AZ - VEN UPDATE 31 JAN 2019
Colombia Denies Entry To Over 200 Venezuelan Supporters Of Maduro
By Rico - January 31, 201927 0
http://todaycolombia.com/colombia-denies-entry-to-over-200-venezuelan-supporters-of-maduro/
Colombian authorities have banned over 200 Venezuelan officials and supporters of President Nicolas Maduro from entering the country
amid the escalating political crisis in Venezuela, according to Christian Kruger, the head of Migración Colombia, the country's immigration authority.
This decision had been taken as part of a deal reached by the Lima Group, of which Colombia is a member,
aimed at countering the Venezuelan government, the official added,
According to the report by La Republica on Wednesday, Kruger said the campaign against Venezuela currently included measures
that had been tentatively agreed upon, while the scale of the sanctions might be increased.
La Republica added that Venezuelan national Ronald Ramirez was the first person denied entry to Colombia after he landed in the Barranquilla airport.
Maduro has repeatedly accused Colombia of plotting to overthrow him.
On Wednesday, the Maduro suggested U.S. President Donald Trump had hired Colombian assassins to kill him.
Venezuela is currently facing a political crisis and large anti-government protests.
Opposition leader Juan Guaido has declared himself as the country's interim president, drawing support from
the United States, Colombia and the rest of the Lima Group of countries –
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay and Peru.
The UK, Germany, France, and Spain declared on Saturday their intention to recognize Juan Guaido as the country's interim president
if Venezuela does not announce presidential elections within eight days.
Maduro, who called Guaido a "US puppet" and saying Venezuela is "the victim of a US conspiracy",
referring to US Vice President Mike Pence promising Guaido "full American support"
the day before he declared himself Venezuela's new head of state.
Supporting Maduro are Russia and China,
as well as, Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua, Turkey and Iran.
have given Maduro's government full support.
END
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
AZMEX I3-2 30-1-19
AZMEX I3-2 30 JAN 2019
Over 120 illegal immigrants surrender to Border Patrol
By: Crystal Bedoya
Posted: Jan 30, 2019 03:59 PM MST
Updated: Jan 30, 2019 03:59 PM MST
Over 120 illegal immigrants surrender to Border Patrol
YUMA, Ariz. - Customs and Border Protection said 123 illegal immigrants surrendered to Border Patrol agents
after they allegedly crossed vehicles barriers near Yuma last Friday.
CBP officials said the Yuma Sector continues to apprehend an average of 100 to 200 Central Americans per day.
ALSO: https://www.kgun9.com/border-watch/video-cbp-officers-bust-123-migrants-near-yuma
END
Note: mug shot at link.
Officers capture convicted murderer who snuck back across border
Posted: 1:27 PM, Jan 30, 2019 Updated: 1:37 PM, Jan 30, 2019
By: Phil Villarreal
https://www.kgun9.com/border-watch/officers-capture-convicted-murderer-who-snuck-back-across-border
TUCSON, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Mexican man
who had been convicted of murder and deported, then tried to re-enter the country.
According to the agency, officers arrested 36-year-old Moises Cisneros-Llamas
when he tried to cross into the U.S. in the pedestrian crossing lanes at the Port of Douglas Sunday.
Cisneros-Llamas served 15 years in prison after he was convicted of second-degree murder in Phoenix in 2002.
He will remain in federal custody until he's prosecuted for re-entry after deportation.
"This case goes to show how our CBP officers continue to serve selflessly and efficiently to protect our country,"
said acting Port Director Michael Quinonez
End
Sahuarita police investigate first murder in 10 years
Lupita Murillo
7:35 pm
January 28, 2019
https://kvoa.com/news/crime-trackers/2019/01/28/sahuarita-police-investigate-first-murder-in-10-years/
SAHUARITA – It is the first homicide in Sahuarita in 10 years.
A home invasion that turned deadly, it occurred last Saturday in the 2200 block of east Sahuarita Rd.
Sgt. Michael Falquez told News 4 Tucson; multiple masked men armed with weapons stormed the house.
Two men inside the home were shot. Both were taken to the hospital.
One was treated and released the other one was identified as 59-year-old Manuel Bojorquez of Eloy, Ariz.
Sgt. Falquez said he could not go into specifics of the case except to say they are following leads,
and working around the clock to bring the people responsible to justice.
A possible motive, it could have been the wrong house that was targeted.
The neighbors declined on-camera interviews, but one did say the mobile home houses seasonal workers.
Sgt. Falquez said, "The immigration status of our victims is not a concern of this department.
It is irrelevant as far as we're concerned.
