, especially one as big and as
open as the United States. On the other hand, the borders cannot be
considered secure if many of those attempting to enter illegally
succeed."
"Defining a sensible middle ground, where border enforcement and
other programs discourage many illegal crossings and most of those
who try to cross illegally are apprehended, is the challenge," stated
Alden, who served as project director for the 2009 Independent Task
Force on US Immigration Policy, and author of, The Closing of the
American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11.
"It is not clear that more walls, technology and manpower at the
border have significantly diminished illicit cross-border flows. On
the contrary, despite very costly investments in border interdiction,
illicit flows of cross-border flows of people, drugs, guns and cash
are likely to continue even with significantly greater investments in
border enforcement," Dr. David A. Shirk, director of the University
of San Diego's Trans-Border Institute, further told the committee.
"At best, US authorities have succeeded only partially in securing
the border against outside threats -- primarily by raising the stakes
for migrants and smugglers, and thereby discouraging terrorists --
but at extraordinary cost," Shirk said.
"Ultimately," though, Shirk said, "the real question is how 'tough'
border security has to be -- not only as a deterrent, but also as a
filter -- and what other mechanisms can be used to enhance the
effectiveness of border security. Given the enormous investments in
post-9/11 border security measures, this is ultimately a question of
whether tougher border security measures merit the numerous costs" of
additional border enforcement.
Testifying March 20 during hearings on measuring border security by
the House Committee on Homeland Security, Border Patrol Chief Michael
Fisher and Kevin McAleenan, CBP Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office
of Field Operations, said in a joint statement that while "Some have
suggested that [border security] can be measured in terms of linear
miles of 'operational control,' a tactical term once used by the
Border Patrol to allocate resources among sectors and stations along
the border, we do not use this term as a measure of border security
because the reality is that the condition of the border cannot be
described by a single objective measure. It is not a measure of
crime, because even the safest communities in America have some
crime. It is not merely a measure of resources, because even the
heaviest concentration of fencing, all weather roads, 24-hour
lighting, surveillance systems and Border Patrol agents cannot seal
the border completely."
"For CBP, securing our borders means first having the visibility to
see what is happening on our borders, and second, having the capacity
to respond to what we see," said Fisher and McAleenan. "We get
visibility through the use of border surveillance technology,
personnel and air and marine assets. Our ability to respond is also
supported by a mix of resources including personnel, tactical
infrastructure, and air and marine assets."
Following a detailed recitation of achievements that have "led to
unprecedented success" in securing the border, Fisher and McAleenan
stated "DHS uses a number of indicators and outcomes to evaluate
security efforts at our borders, including factors described above
such as resource deployment, crime rates in border communities and
apprehensions. However, while enforcement statistics and economic
indicators point to increased security and an improved quality of
life, no single metric can conclusively define the state of border
security. Any individual metric can only capture one element of
border security and none captures the true state of security along
our borders. Rather than focus on any particular metric, our focus is
on the enhancement of our capabilities, ensuring that we have tools
that will lead to a high probability of interdiction in high activity
areas along our Southwest border."
Last Spring, Napolitano told the Senate Homeland Security Committee
that DHS is considering "metrics" that possibly could translate into
a new border security measurement policy.
The homeland security secretary said "illegal immigration attempts,
as measured by Border Patrol apprehensions … are less than one third
of what they were at their peak."
Coupled to "increases in seizures of cash, drugs and weapons …
Customs and Border Protection has begun the process of developing an
index … to comprehensively measure security along the Southwest
border" to "help guide future investments" and to "target resources
to more cost-effective programs that have the biggest impact on
improving border security."
"As part of this process," Napolitano explained, CBP has begun to
bring together "a group of independent, third-party stakeholders from
a diverse cross-section of critical areas of civic life -- to include
law enforcement officials, representatives from border-communities,
former members of Congress, experts from independent think-tanks --
to evaluate and refine this index as we move forward."
Napolitano said "this index will help us measure progress along the
Southwest border comprehensively and systematically, rather than by
anecdote."
"With the reliable and trusted measures of border security that we
are developing and validating with third-party experts, we can
provide an accurate picture of the state of the Southwest border …
and more precisely guide future border security investments,"
Napolitano told the committee, noting that "the border, as a whole,
is simply not the same as it was two years ago, or even one year ago
-- in terms of the manpower, resources, and technology."
Continuing, Napolitano said "… it is important to focus on how we can
best measure progress in the future. Significant improvement has
occurred since 2007 in all the major metrics used to describe
capabilities and results," everything from a significant yearly
declines in Border Patrol apprehensions and substantial increases in
currency, drugs and weapons.
But despite all of the measures of improvement, Napolitano said, "it
is clear we must also focus on more comprehensive and accurate
measurements of border security." And to that end, she said, "CBP is
developing … a new comprehensive index that will more holistically
represent what is happening at the border and allow us to measure
progress … That is why CBP is creating a new comprehensive index
drawing on data gathered both from their own operations as well as
from third parties."
This index, or BCI, would take into account traditional measures such
as apprehensions and contraband seizures, state and local crime
statistics on border-related criminal activity and overall crime
index reporting. It's also expected to incorporate indicators of the
impact of illegal cross-border activity on the quality of life in the
border region.
And, it may also "include calls from hospitals to report suspected
illegal aliens, traffic accidents involving illegal aliens or
narcotics smugglers, rates of vehicle theft and numbers of abandoned
vehicles, impacts on property values and other measures of economic
activity and environmental impacts," Napolitano added. "These new
measures are also critical to evaluating existing resources and
guiding future federal investments in personnel, technology, and
infrastructure. They are key to determining how best to apply limited
resources to gain the most impact on border security."
Despite DHS's clear success in recent years in securing the Southwest
border, not everyone believes the Southwest border is as secure as it
can, or should, be, and that much, much more still needs to be done.
"Any concept of an acceptable level [of illegal migration] is bogus
on its face when false numbers are being used," said former veteran
Border Patrol agent, G. Alan Ferguson, vice chairman of the National
Association of Former Border Patrol Officers. "DHS has painted a lie
that the border is secure, that there are fewer coming [across the
border] … they keep coming."
A veteran CIA operations officer who served in law enforcement on the
Southwest border and conducts counter-cartel training, said any DHS
effort to establish metrics that are linked to a policy that would
accept a certain level of illegal migration "is more smoke and
mirrors from DHS." He said Border Patrol is "only catching a
percentage of the illegals. How many they missed isn't known, but
[is] assumed to be substantial. I think in recent years there have
been several attempts to come up with a figure, but at present I
don't trust any numbers coming out of … DHS."
During hearings this month before his panel, Senate Homeland Security
Committee Chairman, Tom Carper (D-Del.), said "illegal immigration
has dramatically decreased" and "some experts estimate that more
undocumented immigrants now leave the United States each year than
enter unlawfully. Border Patrol apprehensions of undocumented
immigrants -- our best current measure -- are at their lowest level
in decades … I believe that we can attribute a lot of this success to
the security gains that we have made [that] deter people from
crossing the border ..."
"Having said all that," Carper said, "we [still] need to refine and
strengthen the metrics we use to determine how secure our borders and
Ports of Entry are to ensure that our security efforts are both
effective and as cost-efficient as possible. This is especially
necessary when budgets are tight, as they are today. We simply cannot
afford to keep ramping up resources for the border at the rate we
have in the past. We must be strategic with our investments -- and we
can be."
Carper said he's heard from "a number of frontline agents" who told
him "that we need to focus our efforts on giving them technologies
and tools that can serve as force multipliers. This includes a wide
range of cameras, sensors and radars that can be mounted on trucks or
put on fixed towers to help the Border Patrol deploy its agents more
efficiently. More aerial surveillance assets, including blimps and
aircraft such as the C-206 are also needed to help the Border Patrol
identify people crossing the border illegally and track them until
agents can catch them."
Presumably, any "baseline" or other "metrics" DHS eventually uses to
measure border security will depend upon full implementation of
Border Patrol's new five-year national border security strategy and
deployment of the Integrated Fixed Tower multi-sensor network system.
"We also need to ensure that the investments we have already made
are fully utilized, and not wasted," Carper added, saying, "I was
surprised, and frankly disappointed, to learn that the Border Patrol
has four drones deployed in Arizona but only has the resources to fly
two of them -- and even then they cannot fly them every day of the
week."
Carper further observed "that a lot of the smuggling seen on the
southern border is being pushed to the Ports of Entry," but that
"These border crossings have received far less attention and
resources than the Border Patrol over the past decade, but they are
just as important to our security and economy."
"Ultimately, I hope that we can help the Department of Homeland
Security be so effective at securing the border that we can begin
shifting our resources towards staffing and modernizing our Ports of
Entry."
end
AZMEX POLICY1 22-3-13
For your (NGO) weekend reading pleasure.
AZMEX POLICY 1 22 MAR 2013
Note: Lowly AZ Locals (LAL) will find the following of particular
interest.
"As evidenced by the above described one-year accomplishments, the
Arizona HIDTA Task Forces are having an impact on the Sinaloa
Cartel's operations by making Arizona an undesirable route for their
drug trafficking activities "
Intelligence Driven Drug Enforcement Making Undesirable Routes
By: Elizabeth Kempshall
03/22/2013 ( 1:24pm)
Sponsored by: Read the digital edition of Homeland Security Today.
http://www.hstoday.us/single-article/intelligence-driven-drug-
enforcement-making-undesirable-routes/
ea3adf9e11cdf79634627e790a7234e4.html
Through their High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Awareness Program
(HIDTA), the Arizona Region has seized illicit drugs with an
estimated wholesale value of $1.19 billion in the past year.
Elizabeth Kempshall, HIDTA director, talks exclusively on the
challenges associated with facilitating cooperation among law
enforcement agencies, and highlights various successes on the
Southwestern border.
Q: Speak about the challenges associated with facilitating
cooperation among law enforcement agencies across the federal to
tribal spectrum
Each federal, state, local and tribal agency has a unique mission and
this uniqueness can often create challenges when multiple agencies
try to come together to address such a significant problem, like drug
trafficking. It is critical to find the commonality in the goals of
each agency and highlight how each agency can be successful in
achieving their goal by working together. Presenting an accurate
assessment of the drug threat facing the community will identify the
areas of mutual interest to the various agencies. A multi-agency
strategy to address the threat must be developed and presented to the
leadership of each agency. A well-defined strategy and mission will
afford the leaders the opportunity to identify how the needs of their
communities will be met by working collectively to address the drug
trafficking threats in their areas of responsibilities.
What's being done at the ONDCP to enhance law enforcement
intelligence sharing? Talk about the successes of the HIDTA program
Through the HIDTA program, federal, state, local and tribal law
enforcement agencies significantly improve their ability to disrupt
and dismantle drug trafficking organizations when they work together
and share information. Each HIDTA sponsors an Intelligence and
Information Sharing Initiative, known as the Investigative Support
Center (ISC). The ISC is responsible for developing information and
intelligence collection requirements, and for collecting, evaluating,
collating, analyzing, and disseminating law enforcement information
and intelligence for participating agencies. The ISC consist of
commingled participants from Federal, and state, local and tribal
agencies.
Q: Highlight the various 'wins' you've seen in the past year with
regards to mitigating the flow of drugs across the south west border…
what can you attribute this success to?
Fully understanding the drug-related threat in Arizona and using an
intelligence-driven enforcement strategy, the Arizona HIDTA
Initiatives are having a more significant impact on the DTOs
operating in Arizona and throughout the United States.
During the previous year, Arizona Initiatives disrupted or dismantled
37 DTOs and MLOs operating within Arizona, of which 57 percent were
international or multi-state in scope. Arizona investigations focused
on five Consolidated Priority Organization Targets (CPOTs) and three
Regional Priority Organization Targets (RPOTs). Organized Crime Drug
Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) designated cases totaled six.
The level of sophistication of these cases necessitated the use of
298 separate court-ordered pen registers and 123 Title III orders, a
413 percent increase over the previous year's Title III orders. Local
community impact investigations were extremely successful and
accounted for 43 percent of the DTOs/MLOs disrupted or dismantled
during the period.
