AZMEX ELECTION SPECIAL 30 JUN 2018.
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Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador - dubbed 'Mexico's Donald Trump' - set for election win
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is a populist who has run on a pledge to fight the "mafia of power" on behalf of the working class.
11:11, UK,
Saturday 30 June 2018
https://news.sky.com/story/andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-dubbed-mexicos-donald-trump-set-for-election-win-11421521
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Mexico's 'Trump' set for election win
By Greg Milam, US correspondent, in Mexico City
The politician labelled "Mexico's Donald Trump" is expected to be elected the country's president this weekend - and head straight onto a collision course with its unpredictable neighbour to the north.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is a populist who has run as the outsider candidate fighting the "mafia of power" on behalf of the working class.
Although politically vastly different to Mr Trump, the popular support is similar.
More than 80,000 people attended Lopez Obrador's last rally
The 65-year-old former mayor of Mexico City has generated an almost religious fervour among Mexicans fed up with spiralling crime, corruption and a stilted economy.
But they also want their new leader to confront a US president who has spent two years demonising them.
In one of Mexico City's more troubled neighbourhoods, voters become most animated when discussing Mr Trump.
The US president is an unpopular figure south of the border
Karla Vasquez said: "Donald Trump is garbage. There is no other way to describe him.
"Of course we want our leader to stand up to him because that is why he is our president, so he can defend us, from him or anyone else."
Mr Lopez Obrador is a friend of Jeremy Corbyn and has been dubbed the Labour leader's "ideological twin".
Jeremy Corbyn spent part of his Christmas holiday with Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in Mexico in 2016
The pair were photographed together in Mexico two years ago.
Mr Corbyn and his Mexican wife Laura spent part of their Christmas holiday with Mr Lopez Obrador and his wife Beatriz in the country in 2016.
Mr Lopez Obrador, known as his initials AMLO, has been measured in his criticism of Mr Trump but faces disagreements with Washington on immigration and trade.
Karla Vasquez wants Mexico's next president to stand up to Donald Trump
He has also vowed to tackle the epidemic of violent crime that blights his country.
Mexico has seen a dramatic increase in violence. The murder rate has tripled in four years.
Last year was the highest in modern history and this year is expected to top that.
Griselda Tristiana's journalist husband Javier was murdered last year by members of a drug cartel angry at his reporting.
She says she is not so naive to think a new president can end the violence, but hopes for some progress.
"The last thing they can take away from us is our hope that things can change at least a little bit and bring down violence, impunity, corruption and that is hurting many families in this country," she said.
"I believe it is important to think that something, not all, but something, can change for good."
Trust in politicians in Mexico has plummeted during the administration of current president Enrique Pena Nieto
With half of eligible Mexican voters aged under 39, it is young voters who are signalling the mood for change.
Student Lisette Mariana Perez said: "He represents the people. He's from the people. We don't see him like he is above us. We feel that he is with us."
Besides the election, Mexico's World Cup exploits are the talk of the town in Mexico City
Walter Arellano added: "We are talking about the dignity of the Mexican people. We need a very strong president to confront Donald Trump."
The election is a huge talking point in the Mexican capital but is still probably eclipsed by Monday's World Cup clash with Brazil.
In the market at Fray Servando, national team shirts, scarves and green and red sombreros are flying off the stalls.
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Little hope ahead of polls in Mexico's Sinaloa state
1 hour ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44601008
Soldiers patrol the streets of Culiacan
Despite the soldiers on patrol, violence in Culiacán remains high
On Sunday, Mexicans will vote in what is being described as the country's biggest election, with the presidency, the entire Congress and thousands of state and municipal positions up for grabs. The election comes at a time of record levels of violence.
The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil visited Culiacán, one of the worst-hit cities, and found that while residents she spoke to planned to vote, they held out little hope for change.
When you drive around Culiacán, it is easy to miss the crosses and small shrines dotting the streets. They mark the spots where bodies have been found.
Investigative journalist Miguel Vera says there are so many that locals have stopped noticing them. "They're everywhere and we're so used to them," he says.
A cross placed on a street indicates the point where a man was murdered in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, MexicoImage copyrightGETTY IMAGES
Image caption
Crosses are put up by relatives at the spot where their loved one died
Culiacán is the stronghold of the Sinaloa cartel, one of the most powerful criminal organisations in Mexico and, arguably, the world.
The cartel's jailed leader, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, is infamous both for leading it and for his daring escapes from prison.
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One of the city's best-known monuments is that to El Chapo's son, Edgar Guzmán Salazar, who was killed in 2008 when he was 22 years old.
A big marble cross surrounded by spotlights was put up in the car park where he was shot dead by gunmen as part of a turf war.
A cross marks the spot where Joaquin Guzman's son was shot dead
The cross stands in the car park of an auto repair shop, the spot where El Chapo's son was shot
Violence and organised crime are two of the most hotly debated subjects in the forthcoming elections. They are also part of this city's landscape.
And while many residents say that they have grown accustomed to the high levels of violence, they are still angry at the authorities for not doing more to combat crime.
"I haven't heard any of our candidates working on any serious or elaborate strategies against violence and crime. I think it's going to take a long time to do something serious," political science professor Esperanza Palma says.
City of the dead
Death is marked in many ways in Culiacán, nowhere more curious than in the Jardines del Humaya cemetery.
A view of some of the buildings marking graves at the Jardines del Humaya cemetery
Graves are surrounded by structures resembling lavish villas
Tall ostentatious buildings with marble domes, elaborate crosses, tinted glass windows and huge columns stand opposite more modern structures with minimalist facades and glass exteriors.
Some of these buildings have parking spaces, others have surveillance cameras and bulletproof glass.
No one lives inside, they just surround the graves of some of the richest people in the city, some of whom I am told were members of the drug cartels. One of the more ostentatious shrines reportedly belongs to El Chapo's half brother.
Sandwiched between the shrines resembling luxury villas are smaller, much more modest tombstones with basic crosses, flowers and pictures of the deceased.
The one thing these structures have in common is that most of those they honour died young, many of them killed in drug-related violence.
"You can tell the different social statuses of the people that are buried here," says one of the grave diggers who goes under the name of "Jorge".
'People are killed all the time'. He has worked here for 33 years but does not want to give his real name or say who exactly pays for these buildings. "Some of these places cost 11m pesos, around half a million US dollars," he says.
Media captionTake a tour of the cemetery where graves can cost up to $500,000
Jorge says that he will vote on Sunday but is expecting little to change: "I don't believe in politicians because they always lie to us. Year after year, election after election is always the same."
He thinks deeper reforms are needed. "The only way to stop the violence is ending corruption. This country is so corrupt and that is why there is violence."
The relentless violence means Jorge is never out of work.
"We're always busy here. People are dying or are killed all the time. It's sad to see how many people keep dying in this city. I don't want them to die but that's how it works here," he says.
But not everyone is able to bury those they have lost.
Digging for closure
On the banks of the Culiacán river, María Isabel Cruz Bernal and a group of women are busy with digging with their shovels at a seemingly empty spot.
María Isabel Cruz Bernal is searching for her son
Image caption
María Isabel Cruz Bernal is digging for human remains, hoping to find her son
They are searching for human remains, hoping to find those of their loved ones. Ms Cruz is looking for her son, Reyes Yosimar García Cruz, who disappeared 18 months ago.
"My son was a police officer. He was in my house when armed men came and took him." Ms Cruz recalls.
"I went to the authorities but they did nothing, so I've decided to join forces with other families looking for their loved ones."
She does not know if her son is alive or dead, but she and the other families keep digging in the hope of finding closure.
"We fear what we might find. We fear that we might find the bodies but at the same time we'll be relieved from the pain of not knowing their whereabouts," she says.
Ms Cruz says she wants politicians to pay more attention to the cases of the disappeared and help families find them.
"The new government has to stop this violence, they have to give police officers better training so they can fight crime," she says. "But the government also has to create more jobs, so that the youth has other options than to get involved in crime."
The crosses which dot the streets of Culiacán are a stark reminder of the violence this northern city has seen. Relatives put them up so that the souls of the dead can rest in peace.
"No cross for my son yet," Ms Cruz says. "I'm just hoping I can find him so I can place one where he is found."
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Saturday, June 30, 2018
Friday, June 29, 2018
AZMEX ELECTION SPECIAL 29-6-18
AZMEX ELECTION SPECIAL 29 JUN 2018
Note: some local views.
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Mexicans express hope, cynicism as elections near
By Genesis Lara
Nogales International 16 hrs ago
https://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/mexicans-express-hope-cynicism-as-elections-near/article_e36addc8-7b32-11e8-8a5b-ffb619b2a03b.html.
Mexican elections
Julia Aguilar said she'll vote for Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Sunday, while Alfonso Pesqueira said he's undecided, but doesn't think López Obrador is fit for the position.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Mexican elections
Guadalupe Villa, 56, of Nogales, Sonora, said she's supporting frontrunner Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Mexican elections
Kenneth Vazquez, 18, of Nogales, Sonora said that although this is the first time he will be able to vote, he doesn't plan on doing so. "I don't care. They're all going to steal anyways," he said.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Mexico elections
Hector Romo, left, and Jesús Hernández shared their opinions on the Mexican elections while in Nogales, Ariz. on Wednesday. Romo said he doesn't vote, but both men believe that Andrés Manuel López Obrador will be the next president of Mexico.
Photo by Genesis Lara
When Mexicans go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president, Jesús Hernández said, he hopes they'll choose Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the 64-year-old leftist former mayor of Mexico City.
Hernández, a native of Cananea, Sonora who's now retired after years of working at Walgreens, said he supports López Obrador because he has a track record of success. "I have five siblings who live in Mexico City and they say that when he was (mayor) there, he transformed (the city). He transformed Mexico, he accomplished a lot and the evidence is still there," he said.
Sitting a few feet away from Hernández on Terrace Avenue in Nogales, Ariz. on Wednesday, former maquiladora employee Julia Aguilar, 67, agreed that López Obrador, commonly known by his initials AMLO, is the best presidential candidate.
"There needs to be change, because change is good," Aguilar said, noting her opposition to the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI.
"I don't understand why anyone would vote for the PRI if they raised all costs with the 'gasolinazo,'" she said in reference to an unpopular gasoline price hike at the start of 2017 that led to angry street protests throughout Mexico, including in Nogales, Sonora.
Hernandez and Aguilar are not alone in their enthusiasm for López Obrador, a member of the Morena political party he founded in 2014. A recent survey by the newspaper Reforma showed him with 51 percent support, well ahead of Ricardo Anaya, a 39-year-old lawyer from the conservative National Action Party (PAN), who had 27 percent. The PRI's José Antonio Meade, who has served in several cabinet positions for highly unpopular President Enrique Peña Nieto, trailed at 19 percent.
Peña Nieto, who was elected to a six-year term in 2012, is barred by the Mexican Constitution from seeking re-election.
Guadalupe Villa, 56, of Nogales, Sonora, said she plans to vote for López Obrador, adding that she believes in voting for people, not parties.
"I don't like any of the four presidential candidates, but if (López Obrador) were as bad as everyone says he is, he'd be in jail by now. So I think there must be something good about him," she said.
Villa said she particularly appreciated that López Obrador, while mayor of Mexico City, had created the program "70 y más," or "70 and over," which provides financial assistance for the elderly.
Dissatisfaction
Alfonso Pesquiera, a 74-year-old Nogalian who can vote in Mexico, was not sure about which presidential candidate he'd choose, but he was firm about who he does not want in local office.
"I might vote for Pujol," he said of Jesús Antonio Pujol Irastorza, the Morena party candidate for mayor of Nogales, Sonora. "As long as it's not Temo again, he's useless and hasn't done anything for Nogales."
David Cuauhtémoc "Temo" Galindo Delgado of the PAN is the incumbent mayor who is running for a second three-year term in office.
Hector Romo, a former custodian at Nogales High School, said he has not voted in Mexico in a long time, though he still can. He's considering voting for mayoral candidate Jorge Octavio Freig Carrillo of the PRI. "You can tell he's a hard worker, that he's part of the people," Romo said, though he added the fatalistic caveat that whoever is elected will steal from the city.
Others planned to express their dissatisfaction by not voting at all.
"I'm disappointed in my country and in those who govern my country," said Carlos Alejandro Cázares, a shuttle driver who estimated that he hasn't voted in 18 years after seeing corruption take over Mexico.
Corruption, along with public security, have been key issues in the presidential race. López Obrador, who has long been a harsh critic of Mexico's entrenched elite, has connected with many voters by positioning himself as the best candidate to "cleanse" the country of endemic corruption.
But 18-year-old Kenneth Vázquez said he's already made up his mind to stay out of politics, because "it's always the same."
"The presidents never change, they never fulfill what they propose," Vázquez said.
Panama native José Saturno, who has lived in Mexico since 1992, expressed his frustration that young people aren't voting. He wishes he could cast a ballot, Saturno said, noting that while he has Mexican residency, he hasn't been able to gain full citizenship.
"I see a lot of young people who don't take advantage of (voting)," he said. "I have young doctors who work with me and I asked them if they were voting, and they didn't even know where to vote."
Saturno, who listed security and infrastructure as key issues for him, said he's afraid that López Obrador might not understand the dual culture along their northern border. Asked who he hopes people will vote for on Sunday, he said: "Locally, maybe Pujol. At a national level, maybe Anaya (because) he's offered some more concrete proposals regarding the border."
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Note: some local views.
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Mexicans express hope, cynicism as elections near
By Genesis Lara
Nogales International 16 hrs ago
https://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/mexicans-express-hope-cynicism-as-elections-near/article_e36addc8-7b32-11e8-8a5b-ffb619b2a03b.html.
Mexican elections
Julia Aguilar said she'll vote for Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Sunday, while Alfonso Pesqueira said he's undecided, but doesn't think López Obrador is fit for the position.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Mexican elections
Guadalupe Villa, 56, of Nogales, Sonora, said she's supporting frontrunner Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Mexican elections
Kenneth Vazquez, 18, of Nogales, Sonora said that although this is the first time he will be able to vote, he doesn't plan on doing so. "I don't care. They're all going to steal anyways," he said.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Mexico elections
Hector Romo, left, and Jesús Hernández shared their opinions on the Mexican elections while in Nogales, Ariz. on Wednesday. Romo said he doesn't vote, but both men believe that Andrés Manuel López Obrador will be the next president of Mexico.
Photo by Genesis Lara
When Mexicans go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president, Jesús Hernández said, he hopes they'll choose Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the 64-year-old leftist former mayor of Mexico City.
Hernández, a native of Cananea, Sonora who's now retired after years of working at Walgreens, said he supports López Obrador because he has a track record of success. "I have five siblings who live in Mexico City and they say that when he was (mayor) there, he transformed (the city). He transformed Mexico, he accomplished a lot and the evidence is still there," he said.
Sitting a few feet away from Hernández on Terrace Avenue in Nogales, Ariz. on Wednesday, former maquiladora employee Julia Aguilar, 67, agreed that López Obrador, commonly known by his initials AMLO, is the best presidential candidate.
"There needs to be change, because change is good," Aguilar said, noting her opposition to the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI.
"I don't understand why anyone would vote for the PRI if they raised all costs with the 'gasolinazo,'" she said in reference to an unpopular gasoline price hike at the start of 2017 that led to angry street protests throughout Mexico, including in Nogales, Sonora.
Hernandez and Aguilar are not alone in their enthusiasm for López Obrador, a member of the Morena political party he founded in 2014. A recent survey by the newspaper Reforma showed him with 51 percent support, well ahead of Ricardo Anaya, a 39-year-old lawyer from the conservative National Action Party (PAN), who had 27 percent. The PRI's José Antonio Meade, who has served in several cabinet positions for highly unpopular President Enrique Peña Nieto, trailed at 19 percent.
Peña Nieto, who was elected to a six-year term in 2012, is barred by the Mexican Constitution from seeking re-election.
Guadalupe Villa, 56, of Nogales, Sonora, said she plans to vote for López Obrador, adding that she believes in voting for people, not parties.
"I don't like any of the four presidential candidates, but if (López Obrador) were as bad as everyone says he is, he'd be in jail by now. So I think there must be something good about him," she said.
Villa said she particularly appreciated that López Obrador, while mayor of Mexico City, had created the program "70 y más," or "70 and over," which provides financial assistance for the elderly.
Dissatisfaction
Alfonso Pesquiera, a 74-year-old Nogalian who can vote in Mexico, was not sure about which presidential candidate he'd choose, but he was firm about who he does not want in local office.
"I might vote for Pujol," he said of Jesús Antonio Pujol Irastorza, the Morena party candidate for mayor of Nogales, Sonora. "As long as it's not Temo again, he's useless and hasn't done anything for Nogales."
David Cuauhtémoc "Temo" Galindo Delgado of the PAN is the incumbent mayor who is running for a second three-year term in office.
Hector Romo, a former custodian at Nogales High School, said he has not voted in Mexico in a long time, though he still can. He's considering voting for mayoral candidate Jorge Octavio Freig Carrillo of the PRI. "You can tell he's a hard worker, that he's part of the people," Romo said, though he added the fatalistic caveat that whoever is elected will steal from the city.
Others planned to express their dissatisfaction by not voting at all.
"I'm disappointed in my country and in those who govern my country," said Carlos Alejandro Cázares, a shuttle driver who estimated that he hasn't voted in 18 years after seeing corruption take over Mexico.