We're going to investigate the case to the best of our ability and bring those folks to justice."
At the time of the home invasion, there were multiple people inside.
The neighbors also told News 4 Tucson, they did not see or hear anything.
They became aware of the shooting when the police showed up.
One neighbor said "It's scary," especially since the suspects have not been arrested.
Sahuarita police are asking for your help. If you have any information call the Sahuarita police tip line at 520-445-7847, 9-1-1 or 88-CRIME.
END
Over 120 illegal immigrants surrender to Border Patrol
By: Crystal Bedoya
Posted: Jan 30, 2019 03:59 PM MST
Updated: Jan 30, 2019 03:59 PM MST
Over 120 illegal immigrants surrender to Border Patrol
YUMA, Ariz. - Customs and Border Protection said 123 illegal immigrants surrendered to Border Patrol agents
after they allegedly crossed vehicles barriers near Yuma last Friday.
CBP officials said the Yuma Sector continues to apprehend an average of 100 to 200 Central Americans per day.
ALSO: https://www.kgun9.com/border-watch/video-cbp-officers-bust-123-migrants-near-yuma
END
Note: mug shot at link.
Officers capture convicted murderer who snuck back across border
Posted: 1:27 PM, Jan 30, 2019 Updated: 1:37 PM, Jan 30, 2019
By: Phil Villarreal
https://www.kgun9.com/border-watch/officers-capture-convicted-murderer-who-snuck-back-across-border
TUCSON, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Mexican man
who had been convicted of murder and deported, then tried to re-enter the country.
According to the agency, officers arrested 36-year-old Moises Cisneros-Llamas
when he tried to cross into the U.S. in the pedestrian crossing lanes at the Port of Douglas Sunday.
Cisneros-Llamas served 15 years in prison after he was convicted of second-degree murder in Phoenix in 2002.
He will remain in federal custody until he's prosecuted for re-entry after deportation.
"This case goes to show how our CBP officers continue to serve selflessly and efficiently to protect our country,"
said acting Port Director Michael Quinonez
End
Sahuarita police investigate first murder in 10 years
Lupita Murillo
7:35 pm
January 28, 2019
https://kvoa.com/news/crime-trackers/2019/01/28/sahuarita-police-investigate-first-murder-in-10-years/
SAHUARITA – It is the first homicide in Sahuarita in 10 years.
A home invasion that turned deadly, it occurred last Saturday in the 2200 block of east Sahuarita Rd.
Sgt. Michael Falquez told News 4 Tucson; multiple masked men armed with weapons stormed the house.
Two men inside the home were shot. Both were taken to the hospital.
One was treated and released the other one was identified as 59-year-old Manuel Bojorquez of Eloy, Ariz.
Sgt. Falquez said he could not go into specifics of the case except to say they are following leads,
and working around the clock to bring the people responsible to justice.
A possible motive, it could have been the wrong house that was targeted.
The neighbors declined on-camera interviews, but one did say the mobile home houses seasonal workers.
Sgt. Falquez said, "The immigration status of our victims is not a concern of this department.
It is irrelevant as far as we're concerned.
We're going to investigate the case to the best of our ability and bring those folks to justice."
At the time of the home invasion, there were multiple people inside.
The neighbors also told News 4 Tucson, they did not see or hear anything.
They became aware of the shooting when the police showed up.
One neighbor said "It's scary," especially since the suspects have not been arrested.
Sahuarita police are asking for your help. If you have any information call the Sahuarita police tip line at 520-445-7847, 9-1-1 or 88-CRIME.
END
AZMEX I3 30-1-19
AZMEX I3 30 JAN 2019
Note: "a pool of funds that the government has". Meaning YOU pay the bill.
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Hospital explains how many immigrants they treat on a weekly basis
By: • Ciara Encinas
Posted: Jan 29, 2019 04:23 PM MST
Updated: Jan 29, 2019 04:26 PM MST
https://www.kyma.com/news/hospital-explains-how-many-immigrants-they-treat-on-a-weekly-basis/994782173
YUMA, Ariz. - Border Patrol claimed nearly 2,000 undocumented immigrants received treatment from our local hospital.
The Yuma Regional Medical Center said treating immigrants is nothing new, but the increase is.
The Yuma Regional Medical Facility claimed those patients are not treated any differently than any other patient.
The only difference is a Border Patrol agent is sitting outside of their hospital room.
The hospital said medical costs for each patient varies depending on what their conditions,
but they claimed being a for-profit hospital they don't directly run off of taxpayer dollars.
They said there is a pool of funds that the government has for these individuals
and they submit the bill to them and eventually get reimbursed.