The Arizona HIDTA seized illicit drugs with an estimated wholesale
value of $1.19 billion, a 106 percent increase over the previous
year. Marijuana continued to lead as the most seized drug, with
519,954 kilograms seized, an increase of 118 percent over the
previous year. Arizona Initiatives experienced a significant increase
in both methamphetamine and heroin seized, with methamphetamine
seizures increasing 88 percent to 728 kilograms and heroin increasing
1,017 percent to 257 kilograms. The return on investment for every $1
received by the Arizona HIDTA was $112.09, a 100 percent increase
over the previous year.
The Arizona HIDTA Domestic Highway Enforcement (DHE) program
conducted 898 operations and assisted in the coordination of 2,650
Stonegarden Project Operations. The intelligence and investigative
leads developed from those operations were essential to the overall
Arizona strategy. DHE operations seized illicit drugs with an
estimated wholesale value of over $39 million and seized $7.2 million
in cash and assets. Two international DTOs were identified, with one
disrupted and 782 individuals arrested.
The Arizona HIDTA statewide fugitive Task Force arrested 4,228
subjects, an 18 percent increase over the previous year. Drug-related
arrests accounted for 32 percent of the overall arrests, with a
higher percentage of those arrested wanted for crimes related to drug
use or violent crimes associated with drug rip-offs and/or home
invasions. Fugitive apprehensions resulted in seized drugs, currency,
and assets valued at $2 million.
As evidenced by the above described one-year accomplishments, the
Arizona HIDTA Task Forces are having an impact on the Sinaloa
Cartel's operations by making Arizona an undesirable route for their
drug trafficking activities. Even with the accomplishments of the
previous year, there is much more work to be done but using an
intelligence-driven approach, the investigators are able to target
the most significant traffickers operating in and through Arizona.
Q: What do you require to improve 'intelligence driven drug
enforcement?' Speak about the future focus for ONDCP
The Arizona HIDTA Executive Board directed the successful
restructuring and refocusing of the Arizona HIDTA Investigative
Support Center (ISC). Through those efforts, intelligence became an
integral component of the infrastructure of the Arizona HIDTA
Program. The ISC is staffed by representatives of participating
agencies who have direct on-site access to their agencies'
information databases.
The Arizona HIDTA ISC now enhances the sharing of intelligence among
law enforcement agencies, the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information
Center (ACTIC), the Alliance to Combat Transnational Threats (ACTT),
and the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC), through the systematic
collection, analysis, and dissemination of secure, accurate, and
timely intelligence. This cooperative model of sharing promotes
interagency communication and coordination of activity regarding
counter-drug efforts; enhances officer safety through deconfliction;
eliminates duplication of effort; and is critical to combating the
increasing threat of narcotics traffickers and criminal
organizations. The continued focus on using intelligence to drive
investigative efforts against the most significant targets operating
in and through Arizona will have the greatest impact, thereby making
Arizona an undesirable route for the Sinaloa Cartel.
________________________________________________
This Q&A with Arizona HIDTA Director Elizabeth Kempshall is brought
to you by Homeland Security Today's exclusive content partnership
with the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA)
AZMEX POLICY 1 22 MAR 2013
Note: Lowly AZ Locals (LAL) will find the following of particular
interest.
"As evidenced by the above described one-year accomplishments, the
Arizona HIDTA Task Forces are having an impact on the Sinaloa
Cartel's operations by making Arizona an undesirable route for their
drug trafficking activities "
Intelligence Driven Drug Enforcement Making Undesirable Routes
By: Elizabeth Kempshall
03/22/2013 ( 1:24pm)
Sponsored by: Read the digital edition of Homeland Security Today.
http://www.hstoday.us/single-article/intelligence-driven-drug-
enforcement-making-undesirable-routes/
ea3adf9e11cdf79634627e790a7234e4.html
Through their High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Awareness Program
(HIDTA), the Arizona Region has seized illicit drugs with an
estimated wholesale value of $1.19 billion in the past year.
Elizabeth Kempshall, HIDTA director, talks exclusively on the
challenges associated with facilitating cooperation among law
enforcement agencies, and highlights various successes on the
Southwestern border.
Q: Speak about the challenges associated with facilitating
cooperation among law enforcement agencies across the federal to
tribal spectrum
Each federal, state, local and tribal agency has a unique mission and
this uniqueness can often create challenges when multiple agencies
try to come together to address such a significant problem, like drug
trafficking. It is critical to find the commonality in the goals of
each agency and highlight how each agency can be successful in
achieving their goal by working together. Presenting an accurate
assessment of the drug threat facing the community will identify the
areas of mutual interest to the various agencies. A multi-agency
strategy to address the threat must be developed and presented to the
leadership of each agency. A well-defined strategy and mission will
afford the leaders the opportunity to identify how the needs of their
communities will be met by working collectively to address the drug
trafficking threats in their areas of responsibilities.
What's being done at the ONDCP to enhance law enforcement
intelligence sharing? Talk about the successes of the HIDTA program
Through the HIDTA program, federal, state, local and tribal law
enforcement agencies significantly improve their ability to disrupt
and dismantle drug trafficking organizations when they work together
and share information. Each HIDTA sponsors an Intelligence and
Information Sharing Initiative, known as the Investigative Support
Center (ISC). The ISC is responsible for developing information and
intelligence collection requirements, and for collecting, evaluating,
collating, analyzing, and disseminating law enforcement information
and intelligence for participating agencies. The ISC consist of
commingled participants from Federal, and state, local and tribal
agencies.
Q: Highlight the various 'wins' you've seen in the past year with
regards to mitigating the flow of drugs across the south west border…
what can you attribute this success to?
Fully understanding the drug-related threat in Arizona and using an
intelligence-driven enforcement strategy, the Arizona HIDTA
Initiatives are having a more significant impact on the DTOs
operating in Arizona and throughout the United States.
During the previous year, Arizona Initiatives disrupted or dismantled
37 DTOs and MLOs operating within Arizona, of which 57 percent were
international or multi-state in scope. Arizona investigations focused
on five Consolidated Priority Organization Targets (CPOTs) and three
Regional Priority Organization Targets (RPOTs). Organized Crime Drug
Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) designated cases totaled six.
The level of sophistication of these cases necessitated the use of
298 separate court-ordered pen registers and 123 Title III orders, a
413 percent increase over the previous year's Title III orders. Local
community impact investigations were extremely successful and
accounted for 43 percent of the DTOs/MLOs disrupted or dismantled
during the period.
The Arizona HIDTA seized illicit drugs with an estimated wholesale
value of $1.19 billion, a 106 percent increase over the previous
year. Marijuana continued to lead as the most seized drug, with
519,954 kilograms seized, an increase of 118 percent over the
previous year. Arizona Initiatives experienced a significant increase
in both methamphetamine and heroin seized, with methamphetamine
seizures increasing 88 percent to 728 kilograms and heroin increasing
1,017 percent to 257 kilograms. The return on investment for every $1
received by the Arizona HIDTA was $112.09, a 100 percent increase
over the previous year.
The Arizona HIDTA Domestic Highway Enforcement (DHE) program
conducted 898 operations and assisted in the coordination of 2,650
Stonegarden Project Operations. The intelligence and investigative
leads developed from those operations were essential to the overall
Arizona strategy. DHE operations seized illicit drugs with an
estimated wholesale value of over $39 million and seized $7.2 million
in cash and assets. Two international DTOs were identified, with one
disrupted and 782 individuals arrested.
The Arizona HIDTA statewide fugitive Task Force arrested 4,228
subjects, an 18 percent increase over the previous year. Drug-related
arrests accounted for 32 percent of the overall arrests, with a
higher percentage of those arrested wanted for crimes related to drug
use or violent crimes associated with drug rip-offs and/or home
invasions. Fugitive apprehensions resulted in seized drugs, currency,
and assets valued at $2 million.
As evidenced by the above described one-year accomplishments, the
Arizona HIDTA Task Forces are having an impact on the Sinaloa
Cartel's operations by making Arizona an undesirable route for their
drug trafficking activities. Even with the accomplishments of the
previous year, there is much more work to be done but using an
intelligence-driven approach, the investigators are able to target
the most significant traffickers operating in and through Arizona.
Q: What do you require to improve 'intelligence driven drug
enforcement?' Speak about the future focus for ONDCP
The Arizona HIDTA Executive Board directed the successful
restructuring and refocusing of the Arizona HIDTA Investigative
Support Center (ISC). Through those efforts, intelligence became an
integral component of the infrastructure of the Arizona HIDTA
Program. The ISC is staffed by representatives of participating
agencies who have direct on-site access to their agencies'
information databases.
The Arizona HIDTA ISC now enhances the sharing of intelligence among
law enforcement agencies, the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information
Center (ACTIC), the Alliance to Combat Transnational Threats (ACTT),
and the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC), through the systematic
collection, analysis, and dissemination of secure, accurate, and
timely intelligence. This cooperative model of sharing promotes
interagency communication and coordination of activity regarding
counter-drug efforts; enhances officer safety through deconfliction;
eliminates duplication of effort; and is critical to combating the
increasing threat of narcotics traffickers and criminal
organizations. The continued focus on using intelligence to drive
investigative efforts against the most significant targets operating
in and through Arizona will have the greatest impact, thereby making
Arizona an undesirable route for the Sinaloa Cartel.
________________________________________________
This Q&A with Arizona HIDTA Director Elizabeth Kempshall is brought
to you by Homeland Security Today's exclusive content partnership
with the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA)
AZMEX ACTIVITY 22-3-13
Note: Events as they happened. From AZ sources.
There will be more of these coming in next several days, including from past couple weeks
Take a few minutes, listen, and digest what is really happening on AZMEX border.
Very little makes it to media, or from them to public.
Thx
03/21/13 - 0000 thru 03/21/13 - 2400 - 38 groups, 335 Bodies - Gunshots fired at BP agents !
14 Minutes of condensed audio for the day.
Groups of: 4,12,1,5,4,2,6,26, 6,9,27,1,7,19,7,3,36,9,6,1,10,1,2,10,10,1,11,6,1,3,2A,4,3,9,40,12P,16,3
(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, U= UltraLight Sighting, LV= Load Vehicle)
Significant Events in audio:
-- There were many groups being worked during this 24 hour period where the size of the group could not be determined.
-- Multiple rotary wing & fixed wing "Hi-Flyer" support aircraft working groups
-- 1800- BP agents were fired upon by two individuals on a hill - disposition unknown
end
Thursday, March 21, 2013
AZMEX F&F EXTRA 21-3-13
AZMEX F&F EXTRA 21 MAR 2013
Note: Hundreds of Hispanics still dead.
New 'Fast and Furious' report finds DHS warning signs ignored
By Richard A. Serrano
March 21, 2013, 2:10 p.m.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-new-fast-and-furious-
report-20130321,0,3881694.story
WASHINGTON — Even as they lost scores of illegal firearms in their
Fast and Furious operation, federal ATF agents asked their Border
Patrol counterparts not to pursue criminal leads or track gun
smuggling in southern Arizona so they could follow the firearms
themselves, and senior Homeland Security agents "complied and the
leads were not investigated," according to a new Department of
Homeland Security inspector general's report.
The report, obtained Thursday by The Times, also said that a Homeland
Security special agent on the border was collaborating with the ATF
in Fast and Furious, but his "senior leaders" in Arizona never read
his updates about fundamental flaws with the failed gun tracking
operation. Had they done so, Homeland Security officials could have
tried to close down the operation before one of their Border Patrol
agents, Brian Terry, was killed not far from Tucson.
Furthermore, the report determined that top Department of Homeland
Security officials in Washington did not learn about Fast and Furious
until Terry was shot to death in December 2010 and two of the 1,430
lost firearms were found at the scene of his murder.
Fast and Furious has led to a number of high-ranking demotions within
the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and a
contempt of Congress citation against Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr.