Corruption, along with public security, have been key issues in the presidential race. López Obrador, who has long been a harsh critic of Mexico's entrenched elite, has connected with many voters by positioning himself as the best candidate to "cleanse" the country of endemic corruption.
But 18-year-old Kenneth Vázquez said he's already made up his mind to stay out of politics, because "it's always the same."
"The presidents never change, they never fulfill what they propose," Vázquez said.
Panama native José Saturno, who has lived in Mexico since 1992, expressed his frustration that young people aren't voting. He wishes he could cast a ballot, Saturno said, noting that while he has Mexican residency, he hasn't been able to gain full citizenship.
"I see a lot of young people who don't take advantage of (voting)," he said. "I have young doctors who work with me and I asked them if they were voting, and they didn't even know where to vote."
Saturno, who listed security and infrastructure as key issues for him, said he's afraid that López Obrador might not understand the dual culture along their northern border. Asked who he hopes people will vote for on Sunday, he said: "Locally, maybe Pujol. At a national level, maybe Anaya (because) he's offered some more concrete proposals regarding the border."
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Thursday, June 28, 2018
AZMEX EXTRA2 28-6-18
AZMEX EXTRA2 28 JUN 2018
Note: Photos at link.
Women arrested with almost 3 thousand cartridges in Nogales (Son)
Details Published on Wednesday, June 27, 2018,
Written by César Barragán / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=114343
Nogales, Son
Two women were stopped by Federal Agents when they crossed into Mexico at Nogales, Son. aboard a vehicle with Arizona plates, where they had hidden nearly three thousand cartridges of different calibers.
According to reports from the Attorney General's Office (PGR) through the Sonora Delegation, a Control Judge sent the two women to the process and preventive detention.
The foregoing for its probable criminal responsibility for the crime of clandestine introduction to the country, of cartridges for firearms reserved for the exclusive use of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
According to the investigation folder of this case, at the time, Federal Police elements reported the seizure in the facilities that the Nogales Border Port occupies in its Garita Puerta de México number 1, in Nogales, Sonora.
The official documents indicate that both women entered the country at said port in a vehicle with Arizona plates which she had the red light, so they proceeded to stop the car, to conduct an inspection.
The officers located, and secured 2,870 cartridges for firearms, of different calibers, for which, the driver and her companion, were arrested.
The insured remained at the disposal of the Deputy Attorney General for Regional Control, Criminal Procedures and Amparo (SCRPPA), in the Delegation in Sonora, while the accused, are currently held in the CERESO Femenil, based in Hermosillo, Sonora
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Women arrested with almost 3 thousand cartridges in Nogales (Son)
Details Published on Wednesday, June 27, 2018,
Written by César Barragán / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=114343
Nogales, Son
Two women were stopped by Federal Agents when they crossed into Mexico at Nogales, Son. aboard a vehicle with Arizona plates, where they had hidden nearly three thousand cartridges of different calibers.
According to reports from the Attorney General's Office (PGR) through the Sonora Delegation, a Control Judge sent the two women to the process and preventive detention.
The foregoing for its probable criminal responsibility for the crime of clandestine introduction to the country, of cartridges for firearms reserved for the exclusive use of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
According to the investigation folder of this case, at the time, Federal Police elements reported the seizure in the facilities that the Nogales Border Port occupies in its Garita Puerta de México number 1, in Nogales, Sonora.
The official documents indicate that both women entered the country at said port in a vehicle with Arizona plates which she had the red light, so they proceeded to stop the car, to conduct an inspection.
The officers located, and secured 2,870 cartridges for firearms, of different calibers, for which, the driver and her companion, were arrested.
The insured remained at the disposal of the Deputy Attorney General for Regional Control, Criminal Procedures and Amparo (SCRPPA), in the Delegation in Sonora, while the accused, are currently held in the CERESO Femenil, based in Hermosillo, Sonora
END
AZMEX EXTRA 28-6-18
AZMEX EXTRA 28 JUN 2018
Kingsville man pleads guilty to smuggling AR-15s
LORENZO ZAZUETA-CASTRO | STAFF WRITER 2 hrs ago
https://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_128c47ae-7b01-11e8-8595-93722b687ba9.html
McALLEN — A Kingsville man pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful transport of a firearm Wednesday after a traffic stop
led to the discovery of more than 10 assault-type rifles in his possession, court records show.
Jose Maria Serna pleaded guilty to the firearm charge as part of an agreement with the government.
Prosecutors agreed, in exchange, to dismiss the remaining transport and smuggling goods charges,
according to the court document.
The 41-year-old man was arrested in April after a deputy with the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office
pulled him over for a traffic stop near Farm-to-Market 490 West of Wallace Road, in Edinburg.
The deputy approached the man's vehicle, at which time Serna declared he was a convicted felon,
the complaint filed against Serna states.
"During the traffic stop, Serna informed the deputy that he was a convicted felon
and the deputy observed a bag in the vehicle's backseat.
When the deputy asked Serna what was inside the bag, Serna stated it was full of assault rifles.
In total, the deputy found 10 AR-15 "style rifles," two P90 "style rifles," and multiple magazines of ammunition, the complaint states.
According to public records, Serna has prior misdemeanor and felony convictions dating back to 2007,
when he was convicted of a burglary of habitation charge after he pleaded guilty.
In addition to the second degree felony, which he was sentenced to 10 years for,
Serna was also convicted of misdemeanors in 2002 and 2003.
During his interview after his arrest, Serna admitted that he was on his way to deliver the assault weapons
to an "unnamed co-conspirator," who was then going to smuggle the weapons into Mexico.
"Serna stated that on a previous occasion, Serna had delivered 10 AR-15 style rifles, along with magazines and ammunition,
to the unnamed co-conspirator who provided Serna with $10,000 USD,
which Serna used to purchase the firearms found in his possession," the complaint states.
Serna, who has been in custody since his arrest on April 10, is set for sentencing Sept. 13,
when he could face a minimum of five years in prison.
lzazueta@themonitor.com
Kingsville man pleads guilty to smuggling AR-15s
LORENZO ZAZUETA-CASTRO | STAFF WRITER 2 hrs ago
https://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_128c47ae-7b01-11e8-8595-93722b687ba9.html
McALLEN — A Kingsville man pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful transport of a firearm Wednesday after a traffic stop
led to the discovery of more than 10 assault-type rifles in his possession, court records show.
Jose Maria Serna pleaded guilty to the firearm charge as part of an agreement with the government.
Prosecutors agreed, in exchange, to dismiss the remaining transport and smuggling goods charges,
according to the court document.
The 41-year-old man was arrested in April after a deputy with the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office
pulled him over for a traffic stop near Farm-to-Market 490 West of Wallace Road, in Edinburg.
The deputy approached the man's vehicle, at which time Serna declared he was a convicted felon,
the complaint filed against Serna states.
"During the traffic stop, Serna informed the deputy that he was a convicted felon
and the deputy observed a bag in the vehicle's backseat.
When the deputy asked Serna what was inside the bag, Serna stated it was full of assault rifles.
In total, the deputy found 10 AR-15 "style rifles," two P90 "style rifles," and multiple magazines of ammunition, the complaint states.
According to public records, Serna has prior misdemeanor and felony convictions dating back to 2007,
when he was convicted of a burglary of habitation charge after he pleaded guilty.
In addition to the second degree felony, which he was sentenced to 10 years for,
Serna was also convicted of misdemeanors in 2002 and 2003.
During his interview after his arrest, Serna admitted that he was on his way to deliver the assault weapons
to an "unnamed co-conspirator," who was then going to smuggle the weapons into Mexico.
"Serna stated that on a previous occasion, Serna had delivered 10 AR-15 style rifles, along with magazines and ammunition,
to the unnamed co-conspirator who provided Serna with $10,000 USD,
which Serna used to purchase the firearms found in his possession," the complaint states.
Serna, who has been in custody since his arrest on April 10, is set for sentencing Sept. 13,
when he could face a minimum of five years in prison.
lzazueta@themonitor.com
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
AZMEX ELECTION SPECIAL 27-6-18
AZMEX ELECTION SPECIAL 27 JUN 2018
Comment; Will Mexico go down the path with failed progressive Nicaragua and Venezuela?
The USA will not be spared the consequences.
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AMLO leads with 51%; Anaya 27% and Meade 19%: Reform
By: Drafting / GH | 06/27/2018 7:28
http://www.lacronica.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Nacional/27062018/1352239-FOTOS-Hijo-de-general-ofrece-disculpas-tras-ventilarse-fotos-de-su-estilo-de-vida.html
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as a leader in the surveys carried out by Grupo Reforma, according to the national newspaper.
It indicates that AMLO reported in the survey published on April 18, 48%, May 2, 48%, May 30, 52% and closes in June with 51%.
In second position is the candidate of the coalition Por Mexico al Frente,
Ricardo Anaya, who started in April with 26% in the polls after he managed to increase in May to 30%,
in the second measurement of that month It went down to 26% and ends at 27%.
The candidate of the Por México al Frente coalition, José Antonio Meade, had 18% in April, 17% in May 19%,
to be 19% at the end of the campaign.
Jaime Rodríguez "El Bronco" did not manage to exceed 3%, in the first survey in April he obtained 3% of preferences,
in May he had 2% and 3% and in June he closed with 3%.
According to Reform, the effective percentages are without considering the 17% of no response.
END
More: Spanish
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/elecciones-2018/analisis-da-amlo-45-de-probabilidad-de-ganar-meade-en-segundo-lugar
http://www.milenio.com/elecciones-mexico-2018/3-mexicanos-recibio-oferta-compra-voto-encuesta
Oped: http://www.milenio.com/nexos/por-que-las-sociedades-toleran-y-votan-a-los-politicos-corruptos
End
Comment; Will Mexico go down the path with failed progressive Nicaragua and Venezuela?
The USA will not be spared the consequences.
Thx
AMLO leads with 51%; Anaya 27% and Meade 19%: Reform
By: Drafting / GH | 06/27/2018 7:28
http://www.lacronica.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Nacional/27062018/1352239-FOTOS-Hijo-de-general-ofrece-disculpas-tras-ventilarse-fotos-de-su-estilo-de-vida.html
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(GH)
Andrés Manuel López Obrador closes the campaign leading the electoral preferences with 51%,
followed by Ricardo Anaya with 27%,
José Antonio Meade with 19% and J
Jaime Rodríguez 3%,
according to the Reforma survey.
The candidate of the Juntos Haremos Historia coalition, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, starts and ends the electoral campaign
as a leader in the surveys carried out by Grupo Reforma, according to the national newspaper.
It indicates that AMLO reported in the survey published on April 18, 48%, May 2, 48%, May 30, 52% and closes in June with 51%.
In second position is the candidate of the coalition Por Mexico al Frente,
Ricardo Anaya, who started in April with 26% in the polls after he managed to increase in May to 30%,
in the second measurement of that month It went down to 26% and ends at 27%.
The candidate of the Por México al Frente coalition, José Antonio Meade, had 18% in April, 17% in May 19%,
to be 19% at the end of the campaign.
Jaime Rodríguez "El Bronco" did not manage to exceed 3%, in the first survey in April he obtained 3% of preferences,
in May he had 2% and 3% and in June he closed with 3%.
According to Reform, the effective percentages are without considering the 17% of no response.
END
More: Spanish
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/elecciones-2018/analisis-da-amlo-45-de-probabilidad-de-ganar-meade-en-segundo-lugar
http://www.milenio.com/elecciones-mexico-2018/3-mexicanos-recibio-oferta-compra-voto-encuesta
Oped: http://www.milenio.com/nexos/por-que-las-sociedades-toleran-y-votan-a-los-politicos-corruptos
End
AZMEX SPECIAL 27-6-18
AZMEX SPECIAL 27 JUN 2018
Comment: yet another sign of a failed nation with a pervasive culture of corruption.
Still using the USA as a "safety valve" via mass illegal migration.
A question is how much longer will that work?
Election just a few days away. Situation expected to become even worse.
Gracias
In Mexico, rising 'mass crime' defies security forces
Mark Stevenson, Associated Press
Updated 10:09 am, Wednesday, June 27, 2018
https://www.lmtonline.com/news/us-world/border-mexico/article/In-Mexico-rising-mass-crime-defies-security-13030022.php
FILE - In this July 11, 2017 file photo, smoke rises from a warehouse storing stolen fuel near Tepeaca, Puebla state, Mexico. A growing and troubling trend in Mexico is what's being called "socialized" or "mass" crimes, like crowds looting supermarkets, robbing trains, tapping fuel pipelines and trying to free arrested criminal suspects. Whoever wins the July 1 presidential election will confront that problem, on top of rising homicides that have reached levels unseen in decades. Photo: Eduardo Verdugo, AP / Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
IMAGE 1 OF 74 FILE - In this July 11, 2017 file photo, smoke rises from a warehouse storing stolen fuel near Tepeaca, Puebla state, Mexico. A growing and troubling trend in Mexico is what's being called "socialized" or ... more
TENANTLA, Mexico (AP) —
Whoever wins Sunday's presidential election will have to face not only Mexico's drug cartels, but a new kind of crime involving whole neighborhoods defying police and military personnel.
It was on display in the Jalisco state town of Ciudad Guzman — a stronghold of the Jalisco New Generation cartel — in early June, when a crowd of men and women gathered around two pickups carrying armed Mexican marines.
They taunted the troops, throwing rocks and water bottles at them and kicking one repeatedly as he was helped away by two comrades.
RELATED: How 'La Barbie' became the top-ranking leader of a Mexican drug cartel
Purportedly protesting a young man's disappearance, the crowd later spray-painted the cartel's initials on a bashed-up marine vehicle.
Such "socialized" or "mass" crimes are spreading in Mexico as entire communities empty freight trains of merchandise or steal hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel from pipelines.
"The logic of the people is that they see politicians and officials stealing big time ... and they see themselves as having the same right to steal as the big-time politicians," said Edgardo Buscaglia, an international crime expert and research fellow at Columbia University. "You begin to create an ethical code in which, 'If the upper-class people can steal and get away with it, we can steal, too, with complete justification.'"
In May, armed men broke the locks on two supermarkets in the southern city of Arcelia in Guerrero state and allowed local residents in to loot them. Police didn't show up for hours.
Guerrero security spokesman Roberto Alvarez said the stores' owners had refused extortion demands from a local splinter of La Familia cartel and the looting was punishment for not paying.
RELATED: 2nd suspect arrested in killing of respected Mexican reporter Javier Valdez (Warning: Graphic)
Meanwhile, an average of 42 illegal taps are being drilled into pipelines across Mexico every day and transporting, storing and selling the stolen fuel often represents a major source of employment in some rural communities.
"These criminal groups are inserting themselves in society. They have put women and children on the front line," Interior Secretary Alfonso Navarrete Prida said in late May.
Stung by complaints from business groups that such crimes are threatening jobs and investment, the Interior Department blamed the increasing use of local populations by gangs.
"Much of the explanation lies in the diversification of criminal organizations that started out trafficking drugs, and now have interests in fuel theft," the department said. "What also plays a role is that in a number of cases they have encouraged or forced members of many communities to block police actions to detain those involved in train and highway freight robbery."
Political scientist Jesus Silva Herzog compares it to the emergence of piracy in Somalia, where the central government doesn't have control over much of the country.
"This is the type of scene you see in failed states, where you don't just have organized crime, but you have an organized criminal population with an extensive social base," Silva Herzog said.
Buscaglia said such mass crimes occur in parts of Nigeria and Afghanistan, but are absent in places where there are "social controls" such as councils of elders in Afghanistan.
"Mexico doesn't have social control mechanisms except in some very defined (indigenous) ethnic communities ... so Mexico is, unfortunately, in the worst of both worlds," he said.
In the first quarter of this year, six times a day on average, robbers blocked tracks or loosened rails to stop trains, leading to dangerous derailments. In such cases, thieves open up grain hoppers or freight cars and people swoop in en masse as police or soldiers stand by outnumbered and overwhelmed.
In one incident witnessed by The Associated Press last year in the central state of Puebla, police pointed out locals acting as lookouts — posing as farmers or gazing from a highway overpass — as people in dozens of pickups filled plastic tanks with fuel pilfered from a gas pipeline running through a cornfield.
Police stood just 100 yards away, holding off on intervening until soldiers could provide backup.
But the army — stung by a previous encounter where troops were ambushed by townspeople — didn't arrive.
Perhaps the most widespread "social crime" in Mexico is drug growing. As one farmer who grows opium poppies in the Guerreo hamlet of Tenantla said: "There is no other work. If there was, we'd do it."
Untrained and unwilling to take on civilians, the military often just stands by. When it does intervene, sometimes rights abuses result.
On March 25, marines were ambushed three times as they left their base to patrol in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, attacks that killed one marine and wounded several.
A marine helicopter called in for support fired from the air and hit a civilian family's car, killing a woman and two of her children. In the weeks around that attack, complaints were filed about 28 people who went missing in Nuevo Laredo, some allegedly hauled off by marines.
Javier Oliva, a political science professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, said the military is unprepared to handle "the process of social breakdown we are experiencing." "They will continue to do the job because there is no one else to do it," Oliva said.
"Because if they don't do it, we are going to be left defenseless against criminal activities."
Buscaglia said that without a real move to punish criminality and corruption from the top down, mass crimes may continue to rise.