YRMC claimed there has been an increase in the number of patients coming from border patrol.
"On average, we're probably seeing about 5 to 10 a day come in through the emergency department with various ailments.
What you would see probably from most travelers. most of it is dehydration.
Some of it could be an upper respiratory infection[and] some of it could be other issues as well.
Trauma is something that we see, sprained ankles from people who could be jumping over the wall.
They may have an injury that we'll treat as well," said Robert Trenschel, CEO and President of YRMC.
As for the language barrier that may be there, they say they have several staff members who speak more than one language
and even have a hotline that can help translate.
The hospital adds they see about 25 pregnant women on a weekly basis.
END
Note: as usual, all about illegal immigration.
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Phoenix studies Motel 6 settlement for calling immigration on guests
The Associated Press
Updated 7 hrs ago | Posted on Jan 29, 2019
https://www.azfamily.com/news/phoenix-studies-motel-settlement-for-calling-immigration/article_385cc39a-23ea-11e9-9b1f-17c8917d7443.html
Motel 6 says it will stop sharing guest lists with ICE
PHOENIX (AP) -- A federal judge in Phoenix will review terms of a settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed by Motel 6 guests
who say employees of the national budget chain shared their private information with immigration officials.
[ORIGINAL STORY: Phoenix Motel 6 tipped off ICE on undocumented guests]
The proposed accord between Motel 6 and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
announced in November calls for the chain to compensate targeted guests and order its locations to prevent the practice.
[RELATED: Motel 6 to pay $7.6 million after giving guest lists to US immigration]
Judge David G. Campbell is to rule on the settlement terms Tuesday afternoon.
Under the settlement proposal filed late last year in federal court, Motel 6 said it would collectively pay affected guests up to $7.6 million.
[RELATED: Phoenix activists condemn Motel 6 for working with immigration officials]
The civil rights group alleged the motel chain discriminated against customers at two Phoenix locations
by sharing their information with U.S. immigration agents.
END
Note: "a pool of funds that the government has". Meaning YOU pay the bill.
thx
Hospital explains how many immigrants they treat on a weekly basis
By: • Ciara Encinas
Posted: Jan 29, 2019 04:23 PM MST
Updated: Jan 29, 2019 04:26 PM MST
https://www.kyma.com/news/hospital-explains-how-many-immigrants-they-treat-on-a-weekly-basis/994782173
YUMA, Ariz. - Border Patrol claimed nearly 2,000 undocumented immigrants received treatment from our local hospital.
The Yuma Regional Medical Center said treating immigrants is nothing new, but the increase is.
The Yuma Regional Medical Facility claimed those patients are not treated any differently than any other patient.
The only difference is a Border Patrol agent is sitting outside of their hospital room.
The hospital said medical costs for each patient varies depending on what their conditions,
but they claimed being a for-profit hospital they don't directly run off of taxpayer dollars.
They said there is a pool of funds that the government has for these individuals
and they submit the bill to them and eventually get reimbursed.
YRMC claimed there has been an increase in the number of patients coming from border patrol.
"On average, we're probably seeing about 5 to 10 a day come in through the emergency department with various ailments.
What you would see probably from most travelers. most of it is dehydration.
Some of it could be an upper respiratory infection[and] some of it could be other issues as well.
Trauma is something that we see, sprained ankles from people who could be jumping over the wall.
They may have an injury that we'll treat as well," said Robert Trenschel, CEO and President of YRMC.
As for the language barrier that may be there, they say they have several staff members who speak more than one language
and even have a hotline that can help translate.
The hospital adds they see about 25 pregnant women on a weekly basis.
END
Note: as usual, all about illegal immigration.
Thx
Phoenix studies Motel 6 settlement for calling immigration on guests
The Associated Press
Updated 7 hrs ago | Posted on Jan 29, 2019
https://www.azfamily.com/news/phoenix-studies-motel-settlement-for-calling-immigration/article_385cc39a-23ea-11e9-9b1f-17c8917d7443.html
Motel 6 says it will stop sharing guest lists with ICE
PHOENIX (AP) -- A federal judge in Phoenix will review terms of a settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed by Motel 6 guests
who say employees of the national budget chain shared their private information with immigration officials.
[ORIGINAL STORY: Phoenix Motel 6 tipped off ICE on undocumented guests]
The proposed accord between Motel 6 and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
announced in November calls for the chain to compensate targeted guests and order its locations to prevent the practice.
[RELATED: Motel 6 to pay $7.6 million after giving guest lists to US immigration]
Judge David G. Campbell is to rule on the settlement terms Tuesday afternoon.