Now, the new Homeland Security inspector general's findings for the
first time document that the ATF also managed to mostly keep their
Border Patrol counterparts in the dark about Fast and Furious.
Officials at Department of Homeland Security headquarters in
Washington, responding to the report, agreed to enact a series of
recommendations to better coordinate law enforcement operations on
the border.
Radha C. Sekar, acting executive associate director for management
and administration for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told the
inspector general that they would assess whether senior Phoenix
officials "fulfilled their duty to enforce the weapons smuggling
statutes," and also would review their own policies for collaborating
with other law enforcement agencies.
Charles K. Edwards, the deputy Homeland Security inspector general,
said in his report that shortly after ATF launched Fast and Furious
in Phoenix in October 2009, Homeland Security special agents learned
of the operation while conducting their own investigation into a
Mexican gun smuggling ring.
But ATF agents told the Homeland Security special agents that the
firearms were "related" to Fast and Furious and asked them to
"refrain from further efforts to identify the smuggling ring's
transportation cell." The top Homeland Security agent in Phoenix
"agreed to the request," largely because federal prosecutors
supported Fast and Furious.
Edwards added that Homeland Security officials tried to get the ATF
to change its tactics in allowing guns to be illegally smuggled, but
"ATF did not revise their strategy."
end
Note: Hundreds of Hispanics still dead.
New 'Fast and Furious' report finds DHS warning signs ignored
By Richard A. Serrano
March 21, 2013, 2:10 p.m.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-new-fast-and-furious-
report-20130321,0,3881694.story
WASHINGTON — Even as they lost scores of illegal firearms in their
Fast and Furious operation, federal ATF agents asked their Border
Patrol counterparts not to pursue criminal leads or track gun
smuggling in southern Arizona so they could follow the firearms
themselves, and senior Homeland Security agents "complied and the
leads were not investigated," according to a new Department of
Homeland Security inspector general's report.
The report, obtained Thursday by The Times, also said that a Homeland
Security special agent on the border was collaborating with the ATF
in Fast and Furious, but his "senior leaders" in Arizona never read
his updates about fundamental flaws with the failed gun tracking
operation. Had they done so, Homeland Security officials could have
tried to close down the operation before one of their Border Patrol
agents, Brian Terry, was killed not far from Tucson.
Furthermore, the report determined that top Department of Homeland
Security officials in Washington did not learn about Fast and Furious
until Terry was shot to death in December 2010 and two of the 1,430
lost firearms were found at the scene of his murder.
Fast and Furious has led to a number of high-ranking demotions within
the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and a
contempt of Congress citation against Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr.
Now, the new Homeland Security inspector general's findings for the
first time document that the ATF also managed to mostly keep their
Border Patrol counterparts in the dark about Fast and Furious.
Officials at Department of Homeland Security headquarters in
Washington, responding to the report, agreed to enact a series of
recommendations to better coordinate law enforcement operations on
the border.
Radha C. Sekar, acting executive associate director for management
and administration for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told the
inspector general that they would assess whether senior Phoenix
officials "fulfilled their duty to enforce the weapons smuggling
statutes," and also would review their own policies for collaborating
with other law enforcement agencies.
Charles K. Edwards, the deputy Homeland Security inspector general,
said in his report that shortly after ATF launched Fast and Furious
in Phoenix in October 2009, Homeland Security special agents learned
of the operation while conducting their own investigation into a
Mexican gun smuggling ring.
But ATF agents told the Homeland Security special agents that the
firearms were "related" to Fast and Furious and asked them to
"refrain from further efforts to identify the smuggling ring's
transportation cell." The top Homeland Security agent in Phoenix
"agreed to the request," largely because federal prosecutors
supported Fast and Furious.
Edwards added that Homeland Security officials tried to get the ATF
to change its tactics in allowing guns to be illegally smuggled, but
"ATF did not revise their strategy."
end
AZMEX SPECIAL 21-3-13
AZMEX SPECIAL 21 MAR 2013
Border Patrol agent shot, one man dead
By Laredo Morning Times
Published: Thursday, March 21, 2013 4:52 PM CDT
http://lmtonline.com/articles/2013/03/21/front/news/
doc514b5c69748e4738831895.txt
UPDATE: A U.S. Border Patrol-involved shooting near Hebbronville left
one agent injured and a man dead.
Early Thursday, a Border Patrol agent investigating a suspicious
vehicle on FM 649 and Chihuahua Road was shot during a confrontation
with the driver, a U.S. Border Patrol statement reads.
"While the agents conducted their interview of the driver, he became
combative, drew a weapon and fired at and struck one of the Border
Patrol agents," the statement reads. "Another Border Patrol agent
discharged his firearm and disabled the suspect.
The injured agent was airtlifted to a medical facility and the
suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. Initial information
indicates that the suspect was driving a stolen vehicle and he is a
suspect in an armed robbery and carjacking in Waco."
UPDATE: The shooting happened early today near Hebbronville, located
about 60 miles east of Laredo. Border Patrol will hold a press
conference at 3:30 p.m. to discuss the incident.
ORIGINAL STORY:
A local Border Patrol agent has been shot, according to the Laredo
Sector Border Patrol.
Information about the shooting was not made immediately available.
The agency said it will release details later this afternoon.
end
Border Patrol agent shot, one man dead
By Laredo Morning Times
Published: Thursday, March 21, 2013 4:52 PM CDT
http://lmtonline.com/articles/2013/03/21/front/news/
doc514b5c69748e4738831895.txt
UPDATE: A U.S. Border Patrol-involved shooting near Hebbronville left
one agent injured and a man dead.
Early Thursday, a Border Patrol agent investigating a suspicious
vehicle on FM 649 and Chihuahua Road was shot during a confrontation
with the driver, a U.S. Border Patrol statement reads.
"While the agents conducted their interview of the driver, he became
combative, drew a weapon and fired at and struck one of the Border
Patrol agents," the statement reads. "Another Border Patrol agent
discharged his firearm and disabled the suspect.
The injured agent was airtlifted to a medical facility and the
suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. Initial information
indicates that the suspect was driving a stolen vehicle and he is a
suspect in an armed robbery and carjacking in Waco."
UPDATE: The shooting happened early today near Hebbronville, located
about 60 miles east of Laredo. Border Patrol will hold a press
conference at 3:30 p.m. to discuss the incident.
ORIGINAL STORY:
A local Border Patrol agent has been shot, according to the Laredo
Sector Border Patrol.
Information about the shooting was not made immediately available.
The agency said it will release details later this afternoon.
end
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
AZMEX UPDATE 17-3-13
AZMEX UPDATE 17 MAR 2013
http://www.local2544.org/cbp-bureaucrats/
$$$ CBP Bureaucrats $$$
If you want to know where a huge chunk of the CBP payroll money is
going, take a look at the chart linked below. The top 1,000 non-law
enforcement CBP bureaucrats making up to nearly $1/4 million per
year. Some of them (Alan Bersin and maybe a few others) have recently
departed. Not one of these people will be furloughed and not one of
them will take a pay cut.
And amongst the worst hypocrites are people like BIANCA WARNER, who
has the gall to say we are "overpaid" while she collects huge
paychecks. She may work for CBP, but she won't be making one arrest,
working one midnight shift on the border or doing anything more
dangerous than deciding where to go for lunch.
Real "leaders" would be cutting their own pay first to set the
example and going from there. They make sure they are fully protected
though. Many of them have no respect for the green shirts doing the
real work, no matter how many times they pat us on the back and tell
us what a great job we are doing. Watch what they do, not what they say.
Top 1,000 CBP salaries listed here. Note that BIANCA "Border Patrol
agents are overpaid" WARNER ranks number 31 in all of CBP.
This entry was posted on Sunday, March 17th, 2013 at 9:37 am and is
filed under News. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
Note one of several, some dressed in camo, found deceased in the
area recently. Fashion critics? Coyotes being disciplined as
suspected by some?
Published March 17, 2013, 1:55 AM
Body found near the border
The body of a person was found dead near the border in El Sasabe,
Sonora.
Was gunned down, still not identified
Alfonso Campos-RUBIO
Saric - New Day
http://www.nuevodia.com.mx/estado/hallan-cadaver-cerca-de-la-linea-
fronteriza/
Victim of at least three shots and whiplash by strong blow to the
head, found killed a stranger from 35 to 40, whose remains were found
around eight o'clock Friday night in a hut in Agua Nueva, a few
meters from the international , reported in the PEIS.
Police spokesman Sonora State Investigative added that this is a
dark, robust, wearing faded gray pants, brown striped shirt, yellow
belt and ostrich leather cap with camouflage design and a yellow shoe
suede.
According to early reviews, the now deceased had been dead ten to
twelve hours, taken to the funeral home and to the autopsy
Note: of interest to gunnies. a Bohmische Waffenfabrik 27, calibre
7.65 mm (.32 acp) old time pistol, could have interesting story
behind it. Unfortunately no s/n. Found in Navolato, Sin.
Atrapan a navolatense con un arma de fuego
Por portar una pistola escuadra fajada a la altura de su cintura,
misma que indicó utilizaba como defensa ya que contaba con enemigos
IONSA
17-03-2013
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=854711
Por portar una pistola escuadra fajada a la altura de su cintura,
misma que indicó utilizaba como defensa ya que contaba con enemigos,
un sujeto vecino de Navolato fue desarmado y sometido por elementos
de la Policía Estatal Preventiva.
El empistolado se identificó como Michel Alejandro Medina Ramos,
quien cuenta con 25 años de edad, y tiene su domicilio en calle
Sonora casi esquina con Nayarit, en la colonia La Popular, del
municipio cañero.
Según los estatales, este tipo fue ubicado cerca de su vivienda, al
momento en que los uniformados realizaban patrullajes de rutina en la
zona y le marcaron el alto a fin de realizarle una revisión de rutina.
Al esculcarlo, le encontraron una pistola marca Bohmische
Waffenfabrik 27, calibre 7.65 milímetros, con su cargador abastecido
con 4 tiros, misma que dijo que la utilizaba para su seguridad personal.
Debido a esto, el armado fue trasladado junto con la escuadra, ante
el Agente del Ministerio Público de la Federación, quien se hizo
cargo de su situación jurídica.
http://www.local2544.org/cbp-bureaucrats/
$$$ CBP Bureaucrats $$$
If you want to know where a huge chunk of the CBP payroll money is
going, take a look at the chart linked below. The top 1,000 non-law
enforcement CBP bureaucrats making up to nearly $1/4 million per
year. Some of them (Alan Bersin and maybe a few others) have recently
departed. Not one of these people will be furloughed and not one of
them will take a pay cut.
And amongst the worst hypocrites are people like BIANCA WARNER, who
has the gall to say we are "overpaid" while she collects huge
paychecks. She may work for CBP, but she won't be making one arrest,
working one midnight shift on the border or doing anything more
dangerous than deciding where to go for lunch.
Real "leaders" would be cutting their own pay first to set the
example and going from there. They make sure they are fully protected
though. Many of them have no respect for the green shirts doing the
real work, no matter how many times they pat us on the back and tell
us what a great job we are doing. Watch what they do, not what they say.
Top 1,000 CBP salaries listed here. Note that BIANCA "Border Patrol
agents are overpaid" WARNER ranks number 31 in all of CBP.
This entry was posted on Sunday, March 17th, 2013 at 9:37 am and is
filed under News. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
Note one of several, some dressed in camo, found deceased in the
area recently. Fashion critics? Coyotes being disciplined as
suspected by some?
Published March 17, 2013, 1:55 AM
Body found near the border
The body of a person was found dead near the border in El Sasabe,
Sonora.
Was gunned down, still not identified
Alfonso Campos-RUBIO
Saric - New Day
http://www.nuevodia.com.mx/estado/hallan-cadaver-cerca-de-la-linea-
fronteriza/
Victim of at least three shots and whiplash by strong blow to the
head, found killed a stranger from 35 to 40, whose remains were found
around eight o'clock Friday night in a hut in Agua Nueva, a few
meters from the international , reported in the PEIS.
