AZMEX SPORT 28 NOV 2013
Note: Good news from Mexico. Some of us may remember the good old days when we and our Mexican neighbors could cross the border for competition, sport and hunting with few to no problems. Not to forget the great social hours after the shooting.
Acapulco will host Shotgun World Cup in 2015
It will be qualifying event for the Olympic Games in Rio 2016 , will receive 400 competitors from 70 countries
November 28, 2013
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/adrenalina/2013/11/28/931026
In March this year was held the Shotgun World Cup in Acapulco and in 2015 will again host this event with the best shooters in the world .
Photo: File Excelsior in March this year was held the Shotgun World Cup in Acapulco and in 2015 will again get this event with the best shooters in the world .
MEXICO CITY , Nov. 28 - . Acapulco will receive , in March 2015 , date of the World Cup Shotgun, unveiled Soberanis Jorge Peña , president of the Mexican Federation of Shooting and Hunting ( Femeti ) .
The designation , said Peña Soberanis was provided during the workshop Organisations World Championships by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF , for its acronym in English ) , held from 15 to 24 November in Munich , Germany.
The location of this contest was fought for by six countries , but the ISSF , whose President is Olegario Vazquez Rana , determined that Acapulco keeps the tradition of organizing this event as happened recently in March this year.
The 2015 competition will also take place in March , and the participation of 400 athletes and 100 technicians from 70 countries are expected.
Will be the best competitors of the world in this event as the World Cup in Mexico awards tickets for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016, and will be the first of five events this year hosted by the ISSF internationally.
The shooting of Acapulco has already received a shotgun World Cup twice, but 2015 will have to make some adjustments to have the highest technology standards at the games.
During the inaugural event held this year , the director of Conade Jesus Mena , pledged to improve facilities to go for World Championships in all forms of sport shooting .
"We appreciate the confidence and support of the state government and Conade , this project will bring many benefits to our country and our athletes ," Pena , who noted that the modernization of facilities is one way to achieve growth of this discipline said.
"The important thing for me is to leave a solid infrastructure for that in the future this will be exploited by young people starting to practice this discipline , and also to promote and give publicity to the sport ," added Director Femeti .
The site of the shotgun World Cup 2015 is part of one of the axes of the administration of Jesus Mena in front of the National Commission of Physical Culture and Sport, which aims to achieve as many international events in Mexico assist the growth of national athletes .
This year, the most important result of target shooting was the gold medal won by Alejandra Zavala in the World Cup of Granada , Spain , where he participated in the air pistol at 10 meters and qualified for the Final of the Cup held in November in Munich, Germany .
Mexico is expected to gain several target shooting medals at the Central American and Caribbean next year.
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Acapulco tendrá Copa del Mundo de Escopeta en 2015
Será evento clasificatorio para los Juegos Olímpicos de Río 2016, recibirá a 400 exponentes de 70 países
POR: Redacción el 28 de Noviembre de 2013
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/adrenalina/2013/11/28/931026
En marzo de este año se celebró la Copa del Mundo de Escopeta en Acapulco y en 2015 volverá a recibir este evento con los mejores tiradores del mundo. Foto: Archivo Excélsior En marzo de este año se celebró la Copa del Mundo de Escopeta en Acapulco y en 2015 volverá a recibir este evento con los mejores tiradores del mundo. Foto: Archivo Excélsior
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CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 28 de noviembre.- Acapulco volverá a recibir, en marzo de 2015, una fecha de la Copa del Mundo de Escopeta, dio a conocer Jorge Peña Soberanis, presidente de la Federación Mexicana de Tiro y Caza (Femeti).
La designación, informó Peña Soberanis, fue otorgada durante el Taller de Organizaciones de Campeonatos del Mundo que la Federación Internacional de Tiro Deportivo (ISSF, por sus siglas en inglés), llevó a cabo del 15 al 24 de noviembre en Múnich, Alemania.
La sede de esta competencia fue peleada por seis países, pero la ISSF, cuyo presidente es Olegario Vázquez Raña, determinó que Acapulco mantenga la tradición de organizar este evento como sucedió por última vez en marzo de este año.
La competencia de 2015 también se llevará a cabo en marzo, y se espera la participación de 400 deportistas y 100 técnicos, de 70 países.
Estarán los mejores exponentes del mundo en este evento, pues la Copa del Mundo en México otorgará boletos para los Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro 2016, y será el primero de cinco eventos que ese año organizará la ISSF a nivel internacional.
El campo de tiro de Acapulco ya ha recibido una Copa del Mundo de escopeta en dos ocasiones, pero para 2015 tendrá que hacer algunas adecuaciones para contar con los más altos estándates de tecnología al momento de las competencias.
Durante la inauguración del evento realizado este año, el director de Conade, Jesús Mena, se comprometió a mejorar las instalaciones para ir en busca de un Campeonato Mundial en todas las modalidades del tiro deportivo.
"Agradecemos la confianza y apoyo del gobierno del estado y la Conade, este proyecto traerá muchos beneficios a nuestro país y a sus deportistas", dijo Peña, quien destacó que la modernización de instalaciones es una manera de lograr el crecimiento de esta disciplina.
"Lo importante para mí es dejar una sólida infraestructura para que en el futuro esta sea aprovechada por los jóvenes que empiezan a practicar esta disciplina, y asimismo impulsar y darle difusión al este deporte", añadió el titular de la Femeti.
La sede de la Copa del Mundo de escopeta para 2015 se enmarca dentro de uno de los ejes de la administración de Jesús Mena al frente de la Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte, cuyo objetivo es lograr la mayor cantidad de eventos internacionales en México para que ayude al fogueo de los deportistas nacionales.
Este año, el resultado más importante del tiro deportivo fue la medalla de oro que obtuvo Alejandra Zavala en la Copa del Mundo de Granada, España, donde participó en la prueba de pistola aire 10 metros y calificó para la Final de las Copas que tuvo lugar en noviembre en Múnich, Alemania.
México espera que el tiro deportivo otorgue varias medallas en los Centroamericanos y del Caribe del próximo año.
FIN
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
AZMEX UPDATE 26-11-13 b
AZMEX UPDATE 26 NOV 2013
Serafin Zambada won't fight extradition to California
This photo, circulated widely on Mexican news media websites, purports to show Serafin Zambada, son of alleged drug-trafficking kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
Posted: Monday, November 25, 2013 12:11 pm | Updated: 12:28 pm, Mon Nov 25, 2013.
By Curt Prendergast
Nogales International
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/serafin-zambada-won-t-fight-extradition-to-california/article_677489f0-5605-11e3-8c3e-0019bb2963f4.html
A judge in Tucson on Monday ordered the son of a leading Sinaloa Cartel figure to be transferred to California "as soon as practical" to face drug-trafficking charges.
Serafin Zambada-Ortiz, the 23-year-old U.S.-born son of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, was arrested last Wednesday at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales as he tried to enter the country with his wife. The U.S. Attorney's Office said on Friday that it would seek his removal from Arizona to California, where he faces federal charges.
On Monday, Serafin Zambada's defense attorney, Nogales-based Saji Vettiyil, waived his client's right to a hearing in Tucson in favor of holding the proceedings at U.S. District Court in San Diego.
If the defense had requested the hearings be held in Tucson, prosecutors likely would have appealed it on jurisdictional grounds, Vettiyil said after Monday morning's hearing in front of Judge D. Thomas Ferraro.
Although he could not say for sure, Vettiyil said he expected the transfer to take place by the end of the week or early next week.
Zambada only comments to the judge on Monday consisted of short yes-and-no answers. As he exited the courtroom, he made the shape of a heart with his hands for the benefit of two unidentified women in the back of the gallery.
His father Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada is believed to be a top lieutenant to Sinaloa Cartel capo Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Mexico's most-wanted man. El Mayo is a highly sought-after fugitive in his own right, and U.S. authorities have offered rewards of up to $5 million for information leading to his arrest or conviction.
Serafin Zambada was indicted in September by a federal grand jury in San Diego on charges that he conspired to bring at least 500 grams of methamphetamine and 5 kilograms of cocaine to the United States.
END
SECURITY SECRETARY
Doubt more violence in Zambada case
Rejects Public Security Secretary that Sinaloa has repercussions for arrest of the son of "El Mayo"
Marcela Guerrero
11/24/2013
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=911611
CULIACÁN._ After the arrest of the son of Ismael " El Mayo" Zambada , Serafin Zambada Ortiz, the Ministry of Public Security has denied that Sinaloa Sinaloa implications . Genaro García Castro denied that violence may rebound in the state , which presumably has been decrease in homicides .
"We do not expect this relative tranquility we are having , as we reduce the whole operation of the security , or law enforcement or social, because at first it was neither in Sinaloa , nor was Mexican authorities , has no correlation with us, " he said. On Friday , U.S. authorities confirmed the arrest by the DEA Ortiz Serafin Zambada , the son of Ismael " El Mayo" Zambada Garcia, the border crossing in Nogales , Arizona.
As reported by unofficial sources and was later confirmed Ortiz Zambada was arrested Wednesday afternoon while crossing into the United States through Nogales , along with his wife Yameli Torres , who was later released . The head of the SSP said that so far U.S. authorities have not requested information about the detainee or his family relationships.
" We are not ( they have not asked us for information) is not about us , since it is not our area ," he said . Serafin Zambada Ortiz is 23 and is originally from San Diego , California. It is the second son of " El Mayo" arrested after Mexican authorities captured Vicente Zambada Niebla in 2009 in Mexico City .
The indictment in United States v. Ortiz Zambada was filed on September 27 in San Diego. Contains few details and only said that conspired to introduce at least 500 grams of methamphetamine and five kilograms of cocaine into the United States.
end
5 dead after vehicle wreck in Falfurrias
Posted: Sunday, November 24, 2013 9:35 am
Daniella Diaz | The Monitor
http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_1ec61d28-551e-11e3-8105-001a4bcf6878.html
FALFURRIAS - Five people were killed Saturday night after the vehicle they were traveling in crashed into a tree while trying to flee from police, authorities said.
The wreck happened after 7 p.m. Saturday in Falfurrias, said a local law enforcement official not authorized to speak about the investigation.
Falfurrias police is leading the accident investigation. Officials there did not immediately return requests for comment Sunday morning.
More than 10 people were inside the vehicle when it crashed, the official said.
The driver, about 20 years old, was not suspected to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol, but could face criminal charges, the official said.
Authorities believe the passengers may be undocumented immigrants. Similar wrecks have occurred across South Texas, where people are overloaded in vehicles that have wrecked.
Those injured were transported to area hospitals in Kingsville and elsewhere.
A dispatcher said more information would be disclosed on Monday.
END
Serafin Zambada won't fight extradition to California
This photo, circulated widely on Mexican news media websites, purports to show Serafin Zambada, son of alleged drug-trafficking kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
Posted: Monday, November 25, 2013 12:11 pm | Updated: 12:28 pm, Mon Nov 25, 2013.
By Curt Prendergast
Nogales International
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/serafin-zambada-won-t-fight-extradition-to-california/article_677489f0-5605-11e3-8c3e-0019bb2963f4.html
A judge in Tucson on Monday ordered the son of a leading Sinaloa Cartel figure to be transferred to California "as soon as practical" to face drug-trafficking charges.
Serafin Zambada-Ortiz, the 23-year-old U.S.-born son of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, was arrested last Wednesday at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales as he tried to enter the country with his wife. The U.S. Attorney's Office said on Friday that it would seek his removal from Arizona to California, where he faces federal charges.
On Monday, Serafin Zambada's defense attorney, Nogales-based Saji Vettiyil, waived his client's right to a hearing in Tucson in favor of holding the proceedings at U.S. District Court in San Diego.
If the defense had requested the hearings be held in Tucson, prosecutors likely would have appealed it on jurisdictional grounds, Vettiyil said after Monday morning's hearing in front of Judge D. Thomas Ferraro.
Although he could not say for sure, Vettiyil said he expected the transfer to take place by the end of the week or early next week.
Zambada only comments to the judge on Monday consisted of short yes-and-no answers. As he exited the courtroom, he made the shape of a heart with his hands for the benefit of two unidentified women in the back of the gallery.
His father Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada is believed to be a top lieutenant to Sinaloa Cartel capo Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Mexico's most-wanted man. El Mayo is a highly sought-after fugitive in his own right, and U.S. authorities have offered rewards of up to $5 million for information leading to his arrest or conviction.
Serafin Zambada was indicted in September by a federal grand jury in San Diego on charges that he conspired to bring at least 500 grams of methamphetamine and 5 kilograms of cocaine to the United States.
END
SECURITY SECRETARY
Doubt more violence in Zambada case
Rejects Public Security Secretary that Sinaloa has repercussions for arrest of the son of "El Mayo"
Marcela Guerrero
11/24/2013
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=911611
CULIACÁN._ After the arrest of the son of Ismael " El Mayo" Zambada , Serafin Zambada Ortiz, the Ministry of Public Security has denied that Sinaloa Sinaloa implications . Genaro García Castro denied that violence may rebound in the state , which presumably has been decrease in homicides .