"This situation is cancerous. It is going to spread more and more with all the political and social instability that come with it," he said.
"If today you have hundreds of thousands, it could become millions who think like this."
End
Comment: yet another sign of a failed nation with a pervasive culture of corruption.
Still using the USA as a "safety valve" via mass illegal migration.
A question is how much longer will that work?
Election just a few days away. Situation expected to become even worse.
Gracias
In Mexico, rising 'mass crime' defies security forces
Mark Stevenson, Associated Press
Updated 10:09 am, Wednesday, June 27, 2018
https://www.lmtonline.com/news/us-world/border-mexico/article/In-Mexico-rising-mass-crime-defies-security-13030022.php
FILE - In this July 11, 2017 file photo, smoke rises from a warehouse storing stolen fuel near Tepeaca, Puebla state, Mexico. A growing and troubling trend in Mexico is what's being called "socialized" or "mass" crimes, like crowds looting supermarkets, robbing trains, tapping fuel pipelines and trying to free arrested criminal suspects. Whoever wins the July 1 presidential election will confront that problem, on top of rising homicides that have reached levels unseen in decades. Photo: Eduardo Verdugo, AP / Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
IMAGE 1 OF 74 FILE - In this July 11, 2017 file photo, smoke rises from a warehouse storing stolen fuel near Tepeaca, Puebla state, Mexico. A growing and troubling trend in Mexico is what's being called "socialized" or ... more
TENANTLA, Mexico (AP) —
Whoever wins Sunday's presidential election will have to face not only Mexico's drug cartels, but a new kind of crime involving whole neighborhoods defying police and military personnel.
It was on display in the Jalisco state town of Ciudad Guzman — a stronghold of the Jalisco New Generation cartel — in early June, when a crowd of men and women gathered around two pickups carrying armed Mexican marines.
They taunted the troops, throwing rocks and water bottles at them and kicking one repeatedly as he was helped away by two comrades.
RELATED: How 'La Barbie' became the top-ranking leader of a Mexican drug cartel
Purportedly protesting a young man's disappearance, the crowd later spray-painted the cartel's initials on a bashed-up marine vehicle.
Such "socialized" or "mass" crimes are spreading in Mexico as entire communities empty freight trains of merchandise or steal hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel from pipelines.
"The logic of the people is that they see politicians and officials stealing big time ... and they see themselves as having the same right to steal as the big-time politicians," said Edgardo Buscaglia, an international crime expert and research fellow at Columbia University. "You begin to create an ethical code in which, 'If the upper-class people can steal and get away with it, we can steal, too, with complete justification.'"
In May, armed men broke the locks on two supermarkets in the southern city of Arcelia in Guerrero state and allowed local residents in to loot them. Police didn't show up for hours.
Guerrero security spokesman Roberto Alvarez said the stores' owners had refused extortion demands from a local splinter of La Familia cartel and the looting was punishment for not paying.
RELATED: 2nd suspect arrested in killing of respected Mexican reporter Javier Valdez (Warning: Graphic)
Meanwhile, an average of 42 illegal taps are being drilled into pipelines across Mexico every day and transporting, storing and selling the stolen fuel often represents a major source of employment in some rural communities.
"These criminal groups are inserting themselves in society. They have put women and children on the front line," Interior Secretary Alfonso Navarrete Prida said in late May.
Stung by complaints from business groups that such crimes are threatening jobs and investment, the Interior Department blamed the increasing use of local populations by gangs.
"Much of the explanation lies in the diversification of criminal organizations that started out trafficking drugs, and now have interests in fuel theft," the department said. "What also plays a role is that in a number of cases they have encouraged or forced members of many communities to block police actions to detain those involved in train and highway freight robbery."
Political scientist Jesus Silva Herzog compares it to the emergence of piracy in Somalia, where the central government doesn't have control over much of the country.
"This is the type of scene you see in failed states, where you don't just have organized crime, but you have an organized criminal population with an extensive social base," Silva Herzog said.
Buscaglia said such mass crimes occur in parts of Nigeria and Afghanistan, but are absent in places where there are "social controls" such as councils of elders in Afghanistan.
"Mexico doesn't have social control mechanisms except in some very defined (indigenous) ethnic communities ... so Mexico is, unfortunately, in the worst of both worlds," he said.
In the first quarter of this year, six times a day on average, robbers blocked tracks or loosened rails to stop trains, leading to dangerous derailments. In such cases, thieves open up grain hoppers or freight cars and people swoop in en masse as police or soldiers stand by outnumbered and overwhelmed.
In one incident witnessed by The Associated Press last year in the central state of Puebla, police pointed out locals acting as lookouts — posing as farmers or gazing from a highway overpass — as people in dozens of pickups filled plastic tanks with fuel pilfered from a gas pipeline running through a cornfield.
Police stood just 100 yards away, holding off on intervening until soldiers could provide backup.
But the army — stung by a previous encounter where troops were ambushed by townspeople — didn't arrive.
Perhaps the most widespread "social crime" in Mexico is drug growing. As one farmer who grows opium poppies in the Guerreo hamlet of Tenantla said: "There is no other work. If there was, we'd do it."
Untrained and unwilling to take on civilians, the military often just stands by. When it does intervene, sometimes rights abuses result.
On March 25, marines were ambushed three times as they left their base to patrol in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, attacks that killed one marine and wounded several.
A marine helicopter called in for support fired from the air and hit a civilian family's car, killing a woman and two of her children. In the weeks around that attack, complaints were filed about 28 people who went missing in Nuevo Laredo, some allegedly hauled off by marines.
Javier Oliva, a political science professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, said the military is unprepared to handle "the process of social breakdown we are experiencing." "They will continue to do the job because there is no one else to do it," Oliva said.
"Because if they don't do it, we are going to be left defenseless against criminal activities."
Buscaglia said that without a real move to punish criminality and corruption from the top down, mass crimes may continue to rise.
"This situation is cancerous. It is going to spread more and more with all the political and social instability that come with it," he said.
"If today you have hundreds of thousands, it could become millions who think like this."
End
AZMEX POLICY 27-6-18
AZMEX POLICY 27 JUN 2018
Comment: Driver's license primary ID for purchasing firearms. As always, "immigrants" means illegal immigrants.
Legal immigrants have no problem getting license, etc. Still more corruption from the federal courts?
Thx
Judge: Arizona can't deny driver's licenses for certain immigrants
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS | JUNE 26, 2018 AT 4:09 PM
UPDATED: JUNE 26, 2018 AT 9:05 PM
http://ktar.com/story/2121241/judge-arizona-cant-deny-drivers-licenses-for-certain-immigrants/
PHOENIX — Arizona cannot deny driver's licenses to certain immigrants who have protections from deportation based on the state's own judgment that the applicants aren't in the country legally, a judge has ruled.
The decision issued by U.S. District Judge David Campbell marks the state's second legal defeat in recent years over its denial of driver's licenses to immigrants who have been given protection from deportation by the federal government.
Four years ago, the courts ruled against Arizona in a lengthy battle over then-Gov. Jan Brewer's 2012 executive order that denied licenses to young immigrants who have avoided deportation under an Obama administration policy. The young immigrants were either brought or came to the United States illegally as children.
Eventually, the immigrants in question were able to get licenses. But the rulings focused on only immigrants who received protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
A second lawsuit was filed in September 2016 to seek licenses for immigrants who had received other forms of protection from deportation, such as domestic violence survivors and crime victims who were cooperating with law enforcement.
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In deciding the second lawsuit, Campbell cited a ruling from the first case in which the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said Arizona strayed into the federal government's power to regulate immigration by creating new classifications for immigrants when it created new driver's license policies.
"The court of appeals explained that `States enjoy no power with respect to the classification of aliens,' " Campbell wrote.
The judge said Arizona's policy of treating the immigrants in question differently than other immigrants is barred under the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause.
It's unclear how many immigrants could be affected by the latest decision.
Daniel Scarpinato, spokesman for Gov. Doug Ducey, said the governor's office is reviewing the ruling and discussing its legal options with its attorneys.
"We hope now they get the message that this kind of discrimination and this kind of impermissible classification of noncitizens can't continue," said Nicholas Espiritu, one of the lawyers who challenged the driver's license policies. "But we'll definitely be on the lookout if they continue to try to circumvent this ruling."
End
Comment: Driver's license primary ID for purchasing firearms. As always, "immigrants" means illegal immigrants.
Legal immigrants have no problem getting license, etc. Still more corruption from the federal courts?
Thx
Judge: Arizona can't deny driver's licenses for certain immigrants
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS | JUNE 26, 2018 AT 4:09 PM
UPDATED: JUNE 26, 2018 AT 9:05 PM
http://ktar.com/story/2121241/judge-arizona-cant-deny-drivers-licenses-for-certain-immigrants/
PHOENIX — Arizona cannot deny driver's licenses to certain immigrants who have protections from deportation based on the state's own judgment that the applicants aren't in the country legally, a judge has ruled.
The decision issued by U.S. District Judge David Campbell marks the state's second legal defeat in recent years over its denial of driver's licenses to immigrants who have been given protection from deportation by the federal government.
Four years ago, the courts ruled against Arizona in a lengthy battle over then-Gov. Jan Brewer's 2012 executive order that denied licenses to young immigrants who have avoided deportation under an Obama administration policy. The young immigrants were either brought or came to the United States illegally as children.
Eventually, the immigrants in question were able to get licenses. But the rulings focused on only immigrants who received protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
A second lawsuit was filed in September 2016 to seek licenses for immigrants who had received other forms of protection from deportation, such as domestic violence survivors and crime victims who were cooperating with law enforcement.
Related Links
Arizona driver's licenses for DREAMers back in court
Trump ends DACA program for undocumented youth
Supreme Court turns down Arizona challenge of 'Dreamer' driver's licenses
In deciding the second lawsuit, Campbell cited a ruling from the first case in which the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said Arizona strayed into the federal government's power to regulate immigration by creating new classifications for immigrants when it created new driver's license policies.
"The court of appeals explained that `States enjoy no power with respect to the classification of aliens,' " Campbell wrote.
The judge said Arizona's policy of treating the immigrants in question differently than other immigrants is barred under the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause.
It's unclear how many immigrants could be affected by the latest decision.
Daniel Scarpinato, spokesman for Gov. Doug Ducey, said the governor's office is reviewing the ruling and discussing its legal options with its attorneys.
"We hope now they get the message that this kind of discrimination and this kind of impermissible classification of noncitizens can't continue," said Nicholas Espiritu, one of the lawyers who challenged the driver's license policies. "But we'll definitely be on the lookout if they continue to try to circumvent this ruling."
End
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
AZMEX I3 26-6-18. Update
AZMEX I3 26 JUN 2018. Update
DACA recipient accused of trying to take undocumented immigrants to Albuquerque
by Jessica Gonzalez
Tuesday, June 26th 2018
http://kfoxtv.com/news/local/daca-recipient-caught-trying-to-smuggle-immigrants-near-las-cruces.
DACA recipient caught trying to smuggle immigrants near Las Cruces
DONA ANA COUNTY, N.M. — A woman who is in the country thanks to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was arrested Monday morning
after she attempted to take three immigrants to Albuquerque through the Interstate 25 checkpoint near Las Cruces, according to court records.
Irania Martinez-Martinez-Martinez picked up the men at a McDonald's in El Paso and then took them to her house so that they could shower, according to court documents.
The woman who, according to court documents, was aware the men were undocumented, did not know how much she would be paid for taking the men to Albuquerque
but the men told her they would give her $200 for gas.
After the men showered, Martinez-Martinez told the men to get in the car and began the drive to Albuquerque.
Once at the checkpoint, the Border Patrol agent questioned Martinez-Martinez about her citizenship.
She told the agent she was a U.S. citizen and handed her Texas ID card to the agent but didn't give the agent a valid driver's license, the document states.
Martinez-Martinez told the agent they were going to Albuquerque.
When the agent asked the men in the car about their citizenship, they did not reply, according to court documents.
According to the court documents, Martinez-Martinez appeared nervous.
The agent told her to drive to a secondary inspection area for further questioning.
Once there, the three men admitted to not having any immigration documents and said they entered the country illegally, court documents say.
A database showed that Martinez-Martinez was not a U.S. citizen but rather a DACA recipient.
Martinez-Martinez received her DACA status in April 2017, records showed.
She was charged for the smuggling attempt and her DACA status will be taken away.
End
Don't forget:
Luis Videgaray: Mexico decides who enters our country
Detalles Publicado el Viernes 10 de marzo de 2017
"the decisions of who enters Mexico, are made by Mexico and only Mexico"
Luis Videgaray Caso, Mexican Foreign Minister
10 March, 2017
End
DACA recipient accused of trying to take undocumented immigrants to Albuquerque
by Jessica Gonzalez
Tuesday, June 26th 2018
http://kfoxtv.com/news/local/daca-recipient-caught-trying-to-smuggle-immigrants-near-las-cruces.
DACA recipient caught trying to smuggle immigrants near Las Cruces
DONA ANA COUNTY, N.M. — A woman who is in the country thanks to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was arrested Monday morning
after she attempted to take three immigrants to Albuquerque through the Interstate 25 checkpoint near Las Cruces, according to court records.
Irania Martinez-Martinez-Martinez picked up the men at a McDonald's in El Paso and then took them to her house so that they could shower, according to court documents.
The woman who, according to court documents, was aware the men were undocumented, did not know how much she would be paid for taking the men to Albuquerque
but the men told her they would give her $200 for gas.
After the men showered, Martinez-Martinez told the men to get in the car and began the drive to Albuquerque.
Once at the checkpoint, the Border Patrol agent questioned Martinez-Martinez about her citizenship.
She told the agent she was a U.S. citizen and handed her Texas ID card to the agent but didn't give the agent a valid driver's license, the document states.
Martinez-Martinez told the agent they were going to Albuquerque.
When the agent asked the men in the car about their citizenship, they did not reply, according to court documents.
According to the court documents, Martinez-Martinez appeared nervous.
The agent told her to drive to a secondary inspection area for further questioning.
Once there, the three men admitted to not having any immigration documents and said they entered the country illegally, court documents say.
A database showed that Martinez-Martinez was not a U.S. citizen but rather a DACA recipient.
Martinez-Martinez received her DACA status in April 2017, records showed.
She was charged for the smuggling attempt and her DACA status will be taken away.
End
Don't forget:
Luis Videgaray: Mexico decides who enters our country
Detalles Publicado el Viernes 10 de marzo de 2017
"the decisions of who enters Mexico, are made by Mexico and only Mexico"
Luis Videgaray Caso, Mexican Foreign Minister
10 March, 2017
End
AZMEX I3 26-6-18
AZMEX I3 26 JUN 2018
DACA Recipient Arrested for Alien Smuggling
Release Date: June 26, 2018
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/daca-recipient-arrested-alien-smuggling
LAS CRUCES, N.M. –U.S. Border Patrol Agents working the I-25 immigration checkpoint north of Las Cruces arrested a "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" (DACA) recipient yesterday who was attempting to smuggle three illegal aliens into the U.S.
In the early hours of Monday, June 25, a U.S. Border Patrol Agent manning the primary immigration inspection lane encountered a dark Toyota Scion approaching the checkpoint for inspection. The agent noticed the female driver appeared to be accompanied by three male passengers as it approached the inspection area. When the driver was questioned on her citizenship, she replied that she was a U.S. Citizen and handed her "Texas Identification Card" to the Agent, but not a valid driver's license. He then asked the driver where she was traveling to, and she replied they were headed to Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The Border Patrol Agent then questioned the passengers in the vehicle as to their citizenship, but got no response.
That prompted the Border Patrol Agent to refer the vehicle to secondary inspection for further questioning of everyone in the vehicle. Once in the secondary area, the three individuals freely admitted not having any immigration documents, and said they entered the country illegally. Agents were also able to determine the female driver attempted to deceive them by claiming to be a United States Citizen, when in actuality she was a citizen of Mexico currently on DACA status.
All subjects including the driver where transported to a U.S. Border Patrol Station where they were searched and entered in to various immigration and criminal databases.
Using this technology, it was confirmed the driver was not a U.S. Citizen, but rather a DACA recipient.
The other three subjects were citizens of Mexico.
The DACA recipient had applied and received her status in April of 2017.
She will be prosecuted on alien-smuggling charges and may no longer be eligible to maintain her DACA status.
https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders.
END
Don't forget:
Luis Videgaray: Mexico decides who enters our country
Detalles Publicado el Viernes 10 de marzo de 2017
"the decisions of who enters Mexico, are made by Mexico and only Mexico"
Luis Videgaray Caso, Mexican Foreign Minister
10 March, 2017
End
DACA Recipient Arrested for Alien Smuggling
Release Date: June 26, 2018
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/daca-recipient-arrested-alien-smuggling
LAS CRUCES, N.M. –U.S. Border Patrol Agents working the I-25 immigration checkpoint north of Las Cruces arrested a "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" (DACA) recipient yesterday who was attempting to smuggle three illegal aliens into the U.S.
In the early hours of Monday, June 25, a U.S. Border Patrol Agent manning the primary immigration inspection lane encountered a dark Toyota Scion approaching the checkpoint for inspection. The agent noticed the female driver appeared to be accompanied by three male passengers as it approached the inspection area. When the driver was questioned on her citizenship, she replied that she was a U.S. Citizen and handed her "Texas Identification Card" to the Agent, but not a valid driver's license. He then asked the driver where she was traveling to, and she replied they were headed to Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The Border Patrol Agent then questioned the passengers in the vehicle as to their citizenship, but got no response.
