AZMEX UPDATE 27 OCT 2016
Note: This one close to home: ( A large Yaqui settlement in Guadalupe, AZ. South of Phx )
By lack of guarantees in Sonora Yaqui Tribe considers seek refuge in the US,
Yaqui leader says Anabela Carlón!
Jose "Pepe" Alvarado
http://www.elregionaldesonora.com.mx/noticia/62094
Indigenous leaders of the Loma de Bácum publicly declare that the tribe is already planning to seek refuge in the US mainly due to lack of guarantees from the state of Sonora, so affirms Yaqui leader Anabela Carlón who condemned the attitude of state and federal officials who suspiciously and openly only listen to and support the few Yaquis that support the pipeline and who's interests and views are very clear said Yaqui leader Anabel Carlón that are they totally violating their customs and habits.
Because the state government wants it at all costs according to the Yaquis supporting the pipeline and also are other people that have nothing to do with the traditional authorities of the Loma de Bácum who do not accept or support the pipeline.
And so the state and those few Yaquis who come from other towns even the Yaqui governor of them, that they approve all and pass the pipeline through here, but that we will never allow it nor the state government that is supporting it, they can not trample our people, for all these reasons and because we have no guarantees in Sonora we are asking for refuge in the US with our Yaqui brothers in Tucson .
We will knowledge of the UN (United Nations Organization) to intervene and see the grave harm the governments are doing here in Mexico and Sonora.
So I, Anabela Carlón, adamantly declare as the Yaqui leader of Loma de Bácum .
end
Pinal deputies arrest 3 after chase near Maricopa
Staff Reports Updated Oct 26, 2016
http://www.pinalcentral.com/casa_grande_dispatch/area_news/pinal-deputies-arrest-after-chase-near-maricopa/article_e7f1f4d6-9bcc-11e6-8597-030855378209.html
3 Arrested After Chase
PCSO
Manuel Amador Aispuro, Ramon Martinez and Josue Teran Grandarills
MARICOPA -- Three suspects in the country illegally are now in the custody of the Pinal County Sheriff's Office after leading deputies on a chase Wednesday morning.
Deputies also uncovered 238 pounds of marijuana in the trio's SUV.
According to PCSO, Manuel Amador Aispuro, Ramon Martinez and Josue Teran Grandarills were driving in the area of Ralston Road and Mockingbird Lane when a deputy tried to pull their vehicle over for speeding. The vehicle instead led officers on a pursuit at speeds greater than 97 miles per hour as the suspects went eastbound on State Road 238.
Just before 9:30 a.m., about 15 minutes after the chase ensued, the vehicle suddenly stopped in a residential neighborhood, and all three occupants fled into the surrounding desert on foot.
"The Pinal County Sheriff's helicopter was overhead, and as the suspects attempted to run and hide, their location was called out from above by the tactical flight officer," said Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu in a PCSO statement.
All three suspects were ultimately found and arrested, at which time they admitted to being in the United States illegally.
They have been charged with transportation of marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale, and Amador-Aispuro, the driver, also faces a charge of felony flight.
end
Private police shoot at migrants on 'The Beast'
Carlos Rocha / La Jornada de Oriente |
Thursday, October 27, 2016 13:14
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2016/10/27/persiguen-y-disparan-contra-migrantes-centroamericanos-en-puebla
Chalchicomula de Sesma, Pue. The Wednesday night elements of private police who guard the train Ferrosur in poblano territory, known as the Beast, chased and shot at and Central American migrants when they arrived in the back of the train to the railway station Nazareno, in the municipality of Chalchicomula Sesma, better known as Ciudad Serdan.
It was about nine o'clock at night when the train came from Orizaba began to slow and then they began shouting for the Central Americans to get off the train; they began to run, but a 15 year old boy shot in the foot.
The boy Carlos José 15 years came from Guatemala and was traveling with two companions from the same community, one of them narrated the facts as they sheltered in a house where he was given asylum and then was taken to the delegation of the Red Cross in Serdan where is given assistance to migrants.
"We were on the train then he (Carlos) said we get off and but did not give us a chance to get off; then we ran. I said let's go to my friend that was when he was shot, I ran until I got to the road. I was very scared when I got to a village and asked for help, " said the young Guatemalan.
People in the region found him and asked that what was wrong, then gave him coffee and took him in.
"I just told them what had happened to my friend, the train police had shot him. That's what happened, I told them, "he recalled.
Were he shot in the foot? He was asked.
"Yes, I saw, I was with him three companions were coming. I saw everything that happened after I panic and just kept running and running, I did not mind the rest. I want to know is my friend. "
Was the police dressed in black, which guards the train?
"Yes. He had black boots, all black and his face covered in black and had as a rifle in his hands, "he said.
The 15 year old boy who was shot called Carlos José, is 15 and is originally from San Martin Zapotitlán, Guatemala. Like his partner, who is just a little older than him.
Immigration agents captured him Thursday morning. The police of the State Security Commission (ESC), the State of Mexico, which in poblano territory guarding the Ferrosur train, denied the facts but said that agents of the National Migration Institute (INM) had detained migrants night Wednesday.
But Carla Aguilar Morales, delegate in Puebla INM said that his staff was not Wednesday night in Nazareth and did not know the whereabouts of the Central American boy.
Monday La Jornada de Oriente reported that early last Friday a group of 75 migrants left Orizaba and station Nazareno were surprised by thirty soldiers who pursued them across tracks, the bushes, the harvest fields and on the road.
Only nine of the group that left from Veracruz were able to escape and one was beaten and taken to the delegation of the Red Cross in Ciudad Serdan.
END
Also: Story in Spanish, of the 4,000, some 85% from Africa or Haiti.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/nacion/politica/2016/10/27/sre-hay-4-mil-migrantes-en-mexico-85-son-haitianos
http://www.lacronica.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/27102016/1142992-Destina-Gobierno-recursos-a-25-albergues-para-Migrantes-en-BC.html
Also: In English.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/english/2016/10/27/us-sanctions-9-mexicans-linked-powerful-cartels
END END
Saturday, October 29, 2016
AZMEX UPDATE 27-10-16
AZMEX UPDATE 27 OCT 2016
Note: This one close to home: ( A large Yaqui settlement in Guadalupe, AZ. South of Phx )
By lack of guarantees in Sonora Yaqui Tribe considers seek refuge in the US,
Yaqui leader says Anabela Carlón!
Jose "Pepe" Alvarado
http://www.elregionaldesonora.com.mx/noticia/62094
Indigenous leaders of the Loma de Bácum publicly declare that the tribe is already planning to seek refuge in the US mainly due to lack of guarantees from the state of Sonora, so affirms Yaqui leader Anabela Carlón who condemned the attitude of state and federal officials who suspiciously and openly only listen to and support the few Yaquis that support the pipeline and who's interests and views are very clear said Yaqui leader Anabel Carlón that are they totally violating their customs and habits.
Because the state government wants it at all costs according to the Yaquis supporting the pipeline and also are other people that have nothing to do with the traditional authorities of the Loma de Bácum who do not accept or support the pipeline.
And so the state and those few Yaquis who come from other towns even the Yaqui governor of them, that they approve all and pass the pipeline through here, but that we will never allow it nor the state government that is supporting it, they can not trample our people, for all these reasons and because we have no guarantees in Sonora we are asking for refuge in the US with our Yaqui brothers in Tucson .
We will knowledge of the UN (United Nations Organization) to intervene and see the grave harm the governments are doing here in Mexico and Sonora.
So I, Anabela Carlón, adamantly declare as the Yaqui leader of Loma de Bácum .
end
Pinal deputies arrest 3 after chase near Maricopa
Staff Reports Updated Oct 26, 2016
http://www.pinalcentral.com/casa_grande_dispatch/area_news/pinal-deputies-arrest-after-chase-near-maricopa/article_e7f1f4d6-9bcc-11e6-8597-030855378209.html
3 Arrested After Chase
PCSO
Manuel Amador Aispuro, Ramon Martinez and Josue Teran Grandarills
MARICOPA -- Three suspects in the country illegally are now in the custody of the Pinal County Sheriff's Office after leading deputies on a chase Wednesday morning.
Deputies also uncovered 238 pounds of marijuana in the trio's SUV.
According to PCSO, Manuel Amador Aispuro, Ramon Martinez and Josue Teran Grandarills were driving in the area of Ralston Road and Mockingbird Lane when a deputy tried to pull their vehicle over for speeding. The vehicle instead led officers on a pursuit at speeds greater than 97 miles per hour as the suspects went eastbound on State Road 238.
Just before 9:30 a.m., about 15 minutes after the chase ensued, the vehicle suddenly stopped in a residential neighborhood, and all three occupants fled into the surrounding desert on foot.
"The Pinal County Sheriff's helicopter was overhead, and as the suspects attempted to run and hide, their location was called out from above by the tactical flight officer," said Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu in a PCSO statement.
All three suspects were ultimately found and arrested, at which time they admitted to being in the United States illegally.
They have been charged with transportation of marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale, and Amador-Aispuro, the driver, also faces a charge of felony flight.
end
Private police shoot at migrants on 'The Beast'
Carlos Rocha / La Jornada de Oriente |
Thursday, October 27, 2016 13:14
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2016/10/27/persiguen-y-disparan-contra-migrantes-centroamericanos-en-puebla
Chalchicomula de Sesma, Pue. The Wednesday night elements of private police who guard the train Ferrosur in poblano territory, known as the Beast, chased and shot at and Central American migrants when they arrived in the back of the train to the railway station Nazareno, in the municipality of Chalchicomula Sesma, better known as Ciudad Serdan.
It was about nine o'clock at night when the train came from Orizaba began to slow and then they began shouting for the Central Americans to get off the train; they began to run, but a 15 year old boy shot in the foot.
The boy Carlos José 15 years came from Guatemala and was traveling with two companions from the same community, one of them narrated the facts as they sheltered in a house where he was given asylum and then was taken to the delegation of the Red Cross in Serdan where is given assistance to migrants.
"We were on the train then he (Carlos) said we get off and but did not give us a chance to get off; then we ran. I said let's go to my friend that was when he was shot, I ran until I got to the road. I was very scared when I got to a village and asked for help, " said the young Guatemalan.
People in the region found him and asked that what was wrong, then gave him coffee and took him in.
"I just told them what had happened to my friend, the train police had shot him. That's what happened, I told them, "he recalled.
Were he shot in the foot? He was asked.
"Yes, I saw, I was with him three companions were coming. I saw everything that happened after I panic and just kept running and running, I did not mind the rest. I want to know is my friend. "
Was the police dressed in black, which guards the train?
"Yes. He had black boots, all black and his face covered in black and had as a rifle in his hands, "he said.
The 15 year old boy who was shot called Carlos José, is 15 and is originally from San Martin Zapotitlán, Guatemala. Like his partner, who is just a little older than him.
Immigration agents captured him Thursday morning. The police of the State Security Commission (ESC), the State of Mexico, which in poblano territory guarding the Ferrosur train, denied the facts but said that agents of the National Migration Institute (INM) had detained migrants night Wednesday.
But Carla Aguilar Morales, delegate in Puebla INM said that his staff was not Wednesday night in Nazareth and did not know the whereabouts of the Central American boy.
Monday La Jornada de Oriente reported that early last Friday a group of 75 migrants left Orizaba and station Nazareno were surprised by thirty soldiers who pursued them across tracks, the bushes, the harvest fields and on the road.
Only nine of the group that left from Veracruz were able to escape and one was beaten and taken to the delegation of the Red Cross in Ciudad Serdan.
END
Also: Story in Spanish, of the 4,000, some 85% from Africa or Haiti.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/nacion/politica/2016/10/27/sre-hay-4-mil-migrantes-en-mexico-85-son-haitianos
http://www.lacronica.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/27102016/1142992-Destina-Gobierno-recursos-a-25-albergues-para-Migrantes-en-BC.html
Also: In English.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/english/2016/10/27/us-sanctions-9-mexicans-linked-powerful-cartels
END END
Note: This one close to home: ( A large Yaqui settlement in Guadalupe, AZ. South of Phx )
By lack of guarantees in Sonora Yaqui Tribe considers seek refuge in the US,
Yaqui leader says Anabela Carlón!
Jose "Pepe" Alvarado
http://www.elregionaldesonora.com.mx/noticia/62094
Indigenous leaders of the Loma de Bácum publicly declare that the tribe is already planning to seek refuge in the US mainly due to lack of guarantees from the state of Sonora, so affirms Yaqui leader Anabela Carlón who condemned the attitude of state and federal officials who suspiciously and openly only listen to and support the few Yaquis that support the pipeline and who's interests and views are very clear said Yaqui leader Anabel Carlón that are they totally violating their customs and habits.
Because the state government wants it at all costs according to the Yaquis supporting the pipeline and also are other people that have nothing to do with the traditional authorities of the Loma de Bácum who do not accept or support the pipeline.
And so the state and those few Yaquis who come from other towns even the Yaqui governor of them, that they approve all and pass the pipeline through here, but that we will never allow it nor the state government that is supporting it, they can not trample our people, for all these reasons and because we have no guarantees in Sonora we are asking for refuge in the US with our Yaqui brothers in Tucson .
We will knowledge of the UN (United Nations Organization) to intervene and see the grave harm the governments are doing here in Mexico and Sonora.
So I, Anabela Carlón, adamantly declare as the Yaqui leader of Loma de Bácum .
end
Pinal deputies arrest 3 after chase near Maricopa
Staff Reports Updated Oct 26, 2016
http://www.pinalcentral.com/casa_grande_dispatch/area_news/pinal-deputies-arrest-after-chase-near-maricopa/article_e7f1f4d6-9bcc-11e6-8597-030855378209.html
3 Arrested After Chase
PCSO
Manuel Amador Aispuro, Ramon Martinez and Josue Teran Grandarills
MARICOPA -- Three suspects in the country illegally are now in the custody of the Pinal County Sheriff's Office after leading deputies on a chase Wednesday morning.
Deputies also uncovered 238 pounds of marijuana in the trio's SUV.
According to PCSO, Manuel Amador Aispuro, Ramon Martinez and Josue Teran Grandarills were driving in the area of Ralston Road and Mockingbird Lane when a deputy tried to pull their vehicle over for speeding. The vehicle instead led officers on a pursuit at speeds greater than 97 miles per hour as the suspects went eastbound on State Road 238.
Just before 9:30 a.m., about 15 minutes after the chase ensued, the vehicle suddenly stopped in a residential neighborhood, and all three occupants fled into the surrounding desert on foot.
"The Pinal County Sheriff's helicopter was overhead, and as the suspects attempted to run and hide, their location was called out from above by the tactical flight officer," said Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu in a PCSO statement.
All three suspects were ultimately found and arrested, at which time they admitted to being in the United States illegally.
They have been charged with transportation of marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale, and Amador-Aispuro, the driver, also faces a charge of felony flight.
end
Private police shoot at migrants on 'The Beast'
Carlos Rocha / La Jornada de Oriente |
Thursday, October 27, 2016 13:14
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2016/10/27/persiguen-y-disparan-contra-migrantes-centroamericanos-en-puebla
Chalchicomula de Sesma, Pue. The Wednesday night elements of private police who guard the train Ferrosur in poblano territory, known as the Beast, chased and shot at and Central American migrants when they arrived in the back of the train to the railway station Nazareno, in the municipality of Chalchicomula Sesma, better known as Ciudad Serdan.
It was about nine o'clock at night when the train came from Orizaba began to slow and then they began shouting for the Central Americans to get off the train; they began to run, but a 15 year old boy shot in the foot.
The boy Carlos José 15 years came from Guatemala and was traveling with two companions from the same community, one of them narrated the facts as they sheltered in a house where he was given asylum and then was taken to the delegation of the Red Cross in Serdan where is given assistance to migrants.
"We were on the train then he (Carlos) said we get off and but did not give us a chance to get off; then we ran. I said let's go to my friend that was when he was shot, I ran until I got to the road. I was very scared when I got to a village and asked for help, " said the young Guatemalan.
People in the region found him and asked that what was wrong, then gave him coffee and took him in.
"I just told them what had happened to my friend, the train police had shot him. That's what happened, I told them, "he recalled.
Were he shot in the foot? He was asked.
"Yes, I saw, I was with him three companions were coming. I saw everything that happened after I panic and just kept running and running, I did not mind the rest. I want to know is my friend. "
Was the police dressed in black, which guards the train?
"Yes. He had black boots, all black and his face covered in black and had as a rifle in his hands, "he said.
The 15 year old boy who was shot called Carlos José, is 15 and is originally from San Martin Zapotitlán, Guatemala. Like his partner, who is just a little older than him.
Immigration agents captured him Thursday morning. The police of the State Security Commission (ESC), the State of Mexico, which in poblano territory guarding the Ferrosur train, denied the facts but said that agents of the National Migration Institute (INM) had detained migrants night Wednesday.
But Carla Aguilar Morales, delegate in Puebla INM said that his staff was not Wednesday night in Nazareth and did not know the whereabouts of the Central American boy.
Monday La Jornada de Oriente reported that early last Friday a group of 75 migrants left Orizaba and station Nazareno were surprised by thirty soldiers who pursued them across tracks, the bushes, the harvest fields and on the road.
Only nine of the group that left from Veracruz were able to escape and one was beaten and taken to the delegation of the Red Cross in Ciudad Serdan.
END
Also: Story in Spanish, of the 4,000, some 85% from Africa or Haiti.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/nacion/politica/2016/10/27/sre-hay-4-mil-migrantes-en-mexico-85-son-haitianos
http://www.lacronica.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/27102016/1142992-Destina-Gobierno-recursos-a-25-albergues-para-Migrantes-en-BC.html
Also: In English.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/english/2016/10/27/us-sanctions-9-mexicans-linked-powerful-cartels
END END
AZMEX UPDATE 27-10-16
AZMEX UPDATE 27 OCT 2016
Note: This one close to home: ( A large Yaqui settlement in Guadalupe, AZ. South of Phx )
By lack of guarantees in Sonora Yaqui Tribe considers seek refuge in the US,
Yaqui leader says Anabela Carlón!