"We do not expect this relative tranquility we are having , as we reduce the whole operation of the security , or law enforcement or social, because at first it was neither in Sinaloa , nor was Mexican authorities , has no correlation with us, " he said. On Friday , U.S. authorities confirmed the arrest by the DEA Ortiz Serafin Zambada , the son of Ismael " El Mayo" Zambada Garcia, the border crossing in Nogales , Arizona.
As reported by unofficial sources and was later confirmed Ortiz Zambada was arrested Wednesday afternoon while crossing into the United States through Nogales , along with his wife Yameli Torres , who was later released . The head of the SSP said that so far U.S. authorities have not requested information about the detainee or his family relationships.
" We are not ( they have not asked us for information) is not about us , since it is not our area ," he said . Serafin Zambada Ortiz is 23 and is originally from San Diego , California. It is the second son of " El Mayo" arrested after Mexican authorities captured Vicente Zambada Niebla in 2009 in Mexico City .
The indictment in United States v. Ortiz Zambada was filed on September 27 in San Diego. Contains few details and only said that conspired to introduce at least 500 grams of methamphetamine and five kilograms of cocaine into the United States.
end
5 dead after vehicle wreck in Falfurrias
Posted: Sunday, November 24, 2013 9:35 am
Daniella Diaz | The Monitor
http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_1ec61d28-551e-11e3-8105-001a4bcf6878.html
FALFURRIAS - Five people were killed Saturday night after the vehicle they were traveling in crashed into a tree while trying to flee from police, authorities said.
The wreck happened after 7 p.m. Saturday in Falfurrias, said a local law enforcement official not authorized to speak about the investigation.
Falfurrias police is leading the accident investigation. Officials there did not immediately return requests for comment Sunday morning.
More than 10 people were inside the vehicle when it crashed, the official said.
The driver, about 20 years old, was not suspected to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol, but could face criminal charges, the official said.
Authorities believe the passengers may be undocumented immigrants. Similar wrecks have occurred across South Texas, where people are overloaded in vehicles that have wrecked.
Those injured were transported to area hospitals in Kingsville and elsewhere.
A dispatcher said more information would be disclosed on Monday.
END
Monday, November 25, 2013
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> > SAN YSIDRO, Calif.—Border Patrol agents working near the U.S. /Mexico International Border yesterday were assaulted with rocks and bottles.
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> > On November 24, 2013, more than 100 people illegally crossed the International Border from Mexico one-quarter-mile west of the San Ysidro Port of Entry in the Tijuana River channel. The group advanced toward a Border Patrol agent positioned one-eighth of a mile north of the border. The agent ordered the group to stop. The group ignored his commands and continued to advance. The agent deployed his PepperBall Launcher System, an intermediate use-of-force device, in an effort to stop the group and protect himself. The crowd failed to respond appropriately.
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AZMEX ACTIVITY 25-11-13
AZMEX ACTIVITY 25 NOV 2013
NEW ! Daily "Border Audio" Archives now up on (< click on icon )
11/24/13 - 0000~2400hrs - 21 Groups, 103 Bodies - Rain abating, Fog lifting, Invasion continues
5 minutes of condensed audio (click on link below) Note change to MP3 audio format
http://www.secureborderintel.org/BorderBlotter/BorderAudio112413.mp3
Groups of: 10.1,8,10,1,9,7,6,2,4,6,2,6,8,4,4,1,2,3,3,6
(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, ULA= UltraLight, LV= Load Vehicle, B=Bailout, FTY=Failure to Yield)
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.
-- Note: Audio clips are comprised of USBP radio traffic broadcast "in-the-clear" (un-encrypted) from the busy Tucson Sector .
It is estimated that un-encrypted radio traffic comprises less than 30% of the total activity for any given time period.
New Smuggling Trail Videos !
(click on links below)
1 Camera, 1 Trail, 3 Years
1 Camera, 1 Trail, 8 Months
BORDER PATROL "10-CODES" (link)
BORDER VIDEOS & STATISTICS (link)
WEAPONS INVOLVED INCIDENTS (link)
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NAFBPO (National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers)
Special video report Published on May 26, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd8S6hmddzE&feature=youtu.be
11/24/13 - 0000~2400hrs - 21 Groups, 103 Bodies - Rain abating, Fog lifting, Invasion continues
5 minutes of condensed audio (click on link below) Note change to MP3 audio format
http://www.secureborderintel.org/BorderBlotter/BorderAudio112413.mp3
Groups of: 10.1,8,10,1,9,7,6,2,4,6,2,6,8,4,4,1,2,3,3,6
(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, ULA= UltraLight, LV= Load Vehicle, B=Bailout, FTY=Failure to Yield)
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.
-- Note: Audio clips are comprised of USBP radio traffic broadcast "in-the-clear" (un-encrypted) from the busy Tucson Sector .
It is estimated that un-encrypted radio traffic comprises less than 30% of the total activity for any given time period.
New Smuggling Trail Videos !
(click on links below)
1 Camera, 1 Trail, 3 Years
1 Camera, 1 Trail, 8 Months
BORDER PATROL "10-CODES" (link)
BORDER VIDEOS & STATISTICS (link)
WEAPONS INVOLVED INCIDENTS (link)
NAFBPO (National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers)
Special video report Published on May 26, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd8S6hmddzE&feature=youtu.be
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AZMEX SPECIAL 25-11-13 b
AZMEX SPECIAL 25 NOV 2013
Comment:
"Nonviolence works with rational people . Gandhi would not have worked in Nazi Germany ," he said .
A significant change of perception for one of Mexico's premier peace activists. Some may remember his peace caravan though the U.S.
In the 1970's in order to prevent another successful revolution, the PRI government instituted draconian gun control. Making Mexico a poster child for the failures of gun control. Doing much, in addition to massive corruption, to enable today's drug cartels. Leaving the people of Mexico mostly defenseless against the thugs, that 94% impunity. The bumper sticker come to life, or more accurately, death for thousands of Mexicans. "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns". Government and non government outlaws alike. Not that it makes much difference.
Despite lack of weapons, many self defense groups have risen in Mexico. The people won't take it anymore. They are fighting back. For real, not via press conferences or polls. Armed citizens, a nightmare for corrupt governments and criminals everywhere.
The "American" doper continues to fund the DTO / TCO / Cartels / drug gangs / government corruption, Murder and misery.
Thx
Legitimate and worthy to arm for self-defense: Javier Sicilia
To the violence and suffering of Mexico and a State, which does not provide " security and justice," the poet said in favor of the use of weapons
EFE 11/24/2013 19:36
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2013/11/24/930364
MEXICO CITY , Nov. 24 - . Given the violence affecting Mexico and an absent state, which does not provide "security and justice " , the poet Javier Sicilia considered legitimate and " most worthy" take a gun for self defense.
I find it quite worthy someone taking a gun and say, ' they are not going to take my dignity or the dignity of a community ' " in this situation said this staunch defender of peace in an interview.
He said that " a principle of dignity " as the state does not give "security and justice to its citizens," and they do not listen to peaceful movements like yours, " any defense is legitimate."
Sicily is the subject of a documentary film from the murder of his son Juan Francisco , along with six more young people at the hands of organized crime in Temixco , Morelos on March 28, 2011 bringing about the caravans made by the Movement for Peace with justice and Dignity ( MPJD ) .
" Javier Sicilia . Loneliness in another. A meeting with Mexico in resistance" condensed in an hour almost 10,000 miles traveled by the MPJD to cities in Mexico and the United States to denounce organized crime .
" To console is to be in the solitude of the other ," says the poet in the film , love that defends against hatred as "the only way to counter violence."
However,Sicilia comprehends the "defensive violence " of the communities that have taken up arms to tackle organized crime. "Nonviolence works with rational people . Gandhi would not have worked in Nazi Germany ," he said .
And in Mexico today ? " Well, we've tried to make it work ( smiles). But it seems that even if we do not ... " lamented Sicilia.
Only " if people come out again " en masse to protest against the state and " make a peaceful civil resistance" , with demonstrations and pressure measurements and not go to the polls or not paying taxes, "we could do without weapons " he said.
"I do not think you have to look for justice into your own hands , but I think it is legitimate to defend " and " protect your people ," said the director of the film, Louise Riley.
And I think right now no, but there are moments in history that was legitimate to take up arms to transform the country , " she said .
"It seems that they can commit a crimes if they are criminals, and some others do not ," said the journalist.
The documentary, which on Monday issued a Mexican channel and is part of a project on "leaders" who also participate in Chile, Venezuela , Cuba and Uruguay , includes an interview with Sicilia , speeches, marches images and testimonies of family deceased or missing.
Like Maria Herrera , mother of four children killed , and another woman who remembers the murder of her brother, sister and brother-in-law . "Pain hurts , and it hurts to the blood " she cries between tears.
Javier Sicilia , who during the presentation of the documentary to journalists left the room and not seen again , was "reliving a lot of pain , extreme fatigue ."
According to the documentary and Sicilia , the " war on drugs " launched by Felipe Calderón (2006-2012) has caused more than 70,000 deaths and 27,000 missing and 300,000 displaced , with a 94% impunity for the drug gangs .
"Everyone has a good deal of responsibility," including President Enrique Peña Nieto , said Sicilia , who asked for more budget for the Mexican Victims Act and make this issue a priority said.
United States created the war on drugs , weapons liberalized and has 25% of the world's prisoners , most of the drug war and " Blacks or Latin Americans," he said.
And besides , society - and Mexican - American " is not able to stand up and unite to say enough ," and the media " have been complicit in this silence ," said the poet.
He warned that while there is " no exemplary punishment " and citizens do not lobby the State , " the country will not find it's way out of this reality."
A few days after the 103 anniversary of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1917 ), Sicilia said rescue democracy , dignity, humanity and solidarity "is the revolution that this country needs . Everything else is pure ideology , pure trash from the State . "
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Legítimo y digno tomar pistola para autodefensa: Sicilia
Ante la violencia que sufre México y un Estado ausente, que no ofrece "seguridad ni justicia", el poeta se dijo a favor del uso de armas
COMPARTIR 24/11/2013 19:36 EFE
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2013/11/24/930364
Comment:
"Nonviolence works with rational people . Gandhi would not have worked in Nazi Germany ," he said .
A significant change of perception for one of Mexico's premier peace activists. Some may remember his peace caravan though the U.S.
In the 1970's in order to prevent another successful revolution, the PRI government instituted draconian gun control. Making Mexico a poster child for the failures of gun control. Doing much, in addition to massive corruption, to enable today's drug cartels. Leaving the people of Mexico mostly defenseless against the thugs, that 94% impunity. The bumper sticker come to life, or more accurately, death for thousands of Mexicans. "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns". Government and non government outlaws alike. Not that it makes much difference.
Despite lack of weapons, many self defense groups have risen in Mexico. The people won't take it anymore. They are fighting back. For real, not via press conferences or polls. Armed citizens, a nightmare for corrupt governments and criminals everywhere.
The "American" doper continues to fund the DTO / TCO / Cartels / drug gangs / government corruption, Murder and misery.
Thx
Legitimate and worthy to arm for self-defense: Javier Sicilia
To the violence and suffering of Mexico and a State, which does not provide " security and justice," the poet said in favor of the use of weapons
EFE 11/24/2013 19:36
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2013/11/24/930364
MEXICO CITY , Nov. 24 - . Given the violence affecting Mexico and an absent state, which does not provide "security and justice " , the poet Javier Sicilia considered legitimate and " most worthy" take a gun for self defense.
I find it quite worthy someone taking a gun and say, ' they are not going to take my dignity or the dignity of a community ' " in this situation said this staunch defender of peace in an interview.
He said that " a principle of dignity " as the state does not give "security and justice to its citizens," and they do not listen to peaceful movements like yours, " any defense is legitimate."
Sicily is the subject of a documentary film from the murder of his son Juan Francisco , along with six more young people at the hands of organized crime in Temixco , Morelos on March 28, 2011 bringing about the caravans made by the Movement for Peace with justice and Dignity ( MPJD ) .
" Javier Sicilia . Loneliness in another. A meeting with Mexico in resistance" condensed in an hour almost 10,000 miles traveled by the MPJD to cities in Mexico and the United States to denounce organized crime .
" To console is to be in the solitude of the other ," says the poet in the film , love that defends against hatred as "the only way to counter violence."
However,Sicilia comprehends the "defensive violence " of the communities that have taken up arms to tackle organized crime. "Nonviolence works with rational people . Gandhi would not have worked in Nazi Germany ," he said .
And in Mexico today ? " Well, we've tried to make it work ( smiles). But it seems that even if we do not ... " lamented Sicilia.
Only " if people come out again " en masse to protest against the state and " make a peaceful civil resistance" , with demonstrations and pressure measurements and not go to the polls or not paying taxes, "we could do without weapons " he said.
"I do not think you have to look for justice into your own hands , but I think it is legitimate to defend " and " protect your people ," said the director of the film, Louise Riley.
And I think right now no, but there are moments in history that was legitimate to take up arms to transform the country , " she said .