Police spokesman Sonora State Investigative added that this is a
dark, robust, wearing faded gray pants, brown striped shirt, yellow
belt and ostrich leather cap with camouflage design and a yellow shoe
suede.
According to early reviews, the now deceased had been dead ten to
twelve hours, taken to the funeral home and to the autopsy
Note: of interest to gunnies. a Bohmische Waffenfabrik 27, calibre
7.65 mm (.32 acp) old time pistol, could have interesting story
behind it. Unfortunately no s/n. Found in Navolato, Sin.
Atrapan a navolatense con un arma de fuego
Por portar una pistola escuadra fajada a la altura de su cintura,
misma que indicó utilizaba como defensa ya que contaba con enemigos
IONSA
17-03-2013
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=854711
Por portar una pistola escuadra fajada a la altura de su cintura,
misma que indicó utilizaba como defensa ya que contaba con enemigos,
un sujeto vecino de Navolato fue desarmado y sometido por elementos
de la Policía Estatal Preventiva.
El empistolado se identificó como Michel Alejandro Medina Ramos,
quien cuenta con 25 años de edad, y tiene su domicilio en calle
Sonora casi esquina con Nayarit, en la colonia La Popular, del
municipio cañero.
Según los estatales, este tipo fue ubicado cerca de su vivienda, al
momento en que los uniformados realizaban patrullajes de rutina en la
zona y le marcaron el alto a fin de realizarle una revisión de rutina.
Al esculcarlo, le encontraron una pistola marca Bohmische
Waffenfabrik 27, calibre 7.65 milímetros, con su cargador abastecido
con 4 tiros, misma que dijo que la utilizaba para su seguridad personal.
Debido a esto, el armado fue trasladado junto con la escuadra, ante
el Agente del Ministerio Público de la Federación, quien se hizo
cargo de su situación jurídica.
AZMEX UPDATE 16-3-13
AZMEX UPDATE 16 MAR 2013
Note: As is the practice over past few years now, any detailed info
on arms recovered is suppressed. Would also be very interesting to
find out where the meth came from, if not Sinaloa.
Mexican authorities find meth, pot and tactical equipment in Reynosa
underground bunkers
Posted: Friday, March 15, 2013 8:24 pm
by Jared Taylor
http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_2f30676c-8dd8-11e2-
ae1d-001a4bcf6878.html
A citizen's complaint led federal police to more than five tons of
marijuana, 370 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and a large weapons
cache in underground bunkers in Reynosa.
At one location at kilometer 5 along the Reynosa-Monterrey highway,
police found more than 11,700 pounds of marijuana and 370 pounds of
crystal methamphetamine.
In another bunker, authorities uncovered 20 rifles, 3,926 bullet
cartridges and 25,854 bullets. Authorities also seized 10 bulletproof
vests, a gas grenade, 20 uniforms, radios and tire spikes.
Such equipment is typically employed by Mexican drug cartels, which
often store equipment in underground bunkers. Authorities did not say
whether they made any arrests or who they believe owned the equipment.
__
end
Note: As is the practice over past few years now, any detailed info
on arms recovered is suppressed. Would also be very interesting to
find out where the meth came from, if not Sinaloa.
Mexican authorities find meth, pot and tactical equipment in Reynosa
underground bunkers
Posted: Friday, March 15, 2013 8:24 pm
by Jared Taylor
http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_2f30676c-8dd8-11e2-
ae1d-001a4bcf6878.html
A citizen's complaint led federal police to more than five tons of
marijuana, 370 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and a large weapons
cache in underground bunkers in Reynosa.
At one location at kilometer 5 along the Reynosa-Monterrey highway,
police found more than 11,700 pounds of marijuana and 370 pounds of
crystal methamphetamine.
In another bunker, authorities uncovered 20 rifles, 3,926 bullet
cartridges and 25,854 bullets. Authorities also seized 10 bulletproof
vests, a gas grenade, 20 uniforms, radios and tire spikes.
Such equipment is typically employed by Mexican drug cartels, which
often store equipment in underground bunkers. Authorities did not say
whether they made any arrests or who they believe owned the equipment.
__
end
AZMEX SD EXTRA 15-3-15
AZMEX SELF DEFENSE EXTRA 15 MAR 2013
Note: mostly computer english, focus on failures of the State to
protect citizens.
Defense and politics
Javier Sicilia
MARCH 14, 2013 · 2 COMMENTS
ANALYSIS
Tlalixcoyan citizen self defense, Veracruz.
Photo: Felix Marquez
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=336273
MEXICO, DF (Process). - The fundamental sense of the existence of a
state is its ability to provide security and justice to its citizens.
For years this capacity does not already exist in Mexico. One who
carries on his shoulders the weight of 100,000 killed, 95% done with
impunity and, as revealed by the recent report of the Secretariat for
Legal Affairs, Lia Limon, 27 thousand 829 missing- the killings and
disappearances continue to rise- is a weak and almost nonexistent state.
This reality poses a crisis not only of institutions and authority
but of our common destiny. The modern idea of the state and
representative democracies left-as with other forms of the state in
the past-working. Against this the paramilitaries have emerged.
These, like impunity, injustice and defenseless that reveal the
number of dead and missing, are a symptom of the crisis but also a
sign of health. Nobody gets in self-defense because. It takes too
much pain, too much contempt and satiety for large segments of
society to so decide.
His gesture is both a negative and a statement. He says, first: "We
have waited and endured too much security and justice fail. You as
State have stopped working. They left our homes, our friends, our
children and even strangers who have no link with us than being our
compatriots, death and despair. We will not tolerate it anymore. "
But while rejecting a state that abandoned their cause and criminals,
the gesture of self-defense is an adherence to human insecurity,
injustice and crime refuse. Until then, as noted by Albert Camus in
analyzing the rebellion, humans abandoned silent hopelessness
accepted. "Silence is left to believe that you do not judge and do
not want anything." But "from the time [they say] 'no', is desired,
it is judged" conquest and hope.
The self-that can be armed or non-violent, such as the Movement for
Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD), he decided to walk the
streets, roads, towns and cities to challenge the crime and its
ineffectiveness claim from states - is, like the rebellion, a "show
up". They lived in the helplessness, fear and waiting absurd. He now
faces the disaster to stop. Opposed to an intolerable state of
affairs "value" of dignity.
Self-defense is not, therefore, a political struggle in the sense
that he understands the modern state: A race through the parties to
govern and protect the life and dignity of citizens, a race where one
wins or it fails thanks to vast networks of influence that have
become corrupted. It is, however, because in calling to deep forces
that the state had wanted to manage and you can not put back in the
center of politics to people and community relations. From self-
defense, a tradition begins to recover properly human political life
of the state had taken over. In it, each person puts the best of
themselves to preserve their existence and the human community.
Fragment analysis published in the 1897 edition of Proceso magazine,
already in circulation.
Autodefensa y política
JAVIER SICILIA
14 DE MARZO DE 2013 · 2 COMENTARIOS
ANÁLISIS
La autodefensa ciudadana en Tlalixcoyan, Veracruz.
Foto: Félix Márquez
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=336273
MÉXICO, D.F. (Proceso).- El sentido fundamental de la existencia de
un Estado radica en su capacidad para darles seguridad y justicia a
sus ciudadanos. Desde hace años esa capacidad no existe ya en
México. Uno que lleva en sus hombros el peso de 100 mil asesinados,
de 95% de impunidad y, como lo reveló el reciente informe de la
subsecretaria de Asuntos Jurídicos, Lía Limón, de 27 mil 829
desaparecidos –asesinatos y desapariciones que siguen aumentando–,
es un Estado débil y casi inexistente.
Esta realidad plantea una crisis no sólo de las instituciones y de la
autoridad sino de nuestro destino común. La idea moderna del Estado y
de las democracias representativas ha dejado –como sucedió con
otras formas del Estado en épocas anteriores– de funcionar. Frente
a ello han surgido las autodefensas. Éstas, al igual que la
impunidad, la injusticia y el estado de indefensión que revelan las
cifras de muertos y desaparecidos, son un síntoma de esa crisis pero
también un síntoma de salud. Nadie se pone en autodefensa porque
sí. Se necesita demasiado dolor, demasiado desprecio y hartazgo para
que grandes sectores de la sociedad decidan hacerlo.
Su gesto es al mismo tiempo una negativa y una afirmación. Dice,
primero: "Hemos esperado y aguantado demasiado una seguridad y una
justicia que no llegan. Ustedes como Estado han dejado de funcionar.
Abandonaron nuestros hogares, nuestros amigos, nuestros hijos e
incluso a desconocidos que no tienen más vínculo con nosotros que el
de ser nuestros compatriotas, a la muerte y la desesperanza. No
estamos dispuestos a tolerarlo más". Pero al mismo tiempo que
rechaza a un Estado que abandonó su causa y a los criminales, el
gesto de la autodefensa es una adhesión a lo humano que la
inseguridad, la injusticia y el crimen niegan. Hasta ese momento,
como lo señaló Albert Camus al analizar la rebelión, los seres
humanos guardaban silencio abandonados a una desesperanza aceptada.
"Callarse es dejar creer que no se juzga y no se desea nada".
Pero "desde el momento en que [se dice] 'no', se desea, se
juzga" y se conquista la esperanza.
La autodefensa –que puede ser armada o no violenta, como la del
Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad (MPJD), que decidió
recorrer las calles, las carreteras, los pueblos y las ciudades para
desafiar al crimen y reclamarle al Estado su inoperancia– es, al
igual que la rebelión, un "dar la cara". Se vivía en la
indefensión, el miedo y la espera absurda. Ahora se enfrenta el
desastre para detenerlo. Contrapone a un estado de cosas intolerable
un "valor", el de la dignidad.
La autodefensa no es, por lo mismo, una lucha política en el sentido
en el que lo entiende el Estado moderno: Una carrera a través de los
partidos para gobernar y proteger la vida y la dignidad de los
ciudadanos, una carrera donde se triunfa o se fracasa gracias a
vastas redes de influencia que se han corrompido. Lo es, sin embargo,
porque al hacer un llamado a fuerzas profundas que el Estado había
querido administrar y ya no puede, pone de nuevo en el centro de la
política a las personas y sus relaciones comunitarias. A partir de la
autodefensa, una tradición propiamente humana comienza a recuperar la
vida política de la que el Estado se había adueñado. En ella, cada
persona pone lo mejor de sí misma para preservar su existencia y la
de la comunidad humana.
Fragmento del análisis que se publica en la edición 1897 de la
revista Proceso, ya en circulación.
fin
Note: mostly computer english, focus on failures of the State to
protect citizens.
Defense and politics
Javier Sicilia
MARCH 14, 2013 · 2 COMMENTS
ANALYSIS
Tlalixcoyan citizen self defense, Veracruz.
Photo: Felix Marquez
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=336273
MEXICO, DF (Process). - The fundamental sense of the existence of a
state is its ability to provide security and justice to its citizens.
For years this capacity does not already exist in Mexico. One who
carries on his shoulders the weight of 100,000 killed, 95% done with
impunity and, as revealed by the recent report of the Secretariat for
Legal Affairs, Lia Limon, 27 thousand 829 missing- the killings and
disappearances continue to rise- is a weak and almost nonexistent state.
This reality poses a crisis not only of institutions and authority
but of our common destiny. The modern idea of the state and
representative democracies left-as with other forms of the state in
the past-working. Against this the paramilitaries have emerged.
These, like impunity, injustice and defenseless that reveal the
number of dead and missing, are a symptom of the crisis but also a
sign of health. Nobody gets in self-defense because. It takes too
much pain, too much contempt and satiety for large segments of
society to so decide.
His gesture is both a negative and a statement. He says, first: "We
have waited and endured too much security and justice fail. You as
State have stopped working. They left our homes, our friends, our
children and even strangers who have no link with us than being our
compatriots, death and despair. We will not tolerate it anymore. "
But while rejecting a state that abandoned their cause and criminals,
the gesture of self-defense is an adherence to human insecurity,
injustice and crime refuse. Until then, as noted by Albert Camus in
analyzing the rebellion, humans abandoned silent hopelessness
accepted. "Silence is left to believe that you do not judge and do
not want anything." But "from the time [they say] 'no', is desired,
it is judged" conquest and hope.