Jose "Pepe" Alvarado
http://www.elregionaldesonora.com.mx/noticia/62094
Indigenous leaders of the Loma de Bácum publicly declare that the tribe is already planning to seek refuge in the US mainly due to lack of guarantees from the state of Sonora, so affirms Yaqui leader Anabela Carlón who condemned the attitude of state and federal officials who suspiciously and openly only listen to and support the few Yaquis that support the pipeline and who's interests and views are very clear said Yaqui leader Anabel Carlón that are they totally violating their customs and habits.
Because the state government wants it at all costs according to the Yaquis supporting the pipeline and also are other people that have nothing to do with the traditional authorities of the Loma de Bácum who do not accept or support the pipeline.
And so the state and those few Yaquis who come from other towns even the Yaqui governor of them, that they approve all and pass the pipeline through here, but that we will never allow it nor the state government that is supporting it, they can not trample our people, for all these reasons and because we have no guarantees in Sonora we are asking for refuge in the US with our Yaqui brothers in Tucson .
We will knowledge of the UN (United Nations Organization) to intervene and see the grave harm the governments are doing here in Mexico and Sonora.
So I, Anabela Carlón, adamantly declare as the Yaqui leader of Loma de Bácum .
end
Pinal deputies arrest 3 after chase near Maricopa
Staff Reports Updated Oct 26, 2016
http://www.pinalcentral.com/casa_grande_dispatch/area_news/pinal-deputies-arrest-after-chase-near-maricopa/article_e7f1f4d6-9bcc-11e6-8597-030855378209.html
3 Arrested After Chase
PCSO
Manuel Amador Aispuro, Ramon Martinez and Josue Teran Grandarills
MARICOPA -- Three suspects in the country illegally are now in the custody of the Pinal County Sheriff's Office after leading deputies on a chase Wednesday morning.
Deputies also uncovered 238 pounds of marijuana in the trio's SUV.
According to PCSO, Manuel Amador Aispuro, Ramon Martinez and Josue Teran Grandarills were driving in the area of Ralston Road and Mockingbird Lane when a deputy tried to pull their vehicle over for speeding. The vehicle instead led officers on a pursuit at speeds greater than 97 miles per hour as the suspects went eastbound on State Road 238.
Just before 9:30 a.m., about 15 minutes after the chase ensued, the vehicle suddenly stopped in a residential neighborhood, and all three occupants fled into the surrounding desert on foot.
"The Pinal County Sheriff's helicopter was overhead, and as the suspects attempted to run and hide, their location was called out from above by the tactical flight officer," said Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu in a PCSO statement.
All three suspects were ultimately found and arrested, at which time they admitted to being in the United States illegally.
They have been charged with transportation of marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale, and Amador-Aispuro, the driver, also faces a charge of felony flight.
end
Private police shoot at migrants on 'The Beast'
Carlos Rocha / La Jornada de Oriente |
Thursday, October 27, 2016 13:14
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2016/10/27/persiguen-y-disparan-contra-migrantes-centroamericanos-en-puebla
Chalchicomula de Sesma, Pue. The Wednesday night elements of private police who guard the train Ferrosur in poblano territory, known as the Beast, chased and shot at and Central American migrants when they arrived in the back of the train to the railway station Nazareno, in the municipality of Chalchicomula Sesma, better known as Ciudad Serdan.
It was about nine o'clock at night when the train came from Orizaba began to slow and then they began shouting for the Central Americans to get off the train; they began to run, but a 15 year old boy shot in the foot.
The boy Carlos José 15 years came from Guatemala and was traveling with two companions from the same community, one of them narrated the facts as they sheltered in a house where he was given asylum and then was taken to the delegation of the Red Cross in Serdan where is given assistance to migrants.
"We were on the train then he (Carlos) said we get off and but did not give us a chance to get off; then we ran. I said let's go to my friend that was when he was shot, I ran until I got to the road. I was very scared when I got to a village and asked for help, " said the young Guatemalan.
People in the region found him and asked that what was wrong, then gave him coffee and took him in.
"I just told them what had happened to my friend, the train police had shot him. That's what happened, I told them, "he recalled.
Were he shot in the foot? He was asked.
"Yes, I saw, I was with him three companions were coming. I saw everything that happened after I panic and just kept running and running, I did not mind the rest. I want to know is my friend. "
Was the police dressed in black, which guards the train?
"Yes. He had black boots, all black and his face covered in black and had as a rifle in his hands, "he said.
The 15 year old boy who was shot called Carlos José, is 15 and is originally from San Martin Zapotitlán, Guatemala. Like his partner, who is just a little older than him.
Immigration agents captured him Thursday morning. The police of the State Security Commission (ESC), the State of Mexico, which in poblano territory guarding the Ferrosur train, denied the facts but said that agents of the National Migration Institute (INM) had detained migrants night Wednesday.
But Carla Aguilar Morales, delegate in Puebla INM said that his staff was not Wednesday night in Nazareth and did not know the whereabouts of the Central American boy.
Monday La Jornada de Oriente reported that early last Friday a group of 75 migrants left Orizaba and station Nazareno were surprised by thirty soldiers who pursued them across tracks, the bushes, the harvest fields and on the road.
Only nine of the group that left from Veracruz were able to escape and one was beaten and taken to the delegation of the Red Cross in Ciudad Serdan.
END
Also: Story in Spanish, of the 4,000, some 85% from Africa or Haiti.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/nacion/politica/2016/10/27/sre-hay-4-mil-migrantes-en-mexico-85-son-haitianos
http://www.lacronica.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/27102016/1142992-Destina-Gobierno-recursos-a-25-albergues-para-Migrantes-en-BC.html
Also: In English.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/english/2016/10/27/us-sanctions-9-mexicans-linked-powerful-cartels
END END
Note: This one close to home: ( A large Yaqui settlement in Guadalupe, AZ. South of Phx )
By lack of guarantees in Sonora Yaqui Tribe considers seek refuge in the US,
Yaqui leader says Anabela Carlón!
Jose "Pepe" Alvarado
http://www.elregionaldesonora.com.mx/noticia/62094
Indigenous leaders of the Loma de Bácum publicly declare that the tribe is already planning to seek refuge in the US mainly due to lack of guarantees from the state of Sonora, so affirms Yaqui leader Anabela Carlón who condemned the attitude of state and federal officials who suspiciously and openly only listen to and support the few Yaquis that support the pipeline and who's interests and views are very clear said Yaqui leader Anabel Carlón that are they totally violating their customs and habits.
Because the state government wants it at all costs according to the Yaquis supporting the pipeline and also are other people that have nothing to do with the traditional authorities of the Loma de Bácum who do not accept or support the pipeline.
And so the state and those few Yaquis who come from other towns even the Yaqui governor of them, that they approve all and pass the pipeline through here, but that we will never allow it nor the state government that is supporting it, they can not trample our people, for all these reasons and because we have no guarantees in Sonora we are asking for refuge in the US with our Yaqui brothers in Tucson .
We will knowledge of the UN (United Nations Organization) to intervene and see the grave harm the governments are doing here in Mexico and Sonora.
So I, Anabela Carlón, adamantly declare as the Yaqui leader of Loma de Bácum .
end
Pinal deputies arrest 3 after chase near Maricopa
Staff Reports Updated Oct 26, 2016
http://www.pinalcentral.com/casa_grande_dispatch/area_news/pinal-deputies-arrest-after-chase-near-maricopa/article_e7f1f4d6-9bcc-11e6-8597-030855378209.html
3 Arrested After Chase
PCSO
Manuel Amador Aispuro, Ramon Martinez and Josue Teran Grandarills
MARICOPA -- Three suspects in the country illegally are now in the custody of the Pinal County Sheriff's Office after leading deputies on a chase Wednesday morning.
Deputies also uncovered 238 pounds of marijuana in the trio's SUV.
According to PCSO, Manuel Amador Aispuro, Ramon Martinez and Josue Teran Grandarills were driving in the area of Ralston Road and Mockingbird Lane when a deputy tried to pull their vehicle over for speeding. The vehicle instead led officers on a pursuit at speeds greater than 97 miles per hour as the suspects went eastbound on State Road 238.
Just before 9:30 a.m., about 15 minutes after the chase ensued, the vehicle suddenly stopped in a residential neighborhood, and all three occupants fled into the surrounding desert on foot.
"The Pinal County Sheriff's helicopter was overhead, and as the suspects attempted to run and hide, their location was called out from above by the tactical flight officer," said Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu in a PCSO statement.
All three suspects were ultimately found and arrested, at which time they admitted to being in the United States illegally.
They have been charged with transportation of marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale, and Amador-Aispuro, the driver, also faces a charge of felony flight.
end
Private police shoot at migrants on 'The Beast'
Carlos Rocha / La Jornada de Oriente |
Thursday, October 27, 2016 13:14
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2016/10/27/persiguen-y-disparan-contra-migrantes-centroamericanos-en-puebla
Chalchicomula de Sesma, Pue. The Wednesday night elements of private police who guard the train Ferrosur in poblano territory, known as the Beast, chased and shot at and Central American migrants when they arrived in the back of the train to the railway station Nazareno, in the municipality of Chalchicomula Sesma, better known as Ciudad Serdan.
It was about nine o'clock at night when the train came from Orizaba began to slow and then they began shouting for the Central Americans to get off the train; they began to run, but a 15 year old boy shot in the foot.
The boy Carlos José 15 years came from Guatemala and was traveling with two companions from the same community, one of them narrated the facts as they sheltered in a house where he was given asylum and then was taken to the delegation of the Red Cross in Serdan where is given assistance to migrants.
"We were on the train then he (Carlos) said we get off and but did not give us a chance to get off; then we ran. I said let's go to my friend that was when he was shot, I ran until I got to the road. I was very scared when I got to a village and asked for help, " said the young Guatemalan.
People in the region found him and asked that what was wrong, then gave him coffee and took him in.
"I just told them what had happened to my friend, the train police had shot him. That's what happened, I told them, "he recalled.
Were he shot in the foot? He was asked.
"Yes, I saw, I was with him three companions were coming. I saw everything that happened after I panic and just kept running and running, I did not mind the rest. I want to know is my friend. "
Was the police dressed in black, which guards the train?
"Yes. He had black boots, all black and his face covered in black and had as a rifle in his hands, "he said.
The 15 year old boy who was shot called Carlos José, is 15 and is originally from San Martin Zapotitlán, Guatemala. Like his partner, who is just a little older than him.
Immigration agents captured him Thursday morning. The police of the State Security Commission (ESC), the State of Mexico, which in poblano territory guarding the Ferrosur train, denied the facts but said that agents of the National Migration Institute (INM) had detained migrants night Wednesday.
But Carla Aguilar Morales, delegate in Puebla INM said that his staff was not Wednesday night in Nazareth and did not know the whereabouts of the Central American boy.
Monday La Jornada de Oriente reported that early last Friday a group of 75 migrants left Orizaba and station Nazareno were surprised by thirty soldiers who pursued them across tracks, the bushes, the harvest fields and on the road.
Only nine of the group that left from Veracruz were able to escape and one was beaten and taken to the delegation of the Red Cross in Ciudad Serdan.
END
Also: Story in Spanish, of the 4,000, some 85% from Africa or Haiti.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/nacion/politica/2016/10/27/sre-hay-4-mil-migrantes-en-mexico-85-son-haitianos
http://www.lacronica.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/27102016/1142992-Destina-Gobierno-recursos-a-25-albergues-para-Migrantes-en-BC.html
Also: In English.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/english/2016/10/27/us-sanctions-9-mexicans-linked-powerful-cartels
END END
Thursday, October 27, 2016
AZMEX UPDATE 25-10-16
AZMEX UPDATE 25 OCT 2016
Nearly 200 arrested in desert criminal sweep near Tucson
Tuesday, October 25th 2016, 1:42 pm MST
By Phil Benson
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/33479412/nearly-200-arrested-in-desert-criminal-sweep-near-tucson
TUCSON, AZ (KPHO/KTVK) -
Nearly 200 people have been arrested, many of them criminals and previously deported illegal immigrants, in a desert crime sweep in Arizona.
Multiple law enforcement agencies took part in the seven-day Alliance to Combat Transnational Threats operation southwest of Tucson. It was led by the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
More than $2 million in marijuana was seized, DPS Capt. Damon Cecil said.
Law enforcement conducted foot and vehicle patrols, arrested criminal-network operatives and undocumented immigrants, interviewed suspects and tracked criminal elements, Cecil said.
"These coordinated efforts leverage the capabilities and jurisdictional authorities of federal, state, and local law enforcement to dismantle criminal networks," Col. Frank Milstead, director of Arizona Department of Public Safety, said. "ACTT's strategic approach creates an environment that denies, degrades, disrupts and dismantles the criminal elements' ability to operate in Arizona."
ACTT leverages the resources of more than 60 federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies in Arizona.
end
Note: Numerous rumors going around about this one.
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/west-phoenix/pd-2-bodies-found-with-wrecked-car-at-phoenix-home
PHOENIX - Police are investigating after two bodies were found with a wrecked car at a Phoenix home.
Officials arrived at the scene near 31st Avenue and Pierce Street early Monday morning in response to the crash.
Video from the scene showed a black passenger car wrecked into a block wall just outside of a home.
Phoenix fire officials say two victims in the car suffered multiple gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead on scene. Police have identified the victims as Ronnie Orozco, 20, and Manuel Sanchez, 17.
At least one weapon was found in their vehicle.
Police say the incident is under investigation as a homicide. They are working to find any witnesses who may be able to help determine what happened.
Police have said there appears to be no connection to the unsolved Serial Street Shooter cases.
Nearby streets have been blocked off and are expected to remain closed into the afternoon.
Stay with ABC15 for updates.
end
Defense for Border Patrol agent asks to close José Elena case
Details Published on Tuesday October 25, 2016,
Written by Notimex
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=80713
TUCSON, AZ.
They argue that murder charge Lonnie Swartz officer should be prosecuted by state or county authorities, and not by the feds.
The defense for agent Lonnie US Border Patrol Swartz, accused of shooting and killing across the border in 2012 teenager Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez in Nogales, Sonora, asked to dismiss the case.
In a hearing before the Federal Court in Tucson, held on October 18, Swartz's lawyers argued that instance lacks jurisdiction to prosecute the matter.
They added that the agent was "standing within the state of Arizona and the county of Santa Cruz, when he fired his gun and killed an individual in Mexico".
Jim Calle, one of the lawyers said the federal government has the authority to prosecute drug trafficking and illegal immigration in federal court.
But, he added, the second degree murder charge against Swartz must be prosecuted by state authorities or county.
Calle said the US federal government had gave up the land from where Swartz shot through the border fence on October 10, 2012 to kill Elena Rodriguez.
"We are challenging the court complaint," Street said, arguing that "implicitly and explicitly" federal government abandoned the strip of land along the US border, known as the Roosevelt Reserve.
This strip of 18 meters was created by President Theodore Roosevelt by proclamation in 1907, in order to maintain the "unobstructed" land that hindered the movement of goods between the US and Mexico. "
At the hearing, federal prosecutors argued that the place where Swartz was when shot belongs to the US government because it was acquired in the Gadsden Purchase in 1854, which was ratified in proclamations by President William McKinley in 1897, and President Roosevelt in 1907.
Federal Judge Raner C. Collins said it would consider the issue and gave the defense for Swartz within 10 days to gather some evidence that privately owned land is within the range.
If not disposed of the case, the trial against Swartz agent would take place in February, after having been postponed several times.
END
MAYOR TEMO GALINDO AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS SEEKING BETTER SUPPORT OPTIONS FOR HAITIANS
25 / Oct / 2016
Drafting
http://www.nuevodia.com.mx/Nota.aspx?p=19754
Nuevo Dia / Nogales, Sonora
collaborative activities with state and federal authorities, carried out by the City Government to address the 58 Haitian migrants who are stranded at the border waiting to get political asylum in the United States.
The mayor, Temo Galindo Delgado and Francisco Loureiro, as well as staff of the National Migration Institute, attendees of the Red Cross and representatives of the Municipal and State Civil Protection Unit, conducted a tour to observe the situation of the foreign migrants .
In a meeting between all involved in the care of these people, they agreed to join Tuesday 25 with the State Delegate of Mexican Migration to agree strategies joint work that allow greater fluidity at the intersection of these people stranded on the Dennis Deconcinni port of entry.
In his meeting with representatives of state and federal authorities and civilian aid agencies, the Mayor said in transit to the border about 1,200 migrants from Haiti and African nations, which could trigger a adverse social situation, as is happening in San Luis Rio Colorado and Tijuana.
"We must work together to resolve this situation and in the case of the City Government, is providing a place for the transfer of these people so they can clean up and consume food at the hostel San Juan Bosco, but also we are giving them security" he said.
Meanwhile, immigration attorney in the United States, Garret Wilkies, who was also at the meeting, reported that unfortunately many that have come from far away to the border of Mexico, are deported because they do not meet the requirements required by the government to give them political asylum.
Samuel Lozano, representative of a Christian congregation, which has also given support to these migrants, expressed concern to facilitate the process for US immigration authorities expedite the procedures for obtaining asylum.
altruists have brought food to foreigners who are resigned to losing their turn to enter the neighboring country, so they are virtually permanent vigil on the pedestrian crossing.
END
Nearly 200 arrested in desert criminal sweep near Tucson
Tuesday, October 25th 2016, 1:42 pm MST
By Phil Benson
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/33479412/nearly-200-arrested-in-desert-criminal-sweep-near-tucson
TUCSON, AZ (KPHO/KTVK) -
Nearly 200 people have been arrested, many of them criminals and previously deported illegal immigrants, in a desert crime sweep in Arizona.
Multiple law enforcement agencies took part in the seven-day Alliance to Combat Transnational Threats operation southwest of Tucson. It was led by the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
More than $2 million in marijuana was seized, DPS Capt. Damon Cecil said.