"It seems that they can commit a crimes if they are criminals, and some others do not ," said the journalist.
The documentary, which on Monday issued a Mexican channel and is part of a project on "leaders" who also participate in Chile, Venezuela , Cuba and Uruguay , includes an interview with Sicilia , speeches, marches images and testimonies of family deceased or missing.
Like Maria Herrera , mother of four children killed , and another woman who remembers the murder of her brother, sister and brother-in-law . "Pain hurts , and it hurts to the blood " she cries between tears.
Javier Sicilia , who during the presentation of the documentary to journalists left the room and not seen again , was "reliving a lot of pain , extreme fatigue ."
According to the documentary and Sicilia , the " war on drugs " launched by Felipe Calderón (2006-2012) has caused more than 70,000 deaths and 27,000 missing and 300,000 displaced , with a 94% impunity for the drug gangs .
"Everyone has a good deal of responsibility," including President Enrique Peña Nieto , said Sicilia , who asked for more budget for the Mexican Victims Act and make this issue a priority said.
United States created the war on drugs , weapons liberalized and has 25% of the world's prisoners , most of the drug war and " Blacks or Latin Americans," he said.
And besides , society - and Mexican - American " is not able to stand up and unite to say enough ," and the media " have been complicit in this silence ," said the poet.
He warned that while there is " no exemplary punishment " and citizens do not lobby the State , " the country will not find it's way out of this reality."
A few days after the 103 anniversary of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1917 ), Sicilia said rescue democracy , dignity, humanity and solidarity "is the revolution that this country needs . Everything else is pure ideology , pure trash from the State . "
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Legítimo y digno tomar pistola para autodefensa: Sicilia
Ante la violencia que sufre México y un Estado ausente, que no ofrece "seguridad ni justicia", el poeta se dijo a favor del uso de armas
COMPARTIR 24/11/2013 19:36 EFE
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2013/11/24/930364
Sunday, November 24, 2013
AZMEX SPECIAL 24-11-13 b
AZMEX SPECIAL 24 NOV 2013
Note: Following story not unusual on the border. The version of the killer being executed for causing problems seems the most likely. As the area was saturated with law enforcement for quite a while afterwards. A smuggling route important and effective enough to bring el chapo's father-in-law here to personally supervise shipments. Common border thief, a lot of that goes on along this area of the border, drug mule, scout, smuggler, or IA? Don't yet know. Very many, when caught, successfully game the system, by rolling over on each other or someone else. Been working very well so far. Go to link for the photos. BTW, bullet recovered appears to be FMJ.
Slaying of Arizona rancher is still a mystery
RELATED INFO
Impact on Arizona
Robert Krentz' murder roiled Arizona politics and inflamed the U.S. immigration debate. Here's a look back at key developments.
Murder fuels a firestorm
Slain Arizona rancher mourned
Rancher likely killed by drug cartel
Tough immigration bill OK'd by House
Brewer: Signing immigration law never a question
More immigration
Complete coverage here
Have a question or comment? E-mail the reporter here.
By Dennis Wagner
The Republic | azcentral
Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:11 AM
http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/20131123arizona-border-robert-krentz-unsolved.html
On a breezy spring morning, a red ATV rolled across southeastern Arizona's border badlands beneath the mystical Chiricahua Mountains.
A gray-haired rancher in classic cowboy attire — jeans, boots, denim vest and shirt — was at the wheel accompanied by his dog, Blue.
Robert Krentz, 58, was checking stock ponds and waterlines on the 35,000-acre spread not far from where Apache leader Geronimo surrendered to the U.S. cavalry. The Krentz clan began raising cattle there more than a century ago, shortly before Mexican Revolution leader Pancho Villa prowled nearby.
In modern times, the sparsely populated San Bernardino Valley bordering New Mexico and Sonora became a magnet for bird-watchers and a haven for smugglers.
Krentz pulled to a stop as he noticed a man apparently injured. The rancher made a garbled radio call to his brother, Phil — something about an illegal alien ... hurt ... call Border Patrol.
It was about 10:30 a.m., March 27, 2010. What happened that morning, as shots echoed across the grassy range, would roil Arizona politics and fuel the U.S. immigration debate for years to come.
One day earlier, Phil had put Border Patrol agents onto a group of suspected drug runners on the family's land, resulting in eight arrests and the seizure of 200 pounds of marijuana.
After Krentz's broken radio transmission, family members almost immediately launched a search, and enlisted help within hours.
Rob was found just before midnight, his body lying on the ground with his feet still inside the all-terrain vehicle. Two 9 mm slugs had fatally penetrated his lungs. Another bullet wounded his dog, which had to be euthanized.
Krentz carried a rifle and pistol in his Polaris Ranger, but apparently never got a chance to use them. After being shot, he managed to drive about 1,000 feet before collapsing.
The only immediate sign of an assailant was a set of footprints. Trackers followed them nearly 20 miles south to Mexico, where the trail vanished.
Krentz's death immediately galvanized a national furor over border security. Radio talk-show hosts and Republican politicians blamed the Obama administration and lax federal enforcement.
Photo by Cochise County Sheriff's Office Krentz was found just before midnight, his body lying on the ground with his feet still inside the ATV.
His widow, Susan Krentz, became an important voice in the movement, declaring via a family statement that Rob "was murdered in cold blood by a suspected illegal alien," and holding U.S. leaders accountable for "negligence in credibly securing our Borderlands."
The late Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever was among those who blamed the federal government. He testified before a Senate committee that he believed the killer was "a scout for a drug-smuggling organization." In a chorus of cable-news appearances, others echoed that suspicion and demanded a border clamp-down.
Former state Sen. Russell Pearce, author of what at the time was America's most stringent anti-illegal immigration statute, declared, "The murder of Robert Krentz ... by illegal alien drug dealers was the final straw."
Shortly thereafter, Gov. Jan Brewer signed his bill, SB 1070, into law. President Barack Obama followed up, sending National Guard soldiers to the Mexican line and beefing up the Border Patrol.
Meanwhile, sheriff's deputies and federal agents swarmed the border zone seeking the killer, witnesses and evidence.
Yet, after almost four years of investigation, Cochise County sheriff's homicide report No. 10-05099 fails to identify a perpetrator, let alone establish motive or nationality of the killer.
Newly released documents offer multiple theories, identify possible suspects and expose allegations of a sordid smuggling culture along America's border with Mexico. But they fail to answer the anguishing question from family, friends and the nation: Who killed Rob Krentz?
Instead, pages are swollen with hypotheses and hearsay. Deputies, Border Patrol agents and other investigators took photographs, made footprint molds, grabbed DNA samples and obtained cellphone records.
They also interrogated scores of sources and possible suspects. Some of those who were questioned provided stunning narratives.
In high-profile criminal probes, statements to police demand skepticism.
Jailhouse snitches, paid informers, undocumented immigrants and criminal defendants often fabricate information, hoping to negotiate reduced sentences or collect rewards. Smuggling cartels, eager to deflect blame for crimes, launch disinformation campaigns.
The Krentz case, steeped in politics and emotion, became a stew of rumor and speculation.
A prevailing view among investigators holds that the rancher was killed by a big-footed man who one night earlier broke into a pair of pickup trucks outside a hunting cabin near the village of Portal.
Photo by Cochise County Sheriff's Office Investigators examined footprints at a watering hole near where rancher Robert Krentz was killed.
Cellphones and a Glock pistol — suspected as the murder weapon — were taken from the cabin. The thief also ransacked a shed at another property, stealing Jimmy Dean Hot Sausages, Nestlé Morsels and other items from a freezer. Some of the food packages later were found near the homicide scene.
The sheriff's report notes: "It was strongly believed (that) the person who committed this burglary was also the same person who committed the vehicle burglary in (redacted) and killed Robert Krentz. The shoe print pattern and size was of the (same) characteristics at all three locations."
Detectives believe the murderer wears a size 11 or 12 shoe, stands over 6 feet, and possibly was hampered by a foot or leg injury.
Records indicate Blue may have tried to protect his master: DNA testing was done on the dog's mouth, and deputies asked sources whether suspects had recently suffered canine bites.
The evidence led Cochise County authorities to circulate a flier on Alejandro Chavez-Vasquez, described as a "person of interest and possible suspect" in the burglaries.
Chavez-Vasquez, sometimes known as Alejandro Chacon-Chavez, stands 6-foot-1. According to federal court records, he was convicted of illegally entering the United States in 2004, when he identified himself as a Mexican citizen. An Arizona Daily Star report said he had a prior arrest in Nevada, where he provided a Social Security number that indicated legal residency.
The sheriff's report contains no indication that Chavez-Vasquez was located or interviewed. It is unclear whether he is still a person of interest, and he could not be reached for comment on this story. Sheriff's officials will not comment on whether he remains a person of interest.
Detectives also focused on Manuel Corona, named in the homicide report as a possible associate of Chavez-Vasquez.
Late last month, Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels told radio station KJZZ that Corona is a "person of interest" in the homicide.
Dannels subsequently issued a news release saying the Krentz case has 30 to 50 persons of interest, defined as "anyone who may have information regarding subjects involved in an incident in any capacity."
Sheriff's records concerning Corona, 31, are heavily redacted.
According to those pages, Corona was interviewed two years ago in Cochise County Jail, where he was being held on unrelated charges. (He had been arrested in a narcotics case, which led to a guilty plea last year for money laundering and a sentence of probation, according to Maricopa County Superior Court records.)
During his interview with homicide detectives, according to sheriff's records, Corona claimed Krentz was gunned down by a "sicario," or assassin, who was subsequently murdered by cartel bosses because the rancher's death had caused so much trouble.
Photo by Cochise County Sheriff's Office A bullet found at the scene the night Robert Krentz was killed was killed.
The assassin purportedly was bound, gagged with tape and suffocated. Records show Corona told lawmen the corpse was left as a message at a residence in Barrio Muerto, a neighborhood across the border from Douglas in Agua Prieta, Sonora.
In a telephone interview with The Republic, Corona said he has been hounded and squeezed by sheriff's investigators for two years. He said the revelation he provided about the assassin was common knowledge along the border, especially on the Mexican side. "If the sheriffs were doing their job, that's information anybody knows," he added.
Corona said accusations against him in the sheriff's report are untrue and he had no part in the Krentz homicide. "It's preposterous. They know I had nothing to do with this," he added. "I swear to God, I'll do a lie-detector test."
Days after Corona was identified by Dannels as a person of interest, the family residence in Douglas was the target of a drug raid.
Corona said he has a medical-marijuana card and is a licensed grower, yet he was arrested and charged with eight drug counts, including conspiracy. Corona said his children were home, but deputies came in with guns drawn and used flash-bang grenades.
Corona said he is a U.S. citizen with a wife and four children, and makes his living selling automobiles. "I'm just a regular person trying to get by," he said, "and they're really, really coming at me sideways."
A week after Corona's initial interview two years ago, detectives met with a smuggling defendant who claimed to be employed by a drug-trafficking organization. According to sheriff's records, questioning took place during a so-called "free talk," which allows suspects to speak without fear that statements will be used against them.
The smuggler, now serving prison time, told investigators that a Cochise County man and his son led a syndicate. Days after Krentz died, the source told investigators, the two bosses got into a heated argument.
The smuggler told investigators Robert Krentz had a financial agreement to allow drugs to pass freely through his property. "After the rancher, Rob Krentz, turned over one of (their) loads, an order ... was put out for Rob's execution," sheriff's records report the smuggler as saying.
"Apparently, (the father) was angry with (the son) because (the son) had ordered the hit ... (the son) ordered (redacted) to kill Rob Krentz after Rob had gone back on their agreement ..."
Sheriff's investigators expressed skepticism and questioned the smuggler's account.
An attorney who represented the smuggler told The Republic that detectives were "dismissive, almost demeaning" during the free talk. "They treated it as a fabricated tale," he added. "I was convinced of (the client's) honesty, and thought the cops' attitude was to discredit and divert attention from that area of interest."
Dannels refuses to be interviewed about those passages or other aspects of the case. Nothing in the records released by the Sheriff's Office indicates whether investigators confirmed or refuted the smuggler's information.
In a written statement, he said: "It is imperative that we all understand the dynamics of an active and ongoing criminal investigation ... We will not waiver in our dedication to provide the utmost professional and competent investigations to all victims in cases we are responsible for, and the Krentz case has been and will remain at the forefront of our efforts."
Susan Krentz also declined comment.
However, in a recent court application filed against Cochise County to block further release of public records, an attorney for Susan Krentz stated that family and friends continue to suffer.
"The emotional pain of Rob's murder is still fresh, even more than three and a half years later," the application states.
The application is pending.
Patrick Bray, executive director of the Arizona Cattle Growers Association, said he has never heard of ranchers cooperating with smugglers for pay, and knows of no instance where one was charged or prosecuted.
Bray, who knew Krentz, said allegations made by jail inmates may not be credible. "Absolutely not," he said emphatically when asked if he believed Krentz would have cooperated with smugglers. "Rob was kind of a pillar of the community."