Under the settlement proposal filed late last year in federal court, Motel 6 said it would collectively pay affected guests up to $7.6 million.
[RELATED: Phoenix activists condemn Motel 6 for working with immigration officials]
The civil rights group alleged the motel chain discriminated against customers at two Phoenix locations
by sharing their information with U.S. immigration agents.
END
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
AZMEX EXTRA 29-1-19
AZMEX EXTRA 29 JAN 2019
Note: A whole 16 months !
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Rio Grande City Man sentenced in ammo smuggling
Posted: Monday, January 28, 2019 10:03 pm
BY LORENZO ZAZUETA-CASTRO STAFF WRITER
https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/valley/rio-grande-city-man-sentenced-in-ammo-smuggling/article_d77c2c7e-237a-11e9-9eb7-6b02ebb18dc6.html
McALLEN — The second of two Rio Grande City men accused of attempting to smuggle ammunition into Mexico was sentenced Monday, court records show.
Mark Anthony Garza stood before U.S. District Judge Randy Crane on Monday for his sentencing hearing related to a federal firearm offense he was charged with in February 2018.
During the hearing, Crane handed down a 16-month federal prison sentence for the 51-year-old man, who along with Mario Rosas Jr., attempted to move 5,000 rounds of "Monarch" brand ammunition into Mexico, court records show.
Garza, who was originally arrested April 17, 2018, was first indicted along with Rosas, specifically for violating a federal statute — being in possession of a firearm or ammunition after being convicted of a felony. Specifically, Garza was convicted on a marijuana possession charge in Oregon in June 2007, court records show.
(READ THE INDICTMENT)
According to the indictment, the 5,000 rounds were "7.62 x 39 mm caliber steel ammunition."
Rosas, who was sentenced in June to 51 months in prison, with three years of supervised release upon completion of the sentence, pleaded guilty to a smuggling goods charge. He had his firearms charge dismissed as part of his plea deal with government prosecutors, court records show. Rosas was arrested in February 2018.
Rosas, 29, also of Rio Grande City, had a previous conviction in connection with a felony robbery charge in May 2012, court records show.
As part of their plea deals with government prosecutors, the government seized the 5,000 rounds of ammunition, according to court documents.
In addition to the 16-month sentence, Garza will be required to serve three years of supervised release upon completion of the prison term, court notes show.
END
More; photos at links.
Detain subject with 14 thousand cartridges in Nogales, Sonora
Details Published on Tuesday, January 29, 2019,
Written by. El diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=124206.
Nogales
A detainee and about 14 thousand assault rifle cartridges were seized by elements of the Municipal Police of Nogales,
the projectiles were hidden in a wagon-type vehicle that was also seized.
End
Note: Agua Prieta across the border from Douglas, AZ
They arrest 7 people in possession of arsenal in Agua Prieta
Details Published on Tuesday, January 29, 2019,
Written by Special
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=124213
Agua Prieta, Son
Elements of the Federal Police, in collaboration with personnel from the National Defense Secretariat, detained seven people carrying 15 heavy weapons, more than 3,000 cartridges and three fragmentation grenades in the municipality of Agua Prieta, Sonora.
The seizure was carried out as part of the coordination work implemented by the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection for the strengthening of security in that state, which allowed locating three vehicles that circulated on the road Moctezuma-Agua Prieta, whose passengers, When they noticed the presence of the authorities they stopped the vehicles in an untimely manner to try to flee by entering a dirt road.
Given this fact, elements of the Mexican Army and the Regional Security Division of the Federal Police detained the individuals, who visibly carried various firearms inside the cars.
Also, when inspecting these vehicles, one of which has a report of theft, located inside 10 rifles, four rifles (?) and a machine gun, three fragmentation grenades, 77 magazines (four of them for a Barret), a chest for supply of machine gun and more than 3 thousand 300 cartridges of different calibers.
The detainees were read the Rights Book that Assists People in Detention and together with the seized objects were placed at the disposal of the Agent of the Federal Public Ministry.
End
Note: A whole 16 months !
Thx
Rio Grande City Man sentenced in ammo smuggling
Posted: Monday, January 28, 2019 10:03 pm
BY LORENZO ZAZUETA-CASTRO STAFF WRITER
https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/valley/rio-grande-city-man-sentenced-in-ammo-smuggling/article_d77c2c7e-237a-11e9-9eb7-6b02ebb18dc6.html
McALLEN — The second of two Rio Grande City men accused of attempting to smuggle ammunition into Mexico was sentenced Monday, court records show.