That prompted the Border Patrol Agent to refer the vehicle to secondary inspection for further questioning of everyone in the vehicle. Once in the secondary area, the three individuals freely admitted not having any immigration documents, and said they entered the country illegally. Agents were also able to determine the female driver attempted to deceive them by claiming to be a United States Citizen, when in actuality she was a citizen of Mexico currently on DACA status.
All subjects including the driver where transported to a U.S. Border Patrol Station where they were searched and entered in to various immigration and criminal databases.
Using this technology, it was confirmed the driver was not a U.S. Citizen, but rather a DACA recipient.
The other three subjects were citizens of Mexico.
The DACA recipient had applied and received her status in April of 2017.
She will be prosecuted on alien-smuggling charges and may no longer be eligible to maintain her DACA status.
https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders.
END
Don't forget:
Luis Videgaray: Mexico decides who enters our country
Detalles Publicado el Viernes 10 de marzo de 2017
"the decisions of who enters Mexico, are made by Mexico and only Mexico"
Luis Videgaray Caso, Mexican Foreign Minister
10 March, 2017
End
Monday, June 25, 2018
AZCENTAM SPECIAL 25-6-18
AZCENTAM SPECIAL 25 JUN 2018
Note: As progressive Nicaragua continues to fail.
Comment: will July 1st bring the same to Mexico?
If it does, prepare for a tidal wave of economic refugees.
Costa Rica the lone bright spot in Central America.
From La Nation in Costa Rica
Gracias
SECURITY
Nicaraguans seeking refuge in Costa Rica saturate headquarters of Migration and Immigration
Authorities grant 1,000 appointments per week for this procedure
By: Eillyn Jiménez B., Patricia Recio. 1 hour ago
https://www.nacion.com/sucesos/seguridad/nicaraguenses-que-buscan-refugio-en-costa-rica/RWOYMPIAKFBKVJVW5VXTQ3OV5A/story/
Some 4,000 foreigners lined up in Migración to seek refuge. Photo: Rafael Pacheco Some 4,000 foreigners lined up in Migración to ask for refuge. Photo: Rafael Pacheco
Nicaraguans seeking refuge in Costa Rica saturated the headquarters of Migration and Immigration Monday morning.
More than 4,000 people lined up in the place to get an appointment that allows them to start the process; however, per week the authorities only can do about 1,000.
Daguer Hernández, director a. i. of the institution, said that not all foreigners who make the request are candidates for refuge, so each case is sent to a commission that analyzes them and determines whether or not to grant asylum.
"Last week of the 1,000 who made the request, 50% did not qualify for refuge," said the director.
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Hernández added that Mondays are the only day of the week in which the appointments are given and mentioned that despite the fact that 3,000 foreigners arrived more than expected, all will be looked after.
"From 7 a.m. began to attend and at 9 a.m. we had about 500 attended," he said.
Among the people who were in line this Monday was Morelia Sossa, who came from Matagalpa, Nicaragua, two months ago to work, taking into account that she has a daughter to support.
"I came here because of the situation, in Matagalpa things are dangerous and my mother told me to come in line," said Sossa.
End
Note: As progressive Nicaragua continues to fail.
Comment: will July 1st bring the same to Mexico?
If it does, prepare for a tidal wave of economic refugees.
Costa Rica the lone bright spot in Central America.
From La Nation in Costa Rica
Gracias
SECURITY
Nicaraguans seeking refuge in Costa Rica saturate headquarters of Migration and Immigration
Authorities grant 1,000 appointments per week for this procedure
By: Eillyn Jiménez B., Patricia Recio. 1 hour ago
https://www.nacion.com/sucesos/seguridad/nicaraguenses-que-buscan-refugio-en-costa-rica/RWOYMPIAKFBKVJVW5VXTQ3OV5A/story/
Some 4,000 foreigners lined up in Migración to seek refuge. Photo: Rafael Pacheco Some 4,000 foreigners lined up in Migración to ask for refuge. Photo: Rafael Pacheco
Nicaraguans seeking refuge in Costa Rica saturated the headquarters of Migration and Immigration Monday morning.
More than 4,000 people lined up in the place to get an appointment that allows them to start the process; however, per week the authorities only can do about 1,000.
Daguer Hernández, director a. i. of the institution, said that not all foreigners who make the request are candidates for refuge, so each case is sent to a commission that analyzes them and determines whether or not to grant asylum.
"Last week of the 1,000 who made the request, 50% did not qualify for refuge," said the director.
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(Video) Nicaraguans seeking refuge in Costa Rica saturate Migration headquarters
Hernández added that Mondays are the only day of the week in which the appointments are given and mentioned that despite the fact that 3,000 foreigners arrived more than expected, all will be looked after.
"From 7 a.m. began to attend and at 9 a.m. we had about 500 attended," he said.
Among the people who were in line this Monday was Morelia Sossa, who came from Matagalpa, Nicaragua, two months ago to work, taking into account that she has a daughter to support.
"I came here because of the situation, in Matagalpa things are dangerous and my mother told me to come in line," said Sossa.
End
AZNIC UPDATE 23-6-18
AZNIC UPDATE 23 JUN 2018
Note: the progressive Nicaragua regime violence getting some coverage in Mexican media.
Still unknown why other Central Americans not seeking asylum there, as so much closer than the EUA.
Gracias
Police and paramilitaries attack University of Nicaragua: 5 dead
Afp | Saturday, 23 Jun 2018 15:24
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2018/06/23/ofensiva-contra-universidad-de-nicaragua-deja-5-muertos-incluido-un-bebe-1020.html
A student rests within the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, after the police offensive. Afp Photo
Managua At least five people, including a 15-month-old boy, dead after simultaneous attacks by combined police and paramilitary forces in neighborhoods in Managua and Nicaragua's main university, a human rights group said.
"We are talking about five deaths, including the child, but there could be more," Georgina Ruiz, an activist with the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH), told AFP that two of the deaths occurred in the area of the National University. Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN).
Since midnight, police, heavily armed police and paramilitary forces have raided at least six neighborhoods in the east of the capital and on the grounds of the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN) in the southwest, where dozens of students remain entrenched.
Two young people died in the university zone, while another 15 were injured, according to the CENIDH. The other deaths occurred in the neighborhoods.
The boy died when his mother took him to a place where they took care of him, at a time when the combined forces entered a neighborhood in the eastern sector of the capital to dismantle barricades, according to relatives told the press. "It was a bullet from the police, I saw them, they were policemen, nobody told me," the child's mother, Kenia Navarrete, told the 100% Noticias channel.
The official website of the government, El 19 Digital, said that those who "shot" the child were "criminals who are operating in the sector of the Polytechnic University (Upoli)".
"We reiterate our call for the immediate cessation of all forms of violence and repression, the Nicaraguan people deserve an opportunity for peace," OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro wrote on Twitter after condemning the death of the boy and the two young men. in the UNAN.
Before the attacks, the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, of civil society groups, suspended a march scheduled for the afternoon of this Saturday.
The protests began on April 18 against a reform of the social security system, but were expanded to demand justice for the deaths and the ousting of Ortega, whom they accuse of establishing, along with his wife and vice president Rosario Murillo, a autocratic and corrupt govenerment.
End
Note: the progressive Nicaragua regime violence getting some coverage in Mexican media.
Still unknown why other Central Americans not seeking asylum there, as so much closer than the EUA.
Gracias
Police and paramilitaries attack University of Nicaragua: 5 dead
Afp | Saturday, 23 Jun 2018 15:24
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2018/06/23/ofensiva-contra-universidad-de-nicaragua-deja-5-muertos-incluido-un-bebe-1020.html
A student rests within the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, after the police offensive. Afp Photo
Managua At least five people, including a 15-month-old boy, dead after simultaneous attacks by combined police and paramilitary forces in neighborhoods in Managua and Nicaragua's main university, a human rights group said.
"We are talking about five deaths, including the child, but there could be more," Georgina Ruiz, an activist with the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH), told AFP that two of the deaths occurred in the area of the National University. Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN).
Since midnight, police, heavily armed police and paramilitary forces have raided at least six neighborhoods in the east of the capital and on the grounds of the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN) in the southwest, where dozens of students remain entrenched.
Two young people died in the university zone, while another 15 were injured, according to the CENIDH. The other deaths occurred in the neighborhoods.
The boy died when his mother took him to a place where they took care of him, at a time when the combined forces entered a neighborhood in the eastern sector of the capital to dismantle barricades, according to relatives told the press. "It was a bullet from the police, I saw them, they were policemen, nobody told me," the child's mother, Kenia Navarrete, told the 100% Noticias channel.
The official website of the government, El 19 Digital, said that those who "shot" the child were "criminals who are operating in the sector of the Polytechnic University (Upoli)".
"We reiterate our call for the immediate cessation of all forms of violence and repression, the Nicaraguan people deserve an opportunity for peace," OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro wrote on Twitter after condemning the death of the boy and the two young men. in the UNAN.
Before the attacks, the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, of civil society groups, suspended a march scheduled for the afternoon of this Saturday.
The protests began on April 18 against a reform of the social security system, but were expanded to demand justice for the deaths and the ousting of Ortega, whom they accuse of establishing, along with his wife and vice president Rosario Murillo, a autocratic and corrupt govenerment.
End
AZMEX I3 22-6-18
AZMEX I3 22 JUN 2018
Note: exceeded quota. Rest of the story at the link.
Thx
How many Sinaloans are illegally in the US?
According to a UAS study, there would be at least 300 thousand in several US states
Janneth Aldecoa
06/22/2018
https://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones/view/cuantos-sinaloenses-se-encuentran-de-manera-ilegal-en-eu-1133020
The number of Sinaloans found in some states of the neighboring northern country could be higher than 300 thousand,
said the researcher at the Faculty of International Studies and Public Policy (FEIYPP)
of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa,
Blas Valenzuela Camacho.
He warned that the figure would be for only entities such as California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Phoenix and Chicago in the United States.
It was in 2007 when the investigator's work team held a census in the neighboring northern country,
specifically in Maricopa County, Phoenix.
He found that 14 percent of Mexicans in that area were from the Sinaloa population.
It is about 146 thousand people from this Mexican state.
(rest of story at the link, Spanish)
End
Note: exceeded quota. Rest of the story at the link.
Thx
How many Sinaloans are illegally in the US?
According to a UAS study, there would be at least 300 thousand in several US states
Janneth Aldecoa
06/22/2018
https://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones/view/cuantos-sinaloenses-se-encuentran-de-manera-ilegal-en-eu-1133020
The number of Sinaloans found in some states of the neighboring northern country could be higher than 300 thousand,
said the researcher at the Faculty of International Studies and Public Policy (FEIYPP)
of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa,
Blas Valenzuela Camacho.
He warned that the figure would be for only entities such as California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Phoenix and Chicago in the United States.
It was in 2007 when the investigator's work team held a census in the neighboring northern country,
specifically in Maricopa County, Phoenix.
He found that 14 percent of Mexicans in that area were from the Sinaloa population.
It is about 146 thousand people from this Mexican state.
(rest of story at the link, Spanish)
End
Saturday, June 23, 2018
AZMEX ELECTION SPECIAL 23-6-18
AZMEX ELECTION SPECIAL 23 JUN 2018
AMLO announces that Alfonso Romo will coordinate the Office of the President
June 23, 2018 by Editorial Staff
https://riodoce.mx/noticias/anuncia-amlo-que-alfonso-romo-coordinara-la-oficina-de-presidencia
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, candidate for the Presidency of the "Juntos Haremos Historia" coalition (Morena-PT-PES)
staged a rally at the Macroplaza de Monterrey, Nuevo León, where he announced that if he triumphs in the July 1 elections,
Alfonso Romo will serve as coordinator of the Office of the President;
At the event was present Patricio Zambrano, former contestant of the reality show Big Brother, who contends for Morena to govern the state capital.
At the event, AMLO declared that Alfonso Romo "has been supporting me for years in a determined and effective manner," published Indigo Report.
The tabasqueño requested that his followers vote by raising their hands, and so did several.
López Obrador insisted on his proposal to remove pensions of former presidents:
"I do not want to be like Carlos Salinas de Gortari, the father of social inequality;
like Vicente Fox, a traitor of democracy;
like Felipe Calderón, who stole the election,
and I'm not going to be corrupted like Enrique Peña Nieto. "
Patricio Zambrano was pleased by the visit of AMLO, and in his Twitter account he announced that "Monterrey will shine".
"We will manage great support to transform the city like never before in history, recovering the backlog caused by the PRI for decades of corruption,"
declared the former Big Brother.
Related
• AMLO announces that Alfonso Romo will coordinate the Office of the President
• Reconciliation tool, AMLO tourism project: Torruco
• Clarification day for AMLO: Regeneration, Pachuca and Monreal, the topics
• AMLO closes for the third time presidential campaign in Sinaloa
• López Obrador did not announce taxes for remittances
• AMLO announces that the president of Morena in Sinaloa will be its National Fisheries Commissioner
• Against AMLO, Chuy Valdés awaits the crossover vote
• AMLO asks Peña Nieto to intervene with the US for the deportation of children, at a rally in Culiacán
• AMLO Unreachable
• The question is whether or not to give the Chambers to AMLO
This post was published in Campaigns, Elections 2018, News and tagged Alfonso Romo, AMLO, Monterrey by Editorial Staff.
Bookmark the permalink
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_Romo
END
Anuncia AMLO que Alfonso Romo coordinará la oficina de Presidencia
23 junio, 2018 por Redacción
https://riodoce.mx/noticias/anuncia-amlo-que-alfonso-romo-coordinara-la-oficina-de-presidencia
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, candidato a la Presidencia de la coalición "Juntos Haremos Historia" (Morena-PT-PES) protagonizó un mitin en la Macroplaza de Monterrey, Nuevo León, en donde anunció que si triunfa en los comicios del 1o de julio, Alfonso Romo fungirá como coordinador de la oficina de Presidencia; en el evento estuvo presente Patricio Zambrano, ex concursante del reality show Big Brother, quien contiende por Morena para gobernar la capital del estado.
En el evento, AMLO declaró que Alfonso Romo "me ha estado apoyando desde hace años de manera decidida y eficaz", publicó Reporte Índigo.
El tabasqueño solicitó que sus seguidores votaran alzando la mano, y así lo hicieron varios.
López Obrador insistió en su propuesta de quitar pensiones a ex presidentes: "No quiero ser como Carlos Salinas de Gortari, el padre de la desigualdad social; como Vicente Fox, un traidor de la democracia; como Felipe Calderón, que se robó la elección, y no me voy a manchar de corrupción como Enrique Peña Nieto".
Patricio Zambrano se mostró complacido por la visita de AMLO, y en su cuenta de Twitter adelantó que "Monterrey brillará".
"Gestionaremos grandes apoyos para transformar la ciudad como nunca antes en la historia, recuperando el rezago ocasionado por el PRIAN por décadas de corrupción", declaró el ex Big Brother.
Relacionadas
• Anuncia AMLO que Alfonso Romo coordinará la oficina de Presidencia
• Herramienta de reconciliación, proyecto turístico de AMLO: Torruco
• Jornada de aclaraciones para AMLO: Regeneración, Pachuca y Monreal, los temas
• Cierra AMLO por tercera ocasión campaña presidencial en Sinaloa
• López Obrador no anunció impuestos para las remesas
• Anuncia AMLO que presidente de Morena en Sinaloa será su Comisionado Nacional de Pesca
• Ante arrastre de AMLO, Chuy Valdés espera el voto cruzado
• Pide AMLO a Peña Nieto intervenir ante EU por deportación de niños, en mitin en Culiacán
• AMLO Inalcanzable
• La cuestión es darle o no las Cámaras a AMLO
Esta entrada fué publicada en Campañas, Elecciones 2018, Noticias y etiquetada Alfonso Romo, AMLO, Monterrey por Redacción. Agrega a favoritos el enlace permanente
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_Romo.
end
AMLO announces that Alfonso Romo will coordinate the Office of the President
June 23, 2018 by Editorial Staff
https://riodoce.mx/noticias/anuncia-amlo-que-alfonso-romo-coordinara-la-oficina-de-presidencia
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, candidate for the Presidency of the "Juntos Haremos Historia" coalition (Morena-PT-PES)
staged a rally at the Macroplaza de Monterrey, Nuevo León, where he announced that if he triumphs in the July 1 elections,
Alfonso Romo will serve as coordinator of the Office of the President;
At the event was present Patricio Zambrano, former contestant of the reality show Big Brother, who contends for Morena to govern the state capital.
At the event, AMLO declared that Alfonso Romo "has been supporting me for years in a determined and effective manner," published Indigo Report.
The tabasqueño requested that his followers vote by raising their hands, and so did several.
López Obrador insisted on his proposal to remove pensions of former presidents:
"I do not want to be like Carlos Salinas de Gortari, the father of social inequality;
like Vicente Fox, a traitor of democracy;
like Felipe Calderón, who stole the election,
and I'm not going to be corrupted like Enrique Peña Nieto. "
Patricio Zambrano was pleased by the visit of AMLO, and in his Twitter account he announced that "Monterrey will shine".
"We will manage great support to transform the city like never before in history, recovering the backlog caused by the PRI for decades of corruption,"
declared the former Big Brother.