The self-that can be armed or non-violent, such as the Movement for
Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD), he decided to walk the
streets, roads, towns and cities to challenge the crime and its
ineffectiveness claim from states - is, like the rebellion, a "show
up". They lived in the helplessness, fear and waiting absurd. He now
faces the disaster to stop. Opposed to an intolerable state of
affairs "value" of dignity.
Self-defense is not, therefore, a political struggle in the sense
that he understands the modern state: A race through the parties to
govern and protect the life and dignity of citizens, a race where one
wins or it fails thanks to vast networks of influence that have
become corrupted. It is, however, because in calling to deep forces
that the state had wanted to manage and you can not put back in the
center of politics to people and community relations. From self-
defense, a tradition begins to recover properly human political life
of the state had taken over. In it, each person puts the best of
themselves to preserve their existence and the human community.
Fragment analysis published in the 1897 edition of Proceso magazine,
already in circulation.
Autodefensa y política
JAVIER SICILIA
14 DE MARZO DE 2013 · 2 COMENTARIOS
ANÁLISIS
La autodefensa ciudadana en Tlalixcoyan, Veracruz.
Foto: Félix Márquez
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=336273
MÉXICO, D.F. (Proceso).- El sentido fundamental de la existencia de
un Estado radica en su capacidad para darles seguridad y justicia a
sus ciudadanos. Desde hace años esa capacidad no existe ya en
México. Uno que lleva en sus hombros el peso de 100 mil asesinados,
de 95% de impunidad y, como lo reveló el reciente informe de la
subsecretaria de Asuntos Jurídicos, Lía Limón, de 27 mil 829
desaparecidos –asesinatos y desapariciones que siguen aumentando–,
es un Estado débil y casi inexistente.
Esta realidad plantea una crisis no sólo de las instituciones y de la
autoridad sino de nuestro destino común. La idea moderna del Estado y
de las democracias representativas ha dejado –como sucedió con
otras formas del Estado en épocas anteriores– de funcionar. Frente
a ello han surgido las autodefensas. Éstas, al igual que la
impunidad, la injusticia y el estado de indefensión que revelan las
cifras de muertos y desaparecidos, son un síntoma de esa crisis pero
también un síntoma de salud. Nadie se pone en autodefensa porque
sí. Se necesita demasiado dolor, demasiado desprecio y hartazgo para
que grandes sectores de la sociedad decidan hacerlo.
Su gesto es al mismo tiempo una negativa y una afirmación. Dice,
primero: "Hemos esperado y aguantado demasiado una seguridad y una
justicia que no llegan. Ustedes como Estado han dejado de funcionar.
Abandonaron nuestros hogares, nuestros amigos, nuestros hijos e
incluso a desconocidos que no tienen más vínculo con nosotros que el
de ser nuestros compatriotas, a la muerte y la desesperanza. No
estamos dispuestos a tolerarlo más". Pero al mismo tiempo que
rechaza a un Estado que abandonó su causa y a los criminales, el
gesto de la autodefensa es una adhesión a lo humano que la
inseguridad, la injusticia y el crimen niegan. Hasta ese momento,
como lo señaló Albert Camus al analizar la rebelión, los seres
humanos guardaban silencio abandonados a una desesperanza aceptada.
"Callarse es dejar creer que no se juzga y no se desea nada".
Pero "desde el momento en que [se dice] 'no', se desea, se
juzga" y se conquista la esperanza.
La autodefensa –que puede ser armada o no violenta, como la del
Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad (MPJD), que decidió
recorrer las calles, las carreteras, los pueblos y las ciudades para
desafiar al crimen y reclamarle al Estado su inoperancia– es, al
igual que la rebelión, un "dar la cara". Se vivía en la
indefensión, el miedo y la espera absurda. Ahora se enfrenta el
desastre para detenerlo. Contrapone a un estado de cosas intolerable
un "valor", el de la dignidad.
La autodefensa no es, por lo mismo, una lucha política en el sentido
en el que lo entiende el Estado moderno: Una carrera a través de los
partidos para gobernar y proteger la vida y la dignidad de los
ciudadanos, una carrera donde se triunfa o se fracasa gracias a
vastas redes de influencia que se han corrompido. Lo es, sin embargo,
porque al hacer un llamado a fuerzas profundas que el Estado había
querido administrar y ya no puede, pone de nuevo en el centro de la
política a las personas y sus relaciones comunitarias. A partir de la
autodefensa, una tradición propiamente humana comienza a recuperar la
vida política de la que el Estado se había adueñado. En ella, cada
persona pone lo mejor de sí misma para preservar su existencia y la
de la comunidad humana.
Fragmento del análisis que se publica en la edición 1897 de la
revista Proceso, ya en circulación.
fin
AZMEX SPECIAL 15-3-13
AZMEX SPECIAL 15 MAR 2013
Note: the 1.1 billion in aid has included a lot of US made small
arms. Especially the omnipresent AR15/M16/M4 platform now seen
everywhere in Mexico. Left out also is the large scale manufacture
and export of methamphetamine. It still would be of great interest
to get the make, model and serial number of those 68,161 firearms
recovered, and those exported to Mexico via aid programs. Not to
forget the F&F firearms illegally exported to Mexico.
Report: Drug woes still plague Mexico
By Diana Washington Valdez \
El Paso Times elpasotimes.com
Posted: 03/15/2013 02:49:16 AM MDT
http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_22794449/report-drug-woes-still-
plague-mexico
Drug violence in Mexico is shifting to different parts of the
country, domestic illegal drug production is up, drug use has risen,
and corruption remains a problem, according to the U.S. State
Department's 2013 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
released Tuesday.
But not all the news is bleak.
The report also says Mexico, which adopted a $9.4 billion security
budget for 2013, achieved important strides in countering illegal
drug activities.
"Mexico has made significant progress in dismantling and disrupting
TCOs (transnational criminal organizations) and their operations,"
the report says. "This progress has led to a number of TCO leaders
being brought to justice, the fragmentation of cartels, and a
reduction in violence, as evidenced by the decline in organized crime-
related homicides in 2012."
The country, however, continues to be a major transit and source
country for illegal drugs, including cocaine, heroin, marijuana and
methamphetamine, and it is a center for money laundering, the U.S.
State Department said.
Among the progress noted:
# 22,964 Mexican nationals and 251 foreign nationals were arrested on
organized crime charges.
# 15 high-level drug traffickers were captured or killed, including
high-ranking members and co-leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, Zetas
Cartel, and Gulf Cartel.
# Mexico's Federal Police increased from 11,000 officers in 2006 to
nearly 40,000 by the end of 2012.
# 99,691 weapons were recovered in Mexico between 2007 and 2011 and
submitted to the U.S. government for tracing. Of these, 68,161 came
from the United States.
# Mexico extradited 115 people to the United States in 2012,
including 52 for drug-related offenses.
# A new anti-money-laundering law approved in October will go into
effect later this year.
It will restrict the amount of U.S. currency that Mexican banks may
receive. In light of this, many businesses in Mexico had already
stopped accepting payment in dollars for a variety of goods and
services.
Under the Merida Initiative, the report says, the United States has
provided about $1.1 billion in assistance since 2008 for counterdrug
activities and programs. The aid is meant to help disrupt and
dismantle the capacity of organized criminal groups to operate,
institutionalize the rule of law, construct a 21st-century border,
and build strong and resilient communities.
Between 2008 and 2012, more than 11,000 people were killed in Juárez,
most of them by gunfire. Authorities attribute most of the deaths to
the wars between rival drug cartels. The violence has declined
dramatically, although sporadic homicides still occur, suspected of
being linked to the drug trade or associated organized crime.
The U.S. report also praises what it describes as "unprecedented
cooperation" between the two countries in the efforts against drug-
trafficking.
"U.S.-Mexico cooperation has been used to train over 55,000 law
enforcement and justice sector officials, including 7,500 Federal
Police officers," the report says. "Likewise, it has helped state
criminal justice reforms, strengthened crime prevention (and)
reduction efforts, and funded programs for at-risk youth."
Other points of concern mentioned in the report:
# As narcotics-driven profits fall, transnational criminal
organizations have turned to kidnapping, extortion, human trafficking
and retail drug sales.
# Drug production including marijuana and opium poppies, which are
grown in the states of Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Durango and Guerrero, and
smaller crops grown in the states of Sonora, Nayarit, Michoacan and
Oaxaca.
Mexico's National Council Against Addictions reported that the
prevalence of marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine use increased
steadily from 2002 to 2008, but has since stabilized.
"Nevertheless, recent drug use by men between 18 and 24 years of age
has risen significantly," the U.S. report also says. "Northern states
are disproportionately impacted by increased availability of drugs
from failed smuggling attempts and the use of drugs as payment."
Chihuahua is one such northern state.
In its conclusions, the report says, "The United States should also
continue programs to curb its domestic drug demand and inhibit the
illegal flow of arms and cash into Mexico."
The report for the year 2012 contains drug-related information about
other countries around the world in addition to Mexico.
Diana Washington Valdez may be reached at dvaldez@elpasotimes.com;
546-6140.
Note: the 1.1 billion in aid has included a lot of US made small
arms. Especially the omnipresent AR15/M16/M4 platform now seen
everywhere in Mexico. Left out also is the large scale manufacture
and export of methamphetamine. It still would be of great interest
to get the make, model and serial number of those 68,161 firearms
recovered, and those exported to Mexico via aid programs. Not to
forget the F&F firearms illegally exported to Mexico.
Report: Drug woes still plague Mexico
By Diana Washington Valdez \
El Paso Times elpasotimes.com
Posted: 03/15/2013 02:49:16 AM MDT
http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_22794449/report-drug-woes-still-
plague-mexico
Drug violence in Mexico is shifting to different parts of the
country, domestic illegal drug production is up, drug use has risen,
and corruption remains a problem, according to the U.S. State
Department's 2013 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
released Tuesday.
But not all the news is bleak.
The report also says Mexico, which adopted a $9.4 billion security
budget for 2013, achieved important strides in countering illegal
drug activities.
"Mexico has made significant progress in dismantling and disrupting
TCOs (transnational criminal organizations) and their operations,"
the report says. "This progress has led to a number of TCO leaders
being brought to justice, the fragmentation of cartels, and a
reduction in violence, as evidenced by the decline in organized crime-
related homicides in 2012."
The country, however, continues to be a major transit and source
country for illegal drugs, including cocaine, heroin, marijuana and
methamphetamine, and it is a center for money laundering, the U.S.
State Department said.
Among the progress noted:
# 22,964 Mexican nationals and 251 foreign nationals were arrested on
organized crime charges.
# 15 high-level drug traffickers were captured or killed, including
high-ranking members and co-leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, Zetas
Cartel, and Gulf Cartel.
# Mexico's Federal Police increased from 11,000 officers in 2006 to
nearly 40,000 by the end of 2012.
# 99,691 weapons were recovered in Mexico between 2007 and 2011 and
submitted to the U.S. government for tracing. Of these, 68,161 came
from the United States.
# Mexico extradited 115 people to the United States in 2012,
including 52 for drug-related offenses.
# A new anti-money-laundering law approved in October will go into
effect later this year.
It will restrict the amount of U.S. currency that Mexican banks may
receive. In light of this, many businesses in Mexico had already
stopped accepting payment in dollars for a variety of goods and
services.
Under the Merida Initiative, the report says, the United States has
provided about $1.1 billion in assistance since 2008 for counterdrug
activities and programs. The aid is meant to help disrupt and
dismantle the capacity of organized criminal groups to operate,
institutionalize the rule of law, construct a 21st-century border,
and build strong and resilient communities.
Between 2008 and 2012, more than 11,000 people were killed in Juárez,
most of them by gunfire. Authorities attribute most of the deaths to
the wars between rival drug cartels. The violence has declined
dramatically, although sporadic homicides still occur, suspected of
being linked to the drug trade or associated organized crime.