Bill McDonald, owner of Sycamore Ranch, which neighbors the Krentz property, said he heard rumors about a rancher other than Rob Krentz collaborating with cartels, but they were never verified.
As for assertions in the sheriff's report about Rob Krentz, McDonald was adamant: "It absolutely isn't true."
Theories that Krentz was killed for breaching a compact with narco traffickers seemingly conflict with the premise that a wandering thief committed the crime.
Regardless, the "hit-man" scenario was recited by a number of subjects during interrogations.
A federal inmate in Tucson, for example, claimed the Krentz killing involved a U.S. citizen working for cartels. "The American's job is to make contact with the ranchers and make sure the ranchers let the drug loads through," he told detectives. "Apparently, when a drug load did not make it through the Krentz ranch, the hit was ordered. (Source) said the American notified the hit man of Krentz's location, and the hit man went and killed Krentz."
Informant tales sometimes conflicted with physical evidence. They also involved suspects known only by colorful Spanish nicknames such as El Raton (The Rat), Cachibombo (nonsensical name of a Mexican pop song) and El Monchis (apparently a reference to "the munchies" appetite induced by marijuana use).
A Douglas jail inmate reported, for instance, that Krentz was shot by a drug runner named Diablo while an accomplice known as El Patron held the rancher from behind. Nothing in the sheriff's report appears to support that scenario.
Still, the dizzying array of tips and muddled evidence reflects challenges faced by detectives who have been forced to rely on authorities in Sonora for critical interviews and information.
Photo by Associated Press Cochise County rancher Robert Krentz is shown in this 2008 photo.
At one point, a deputy met with an unidentified source — apparently a Mexican official — at the Douglas port of entry. He was handed a sealed envelope and told it contained information on Krentz's suspected slayer, who had been murdered and buried in Agua Prieta days earlier.
That account jibes with information from other sources who said Krentz was slain by a rogue smuggler, without permission from "bosses." They said syndicate leaders, infuriated by law enforcement along the border, rounded up suspects for interrogation and punishment.
Such claims appear to be more than fantasy: Months after the homicide, Border Patrol agents captured a tall pot smuggler who said cartel henchmen had abducted him because they believed he killed Krentz. The subject, who denied any role in the murder, said he was interrogated for days before his release, and others verified the story.
Another source said drug bosses became so concerned with the crackdown after Krentz's death that they tried to reduce the "heat" by killing an innocent border crosser, referred to as a "walker." After the corpse was dumped in Arizona, she added, word was circulated that the victim had been Krentz's killer.
"Apparently, this did not work because the body of the 'walker' was never found," says the sheriff's report.
The Krentz case is still active. In recent weeks, deputies have sought new lab samples, obtained phone records of possible suspects and collected trash for DNA evidence. They even got Mexican authorities in Agua Prieta to search a home, then transport its occupants across the border for questioning.
But no suspect has been arrested. It is unclear whether the killer will ever be brought to justice, or remain a phantom of the borderland.
Reach the reporter at dennis.wagner@arizonarepublic.com
end
Note: Following story not unusual on the border. The version of the killer being executed for causing problems seems the most likely. As the area was saturated with law enforcement for quite a while afterwards. A smuggling route important and effective enough to bring el chapo's father-in-law here to personally supervise shipments. Common border thief, a lot of that goes on along this area of the border, drug mule, scout, smuggler, or IA? Don't yet know. Very many, when caught, successfully game the system, by rolling over on each other or someone else. Been working very well so far. Go to link for the photos. BTW, bullet recovered appears to be FMJ.
Slaying of Arizona rancher is still a mystery
RELATED INFO
Impact on Arizona
Robert Krentz' murder roiled Arizona politics and inflamed the U.S. immigration debate. Here's a look back at key developments.
Murder fuels a firestorm
Slain Arizona rancher mourned
Rancher likely killed by drug cartel
Tough immigration bill OK'd by House
Brewer: Signing immigration law never a question
More immigration
Complete coverage here
Have a question or comment? E-mail the reporter here.
By Dennis Wagner
The Republic | azcentral
Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:11 AM
http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/20131123arizona-border-robert-krentz-unsolved.html
On a breezy spring morning, a red ATV rolled across southeastern Arizona's border badlands beneath the mystical Chiricahua Mountains.
A gray-haired rancher in classic cowboy attire — jeans, boots, denim vest and shirt — was at the wheel accompanied by his dog, Blue.
Robert Krentz, 58, was checking stock ponds and waterlines on the 35,000-acre spread not far from where Apache leader Geronimo surrendered to the U.S. cavalry. The Krentz clan began raising cattle there more than a century ago, shortly before Mexican Revolution leader Pancho Villa prowled nearby.
In modern times, the sparsely populated San Bernardino Valley bordering New Mexico and Sonora became a magnet for bird-watchers and a haven for smugglers.
Krentz pulled to a stop as he noticed a man apparently injured. The rancher made a garbled radio call to his brother, Phil — something about an illegal alien ... hurt ... call Border Patrol.
It was about 10:30 a.m., March 27, 2010. What happened that morning, as shots echoed across the grassy range, would roil Arizona politics and fuel the U.S. immigration debate for years to come.
One day earlier, Phil had put Border Patrol agents onto a group of suspected drug runners on the family's land, resulting in eight arrests and the seizure of 200 pounds of marijuana.
After Krentz's broken radio transmission, family members almost immediately launched a search, and enlisted help within hours.
Rob was found just before midnight, his body lying on the ground with his feet still inside the all-terrain vehicle. Two 9 mm slugs had fatally penetrated his lungs. Another bullet wounded his dog, which had to be euthanized.
Krentz carried a rifle and pistol in his Polaris Ranger, but apparently never got a chance to use them. After being shot, he managed to drive about 1,000 feet before collapsing.
The only immediate sign of an assailant was a set of footprints. Trackers followed them nearly 20 miles south to Mexico, where the trail vanished.
Krentz's death immediately galvanized a national furor over border security. Radio talk-show hosts and Republican politicians blamed the Obama administration and lax federal enforcement.
Photo by Cochise County Sheriff's Office Krentz was found just before midnight, his body lying on the ground with his feet still inside the ATV.
His widow, Susan Krentz, became an important voice in the movement, declaring via a family statement that Rob "was murdered in cold blood by a suspected illegal alien," and holding U.S. leaders accountable for "negligence in credibly securing our Borderlands."
The late Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever was among those who blamed the federal government. He testified before a Senate committee that he believed the killer was "a scout for a drug-smuggling organization." In a chorus of cable-news appearances, others echoed that suspicion and demanded a border clamp-down.
Former state Sen. Russell Pearce, author of what at the time was America's most stringent anti-illegal immigration statute, declared, "The murder of Robert Krentz ... by illegal alien drug dealers was the final straw."
Shortly thereafter, Gov. Jan Brewer signed his bill, SB 1070, into law. President Barack Obama followed up, sending National Guard soldiers to the Mexican line and beefing up the Border Patrol.
Meanwhile, sheriff's deputies and federal agents swarmed the border zone seeking the killer, witnesses and evidence.
Yet, after almost four years of investigation, Cochise County sheriff's homicide report No. 10-05099 fails to identify a perpetrator, let alone establish motive or nationality of the killer.
Newly released documents offer multiple theories, identify possible suspects and expose allegations of a sordid smuggling culture along America's border with Mexico. But they fail to answer the anguishing question from family, friends and the nation: Who killed Rob Krentz?
Instead, pages are swollen with hypotheses and hearsay. Deputies, Border Patrol agents and other investigators took photographs, made footprint molds, grabbed DNA samples and obtained cellphone records.
They also interrogated scores of sources and possible suspects. Some of those who were questioned provided stunning narratives.
In high-profile criminal probes, statements to police demand skepticism.
Jailhouse snitches, paid informers, undocumented immigrants and criminal defendants often fabricate information, hoping to negotiate reduced sentences or collect rewards. Smuggling cartels, eager to deflect blame for crimes, launch disinformation campaigns.
The Krentz case, steeped in politics and emotion, became a stew of rumor and speculation.
A prevailing view among investigators holds that the rancher was killed by a big-footed man who one night earlier broke into a pair of pickup trucks outside a hunting cabin near the village of Portal.
Photo by Cochise County Sheriff's Office Investigators examined footprints at a watering hole near where rancher Robert Krentz was killed.
Cellphones and a Glock pistol — suspected as the murder weapon — were taken from the cabin. The thief also ransacked a shed at another property, stealing Jimmy Dean Hot Sausages, Nestlé Morsels and other items from a freezer. Some of the food packages later were found near the homicide scene.
The sheriff's report notes: "It was strongly believed (that) the person who committed this burglary was also the same person who committed the vehicle burglary in (redacted) and killed Robert Krentz. The shoe print pattern and size was of the (same) characteristics at all three locations."
Detectives believe the murderer wears a size 11 or 12 shoe, stands over 6 feet, and possibly was hampered by a foot or leg injury.
Records indicate Blue may have tried to protect his master: DNA testing was done on the dog's mouth, and deputies asked sources whether suspects had recently suffered canine bites.
The evidence led Cochise County authorities to circulate a flier on Alejandro Chavez-Vasquez, described as a "person of interest and possible suspect" in the burglaries.
Chavez-Vasquez, sometimes known as Alejandro Chacon-Chavez, stands 6-foot-1. According to federal court records, he was convicted of illegally entering the United States in 2004, when he identified himself as a Mexican citizen. An Arizona Daily Star report said he had a prior arrest in Nevada, where he provided a Social Security number that indicated legal residency.
The sheriff's report contains no indication that Chavez-Vasquez was located or interviewed. It is unclear whether he is still a person of interest, and he could not be reached for comment on this story. Sheriff's officials will not comment on whether he remains a person of interest.
Detectives also focused on Manuel Corona, named in the homicide report as a possible associate of Chavez-Vasquez.
Late last month, Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels told radio station KJZZ that Corona is a "person of interest" in the homicide.
Dannels subsequently issued a news release saying the Krentz case has 30 to 50 persons of interest, defined as "anyone who may have information regarding subjects involved in an incident in any capacity."
Sheriff's records concerning Corona, 31, are heavily redacted.
According to those pages, Corona was interviewed two years ago in Cochise County Jail, where he was being held on unrelated charges. (He had been arrested in a narcotics case, which led to a guilty plea last year for money laundering and a sentence of probation, according to Maricopa County Superior Court records.)
During his interview with homicide detectives, according to sheriff's records, Corona claimed Krentz was gunned down by a "sicario," or assassin, who was subsequently murdered by cartel bosses because the rancher's death had caused so much trouble.
Photo by Cochise County Sheriff's Office A bullet found at the scene the night Robert Krentz was killed was killed.
The assassin purportedly was bound, gagged with tape and suffocated. Records show Corona told lawmen the corpse was left as a message at a residence in Barrio Muerto, a neighborhood across the border from Douglas in Agua Prieta, Sonora.
In a telephone interview with The Republic, Corona said he has been hounded and squeezed by sheriff's investigators for two years. He said the revelation he provided about the assassin was common knowledge along the border, especially on the Mexican side. "If the sheriffs were doing their job, that's information anybody knows," he added.
Corona said accusations against him in the sheriff's report are untrue and he had no part in the Krentz homicide. "It's preposterous. They know I had nothing to do with this," he added. "I swear to God, I'll do a lie-detector test."
Days after Corona was identified by Dannels as a person of interest, the family residence in Douglas was the target of a drug raid.
Corona said he has a medical-marijuana card and is a licensed grower, yet he was arrested and charged with eight drug counts, including conspiracy. Corona said his children were home, but deputies came in with guns drawn and used flash-bang grenades.
Corona said he is a U.S. citizen with a wife and four children, and makes his living selling automobiles. "I'm just a regular person trying to get by," he said, "and they're really, really coming at me sideways."
A week after Corona's initial interview two years ago, detectives met with a smuggling defendant who claimed to be employed by a drug-trafficking organization. According to sheriff's records, questioning took place during a so-called "free talk," which allows suspects to speak without fear that statements will be used against them.
The smuggler, now serving prison time, told investigators that a Cochise County man and his son led a syndicate. Days after Krentz died, the source told investigators, the two bosses got into a heated argument.
The smuggler told investigators Robert Krentz had a financial agreement to allow drugs to pass freely through his property. "After the rancher, Rob Krentz, turned over one of (their) loads, an order ... was put out for Rob's execution," sheriff's records report the smuggler as saying.
"Apparently, (the father) was angry with (the son) because (the son) had ordered the hit ... (the son) ordered (redacted) to kill Rob Krentz after Rob had gone back on their agreement ..."
Sheriff's investigators expressed skepticism and questioned the smuggler's account.
An attorney who represented the smuggler told The Republic that detectives were "dismissive, almost demeaning" during the free talk. "They treated it as a fabricated tale," he added. "I was convinced of (the client's) honesty, and thought the cops' attitude was to discredit and divert attention from that area of interest."
Dannels refuses to be interviewed about those passages or other aspects of the case. Nothing in the records released by the Sheriff's Office indicates whether investigators confirmed or refuted the smuggler's information.