Law enforcement conducted foot and vehicle patrols, arrested criminal-network operatives and undocumented immigrants, interviewed suspects and tracked criminal elements, Cecil said.
"These coordinated efforts leverage the capabilities and jurisdictional authorities of federal, state, and local law enforcement to dismantle criminal networks," Col. Frank Milstead, director of Arizona Department of Public Safety, said. "ACTT's strategic approach creates an environment that denies, degrades, disrupts and dismantles the criminal elements' ability to operate in Arizona."
ACTT leverages the resources of more than 60 federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies in Arizona.
end
Note: Numerous rumors going around about this one.
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/west-phoenix/pd-2-bodies-found-with-wrecked-car-at-phoenix-home
PHOENIX - Police are investigating after two bodies were found with a wrecked car at a Phoenix home.
Officials arrived at the scene near 31st Avenue and Pierce Street early Monday morning in response to the crash.
Video from the scene showed a black passenger car wrecked into a block wall just outside of a home.
Phoenix fire officials say two victims in the car suffered multiple gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead on scene. Police have identified the victims as Ronnie Orozco, 20, and Manuel Sanchez, 17.
At least one weapon was found in their vehicle.
Police say the incident is under investigation as a homicide. They are working to find any witnesses who may be able to help determine what happened.
Police have said there appears to be no connection to the unsolved Serial Street Shooter cases.
Nearby streets have been blocked off and are expected to remain closed into the afternoon.
Stay with ABC15 for updates.
end
Defense for Border Patrol agent asks to close José Elena case
Details Published on Tuesday October 25, 2016,
Written by Notimex
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=80713
TUCSON, AZ.
They argue that murder charge Lonnie Swartz officer should be prosecuted by state or county authorities, and not by the feds.
The defense for agent Lonnie US Border Patrol Swartz, accused of shooting and killing across the border in 2012 teenager Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez in Nogales, Sonora, asked to dismiss the case.
In a hearing before the Federal Court in Tucson, held on October 18, Swartz's lawyers argued that instance lacks jurisdiction to prosecute the matter.
They added that the agent was "standing within the state of Arizona and the county of Santa Cruz, when he fired his gun and killed an individual in Mexico".
Jim Calle, one of the lawyers said the federal government has the authority to prosecute drug trafficking and illegal immigration in federal court.
But, he added, the second degree murder charge against Swartz must be prosecuted by state authorities or county.
Calle said the US federal government had gave up the land from where Swartz shot through the border fence on October 10, 2012 to kill Elena Rodriguez.
"We are challenging the court complaint," Street said, arguing that "implicitly and explicitly" federal government abandoned the strip of land along the US border, known as the Roosevelt Reserve.
This strip of 18 meters was created by President Theodore Roosevelt by proclamation in 1907, in order to maintain the "unobstructed" land that hindered the movement of goods between the US and Mexico. "
At the hearing, federal prosecutors argued that the place where Swartz was when shot belongs to the US government because it was acquired in the Gadsden Purchase in 1854, which was ratified in proclamations by President William McKinley in 1897, and President Roosevelt in 1907.
Federal Judge Raner C. Collins said it would consider the issue and gave the defense for Swartz within 10 days to gather some evidence that privately owned land is within the range.
If not disposed of the case, the trial against Swartz agent would take place in February, after having been postponed several times.
END
MAYOR TEMO GALINDO AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS SEEKING BETTER SUPPORT OPTIONS FOR HAITIANS
25 / Oct / 2016
Drafting
http://www.nuevodia.com.mx/Nota.aspx?p=19754
Nuevo Dia / Nogales, Sonora
collaborative activities with state and federal authorities, carried out by the City Government to address the 58 Haitian migrants who are stranded at the border waiting to get political asylum in the United States.
The mayor, Temo Galindo Delgado and Francisco Loureiro, as well as staff of the National Migration Institute, attendees of the Red Cross and representatives of the Municipal and State Civil Protection Unit, conducted a tour to observe the situation of the foreign migrants .
In a meeting between all involved in the care of these people, they agreed to join Tuesday 25 with the State Delegate of Mexican Migration to agree strategies joint work that allow greater fluidity at the intersection of these people stranded on the Dennis Deconcinni port of entry.
In his meeting with representatives of state and federal authorities and civilian aid agencies, the Mayor said in transit to the border about 1,200 migrants from Haiti and African nations, which could trigger a adverse social situation, as is happening in San Luis Rio Colorado and Tijuana.
"We must work together to resolve this situation and in the case of the City Government, is providing a place for the transfer of these people so they can clean up and consume food at the hostel San Juan Bosco, but also we are giving them security" he said.
Meanwhile, immigration attorney in the United States, Garret Wilkies, who was also at the meeting, reported that unfortunately many that have come from far away to the border of Mexico, are deported because they do not meet the requirements required by the government to give them political asylum.
Samuel Lozano, representative of a Christian congregation, which has also given support to these migrants, expressed concern to facilitate the process for US immigration authorities expedite the procedures for obtaining asylum.
altruists have brought food to foreigners who are resigned to losing their turn to enter the neighboring country, so they are virtually permanent vigil on the pedestrian crossing.
END
AZMEX EXTRA 25-10-16
AZMEX EXTRA 25 OCT 2016
Note: The people of Mexico getting tired of criminals, in and out of government, operating with impunity?
Can expect the same establishment / media hysteria as in the U.S.
Gracias
Sen. Preciado creates its own 'society of the rifle' to arm Mexico
PAN Senate created a front to support their initiative; calls for a mass demonstration in favor of carrying weapons
10/25/2016 14:02 HÉCTOR FIGUEROA / PHOTO: FILE Cuartoscuro
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2016/10/25/1124366
MEXICO CITY.
Senator Jorge Luis Preciado, the National Action Party (PAN), created a organization for citizen support for their initiative so that every person may possess a pistol or rifle in your car or even away from home, in business and commerce to confront crime.
In this way it maintains its proposal for constitutional reform to Article 10 which states that all over 18 may possess firearms, except arms for the exclusive use of the Army.
He announced the collection of citizens' signatures in support of their initiative and put it on a table in the Senate itself. He said he already has more than 500 citizens who support it and the proposal seeking to become a Citizen Initiative.
He also called for a demonstration in favor of carrying arms for Saturday November 19 at the Monument to the Revolution.
Allowing by the Constitution a citizen who wanted to defend themselves when there is an imminent attack on his person, when the action is present and has no other way to do it, because they has the legitimate right to defend their life, heritage and safety. That's what this reform contemplates and therefore have invited fellow associations, "said Preciado.
Thus, Jorge Luis Preciado was presented accompanied by the leaders of the groups as "Mexico Armando" and "Mexican Association of Users of Firearms", and private consultants.
We can not just stop and think, tomorrow that Oxxo will sell weapons, anyone can go buy a gun wherever; that's not the way we need to take, we need to understand, become conscious to do things the right way, "said Raymundo Marcos Romero, a businessman from a private security company.
( Oxxo is a large chain of stores, similar to Walmart, Target, etc.)
jpg
Note: The people of Mexico getting tired of criminals, in and out of government, operating with impunity?
Can expect the same establishment / media hysteria as in the U.S.
Gracias
Sen. Preciado creates its own 'society of the rifle' to arm Mexico
PAN Senate created a front to support their initiative; calls for a mass demonstration in favor of carrying weapons
10/25/2016 14:02 HÉCTOR FIGUEROA / PHOTO: FILE Cuartoscuro
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2016/10/25/1124366
MEXICO CITY.
Senator Jorge Luis Preciado, the National Action Party (PAN), created a organization for citizen support for their initiative so that every person may possess a pistol or rifle in your car or even away from home, in business and commerce to confront crime.
In this way it maintains its proposal for constitutional reform to Article 10 which states that all over 18 may possess firearms, except arms for the exclusive use of the Army.
He announced the collection of citizens' signatures in support of their initiative and put it on a table in the Senate itself. He said he already has more than 500 citizens who support it and the proposal seeking to become a Citizen Initiative.
He also called for a demonstration in favor of carrying arms for Saturday November 19 at the Monument to the Revolution.
Allowing by the Constitution a citizen who wanted to defend themselves when there is an imminent attack on his person, when the action is present and has no other way to do it, because they has the legitimate right to defend their life, heritage and safety. That's what this reform contemplates and therefore have invited fellow associations, "said Preciado.
Thus, Jorge Luis Preciado was presented accompanied by the leaders of the groups as "Mexico Armando" and "Mexican Association of Users of Firearms", and private consultants.
We can not just stop and think, tomorrow that Oxxo will sell weapons, anyone can go buy a gun wherever; that's not the way we need to take, we need to understand, become conscious to do things the right way, "said Raymundo Marcos Romero, a businessman from a private security company.
( Oxxo is a large chain of stores, similar to Walmart, Target, etc.)
jpg
Monday, October 24, 2016
AZMEX I3 23-10-16
AZMEX I3 23 OCT 2016
Comment: Re: AZMEX I3 22-10-16" As have been reminded by a friend, the progressive island paradise of Cuba is very close. Santiago de Cuba at about 250, Cienfuegos at 580, and Havana at about 720 miles.
The progressive non island paradise of Venezuela is also much closer than Nogales, AZ, Caracas at about 666, and Maracaibo even closer at 550 miles. Managua, NI at a long 1030 miles.
Parle français? New Orleans, LA at 1,365, and Montreal, QC at 1,860 miles.
( Distances are from Port au Prince. for Km. multiply miles by 1.609 )
Unknown why groups like the Clinton Global Initiative, etc. are not providing good union scale jobs in Haiti for these young men to stay and rebuild their country.
( comments solely of your correspondent )
Merci
Refuting refugee rumors: Mayor says asylum seekers not crowding into Yuma County
By Blake Herzog,
Updated 16 hrs ago (0)
http://www.yumasun.com/news/refuting-refugee-rumors-mayor-says-asylum-seekers-not-crowding-into/article_918760da-98a8-11e6-aa02-47589e2763a8.html
The wave of refugees from Haiti and other nations seeking entry into the U.S. at the Mexico border has spread eastward from Tijuana into San Luis Rio Colorado, giving rise to a variety of rumors in Yuma County.
Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls said at a press conference Thursday that he, San Luis Mayor Jerry Sanchez and Sheriff Leon Wilmot met with federal officials to learn more about the current situation.
"There is no large group of Haitians or foreign nationals without legal status to be in the U.S. being released into the Yuma community," he said. Most are attempting to enter the country legally, turning themselves in to officials at the border ports in hopes of being granted asylum.
Single adults are being taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement as their cases are being heard, and families are transported to Phoenix for further processing, he said.
"The second rumor is the Haitians are bringing diseases into the community, such as the Zika virus, open sores and parasites. When the process of CPB and ICE is to conduct a medical exam, as part of the regular processing of taking them into the center, those with any medical conditions are escorted to Yuma Regional Medical Center, and they would be under guard or accompanied by an agent," he said. "No such diseases or conditions have existed."
He added there is no "large, chaotic unrest at the San Luis port, particularly on the Mexican side," as has also been claimed. American and Mexican officials have been working cooperatively to schedule court hearings for refuge in a way that doesn't interfere with regular crossings.
And there's no expectation that most refugees currently seeking entry at San Luis will eventually be granted asylum, at which point they could choose to settle in or around Yuma.
"All Haitians currently in custody, from what I've been told, are slated for deportation to Haiti. There is a slight situation in Haiti right now with the hurricane (Matthew) and the pending elections, (prompting the U.S.) to accept them at this time, but once the new leaders are in place they fully expect the repatriation of all the Haitians currently scheduled for deportation," he said.
Haiti's first round of voting, delayed because of the hurricane, is now scheduled for Nov. 20, with a second round on Jan. 29.
The Associated Press reported earlier this month that several thousand Haitian citizens had traveled from Brazil, having emigrated for work after the 2010 earthquake, to Tijuana in recent months, while immigration authorities are only able to process a few dozen cases each day.
It's not clear how many refugees from Haiti or other nations are currently seeking entry to the U.S. via San Luis, Ariz. Public Affairs Officer Annica Zacarias said Friday that figures are currently being tabulated for the 2016 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 31, so no data will be available for a couple of months.
Zacarias said there has been an "uptick" in the number of Haitians coming to the San Luis port with no credentials for legal entry: "We are processing arrivals on a case by case basis. After CBP processes an individual with no status to legally enter the U.S., the person is placed in removal proceedings, according to their situation, and placed in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody pending further disposition."
Nicholls' remarks only referred to Haitian refugees, apparently the subject of most of the rumors, and he said his main concern would be whether local agencies would be able to provide enough food, shelter and other assistance to those who needed it. "And the rumors we heard were concerning because they would probably be too much for our local nonprofits to handle, and we would have to have an alternate plan," he said.
Asylum seekers from Central American countries have been reportedly massing at Mexican crossings into the U.S., with the numbers peaking two years ago, then rising again in 2016, according to a report released last week by Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.
The same report included a statement about the growing numbers of Haitian asylum seekers, and said that as of Sept. 22 CBP was detaining Haitians apprehended coming to the border without authorization, as is the practice with most foreign nationals. The policy for Haitians was relaxed after the 2010 earthquake there, and they were generally allowed to enter the U.S. on temporary humanitarian parole.
Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti Oct. 4, killing hundreds and leaving an estimated 1.4 million needing food, shelter or other assistance. Johnson said the storm would delay deportations, but wouldn't affect the policy.
"DHS and the Department of State are working with the Government of Haiti and other key partners to ensure that removals occur in as humane and minimally disruptive a manner as possible," he said.
Yuma County Interfaith has been operating a shelter near Immaculate Conception Church in Yuma for families crossing the border who are being sponsored by relatives in the U.S. Interfaith coordinator Melanie Nelson said the overall number of people coming through has been fluctuating in the last few months.
But just a small percentage have been from Haiti, with most of the rest coming from Central American nations wracked by poverty and violence.
"I have heard things about there being large numbers, but where people are seeing them are at the border, not here," Nelson said. "They'll say it took me an hour to get through with my SENTRI card instead of half an hour."
Most of the immigrants who do come through the shelter stay only about 12 to 24 hours while waiting on tickets purchased for them by their sponsors to arrive. None that she is aware of have stayed in the Yuma area, or even Arizona.
Sheriff Wilmot said since he, Sanchez and Nicholls met with border officials on Wednesday, his department has still been getting questions from the public and the media, but the level of concern seems to have been dropping.
He added that the key to handling the volume of refugees at the border will be to have adequate federal funding for additional employees, as well as for housing those who are taken into detention. Otherwise, the costs could be passed down to the state and local level.
"From Yuma's perspective, we're asking Senators (John) McCain and (Jeff) Flake, and (Rep. Paul) Gosar to give them the personnel they need, because it's going to put a significant stressor on them," he said.
END
Also:
http://www.kyma.com/news/exclusive-interview-yuma-mayor-on-haitian-migrants/129570131
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/haitian-migrants-arrive-in-nogales-sonora-after-months-long-journey/article_859edb06-97ed-11e6-8166-8f727c352eca.html
end
From several days ago: (mostly computer english )
Alert on both borders of massive influx of Haitian migrants
Organizacion Editorial Mexicana
October 12, 2016
Nidia Marin
| SPECIAL |
http://www.oem.com.mx/tribunadesanluis/notas/n4301704.htm
The two borders of Mexico are prepared to the increased migration of Haitians after the hurricane "Matthew". Both the south and the north have been taking measures not only contention, but attention to these groups, in the second case after the meeting between the governor of Baja California, Francisco Vega and Interior Minister, Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, as there are estimates that warn of a new wave that could reach 10,000.
And the resumption of humanitarian permit the United States had granted via the Department of Security (suspended since last September 22) will depend on who wins the electoral process in that country on the eighth of November. If Hillary Clinton wins it may decongest the border. If the victory is for Donald Trump it will be the problem for Mexico (unless the current government of Barack Obama take emergency measures).
Hence, in our country the authorities are watching both scenarios in search of strategies leading because African migration has continued, in the same way that Central Armerican, while the Haitian accelerates.
In addition, new guidelines from the Ministry of the Interior and the Government of Baja California, are part of the response to the National Commission of Human Rights makes a few days considered imperative that in coordination between federal and local authorities the designated entity urgently to ensure adequate humanitarian aid measures are implemented, as well as through diplomatic channels with countries involved in the transit and destination of foreign-mentioned actions are generated to have an orderly and respectful migration of its human rights.
Meanwhile, Haitians begin to cover several border cities. Until a few days ago they were located in Tijuana and Mexicali in Baja California, but they arrived early to San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora and there is also the consideration that they might reach Nogales.
Amnesty International recently warned:
"Hundreds of Haitians and African and Mexican internally displaced persons, are stranded in the Mexican cities of Tijuana and Mexicali, many of them waiting for appointments with the Customs Service and Protection of US borders, across the border" .
In addition, it warned about the short term, after the interruption of humanitarian permit that had been granted to the Haitian people after the earthquake of 2010, noting that it also "announced the resumption of regular expulsions, which intensified the flood of Haitians to the border between Mexico and the United States before they start again deportations ".
So far discouragement has not spread among Haitians who are still in their Caribbean country and intend to emigrate, however, that the main Haitian migration in 2016 came largely from Brazil, "where they had worked temporarily after being displaced by the earthquake 2010 "in their homeland, according to AI.
TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA ARE IN ADDITION
And the problem more disappointments are added, as just a health scare was presented by the case of malaria combined with tuberculosis in a migrant stranded in Tijuana. And it is that as Amnesty International warned, the influx of African migrants, Haitians, Central Americans and Mexicans seeking to cross the border "has overstepped the shelters" that were already at full capacity with many Mexicans deported and some Central Americans fleeing violence . 14 shelters.
Such situations have already been identified, including the Sudcaliforniano published yesterday that "the Metropolitan Archbishop Monsignor Francisco Moreno Barron said at the end of the religious ceremony yesterday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be taking agreements to prepare" for something to flare up ".