The U.S. report also praises what it describes as "unprecedented
cooperation" between the two countries in the efforts against drug-
trafficking.
"U.S.-Mexico cooperation has been used to train over 55,000 law
enforcement and justice sector officials, including 7,500 Federal
Police officers," the report says. "Likewise, it has helped state
criminal justice reforms, strengthened crime prevention (and)
reduction efforts, and funded programs for at-risk youth."
Other points of concern mentioned in the report:
# As narcotics-driven profits fall, transnational criminal
organizations have turned to kidnapping, extortion, human trafficking
and retail drug sales.
# Drug production including marijuana and opium poppies, which are
grown in the states of Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Durango and Guerrero, and
smaller crops grown in the states of Sonora, Nayarit, Michoacan and
Oaxaca.
Mexico's National Council Against Addictions reported that the
prevalence of marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine use increased
steadily from 2002 to 2008, but has since stabilized.
"Nevertheless, recent drug use by men between 18 and 24 years of age
has risen significantly," the U.S. report also says. "Northern states
are disproportionately impacted by increased availability of drugs
from failed smuggling attempts and the use of drugs as payment."
Chihuahua is one such northern state.
In its conclusions, the report says, "The United States should also
continue programs to curb its domestic drug demand and inhibit the
illegal flow of arms and cash into Mexico."
The report for the year 2012 contains drug-related information about
other countries around the world in addition to Mexico.
Diana Washington Valdez may be reached at dvaldez@elpasotimes.com;
546-6140.
AZMEX EXTRA 15-3-13
AZMEX EXTRA 15 MAR 2013
Contents: weapons going south, and north
Note: Have to wonder what the exact charges might be.
Eagle Pass woman arrested for smuggling guns
Written by Staff
Thursday, 14 March 2013 10:45
http://eaglepassdaily.com/
EAGLE PASS, Texas -- A local woman charged with transporting weapons
from San Antonio to Eagle Pass is out on bail, according to the
Zavala County Sheriff's Department.
Cindy Treviño Salazar, 30, was arrested over the weekend by sheriff's
deputies who pulled her over for a traffic stop violation. A search
of her Chevy Malibu yielded 10 rifles, four rifle magazines and
tactical vests.
The case turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents
for further investigation.
Note: old info now, 55 rifles, from early Feb. location was on Mex/
Guat. border. A lot of milspec stuff comes from south of Mexico.
Inicio Sala de Prensa Comunicados de Prensa 2 de febrero de 2013
Lomas de Sotelo, D.F.
http://www.sedena.gob.mx/index.php/sala-de-prensa/comunicados-de-
prensa/10071-2-de-febrero-de-2013-lomas-de-sotelo-df
Lomas de Sotelo, D.F., a 2 de febrero de 2013.
El Ejército Mexicano aseguró más de 50 armas largas en el estado de
Chiapas.
La Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional informa que el día 1 de febrero
del presente año, personal militar jurisdiccionado a la 39/a. Zona
Militar al recibir una denuncia ciudadana respecto a un vehículo que
llevaba carga ilícita, procedió a establecer un Puesto Militar de
Seguridad en el municipio de Maravilla Tenejapa, Chis., en donde al
revisar un camión de volteo localizó un doble fondo en la parte
inferior de la caja del automotor, en el que se encontraban ocultas
55 armas de fuego de uso exclusivo de las Fuerzas Armadas.
Por este hecho, las tropas detuvieron al conductor del vehículo y a
su acompañante, quienes fueron puestos a disposición de las
autoridades correspondientes, con el armamento y vehículo asegurados.
Con estas acciones, la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional refrenda su
compromiso ineludible de continuar acotando las actividades
delictivas para brindar la seguridad y bienestar que demanda el
pueblo de México.
-0-0-0-0-0-
Contents: weapons going south, and north
Note: Have to wonder what the exact charges might be.
Eagle Pass woman arrested for smuggling guns
Written by Staff
Thursday, 14 March 2013 10:45
http://eaglepassdaily.com/
EAGLE PASS, Texas -- A local woman charged with transporting weapons
from San Antonio to Eagle Pass is out on bail, according to the
Zavala County Sheriff's Department.
Cindy Treviño Salazar, 30, was arrested over the weekend by sheriff's
deputies who pulled her over for a traffic stop violation. A search
of her Chevy Malibu yielded 10 rifles, four rifle magazines and
tactical vests.
The case turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents
for further investigation.
Note: old info now, 55 rifles, from early Feb. location was on Mex/
Guat. border. A lot of milspec stuff comes from south of Mexico.
Inicio Sala de Prensa Comunicados de Prensa 2 de febrero de 2013
Lomas de Sotelo, D.F.
http://www.sedena.gob.mx/index.php/sala-de-prensa/comunicados-de-
prensa/10071-2-de-febrero-de-2013-lomas-de-sotelo-df
Lomas de Sotelo, D.F., a 2 de febrero de 2013.
El Ejército Mexicano aseguró más de 50 armas largas en el estado de
Chiapas.
La Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional informa que el día 1 de febrero
del presente año, personal militar jurisdiccionado a la 39/a. Zona
Militar al recibir una denuncia ciudadana respecto a un vehículo que
llevaba carga ilícita, procedió a establecer un Puesto Militar de
Seguridad en el municipio de Maravilla Tenejapa, Chis., en donde al
revisar un camión de volteo localizó un doble fondo en la parte
inferior de la caja del automotor, en el que se encontraban ocultas
55 armas de fuego de uso exclusivo de las Fuerzas Armadas.
Por este hecho, las tropas detuvieron al conductor del vehículo y a
su acompañante, quienes fueron puestos a disposición de las
autoridades correspondientes, con el armamento y vehículo asegurados.
Con estas acciones, la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional refrenda su
compromiso ineludible de continuar acotando las actividades
delictivas para brindar la seguridad y bienestar que demanda el
pueblo de México.
-0-0-0-0-0-
AZMEX UPDATE2 15-3-13
AZMEX UPDATE 2 15 MAR 2013
Note: mostly local interest, AZ & Son.
Large marijuana stash seized from big rig in Arizona
By Associated Press
Originally published: Mar 15, 2013 - 1:34 pm
http://www.ktar.com/22/1618379/Large-marijuana-stash-seized-from-big-rig
FLORENCE, Ariz. -- Pinal County authorities have seized more than
1,200 pounds of marijuana from a big rig that was hauling squash and
arrested the driver from California.
Sheriff's officials said 59-year-old Norberto De La Vega, of Los
Angeles, was being held Friday on several drug-related offenses. He
doesn't have a lawyer yet.
Authorities said the marijuana has an estimated street value of
nearly $925,000.
A deputy patrolling Interstate 10 pulled over a semi-truck for
traffic violations Wednesday. As he approached the big rig, he said
he smelled marijuana and De La Vega acted nervous when asked to see
his load paperwork.
A drug-sniffing dog alerted authorities to the trailer, which had 32
large cardboard vegetable bins. Sheriff's officials said 1,243
pounds of marijuana was in duct-taped packages hidden under the squash.
Earlier this week, customs officers stopped a truck and found
marijuana hidden in bell peppers.
Body found in trunk of burned car in Tucson
By Associated Press
Originally published: Mar 15, 2013 - 6:30 am
http://www.ktar.com/22/1618245/Body-found-in-trunk-of-burned-car-in-
Tucson#
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Tucson firefighters responding to a 911 call
Thursday about a vehicle fire in the desert found a body in the car's
trunk.
The vehicle appeared to be a silver two-door passenger vehicle.
Police said a crowd of people gathered at the scene as the first
officers and firefighters responded. However, most of the people left
as police began trying to speak with them.
Note: two following mostly computer english
Vargas Landeros Supports presence of cloned patrol vehicles
Cloning patrol vehicles is not a serious problem in the state but it
could become , said the Secretary General of Government, Gerardo
Vargas Landeros
IONSA
03/15/2013
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=854279
Cloning patrol vehicles is not a serious problem in the state but it
starts making custom, said the Secretary General of Government,
Gerardo Vargas Landeros.
"Not so bad, is an issue that is starting, that we start to practice,
is much worse in other states," he said.
"But I think the risk of danger to one that is cloned, I think it's
something we have to pay attention."
He noted that the Ministerial Police and State Preventive State are
on alert to detect false patrol vehicles and have instructions to
arrest those not identified.
"I want to say that we have written each identified (official units)
and turned over to federal corporations both the Army and the Navy
and Federal Police to have them knowledge
LOS MOCHIS._ Governor Mario Lopez Valdez asked the public to take
precautions and report if it detects a patrol cloned.
"If someone suspects that a vehicle is not official official wants to
pass as we denounce it, and we would be stopping that vehicle faster
than we receive the information and tell them that the offenders are
always looking for strategies, new ways to achieve their goals, "he
said.
Note: SLRC just south of Yuma. The Sonoran state police have a long
time reputation of being effective. When they allowed or want to.
San Luis RC
Sonora, crime prevention model
The prevention program "Crusade for Security", places like Sonora
State spearhead. Brochures have been delivered and delivered talks at
schools in San Luis Rio Colorado.
Tribune San Luis
March 15, 2013
http://www.oem.com.mx/tribunadesanluis/notas/n2914082.htm
Hermosillo, Sonora, March 14, 2013. - The good results have been
obtained in reducing crime through prevention program "Crusade for
Security", placed as the State Sonora spearhead the implementation of
a national plan safety.
Ernesto Munro Palacio, executive secretary of Public Security, said
that this is the result of cross-working between different levels of
government that 3 years is through criminal traffic light, with which
have been reduced by up to 30% eight most common crimes in the 15
municipalities of Sonora which comprise 85% of the population.
"In Sonora we are working on two axis; fighting crime, equipment,
modernization, containment of crime, tests of control and confidence,
but also, we believe that as we form good citizens, with principles
and values, we will not the need to use force in the prosecution of
crime, "he said.
On Wednesday, staff from the Ministry of Government attended the
monthly meeting of assessment results to learn crime prevention model
to replicate nationwide.
"Sonora is seen in the distance, like an oasis in the border, as a
place where things are quiet unlike other companies, we believe it is
important to be aware of what is happening in Juarez, Tijuana,
Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, but also come to Sonora and see what they
have been doing well for several years and learned to replicate it
here and use it in other states, "said Guillermo Tenorio Xiuh Antiga.
The Director General of the Secretariat for Linking Prevention and
Citizenship of the federal agency, the program highlighted the fact
that the information is publicly available, in addition to the work
table involving state agencies, federal and local, a strategy
consistent with the creation of an Interministerial Commission on
Prevention that the president, Enrique Peña Nieto, want to implement.
Sonora recognized as the safest border state of the Republic, also
said it was the first to realize the first generation of Creditable
State Police, in addition to all municipal police examination showed
trust control.
Therefore, Tenorio said Antiga seek ways to adapt the program
according to the needs and specifications of each state, which would
contain offenses, prevent and reverse them later as in the case of
Sonora.
END
Note: mostly local interest, AZ & Son.
Large marijuana stash seized from big rig in Arizona
By Associated Press
Originally published: Mar 15, 2013 - 1:34 pm
http://www.ktar.com/22/1618379/Large-marijuana-stash-seized-from-big-rig
FLORENCE, Ariz. -- Pinal County authorities have seized more than
1,200 pounds of marijuana from a big rig that was hauling squash and
arrested the driver from California.
Sheriff's officials said 59-year-old Norberto De La Vega, of Los
Angeles, was being held Friday on several drug-related offenses. He
doesn't have a lawyer yet.
Authorities said the marijuana has an estimated street value of
nearly $925,000.
A deputy patrolling Interstate 10 pulled over a semi-truck for
traffic violations Wednesday. As he approached the big rig, he said
he smelled marijuana and De La Vega acted nervous when asked to see
his load paperwork.
A drug-sniffing dog alerted authorities to the trailer, which had 32
large cardboard vegetable bins. Sheriff's officials said 1,243
pounds of marijuana was in duct-taped packages hidden under the squash.