Related
• AMLO announces that Alfonso Romo will coordinate the Office of the President
• Reconciliation tool, AMLO tourism project: Torruco
• Clarification day for AMLO: Regeneration, Pachuca and Monreal, the topics
• AMLO closes for the third time presidential campaign in Sinaloa
• López Obrador did not announce taxes for remittances
• AMLO announces that the president of Morena in Sinaloa will be its National Fisheries Commissioner
• Against AMLO, Chuy Valdés awaits the crossover vote
• AMLO asks Peña Nieto to intervene with the US for the deportation of children, at a rally in Culiacán
• AMLO Unreachable
• The question is whether or not to give the Chambers to AMLO
This post was published in Campaigns, Elections 2018, News and tagged Alfonso Romo, AMLO, Monterrey by Editorial Staff.
Bookmark the permalink
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_Romo
END
Anuncia AMLO que Alfonso Romo coordinará la oficina de Presidencia
23 junio, 2018 por Redacción
https://riodoce.mx/noticias/anuncia-amlo-que-alfonso-romo-coordinara-la-oficina-de-presidencia
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, candidato a la Presidencia de la coalición "Juntos Haremos Historia" (Morena-PT-PES) protagonizó un mitin en la Macroplaza de Monterrey, Nuevo León, en donde anunció que si triunfa en los comicios del 1o de julio, Alfonso Romo fungirá como coordinador de la oficina de Presidencia; en el evento estuvo presente Patricio Zambrano, ex concursante del reality show Big Brother, quien contiende por Morena para gobernar la capital del estado.
En el evento, AMLO declaró que Alfonso Romo "me ha estado apoyando desde hace años de manera decidida y eficaz", publicó Reporte Índigo.
El tabasqueño solicitó que sus seguidores votaran alzando la mano, y así lo hicieron varios.
López Obrador insistió en su propuesta de quitar pensiones a ex presidentes: "No quiero ser como Carlos Salinas de Gortari, el padre de la desigualdad social; como Vicente Fox, un traidor de la democracia; como Felipe Calderón, que se robó la elección, y no me voy a manchar de corrupción como Enrique Peña Nieto".
Patricio Zambrano se mostró complacido por la visita de AMLO, y en su cuenta de Twitter adelantó que "Monterrey brillará".
"Gestionaremos grandes apoyos para transformar la ciudad como nunca antes en la historia, recuperando el rezago ocasionado por el PRIAN por décadas de corrupción", declaró el ex Big Brother.
Relacionadas
• Anuncia AMLO que Alfonso Romo coordinará la oficina de Presidencia
• Herramienta de reconciliación, proyecto turístico de AMLO: Torruco
• Jornada de aclaraciones para AMLO: Regeneración, Pachuca y Monreal, los temas
• Cierra AMLO por tercera ocasión campaña presidencial en Sinaloa
• López Obrador no anunció impuestos para las remesas
• Anuncia AMLO que presidente de Morena en Sinaloa será su Comisionado Nacional de Pesca
• Ante arrastre de AMLO, Chuy Valdés espera el voto cruzado
• Pide AMLO a Peña Nieto intervenir ante EU por deportación de niños, en mitin en Culiacán
• AMLO Inalcanzable
• La cuestión es darle o no las Cámaras a AMLO
Esta entrada fué publicada en Campañas, Elecciones 2018, Noticias y etiquetada Alfonso Romo, AMLO, Monterrey por Redacción. Agrega a favoritos el enlace permanente
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_Romo.
end
Friday, June 22, 2018
AZMEX UPDATE 22-6-18
AZMEX UPDATE 22 JUN 2018
Note: Including the wave of political murders. List = nr. 1 most "peaceful" , nr. 32 the least "peaceful"?
Baja Sur at 32nd, Baja at 30th, Sonora at 14th.
Gracias
Alarming levels of violence are recorded in the Mexican Republic
May 2018 became the most violent month in the history of Mexico
by Tribune Editorial
June 21, 2018 · 7:37 p.m.
https://www.tribuna.com.mx/seguridad/Alarmantes-niveles-de-violencia-se-registran-en-la-Republica-Mexicana---20180621-0060.html
Alarming levels of violence are registered in the Mexican Republic | Violence in Mexico
Mexico City.- Data from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System recorded 2,890 homicide victims, in 31 days,
which means that 93 people were murdered every day.
The latest official update on statistics of violence in the country, released Wednesday night, revealed that so far this year the number of homicide victims has been increasing month by month.
In January, 2,550 homicides were registered, which represented the third month with the most killings in the SESNSP records,
only after October and November of 2017 when 2,750 and 2,562 were registered, respectively.
In February it fell to 2,389 to reach 2,746 in March and 2,723 in April.
The numbers place May as the month with the most homicides since 1998, the year after which data are available,
from April to May 2018, the average daily homicide grew from 90.7 to 93.2 cases.
The five states with the most murders were:
Guanajuato with 298;
Baja California, 263;
Chihuahua, 231;
Guerrero, 220, and
State of Mexico, 210.
According to the Mexico Peace Index 2018 study, the cost of violence in Mexico grew 15% in 2017.
In economic terms it is equivalent to 21% of the country's Gross Domestic Product.
Homicides generate the greatest cost for citizens.
Detailed information (Spanish) at: http://indicedepazmexico.org
END
Note: Including the wave of political murders. List = nr. 1 most "peaceful" , nr. 32 the least "peaceful"?
Baja Sur at 32nd, Baja at 30th, Sonora at 14th.
Gracias
Alarming levels of violence are recorded in the Mexican Republic
May 2018 became the most violent month in the history of Mexico
by Tribune Editorial
June 21, 2018 · 7:37 p.m.
https://www.tribuna.com.mx/seguridad/Alarmantes-niveles-de-violencia-se-registran-en-la-Republica-Mexicana---20180621-0060.html
Alarming levels of violence are registered in the Mexican Republic | Violence in Mexico
Mexico City.- Data from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System recorded 2,890 homicide victims, in 31 days,
which means that 93 people were murdered every day.
The latest official update on statistics of violence in the country, released Wednesday night, revealed that so far this year the number of homicide victims has been increasing month by month.
In January, 2,550 homicides were registered, which represented the third month with the most killings in the SESNSP records,
only after October and November of 2017 when 2,750 and 2,562 were registered, respectively.
In February it fell to 2,389 to reach 2,746 in March and 2,723 in April.
The numbers place May as the month with the most homicides since 1998, the year after which data are available,
from April to May 2018, the average daily homicide grew from 90.7 to 93.2 cases.
The five states with the most murders were:
Guanajuato with 298;
Baja California, 263;
Chihuahua, 231;
Guerrero, 220, and
State of Mexico, 210.
According to the Mexico Peace Index 2018 study, the cost of violence in Mexico grew 15% in 2017.
In economic terms it is equivalent to 21% of the country's Gross Domestic Product.
Homicides generate the greatest cost for citizens.
Detailed information (Spanish) at: http://indicedepazmexico.org
END
AZMEX UPDATE 21-6-18
AZMEX UPDATE 21 JUN 2018
Note: unknown at this time how or where he got the handgun. AZ driver's license?
As a driver's license is the primary form of ID when purchasing a firearm.
Thx
PD: 1 man behind 9 shootings in Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale
Posted: Jun 20, 2018 6:21 PM MST
Updated: Jun 21, 2018 9:03 AM MST
By Catherine Holland
http://www.azfamily.com/story/38472685/pd-one-man-behind-9-shootings-in-phoenix-mesa-glendale?autostart=true
VIDEO: Timeline of one-man crime spree
00:00 / 01:27
CC
Luis Arreola Beltran Avalos (Source: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office)
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -
A grand jury has indicted a Phoenix man on more than nearly 30 felony charges in connection with a string of shootings in three cities.
Police arrested Luis Arreola Beltran Avalos, 23, in late May, believing him to be involved in nine shootings – seven in Phoenix and one each in Mesa and Glendale – going back to early March.
[MUGSHOT: Luis Arreola Beltran Avalos]
Possible road rage appears to have been a factor in at least three of the shootings, including one on April 7, 2018 near 43rd Avenue and Thomas Road.
According to court paperwork, Bertran Avalos told police he fired because he saw a man with a gun in another vehicle.
"He related he did not see the other male point a firearm at him, but he did discharge the firearm," the arresting officers wrote, documenting that the incident was recorded by a surveillance camera.
Road rage again came into play on Apri 10, 2018 in the area of 39th Avenue and McDowell Road.
Police wrote in court documents that Bertran Avalos said he was "chasing another vehicle when the codefendant discharged the firearm several times."
No information about that codefendant was immediately available.
An innocent man in a parked car was wounded in that incident.
In yet another incident, this one on April 16, 2016 in the area of 19th Avenue and Colter Street, Beltran Avalos told police a driver on a cell phone cut him off at an intersection.
"He did discharge the firearm because he was angry about people getting away with things like this," the arresting officer wrote in the probable cause statement.
The last incident took place at the west Phoenix apartment complex in the area of 45th and Virginia avenues. That address is listed on court documents as Beltran Avalos' home.
"[Beltran Avalos] related he had discharged the firearm from the apartment because his neighbor came to his door, telling him he thought he was being chased," according to the probable cause for arrest statement for the Phoenix shootings. His intent, according to the court documents, was "to scare away the unknown person."
Police said ballistics evidence links a gun Beltran was seen carrying while under surveillance – a Sig Sauer 40 mm (?) handgun that officers later found at his home – to all nine of the shootings.
"Of the first six shootings, five of them occurred within five miles of Luis's [west Phoenix] residence," reads paperwork from the North Mesa Justice Court. "Three of them occurred within a mile."
Police had Beltran Avalos under surveillance for two days before they were able to arrest him.
"Luis drove in a reckless fashion, fluctuated his speed often, and appeared to be engaging in behavior designed to provoke a road rage situation," according to the Mesa report documenting the surveillance.
Beltran Avalos is being held at the Fourth Avenue Jail on a $1 million cash bond.
According to court documents, he is in the U.S. illegally.
"He is currently in the processes of being deported and is prohibited from possessing a firearm," reads the probable cause statement.
END
Also of interest:
8 USC 922 (g). 8 USC 1227 (c) Arizona Revised Statutes ARS 13-3101. 7. (e)
End
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Arizona on Driver's Licenses for Immigrants
By Greg Stohr
March 19, 2018, 6:35 AM MST
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-19/high-court-rejects-arizona-on-driver-s-licenses-for-immigrants
The case is Brewer v. Arizona Dream Acta Coalition, 16-1180.
End
Note: unknown at this time how or where he got the handgun. AZ driver's license?
As a driver's license is the primary form of ID when purchasing a firearm.
Thx
PD: 1 man behind 9 shootings in Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale
Posted: Jun 20, 2018 6:21 PM MST
Updated: Jun 21, 2018 9:03 AM MST
By Catherine Holland
http://www.azfamily.com/story/38472685/pd-one-man-behind-9-shootings-in-phoenix-mesa-glendale?autostart=true
VIDEO: Timeline of one-man crime spree
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Luis Arreola Beltran Avalos (Source: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office)
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -
A grand jury has indicted a Phoenix man on more than nearly 30 felony charges in connection with a string of shootings in three cities.
Police arrested Luis Arreola Beltran Avalos, 23, in late May, believing him to be involved in nine shootings – seven in Phoenix and one each in Mesa and Glendale – going back to early March.
[MUGSHOT: Luis Arreola Beltran Avalos]
Possible road rage appears to have been a factor in at least three of the shootings, including one on April 7, 2018 near 43rd Avenue and Thomas Road.
According to court paperwork, Bertran Avalos told police he fired because he saw a man with a gun in another vehicle.
"He related he did not see the other male point a firearm at him, but he did discharge the firearm," the arresting officers wrote, documenting that the incident was recorded by a surveillance camera.
Road rage again came into play on Apri 10, 2018 in the area of 39th Avenue and McDowell Road.
Police wrote in court documents that Bertran Avalos said he was "chasing another vehicle when the codefendant discharged the firearm several times."
No information about that codefendant was immediately available.
An innocent man in a parked car was wounded in that incident.
In yet another incident, this one on April 16, 2016 in the area of 19th Avenue and Colter Street, Beltran Avalos told police a driver on a cell phone cut him off at an intersection.
"He did discharge the firearm because he was angry about people getting away with things like this," the arresting officer wrote in the probable cause statement.
The last incident took place at the west Phoenix apartment complex in the area of 45th and Virginia avenues. That address is listed on court documents as Beltran Avalos' home.
"[Beltran Avalos] related he had discharged the firearm from the apartment because his neighbor came to his door, telling him he thought he was being chased," according to the probable cause for arrest statement for the Phoenix shootings. His intent, according to the court documents, was "to scare away the unknown person."
Police said ballistics evidence links a gun Beltran was seen carrying while under surveillance – a Sig Sauer 40 mm (?) handgun that officers later found at his home – to all nine of the shootings.
"Of the first six shootings, five of them occurred within five miles of Luis's [west Phoenix] residence," reads paperwork from the North Mesa Justice Court. "Three of them occurred within a mile."
Police had Beltran Avalos under surveillance for two days before they were able to arrest him.
"Luis drove in a reckless fashion, fluctuated his speed often, and appeared to be engaging in behavior designed to provoke a road rage situation," according to the Mesa report documenting the surveillance.
Beltran Avalos is being held at the Fourth Avenue Jail on a $1 million cash bond.
According to court documents, he is in the U.S. illegally.
"He is currently in the processes of being deported and is prohibited from possessing a firearm," reads the probable cause statement.
END
Also of interest:
8 USC 922 (g). 8 USC 1227 (c) Arizona Revised Statutes ARS 13-3101. 7. (e)
End
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Arizona on Driver's Licenses for Immigrants
By Greg Stohr
March 19, 2018, 6:35 AM MST
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-19/high-court-rejects-arizona-on-driver-s-licenses-for-immigrants
The case is Brewer v. Arizona Dream Acta Coalition, 16-1180.
End
Thursday, June 21, 2018
AZMEX POLICY 21-6-18
AZMEX POLICY 21 JUN 2018
Comment: Si, Darwin was correct about survival.
Mexico and the USA need more doper parasite losers.
BTW, In Mexico like most countries, it is all about power and riches, like the politicians, the capos want it all.
More at the link.
Thx.
Former Mexico President Vicente Fox joins High Times board
Posted: Jun 18, 2018 12:30 PM MST
Updated: Jun 21, 2018 12:03 PM MST
http://www.kvoa.com/story/38450043/former-mexico-president-vicente-fox-joins-high-times-board
(AP Photo/Mario Armas, File). File - In this July 18, 2013, file photo, Mexico's former president Vicente Fox speaks during a news conference on the first day of the U.S.-Mexico Symposium on Legalization and Medical Use of Cannabis in San Francisco del...
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File). File - In this Oct. 18, 2018, file photo, former Mexican President Mexico Vicente Fox speaks at the CATO Institute in Washington. Former Mexican President Vincente Fox calls himself a soldier in the global cam...
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former Mexico President Vicente Fox, who calls himself a soldier in the global campaign to legalize marijuana, is joining the board of directors of venerable cannabis publication High Times to advance his agenda.
Speaking with The Associated Press about his views on cannabis and his new appointment, Fox said he foresees a day when a robust legal marketplace will produce new jobs and medicines while sharply reducing cartel violence in his home country.
He also sees pot being part of the North American Free Trade Agreement among Mexico, Canada and the U.S., where some 30 states are embracing legalized marijuana in some form.
Fox's appointment to the magazine's board points to the growing acceptance of the once-scorned industry. Earlier this year, former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, reversed his long-held position against legalization and became an adviser to a cannabis company.
WHY GO LEGAL?
Reason one, Fox says, is freedom, "which is maybe the highest value that human beings have."
"I don't think that governments will ever have the capacity to impose behaviors, to impose conduct, to human beings. At the very end, prohibitions don't work. What works is your own free decision."
Then, it's history. "The war on drugs has been a total failure" since the days of former President Richard Nixon, Fox concludes.
Fox also cites the experience in Mexico, where tens of thousands of killings have been attributed to drug violence.
The trend toward legalization "is moving out of a crime activity, a criminal activity that causes death and blood on the streets, into a business, an industry, that is proving every day that it is sustainable," Fox says. "To me, marijuana, cannabis, it's only the first steps. At the very end, these principles that I spoke about apply to all drugs."
WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE AT HIGH TIMES?
"Well, I am a soldier, in the sense of being an activist, working for this new future, working to break the paradigm," he says. "In short, joining together those who believe in this future."
THE LESSON OF MEXICO
Mexico has legalized medicinal marijuana, but Fox says regulations are needed to put the change into effect. With legalization spreading in the U.S., and Canada expected to broadly legalize cannabis later this year, Fox is eager to see Mexico follow suit.
"We have to come up to where the United States is," he says. "This is happening in several key states throughout the union, and also like other world nations are doing, like Holland, like Portugal, Uruguay, so Mexico has to be updated on this public policy."
If Mexico takes the next step to full legalization "one of the things that I'm absolutely convinced that will happen in Mexico is that we'll take away half of the money that cartels get from selling drugs in the United States, and that half of the money will reduce the amount of guns and ammunition bought by the cartels."
COULD MARIJUANA BECOME PART OF THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT?