In a written statement, he said: "It is imperative that we all understand the dynamics of an active and ongoing criminal investigation ... We will not waiver in our dedication to provide the utmost professional and competent investigations to all victims in cases we are responsible for, and the Krentz case has been and will remain at the forefront of our efforts."
Susan Krentz also declined comment.
However, in a recent court application filed against Cochise County to block further release of public records, an attorney for Susan Krentz stated that family and friends continue to suffer.
"The emotional pain of Rob's murder is still fresh, even more than three and a half years later," the application states.
The application is pending.
Patrick Bray, executive director of the Arizona Cattle Growers Association, said he has never heard of ranchers cooperating with smugglers for pay, and knows of no instance where one was charged or prosecuted.
Bray, who knew Krentz, said allegations made by jail inmates may not be credible. "Absolutely not," he said emphatically when asked if he believed Krentz would have cooperated with smugglers. "Rob was kind of a pillar of the community."
Bill McDonald, owner of Sycamore Ranch, which neighbors the Krentz property, said he heard rumors about a rancher other than Rob Krentz collaborating with cartels, but they were never verified.
As for assertions in the sheriff's report about Rob Krentz, McDonald was adamant: "It absolutely isn't true."
Theories that Krentz was killed for breaching a compact with narco traffickers seemingly conflict with the premise that a wandering thief committed the crime.
Regardless, the "hit-man" scenario was recited by a number of subjects during interrogations.
A federal inmate in Tucson, for example, claimed the Krentz killing involved a U.S. citizen working for cartels. "The American's job is to make contact with the ranchers and make sure the ranchers let the drug loads through," he told detectives. "Apparently, when a drug load did not make it through the Krentz ranch, the hit was ordered. (Source) said the American notified the hit man of Krentz's location, and the hit man went and killed Krentz."
Informant tales sometimes conflicted with physical evidence. They also involved suspects known only by colorful Spanish nicknames such as El Raton (The Rat), Cachibombo (nonsensical name of a Mexican pop song) and El Monchis (apparently a reference to "the munchies" appetite induced by marijuana use).
A Douglas jail inmate reported, for instance, that Krentz was shot by a drug runner named Diablo while an accomplice known as El Patron held the rancher from behind. Nothing in the sheriff's report appears to support that scenario.
Still, the dizzying array of tips and muddled evidence reflects challenges faced by detectives who have been forced to rely on authorities in Sonora for critical interviews and information.
Photo by Associated Press Cochise County rancher Robert Krentz is shown in this 2008 photo.
At one point, a deputy met with an unidentified source — apparently a Mexican official — at the Douglas port of entry. He was handed a sealed envelope and told it contained information on Krentz's suspected slayer, who had been murdered and buried in Agua Prieta days earlier.
That account jibes with information from other sources who said Krentz was slain by a rogue smuggler, without permission from "bosses." They said syndicate leaders, infuriated by law enforcement along the border, rounded up suspects for interrogation and punishment.
Such claims appear to be more than fantasy: Months after the homicide, Border Patrol agents captured a tall pot smuggler who said cartel henchmen had abducted him because they believed he killed Krentz. The subject, who denied any role in the murder, said he was interrogated for days before his release, and others verified the story.
Another source said drug bosses became so concerned with the crackdown after Krentz's death that they tried to reduce the "heat" by killing an innocent border crosser, referred to as a "walker." After the corpse was dumped in Arizona, she added, word was circulated that the victim had been Krentz's killer.
"Apparently, this did not work because the body of the 'walker' was never found," says the sheriff's report.
The Krentz case is still active. In recent weeks, deputies have sought new lab samples, obtained phone records of possible suspects and collected trash for DNA evidence. They even got Mexican authorities in Agua Prieta to search a home, then transport its occupants across the border for questioning.
But no suspect has been arrested. It is unclear whether the killer will ever be brought to justice, or remain a phantom of the borderland.
Reach the reporter at dennis.wagner@arizonarepublic.com
end
Friday, November 22, 2013
AZMEX UPDATE 22-11-13 b
AZMEX UPDATE 22 NOV 2013
Note: Summer over and the AZMEX more busy than ever.
Note: For us locals, significant activity still going on south of Lukeville, on road to Rocky Point. Km 85 this time.
Gunmen killed in clash
Details Published on Friday 22 November 2013 ,
Written by Editorial Staff / El Diario
Sonoyta
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=22839
The police and military confront them after killing of a man.
Three gunmen were killed in a confrontation with police authorities and military forces near Puerto Peñasco, minutes after a man was executed in Sonoyta .
According to reports from the State Police investigating armed confrontation took place in the Ejido Miramar, a few kilometers away from Puerto Penasco.
Two of the dead gunmen were identified as Pablo Gomez Dominguez , 25 , and Julio Cesar Martinez Aguilar , 29, while the other person has not been identified
The report said that at approximately 09:25 pm yesterday received reports that in the town of Sonoyta in a colony house ejidos Papagos had been attacked and killed a man.
Upon arrival at the police elements found in the yard the lifeless body of a man, who has not yet been identified , the same that had between 45 and 50 years old, and at the place secured several shell casings long gun and a backpack with various clothing and rifle cartridges .
PEI Agents were able to establish that the alleged perpetrators of the murder addressing a pick up vehicle, the Chevrolet brand , as they fled in the direction of Puerto Peñasco , so elements of the three levels of government implemented a chase.
At km. 85 of the Puerto Penasco- Sonoyta road , located the vehicle, but it drove faster , while the occupants fired repeatedly against the police elements who repelled the attack , starting a chase to the ejido Miramar, where the pick up became blocked .
Subsequently , the assailants tried to flee, while shooting against police, who repelled the attack , leaving the three subjects lifeless.
At the scene, the police officers seized two rifles, 7.62 x 39 caliber , a bulletproof vest , a radio transmitter and the vehicle of the deceased , this is a pick up Chevrolet Silverado line , four-door , white, recent model , with California plates . Six portable radios a riflescope and a solar cell, in that vehicle with cartridges calibers 9mm , .40 and 7.62 x 30 were found.
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BP agents nab suspects, handgun, drugs
November 21, 2013 10:45 PM
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents arrested several suspected smugglers and illegal immigrants and seized a handgun, ammunition, cash, and drugs during three separate incidents Wednesday.
During the first incident at about 5 p.m., agents stopped a white Chevrolet Tahoe in Gadsden and arrested a U.S. citizen and a Mexican citizen with permanent resident status. The two had allegedly been attempting to smuggle three illegal immigrants hidden in the vehicle's cargo area, including one juvenile, into the country.
The agents confiscated a .40-caliber Glock pistol and one magazine containing 15 rounds they reportedly found in the center console and took the illegal immigrants into custody.
The vehicle and illegal immigrants will be processed per Yuma Sector guidelines. The juvenile will be returned to Mexico pending clearance by the Mexican Consulate.
During the second incident, agents near Blythe, Calif. arrested two people and seized $14,000 in cash, drug paraphernalia and small amounts of oxycodone and hashish near 7th Street and Interstate 10. The seizure and arrests were made after a working dog reportedly indicated the possible presence of contraband inside the vehicle the two people were occupying.
The driver and passenger, along with the money, vehicle, drugs, and paraphernalia, were turned over to the Blythe Police Department.
During the third incident, agents working at the Interstate 8 checkpoint east of Yuma referred a black Mitsubishi Montero to a secondary inspection area after a working dog reportedly indicated the possible presence of contraband inside the vehicle. Upon further scrutiny, agents allegedly found five pounds of methamphetamine worth almost $60,000 hidden in the front of the vehicle.
Both occupants, the vehicle, and the meth were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Read more: http://www.yumasun.com/articles/agents-90759-drugs-handgun.html#ixzz2lPe8LKDk
Man arrested by BP may face murder charges
November 21, 2013 10:32 PM
FROM STAFF REPORTS
A Mexican citizen arrested Nov. 1 by Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents at Andrade, CA will be extradited to Los Angeles to face possible charges in connection with a homicide.
The man, whose identity has not been released to the public, was arrested by Border Patrol agents for illegally entering the U.S. He was serving a 20-day sentence in connection with the illegal entry at the San Luis Detention Facility when further record checks revealed he is a primary suspect in an ongoing homicide investigation in Los Angeles County.
L.A. County Sheriff's Office detectives traveled to San Luis, Ariz. and interviewed the man to confirm he is the main suspect they were seeking. Upon confirmation, a warrant for the man was issued by L.A. County Tuesday. The man will remain in custody in San Luis until he can be extradited to California for trial.
Read more: http://www.yumasun.com/articles/arrested-90760-face-mexican.html#ixzz2lPeaJWyv
Note: Summer over and the AZMEX more busy than ever.
Note: For us locals, significant activity still going on south of Lukeville, on road to Rocky Point. Km 85 this time.
Gunmen killed in clash
Details Published on Friday 22 November 2013 ,
Written by Editorial Staff / El Diario
Sonoyta
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=22839
The police and military confront them after killing of a man.
Three gunmen were killed in a confrontation with police authorities and military forces near Puerto Peñasco, minutes after a man was executed in Sonoyta .
According to reports from the State Police investigating armed confrontation took place in the Ejido Miramar, a few kilometers away from Puerto Penasco.
Two of the dead gunmen were identified as Pablo Gomez Dominguez , 25 , and Julio Cesar Martinez Aguilar , 29, while the other person has not been identified
The report said that at approximately 09:25 pm yesterday received reports that in the town of Sonoyta in a colony house ejidos Papagos had been attacked and killed a man.
Upon arrival at the police elements found in the yard the lifeless body of a man, who has not yet been identified , the same that had between 45 and 50 years old, and at the place secured several shell casings long gun and a backpack with various clothing and rifle cartridges .
PEI Agents were able to establish that the alleged perpetrators of the murder addressing a pick up vehicle, the Chevrolet brand , as they fled in the direction of Puerto Peñasco , so elements of the three levels of government implemented a chase.
At km. 85 of the Puerto Penasco- Sonoyta road , located the vehicle, but it drove faster , while the occupants fired repeatedly against the police elements who repelled the attack , starting a chase to the ejido Miramar, where the pick up became blocked .
Subsequently , the assailants tried to flee, while shooting against police, who repelled the attack , leaving the three subjects lifeless.
At the scene, the police officers seized two rifles, 7.62 x 39 caliber , a bulletproof vest , a radio transmitter and the vehicle of the deceased , this is a pick up Chevrolet Silverado line , four-door , white, recent model , with California plates . Six portable radios a riflescope and a solar cell, in that vehicle with cartridges calibers 9mm , .40 and 7.62 x 30 were found.
end
BP agents nab suspects, handgun, drugs
November 21, 2013 10:45 PM
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents arrested several suspected smugglers and illegal immigrants and seized a handgun, ammunition, cash, and drugs during three separate incidents Wednesday.
During the first incident at about 5 p.m., agents stopped a white Chevrolet Tahoe in Gadsden and arrested a U.S. citizen and a Mexican citizen with permanent resident status. The two had allegedly been attempting to smuggle three illegal immigrants hidden in the vehicle's cargo area, including one juvenile, into the country.
The agents confiscated a .40-caliber Glock pistol and one magazine containing 15 rounds they reportedly found in the center console and took the illegal immigrants into custody.
The vehicle and illegal immigrants will be processed per Yuma Sector guidelines. The juvenile will be returned to Mexico pending clearance by the Mexican Consulate.
During the second incident, agents near Blythe, Calif. arrested two people and seized $14,000 in cash, drug paraphernalia and small amounts of oxycodone and hashish near 7th Street and Interstate 10. The seizure and arrests were made after a working dog reportedly indicated the possible presence of contraband inside the vehicle the two people were occupying.
The driver and passenger, along with the money, vehicle, drugs, and paraphernalia, were turned over to the Blythe Police Department.
During the third incident, agents working at the Interstate 8 checkpoint east of Yuma referred a black Mitsubishi Montero to a secondary inspection area after a working dog reportedly indicated the possible presence of contraband inside the vehicle. Upon further scrutiny, agents allegedly found five pounds of methamphetamine worth almost $60,000 hidden in the front of the vehicle.
Both occupants, the vehicle, and the meth were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Read more: http://www.yumasun.com/articles/agents-90759-drugs-handgun.html#ixzz2lPe8LKDk
Man arrested by BP may face murder charges
November 21, 2013 10:32 PM
FROM STAFF REPORTS
A Mexican citizen arrested Nov. 1 by Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents at Andrade, CA will be extradited to Los Angeles to face possible charges in connection with a homicide.
The man, whose identity has not been released to the public, was arrested by Border Patrol agents for illegally entering the U.S. He was serving a 20-day sentence in connection with the illegal entry at the San Luis Detention Facility when further record checks revealed he is a primary suspect in an ongoing homicide investigation in Los Angeles County.
L.A. County Sheriff's Office detectives traveled to San Luis, Ariz. and interviewed the man to confirm he is the main suspect they were seeking. Upon confirmation, a warrant for the man was issued by L.A. County Tuesday. The man will remain in custody in San Luis until he can be extradited to California for trial.