Earlier this week, customs officers stopped a truck and found
marijuana hidden in bell peppers.
Body found in trunk of burned car in Tucson
By Associated Press
Originally published: Mar 15, 2013 - 6:30 am
http://www.ktar.com/22/1618245/Body-found-in-trunk-of-burned-car-in-
Tucson#
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Tucson firefighters responding to a 911 call
Thursday about a vehicle fire in the desert found a body in the car's
trunk.
The vehicle appeared to be a silver two-door passenger vehicle.
Police said a crowd of people gathered at the scene as the first
officers and firefighters responded. However, most of the people left
as police began trying to speak with them.
Note: two following mostly computer english
Vargas Landeros Supports presence of cloned patrol vehicles
Cloning patrol vehicles is not a serious problem in the state but it
could become , said the Secretary General of Government, Gerardo
Vargas Landeros
IONSA
03/15/2013
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=854279
Cloning patrol vehicles is not a serious problem in the state but it
starts making custom, said the Secretary General of Government,
Gerardo Vargas Landeros.
"Not so bad, is an issue that is starting, that we start to practice,
is much worse in other states," he said.
"But I think the risk of danger to one that is cloned, I think it's
something we have to pay attention."
He noted that the Ministerial Police and State Preventive State are
on alert to detect false patrol vehicles and have instructions to
arrest those not identified.
"I want to say that we have written each identified (official units)
and turned over to federal corporations both the Army and the Navy
and Federal Police to have them knowledge
LOS MOCHIS._ Governor Mario Lopez Valdez asked the public to take
precautions and report if it detects a patrol cloned.
"If someone suspects that a vehicle is not official official wants to
pass as we denounce it, and we would be stopping that vehicle faster
than we receive the information and tell them that the offenders are
always looking for strategies, new ways to achieve their goals, "he
said.
Note: SLRC just south of Yuma. The Sonoran state police have a long
time reputation of being effective. When they allowed or want to.
San Luis RC
Sonora, crime prevention model
The prevention program "Crusade for Security", places like Sonora
State spearhead. Brochures have been delivered and delivered talks at
schools in San Luis Rio Colorado.
Tribune San Luis
March 15, 2013
http://www.oem.com.mx/tribunadesanluis/notas/n2914082.htm
Hermosillo, Sonora, March 14, 2013. - The good results have been
obtained in reducing crime through prevention program "Crusade for
Security", placed as the State Sonora spearhead the implementation of
a national plan safety.
Ernesto Munro Palacio, executive secretary of Public Security, said
that this is the result of cross-working between different levels of
government that 3 years is through criminal traffic light, with which
have been reduced by up to 30% eight most common crimes in the 15
municipalities of Sonora which comprise 85% of the population.
"In Sonora we are working on two axis; fighting crime, equipment,
modernization, containment of crime, tests of control and confidence,
but also, we believe that as we form good citizens, with principles
and values, we will not the need to use force in the prosecution of
crime, "he said.
On Wednesday, staff from the Ministry of Government attended the
monthly meeting of assessment results to learn crime prevention model
to replicate nationwide.
"Sonora is seen in the distance, like an oasis in the border, as a
place where things are quiet unlike other companies, we believe it is
important to be aware of what is happening in Juarez, Tijuana,
Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, but also come to Sonora and see what they
have been doing well for several years and learned to replicate it
here and use it in other states, "said Guillermo Tenorio Xiuh Antiga.
The Director General of the Secretariat for Linking Prevention and
Citizenship of the federal agency, the program highlighted the fact
that the information is publicly available, in addition to the work
table involving state agencies, federal and local, a strategy
consistent with the creation of an Interministerial Commission on
Prevention that the president, Enrique Peña Nieto, want to implement.
Sonora recognized as the safest border state of the Republic, also
said it was the first to realize the first generation of Creditable
State Police, in addition to all municipal police examination showed
trust control.
Therefore, Tenorio said Antiga seek ways to adapt the program
according to the needs and specifications of each state, which would
contain offenses, prevent and reverse them later as in the case of
Sonora.
END
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
AZMEX EXTRA2 19-3-13
AZMEX EXTRA 2 19 MAR 2013
Comments: The AP (Douglas) area has been relative quiet for about
couple years now. After, it is said, business interests from
Sinaloa and locals reached agreements. Operational control of the
border accomplished? Also it is said that one of the more divisive
personalities in the area left town on a flight to the DF, and as far
as we know has never been heard from again. Have heard that there
have been several recent roadside disciplinary actions between the
Nogales and El Sasabe area.
Then we have this from one of the families just north of AP, known
also as Douglas, AZ. But then what do they know?
"They have increased BP head count to over 600 just at the D station
alone. What has been happening is an increase of persons south of D
coming across and taking stuff that does not belong to them and
taking the stuff south to sell or use. In this process they cause a
lot of damage. The local guys are very busy taking reports."
US gun laws could aid Mexico, officials say
11 hours ago • Perla Trevizo Arizona Daily Star
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/us-gun-laws-could-aid-mexico-
officials-say/article_920c0bcf-84bc-56a1-ace4-f7ef4aa17ed8.html
Some officials from both sides of the border say stricter gun laws in
the U.S. can help curb violence in Mexico.
Having fewer firearms coming into Mexico will benefit everyone,
including the United States, said Alfonso Novoa, chief of police in
Agua Prieta, Sonora.
"More gun control will help us in every type of crime, from vehicle
theft to homicides," he said. "Even our own cops get killed with
these same weapons."
He said the city, which is among the safest along the border, takes a
preventive approach by participating in gun buyback programs and
rewarding schools for collecting toy firearms.
As many as 120,000 people have been violently killed since 2006 in
Mexico, and about half of them were organized-style homicides that
often involved the use of high-powered firearms imported illegally
from the United States, according to a study from the University of
San Diego's Trans-Border Institute and the Igarape Institute, a
research center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Recent mass shootings in the United States have prompted lawmakers to
take a look at gun laws.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would ban
military-style firearms, restrict the size of ammunition clips and
require universal background checks on gun sales.
U.S. Rep. Ron Barber, D-Ariz., co-sponsored a bill that would make
firearms trafficking a federal crime and would impose stronger
penalties for "straw purchasers," who buy guns for people who can't
legally own them.
Tucson is considering a law mandating residents report within 48
hours any lost or stolen gun to the Tucson Police Department.
Charles Heller, host of Liberty Watch Radio, said he had several guns
stolen and wouldn't be surprised if the guns ended up in Mexico.
It's a "flawed" notion to think gun laws in the United States will
help curb the violence in Mexico, said Heller, co-founder of the
Arizona Citizens Defense League, a gun-rights group.
"There's no reason you should punish the innocent for the acts of the
guilty," he said.
Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada, who supports more gun control
and background checks, said, "It's very easy for the drug cartels to
have access to (assault) weapons under current laws."
It's not known exactly how many firearms are smuggled into Mexico
from the United States each year, but Nogales, Sonora, municipal
President Ramón Guzmán said it's a lot easier to purchase firearms in
the United States than it is in Mexico.
The Mexican military estimates that less than 1 percent of firearms
in Mexico are legally registered and 90 percent of firearms are used
for criminal purposes.
The likelihood that many of the guns seized by Chief Novoa's officers
come from the United States is very high, he said, due to the city's
proximity to the United States.
About 87 percent of firearms seized by Mexican authorities and traced
in the last five years originated in the United States, a Government
Accountability Office report found in 2009.
Many of the firearms come from gun shops and shows in Southwest
border states.
"More gun control will help us in every type of crime, from vehicle
theft to homicides. Even our own cops get killed with these same
weapons."
Alfonso Novoa, chief of police in Agua Prieta, Sonora
Note: Down by the Mexico City area, grenade launcher, frag, five AK
clones, and 2 AR platforms and ten dead.
Detallan armas incautadas tras enfrentamiento en Edomex
Se trata de 7 armas largas, una granada y un lanzagranadas; informan
que al patrullar la zona limítrofe de Otzoloapan y Valle, el convoy
de la BOM fue agredida a balazos
Otzoloapan, Méx. | Martes 19 de marzo de 2013
Notimex | El Universal
21:13
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/911398.html
La Secretaría de Seguridad Ciudadana (SSC) informó que luego del
enfrentamiento entre integrantes de la Base de Operaciones Mixtas
(BOM) y un grupo armado, fueron incautadas siete armas largas, una
granada y un lanzagranadas.
En un comunicado, la dependencia detalló que en el lugar fueron
aseguradas siete armas largas, de las cuales cinco son fusiles AK-47
y dos fusiles AR-15, 13 cargadores para fusiles de asalto y un
elevado número de cartuchos.
Mencionó que personal de la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional
(Sedena) y de la SSC sostuvieron un enfrentamiento contra miembros de
un grupo delictivo, lo que dejó un saldo de 10 personas muertas.
Precisó que al momento de realizar un patrullaje en la zona serrana
de Pinal del Marquesado, en la zona limítrofe de los municipios de
Otzoloapan y Valle de Bravo, el convoy de la BOM al ingresar a una
brecha fue agredida a disparos por los tripulantes de una camioneta
Ford tipo Tritón.
Al repeler el tiroteo, personal militar y de la Policía Estatal, que
conforman la Base de Operaciones Mixtas, abatieron a los 10
tripulantes del vehículo agresor y aseguraron las armas mencionadas.
El comunicado anotó que en el enfrentamiento, el convoy integrado por
personal militar y Policial fue agredido con una granada de
fragmentación, sin que se reporten agentes ni personal militar
lesionados.
Asimismo, en el lugar se incautó un lanzagranadas y una granada de
fragmentación, mismos que dará fe el Ministerio Público de la
Procuraduría General de Justicia del Estado, quien continuará con las
investigaciones correspondientes.
ml/rcr
Comments: The AP (Douglas) area has been relative quiet for about
couple years now. After, it is said, business interests from
Sinaloa and locals reached agreements. Operational control of the
border accomplished? Also it is said that one of the more divisive
personalities in the area left town on a flight to the DF, and as far
as we know has never been heard from again. Have heard that there
have been several recent roadside disciplinary actions between the
Nogales and El Sasabe area.
Then we have this from one of the families just north of AP, known
also as Douglas, AZ. But then what do they know?
"They have increased BP head count to over 600 just at the D station
alone. What has been happening is an increase of persons south of D
coming across and taking stuff that does not belong to them and
taking the stuff south to sell or use. In this process they cause a
lot of damage. The local guys are very busy taking reports."
US gun laws could aid Mexico, officials say
11 hours ago • Perla Trevizo Arizona Daily Star
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/us-gun-laws-could-aid-mexico-
officials-say/article_920c0bcf-84bc-56a1-ace4-f7ef4aa17ed8.html
Some officials from both sides of the border say stricter gun laws in
the U.S. can help curb violence in Mexico.
Having fewer firearms coming into Mexico will benefit everyone,
including the United States, said Alfonso Novoa, chief of police in
Agua Prieta, Sonora.
"More gun control will help us in every type of crime, from vehicle
theft to homicides," he said. "Even our own cops get killed with
these same weapons."
He said the city, which is among the safest along the border, takes a
preventive approach by participating in gun buyback programs and
rewarding schools for collecting toy firearms.
As many as 120,000 people have been violently killed since 2006 in
Mexico, and about half of them were organized-style homicides that
often involved the use of high-powered firearms imported illegally
from the United States, according to a study from the University of
San Diego's Trans-Border Institute and the Igarape Institute, a
research center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Recent mass shootings in the United States have prompted lawmakers to
take a look at gun laws.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would ban
military-style firearms, restrict the size of ammunition clips and
require universal background checks on gun sales.
U.S. Rep. Ron Barber, D-Ariz., co-sponsored a bill that would make
firearms trafficking a federal crime and would impose stronger
penalties for "straw purchasers," who buy guns for people who can't
legally own them.
Tucson is considering a law mandating residents report within 48
hours any lost or stolen gun to the Tucson Police Department.