Yes, Fox says. Once it's a legal industry and a legal farming product, "it should form part of NAFTA," Fox says. "It's another product that can enhance our private sector, corporations, farmers, retailers ... so it should happen. We should promote it."
HOW CAN THE U.S. RECONCILE THE CONFLICT BETWEEN FEDERAL LAW, WHICH SEES POT AS ILLEGAL, AND STATE LAWS THAT PERMIT USE?
The only fix, Fox says, is to change policy at the federal level. However, "I'm not appealing to ... (President Donald) Trump because he never understands anything," Fox says.
Fox believes members of Congress should visit states where marijuana has been legalized.
"Go around California, visit Washington state, visit Colorado. Look at the successful stories ... Look at the amount of taxes that are being collected, look at the peaceful and harmonious way this new industry is being grown."
"We need ... Congress to pay attention to this." Fox says.
THE BLACK MARKET CONTINUES TO THRIVE IN CALIFORNIA, DESPITE LEGALIZATION. WHAT CAN BE DONE?
"The thing is, those criminals that used to have control of this industry in the United States are still there," Fox says.
"This is one more reason why in the long term I think that all drugs should be legalized. ... But we must educate people. We must educate consumers. We must prevent the wrong things from happening."
____
Michael R. Blood is a member of AP's marijuana beat team. Follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/MichaelRBloodAP. Find complete AP marijuana coverage here: apnews.com/tag/LegalMarijuana.
Comment: Si, Darwin was correct about survival.
Mexico and the USA need more doper parasite losers.
BTW, In Mexico like most countries, it is all about power and riches, like the politicians, the capos want it all.
More at the link.
Thx.
Former Mexico President Vicente Fox joins High Times board
Posted: Jun 18, 2018 12:30 PM MST
Updated: Jun 21, 2018 12:03 PM MST
http://www.kvoa.com/story/38450043/former-mexico-president-vicente-fox-joins-high-times-board
(AP Photo/Mario Armas, File). File - In this July 18, 2013, file photo, Mexico's former president Vicente Fox speaks during a news conference on the first day of the U.S.-Mexico Symposium on Legalization and Medical Use of Cannabis in San Francisco del...
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File). File - In this Oct. 18, 2018, file photo, former Mexican President Mexico Vicente Fox speaks at the CATO Institute in Washington. Former Mexican President Vincente Fox calls himself a soldier in the global cam...
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former Mexico President Vicente Fox, who calls himself a soldier in the global campaign to legalize marijuana, is joining the board of directors of venerable cannabis publication High Times to advance his agenda.
Speaking with The Associated Press about his views on cannabis and his new appointment, Fox said he foresees a day when a robust legal marketplace will produce new jobs and medicines while sharply reducing cartel violence in his home country.
He also sees pot being part of the North American Free Trade Agreement among Mexico, Canada and the U.S., where some 30 states are embracing legalized marijuana in some form.
Fox's appointment to the magazine's board points to the growing acceptance of the once-scorned industry. Earlier this year, former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, reversed his long-held position against legalization and became an adviser to a cannabis company.
WHY GO LEGAL?
Reason one, Fox says, is freedom, "which is maybe the highest value that human beings have."
"I don't think that governments will ever have the capacity to impose behaviors, to impose conduct, to human beings. At the very end, prohibitions don't work. What works is your own free decision."
Then, it's history. "The war on drugs has been a total failure" since the days of former President Richard Nixon, Fox concludes.
Fox also cites the experience in Mexico, where tens of thousands of killings have been attributed to drug violence.
The trend toward legalization "is moving out of a crime activity, a criminal activity that causes death and blood on the streets, into a business, an industry, that is proving every day that it is sustainable," Fox says. "To me, marijuana, cannabis, it's only the first steps. At the very end, these principles that I spoke about apply to all drugs."
WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE AT HIGH TIMES?
"Well, I am a soldier, in the sense of being an activist, working for this new future, working to break the paradigm," he says. "In short, joining together those who believe in this future."
THE LESSON OF MEXICO
Mexico has legalized medicinal marijuana, but Fox says regulations are needed to put the change into effect. With legalization spreading in the U.S., and Canada expected to broadly legalize cannabis later this year, Fox is eager to see Mexico follow suit.
"We have to come up to where the United States is," he says. "This is happening in several key states throughout the union, and also like other world nations are doing, like Holland, like Portugal, Uruguay, so Mexico has to be updated on this public policy."
If Mexico takes the next step to full legalization "one of the things that I'm absolutely convinced that will happen in Mexico is that we'll take away half of the money that cartels get from selling drugs in the United States, and that half of the money will reduce the amount of guns and ammunition bought by the cartels."
COULD MARIJUANA BECOME PART OF THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT?
Yes, Fox says. Once it's a legal industry and a legal farming product, "it should form part of NAFTA," Fox says. "It's another product that can enhance our private sector, corporations, farmers, retailers ... so it should happen. We should promote it."
HOW CAN THE U.S. RECONCILE THE CONFLICT BETWEEN FEDERAL LAW, WHICH SEES POT AS ILLEGAL, AND STATE LAWS THAT PERMIT USE?
The only fix, Fox says, is to change policy at the federal level. However, "I'm not appealing to ... (President Donald) Trump because he never understands anything," Fox says.
Fox believes members of Congress should visit states where marijuana has been legalized.
"Go around California, visit Washington state, visit Colorado. Look at the successful stories ... Look at the amount of taxes that are being collected, look at the peaceful and harmonious way this new industry is being grown."
"We need ... Congress to pay attention to this." Fox says.
THE BLACK MARKET CONTINUES TO THRIVE IN CALIFORNIA, DESPITE LEGALIZATION. WHAT CAN BE DONE?
"The thing is, those criminals that used to have control of this industry in the United States are still there," Fox says.
"This is one more reason why in the long term I think that all drugs should be legalized. ... But we must educate people. We must educate consumers. We must prevent the wrong things from happening."
____
Michael R. Blood is a member of AP's marijuana beat team. Follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/MichaelRBloodAP. Find complete AP marijuana coverage here: apnews.com/tag/LegalMarijuana.
AZMEX UPDATE 20-6-18
AZMEX UPDATE 20 JUN 2018
Note: population of Nogales, Son. est. at 230,000. Nogales, AZ est. at 20,000.
Thx
37 violent deaths so far this year in Nogales
Details Published on Tuesday, June 19, 2018,
Written by César Barragán / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=113979
Nogales, Son
Violent acts continue to occur on this border where 37 violent deaths have already been recorded so far this year, a figure that exceeds that registered in 2017 on this day.
According to the statistics of Public Security until yesterday there were 37 violent homicides on this border, in addition to 22 people who were wounded with bullets, these violent events exceed those that have occurred in this city until this time.
According to official statistics, reports have also been taken of 19 people wounded with a knife and a total of 39 people who have been hospitalized with serious injuries resulting from beatings by criminal groups.
To date, the month with the highest number of murders committed in Nogales was February when eight violent deaths occurred,
followed by April with seven homicides, six in January, the same number in March, and three violent deaths in May,
and four that were registered in this month of June.
The reports indicate that 90 percent of the people who have been assaulted with firearms in this city have been on the part of people who presumably are members of organized crime.
End
Note: just one sample:
Execute man in the Buenos Aires neighborhood with 10 bullets
Details Published on Monday June 18, 2018,
Written by César Barragán / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=113875
Nogales.-
A man was shot to death by armed individuals when he was on board a vehicle in the Buenos Aires neighborhood.
The victim was identified as Guadalupe Tirado, 39, resident of Arizona,
who received around 10 bullet impacts.
According to witnesses, armed individuals on board a dark-colored wagon-type vehicle fired on the black sedan when it was traveling on Avenida Buenos Aires at the number 70, where they riddled and killed the victim, who remained inside the car.
Neighbors reported the violent events to the emergency number, the Red Cross rescuers,
who confirmed that the victim no longer had vital signs.
Municipal agents cordoned off the area, while elements of the Ministerial Agency of Criminal Investigation
made the corresponding inquiries on the site.
Finally forensic experts of the Forensic Medical Service ordered that the body be taken to a local funeral home
where they continued with the investigation.
END
Note: population of Nogales, Son. est. at 230,000. Nogales, AZ est. at 20,000.
Thx
37 violent deaths so far this year in Nogales
Details Published on Tuesday, June 19, 2018,
Written by César Barragán / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=113979
Nogales, Son
Violent acts continue to occur on this border where 37 violent deaths have already been recorded so far this year, a figure that exceeds that registered in 2017 on this day.
According to the statistics of Public Security until yesterday there were 37 violent homicides on this border, in addition to 22 people who were wounded with bullets, these violent events exceed those that have occurred in this city until this time.
According to official statistics, reports have also been taken of 19 people wounded with a knife and a total of 39 people who have been hospitalized with serious injuries resulting from beatings by criminal groups.
To date, the month with the highest number of murders committed in Nogales was February when eight violent deaths occurred,
followed by April with seven homicides, six in January, the same number in March, and three violent deaths in May,
and four that were registered in this month of June.
The reports indicate that 90 percent of the people who have been assaulted with firearms in this city have been on the part of people who presumably are members of organized crime.
End
Note: just one sample:
Execute man in the Buenos Aires neighborhood with 10 bullets
Details Published on Monday June 18, 2018,
Written by César Barragán / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=113875
Nogales.-
A man was shot to death by armed individuals when he was on board a vehicle in the Buenos Aires neighborhood.
The victim was identified as Guadalupe Tirado, 39, resident of Arizona,
who received around 10 bullet impacts.
According to witnesses, armed individuals on board a dark-colored wagon-type vehicle fired on the black sedan when it was traveling on Avenida Buenos Aires at the number 70, where they riddled and killed the victim, who remained inside the car.
Neighbors reported the violent events to the emergency number, the Red Cross rescuers,
who confirmed that the victim no longer had vital signs.
Municipal agents cordoned off the area, while elements of the Ministerial Agency of Criminal Investigation
made the corresponding inquiries on the site.
Finally forensic experts of the Forensic Medical Service ordered that the body be taken to a local funeral home
where they continued with the investigation.
END
AZMEX ASLYUM SPECIAL 20-6-18
AZMEX ASLYUM SPECIAL 20 JUN 2018
Note: another in the series.
Comment: No, Mexico doesn't want them. More excuses. Eleanor seems to be anti Mexican?
See also: AZMEX ASLYUM SPECIAL 19-6-19 ( defective keyboard )a
Gracias
Should asylum seekers heading to the U.S. stay in Mexico?
Central Americans seeking asylum deal with overnight rain conditions at the Chaparral USA/Mexico pedestrian border.
Central American asylum seekers in Tijuana sleep underneath the tarps and shades provided for them by donations. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Kate Morrissey Kate MorrisseyContact Reporter
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/sd-me-safe-country-20180518-story.html
The Trump administration wants more migrants fleeing their home countries to seek asylum in Mexico instead of coming to the U.S. border to ask for help.
As a recent migrant caravan that was the subject of criticism by President Donald Trump made its way north, U.S. officials encouraged caravan participants to seek asylum in the "first safe country" they entered, implying that they should ask Mexico for protection.
This week, news reports surfaced that Mexican officials were negotiating with the Trump administration over a potential safe third country agreement similar to one between the U.S. and Canada that would require asylum seekers to ask for protection in whichever of the two countries they enter first.
Critics of the Trump administration's immigration policies were quick to say that such an agreement could be harmful to people who merit asylum. They worried that Mexico's system — which receives a fraction of the requests processed by the U.S. — would not be able to handle a large influx of requests and that many with meritorious asylum claims would not be safe in Mexico.
An official with the Department of Homeland Security explained that by encouraging migrants to seek protection in the "first safe country," the administration means they should stay in the first country where they are no longer facing the persecution that they were fleeing. The official said that the department has worked with Mexico and the United Nations office responsible for refugees and asylees to make sure that Mexico has a strong asylum system.
The DHS official declined to comment on reports of negotiations with Mexico over a "safe third county" agreement.
The idea of requiring more migrants to seek protection in a country other than the U.S. has been proposed before under this administration.
"What we cannot do — what we must not do — is continue to let our generosity be abused, we cannot capitulate to lawlessness and allow the very foundation of law upon which our country depends to be further undermined," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in October 2017 when he called for an expanded ability to send asylum seekers to other countries.
Some caravan members decided to stay in Mexico. Of the 1,200 who were reported in the caravan at the beginning of its journey, a little over 200 came to the U.S. border together to request asylum.
But, Mexico may not be a safe place for everyone fleeing persecution in other countries.
Certain groups of people — including the LGTBQ community, people with indigenous heritage, and foreigners in general — frequently report persecution in Mexico and seek asylum from Mexico itself. Some Central Americans report being followed by the gangs they fled back home through Mexico.
Organizations that monitor Mexico's adherence to its own asylum laws have found human rights violations and failures by immigration officials to follow the process.
Asylum seekers are not obligated to ask for protection in the first country they enter that is not their own, said immigration attorney Tammy Lin.
"Many countries don't have a system in place and don't accept asylum seekers," Lin said. "Most of the places — if we're just talking Central Americans — that they're coming up to don't have a good system set up, and even if they did go that way, they hardly ever approve anyone."
She has had clients from the Middle East who lived for periods of time in Jordan or Lebanon before seeking asylum in the U.S. They were able to request asylum here because they were never offered permanent status in those countries.
Canada is the only country that the U.S. has an agreement with regarding "safe third country" designation.
The treaty, signed in 2002, is based on a mutual acknowledgement that the countries have similar systems for requesting asylum, explained immigration attorney Ginger Jacobs.
"If someone pursues their claim in the U.S., they can't go to the Canadian border and try to get a second bite of the apple in Canada," Jacobs said.
There are several exceptions to the agreement. It does not apply to U.S. or Canadian citizens seeking refuge.
Asylum seekers who have family members living with permission in the country they're trying to enter can still request protection there. Unaccompanied children are also exempt from the agreement's restrictions.
People who have permission to enter the second country can still apply for asylum there. The U.S. and Canada may also make "public interest exceptions" for people who they want to help, regardless of the agreement.
Lin said that having an agreement with Mexico would mean expecting Mexico to have an infrastructure similar enough to the U.S. to process asylum seekers.
"Canada is a first-world country," Lin said. "It's not much different from the U.S. They have a good mechanism in place, and they've had a system in place for asylum seekers for so long. To require Mexico to do it, they'd have to build it up."
In 2016, 8,788 people applied for asylum in Mexico, according to a Human Rights First report. Canada received 23,930 asylum applications that year, according to government data. Between asylum applications to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and asylum applications filed in immigration court, the U.S. received more than 180,000 asylum applications in fiscal 2016.
Just under a third, or about 7,300, of the applications made in Canada came through its land border despite the agreement with the U.S.
Canadian media have reported that migrants seeking protection in Canada now cross illegally into the country so that they're still able to apply for asylum after being in the U.S. Because of harsh winters along the U.S.-Canada border, this has led to asylum seekers getting severe cases of frostbite or even dying.
The Trump administration's rhetoric regarding immigrants has led to higher numbers of asylum seekers risking illegal crossings into Canada because the migrants don't believe that the U.S. will protect them, according to Canadian media.
Besides the agreement between the U.S. and Canada, asylum seekers can also be restricted from applying for help in the U.S. if they "firmly resettled" in another country before coming here.
Firm resettlement means more than just living somewhere for a while. The country where the person was living had to offer some type of permanent residence to the migrant.
"Country shopping" is not allowed, Lin explained, though if someone was also persecuted in the country he or she first resettled in, that person could still request asylum in the U.S.
Lin had an Ethiopian client who went to South Africa before coming to the U.S. During his asylum hearing, the client had to explain that he looked identifiably different from Zulus, a large ethnic group in South Africa, and that because of those differences, he also faced persecution in that country.
On paper, Mexico's asylum law is broader than the one in the U.S., but human rights organizations and even the U.S. State Department have reported that in practice, the country often falls short of providing the protection promised under law.
Asylum law in individual countries is generally based on the Refugee Convention of 1951, which Mexico signed in 2000. That international treaty is the basis for U.S. law that defines asylum seekers as those fleeing persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group.
Mexico's legal definition, published in 2011, also includes people whose life, liberty or security are in danger because of generalized violence, foreign aggression, internal conflict or major human rights violations.
In 2016, Mexico added protections in its Constitution saying that anyone entering the country has the right to request asylum.
Still, many say that Mexico's system poses challenges for asylum seekers. In Mexico, asylum seekers have 30 days to file an application. The U.S. allows people up to one year to request protection.
A September 2016 report by Sin Fronteras, a Mexico City-based human rights organization, found that many Mexican immigration officials do not know the proper legal procedure to follow with asylum seekers.
"As a consequence, they have even prevented access to legal representatives, omitted adequate information on the process, and even discouraged requests of acknowledgement," the report says.
Those responsible for deciding whether to grant asylum often don't have enough time to do the required level of analysis, it also says.
In July 2017, Human Rights First reported that despite some improvements in Mexico's system, asylum seekers also still frequently faced dangers like kidnapping, disappearance, sexual assault or trafficking after entering Mexico.
It found that immigration officials frequently discouraged migrants from seeking asylum in Mexico and that the Mexican Refugee Commission, called COMAR, was "massively underresourced" to adjudicate the number of asylum claims that the country received.
COMAR has three offices, one in Mexico City, one in Tapachula and one in Acayucan, a city in Veracruz.