But it is in both borders where there is some alarm. In the south before the arrival of Haitians (according to Ruben Zuniga), the mayor of Tapachula, Neftali Armando del Toro Guzman, will ask the federal government "to increase health services to this population group."
He also said he already asked the Federal Ministry of Health, specifically the secretary Jose Narro, support in the field and an analysis of such a situation "because the number of foreigners exceeds the possibilities of care."
According to AI, Mexican authorities should work together with the US to ensure proper detection of those seeking to cross into the United States and immediately send officials to these areas "to ensure proper selection of migrants that they can be entitled to international protection, ensuring close cooperation with the US authorities and giving priority to respect for human rights and the principles of family reunification ".
end
Comment: Re: AZMEX I3 22-10-16" As have been reminded by a friend, the progressive island paradise of Cuba is very close. Santiago de Cuba at about 250, Cienfuegos at 580, and Havana at about 720 miles.
The progressive non island paradise of Venezuela is also much closer than Nogales, AZ, Caracas at about 666, and Maracaibo even closer at 550 miles. Managua, NI at a long 1030 miles.
Parle français? New Orleans, LA at 1,365, and Montreal, QC at 1,860 miles.
( Distances are from Port au Prince. for Km. multiply miles by 1.609 )
Unknown why groups like the Clinton Global Initiative, etc. are not providing good union scale jobs in Haiti for these young men to stay and rebuild their country.
( comments solely of your correspondent )
Merci
Refuting refugee rumors: Mayor says asylum seekers not crowding into Yuma County
By Blake Herzog,
Updated 16 hrs ago (0)
http://www.yumasun.com/news/refuting-refugee-rumors-mayor-says-asylum-seekers-not-crowding-into/article_918760da-98a8-11e6-aa02-47589e2763a8.html
The wave of refugees from Haiti and other nations seeking entry into the U.S. at the Mexico border has spread eastward from Tijuana into San Luis Rio Colorado, giving rise to a variety of rumors in Yuma County.
Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls said at a press conference Thursday that he, San Luis Mayor Jerry Sanchez and Sheriff Leon Wilmot met with federal officials to learn more about the current situation.
"There is no large group of Haitians or foreign nationals without legal status to be in the U.S. being released into the Yuma community," he said. Most are attempting to enter the country legally, turning themselves in to officials at the border ports in hopes of being granted asylum.
Single adults are being taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement as their cases are being heard, and families are transported to Phoenix for further processing, he said.
"The second rumor is the Haitians are bringing diseases into the community, such as the Zika virus, open sores and parasites. When the process of CPB and ICE is to conduct a medical exam, as part of the regular processing of taking them into the center, those with any medical conditions are escorted to Yuma Regional Medical Center, and they would be under guard or accompanied by an agent," he said. "No such diseases or conditions have existed."
He added there is no "large, chaotic unrest at the San Luis port, particularly on the Mexican side," as has also been claimed. American and Mexican officials have been working cooperatively to schedule court hearings for refuge in a way that doesn't interfere with regular crossings.
And there's no expectation that most refugees currently seeking entry at San Luis will eventually be granted asylum, at which point they could choose to settle in or around Yuma.
"All Haitians currently in custody, from what I've been told, are slated for deportation to Haiti. There is a slight situation in Haiti right now with the hurricane (Matthew) and the pending elections, (prompting the U.S.) to accept them at this time, but once the new leaders are in place they fully expect the repatriation of all the Haitians currently scheduled for deportation," he said.
Haiti's first round of voting, delayed because of the hurricane, is now scheduled for Nov. 20, with a second round on Jan. 29.
The Associated Press reported earlier this month that several thousand Haitian citizens had traveled from Brazil, having emigrated for work after the 2010 earthquake, to Tijuana in recent months, while immigration authorities are only able to process a few dozen cases each day.
It's not clear how many refugees from Haiti or other nations are currently seeking entry to the U.S. via San Luis, Ariz. Public Affairs Officer Annica Zacarias said Friday that figures are currently being tabulated for the 2016 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 31, so no data will be available for a couple of months.
Zacarias said there has been an "uptick" in the number of Haitians coming to the San Luis port with no credentials for legal entry: "We are processing arrivals on a case by case basis. After CBP processes an individual with no status to legally enter the U.S., the person is placed in removal proceedings, according to their situation, and placed in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody pending further disposition."
Nicholls' remarks only referred to Haitian refugees, apparently the subject of most of the rumors, and he said his main concern would be whether local agencies would be able to provide enough food, shelter and other assistance to those who needed it. "And the rumors we heard were concerning because they would probably be too much for our local nonprofits to handle, and we would have to have an alternate plan," he said.
Asylum seekers from Central American countries have been reportedly massing at Mexican crossings into the U.S., with the numbers peaking two years ago, then rising again in 2016, according to a report released last week by Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.
The same report included a statement about the growing numbers of Haitian asylum seekers, and said that as of Sept. 22 CBP was detaining Haitians apprehended coming to the border without authorization, as is the practice with most foreign nationals. The policy for Haitians was relaxed after the 2010 earthquake there, and they were generally allowed to enter the U.S. on temporary humanitarian parole.
Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti Oct. 4, killing hundreds and leaving an estimated 1.4 million needing food, shelter or other assistance. Johnson said the storm would delay deportations, but wouldn't affect the policy.
"DHS and the Department of State are working with the Government of Haiti and other key partners to ensure that removals occur in as humane and minimally disruptive a manner as possible," he said.
Yuma County Interfaith has been operating a shelter near Immaculate Conception Church in Yuma for families crossing the border who are being sponsored by relatives in the U.S. Interfaith coordinator Melanie Nelson said the overall number of people coming through has been fluctuating in the last few months.
But just a small percentage have been from Haiti, with most of the rest coming from Central American nations wracked by poverty and violence.
"I have heard things about there being large numbers, but where people are seeing them are at the border, not here," Nelson said. "They'll say it took me an hour to get through with my SENTRI card instead of half an hour."
Most of the immigrants who do come through the shelter stay only about 12 to 24 hours while waiting on tickets purchased for them by their sponsors to arrive. None that she is aware of have stayed in the Yuma area, or even Arizona.
Sheriff Wilmot said since he, Sanchez and Nicholls met with border officials on Wednesday, his department has still been getting questions from the public and the media, but the level of concern seems to have been dropping.
He added that the key to handling the volume of refugees at the border will be to have adequate federal funding for additional employees, as well as for housing those who are taken into detention. Otherwise, the costs could be passed down to the state and local level.
"From Yuma's perspective, we're asking Senators (John) McCain and (Jeff) Flake, and (Rep. Paul) Gosar to give them the personnel they need, because it's going to put a significant stressor on them," he said.
END
Also:
http://www.kyma.com/news/exclusive-interview-yuma-mayor-on-haitian-migrants/129570131
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/haitian-migrants-arrive-in-nogales-sonora-after-months-long-journey/article_859edb06-97ed-11e6-8166-8f727c352eca.html
end
From several days ago: (mostly computer english )
Alert on both borders of massive influx of Haitian migrants
Organizacion Editorial Mexicana
October 12, 2016
Nidia Marin
| SPECIAL |
http://www.oem.com.mx/tribunadesanluis/notas/n4301704.htm
The two borders of Mexico are prepared to the increased migration of Haitians after the hurricane "Matthew". Both the south and the north have been taking measures not only contention, but attention to these groups, in the second case after the meeting between the governor of Baja California, Francisco Vega and Interior Minister, Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, as there are estimates that warn of a new wave that could reach 10,000.
And the resumption of humanitarian permit the United States had granted via the Department of Security (suspended since last September 22) will depend on who wins the electoral process in that country on the eighth of November. If Hillary Clinton wins it may decongest the border. If the victory is for Donald Trump it will be the problem for Mexico (unless the current government of Barack Obama take emergency measures).
Hence, in our country the authorities are watching both scenarios in search of strategies leading because African migration has continued, in the same way that Central Armerican, while the Haitian accelerates.
In addition, new guidelines from the Ministry of the Interior and the Government of Baja California, are part of the response to the National Commission of Human Rights makes a few days considered imperative that in coordination between federal and local authorities the designated entity urgently to ensure adequate humanitarian aid measures are implemented, as well as through diplomatic channels with countries involved in the transit and destination of foreign-mentioned actions are generated to have an orderly and respectful migration of its human rights.
Meanwhile, Haitians begin to cover several border cities. Until a few days ago they were located in Tijuana and Mexicali in Baja California, but they arrived early to San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora and there is also the consideration that they might reach Nogales.
Amnesty International recently warned:
"Hundreds of Haitians and African and Mexican internally displaced persons, are stranded in the Mexican cities of Tijuana and Mexicali, many of them waiting for appointments with the Customs Service and Protection of US borders, across the border" .
In addition, it warned about the short term, after the interruption of humanitarian permit that had been granted to the Haitian people after the earthquake of 2010, noting that it also "announced the resumption of regular expulsions, which intensified the flood of Haitians to the border between Mexico and the United States before they start again deportations ".
So far discouragement has not spread among Haitians who are still in their Caribbean country and intend to emigrate, however, that the main Haitian migration in 2016 came largely from Brazil, "where they had worked temporarily after being displaced by the earthquake 2010 "in their homeland, according to AI.
TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA ARE IN ADDITION
And the problem more disappointments are added, as just a health scare was presented by the case of malaria combined with tuberculosis in a migrant stranded in Tijuana. And it is that as Amnesty International warned, the influx of African migrants, Haitians, Central Americans and Mexicans seeking to cross the border "has overstepped the shelters" that were already at full capacity with many Mexicans deported and some Central Americans fleeing violence . 14 shelters.
Such situations have already been identified, including the Sudcaliforniano published yesterday that "the Metropolitan Archbishop Monsignor Francisco Moreno Barron said at the end of the religious ceremony yesterday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be taking agreements to prepare" for something to flare up ".
But it is in both borders where there is some alarm. In the south before the arrival of Haitians (according to Ruben Zuniga), the mayor of Tapachula, Neftali Armando del Toro Guzman, will ask the federal government "to increase health services to this population group."
He also said he already asked the Federal Ministry of Health, specifically the secretary Jose Narro, support in the field and an analysis of such a situation "because the number of foreigners exceeds the possibilities of care."
According to AI, Mexican authorities should work together with the US to ensure proper detection of those seeking to cross into the United States and immediately send officials to these areas "to ensure proper selection of migrants that they can be entitled to international protection, ensuring close cooperation with the US authorities and giving priority to respect for human rights and the principles of family reunification ".
end
Saturday, October 22, 2016
AZMEX I3 22-10-16
AZMEX I3 22 OCT 2016
Note: Still very curious why the 7,000 mile trip to AZ or CA borders?
When Miami, FL. is about 700 miles away, and Key West, FL is about 730 miles from Port Au Prince. (Haiti)
Merci
Haitian migrants arrive in Nogales, Sonora after months-long journey
By Kendal Blust
Nogales International Updated 16 hrs ago (0)
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/haitian-migrants-arrive-in-nogales-sonora-after-months-long-journey/article_859edb06-97ed-11e6-8166-8f727c352eca.html
Haitian migrants
Photo by Kendal Blust
As many as 65 migrants were camped out on the Mexican side of the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry on Friday, waiting for a chance to enter the United States.
Haitian migrants
Photo by Kendal Blust
Paulo JeanLouis, from Haiti, arrived to the Mexican side of the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry on Wednesday, where he has been waiting to enter the United States.
Haitian migrants
Photo by Kendal Blust
Belongings from the nearly 65 Haitian migrants waiting on the Mexican side of the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry lined the wall on Friday morning.
A long row of backpacks and duffel bags brimming with quilts, clothes and the few other items belonging to of a group of about 65 Haitian migrants were piled along the wall separating incoming and outgoing border-crossers in Nogales, Sonora on Friday.
The would-be U.S. immigrants are part of a recent surge of Haitians who are seeking entry at the nation's southern border with Mexico.
The group Friday – all men – lined up outside the metal turnstile on the Sonoran side of the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry. Like thousands of other Haitian migrants who have been showing up along Mexico's northern border in Tijuana and other parts of Baja California in recent of months, they have come mainly from Brazil, an approximately 7,000-mile trek over land and sea.
"We came on foot, and sometimes we swam," said Paulo Jean-Louis, who said the journey through South and Central America took him five months. Several others said they made the trip in about two-and-a-half months.
Like many of the men who have been camped out at port for nearly three days now, Jean-Louis said he had lived and worked in Brazil for more than five years before leaving for the United States.
After an earthquake devastated Haiti in 2010, many people fled the county, tens of thousands making their way to Brazil. But conditions in the South American nation have changed. Amid economic and political unrest, work has largely dried up, causing many Haitians to look north for better opportunities.
Sitting on bags or reclining on tattered blankets and thin blue mats, many of the Haitian men waiting outside the port don't want to leave, even to sleep at night, said Hilda Loureiro, who runs the Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Sonora.
"We've had about 10 Haitians come here since the night before last," she said, adding that the few who came left first thing in the morning, worried they might miss their turn for an interview with a U.S. immigration officer.
The migrants are being processed "on a case-by-case basis" and those without legal status "are placed in removal proceedings according to their situation," according to a statement by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in reference to the increasing number of Haitians arriving in Arizona.
During this fiscal year through Oct. 1, more than 5,000 Haitian immigrants have entered the United States without visas, up from 339 the year before, Reuters reported. Most of these immigrants have come through the ports from Tijuana and Mexicali and are asking for asylum.
Many of the Haitians who are trying to enter through ports in California have been waiting for weeks in Mexico, and so far the process for those in Arizona has also been slow. As of midday on Friday, some migrants who had been waiting south of the DeConcini port for more than two days had not had any interaction with U.S. officials and did not know what to expect or how long it would take.
"We can't enter like the others," said migrant Alex Givny, indicating to the line of border-crossers slowly filing past. "We have to wait for the police, for immigration to give us authorization to enter. But we have to wait right here."
Givny said that the line of men camped out in the tiled port passageway are trying to help their families, especially after the "catastrophe" two weeks ago when Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti, devastating the impoverished Caribbean nation and leaving many without access food or water.
"I have two children. My mom, my dad, brothers and sisters," he said. The most recent natural disaster has increased his desperation to send aid home.
The Haitian migrants waiting in Nogales, Sonora received permission to stay in Mexico for 25 days when they crossed the border from Guatemala earlier this month, but their time runs out next week, Givny said.
Sick and injured migrants are receiving treatment from the Red Cross and Grupos Beta, and the Kino Border Initiative, along with residents and businesses in Nogales, Sonora, are trying to help the waiting Haitians by bringing food, water, blankets and even clothes.
"They are humans just like us," said Sergio Urrea, who dropped off bags of fruit after hearing about the migrants during a Mass at his church. "Today it's them, but tomorrow it could be any of us."
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced on Oct. 4 that his previous decision to resume removals of Haitians in late September would be temporarily suspended in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Until those removals resume, Haitians entering the country without authorization will be placed in immigration detention, he said.
end
Note: Still very curious why the 7,000 mile trip to AZ or CA borders?
When Miami, FL. is about 700 miles away, and Key West, FL is about 730 miles from Port Au Prince. (Haiti)
Merci
Haitian migrants arrive in Nogales, Sonora after months-long journey
By Kendal Blust
Nogales International Updated 16 hrs ago (0)
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/haitian-migrants-arrive-in-nogales-sonora-after-months-long-journey/article_859edb06-97ed-11e6-8166-8f727c352eca.html
Haitian migrants
Photo by Kendal Blust
As many as 65 migrants were camped out on the Mexican side of the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry on Friday, waiting for a chance to enter the United States.
Haitian migrants
Photo by Kendal Blust
Paulo JeanLouis, from Haiti, arrived to the Mexican side of the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry on Wednesday, where he has been waiting to enter the United States.
Haitian migrants
Photo by Kendal Blust
Belongings from the nearly 65 Haitian migrants waiting on the Mexican side of the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry lined the wall on Friday morning.
A long row of backpacks and duffel bags brimming with quilts, clothes and the few other items belonging to of a group of about 65 Haitian migrants were piled along the wall separating incoming and outgoing border-crossers in Nogales, Sonora on Friday.
The would-be U.S. immigrants are part of a recent surge of Haitians who are seeking entry at the nation's southern border with Mexico.
The group Friday – all men – lined up outside the metal turnstile on the Sonoran side of the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry. Like thousands of other Haitian migrants who have been showing up along Mexico's northern border in Tijuana and other parts of Baja California in recent of months, they have come mainly from Brazil, an approximately 7,000-mile trek over land and sea.
"We came on foot, and sometimes we swam," said Paulo Jean-Louis, who said the journey through South and Central America took him five months. Several others said they made the trip in about two-and-a-half months.
Like many of the men who have been camped out at port for nearly three days now, Jean-Louis said he had lived and worked in Brazil for more than five years before leaving for the United States.
After an earthquake devastated Haiti in 2010, many people fled the county, tens of thousands making their way to Brazil. But conditions in the South American nation have changed. Amid economic and political unrest, work has largely dried up, causing many Haitians to look north for better opportunities.
Sitting on bags or reclining on tattered blankets and thin blue mats, many of the Haitian men waiting outside the port don't want to leave, even to sleep at night, said Hilda Loureiro, who runs the Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Sonora.
"We've had about 10 Haitians come here since the night before last," she said, adding that the few who came left first thing in the morning, worried they might miss their turn for an interview with a U.S. immigration officer.
The migrants are being processed "on a case-by-case basis" and those without legal status "are placed in removal proceedings according to their situation," according to a statement by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in reference to the increasing number of Haitians arriving in Arizona.
During this fiscal year through Oct. 1, more than 5,000 Haitian immigrants have entered the United States without visas, up from 339 the year before, Reuters reported. Most of these immigrants have come through the ports from Tijuana and Mexicali and are asking for asylum.