Charles Heller, host of Liberty Watch Radio, said he had several guns
stolen and wouldn't be surprised if the guns ended up in Mexico.
It's a "flawed" notion to think gun laws in the United States will
help curb the violence in Mexico, said Heller, co-founder of the
Arizona Citizens Defense League, a gun-rights group.
"There's no reason you should punish the innocent for the acts of the
guilty," he said.
Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada, who supports more gun control
and background checks, said, "It's very easy for the drug cartels to
have access to (assault) weapons under current laws."
It's not known exactly how many firearms are smuggled into Mexico
from the United States each year, but Nogales, Sonora, municipal
President Ramón Guzmán said it's a lot easier to purchase firearms in
the United States than it is in Mexico.
The Mexican military estimates that less than 1 percent of firearms
in Mexico are legally registered and 90 percent of firearms are used
for criminal purposes.
The likelihood that many of the guns seized by Chief Novoa's officers
come from the United States is very high, he said, due to the city's
proximity to the United States.
About 87 percent of firearms seized by Mexican authorities and traced
in the last five years originated in the United States, a Government
Accountability Office report found in 2009.
Many of the firearms come from gun shops and shows in Southwest
border states.
"More gun control will help us in every type of crime, from vehicle
theft to homicides. Even our own cops get killed with these same
weapons."
Alfonso Novoa, chief of police in Agua Prieta, Sonora
Note: Down by the Mexico City area, grenade launcher, frag, five AK
clones, and 2 AR platforms and ten dead.
Detallan armas incautadas tras enfrentamiento en Edomex
Se trata de 7 armas largas, una granada y un lanzagranadas; informan
que al patrullar la zona limítrofe de Otzoloapan y Valle, el convoy
de la BOM fue agredida a balazos
Otzoloapan, Méx. | Martes 19 de marzo de 2013
Notimex | El Universal
21:13
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/911398.html
La Secretaría de Seguridad Ciudadana (SSC) informó que luego del
enfrentamiento entre integrantes de la Base de Operaciones Mixtas
(BOM) y un grupo armado, fueron incautadas siete armas largas, una
granada y un lanzagranadas.
En un comunicado, la dependencia detalló que en el lugar fueron
aseguradas siete armas largas, de las cuales cinco son fusiles AK-47
y dos fusiles AR-15, 13 cargadores para fusiles de asalto y un
elevado número de cartuchos.
Mencionó que personal de la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional
(Sedena) y de la SSC sostuvieron un enfrentamiento contra miembros de
un grupo delictivo, lo que dejó un saldo de 10 personas muertas.
Precisó que al momento de realizar un patrullaje en la zona serrana
de Pinal del Marquesado, en la zona limítrofe de los municipios de
Otzoloapan y Valle de Bravo, el convoy de la BOM al ingresar a una
brecha fue agredida a disparos por los tripulantes de una camioneta
Ford tipo Tritón.
Al repeler el tiroteo, personal militar y de la Policía Estatal, que
conforman la Base de Operaciones Mixtas, abatieron a los 10
tripulantes del vehículo agresor y aseguraron las armas mencionadas.
El comunicado anotó que en el enfrentamiento, el convoy integrado por
personal militar y Policial fue agredido con una granada de
fragmentación, sin que se reporten agentes ni personal militar
lesionados.
Asimismo, en el lugar se incautó un lanzagranadas y una granada de
fragmentación, mismos que dará fe el Ministerio Público de la
Procuraduría General de Justicia del Estado, quien continuará con las
investigaciones correspondientes.
ml/rcr
AZMEX EXTRA 19-3-13
AZMEX EXTRA 19 MAR 2013
US firearms to Mexico ?
Note: Another "study" Not to forget that information on firearms
and other weapons recovered in Mexico is suppressed. Especially
make, model and serial numbers. Not to forget also, the many
thousands delivered to Mexican government (and then to drug gangs)
via aid programs of U.S. government.
253K guns smuggled to Mexico annually
STUDY SHOWS FAR MORE TRAFFICKING OF US FIREARMS THAN ASSUMED
11 hours ago • Tim Johnson Mcclatchy Newspapers
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/border/k-guns-smuggled-to-mexico-
annually/article_cefc1726-1d41-5ee2-85d0-4cf5b70a9a1c.html
MEXICO CITY - Some 2.2 percent of all U.S. gun sales are made to
smuggling rings that take firearms to Mexico, a scale of illegal
trafficking that's "much higher than widely assumed," an academic
study released Monday found.
An average of 253,000 weapons purchased in the United States head
south of the border each year, according to the study by four
scholars at the University of San Diego's Trans-Border Institute and
the Igarape Institute, a research center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Profit margins at many gun stores are razor thin, and thousands of
U.S. gun vendors would go out of business without the illicit traffic
to Mexico, said Topher McDougal, an economist educated at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology who is one of the study's authors.
The study's conclusions are likely to add to controversy over what
role U.S. weapons smugglers play in Mexico's drug violence. Mexican
officials have long blamed lax gun laws in the United States for the
availability of weapons in Mexico, which has only one gun store and
considers gun ownership a privilege, not a right.
The value of the annual smuggling trade is $127.2 million, says the
study, "The Way of the Gun: Estimating Firearms Traffic Across the
U.S.-Mexico Border."
The traffic is reflected in the disproportionately high number of
federally licensed firearms dealers along the U.S. side of the
border, said Robert Muggah, another of the four scholars. Of the
51,300 retail gun shops in the United States that hold federal
licenses, some 6,700 of them are concentrated in the four U.S. states
that border Mexico, Muggah said. On average, there are more than
three gun dealers for every mile of the 1,970-mile border between the
countries.
"The Mexican demand explains that abundance and the successful nature
of the business," Muggah said.
Another key indicator of the U.S. influence over gun availability in
Mexico is the fact that many killings in Mexico are carried out with
handguns, not the high-powered assault weapons that garner much of
the attention related to the country's violence.
"The vast majority of deaths arising from violence in Mexico are
from .38s or that caliber of handgun," Muggah said. "It just so
happens that the largest market for .38 Specials is the United States."
The scholars said their study was the first "empirically robust"
effort to "estimate the total flow of arms" heading south from the
United States. The authors said they had determined the likely
traffic to Mexico by a complex statistical formula that measured how
close a federally licensed dealer was to the Mexican border, then
factored out likely local legal demand, based on population and income.
"These findings suggest that the United States is a significant,
albeit unintentional, contributor to the global black market in arms
and ammunition (and specifically in Mexico)," the study says.
Some 2,200 U.S. manufacturers of firearms, ammunition and parts
produce a total of 4.2 million firearms a year, the study says. One
in every four U.S. citizens owns a firearm, it adds.
Mexico's sole gun store, operated by the Defense Secretariat in
Mexico City, sells largely .38-caliber or smaller firearms and only
to those who obtain licenses first.
Even so, members of organized crime have amassed a growing arsenal of
outlawed weapons, including 9 mm pistols, .38-caliber "super"
pistols, .45-caliber pistols, AR-15 and AK-47-type assault rifles,
grenades and rocket-propelled grenade launchers, the study notes.
Mexican police and soldiers have seized some 140,000 weapons since
2006, when former President Felipe Calderón deployed soldiers and
federal police units to contain violence between crime groups and to
hunt drug lords.
A soaring homicide rate cast a cloud over much of his six-year term.
Some 120,000 homicides occurred while he was in office, and at least
60,000 of them appeared to involve criminal gangs, the study says.
Not all weapons in Mexico come from the United States, the study
says, noting that "alternative sources" are suggested by the
discovery of "a wide variety of non-U.S. weaponry … including Soviet-
era RPG-7s, Korean fragmentation grenades, M60 machine guns, Chinese
TK-56s and others."
The authors said a series of factors - such as sales from gun shows
and private dealers - made their estimates, if anything, low.
end
US firearms to Mexico ?
Note: Another "study" Not to forget that information on firearms
and other weapons recovered in Mexico is suppressed. Especially
make, model and serial numbers. Not to forget also, the many
thousands delivered to Mexican government (and then to drug gangs)
via aid programs of U.S. government.
253K guns smuggled to Mexico annually
STUDY SHOWS FAR MORE TRAFFICKING OF US FIREARMS THAN ASSUMED
11 hours ago • Tim Johnson Mcclatchy Newspapers
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/border/k-guns-smuggled-to-mexico-
annually/article_cefc1726-1d41-5ee2-85d0-4cf5b70a9a1c.html
MEXICO CITY - Some 2.2 percent of all U.S. gun sales are made to
smuggling rings that take firearms to Mexico, a scale of illegal
trafficking that's "much higher than widely assumed," an academic
study released Monday found.
An average of 253,000 weapons purchased in the United States head
south of the border each year, according to the study by four
scholars at the University of San Diego's Trans-Border Institute and
the Igarape Institute, a research center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Profit margins at many gun stores are razor thin, and thousands of
U.S. gun vendors would go out of business without the illicit traffic
to Mexico, said Topher McDougal, an economist educated at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology who is one of the study's authors.
The study's conclusions are likely to add to controversy over what
role U.S. weapons smugglers play in Mexico's drug violence. Mexican
officials have long blamed lax gun laws in the United States for the
availability of weapons in Mexico, which has only one gun store and
considers gun ownership a privilege, not a right.
The value of the annual smuggling trade is $127.2 million, says the
study, "The Way of the Gun: Estimating Firearms Traffic Across the
U.S.-Mexico Border."
The traffic is reflected in the disproportionately high number of
federally licensed firearms dealers along the U.S. side of the
border, said Robert Muggah, another of the four scholars. Of the
51,300 retail gun shops in the United States that hold federal
licenses, some 6,700 of them are concentrated in the four U.S. states
that border Mexico, Muggah said. On average, there are more than
three gun dealers for every mile of the 1,970-mile border between the
countries.
"The Mexican demand explains that abundance and the successful nature
of the business," Muggah said.
Another key indicator of the U.S. influence over gun availability in
Mexico is the fact that many killings in Mexico are carried out with
handguns, not the high-powered assault weapons that garner much of
the attention related to the country's violence.
"The vast majority of deaths arising from violence in Mexico are
from .38s or that caliber of handgun," Muggah said. "It just so
happens that the largest market for .38 Specials is the United States."
The scholars said their study was the first "empirically robust"
effort to "estimate the total flow of arms" heading south from the
United States. The authors said they had determined the likely
traffic to Mexico by a complex statistical formula that measured how
close a federally licensed dealer was to the Mexican border, then
factored out likely local legal demand, based on population and income.
"These findings suggest that the United States is a significant,
albeit unintentional, contributor to the global black market in arms
and ammunition (and specifically in Mexico)," the study says.
Some 2,200 U.S. manufacturers of firearms, ammunition and parts
produce a total of 4.2 million firearms a year, the study says. One
in every four U.S. citizens owns a firearm, it adds.
Mexico's sole gun store, operated by the Defense Secretariat in
Mexico City, sells largely .38-caliber or smaller firearms and only
to those who obtain licenses first.
Even so, members of organized crime have amassed a growing arsenal of
outlawed weapons, including 9 mm pistols, .38-caliber "super"
pistols, .45-caliber pistols, AR-15 and AK-47-type assault rifles,
grenades and rocket-propelled grenade launchers, the study notes.
Mexican police and soldiers have seized some 140,000 weapons since
2006, when former President Felipe Calderón deployed soldiers and
federal police units to contain violence between crime groups and to
hunt drug lords.
A soaring homicide rate cast a cloud over much of his six-year term.
Some 120,000 homicides occurred while he was in office, and at least
60,000 of them appeared to involve criminal gangs, the study says.
Not all weapons in Mexico come from the United States, the study
says, noting that "alternative sources" are suggested by the
discovery of "a wide variety of non-U.S. weaponry … including Soviet-
era RPG-7s, Korean fragmentation grenades, M60 machine guns, Chinese
TK-56s and others."
The authors said a series of factors - such as sales from gun shows
and private dealers - made their estimates, if anything, low.
end
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)