Read more: http://www.yumasun.com/articles/arrested-90760-face-mexican.html#ixzz2lPeaJWyv
AZMEX SPECIAL2 22-11-13
AZMEX SPECIAL 2 22 NOV 2013
Comment: evidently partnership negotiations in Mexico still not progressing as PRI had expected. Several family members of Sinaloa business leadership now being held hostage.
Son of Sinaloa Cartel leader reportedly arrested in Nogales
Serafin Zambada
This photo, circulated widely on Mexican news media websites, purports to show Serafin Zambada, son of alleged drug-trafficking kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
Posted: Friday, November 22, 2013 10:40 am | Updated: 12:32 pm, Fri Nov 22, 2013.
Nogales International
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/son-of-sinaloa-cartel-leader-reportedly-arrested-in-nogales/article_25e7a842-539d-11e3-aece-001a4bcf887a.html
A man believed to be the son of a top-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel was arrested this week in Nogales.
The arrest of Serafin Zambada was confirmed by Department of Justice spokesman Cosme Lopez on Friday morning. Zambada is in the custody of the U.S. Marshals after making his initial appearance at U.S. District Court in Tucson on Thursday afternoon. He is scheduled to appear again at the court on Monday at 10:30 a.m., Lopez said.
Amy Roderick, a spokeswoman for the DEA in San Diego, said Zambada was arrested at a Nogales port of entry on Wednesday. She declined to offer additional details of the arrest.
Mexican media reports that Zambada is the son of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the No. 2 leader of the Sinaloa Cartel headed by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Mexico's most wanted man. Lopez did not confirm the relationship between Serafin and El Mayo.
Citing official sources, the Mexican news weekly Rio Doce reported on its website Thursday that Serafin Zambada was detained at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry on a warrant to face federal drug-trafficking charges in California. Rio Doce reported that he was traveling with his wife Yameli Torres at the time of his detention, but that she was not arrested.
Serafin Zambada was indicted on Sept. 27 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California on the charge of conspiracy to import methamphetamine and cocaine, according to the grand jury indictment. If convicted, he faces at least one year in prison and will forfeit to the United States all rights to property and profits obtained through the alleged illegal activity.
Serafin would be the second Zambada son in federal custody in the United States. El Mayo's oldest son Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla was arrested in Mexico City in March 2009 and extradited to the United States in February 2010 after a federal grand jury in Chicago indicted him, his father, Guzman and dozens of others on drug-trafficking charges.
El Mayo's brother Jesus Reynaldo Zambada Garcia was arrested by Mexican authorities in October 2008 and is awaiting extradition to the United States on drug-trafficking and money-laundering charges.
April 2012, a federal grand jury in West Texas indicted Guzman, El Mayo and 22 other people under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, holding them responsible for the operations and management of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Serafin Zambada's wife Yameli Torres is reportedly the daughter of Manuel Torres, aka "El Ondeado" or "El M1," the leader of a Sinaloa Cartel cell who was killed during a shootout with the Mexican Army in Culiacan, Sinaloa in October 2012.
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Comment: evidently partnership negotiations in Mexico still not progressing as PRI had expected. Several family members of Sinaloa business leadership now being held hostage.
Son of Sinaloa Cartel leader reportedly arrested in Nogales
Serafin Zambada
This photo, circulated widely on Mexican news media websites, purports to show Serafin Zambada, son of alleged drug-trafficking kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
Posted: Friday, November 22, 2013 10:40 am | Updated: 12:32 pm, Fri Nov 22, 2013.
Nogales International
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/son-of-sinaloa-cartel-leader-reportedly-arrested-in-nogales/article_25e7a842-539d-11e3-aece-001a4bcf887a.html
A man believed to be the son of a top-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel was arrested this week in Nogales.
The arrest of Serafin Zambada was confirmed by Department of Justice spokesman Cosme Lopez on Friday morning. Zambada is in the custody of the U.S. Marshals after making his initial appearance at U.S. District Court in Tucson on Thursday afternoon. He is scheduled to appear again at the court on Monday at 10:30 a.m., Lopez said.
Amy Roderick, a spokeswoman for the DEA in San Diego, said Zambada was arrested at a Nogales port of entry on Wednesday. She declined to offer additional details of the arrest.
Mexican media reports that Zambada is the son of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the No. 2 leader of the Sinaloa Cartel headed by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Mexico's most wanted man. Lopez did not confirm the relationship between Serafin and El Mayo.
Citing official sources, the Mexican news weekly Rio Doce reported on its website Thursday that Serafin Zambada was detained at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry on a warrant to face federal drug-trafficking charges in California. Rio Doce reported that he was traveling with his wife Yameli Torres at the time of his detention, but that she was not arrested.
Serafin Zambada was indicted on Sept. 27 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California on the charge of conspiracy to import methamphetamine and cocaine, according to the grand jury indictment. If convicted, he faces at least one year in prison and will forfeit to the United States all rights to property and profits obtained through the alleged illegal activity.
Serafin would be the second Zambada son in federal custody in the United States. El Mayo's oldest son Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla was arrested in Mexico City in March 2009 and extradited to the United States in February 2010 after a federal grand jury in Chicago indicted him, his father, Guzman and dozens of others on drug-trafficking charges.
El Mayo's brother Jesus Reynaldo Zambada Garcia was arrested by Mexican authorities in October 2008 and is awaiting extradition to the United States on drug-trafficking and money-laundering charges.
April 2012, a federal grand jury in West Texas indicted Guzman, El Mayo and 22 other people under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, holding them responsible for the operations and management of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Serafin Zambada's wife Yameli Torres is reportedly the daughter of Manuel Torres, aka "El Ondeado" or "El M1," the leader of a Sinaloa Cartel cell who was killed during a shootout with the Mexican Army in Culiacan, Sinaloa in October 2012.
END
AZMEX SPECIAL 22-11-13
AZMEX SPECIAL 22 NOV 2013
Note: Usually no problem. On their way to visit Joaquin and Emma in Tucson?
Son of Mexican cartel leader arrested at US border
By Associated Press
Originally published: Nov 22, 2013 - 12:32 pm
http://ktar.com/22/1679758/Son-of-Mexican-cartel-leader-arrested-in-US
SAN DIEGO -- The U.S. attorney's office in San Diego says the son of one of Mexico's most wanted drug lords has been arrested on drug trafficking charges while entering the United States.
Spokeswoman Kelly Thornton says Serafin Zambada was arrested Wednesday while crossing the border in Nogales, Ariz., with his wife, who was detained and released.
Zambada is scheduled to appear before a federal judge in Tucson on Monday. Prosecutors plan to ask that he be sent to San Diego to face charges.
Zambada is the son of Ismael ``El Mayo'' Zambada, who survived decades of turf wars and rose to the top of the underworld through savvy deal-brokering.
Ismael Zambada is considered the strategist of the Sinaloa cartel, more involved in daily operations than his better-known boss, Joaquin ``El Chapo'' Guzman.
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Mexican cartel leader's son to appear in Tucson courtroom
1 hour ago • The Associated Press
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/border/mexican-cartel-leader-s-son-to-appear-in-tucson-courtroom/article_eb912e14-53a8-11e3-9a92-001a4bcf887a.html
The son of one of Mexico's most wanted drug lords has been arrested on drug trafficking charges while entering the United States through Nogales, the U.S. attorney's office in San Diego says.
Serafin Zambada was arrested Wednesday while crossing the border in Nogales, Ariz., with his wife, who was detained and released, agency spokeswoman Kelly Thornton says.
Zambada is scheduled to appear before a federal judge in Tucson on Monday. Prosecutors plan to ask that he be sent to San Diego to face charges.
Zambada is the son of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, who survived decades of turf wars and rose to the top of the underworld through savvy deal-brokering.
Ismael Zambada is considered the strategist of the Sinaloa cartel, more involved in daily operations than his better-known boss, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
end
Note: Usually no problem. On their way to visit Joaquin and Emma in Tucson?
Son of Mexican cartel leader arrested at US border
By Associated Press
Originally published: Nov 22, 2013 - 12:32 pm
http://ktar.com/22/1679758/Son-of-Mexican-cartel-leader-arrested-in-US
SAN DIEGO -- The U.S. attorney's office in San Diego says the son of one of Mexico's most wanted drug lords has been arrested on drug trafficking charges while entering the United States.
Spokeswoman Kelly Thornton says Serafin Zambada was arrested Wednesday while crossing the border in Nogales, Ariz., with his wife, who was detained and released.
Zambada is scheduled to appear before a federal judge in Tucson on Monday. Prosecutors plan to ask that he be sent to San Diego to face charges.
Zambada is the son of Ismael ``El Mayo'' Zambada, who survived decades of turf wars and rose to the top of the underworld through savvy deal-brokering.
Ismael Zambada is considered the strategist of the Sinaloa cartel, more involved in daily operations than his better-known boss, Joaquin ``El Chapo'' Guzman.
end
Mexican cartel leader's son to appear in Tucson courtroom
1 hour ago • The Associated Press
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/border/mexican-cartel-leader-s-son-to-appear-in-tucson-courtroom/article_eb912e14-53a8-11e3-9a92-001a4bcf887a.html
The son of one of Mexico's most wanted drug lords has been arrested on drug trafficking charges while entering the United States through Nogales, the U.S. attorney's office in San Diego says.
Serafin Zambada was arrested Wednesday while crossing the border in Nogales, Ariz., with his wife, who was detained and released, agency spokeswoman Kelly Thornton says.
Zambada is scheduled to appear before a federal judge in Tucson on Monday. Prosecutors plan to ask that he be sent to San Diego to face charges.
Zambada is the son of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, who survived decades of turf wars and rose to the top of the underworld through savvy deal-brokering.
Ismael Zambada is considered the strategist of the Sinaloa cartel, more involved in daily operations than his better-known boss, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
end
AZMEX I3 21-11-13
AZMEX I3 21 NOV 2013
Note: A list of OTM's from a few weeks ago
http://www.kvoa.com/files/CitizenshipFY2012.pdf
Note: These people have been subject to massive, pervasive abuse while passing though Mexico, up to, and including mass murder.
Published November 16, 2013 , 1:42 a.m.
They ask do not criminalize illegal migrants in Mexico
Photo : New Day | Archive Many civic organizations have denounced the mistreatment of Central Americans passing through Mexico to the U.S..
Civil organizations demanded that the three levels of government to delink migration from national security policy .
REFORMA
Mexico City - Nuevo Dia
http://www.nuevodia.com.mx/nacional/piden-no-criminalizar-a-migrantes-en-mexico/
Civil organizations demanded that the three levels of government migration to delink national security policy .
" I think Mexico is the only country in the world where it literally pursues the migrant from the entrance, from the southern border to the northern border ," said Father Alejandro Solalinde , director of the Hermanos en el Camino shelter in Oaxaca , during the forum " Towards a Progressive Proposal for Latin American Citizenship ."
Defenders
Some of the organizations that are the Popular Assembly of Migrants , Foundation for Democracy , Center for Analysis and Research , Center for Family of the Indigenous Migrant and the Mesoamerican Migrant Movement .
Among their demands is also the non-criminalization of humanitarian assistance to undocumented immigrants , as in shelters in Saltillo , Oaxaca and Huehuetoca .
Similarly, it was stated that organized crime continues to force this sector to participate in forced labor, organized criminal networks and trafficking.
The debate made today is part of the Migrant Action campaign , which on December 18 marks one year since having been launched .
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Publicado noviembre 16, 2013, 1:42 AM
Piden no criminalizar a migrantes en México
foto: Nuevo Día | Archivo Muchas organizaciones civiles han denunciado el maltrato que sufren los centroamericanos que pasan por México hacia EU.
Organizaciones civiles exigieron que los tres niveles de Gobierno desvinculen el fenómeno migratorio a la política de seguridad nacional.
REFORMA
México, DF - Nuevo Día
http://www.nuevodia.com.mx/nacional/piden-no-criminalizar-a-migrantes-en-mexico/
Organizaciones civiles exigieron que los tres niveles de Gobierno desvinculen el fenómeno migratorio a la política de seguridad nacional.
"México creo que es el único país del mundo donde se persigue literalmente al migrante desde la entrada, desde la frontera sur hasta la frontera norte", dijo el padre Alejandro Solalinde, director del albergue Hermanos en el Camino, en Oaxaca, durante el foro "Hacia una Propuesta Progresista de la Ciudadanía Latinoamericana".
Defensores
Algunas de las organizaciones que se pronunciaron son la Asamblea Popular de Familias Migrantes, Fundación Para la Democracia, Centro de Análisis e Investigación, Centro de Atención a la Familia Migrante Indígena y el Movimiento Migrante Mesoamericano.
Entre sus peticiones también se encuentra la no criminalización de la asistencia humanitaria hacia indocumentados, como en albergues de Saltillo, Oaxaca y Huehuetoca.
De igual forma, se expuso que la delincuencia organizada continúa obligando a ese sector a participar en trabajos forzados, redes de delincuencia organizada y trata de personas.