Eleanor Acer, director of Human Rights First's refugee protection program, criticized the Trump administration's attempts to designate Mexico as a safe third country.
"Mexico is not a 'safe third country' in any sense," Acer said. "The administration has waged a year-long campaign to undermine the asylum system and vilify those who seek protection at our border; today's negotiations are merely the latest tactic to shut the door on those who are desperate to live in freedom and safety."
Jacobs has had Central American clients who first tried to resettle in Mexico but were persecuted there as well.
She said other asylum-seeking clients chose the U.S. over Mexico because they already had family in the U.S.
"In times of crisis, people often want to join their family members," Jacobs said. "I think that's a natural human instinct if we think about ourselves. If we were in a moment of crisis and were forced to flee to another state, we would first think of states where we have relatives."
END
Note: another in the series.
Comment: No, Mexico doesn't want them. More excuses. Eleanor seems to be anti Mexican?
See also: AZMEX ASLYUM SPECIAL 19-6-19 ( defective keyboard )a
Gracias
Should asylum seekers heading to the U.S. stay in Mexico?
Central Americans seeking asylum deal with overnight rain conditions at the Chaparral USA/Mexico pedestrian border.
Central American asylum seekers in Tijuana sleep underneath the tarps and shades provided for them by donations. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Kate Morrissey Kate MorrisseyContact Reporter
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/sd-me-safe-country-20180518-story.html
The Trump administration wants more migrants fleeing their home countries to seek asylum in Mexico instead of coming to the U.S. border to ask for help.
As a recent migrant caravan that was the subject of criticism by President Donald Trump made its way north, U.S. officials encouraged caravan participants to seek asylum in the "first safe country" they entered, implying that they should ask Mexico for protection.
This week, news reports surfaced that Mexican officials were negotiating with the Trump administration over a potential safe third country agreement similar to one between the U.S. and Canada that would require asylum seekers to ask for protection in whichever of the two countries they enter first.
Critics of the Trump administration's immigration policies were quick to say that such an agreement could be harmful to people who merit asylum. They worried that Mexico's system — which receives a fraction of the requests processed by the U.S. — would not be able to handle a large influx of requests and that many with meritorious asylum claims would not be safe in Mexico.
An official with the Department of Homeland Security explained that by encouraging migrants to seek protection in the "first safe country," the administration means they should stay in the first country where they are no longer facing the persecution that they were fleeing. The official said that the department has worked with Mexico and the United Nations office responsible for refugees and asylees to make sure that Mexico has a strong asylum system.
The DHS official declined to comment on reports of negotiations with Mexico over a "safe third county" agreement.
The idea of requiring more migrants to seek protection in a country other than the U.S. has been proposed before under this administration.
"What we cannot do — what we must not do — is continue to let our generosity be abused, we cannot capitulate to lawlessness and allow the very foundation of law upon which our country depends to be further undermined," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in October 2017 when he called for an expanded ability to send asylum seekers to other countries.
Some caravan members decided to stay in Mexico. Of the 1,200 who were reported in the caravan at the beginning of its journey, a little over 200 came to the U.S. border together to request asylum.
But, Mexico may not be a safe place for everyone fleeing persecution in other countries.
Certain groups of people — including the LGTBQ community, people with indigenous heritage, and foreigners in general — frequently report persecution in Mexico and seek asylum from Mexico itself. Some Central Americans report being followed by the gangs they fled back home through Mexico.
Organizations that monitor Mexico's adherence to its own asylum laws have found human rights violations and failures by immigration officials to follow the process.
Asylum seekers are not obligated to ask for protection in the first country they enter that is not their own, said immigration attorney Tammy Lin.
"Many countries don't have a system in place and don't accept asylum seekers," Lin said. "Most of the places — if we're just talking Central Americans — that they're coming up to don't have a good system set up, and even if they did go that way, they hardly ever approve anyone."
She has had clients from the Middle East who lived for periods of time in Jordan or Lebanon before seeking asylum in the U.S. They were able to request asylum here because they were never offered permanent status in those countries.
Canada is the only country that the U.S. has an agreement with regarding "safe third country" designation.
The treaty, signed in 2002, is based on a mutual acknowledgement that the countries have similar systems for requesting asylum, explained immigration attorney Ginger Jacobs.
"If someone pursues their claim in the U.S., they can't go to the Canadian border and try to get a second bite of the apple in Canada," Jacobs said.
There are several exceptions to the agreement. It does not apply to U.S. or Canadian citizens seeking refuge.
Asylum seekers who have family members living with permission in the country they're trying to enter can still request protection there. Unaccompanied children are also exempt from the agreement's restrictions.
People who have permission to enter the second country can still apply for asylum there. The U.S. and Canada may also make "public interest exceptions" for people who they want to help, regardless of the agreement.
Lin said that having an agreement with Mexico would mean expecting Mexico to have an infrastructure similar enough to the U.S. to process asylum seekers.
"Canada is a first-world country," Lin said. "It's not much different from the U.S. They have a good mechanism in place, and they've had a system in place for asylum seekers for so long. To require Mexico to do it, they'd have to build it up."
In 2016, 8,788 people applied for asylum in Mexico, according to a Human Rights First report. Canada received 23,930 asylum applications that year, according to government data. Between asylum applications to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and asylum applications filed in immigration court, the U.S. received more than 180,000 asylum applications in fiscal 2016.
Just under a third, or about 7,300, of the applications made in Canada came through its land border despite the agreement with the U.S.
Canadian media have reported that migrants seeking protection in Canada now cross illegally into the country so that they're still able to apply for asylum after being in the U.S. Because of harsh winters along the U.S.-Canada border, this has led to asylum seekers getting severe cases of frostbite or even dying.
The Trump administration's rhetoric regarding immigrants has led to higher numbers of asylum seekers risking illegal crossings into Canada because the migrants don't believe that the U.S. will protect them, according to Canadian media.
Besides the agreement between the U.S. and Canada, asylum seekers can also be restricted from applying for help in the U.S. if they "firmly resettled" in another country before coming here.
Firm resettlement means more than just living somewhere for a while. The country where the person was living had to offer some type of permanent residence to the migrant.
"Country shopping" is not allowed, Lin explained, though if someone was also persecuted in the country he or she first resettled in, that person could still request asylum in the U.S.
Lin had an Ethiopian client who went to South Africa before coming to the U.S. During his asylum hearing, the client had to explain that he looked identifiably different from Zulus, a large ethnic group in South Africa, and that because of those differences, he also faced persecution in that country.
On paper, Mexico's asylum law is broader than the one in the U.S., but human rights organizations and even the U.S. State Department have reported that in practice, the country often falls short of providing the protection promised under law.
Asylum law in individual countries is generally based on the Refugee Convention of 1951, which Mexico signed in 2000. That international treaty is the basis for U.S. law that defines asylum seekers as those fleeing persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group.
Mexico's legal definition, published in 2011, also includes people whose life, liberty or security are in danger because of generalized violence, foreign aggression, internal conflict or major human rights violations.
In 2016, Mexico added protections in its Constitution saying that anyone entering the country has the right to request asylum.
Still, many say that Mexico's system poses challenges for asylum seekers. In Mexico, asylum seekers have 30 days to file an application. The U.S. allows people up to one year to request protection.
A September 2016 report by Sin Fronteras, a Mexico City-based human rights organization, found that many Mexican immigration officials do not know the proper legal procedure to follow with asylum seekers.
"As a consequence, they have even prevented access to legal representatives, omitted adequate information on the process, and even discouraged requests of acknowledgement," the report says.
Those responsible for deciding whether to grant asylum often don't have enough time to do the required level of analysis, it also says.
In July 2017, Human Rights First reported that despite some improvements in Mexico's system, asylum seekers also still frequently faced dangers like kidnapping, disappearance, sexual assault or trafficking after entering Mexico.
It found that immigration officials frequently discouraged migrants from seeking asylum in Mexico and that the Mexican Refugee Commission, called COMAR, was "massively underresourced" to adjudicate the number of asylum claims that the country received.
COMAR has three offices, one in Mexico City, one in Tapachula and one in Acayucan, a city in Veracruz.
Eleanor Acer, director of Human Rights First's refugee protection program, criticized the Trump administration's attempts to designate Mexico as a safe third country.
"Mexico is not a 'safe third country' in any sense," Acer said. "The administration has waged a year-long campaign to undermine the asylum system and vilify those who seek protection at our border; today's negotiations are merely the latest tactic to shut the door on those who are desperate to live in freedom and safety."
Jacobs has had Central American clients who first tried to resettle in Mexico but were persecuted there as well.
She said other asylum-seeking clients chose the U.S. over Mexico because they already had family in the U.S.
"In times of crisis, people often want to join their family members," Jacobs said. "I think that's a natural human instinct if we think about ourselves. If we were in a moment of crisis and were forced to flee to another state, we would first think of states where we have relatives."
END
AZMEX I3 20-6-18
AZMEX I3 20 JUN 2018
Note: Some of them don't like NRA members either.
Thx
American, United, Southwest, Frontier: Don't use our airlines to fly separated immigrant children
The family separation process that has been widely publicized is not at all aligned with the values of American Airlines — we bring families together, not apart."
Author: Alisha Ebrahimji
Published: 11:58 AM CDT June 20, 2018
Updated: 4:55 PM CDT June 20, 2018
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/border-crisis/american-united-southwest-frontier-dont-use-our-airlines-to-fly-separated-immigrant-children/287-565977387
Four major airlines are asking the government to not involve their companies in transporting immigrant children who have been separated from their families at the United States border.
This comes after a flight attendant's story started to spread on Facebook about another flight crew of an unnamed airline being saddened to see a group of 16 young children on a red-eye flight from Arizona to Miami.
"The family separation process that has been widely publicized is not at all aligned with the values of American Airlines — we bring families together, not apart," American said in a statement Wednesday.
The company said it had previously carried refugees who were reuniting with friends or family, but that it had "no knowledge that the federal government has used American to transport children who have been separated from their parents due to the recent immigration policy."
The statement says American would be "extremely disappointed to learn that is the case."
Fort Worth-based American concluded their statement by saying they're now asking the federal government to immediately stop using them for the purpose of transporting separated children who have been taken from their families because of the current immigration policy.
"We have no desire to be associated with separating families, or worse, to profit from it. We have every expectation the government will comply with our request and we thank them for doing so," they said.
Following suit is United Airlines in a tweeted statement Wednesday afternoon.
"We have contacted federal officials to inform them that they should not transport immigrant children on United aircraft who have been separated from their parents," the statement said.
END
The list: So far: Add American, Frontier, and Southwest Airlines,
First National Bank of Omaha
Blackrock
Symantec. ( Norton )
Enterprise, Alamo, Hertz and National. ( car rentals)
Avis and Budget Car Rental
Delta, United Airlines
MetLife
TrueCar
Best Western
Wyndham Hotels,
SimpliSafe
Allied and North American Van Lines
Starkey Hearing
But don't forget:
Luis Videgaray: Mexico decides who enters our country
Detalles Publicado el Viernes 10 de marzo de 2017
Http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=87134
"the decisions of who enters Mexico, are made by Mexico and only Mexico"
Luis Videgaray Caso, Mexican Foreign Minister
Fin
Note: Some of them don't like NRA members either.
Thx
American, United, Southwest, Frontier: Don't use our airlines to fly separated immigrant children
The family separation process that has been widely publicized is not at all aligned with the values of American Airlines — we bring families together, not apart."
Author: Alisha Ebrahimji
Published: 11:58 AM CDT June 20, 2018
Updated: 4:55 PM CDT June 20, 2018
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/border-crisis/american-united-southwest-frontier-dont-use-our-airlines-to-fly-separated-immigrant-children/287-565977387
Four major airlines are asking the government to not involve their companies in transporting immigrant children who have been separated from their families at the United States border.
This comes after a flight attendant's story started to spread on Facebook about another flight crew of an unnamed airline being saddened to see a group of 16 young children on a red-eye flight from Arizona to Miami.
"The family separation process that has been widely publicized is not at all aligned with the values of American Airlines — we bring families together, not apart," American said in a statement Wednesday.
The company said it had previously carried refugees who were reuniting with friends or family, but that it had "no knowledge that the federal government has used American to transport children who have been separated from their parents due to the recent immigration policy."
The statement says American would be "extremely disappointed to learn that is the case."
Fort Worth-based American concluded their statement by saying they're now asking the federal government to immediately stop using them for the purpose of transporting separated children who have been taken from their families because of the current immigration policy.
"We have no desire to be associated with separating families, or worse, to profit from it. We have every expectation the government will comply with our request and we thank them for doing so," they said.
Following suit is United Airlines in a tweeted statement Wednesday afternoon.
"We have contacted federal officials to inform them that they should not transport immigrant children on United aircraft who have been separated from their parents," the statement said.
END
The list: So far: Add American, Frontier, and Southwest Airlines,
First National Bank of Omaha
Blackrock
Symantec. ( Norton )
Enterprise, Alamo, Hertz and National. ( car rentals)
Avis and Budget Car Rental
Delta, United Airlines
MetLife
TrueCar
Best Western
Wyndham Hotels,
SimpliSafe
Allied and North American Van Lines
Starkey Hearing
But don't forget:
Luis Videgaray: Mexico decides who enters our country
Detalles Publicado el Viernes 10 de marzo de 2017
Http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=87134
"the decisions of who enters Mexico, are made by Mexico and only Mexico"
Luis Videgaray Caso, Mexican Foreign Minister
Fin
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
AZMEX POLICY 20-6-18
AZMEX POLICY 20 JUN 2018
Arizona Joins Agreements Strengthening Arizona-Sonora Partnerships
News ReleaseJune 15, 2018
https://azgovernor.gov/governor/news/2018/06/arizona-joins-agreements-strengthening-arizona-sonora-partnerships
TUCSON - Governor Doug Ducey today co-signed two Memoranda of Understanding agreements with Sonora, Mexico Governor Claudia Pavlovich
at the Arizona-Mexico Commission (AMC) Plenary Session as part of the 2018 AMC Summit in Tucson, Arizona.
The agreements aim to strengthen ties between the neighboring states and support economic development initiatives in the Arizona-Sonora region.
The signed agreements include:
Joint Promotion of Tourism in the Arizona-Sonora Region as a "two-nation destination"
The joint agreement between the Arizona Office of Tourism and the Tourism Development Commission of Sonora
will implement coordinated strategies in both states to promote the region as a prime tourism destination.
The agreement will facilitate a joint marketing effort for the region, highlighting opportunities in cross-border tourism.
Innovation Network Supporting Entrepreneurs and Technology Generators
The joint agreement between the Arizona Commerce Authority and the Secretariat of the Economy of the State of Sonora
forms a partnership between Arizona and Sonora that will drive innovation, entrepreneurship and technological advances in the region.
The two co-signing organizations will collaborate with key tech park partners and higher education institutions in both states
to identify a technology-based economic development strategy for the region.
"Arizona and Sonora are uniquely positioned to lead on an international level.
With our geographic ties and collaborative spirit, we continue to move our region forward in today's global economy,
expanding opportunity for all our citizens," said Governor Ducey.
"I am proud to work with Governor Pavlovich to support Arizona and Sonora's innovative research opportunities and tourism industries,
which both play an integral part of our economies."
Both agreements will be implemented by their respective signatory organizations from each state.
Read the full text of the agreements here.
https://azgovernor.gov/sites/default/files/mou_061518.pdf
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Arizona Joins Agreements Strengthening Arizona-Sonora Partnerships
News ReleaseJune 15, 2018
https://azgovernor.gov/governor/news/2018/06/arizona-joins-agreements-strengthening-arizona-sonora-partnerships
TUCSON - Governor Doug Ducey today co-signed two Memoranda of Understanding agreements with Sonora, Mexico Governor Claudia Pavlovich
at the Arizona-Mexico Commission (AMC) Plenary Session as part of the 2018 AMC Summit in Tucson, Arizona.
The agreements aim to strengthen ties between the neighboring states and support economic development initiatives in the Arizona-Sonora region.
The signed agreements include:
Joint Promotion of Tourism in the Arizona-Sonora Region as a "two-nation destination"
The joint agreement between the Arizona Office of Tourism and the Tourism Development Commission of Sonora
will implement coordinated strategies in both states to promote the region as a prime tourism destination.
The agreement will facilitate a joint marketing effort for the region, highlighting opportunities in cross-border tourism.
Innovation Network Supporting Entrepreneurs and Technology Generators
The joint agreement between the Arizona Commerce Authority and the Secretariat of the Economy of the State of Sonora
forms a partnership between Arizona and Sonora that will drive innovation, entrepreneurship and technological advances in the region.
The two co-signing organizations will collaborate with key tech park partners and higher education institutions in both states
to identify a technology-based economic development strategy for the region.
"Arizona and Sonora are uniquely positioned to lead on an international level.
With our geographic ties and collaborative spirit, we continue to move our region forward in today's global economy,
expanding opportunity for all our citizens," said Governor Ducey.
"I am proud to work with Governor Pavlovich to support Arizona and Sonora's innovative research opportunities and tourism industries,
which both play an integral part of our economies."
Both agreements will be implemented by their respective signatory organizations from each state.
Read the full text of the agreements here.
https://azgovernor.gov/sites/default/files/mou_061518.pdf
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AZMEX DACA SPECIAL 19-6-18
AZMEX DACA SPECIAL 19 JUN 2018
Note: extensive graphics at the the link.