Many of the Haitians who are trying to enter through ports in California have been waiting for weeks in Mexico, and so far the process for those in Arizona has also been slow. As of midday on Friday, some migrants who had been waiting south of the DeConcini port for more than two days had not had any interaction with U.S. officials and did not know what to expect or how long it would take.
"We can't enter like the others," said migrant Alex Givny, indicating to the line of border-crossers slowly filing past. "We have to wait for the police, for immigration to give us authorization to enter. But we have to wait right here."
Givny said that the line of men camped out in the tiled port passageway are trying to help their families, especially after the "catastrophe" two weeks ago when Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti, devastating the impoverished Caribbean nation and leaving many without access food or water.
"I have two children. My mom, my dad, brothers and sisters," he said. The most recent natural disaster has increased his desperation to send aid home.
The Haitian migrants waiting in Nogales, Sonora received permission to stay in Mexico for 25 days when they crossed the border from Guatemala earlier this month, but their time runs out next week, Givny said.
Sick and injured migrants are receiving treatment from the Red Cross and Grupos Beta, and the Kino Border Initiative, along with residents and businesses in Nogales, Sonora, are trying to help the waiting Haitians by bringing food, water, blankets and even clothes.
"They are humans just like us," said Sergio Urrea, who dropped off bags of fruit after hearing about the migrants during a Mass at his church. "Today it's them, but tomorrow it could be any of us."
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced on Oct. 4 that his previous decision to resume removals of Haitians in late September would be temporarily suspended in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Until those removals resume, Haitians entering the country without authorization will be placed in immigration detention, he said.
end
Friday, October 21, 2016
AZMEX SPECIAL 21-10-16
AZMEX SPECIAL 21 OCT 2016
Appeals court considers Arizona cross-border shooting case
ASSOCIATED PRESS |
October 21, 2016 @ 9:23 am
http://ktar.com/story/1324830/appeals-court-to-hear-arizona-cross-border-shooting-case/
FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2014, file photo, a photo of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, who was fatally shot by U.S. Border Patrol near the Mexico-U.S border, leans against a podium on a church altar during a memorial mass in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. The civil rights case against Agent Lonnie Swartz over the Rodriguez' death will go forward after U.S. District Court Judge Raner C. Collins denied a part of his motion to dismiss the case. (AP Photo/Valeria Fernandez, File)
PHOENIX — A government attorney argued Friday that the mother of a 16-year-old Mexican boy killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a cross border shooting should not be allowed to sue the agent because the boy lacked significant ties to the United States.
But a lawyer for the mother countered that the boy's grandmother cared for him while she was a legal permanent U.S. resident.
The arguments before a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco stem from the October 2012 shooting of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez by Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz, who opened fire from Arizona and hit Elena Rodriguez in Mexico.
A federal judge in Arizona decided that the lawsuit could go forward, but Swartz's attorney, Sean Chapman, appealed that decision.
The U.S. government is not part of the civil case but has filed court paperwork as an interested party and was allowed to argue before the three-judge appeals court panel.
In a separate case, Swartz is charged with second-degree murder, and has pleaded not guilty.
The appeals court said it will not make a decision until after the U.S. Supreme Court hears a similar case involving a Mexican teen shot by a Border Patrol agent at the Texas and Mexico border. The high court is scheduled to take up that case next year.
2012 SHOOTING
Elena Rodriguez was in the Mexican border town of Nogales, walking near the international border fence when Swartz shot him from Nogales, Arizona, on Oct. 10, 2012.
The Border Patrol has said Swartz was defending himself against rock-throwers. Elena Rodriguez's family says he was walking home after playing basketball with friends and did not throw anything.
An autopsy conducted in Mexico showed that Elena Rodriguez was hit about 10 times in the back. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has refused to release surveillance camera footage of the incident.
The ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of the boy's mother in July 2014 while the FBI continued to investigate the shooting.
Last year, Swartz was indicted for second-degree murder. He has pleaded not guilty, and his trial is scheduled for end of February.
Swartz is free pending trial and is on unpaid administrative leave from the agency. He was forced to surrender his Border Patrol pistol.
TEXAS CONNECTION
The case is similar to a 2010 incident when a Border Patrol agent in El Paso, Texas, fatally shot a teenager who was across the border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Authorities said agent Jesus Mesa Jr. was trying to arrest immigrants who had illegally crossed into the country when rock-throwers attacked him. Mesa fired across the Rio Grande river, striking 15-year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca twice.
A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals originally said Hernandez Guereca's family could sue Mesa.
But the full court overturned that ruling, and the Supreme Court will review the case next year.
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION POSITION
The U.S. Justice Department brought forward the criminal case against Swartz but also opposes the civil suit filed against him.
In court documents submitted in February, government attorneys argued Elena Rodriguez's family did not have a constitutional right to sue in part because it lacked "significant voluntary connections" to the United States.
At Friday's hearing, Department of Justice attorney Henry Whitaker argued that Elena Rodriguez had no significant connection to the United States because he never lived in the country.
THE ACLU'S TAKE
Lee Gelernt, an ACLU lawyer argued that Nogales in Mexico's Sonora state and Nogales in Arizona are closely intertwined and that Elena Rodriguez was often cared for by his grandmother, who lives in the United States.
She was a permanent legal resident in the U.S. while she cared for him and is now an American citizen, he said.
Gelernt said in an interview with The Associated Press that the criminal prosecution of Swartz should not be a substitute for a civil rights case.
"The executive branch cannot police itself. That is not in the interest of the country and is contrary to the basic principles underlying our constitution," Gelernt said.
END
Also: http://www.kgun9.com/newsy/us-border-patrol-joins-useofforce-data-collection-pilot-program
Appeals court considers Arizona cross-border shooting case
ASSOCIATED PRESS |
October 21, 2016 @ 9:23 am
http://ktar.com/story/1324830/appeals-court-to-hear-arizona-cross-border-shooting-case/
FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2014, file photo, a photo of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, who was fatally shot by U.S. Border Patrol near the Mexico-U.S border, leans against a podium on a church altar during a memorial mass in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. The civil rights case against Agent Lonnie Swartz over the Rodriguez' death will go forward after U.S. District Court Judge Raner C. Collins denied a part of his motion to dismiss the case. (AP Photo/Valeria Fernandez, File)
PHOENIX — A government attorney argued Friday that the mother of a 16-year-old Mexican boy killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a cross border shooting should not be allowed to sue the agent because the boy lacked significant ties to the United States.
But a lawyer for the mother countered that the boy's grandmother cared for him while she was a legal permanent U.S. resident.
The arguments before a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco stem from the October 2012 shooting of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez by Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz, who opened fire from Arizona and hit Elena Rodriguez in Mexico.
A federal judge in Arizona decided that the lawsuit could go forward, but Swartz's attorney, Sean Chapman, appealed that decision.
The U.S. government is not part of the civil case but has filed court paperwork as an interested party and was allowed to argue before the three-judge appeals court panel.
In a separate case, Swartz is charged with second-degree murder, and has pleaded not guilty.
The appeals court said it will not make a decision until after the U.S. Supreme Court hears a similar case involving a Mexican teen shot by a Border Patrol agent at the Texas and Mexico border. The high court is scheduled to take up that case next year.
2012 SHOOTING
Elena Rodriguez was in the Mexican border town of Nogales, walking near the international border fence when Swartz shot him from Nogales, Arizona, on Oct. 10, 2012.
The Border Patrol has said Swartz was defending himself against rock-throwers. Elena Rodriguez's family says he was walking home after playing basketball with friends and did not throw anything.
An autopsy conducted in Mexico showed that Elena Rodriguez was hit about 10 times in the back. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has refused to release surveillance camera footage of the incident.
The ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of the boy's mother in July 2014 while the FBI continued to investigate the shooting.
Last year, Swartz was indicted for second-degree murder. He has pleaded not guilty, and his trial is scheduled for end of February.
Swartz is free pending trial and is on unpaid administrative leave from the agency. He was forced to surrender his Border Patrol pistol.
TEXAS CONNECTION
The case is similar to a 2010 incident when a Border Patrol agent in El Paso, Texas, fatally shot a teenager who was across the border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Authorities said agent Jesus Mesa Jr. was trying to arrest immigrants who had illegally crossed into the country when rock-throwers attacked him. Mesa fired across the Rio Grande river, striking 15-year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca twice.
A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals originally said Hernandez Guereca's family could sue Mesa.
But the full court overturned that ruling, and the Supreme Court will review the case next year.
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION POSITION
The U.S. Justice Department brought forward the criminal case against Swartz but also opposes the civil suit filed against him.
In court documents submitted in February, government attorneys argued Elena Rodriguez's family did not have a constitutional right to sue in part because it lacked "significant voluntary connections" to the United States.
At Friday's hearing, Department of Justice attorney Henry Whitaker argued that Elena Rodriguez had no significant connection to the United States because he never lived in the country.
THE ACLU'S TAKE
Lee Gelernt, an ACLU lawyer argued that Nogales in Mexico's Sonora state and Nogales in Arizona are closely intertwined and that Elena Rodriguez was often cared for by his grandmother, who lives in the United States.
She was a permanent legal resident in the U.S. while she cared for him and is now an American citizen, he said.
Gelernt said in an interview with The Associated Press that the criminal prosecution of Swartz should not be a substitute for a civil rights case.
"The executive branch cannot police itself. That is not in the interest of the country and is contrary to the basic principles underlying our constitution," Gelernt said.
END
Also: http://www.kgun9.com/newsy/us-border-patrol-joins-useofforce-data-collection-pilot-program
AZMEX SPECIAL 21-10-16
AZMEX SPECIAL 21 OCT 2016
Appeals court considers Arizona cross-border shooting case
ASSOCIATED PRESS |
October 21, 2016 @ 9:23 am
http://ktar.com/story/1324830/appeals-court-to-hear-arizona-cross-border-shooting-case/
FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2014, file photo, a photo of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, who was fatally shot by U.S. Border Patrol near the Mexico-U.S border, leans against a podium on a church altar during a memorial mass in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. The civil rights case against Agent Lonnie Swartz over the Rodriguez' death will go forward after U.S. District Court Judge Raner C. Collins denied a part of his motion to dismiss the case. (AP Photo/Valeria Fernandez, File)
PHOENIX — A government attorney argued Friday that the mother of a 16-year-old Mexican boy killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a cross border shooting should not be allowed to sue the agent because the boy lacked significant ties to the United States.
But a lawyer for the mother countered that the boy's grandmother cared for him while she was a legal permanent U.S. resident.
The arguments before a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco stem from the October 2012 shooting of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez by Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz, who opened fire from Arizona and hit Elena Rodriguez in Mexico.
A federal judge in Arizona decided that the lawsuit could go forward, but Swartz's attorney, Sean Chapman, appealed that decision.
The U.S. government is not part of the civil case but has filed court paperwork as an interested party and was allowed to argue before the three-judge appeals court panel.
In a separate case, Swartz is charged with second-degree murder, and has pleaded not guilty.
The appeals court said it will not make a decision until after the U.S. Supreme Court hears a similar case involving a Mexican teen shot by a Border Patrol agent at the Texas and Mexico border. The high court is scheduled to take up that case next year.
2012 SHOOTING
Elena Rodriguez was in the Mexican border town of Nogales, walking near the international border fence when Swartz shot him from Nogales, Arizona, on Oct. 10, 2012.
The Border Patrol has said Swartz was defending himself against rock-throwers. Elena Rodriguez's family says he was walking home after playing basketball with friends and did not throw anything.
An autopsy conducted in Mexico showed that Elena Rodriguez was hit about 10 times in the back. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has refused to release surveillance camera footage of the incident.
The ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of the boy's mother in July 2014 while the FBI continued to investigate the shooting.
Last year, Swartz was indicted for second-degree murder. He has pleaded not guilty, and his trial is scheduled for end of February.
Swartz is free pending trial and is on unpaid administrative leave from the agency. He was forced to surrender his Border Patrol pistol.
TEXAS CONNECTION
The case is similar to a 2010 incident when a Border Patrol agent in El Paso, Texas, fatally shot a teenager who was across the border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Authorities said agent Jesus Mesa Jr. was trying to arrest immigrants who had illegally crossed into the country when rock-throwers attacked him. Mesa fired across the Rio Grande river, striking 15-year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca twice.
A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals originally said Hernandez Guereca's family could sue Mesa.
But the full court overturned that ruling, and the Supreme Court will review the case next year.
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION POSITION
The U.S. Justice Department brought forward the criminal case against Swartz but also opposes the civil suit filed against him.
In court documents submitted in February, government attorneys argued Elena Rodriguez's family did not have a constitutional right to sue in part because it lacked "significant voluntary connections" to the United States.
At Friday's hearing, Department of Justice attorney Henry Whitaker argued that Elena Rodriguez had no significant connection to the United States because he never lived in the country.
THE ACLU'S TAKE
Lee Gelernt, an ACLU lawyer argued that Nogales in Mexico's Sonora state and Nogales in Arizona are closely intertwined and that Elena Rodriguez was often cared for by his grandmother, who lives in the United States.
She was a permanent legal resident in the U.S. while she cared for him and is now an American citizen, he said.
Gelernt said in an interview with The Associated Press that the criminal prosecution of Swartz should not be a substitute for a civil rights case.
"The executive branch cannot police itself. That is not in the interest of the country and is contrary to the basic principles underlying our constitution," Gelernt said.
END
Also: http://www.kgun9.com/newsy/us-border-patrol-joins-useofforce-data-collection-pilot-program
Appeals court considers Arizona cross-border shooting case
ASSOCIATED PRESS |
October 21, 2016 @ 9:23 am
http://ktar.com/story/1324830/appeals-court-to-hear-arizona-cross-border-shooting-case/
FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2014, file photo, a photo of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, who was fatally shot by U.S. Border Patrol near the Mexico-U.S border, leans against a podium on a church altar during a memorial mass in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. The civil rights case against Agent Lonnie Swartz over the Rodriguez' death will go forward after U.S. District Court Judge Raner C. Collins denied a part of his motion to dismiss the case. (AP Photo/Valeria Fernandez, File)
PHOENIX — A government attorney argued Friday that the mother of a 16-year-old Mexican boy killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a cross border shooting should not be allowed to sue the agent because the boy lacked significant ties to the United States.
But a lawyer for the mother countered that the boy's grandmother cared for him while she was a legal permanent U.S. resident.
The arguments before a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco stem from the October 2012 shooting of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez by Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz, who opened fire from Arizona and hit Elena Rodriguez in Mexico.
A federal judge in Arizona decided that the lawsuit could go forward, but Swartz's attorney, Sean Chapman, appealed that decision.
The U.S. government is not part of the civil case but has filed court paperwork as an interested party and was allowed to argue before the three-judge appeals court panel.
In a separate case, Swartz is charged with second-degree murder, and has pleaded not guilty.
The appeals court said it will not make a decision until after the U.S. Supreme Court hears a similar case involving a Mexican teen shot by a Border Patrol agent at the Texas and Mexico border. The high court is scheduled to take up that case next year.
2012 SHOOTING
Elena Rodriguez was in the Mexican border town of Nogales, walking near the international border fence when Swartz shot him from Nogales, Arizona, on Oct. 10, 2012.
The Border Patrol has said Swartz was defending himself against rock-throwers. Elena Rodriguez's family says he was walking home after playing basketball with friends and did not throw anything.
An autopsy conducted in Mexico showed that Elena Rodriguez was hit about 10 times in the back. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has refused to release surveillance camera footage of the incident.
The ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of the boy's mother in July 2014 while the FBI continued to investigate the shooting.
Last year, Swartz was indicted for second-degree murder. He has pleaded not guilty, and his trial is scheduled for end of February.
Swartz is free pending trial and is on unpaid administrative leave from the agency. He was forced to surrender his Border Patrol pistol.
TEXAS CONNECTION
The case is similar to a 2010 incident when a Border Patrol agent in El Paso, Texas, fatally shot a teenager who was across the border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Authorities said agent Jesus Mesa Jr. was trying to arrest immigrants who had illegally crossed into the country when rock-throwers attacked him. Mesa fired across the Rio Grande river, striking 15-year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca twice.
A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals originally said Hernandez Guereca's family could sue Mesa.
But the full court overturned that ruling, and the Supreme Court will review the case next year.
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION POSITION
The U.S. Justice Department brought forward the criminal case against Swartz but also opposes the civil suit filed against him.
In court documents submitted in February, government attorneys argued Elena Rodriguez's family did not have a constitutional right to sue in part because it lacked "significant voluntary connections" to the United States.
At Friday's hearing, Department of Justice attorney Henry Whitaker argued that Elena Rodriguez had no significant connection to the United States because he never lived in the country.
THE ACLU'S TAKE
Lee Gelernt, an ACLU lawyer argued that Nogales in Mexico's Sonora state and Nogales in Arizona are closely intertwined and that Elena Rodriguez was often cared for by his grandmother, who lives in the United States.
She was a permanent legal resident in the U.S. while she cared for him and is now an American citizen, he said.
Gelernt said in an interview with The Associated Press that the criminal prosecution of Swartz should not be a substitute for a civil rights case.
"The executive branch cannot police itself. That is not in the interest of the country and is contrary to the basic principles underlying our constitution," Gelernt said.
END
Also: http://www.kgun9.com/newsy/us-border-patrol-joins-useofforce-data-collection-pilot-program
Thursday, October 20, 2016
AZMEX I3 20-10-16
AZMEX I3 20 OCT 2016
Note: very interesting change.
Mexico to grant residency to undocumented migrants
KRISTIAN HERNANDEZ | STAFF WRITER
19 hrs ago
http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/mexico-to-grant-residency-to-undocumented-migrants/article_f7dce5a8-9574-11e6-b0f4-d7508ea44df9.html
Starting next year, the government of Mexico will grant legal temporary residency status at no cost to any undocumented migrant that entered the country before January 2015, according to a Monday news release.