El debate realizado hoy forma parte de la campaña Acción Migrante, que el 18 de diciembre cumple un año de haberse lanzado.
fin
Note: A list of OTM's from a few weeks ago
http://www.kvoa.com/files/CitizenshipFY2012.pdf
Note: These people have been subject to massive, pervasive abuse while passing though Mexico, up to, and including mass murder.
Published November 16, 2013 , 1:42 a.m.
They ask do not criminalize illegal migrants in Mexico
Photo : New Day | Archive Many civic organizations have denounced the mistreatment of Central Americans passing through Mexico to the U.S..
Civil organizations demanded that the three levels of government to delink migration from national security policy .
REFORMA
Mexico City - Nuevo Dia
http://www.nuevodia.com.mx/nacional/piden-no-criminalizar-a-migrantes-en-mexico/
Civil organizations demanded that the three levels of government migration to delink national security policy .
" I think Mexico is the only country in the world where it literally pursues the migrant from the entrance, from the southern border to the northern border ," said Father Alejandro Solalinde , director of the Hermanos en el Camino shelter in Oaxaca , during the forum " Towards a Progressive Proposal for Latin American Citizenship ."
Defenders
Some of the organizations that are the Popular Assembly of Migrants , Foundation for Democracy , Center for Analysis and Research , Center for Family of the Indigenous Migrant and the Mesoamerican Migrant Movement .
Among their demands is also the non-criminalization of humanitarian assistance to undocumented immigrants , as in shelters in Saltillo , Oaxaca and Huehuetoca .
Similarly, it was stated that organized crime continues to force this sector to participate in forced labor, organized criminal networks and trafficking.
The debate made today is part of the Migrant Action campaign , which on December 18 marks one year since having been launched .
end
Publicado noviembre 16, 2013, 1:42 AM
Piden no criminalizar a migrantes en México
foto: Nuevo Día | Archivo Muchas organizaciones civiles han denunciado el maltrato que sufren los centroamericanos que pasan por México hacia EU.
Organizaciones civiles exigieron que los tres niveles de Gobierno desvinculen el fenómeno migratorio a la política de seguridad nacional.
REFORMA
México, DF - Nuevo Día
http://www.nuevodia.com.mx/nacional/piden-no-criminalizar-a-migrantes-en-mexico/
Organizaciones civiles exigieron que los tres niveles de Gobierno desvinculen el fenómeno migratorio a la política de seguridad nacional.
"México creo que es el único país del mundo donde se persigue literalmente al migrante desde la entrada, desde la frontera sur hasta la frontera norte", dijo el padre Alejandro Solalinde, director del albergue Hermanos en el Camino, en Oaxaca, durante el foro "Hacia una Propuesta Progresista de la Ciudadanía Latinoamericana".
Defensores
Algunas de las organizaciones que se pronunciaron son la Asamblea Popular de Familias Migrantes, Fundación Para la Democracia, Centro de Análisis e Investigación, Centro de Atención a la Familia Migrante Indígena y el Movimiento Migrante Mesoamericano.
Entre sus peticiones también se encuentra la no criminalización de la asistencia humanitaria hacia indocumentados, como en albergues de Saltillo, Oaxaca y Huehuetoca.
De igual forma, se expuso que la delincuencia organizada continúa obligando a ese sector a participar en trabajos forzados, redes de delincuencia organizada y trata de personas.
El debate realizado hoy forma parte de la campaña Acción Migrante, que el 18 de diciembre cumple un año de haberse lanzado.
fin
Thursday, November 21, 2013
AZMEX EXTRA 21-11-13
AZMEX EXTRA 21 NOV 2013
Note: Of interest to the gunnies mostly. Pop. of Mex. est. 116 million. In a strange coincidence, the number of permits seems close to the number of weapons delivered to Mexican drug gangs by U.S. BATFE / DOJ. As in several equally corrupt U.S. jurisdictions, permits only go the the rich and privileged or bodyguards.
IFAI wants more data on weapons , for licenses granted
Details Published on Monday November 18 2013 ,
Written by Especial
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=22602
Mexico , DF .
The Institute asked the Department of Defense total permits given Mexicans since 1972 .
The Federal Institute for Access to Information and Data Protection ( IFAI ) called on the Department of Defense to report the number of licenses for individual carrying a firearm that has been issued since 1972 , broken down by year.
In a statement, explained that in response to a request for information , the National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA ) announced that the total individual particular licenses for carrying of firearms is currently 3,140.
However, that information requested by year , to which the Department of Defense said it did not have the required detail level and only reported the total licenses for carrying of firearms.
Therefore, the applicant filed an application for review before the IFAI considering that the federal agency has the information. The appeal was sent by Jacqueline Peschard Commissioner .
In allegations , the Department of Defense reiterated it's answer and said that the six-year statistics are not essential for its functions and, in case you need specific information has to obtain the respective files . (six year presidential terms)
In analyzing the case , the Commissioner presenter indicated that the Department of Defense administers the Federal Register Firearms and Explosives Control , which obtained information to generate various statistics , including the corresponding licensing of possession and carry of a firearm .
Besides that, while the agency is not required to have the information at the level of detail required in response to several similar requests previously been given information by year .
Therefore, Peschard Commissioner concluded that providing this information on an annual basis , the applicant can get the information , she suggested modifying the response of the Department of Defense and instruct the appellant to provide information by year , which was approved by the IFAI .
end
Quiere IFAI datos sobre más armas, por licencias otorgadas
Detalles Publicado el Lunes 18 de Noviembre de 2013,
Escrito por Especial
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=22602
México, DF.
El Instituto pidió a la Sedena el total de permisos que han dado a mexicanos desde el año 1972.
El Instituto Federal de Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos (Ifai) pidió a la Sedena informar el número de licencias particulares individuales de portación de arma de fuego que ha expedido desde 1972, desglosado por año.
En un comunicado, explicó que en respuesta a una solicitud de información, la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Sedena) dio a conocer que el total de licencias particulares individuales de portación de armas de fuego vigentes es de 3 mil 140.
Sin embargo, el particular solicitó conocer esa información desglosada por año, a lo que la Sedena manifestó no contar con ella a nivel del detalle requerido y sólo reportó el total de licencias de portación de armas de fuego vigentes.
Por ello, el solicitante presentó un recurso de revisión ante el Ifai al considerar que la dependencia federal cuenta la información. El recurso fue turnado a la ponencia de la comisionada Jacqueline Peschard.
En alegatos, la Sedena reiteró su respuesta y precisó que las estadísticas por sexenio no son indispensables para sus funciones y que, en caso de necesitar información específica, cuenta con los expedientes respectivos para obtenerla.
Al analizar el caso, la comisionada ponente indicó que la Sedena administra el Registro Federal de Armas de Fuego y Control de Explosivos, del que obtiene información para generar diversas estadísticas, entre ellas la correspondiente a la expedición de licencias de portación de arma de fuego.
Además de que, si bien la dependencia no está obligada a contar con la información al nivel de detalle requerido, en respuesta a diversas solicitudes similares presentadas con anterioridad ha entregado información desglosada por año.
Por tanto, la comisionada Peschard concluyó que al proporcionar dicha información de manera anual, el recurrente puede obtener la información, por lo que propuso modificar la respuesta de la Sedena e instruirle a proporcionar al recurrente la información desglosada por año, lo cual fue aprobado por el Ifai.
fin
Note: Of interest to the gunnies mostly. Pop. of Mex. est. 116 million. In a strange coincidence, the number of permits seems close to the number of weapons delivered to Mexican drug gangs by U.S. BATFE / DOJ. As in several equally corrupt U.S. jurisdictions, permits only go the the rich and privileged or bodyguards.
IFAI wants more data on weapons , for licenses granted
Details Published on Monday November 18 2013 ,
Written by Especial
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=22602
Mexico , DF .
The Institute asked the Department of Defense total permits given Mexicans since 1972 .
The Federal Institute for Access to Information and Data Protection ( IFAI ) called on the Department of Defense to report the number of licenses for individual carrying a firearm that has been issued since 1972 , broken down by year.
In a statement, explained that in response to a request for information , the National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA ) announced that the total individual particular licenses for carrying of firearms is currently 3,140.
However, that information requested by year , to which the Department of Defense said it did not have the required detail level and only reported the total licenses for carrying of firearms.
Therefore, the applicant filed an application for review before the IFAI considering that the federal agency has the information. The appeal was sent by Jacqueline Peschard Commissioner .
In allegations , the Department of Defense reiterated it's answer and said that the six-year statistics are not essential for its functions and, in case you need specific information has to obtain the respective files . (six year presidential terms)
In analyzing the case , the Commissioner presenter indicated that the Department of Defense administers the Federal Register Firearms and Explosives Control , which obtained information to generate various statistics , including the corresponding licensing of possession and carry of a firearm .
Besides that, while the agency is not required to have the information at the level of detail required in response to several similar requests previously been given information by year .
Therefore, Peschard Commissioner concluded that providing this information on an annual basis , the applicant can get the information , she suggested modifying the response of the Department of Defense and instruct the appellant to provide information by year , which was approved by the IFAI .
end
Quiere IFAI datos sobre más armas, por licencias otorgadas
Detalles Publicado el Lunes 18 de Noviembre de 2013,
Escrito por Especial
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=22602
México, DF.
El Instituto pidió a la Sedena el total de permisos que han dado a mexicanos desde el año 1972.
El Instituto Federal de Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos (Ifai) pidió a la Sedena informar el número de licencias particulares individuales de portación de arma de fuego que ha expedido desde 1972, desglosado por año.
En un comunicado, explicó que en respuesta a una solicitud de información, la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Sedena) dio a conocer que el total de licencias particulares individuales de portación de armas de fuego vigentes es de 3 mil 140.
Sin embargo, el particular solicitó conocer esa información desglosada por año, a lo que la Sedena manifestó no contar con ella a nivel del detalle requerido y sólo reportó el total de licencias de portación de armas de fuego vigentes.
Por ello, el solicitante presentó un recurso de revisión ante el Ifai al considerar que la dependencia federal cuenta la información. El recurso fue turnado a la ponencia de la comisionada Jacqueline Peschard.
En alegatos, la Sedena reiteró su respuesta y precisó que las estadísticas por sexenio no son indispensables para sus funciones y que, en caso de necesitar información específica, cuenta con los expedientes respectivos para obtenerla.
Al analizar el caso, la comisionada ponente indicó que la Sedena administra el Registro Federal de Armas de Fuego y Control de Explosivos, del que obtiene información para generar diversas estadísticas, entre ellas la correspondiente a la expedición de licencias de portación de arma de fuego.
Además de que, si bien la dependencia no está obligada a contar con la información al nivel de detalle requerido, en respuesta a diversas solicitudes similares presentadas con anterioridad ha entregado información desglosada por año.
Por tanto, la comisionada Peschard concluyó que al proporcionar dicha información de manera anual, el recurrente puede obtener la información, por lo que propuso modificar la respuesta de la Sedena e instruirle a proporcionar al recurrente la información desglosada por año, lo cual fue aprobado por el Ifai.
fin
AZMEX UPDATE 21-11-13
AZMEX UPDATE 21-11-13
Note: lot of local stuff
Shootout between SONOYTA AND ROCKY POINT ( KM 87 )
Thursday, November 21, 2013
http://www.laperladeldesierto.blogspot.com/2013/11/balacera-entre-sonoyta-y-puerto.html
A shootout was recorded Thursday morning near the town of Sonoyta , where authorities in Sonoyta and Puerto Peñasco and are concentrated at kilometer 87 of the highway between the municipalities , which has insured vehicles involved in the shooting.
Everything began with the execution of a person , who until his identity is unknown , but it could be an important piece of organized crime gangs operating in that region , unofficial sources said .
The police and municipal police corporations , state investigator , state and public security, and the Navy patrol the region's roads, while the alert were launched to neighboring police corporations that criminals could seek refuge in the town of Caborca .
We will be watching to unveil more details and facts made known officially.
Photo courtesy of Newspaper Front
end
Members of Douglas family sentenced in money laundering operation
Posted: Nov 21, 2013 10:22 AM
by Faye DeHoff
http://www.kvoa.com/news/members-of-douglas-family-sentenced-in-money-laundering-operation/
PHOENIX - Several members of a Douglas family have been sentenced in a large-scale money laundering operation dating back to 2006.
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne says Gilberto Escalante, the head of the Escalante family, was sentenced to an aggravated sentence of eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of money laundering. His ex-wife, Niomi Escalante, and sister, Angelica Escalante, were both given a sentence of five years' probation. Niomi was also ordered to pay back approximately $21,000 to the State of Arizona for fraud committed against the AHCCCS and food stamp system as part of her plea.
The plea agreements for all individuals required that the defendants forfeit all interest in the property located at 2902 N. Udall Street in Pirtleville, Arizona. This 36-acre property was purchased in 2007 by Angelica Escalante and Niomi Escalante while Gilberto Escalante was in prison serving a sentence for a conviction of Conducting an Illegal Enterprise, stemming from his drug trafficking activities.