Obama Admin Approved 50,000+ DACA Amnesty Applicants with Criminal Records
18 Jun 2018.
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/18/dhs-factsheet-shows-1000s-daca-crimes/
More than 50,000 illegals got DACA work-permits and Social Security Numbers even though they had an arrest record, says a new report by the Department of Homeland Security.
The DHS factsheet provides some criminal-history details about the 888,765 illegals who asked for work-permits from former President Barack Obama. Those details were hidden by Obama's deputies, who also hid information about the DACA illegals' education credentials, eligibility, and work histories.
Many of the arrested DACA people are likely to be grandfathered into the pending amnesty developed by House Speaker Paul Ryan.
The list of 59,786 DACA recipients with arrest records includes 7,814 people who were arrested after getting their DACA status.
Also, 17,079 DACA recipients have been arrested more than two times, says the data.
Democrats have viewed DACA migrants through rose-colored glasses. In February, Rep. Nancy Pelosi declared on the House floor that
We recognize that they are a blessing to America … the dreamers are all over our country, Mr. Speaker, they are a blessing so across the board
These are the best of the best. They are so fabulous …
I was impressed by the cumulative effect that they are making on their country. Each of them with their individual contribution to the greatness of America. So exciting, so proud of them …
[They have] great humility about conveying their stories because when you see them and they tell their stories and the passion and the pride — the patriotism, passion, pride, patriotism, that they demonstrate, you will see why anyone who has had the wonderful experience of being in conversation or observing our dreamers, understand why they have had such a high reputation among the American people. some of whom have met them, some of whom have heard about them, some of whom have just catch the spark, catch the spark. Recognize, recognize again the hard work ethic, the commitment to education, to community service, to faith, to family, to the United States of America. It's a beautiful thing …
Am I not lucky to be able to become so familiar with so many of these beautiful dreamers? We want to send these people back? This talent, this rich talent, this achievement, this determination, this faith in the future, this patriotism for America? I don't think so. We have to make [an amnesty] happen …
Let us acknowledge the dreamers and their optimism, their inspiration to make America more American…
DACA-approved people have been arrested for ten murders, 31 rapes, 95 kidnappings, 187 robberies, 425 hit-and-runs, 2,007 assaults, 4,611 drug offenses, 6,629 thefts, plus many crimes related to their illegal status — 11,861 immigration crimes and 20,926 non-DUI driving-related offenses, such as a failure to signal a turn.
Obama's deputies were very forgiving of the crimes. For example, 2,503 people with arrest records for battery were allowed into the amnesty. So were 2,378 DUI drivers, 6,629 thieves, and 1,173 burglars.
Overall, 70.8 percent of applicants with one arrest were approved for the amnesty, as were 59.9 percent of people with two arrests and 51.7 percent of people with three arrests. One-third, or 33 percent, of applicants with eight arrests were included in the amnesty, as were 18.8 percent of people with a record of 10 or more arrests.
Also, 20,694 DACA applicants with arrest records were denied entry into the amnesty.
End
See graphics at link.
Note: extensive graphics at the the link.
Obama Admin Approved 50,000+ DACA Amnesty Applicants with Criminal Records
18 Jun 2018.
http://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/06/18/dhs-factsheet-shows-1000s-daca-crimes/
More than 50,000 illegals got DACA work-permits and Social Security Numbers even though they had an arrest record, says a new report by the Department of Homeland Security.
The DHS factsheet provides some criminal-history details about the 888,765 illegals who asked for work-permits from former President Barack Obama. Those details were hidden by Obama's deputies, who also hid information about the DACA illegals' education credentials, eligibility, and work histories.
Many of the arrested DACA people are likely to be grandfathered into the pending amnesty developed by House Speaker Paul Ryan.
The list of 59,786 DACA recipients with arrest records includes 7,814 people who were arrested after getting their DACA status.
Also, 17,079 DACA recipients have been arrested more than two times, says the data.
Democrats have viewed DACA migrants through rose-colored glasses. In February, Rep. Nancy Pelosi declared on the House floor that
We recognize that they are a blessing to America … the dreamers are all over our country, Mr. Speaker, they are a blessing so across the board
These are the best of the best. They are so fabulous …
I was impressed by the cumulative effect that they are making on their country. Each of them with their individual contribution to the greatness of America. So exciting, so proud of them …
[They have] great humility about conveying their stories because when you see them and they tell their stories and the passion and the pride — the patriotism, passion, pride, patriotism, that they demonstrate, you will see why anyone who has had the wonderful experience of being in conversation or observing our dreamers, understand why they have had such a high reputation among the American people. some of whom have met them, some of whom have heard about them, some of whom have just catch the spark, catch the spark. Recognize, recognize again the hard work ethic, the commitment to education, to community service, to faith, to family, to the United States of America. It's a beautiful thing …
Am I not lucky to be able to become so familiar with so many of these beautiful dreamers? We want to send these people back? This talent, this rich talent, this achievement, this determination, this faith in the future, this patriotism for America? I don't think so. We have to make [an amnesty] happen …
Let us acknowledge the dreamers and their optimism, their inspiration to make America more American…
DACA-approved people have been arrested for ten murders, 31 rapes, 95 kidnappings, 187 robberies, 425 hit-and-runs, 2,007 assaults, 4,611 drug offenses, 6,629 thefts, plus many crimes related to their illegal status — 11,861 immigration crimes and 20,926 non-DUI driving-related offenses, such as a failure to signal a turn.
Obama's deputies were very forgiving of the crimes. For example, 2,503 people with arrest records for battery were allowed into the amnesty. So were 2,378 DUI drivers, 6,629 thieves, and 1,173 burglars.
Overall, 70.8 percent of applicants with one arrest were approved for the amnesty, as were 59.9 percent of people with two arrests and 51.7 percent of people with three arrests. One-third, or 33 percent, of applicants with eight arrests were included in the amnesty, as were 18.8 percent of people with a record of 10 or more arrests.
Also, 20,694 DACA applicants with arrest records were denied entry into the amnesty.
End
See graphics at link.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
AZMEX ASYLUM SPECIAL2 19-6-18
AZMEX ASYLUM SPECIAL2 19 JUN 2018
Note: "Unfortunately, President Trump is not the best advocate for Mexico."
"$750 million" to corrupt dysfunctional governments?
Thx
Cuellar supports Safe Third Country agreement with Mexico
BERENICE GARCIA | STAFF WRITER 6 hrs ago
https://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_da5a62c2-73bb-11e8-bdbc-d32f1fdcd6da.html
McALLEN — Amid the outcry over the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar expressed support Monday for an agreement with Mexico that would force asylum-seeking migrants to first request help from Mexico.
Cuellar, D-Laredo, said during a news conference Monday that U.S. officials are in talks to enter into a Safe Third County agreement with Mexico similar to one the U.S. currently holds with Canada. Such an agreement would require asylum seekers to request refugee protection in the first safe country they arrive in.
"If somebody is in a country and they're claiming fear, and they've passed two, three countries to get over here and in those countries they could have claimed asylum … then when they get to the United States that would be taken in consideration,"
Cuellar said during a news conference Monday.
"The U.S. and Mexico are having that conversation right now. Unfortunately, President Trump is not the best advocate for Mexico."
What that means for asylum seekers coming to the U.S., Cuellar said, is that the number of them could decrease.
"That is a big shift that we could have in our immigration," he added.
His support for such an agreement came amid remarks over the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy, which has gained national attention over its separation of children from their parents along the border.
This week, the appropriations committee, of which Cuellar is a member, will be meeting on the $750 million he helped secure for Central American countries.
"Even now, the monies haven't gotten there for the assistance," Cuellar said. "The state department has not done a very good job of getting that money to them, and we'll be addressing that issue on Wednesday morning."
The committee will also be discussing amendments to appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the Office of Refugee Resettlement. The ORR takes custody of the children who have been separated from the parents as well as those that arrived unaccompanied at the border.
Those amendments, Cuellar said, will be to ensure better communication with parents and their attorneys when the kids are separated and how they are treated.
bereniceg@themonitor.com
Note: "Unfortunately, President Trump is not the best advocate for Mexico."
"$750 million" to corrupt dysfunctional governments?
Thx
Cuellar supports Safe Third Country agreement with Mexico
BERENICE GARCIA | STAFF WRITER 6 hrs ago
https://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_da5a62c2-73bb-11e8-bdbc-d32f1fdcd6da.html
McALLEN — Amid the outcry over the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar expressed support Monday for an agreement with Mexico that would force asylum-seeking migrants to first request help from Mexico.
Cuellar, D-Laredo, said during a news conference Monday that U.S. officials are in talks to enter into a Safe Third County agreement with Mexico similar to one the U.S. currently holds with Canada. Such an agreement would require asylum seekers to request refugee protection in the first safe country they arrive in.
"If somebody is in a country and they're claiming fear, and they've passed two, three countries to get over here and in those countries they could have claimed asylum … then when they get to the United States that would be taken in consideration,"
Cuellar said during a news conference Monday.
"The U.S. and Mexico are having that conversation right now. Unfortunately, President Trump is not the best advocate for Mexico."
What that means for asylum seekers coming to the U.S., Cuellar said, is that the number of them could decrease.
"That is a big shift that we could have in our immigration," he added.
His support for such an agreement came amid remarks over the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy, which has gained national attention over its separation of children from their parents along the border.
This week, the appropriations committee, of which Cuellar is a member, will be meeting on the $750 million he helped secure for Central American countries.
"Even now, the monies haven't gotten there for the assistance," Cuellar said. "The state department has not done a very good job of getting that money to them, and we'll be addressing that issue on Wednesday morning."
The committee will also be discussing amendments to appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the Office of Refugee Resettlement. The ORR takes custody of the children who have been separated from the parents as well as those that arrived unaccompanied at the border.
Those amendments, Cuellar said, will be to ensure better communication with parents and their attorneys when the kids are separated and how they are treated.
bereniceg@themonitor.com
AZMEX ASLYUM SPECIAL 19-6-18
AZMEX ASLYUM SPECIAL 19 JUN 2018
Note: Mexico only 9k of 14k given asylum. Reunite the families in Mexico?
Gracias
Asylum applications to Mexico have increased more than one thousand percent in the last 5 years
Emir Olivares Alonso |
Tuesday, 19 June 2018 00:20
http://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/2018/06/19/solicitudes-de-asilo-a-mexico-aumentaron-mas-de-mil-por-ciento-en-los-ultimos-5- years-5644.html
In Central America the situation is different, says the UNHCR report, because in this region the people who decide to flee do so because of the violence caused by gangs and organized crime. Photo José Carlo González
Mexico City. In Mexico, shelter applications increased by 26 percent between 2013 and 2017, from 296 to 14 thousand 596, respectively, according to official data.
However, despite considerable increase, our country grants only a few asylum.
Of the more than 14,000 petitions, Mexico closed last year with 9,117 petitions accepted. In per capita terms, this means that in Mexico there were only seven refugees per 100 thousand inhabitants in the country in 2017, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
These people flee from their home nations for economic, political or violent reasons, the UN agency said in its Global Trends report. Forced displacement in 2017, which will be launched on Tuesday, and where it addresses the situation of refugees and displaced people on a global scale.
In the section on the Americas, the report reveals that in 2016, 90 percent of refugee claimants to Mexico came from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala; however, by 2017 the number of Venezuelans who requested this protection in Mexican territory increased, reaching 28 percent of the total, while that of the nations of the Northern Triangle of Central America was reduced to 59 percent.
According to the UNHCR, "the complex socioeconomic and political situation in Venezuela" has caused more than 1.5 million of its inhabitants to move to other nations. More than 166,000 Venezuelans submitted asylum applications between 2015 and 2017, but three-quarters did so during the past year.
Its main destinations were Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Spain and the United States. In the case of Mexico, Venezuelans were located in 2017 as the second nationality of petitioners - only behind the Hondurans - with 4 thousand 42 applications.
In Central America the situation is different, says the UNHCR report, because in this region the people who decide to flee do so because of the violence caused by gangs and organized crime. Worldwide, more than 294,000 Central Americans presented asylum and refuge applications to other countries, particularly the United States, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica and Panama.
Faced with this complex situation, Mexico approves very few requests for refuge. Last year, the Mexican authorities recognized 2 thousand 825 people as refugees or gave them complementary protection and it is estimated that it closed with 9 thousand refugees.
"The number of people recognized as refugees in 2017 fell 27 percent with respect to the 2016 number, largely due to the limited capacity of the Mexican Refugee Aid Commission, aggravated by the impact of the September 19 earthquake. At the end of the year, 52.9 percent of the people who requested this condition were waiting for a decision. "
The report warns that wars and other forms of violence and persecution increased forced displacement in the world. At the end of last year, the figure of forced displacement on a global scale reached 68.5 million people, of which, 16.2 million did so in 2017, which is equivalent to 44,500 displaced persons each day and one every two seconds.
"Unfortunately, at a global level, solutions are still scarce. Wars and conflicts continued to be the main drivers with little visible progress towards peace. Around 5 million people were able to return to their homes in 2017, and the vast majority returned from internal displacement, but among them were people returning under duress or into fragile contexts. Due to a decrease in the number of resettlement sites, the number of resettled refugees was reduced by more than 40 percent to some 100 thousand people, "the report states.
"We are at a turning point, where successful management of forced displacement at the global level requires a new and much broader approach so that countries and communities are not left alone," said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Refugees, Filippo Grandi.
"But there are reasons for some hopes." Fourteen countries are already initiating a new plan to respond to refugee situations and in a matter of months a new Global Compact on Refugees will be ready for approval by the General Assembly of the United Nations. Of these countries, six are from the American continent México, Belice, Honduras, Panamá, Costa Rica y Guatemala.
End
Note: Mexico only 9k of 14k given asylum. Reunite the families in Mexico?
Gracias
Asylum applications to Mexico have increased more than one thousand percent in the last 5 years
Emir Olivares Alonso |
Tuesday, 19 June 2018 00:20
http://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/2018/06/19/solicitudes-de-asilo-a-mexico-aumentaron-mas-de-mil-por-ciento-en-los-ultimos-5- years-5644.html
In Central America the situation is different, says the UNHCR report, because in this region the people who decide to flee do so because of the violence caused by gangs and organized crime. Photo José Carlo González
Mexico City. In Mexico, shelter applications increased by 26 percent between 2013 and 2017, from 296 to 14 thousand 596, respectively, according to official data.
However, despite considerable increase, our country grants only a few asylum.
Of the more than 14,000 petitions, Mexico closed last year with 9,117 petitions accepted. In per capita terms, this means that in Mexico there were only seven refugees per 100 thousand inhabitants in the country in 2017, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
These people flee from their home nations for economic, political or violent reasons, the UN agency said in its Global Trends report. Forced displacement in 2017, which will be launched on Tuesday, and where it addresses the situation of refugees and displaced people on a global scale.
In the section on the Americas, the report reveals that in 2016, 90 percent of refugee claimants to Mexico came from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala; however, by 2017 the number of Venezuelans who requested this protection in Mexican territory increased, reaching 28 percent of the total, while that of the nations of the Northern Triangle of Central America was reduced to 59 percent.
According to the UNHCR, "the complex socioeconomic and political situation in Venezuela" has caused more than 1.5 million of its inhabitants to move to other nations. More than 166,000 Venezuelans submitted asylum applications between 2015 and 2017, but three-quarters did so during the past year.
Its main destinations were Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Spain and the United States. In the case of Mexico, Venezuelans were located in 2017 as the second nationality of petitioners - only behind the Hondurans - with 4 thousand 42 applications.
In Central America the situation is different, says the UNHCR report, because in this region the people who decide to flee do so because of the violence caused by gangs and organized crime. Worldwide, more than 294,000 Central Americans presented asylum and refuge applications to other countries, particularly the United States, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica and Panama.
Faced with this complex situation, Mexico approves very few requests for refuge. Last year, the Mexican authorities recognized 2 thousand 825 people as refugees or gave them complementary protection and it is estimated that it closed with 9 thousand refugees.
"The number of people recognized as refugees in 2017 fell 27 percent with respect to the 2016 number, largely due to the limited capacity of the Mexican Refugee Aid Commission, aggravated by the impact of the September 19 earthquake. At the end of the year, 52.9 percent of the people who requested this condition were waiting for a decision. "
The report warns that wars and other forms of violence and persecution increased forced displacement in the world. At the end of last year, the figure of forced displacement on a global scale reached 68.5 million people, of which, 16.2 million did so in 2017, which is equivalent to 44,500 displaced persons each day and one every two seconds.
"Unfortunately, at a global level, solutions are still scarce. Wars and conflicts continued to be the main drivers with little visible progress towards peace. Around 5 million people were able to return to their homes in 2017, and the vast majority returned from internal displacement, but among them were people returning under duress or into fragile contexts. Due to a decrease in the number of resettlement sites, the number of resettled refugees was reduced by more than 40 percent to some 100 thousand people, "the report states.
"We are at a turning point, where successful management of forced displacement at the global level requires a new and much broader approach so that countries and communities are not left alone," said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Refugees, Filippo Grandi.
"But there are reasons for some hopes." Fourteen countries are already initiating a new plan to respond to refugee situations and in a matter of months a new Global Compact on Refugees will be ready for approval by the General Assembly of the United Nations. Of these countries, six are from the American continent México, Belice, Honduras, Panamá, Costa Rica y Guatemala.
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