Last week, the Mexican immigration officials announced the revival of the country's Temporary Program for the Regularization of Migrants, which will begin Jan. 9, 2017.
"The main objective of this program is to guarantee that the human rights of all migrants are respected and to help in the implementation of a more effective immigration policy," reads a statement from Mexico's Office of Human Rights and Democracy.
Foreigners who entered the country before Jan. 9, 2015, and can prove they've been earning the national minimum wage of about $4 per day will receive a four-year residency card along with a work permit. After the four years, all migrants who have met a set of requirements will be granted permanent residency, the release states.
The program clearly establishes documents that must be presented for consideration by immigration authorities, including a form of identification and financial statements but they are also allowing alternative forms of proof, including witness statements and certain kinds of purchase receipts and non-official documents.
"It is important to point out that any foreigner who goes into any INM office for information or to start their solicitation can be certain they will not face persecution by immigration authorities, deportation, and will not have to cover any costs associated with the application," INM officials stated in the Monday news release.
The Temporary Program for the Regularization of Migrants was first created in January 2015 and expired later that year. The new expiration date is set for Dec. 19, 2017.
khernandez@themonitor.com
Haitians seeking a better life
Details Published on Thursday October 20, 2016,
Written by Marco A. Flores
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=80474
Nogales.
A group of 23 migrants arrived yesterday at the border to enter the United States.
A second group of migrants from Haiti arrived yesterday afternoon to Nogales, hoping to cross into the United States and improve their quality of life, with work and better living conditions. A first group arrived last Tuesday.
The young Adrien Chiroux, who was part of the second group of 23 migrants Wednesday awaiting their entry into the gates of the gatehouse Dennis DeConcini, explained that it was the second set of Haitians who came to this border, after Tuesday when crossed six people .
"I'm looking for a better life," he said in Spanish with difficult pronunciation.
He said that not seeking political asylum, they want a visa or work permit, to help his family, because in their country of origin there is no work, there are many people who want to do things wrong, but they do not want seek work and a better life.
Therefore, let it pass expect to move forward, get a job and continue with their lives.
They have not ruled out any US city as a destination, because where there is work, there to stay.
"I'm going there to work, any work I do to improve my life. In Haiti there is no work, no, if you want to work, you have to seek a visa to go elsewhere, "he added.
The young migrant also reported that entered Mexican territory by Guatemala, crossed almost ten countries to reach Nogales, more than three weeks ago have traveled all by the bus.
Other groups of Haitians chose to cross other borders, just by Nogales they begin to arrive, as they learned that it is easier to access than other borders as Tijuana, where there are more than four thousand refugees in recent weeks.
"We were treated well, now expect to enter and get a job, to improve our lives."
While staying at the gates of the DeConcini gatehouse, the group received food and clothing that were brought to them by volunteers from the Kino Initiative.
end
Note: very interesting change.
Mexico to grant residency to undocumented migrants
KRISTIAN HERNANDEZ | STAFF WRITER
19 hrs ago
http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/mexico-to-grant-residency-to-undocumented-migrants/article_f7dce5a8-9574-11e6-b0f4-d7508ea44df9.html
Starting next year, the government of Mexico will grant legal temporary residency status at no cost to any undocumented migrant that entered the country before January 2015, according to a Monday news release.
Last week, the Mexican immigration officials announced the revival of the country's Temporary Program for the Regularization of Migrants, which will begin Jan. 9, 2017.
"The main objective of this program is to guarantee that the human rights of all migrants are respected and to help in the implementation of a more effective immigration policy," reads a statement from Mexico's Office of Human Rights and Democracy.
Foreigners who entered the country before Jan. 9, 2015, and can prove they've been earning the national minimum wage of about $4 per day will receive a four-year residency card along with a work permit. After the four years, all migrants who have met a set of requirements will be granted permanent residency, the release states.
The program clearly establishes documents that must be presented for consideration by immigration authorities, including a form of identification and financial statements but they are also allowing alternative forms of proof, including witness statements and certain kinds of purchase receipts and non-official documents.
"It is important to point out that any foreigner who goes into any INM office for information or to start their solicitation can be certain they will not face persecution by immigration authorities, deportation, and will not have to cover any costs associated with the application," INM officials stated in the Monday news release.
The Temporary Program for the Regularization of Migrants was first created in January 2015 and expired later that year. The new expiration date is set for Dec. 19, 2017.
khernandez@themonitor.com
Haitians seeking a better life
Details Published on Thursday October 20, 2016,
Written by Marco A. Flores
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=80474
Nogales.
A group of 23 migrants arrived yesterday at the border to enter the United States.
A second group of migrants from Haiti arrived yesterday afternoon to Nogales, hoping to cross into the United States and improve their quality of life, with work and better living conditions. A first group arrived last Tuesday.
The young Adrien Chiroux, who was part of the second group of 23 migrants Wednesday awaiting their entry into the gates of the gatehouse Dennis DeConcini, explained that it was the second set of Haitians who came to this border, after Tuesday when crossed six people .
"I'm looking for a better life," he said in Spanish with difficult pronunciation.
He said that not seeking political asylum, they want a visa or work permit, to help his family, because in their country of origin there is no work, there are many people who want to do things wrong, but they do not want seek work and a better life.
Therefore, let it pass expect to move forward, get a job and continue with their lives.
They have not ruled out any US city as a destination, because where there is work, there to stay.
"I'm going there to work, any work I do to improve my life. In Haiti there is no work, no, if you want to work, you have to seek a visa to go elsewhere, "he added.
The young migrant also reported that entered Mexican territory by Guatemala, crossed almost ten countries to reach Nogales, more than three weeks ago have traveled all by the bus.
Other groups of Haitians chose to cross other borders, just by Nogales they begin to arrive, as they learned that it is easier to access than other borders as Tijuana, where there are more than four thousand refugees in recent weeks.
"We were treated well, now expect to enter and get a job, to improve our lives."
While staying at the gates of the DeConcini gatehouse, the group received food and clothing that were brought to them by volunteers from the Kino Initiative.
end
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
AZMEX UPDATE 17-10-16
AZMEX UPDATE 17 OCT 2016
Note: as always, numbers suspect.
DHS reports 400,000 arrests on southwest border in 2016, up from last year
BY KTAR.COM |
October 17, 2016 @ 3:39 pm
http://ktar.com/story/1319632/border-patrol-reports-400000-arrests-on-southwest-border-in-2016/
PHOENIX — The Border Patrol arrested more than 400,000 people on the southwestern United States border with Mexico this fiscal year, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday.
In a statement, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said the 408,870 arrests were up from about 331,000 reported last fiscal year. However, it is lower than the amount of arrests in the fiscal years of 2013 and 2014.
Johnson said the Border Patrol has seen a notable drop in the number of both Mexican and single adults attempting to cross the border. Instead, more children and families attempting to flee poverty and violence in Central America are trying to illegally enter the United States.
This trend began in 2014, when more Central Americans were caught at the border than Mexicans. The same thing happened in 2016.
Johnson said the changing dynamics along the border are presenting a new challenge to the American immigration system.
"We are determined to treat migrants in a humane manner," he said. "At the same time, we must enforce our immigration laws consistent with our enforcement priorities. This has included, and will continue to include, providing individuals with an opportunity to assert claims for asylum and other forms of humanitarian relief."
Johnson said the U.S. is working with Central American nations — both diplomatically and financially — to reduce the causes that push people to consider illegally crossing the border.
Earlier this month, an report commissioned by DHS said slightly more than half of the people who centered the country illegally in 2015 were caught.
In terms of people, 170,000 eluded capture during the 2015 fiscal year, 210,000 the previous year, and 1.7 million in 2005.
The number of people who eluded capture is larger when including those who escaped detection at border crossings or who entered by sea, which is the responsibility of Homeland Security agencies outside the Border Patrol. Adding those, 200,000 people got away last year, 260,000 in 2014, and 1.9 million in 2005.
The huge drop in illegal entries over the last decade coincides with major increases in security spending, which has reached $14 billion annually. The report notes more serious consequences imposed on illegal crossers during that period, which include jail time.
end
Note: the rest mostly local interest, not responsible for content. Mostly computer "english"
Seek to curb proliferation of zika and chikungunya
Details Published on Saturday October 15, 2016,
Written by Editorial / El Diario
http://eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=80225
The Government of the State of Sonora through its Committee on Ecology and Sustainable Development (Cedes) works on building projects with the federal governments of Mexico and the United States as well as the state of Arizona, to curb the spread of vector-borne diseases.
Luis Carlos Romo Salazar, head of Cedes, visited Nogales to be part of a symposium held at the Technology, with the issue of diseases caused by climate change
He explained that due to the convening of the working group Frontera 20-20 to discuss the issue of diseases and related health problems mentioned global phenomenon.
He highlighted the participation of federal authorities in the Mexican and US governments, as well as the states of Sonora and Arizona in a group that performs works and projects since 2012, which originated from the Free Trade Agreement, (NAFTA) following a agreement between the presidents of both countries
"The work you are all related in developing projects for the benefit of the environment and to prevent proliferation of diseases related to climate change," he said.
It that concern for health authorities, are Zika and chikungunya, which developed from climate change in different regions, which has risen from the southern hemisphere to North America.
"The idea of working in this forum, is that academics and health authorities, supported by environmental authorities, find ways to develop projects to avoid the proliferation of vectors of these diseases, such as mosquitoes," said Romo Salazar .
He added that there are other vectors more diseases such as bedbugs, which are also diseases that appear from these changes in climate, it is the focus of this working group forum.
end
Army seizes 22 kilograms of cocaine precursors in Sonora
Details Published on Saturday October 15, 2016,
Written by Editorial / The Journal
http://eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=80228
Mexican Army seized 22 kilograms of cocaine precursor at the military security post "Querobabi" in Opodepe, Sonora.
The incident occurred on Friday 14 October, when military personnel revisions, used X-rays and gamma rays in a tractor-trailer and found that showed an anomaly to be inspected in detail found a box with several packages containing a white powder; On performing a chemical test itl was found that precursors for the production of cocaine.
The driver and drugs and tractor trailer were made available to the appropriate authorities.
end
They were carrying 45 migrants in a truck Photo: Writing ElImparcial
By: Manuel Jimenez | 10.17.2016 6:21
NOGALES, Sonora (GH)
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Sonora/17102016/1139892-Llevaban-a-45-migrantes-dentro-de-un-camion.html
The illusion of reaching the United States led to 45 Central Americans to travel in a unhealthy, unsafe and in a tight manner in a vehicle owned by a parcel delivery company, though they were secured in position military inspection located between Agua Prieta and Janos reveal sources feds.
The sad face of undocumented immigrants from Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua said it all, as they lost money and failed to reach their target.
Elements of the 45th military zone in coordination with authorities of the National Immigration Institute retained for review a truck with cargo box of the company that was led by David G. A. name, according to reports.
Upon inspection in the case of the unit located 46 people packed aboard, most of them elderly who lacked documentation for legal stay in Mexico.
The group of Central Americans informed the authorities that they came from the State of Chihuahua and were bound for Sonoyta, where they were to cross illegally to the neighboring country.
Soldiers who carried out the inspection made available to the INM 45 people for the formalities and the driver was retained for the preliminary investigation PGR
end
More coming from Africa, etc. (spanish)
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/estados/2016/10/16/preven-arribo-de-15-mil-africanos-y-haitianos-en-chiapas
end
Note: as always, numbers suspect.
DHS reports 400,000 arrests on southwest border in 2016, up from last year
BY KTAR.COM |
October 17, 2016 @ 3:39 pm
http://ktar.com/story/1319632/border-patrol-reports-400000-arrests-on-southwest-border-in-2016/
PHOENIX — The Border Patrol arrested more than 400,000 people on the southwestern United States border with Mexico this fiscal year, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday.
In a statement, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said the 408,870 arrests were up from about 331,000 reported last fiscal year. However, it is lower than the amount of arrests in the fiscal years of 2013 and 2014.
Johnson said the Border Patrol has seen a notable drop in the number of both Mexican and single adults attempting to cross the border. Instead, more children and families attempting to flee poverty and violence in Central America are trying to illegally enter the United States.
This trend began in 2014, when more Central Americans were caught at the border than Mexicans. The same thing happened in 2016.
Johnson said the changing dynamics along the border are presenting a new challenge to the American immigration system.
"We are determined to treat migrants in a humane manner," he said. "At the same time, we must enforce our immigration laws consistent with our enforcement priorities. This has included, and will continue to include, providing individuals with an opportunity to assert claims for asylum and other forms of humanitarian relief."
Johnson said the U.S. is working with Central American nations — both diplomatically and financially — to reduce the causes that push people to consider illegally crossing the border.
Earlier this month, an report commissioned by DHS said slightly more than half of the people who centered the country illegally in 2015 were caught.
In terms of people, 170,000 eluded capture during the 2015 fiscal year, 210,000 the previous year, and 1.7 million in 2005.
The number of people who eluded capture is larger when including those who escaped detection at border crossings or who entered by sea, which is the responsibility of Homeland Security agencies outside the Border Patrol. Adding those, 200,000 people got away last year, 260,000 in 2014, and 1.9 million in 2005.
The huge drop in illegal entries over the last decade coincides with major increases in security spending, which has reached $14 billion annually. The report notes more serious consequences imposed on illegal crossers during that period, which include jail time.
end
Note: the rest mostly local interest, not responsible for content. Mostly computer "english"
Seek to curb proliferation of zika and chikungunya
Details Published on Saturday October 15, 2016,
Written by Editorial / El Diario
http://eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=80225
The Government of the State of Sonora through its Committee on Ecology and Sustainable Development (Cedes) works on building projects with the federal governments of Mexico and the United States as well as the state of Arizona, to curb the spread of vector-borne diseases.
Luis Carlos Romo Salazar, head of Cedes, visited Nogales to be part of a symposium held at the Technology, with the issue of diseases caused by climate change
He explained that due to the convening of the working group Frontera 20-20 to discuss the issue of diseases and related health problems mentioned global phenomenon.
He highlighted the participation of federal authorities in the Mexican and US governments, as well as the states of Sonora and Arizona in a group that performs works and projects since 2012, which originated from the Free Trade Agreement, (NAFTA) following a agreement between the presidents of both countries
"The work you are all related in developing projects for the benefit of the environment and to prevent proliferation of diseases related to climate change," he said.
It that concern for health authorities, are Zika and chikungunya, which developed from climate change in different regions, which has risen from the southern hemisphere to North America.
"The idea of working in this forum, is that academics and health authorities, supported by environmental authorities, find ways to develop projects to avoid the proliferation of vectors of these diseases, such as mosquitoes," said Romo Salazar .
He added that there are other vectors more diseases such as bedbugs, which are also diseases that appear from these changes in climate, it is the focus of this working group forum.
end
Army seizes 22 kilograms of cocaine precursors in Sonora
Details Published on Saturday October 15, 2016,
Written by Editorial / The Journal
http://eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=80228
Mexican Army seized 22 kilograms of cocaine precursor at the military security post "Querobabi" in Opodepe, Sonora.
The incident occurred on Friday 14 October, when military personnel revisions, used X-rays and gamma rays in a tractor-trailer and found that showed an anomaly to be inspected in detail found a box with several packages containing a white powder; On performing a chemical test itl was found that precursors for the production of cocaine.
The driver and drugs and tractor trailer were made available to the appropriate authorities.
end
They were carrying 45 migrants in a truck Photo: Writing ElImparcial
By: Manuel Jimenez | 10.17.2016 6:21
NOGALES, Sonora (GH)
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Sonora/17102016/1139892-Llevaban-a-45-migrantes-dentro-de-un-camion.html
The illusion of reaching the United States led to 45 Central Americans to travel in a unhealthy, unsafe and in a tight manner in a vehicle owned by a parcel delivery company, though they were secured in position military inspection located between Agua Prieta and Janos reveal sources feds.
The sad face of undocumented immigrants from Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua said it all, as they lost money and failed to reach their target.
Elements of the 45th military zone in coordination with authorities of the National Immigration Institute retained for review a truck with cargo box of the company that was led by David G. A. name, according to reports.
Upon inspection in the case of the unit located 46 people packed aboard, most of them elderly who lacked documentation for legal stay in Mexico.
The group of Central Americans informed the authorities that they came from the State of Chihuahua and were bound for Sonoyta, where they were to cross illegally to the neighboring country.
Soldiers who carried out the inspection made available to the INM 45 people for the formalities and the driver was retained for the preliminary investigation PGR
end
More coming from Africa, etc. (spanish)
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/estados/2016/10/16/preven-arribo-de-15-mil-africanos-y-haitianos-en-chiapas
end
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
AZWORLD SPECIAL 16-10-16
AZWORLD SPECIAL 16 OCT 2016
Note: illegal drug trade and terrorism inseparable. Not to forget the taliban finance their terror activities with opium sold in Europe.
The drug war in Mexico and Central America being financed by the "american" doper.
The drug money buys weapons and politicians.
A example; Unknown at this time if the St. Cloud, MN attacker was on one of these drugs.
thx
Spain seizes drugs shipment destined to fund terrorism
Published: 12 Oct 2016 08:26 GMT+02:00
https://www.thelocal.es/20161012/spain-seizes-drugs-shipment-to-libya-in-global-operation
Spanish police said on Tuesday that a boat carrying nearly 20 tonnes of hashish to Libya was seized as part of a global operation targeting the financing of armed groups in North Africa and the Middle East.
With the help of Europe's police agency Europol, information from French customs and air support from Italian police, Spanish forces intercepted the boat registered under the Panamanian flag off Spain's southeastern coast on September 23rd.
They said all crew members were detained - 11 Ukrainians and one Uzbek - in what a spokesman for French customs said was "one of the biggest seizures of hashish" ever in Europe.
Hashish seized on a ship off the coast of Spain. Photo: Guardia Civil
The Guardia Civil police force said the boat was intercepted as part of an operation launched in 2013 by Spanish, Moroccan, French, Italian and Greek authorities, with additional support from the US Drug Enforcement Agency.