While in prison, he directed the construction of a 2,500 square foot home and a 3,000 square foot horse stable. This property was purchased and built with the money derived from Gilberto Escalante's illegal activities. Gilberto Escalante was convicted in 1992 of Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Marijuana. In 2005, he was convicted in Pima County Superior Court of Illegally Conducting an Enterprise, again stemming from drug trafficking activities.
The property has been forfeited to the State of Arizona as the proceeds of racketeering offenses and will be sold. The proceeds of this sale will go towards supporting further law enforcement efforts targeted at investigating and prosecuting other racketeering offenses.
This case was investigated by the Border Crimes Enforcement Section of the Arizona Attorney General's Office, the Douglas Police Department, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
fin
'Mobile consulate' coming to Safford
Posted: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 12:00 am
By David Bell editor@eacourier.com
http://www.eacourier.com/news/mobile-consulate-coming-to-safford/article_bfc1cf1c-4e5a-11e3-a35a-0019bb2963f4.html
CLIFTON — Residents of Graham, Greenlee and northern Cochise counties who require the services of the Mexican Consulate soon won't have to make the trip to Douglas.
Oscar Francisco Holguin Gonzalez, acting Mexican consul in Douglas, said his office will stage a mobile consulate at Southeastern Arizona Community Action Program, 253 W. 5th St., Safford, on Dec. 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Gonzalez said Safford was chosen as the most accessible center point for those coming north from Willcox, east from Duncan and south from Morenci and Clifton.
Consulates offer a number of services to both American and Mexican citizens, including:
• Tourism information
• Passports
• Citizenship and naturalization
• Acquisitions by foreigners
• Constitution of trusts
• Warrant or letter rogatory
• Other official government paperwork processing such as travel visas
Gonzalez was a guest speaker at the Growing Greenlee stakeholders meeting in Clifton on Wednesday. In addition to the mobile consulate, he talked about expanding trade and economic development along the border.
"The United States and Mexico are strategic economic allies; Mexico is the second most important trade partner for the U.S.," Gonzalez said.
Mexico is also the top trade partner with the State of Arizona, totaling about $13.4 billion. There are about 1.6 million Mexicans living in the state.
"We are looking at fostering sustained economic growth," Gonzalez said. "Mexican demand and purchasing power is growing."
end
Note: Unlike the other rumor that he, Emma and the kids are living in Tucson. computer english
Deputy Minister of Defence believes " El Chapo " is in Honduras
DRAFTING
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
DRUGS
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=358384
MEXICO , DF ( ap ) . - The armed forces of Honduras revealed today that they have grounds for suspecting the presence of Mexican drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman on its territory.
In an interview with the newspaper El Mundo, the deputy defense minister of the Central American country , Carlos Roberto Funes , said that El Chapo controls the movement of drugs and Honduran criminal groups " are children of Mexican cartels ," but now , he said , is have been linked to dangerous maras (gangs ) , what has given more firepower , despite the supposed truce signed six months ago.
"In the clashes have found Mexicans in our country, but also Colombian and Venezuelan pilots ," said Funes.
According to Deputy Minister of Defense , for years Honduras has become a headache for the U.S., which has seen in 2011 seized 21 tons of cocaine and in 2013 only two.
But not only that , with a size slightly larger than Castile and Leon , in the Central American country , said there are about 200 clandestine airstrips , most of which are located in the Mosquito , an inhospitable region east where passes , by land or by sea , 80 % of the cocaine that arrives by sea to the United States.
According Funes, in the last three years the Honduran authorities have destroyed between 80 and 100 air strips , " but people who live in the place , you feel part of the business , re- repair ," he said .
"Right now we have between 180 and 200 illegal air strips in the country. Tracks are a mile long , but recently found a 2.5 km long . The cartels are preparing to bring in larger aircraft , "he said to El Mundo.
He explained that to build these tracks, the drug moves heavy machinery and used car batteries used to illuminate at night.
On October 18 , the National Civil Police (PNC ) of Guatemala announced the arrest of two alleged Sinaloa cartel operators , Antonio Pompa, Toño , and Wilmar Anavisca , el chino, who were apprehended in the Department of Petén , where the criminal organization led by Joaquin El Chapo Guzman has one of their bases of operations.
end
Falls ' shooter ' with ' goat horn ' , AR -15 rifle and drugs
Details Published on Thursday November 21 2013 ,
Written by Editorial Staff / The Journal
Baviácora
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=22771
Agents also confiscated a gun PEI type .40 caliber squad .
State Police Investigating assigned Baviácora operational base , in coordination with the Municipal Public Security elements , yesterday arrested a subject in possession of three firearms and 235 bundles containing marijuana and "crystal " .
Adam is Cristian Castro Miranda , 26 years old , who is domiciled in the South Hill neighborhood , in this population. Miranda Castro has record for burglary and assault public officials.
The police elements placed Cristian Adam, who was wearing a backpack and noting the presence of official units attempted to flee , and was immediately secured .
To perform a review we found inside the backpack 205 clear plastic bags containing marijuana inside , likewise, he found a leather bag which contained 30 plastic wrappers made in which he had the synthetic drug known as "crystal " .
When questioned about the drug said it was found in a place that is close to your home , run on the grass , three guns and backpack with drugs mentioned above.
The elements of the PEI and Cristian Municipal Police questioned Adam about such weapons, and arrested today said she has kept in the courtyard of his home , delivering them , being these two rifles : AR -15 rifle .223 caliber , with two magazines containing 49 rounds of ammunition , and an AK -47 7.62 x 39 with a charger supplied with 12 rounds of ammunition . Besides a .40 caliber handgun mm with a charger that had a useful cartridge .
end
Note: lot of local stuff
Shootout between SONOYTA AND ROCKY POINT ( KM 87 )
Thursday, November 21, 2013
http://www.laperladeldesierto.blogspot.com/2013/11/balacera-entre-sonoyta-y-puerto.html
A shootout was recorded Thursday morning near the town of Sonoyta , where authorities in Sonoyta and Puerto Peñasco and are concentrated at kilometer 87 of the highway between the municipalities , which has insured vehicles involved in the shooting.
Everything began with the execution of a person , who until his identity is unknown , but it could be an important piece of organized crime gangs operating in that region , unofficial sources said .
The police and municipal police corporations , state investigator , state and public security, and the Navy patrol the region's roads, while the alert were launched to neighboring police corporations that criminals could seek refuge in the town of Caborca .
We will be watching to unveil more details and facts made known officially.
Photo courtesy of Newspaper Front
end
Members of Douglas family sentenced in money laundering operation
Posted: Nov 21, 2013 10:22 AM
by Faye DeHoff
http://www.kvoa.com/news/members-of-douglas-family-sentenced-in-money-laundering-operation/
PHOENIX - Several members of a Douglas family have been sentenced in a large-scale money laundering operation dating back to 2006.
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne says Gilberto Escalante, the head of the Escalante family, was sentenced to an aggravated sentence of eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of money laundering. His ex-wife, Niomi Escalante, and sister, Angelica Escalante, were both given a sentence of five years' probation. Niomi was also ordered to pay back approximately $21,000 to the State of Arizona for fraud committed against the AHCCCS and food stamp system as part of her plea.
The plea agreements for all individuals required that the defendants forfeit all interest in the property located at 2902 N. Udall Street in Pirtleville, Arizona. This 36-acre property was purchased in 2007 by Angelica Escalante and Niomi Escalante while Gilberto Escalante was in prison serving a sentence for a conviction of Conducting an Illegal Enterprise, stemming from his drug trafficking activities.
While in prison, he directed the construction of a 2,500 square foot home and a 3,000 square foot horse stable. This property was purchased and built with the money derived from Gilberto Escalante's illegal activities. Gilberto Escalante was convicted in 1992 of Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Marijuana. In 2005, he was convicted in Pima County Superior Court of Illegally Conducting an Enterprise, again stemming from drug trafficking activities.
The property has been forfeited to the State of Arizona as the proceeds of racketeering offenses and will be sold. The proceeds of this sale will go towards supporting further law enforcement efforts targeted at investigating and prosecuting other racketeering offenses.
This case was investigated by the Border Crimes Enforcement Section of the Arizona Attorney General's Office, the Douglas Police Department, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
fin
'Mobile consulate' coming to Safford
Posted: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 12:00 am
By David Bell editor@eacourier.com
http://www.eacourier.com/news/mobile-consulate-coming-to-safford/article_bfc1cf1c-4e5a-11e3-a35a-0019bb2963f4.html
CLIFTON — Residents of Graham, Greenlee and northern Cochise counties who require the services of the Mexican Consulate soon won't have to make the trip to Douglas.
Oscar Francisco Holguin Gonzalez, acting Mexican consul in Douglas, said his office will stage a mobile consulate at Southeastern Arizona Community Action Program, 253 W. 5th St., Safford, on Dec. 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Gonzalez said Safford was chosen as the most accessible center point for those coming north from Willcox, east from Duncan and south from Morenci and Clifton.
Consulates offer a number of services to both American and Mexican citizens, including:
• Tourism information
• Passports
• Citizenship and naturalization
• Acquisitions by foreigners
• Constitution of trusts
• Warrant or letter rogatory
• Other official government paperwork processing such as travel visas
Gonzalez was a guest speaker at the Growing Greenlee stakeholders meeting in Clifton on Wednesday. In addition to the mobile consulate, he talked about expanding trade and economic development along the border.
"The United States and Mexico are strategic economic allies; Mexico is the second most important trade partner for the U.S.," Gonzalez said.
Mexico is also the top trade partner with the State of Arizona, totaling about $13.4 billion. There are about 1.6 million Mexicans living in the state.
"We are looking at fostering sustained economic growth," Gonzalez said. "Mexican demand and purchasing power is growing."
end
Note: Unlike the other rumor that he, Emma and the kids are living in Tucson. computer english
Deputy Minister of Defence believes " El Chapo " is in Honduras
DRAFTING
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
DRUGS
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=358384
MEXICO , DF ( ap ) . - The armed forces of Honduras revealed today that they have grounds for suspecting the presence of Mexican drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman on its territory.
In an interview with the newspaper El Mundo, the deputy defense minister of the Central American country , Carlos Roberto Funes , said that El Chapo controls the movement of drugs and Honduran criminal groups " are children of Mexican cartels ," but now , he said , is have been linked to dangerous maras (gangs ) , what has given more firepower , despite the supposed truce signed six months ago.
"In the clashes have found Mexicans in our country, but also Colombian and Venezuelan pilots ," said Funes.
According to Deputy Minister of Defense , for years Honduras has become a headache for the U.S., which has seen in 2011 seized 21 tons of cocaine and in 2013 only two.
But not only that , with a size slightly larger than Castile and Leon , in the Central American country , said there are about 200 clandestine airstrips , most of which are located in the Mosquito , an inhospitable region east where passes , by land or by sea , 80 % of the cocaine that arrives by sea to the United States.
According Funes, in the last three years the Honduran authorities have destroyed between 80 and 100 air strips , " but people who live in the place , you feel part of the business , re- repair ," he said .
"Right now we have between 180 and 200 illegal air strips in the country. Tracks are a mile long , but recently found a 2.5 km long . The cartels are preparing to bring in larger aircraft , "he said to El Mundo.
He explained that to build these tracks, the drug moves heavy machinery and used car batteries used to illuminate at night.
On October 18 , the National Civil Police (PNC ) of Guatemala announced the arrest of two alleged Sinaloa cartel operators , Antonio Pompa, Toño , and Wilmar Anavisca , el chino, who were apprehended in the Department of Petén , where the criminal organization led by Joaquin El Chapo Guzman has one of their bases of operations.
end
Falls ' shooter ' with ' goat horn ' , AR -15 rifle and drugs
Details Published on Thursday November 21 2013 ,
Written by Editorial Staff / The Journal
Baviácora
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=22771
Agents also confiscated a gun PEI type .40 caliber squad .
State Police Investigating assigned Baviácora operational base , in coordination with the Municipal Public Security elements , yesterday arrested a subject in possession of three firearms and 235 bundles containing marijuana and "crystal " .
Adam is Cristian Castro Miranda , 26 years old , who is domiciled in the South Hill neighborhood , in this population. Miranda Castro has record for burglary and assault public officials.
The police elements placed Cristian Adam, who was wearing a backpack and noting the presence of official units attempted to flee , and was immediately secured .
To perform a review we found inside the backpack 205 clear plastic bags containing marijuana inside , likewise, he found a leather bag which contained 30 plastic wrappers made in which he had the synthetic drug known as "crystal " .
When questioned about the drug said it was found in a place that is close to your home , run on the grass , three guns and backpack with drugs mentioned above.
The elements of the PEI and Cristian Municipal Police questioned Adam about such weapons, and arrested today said she has kept in the courtyard of his home , delivering them , being these two rifles : AR -15 rifle .223 caliber , with two magazines containing 49 rounds of ammunition , and an AK -47 7.62 x 39 with a charger supplied with 12 rounds of ammunition . Besides a .40 caliber handgun mm with a charger that had a useful cartridge .
end
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