Some 100 tonnes of hashish have been seized in the multi-country operation and 109 people detained -- with a majority being nationals of Syrian, Moroccan and Spanish.
"This trafficking is being used to finance insurgents in existing conflicts in North Africa and the Middle East," Javier Rogero, lieutenant colonel at the Guardia Civil, told reporters.
He would not be drawn on which groups the drugs and weapons were benefiting, but said police were "convinced... that they also finance jihadist terrorism."
Captagon pills seized
Rogero described the Mediterranean Sea as "a sort of highway for illicit trafficking."
A total of seven boats have been caught as part of the operation - two of them carrying weapons and five full of hashish, believed to be used to buy arms.
The boats had all departed from Turkey. In the case of those carrying drugs, though, the hashish - which came from Morocco - was loaded on board in the Atlantic ocean.
In the case of the two boats carrying weapons, the arms were already on board when they left Turkey.
One of them was intercepted last year, and another in February.
Altogether, they carried 11,400 long guns, more than a million cartridges and ten tonnes of ammonium nitrate, which can be used to make explosives.
One of the boats, which was registered in Togo, was heading to Misrata on Libya's northwestern coast.
The intended recipients are unclear but Misrata is home to powerful militias who were among the forces that seized the capital Tripoli in 2014 and forced the government to flee further east.
But they are now fighting alongside forces from a UN-backed unity government formed earlier this year - and re-established in Tripoli - to oust the Islamic State group from nearby Sirte.
Rogero said that the exchange of information with other countries also allowed the Egyptian navy to intercept a shipment of 1.2 million Captagon pills, an amphetamine popular in Gulf and other Middle Eastern countries that is also believed to play a crucial part in Syria's civil war.
The production of this synthetic stimulant provides income for the warring factions and also keeps fighters awake and energised over long periods.
end
Note: illegal drug trade and terrorism inseparable. Not to forget the taliban finance their terror activities with opium sold in Europe.
The drug war in Mexico and Central America being financed by the "american" doper.
The drug money buys weapons and politicians.
A example; Unknown at this time if the St. Cloud, MN attacker was on one of these drugs.
thx
Spain seizes drugs shipment destined to fund terrorism
Published: 12 Oct 2016 08:26 GMT+02:00
https://www.thelocal.es/20161012/spain-seizes-drugs-shipment-to-libya-in-global-operation
Spanish police said on Tuesday that a boat carrying nearly 20 tonnes of hashish to Libya was seized as part of a global operation targeting the financing of armed groups in North Africa and the Middle East.
With the help of Europe's police agency Europol, information from French customs and air support from Italian police, Spanish forces intercepted the boat registered under the Panamanian flag off Spain's southeastern coast on September 23rd.
They said all crew members were detained - 11 Ukrainians and one Uzbek - in what a spokesman for French customs said was "one of the biggest seizures of hashish" ever in Europe.
Hashish seized on a ship off the coast of Spain. Photo: Guardia Civil
The Guardia Civil police force said the boat was intercepted as part of an operation launched in 2013 by Spanish, Moroccan, French, Italian and Greek authorities, with additional support from the US Drug Enforcement Agency.
Some 100 tonnes of hashish have been seized in the multi-country operation and 109 people detained -- with a majority being nationals of Syrian, Moroccan and Spanish.
"This trafficking is being used to finance insurgents in existing conflicts in North Africa and the Middle East," Javier Rogero, lieutenant colonel at the Guardia Civil, told reporters.
He would not be drawn on which groups the drugs and weapons were benefiting, but said police were "convinced... that they also finance jihadist terrorism."
Captagon pills seized
Rogero described the Mediterranean Sea as "a sort of highway for illicit trafficking."
A total of seven boats have been caught as part of the operation - two of them carrying weapons and five full of hashish, believed to be used to buy arms.
The boats had all departed from Turkey. In the case of those carrying drugs, though, the hashish - which came from Morocco - was loaded on board in the Atlantic ocean.
In the case of the two boats carrying weapons, the arms were already on board when they left Turkey.
One of them was intercepted last year, and another in February.
Altogether, they carried 11,400 long guns, more than a million cartridges and ten tonnes of ammonium nitrate, which can be used to make explosives.
One of the boats, which was registered in Togo, was heading to Misrata on Libya's northwestern coast.
The intended recipients are unclear but Misrata is home to powerful militias who were among the forces that seized the capital Tripoli in 2014 and forced the government to flee further east.
But they are now fighting alongside forces from a UN-backed unity government formed earlier this year - and re-established in Tripoli - to oust the Islamic State group from nearby Sirte.
Rogero said that the exchange of information with other countries also allowed the Egyptian navy to intercept a shipment of 1.2 million Captagon pills, an amphetamine popular in Gulf and other Middle Eastern countries that is also believed to play a crucial part in Syria's civil war.
The production of this synthetic stimulant provides income for the warring factions and also keeps fighters awake and energised over long periods.
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Monday, October 17, 2016
AZMEX SPECIAL 16-10-16
AZMEX SPECIAL 16 OCT 2016
Supreme Court action in shooting case could have broad implications
Sara Sanchez , El Paso Times 4
:33 p.m. MDT October 15, 2016
http://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/national/2016/10/15/us-supreme-court-decision-shooting-case-could-have-far-reaching-implications/92098318/
Law enforcement officials and constitutional law experts will be watching closely as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments in an El Paso case that involves the fatal shooting of a Mexican teenager by a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
The court's decision, according to legal scholars, could have far-reaching implications as justices could decide whether a constitutional amendment that guards against the unjustified use of deadly force also encompasses border areas patrolled by federal agents, leaving them subject to lawsuits.
The nation's highest court announced this week that it would hear the case, which stems from a 2010 incident in which U.S. Border Patrol agent Jesus Mesa Jr. shot and killed 15-year-old Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca.
A date for the hearing has not been set for the case that could highlight three key questions: Do the Fourth Amendment's protections against unlawful seizures and unjustified use of deadly force extend beyond the country's borders? Is Mesa immune from being sued since he was unaware that Hernández was not a U.S. citizen? And, can a 1971 case known as Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, which states that federal agents can be sued if they act unlawfully while carrying out their duties, be used as a basis for a lawsuit against the border patrol agent?
"It could be one of the biggest cases (of the term), depending upon how the court rules, and perhaps a crucial test for when private citizens can sue federal officers for damages, as well," said Stephen Vladeck, a University of Texas at Austin professor who specializes in constitutional law.
Hernández was unarmed when Mesa shot him on June 7, 2010. The teenager, and several men, were in a levee along the Rio Grande, which straddles the U.S.-Mexico border.
According to the FBI, Mesa, who was on a bicycle, was detaining someone when the group of men ran into Mexico and began throwing rocks. Mesa fired his gun after the men ignored his order that they stop, officials said.
In a 2010 interview with the El Paso Times, Hernández's family disputed the account. They said that their son was not part of the group throwing rocks.
The fallout from the incident was immediate and received responses from both sides of the border.
Then-Mexican President Felipe Calderón said the shooting was a "disproportionate use of force."
On the U.S. side, the Justice Department launched a civil rights investigation into the incident, which was closed in 2012 because of "insufficient evidence." An internal investigation by the Border Patrol also ended with no action taken against Mesa.
In 2011, Hernández's parents sued Mesa. Last year, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, decided against the Hernandez family, who then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Attorneys for both sides say the Supreme Court's ruling could influence how federal agents respond to incidents in the areas they patrol.
Steve Shadowen, one of the lawyers for the Hernández family, said this case, and the area in which it occurred, represents a "black hole" in terms of legal protection.
"If Sergio had been in the U.S., his family would be entitled to judicial review of the killing," Shadowen said. "If he had been a U.S. citizen in Mexico, there would be judicial review. But for some reason the Obama administration thinks there's an exception to judicial review if it turns out the person is a Mexican national. We think that's silly."
Randolph Ortega, the lawyer representing Mesa, argues that the biggest issue surrounding the case is extraterritorial jurisdiction, or the legal ability of governments to patrol beyond their defined borders. He said that a ruling in favor of the Hernández family could blur lines.
"If you're using a handgun and a person is 40 yards away and across an international border — if the Supreme Court finds in favor of the appellate, then where is the line drawn? Is it 40 yards, 400 yards, 400 miles; where does it stop?" Ortega said. "That creates a peculiar and dangerous situation not only for law enforcement but for the entire United States."
This is not the first El Paso case to reach the Supreme Court.
Two U.S. Supreme Court cases filed by Lawrence Nixon, an African American physician, were instrumental in the fight for voting rights for minorities in Texas in the 1920s and 1930s.
The court in 1927 also weighed in on a dispute in El Paso that determined the boundary between Texas and New Mexico. In 2004, justices decided a case that determined whether a Mexican man could sue the Drug Enforcement Administration after he was acquitted in a case that accused him of torturing and murdering a DEA agent. The agency had hired Mexican nationals to kidnap the man from his home in Mexico and bring him to the United States to stand trial.
Rory Little, a law professor at the University of California Hastings College of the Law, said people who are looking to the court to find justice for Hernández may not find what they are seeking in this case because the justices will have a narrow focus.
"It seems wrong for the federal agent to shoot, but the question the court is going to address is: How does the Constitution apply on, outside, or at all on the border?," Little said. "They're not going to rule on the question of did the agent do the right thing."
Supreme Court experts say it's hard to predict an outcome for the case.
One of the nine seats on the Supreme Court remains vacant after Justice Antonin Scalia's death in February. President Barack Obama nominated Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the court but Senate Republicans have refused to hold a hearing on the nomination.
Since the case asks three key questions, the implications are also hard to predict, Little said.
The first question that must be answered is whether Bivens v. Six Unknown can be used as a basis for a lawsuit against Mesa, Little said.
If it's determined that the Bivens case can be used, then the court has to answer how far the protections of the Fourth Amendment extend. After they've answered that question, the court then has to determine if Mesa has qualified immunity, which protects federal officials from civil damages.
"Even if the court says the Fourth Amendment extends, the question is: Was it firmly established during the shooting? Are they immune because it wasn't established as he shot Hernández?," Little said.
The Supreme Court may not be the final stop in this case, especially for the family of Hernández.
If the Supreme Court rules in favor of Hernández, the case will be kicked back down to lower courts, where the lawsuit against Mesa will proceed.
"It's a fool's errand to try to handicap the result at this stage," said Vladeck. "But if nothing else, the fact that the Supreme Court took the case at all is a good sign for Hernández, and suggests that at least four of the eight Justices are not completely satisfied with the Court of Appeals' ruling."
Ortega said that Mesa, his client, remains optimistic. Mesa is still employed by the Border Patrol.
"He (Mesa) remains confident that the legal system will find that it's justified and there's no recourse," Ortega said.
Cristobal Galindo, the Hernández family attorney, said the family was relieved when they heard the case was headed to the Supreme Court.
"They were so disenchanted with the process because they believed nothing was happening," Galindo said. "Now that they finally got the day in court, they feel like there's a chance."
Galindo said that if the case does come back to the lower courts, the trial would be in El Paso and would begin as soon as the Supreme Court decision is issued.
"We still have a lot of work to do. It's not over, and the family knows that," Galindo said. "It's a long haul."
Sara Sanchez can be reached at 546-6147; ssanchez@elpasotimes.com; @siempresarita on Twitter. Times librarian Trish Long contributed to this story.
END
Supreme Court action in shooting case could have broad implications
Sara Sanchez , El Paso Times 4
:33 p.m. MDT October 15, 2016
http://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/national/2016/10/15/us-supreme-court-decision-shooting-case-could-have-far-reaching-implications/92098318/
Law enforcement officials and constitutional law experts will be watching closely as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments in an El Paso case that involves the fatal shooting of a Mexican teenager by a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
The court's decision, according to legal scholars, could have far-reaching implications as justices could decide whether a constitutional amendment that guards against the unjustified use of deadly force also encompasses border areas patrolled by federal agents, leaving them subject to lawsuits.
The nation's highest court announced this week that it would hear the case, which stems from a 2010 incident in which U.S. Border Patrol agent Jesus Mesa Jr. shot and killed 15-year-old Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca.
A date for the hearing has not been set for the case that could highlight three key questions: Do the Fourth Amendment's protections against unlawful seizures and unjustified use of deadly force extend beyond the country's borders? Is Mesa immune from being sued since he was unaware that Hernández was not a U.S. citizen? And, can a 1971 case known as Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, which states that federal agents can be sued if they act unlawfully while carrying out their duties, be used as a basis for a lawsuit against the border patrol agent?
"It could be one of the biggest cases (of the term), depending upon how the court rules, and perhaps a crucial test for when private citizens can sue federal officers for damages, as well," said Stephen Vladeck, a University of Texas at Austin professor who specializes in constitutional law.
Hernández was unarmed when Mesa shot him on June 7, 2010. The teenager, and several men, were in a levee along the Rio Grande, which straddles the U.S.-Mexico border.
According to the FBI, Mesa, who was on a bicycle, was detaining someone when the group of men ran into Mexico and began throwing rocks. Mesa fired his gun after the men ignored his order that they stop, officials said.
In a 2010 interview with the El Paso Times, Hernández's family disputed the account. They said that their son was not part of the group throwing rocks.
The fallout from the incident was immediate and received responses from both sides of the border.
Then-Mexican President Felipe Calderón said the shooting was a "disproportionate use of force."
On the U.S. side, the Justice Department launched a civil rights investigation into the incident, which was closed in 2012 because of "insufficient evidence." An internal investigation by the Border Patrol also ended with no action taken against Mesa.
In 2011, Hernández's parents sued Mesa. Last year, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, decided against the Hernandez family, who then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Attorneys for both sides say the Supreme Court's ruling could influence how federal agents respond to incidents in the areas they patrol.
Steve Shadowen, one of the lawyers for the Hernández family, said this case, and the area in which it occurred, represents a "black hole" in terms of legal protection.
"If Sergio had been in the U.S., his family would be entitled to judicial review of the killing," Shadowen said. "If he had been a U.S. citizen in Mexico, there would be judicial review. But for some reason the Obama administration thinks there's an exception to judicial review if it turns out the person is a Mexican national. We think that's silly."
Randolph Ortega, the lawyer representing Mesa, argues that the biggest issue surrounding the case is extraterritorial jurisdiction, or the legal ability of governments to patrol beyond their defined borders. He said that a ruling in favor of the Hernández family could blur lines.
"If you're using a handgun and a person is 40 yards away and across an international border — if the Supreme Court finds in favor of the appellate, then where is the line drawn? Is it 40 yards, 400 yards, 400 miles; where does it stop?" Ortega said. "That creates a peculiar and dangerous situation not only for law enforcement but for the entire United States."
This is not the first El Paso case to reach the Supreme Court.
Two U.S. Supreme Court cases filed by Lawrence Nixon, an African American physician, were instrumental in the fight for voting rights for minorities in Texas in the 1920s and 1930s.
The court in 1927 also weighed in on a dispute in El Paso that determined the boundary between Texas and New Mexico. In 2004, justices decided a case that determined whether a Mexican man could sue the Drug Enforcement Administration after he was acquitted in a case that accused him of torturing and murdering a DEA agent. The agency had hired Mexican nationals to kidnap the man from his home in Mexico and bring him to the United States to stand trial.
Rory Little, a law professor at the University of California Hastings College of the Law, said people who are looking to the court to find justice for Hernández may not find what they are seeking in this case because the justices will have a narrow focus.
"It seems wrong for the federal agent to shoot, but the question the court is going to address is: How does the Constitution apply on, outside, or at all on the border?," Little said. "They're not going to rule on the question of did the agent do the right thing."
Supreme Court experts say it's hard to predict an outcome for the case.
One of the nine seats on the Supreme Court remains vacant after Justice Antonin Scalia's death in February. President Barack Obama nominated Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the court but Senate Republicans have refused to hold a hearing on the nomination.
Since the case asks three key questions, the implications are also hard to predict, Little said.
The first question that must be answered is whether Bivens v. Six Unknown can be used as a basis for a lawsuit against Mesa, Little said.
If it's determined that the Bivens case can be used, then the court has to answer how far the protections of the Fourth Amendment extend. After they've answered that question, the court then has to determine if Mesa has qualified immunity, which protects federal officials from civil damages.
"Even if the court says the Fourth Amendment extends, the question is: Was it firmly established during the shooting? Are they immune because it wasn't established as he shot Hernández?," Little said.
The Supreme Court may not be the final stop in this case, especially for the family of Hernández.
If the Supreme Court rules in favor of Hernández, the case will be kicked back down to lower courts, where the lawsuit against Mesa will proceed.
"It's a fool's errand to try to handicap the result at this stage," said Vladeck. "But if nothing else, the fact that the Supreme Court took the case at all is a good sign for Hernández, and suggests that at least four of the eight Justices are not completely satisfied with the Court of Appeals' ruling."
Ortega said that Mesa, his client, remains optimistic. Mesa is still employed by the Border Patrol.
"He (Mesa) remains confident that the legal system will find that it's justified and there's no recourse," Ortega said.
Cristobal Galindo, the Hernández family attorney, said the family was relieved when they heard the case was headed to the Supreme Court.
"They were so disenchanted with the process because they believed nothing was happening," Galindo said. "Now that they finally got the day in court, they feel like there's a chance."
Galindo said that if the case does come back to the lower courts, the trial would be in El Paso and would begin as soon as the Supreme Court decision is issued.
"We still have a lot of work to do. It's not over, and the family knows that," Galindo said. "It's a long haul."
Sara Sanchez can be reached at 546-6147; ssanchez@elpasotimes.com; @siempresarita on Twitter. Times librarian Trish Long contributed to this story.
END
Saturday, October 15, 2016
AZMEX EXTRA 15-10-16
AZMEX EXTRA 15 OCT 2016
Note: did not make this up.
See "editors note" at end. Tells you more about the media than the BP.
Thx
Agent's assault rifle at checkpoint raises alarm
By Kendal Blust
Nogales International Updated Oct 14, 2016
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/agent-s-assault-rifle-at-checkpoint-raises-alarm/article_0d80ceca-923b-11e6-a3c0-07059dacdb26.html
All Border Patrol agents, including those working at checkpoints, have the option of carrying "long arms" to the field, a spokesman said.
Robert Kimball said he was shocked when he rolled up at the Border Patrol checkpoint near Sonoita on Wednesday morning to the sight of an agent toting a large military-style gun.
"I drove up and the guy that's standing there two feet from my window has an assault rifle, a big, black assault rifle strapped across chest," he said.
The agent didn't greet him or smile, and Kimball said his first thought was to get out of there as quickly as possible.
Kimball, a resident of Patagonia, passes through the checkpoint on northbound State Route 83 almost weekly on his way to Tucson and has never seen agents holding military-style weapons before this week, he said.
"Normally what you're used to seeing is a guy, he has a pistol on his belt. We're used to seeing that. And they often have a drug dog. We're used to seeing that," he said, expressing incredulity that heavy-duty weapons would be necessary at an interior checkpoint where most of the traffic comes from local residents.
"I can think of no reason," he said.
CBP spokesman John Lawson said that all agents have the option of carrying "long arms" to the field. And while "there is no present threat other than what you see on the news every day," he said that "agents are prepared for the worst."
Lawson admitted that agents with assault riffles are not a "'traveler-friendly' image" and said it is an understandable concern amid the discussion of the increasing militarization of the border. However, agents on duty don't always think about it that way, he said.
"The purpose is not to intimidate – it is to protect the public from threats to their life and safety, and be able to respond quickly if a serious threat emerges," he wrote in an emailed response.
But for Kimball, who said the vast majority of agents he encounters at the checkpoint are pleasant, the sight of an assault rifle on an everyday drive to Tucson was alarming.
"Actually, my first thought as I drove away was, 'Are we being tested to see what we will put up with?'" he said. "I've been exposed to a lot of stuff, and I didn't expect to see this."
(Editor's note: Robert Kimball is the former publisher of the Nogales International.)
end
Note: did not make this up.
See "editors note" at end. Tells you more about the media than the BP.
Thx
Agent's assault rifle at checkpoint raises alarm
By Kendal Blust
Nogales International Updated Oct 14, 2016
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/agent-s-assault-rifle-at-checkpoint-raises-alarm/article_0d80ceca-923b-11e6-a3c0-07059dacdb26.html
All Border Patrol agents, including those working at checkpoints, have the option of carrying "long arms" to the field, a spokesman said.
Robert Kimball said he was shocked when he rolled up at the Border Patrol checkpoint near Sonoita on Wednesday morning to the sight of an agent toting a large military-style gun.
"I drove up and the guy that's standing there two feet from my window has an assault rifle, a big, black assault rifle strapped across chest," he said.
The agent didn't greet him or smile, and Kimball said his first thought was to get out of there as quickly as possible.
Kimball, a resident of Patagonia, passes through the checkpoint on northbound State Route 83 almost weekly on his way to Tucson and has never seen agents holding military-style weapons before this week, he said.
"Normally what you're used to seeing is a guy, he has a pistol on his belt. We're used to seeing that. And they often have a drug dog. We're used to seeing that," he said, expressing incredulity that heavy-duty weapons would be necessary at an interior checkpoint where most of the traffic comes from local residents.
"I can think of no reason," he said.
CBP spokesman John Lawson said that all agents have the option of carrying "long arms" to the field. And while "there is no present threat other than what you see on the news every day," he said that "agents are prepared for the worst."
Lawson admitted that agents with assault riffles are not a "'traveler-friendly' image" and said it is an understandable concern amid the discussion of the increasing militarization of the border. However, agents on duty don't always think about it that way, he said.
"The purpose is not to intimidate – it is to protect the public from threats to their life and safety, and be able to respond quickly if a serious threat emerges," he wrote in an emailed response.
But for Kimball, who said the vast majority of agents he encounters at the checkpoint are pleasant, the sight of an assault rifle on an everyday drive to Tucson was alarming.
"Actually, my first thought as I drove away was, 'Are we being tested to see what we will put up with?'" he said. "I've been exposed to a lot of stuff, and I didn't expect to see this."
(Editor's note: Robert Kimball is the former publisher of the Nogales International.)
end
Friday, October 14, 2016
AZMEX SPECIAL 14-10-16
AZMEX SPECIAL 14 OCT 2016
Note: The Armed Citizens of Cheran, Michoacan. Something you won't see in the corrupt "US" media. Also very surprising to see something like this in the UK media, especially the BBC. Somebody sure to be demoted. Some good lessons for us all. Several photos, etc.
Gracias
Cheran: The town that threw out police, politicians and gangsters
By Linda Pressly
BBC News, Cheran
13 October 2016
From the section Magazine
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37612083
People of Cheran town
In Mexico, organised crime reaches everywhere, even into the smallest village - except for one small town in the state of Michoacan. Led by local women, the people of Cheran rose up to defend their forest from armed loggers - and kicked out police and politicians at the same time.
The women met in secret to make their plans. They were sickened by the killings and kidnaps that had become routine and angered by the masked men who roamed their town demanding extortion payments from small businesses. And for more than three years they had watched, indignant, as truck after truck trundled past their homes piled high with freshly cut logs.
Mexico's cartels once focused mainly on the drugs trade, but they have diversified their business model, and now seek to dominate any lucrative industry - including timber, the foundation of Cheran's economy.
By 2011, the loggers were getting close to one of Cheran's water springs.
"We were worried," remembers Margarita Elvira Romero, one of the conspirators. "If you cut the trees, there's less water. Our husbands have cattle - where would they drink if the spring was gone?"
Map of Mexico, with Cheran marked in red
A forest guard, and map of Cheran (in red), in Michoacan, Mexico
A group of women went into the forest to try and reason with the armed men. They were verbally abused and chased away. So their plan evolved. Now they knew it was too dangerous to confront the loggers in the forest at the spring, they determined to stop the trucks in town where they would have the support of their neighbours.
Early on Friday 15 April 2011, Cheran's levantamiento, or uprising, began. On the road coming down from the forest outside Margarita's home, the women blockaded the loggers' pick-ups and took some of them hostage. As the church bells of El Calvario rang out and fireworks exploded in the dawn sky alerting the community to danger, the people of Cheran came running to help. It was tense - hotheads had to be persuaded by the women not to string up the hostages from an ancient tree outside the church.
Find out more
You can hear Linda Pressly's full report, Mexico - The Town that Said, "No", on the World Service's Assignment programme from 03:30 BST on Thursday 13 October or catch up afterwards on the BBC iPlayer.
"Everyone in the streets was running around with machetes," says Melissa Fabian, who was then 13 years old. "Ladies were running around. They all covered their faces. You could hear people screaming, and the bells of the church just ringing out all the time."
The municipal police arrived with the mayor, and armed men came to free their hostage-friends. There was an uneasy stand-off between the townspeople, the loggers and the police. It ended after two loggers were injured by a young man who shot a firework directly at them. And Cheran - a town of some 20,000 people - began its journey towards self-government.
"It makes me want to cry remembering that day," says Margarita. "It was like a horror movie - but it was the best thing we could have done."
Margarita
The police and local politicians were quickly driven out of town because the people suspected they were collaborating with the criminal networks. Political parties were banned - and still are - because they were deemed to have caused divisions between people. And each of the four districts of Cheran elected representatives to a ruling town council. In many ways, Cheran - a town populated by the indigenous Purepecha people - returned to its roots: to the ancient way of doing things, independent of outsiders.
Meanwhile armed checkpoints were established on the three main roads coming in to town.
Today, five years later, those checkpoints still exist. They are guarded by members of the Ronda Comunitaria - a militia or local police force made up of men and women from Cheran. Every vehicle is stopped, its occupants questioned about where they have come from and where they are going.
Cheran's militia rehearse for a parade
"We've learnt a lot," says Heriberto Campos, one of the founders and the co-ordinator of the Ronda Comunitaria whose nickname is "Diablo" or "Devil". "In those early days, we didn't know anything about using guns. But now we know how to fight, and if the criminals come back, we're ready for them."
Parade rehearsal in Cheran
Cheran dispenses its own justice for minor offences. Many of those are alcohol-related. On a September Sunday morning, 18 young men are sobering up behind bars at the Ronda's headquarters after being picked up for drinking in the streets or driving under the influence of alcohol.
Penalties include fines and community work - such as litter-picking.
Youths in jail
Serious law-breaking is referred to the attorney general. But in the last year there have been no murders, kidnaps or disappearances.
If you live somewhere unaccustomed to rampant, violent crime, you might not find this surprising. But Michoacan is one of Mexico's bloodiest states - where severed heads have been rolled across dance floors and grenades have been lobbed into crowded plazas. In July, there were over 180 murders in the state - the highest number for nearly a decade. And in the communities around Cheran - not even 10km away - stories of kidnap, extortion and murder are commonplace.
"In Cheran, I feel safe because I can walk the streets at night, and I don't fear that something's going to happen," says Melissa, who's now an 18-year old bio-medical student at a college just outside Cheran.
Melissa Fabian
It is not just the streets of Cheran that are secure. The pine forest - a sea of green that tumbles down the hills to the town below - was ravaged by the loggers. Now its perimeter is patrolled daily by the officers from the Ronda Comunitaria. Land in Cheran is mostly held in common - families manage it but they don't own it. With the criminals gone, rules are strictly enforced - anyone who wants to fell a tree must secure permission from the authorities.
Man and horse dragging wood
And slowly, the forest is being regenerated. It is estimated that over half the town's 17,000 hectares of forest were devastated by organised crime. Some 3,000 hectares have so far been re-planted in the five years since the uprising, the seedlings nurtured in the town's own tree nursery.
Cheran is not completely independent - it still has state and federal funding. But its autonomy as an indigenous Purepecha community is recognised and underwritten by the Mexican government. Its ban on political parties, meanwhile, has been upheld by the courts, which have confirmed its right not to participate in local, state or federal elections.
In the state of Michoacan, Cheran has become an oasis of hope - its peace and security a stark contrast to the fear that still dominates neighbouring communities. So why has it succeeded - thrived even - in such a cruel but beautiful region? Margarita, Melissa and Heriberto will give you the same one-word answer: solidaridad - solidarity.
Parade rehearsal in Cheran
Cheran's militia rehearse for a parade
Most people who live in Cheran are from the town. Social mores dictate that locals marry locals - there are very few outsiders here. Families are large, and they are close. Everyone knows everyone else. And that is the foundation of the town's unity.
With violence again on the rise in Mexico, there is anxiety in Cheran about the future - a worry that the cartels could gain a foothold once more. Other towns have tried to copy Cheran's example, but without the same success. Melissa is optimistic, and she is prepared to go out on the streets to fight for what has been achieved.
"As long as there's at least one person that wants to keep this up, we will all stand behind them. We all feel proud because we stopped something, and did something that none of the other communities dared to do."
Insecurity dominates the lives of millions of Mexicans. Caught between the murderous drug cartels and absent or corrupt law enforcement, communities are taking the law into their own hands. In 2013, in the state of Guerrero, Linda Pressly met a fledgling vigilante force that grew into an organisation numbering thousands.
Mexico's vigilante law enforcers http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22066082
end
Note: The Armed Citizens of Cheran, Michoacan. Something you won't see in the corrupt "US" media. Also very surprising to see something like this in the UK media, especially the BBC. Somebody sure to be demoted. Some good lessons for us all. Several photos, etc.
Gracias
Cheran: The town that threw out police, politicians and gangsters
By Linda Pressly
BBC News, Cheran
13 October 2016
From the section Magazine
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37612083
People of Cheran town
In Mexico, organised crime reaches everywhere, even into the smallest village - except for one small town in the state of Michoacan. Led by local women, the people of Cheran rose up to defend their forest from armed loggers - and kicked out police and politicians at the same time.
The women met in secret to make their plans. They were sickened by the killings and kidnaps that had become routine and angered by the masked men who roamed their town demanding extortion payments from small businesses. And for more than three years they had watched, indignant, as truck after truck trundled past their homes piled high with freshly cut logs.
Mexico's cartels once focused mainly on the drugs trade, but they have diversified their business model, and now seek to dominate any lucrative industry - including timber, the foundation of Cheran's economy.
By 2011, the loggers were getting close to one of Cheran's water springs.
"We were worried," remembers Margarita Elvira Romero, one of the conspirators. "If you cut the trees, there's less water. Our husbands have cattle - where would they drink if the spring was gone?"
Map of Mexico, with Cheran marked in red
A forest guard, and map of Cheran (in red), in Michoacan, Mexico
A group of women went into the forest to try and reason with the armed men. They were verbally abused and chased away. So their plan evolved. Now they knew it was too dangerous to confront the loggers in the forest at the spring, they determined to stop the trucks in town where they would have the support of their neighbours.
Early on Friday 15 April 2011, Cheran's levantamiento, or uprising, began. On the road coming down from the forest outside Margarita's home, the women blockaded the loggers' pick-ups and took some of them hostage. As the church bells of El Calvario rang out and fireworks exploded in the dawn sky alerting the community to danger, the people of Cheran came running to help. It was tense - hotheads had to be persuaded by the women not to string up the hostages from an ancient tree outside the church.
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"Everyone in the streets was running around with machetes," says Melissa Fabian, who was then 13 years old. "Ladies were running around. They all covered their faces. You could hear people screaming, and the bells of the church just ringing out all the time."
The municipal police arrived with the mayor, and armed men came to free their hostage-friends. There was an uneasy stand-off between the townspeople, the loggers and the police. It ended after two loggers were injured by a young man who shot a firework directly at them. And Cheran - a town of some 20,000 people - began its journey towards self-government.
"It makes me want to cry remembering that day," says Margarita. "It was like a horror movie - but it was the best thing we could have done."
Margarita
The police and local politicians were quickly driven out of town because the people suspected they were collaborating with the criminal networks. Political parties were banned - and still are - because they were deemed to have caused divisions between people. And each of the four districts of Cheran elected representatives to a ruling town council. In many ways, Cheran - a town populated by the indigenous Purepecha people - returned to its roots: to the ancient way of doing things, independent of outsiders.
Meanwhile armed checkpoints were established on the three main roads coming in to town.
Today, five years later, those checkpoints still exist. They are guarded by members of the Ronda Comunitaria - a militia or local police force made up of men and women from Cheran. Every vehicle is stopped, its occupants questioned about where they have come from and where they are going.
Cheran's militia rehearse for a parade
"We've learnt a lot," says Heriberto Campos, one of the founders and the co-ordinator of the Ronda Comunitaria whose nickname is "Diablo" or "Devil". "In those early days, we didn't know anything about using guns. But now we know how to fight, and if the criminals come back, we're ready for them."
Parade rehearsal in Cheran
Cheran dispenses its own justice for minor offences. Many of those are alcohol-related. On a September Sunday morning, 18 young men are sobering up behind bars at the Ronda's headquarters after being picked up for drinking in the streets or driving under the influence of alcohol.
Penalties include fines and community work - such as litter-picking.
Youths in jail
Serious law-breaking is referred to the attorney general. But in the last year there have been no murders, kidnaps or disappearances.
If you live somewhere unaccustomed to rampant, violent crime, you might not find this surprising. But Michoacan is one of Mexico's bloodiest states - where severed heads have been rolled across dance floors and grenades have been lobbed into crowded plazas. In July, there were over 180 murders in the state - the highest number for nearly a decade. And in the communities around Cheran - not even 10km away - stories of kidnap, extortion and murder are commonplace.
"In Cheran, I feel safe because I can walk the streets at night, and I don't fear that something's going to happen," says Melissa, who's now an 18-year old bio-medical student at a college just outside Cheran.
Melissa Fabian
It is not just the streets of Cheran that are secure. The pine forest - a sea of green that tumbles down the hills to the town below - was ravaged by the loggers. Now its perimeter is patrolled daily by the officers from the Ronda Comunitaria. Land in Cheran is mostly held in common - families manage it but they don't own it. With the criminals gone, rules are strictly enforced - anyone who wants to fell a tree must secure permission from the authorities.
Man and horse dragging wood
And slowly, the forest is being regenerated. It is estimated that over half the town's 17,000 hectares of forest were devastated by organised crime. Some 3,000 hectares have so far been re-planted in the five years since the uprising, the seedlings nurtured in the town's own tree nursery.
Cheran is not completely independent - it still has state and federal funding. But its autonomy as an indigenous Purepecha community is recognised and underwritten by the Mexican government. Its ban on political parties, meanwhile, has been upheld by the courts, which have confirmed its right not to participate in local, state or federal elections.
In the state of Michoacan, Cheran has become an oasis of hope - its peace and security a stark contrast to the fear that still dominates neighbouring communities. So why has it succeeded - thrived even - in such a cruel but beautiful region? Margarita, Melissa and Heriberto will give you the same one-word answer: solidaridad - solidarity.
Parade rehearsal in Cheran
Cheran's militia rehearse for a parade
Most people who live in Cheran are from the town. Social mores dictate that locals marry locals - there are very few outsiders here. Families are large, and they are close. Everyone knows everyone else. And that is the foundation of the town's unity.
With violence again on the rise in Mexico, there is anxiety in Cheran about the future - a worry that the cartels could gain a foothold once more. Other towns have tried to copy Cheran's example, but without the same success. Melissa is optimistic, and she is prepared to go out on the streets to fight for what has been achieved.
"As long as there's at least one person that wants to keep this up, we will all stand behind them. We all feel proud because we stopped something, and did something that none of the other communities dared to do."
Insecurity dominates the lives of millions of Mexicans. Caught between the murderous drug cartels and absent or corrupt law enforcement, communities are taking the law into their own hands. In 2013, in the state of Guerrero, Linda Pressly met a fledgling vigilante force that grew into an organisation numbering thousands.
Mexico's vigilante law enforcers http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22066082
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