Mark Anthony Garza stood before U.S. District Judge Randy Crane on Monday for his sentencing hearing related to a federal firearm offense he was charged with in February 2018.
During the hearing, Crane handed down a 16-month federal prison sentence for the 51-year-old man, who along with Mario Rosas Jr., attempted to move 5,000 rounds of "Monarch" brand ammunition into Mexico, court records show.
Garza, who was originally arrested April 17, 2018, was first indicted along with Rosas, specifically for violating a federal statute — being in possession of a firearm or ammunition after being convicted of a felony. Specifically, Garza was convicted on a marijuana possession charge in Oregon in June 2007, court records show.
(READ THE INDICTMENT)
According to the indictment, the 5,000 rounds were "7.62 x 39 mm caliber steel ammunition."
Rosas, who was sentenced in June to 51 months in prison, with three years of supervised release upon completion of the sentence, pleaded guilty to a smuggling goods charge. He had his firearms charge dismissed as part of his plea deal with government prosecutors, court records show. Rosas was arrested in February 2018.
Rosas, 29, also of Rio Grande City, had a previous conviction in connection with a felony robbery charge in May 2012, court records show.
As part of their plea deals with government prosecutors, the government seized the 5,000 rounds of ammunition, according to court documents.
In addition to the 16-month sentence, Garza will be required to serve three years of supervised release upon completion of the prison term, court notes show.
END
More; photos at links.
Detain subject with 14 thousand cartridges in Nogales, Sonora
Details Published on Tuesday, January 29, 2019,
Written by. El diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=124206.
Nogales
A detainee and about 14 thousand assault rifle cartridges were seized by elements of the Municipal Police of Nogales,
the projectiles were hidden in a wagon-type vehicle that was also seized.
End
Note: Agua Prieta across the border from Douglas, AZ
They arrest 7 people in possession of arsenal in Agua Prieta
Details Published on Tuesday, January 29, 2019,
Written by Special
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=124213
Agua Prieta, Son
Elements of the Federal Police, in collaboration with personnel from the National Defense Secretariat, detained seven people carrying 15 heavy weapons, more than 3,000 cartridges and three fragmentation grenades in the municipality of Agua Prieta, Sonora.
The seizure was carried out as part of the coordination work implemented by the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection for the strengthening of security in that state, which allowed locating three vehicles that circulated on the road Moctezuma-Agua Prieta, whose passengers, When they noticed the presence of the authorities they stopped the vehicles in an untimely manner to try to flee by entering a dirt road.
Given this fact, elements of the Mexican Army and the Regional Security Division of the Federal Police detained the individuals, who visibly carried various firearms inside the cars.
Also, when inspecting these vehicles, one of which has a report of theft, located inside 10 rifles, four rifles (?) and a machine gun, three fragmentation grenades, 77 magazines (four of them for a Barret), a chest for supply of machine gun and more than 3 thousand 300 cartridges of different calibers.
The detainees were read the Rights Book that Assists People in Detention and together with the seized objects were placed at the disposal of the Agent of the Federal Public Ministry.
End
AZMEX I3-2 29-1-19
AZMEX I3-2 29 JAN 2019
Note: computer translation .
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The stigma of the Central American migrant
Monday January 28, 2019,
Written by Ángeles Mariscal
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=124152
CIUDAD HIDALGO, CHIAPAS.-
Within a week of the Mexican border opening, thousands of people have entered
The Mexican border was opened to Central American migration a week ago, but what keeps arresting the thousands of people who are now entering Mexico is the stigma of the "gang" or "marero" migrant.
The scenarios contrast in the border area surrounding the Suchiate, a river that for decades migrants (mostly from Central America) have had to cross surreptitiously, skirting roads, dodging authorities, traffickers of people, and sometimes even the villagers, because they all see migration as a lucrative business.
The stories of extortions, abuses, rapes, assaults, kidnappings and exploitation are still to be broken.
I take a public transport that takes me from Ciudad Hidalgo -the city that borders the Suchiate River- to Tapachula. I sit forward, next to the driver. The conversation is emerging. On the road of the Pan-American Highway, a family of Honduran migrants stops. "How much does Tapachula charge us?" They ask the driver, and he automatically answers "30 quetzales per person," which would be the equivalent of just over 70 Mexican pesos.
Central American migrants register their entry into Mexican territory before authorities of the National Institute of Migration.
I look at it with amazement, the average price for the trip is 30 pesos. The driver tries to justify himself with me, as he whispers to me: "it's that they can be gangsters, you know; they can put me in trouble, you see that later in their mochilitas they bring the drugs, the weapons. " Perhaps, when feeling his own argument unjustified, he corrects them and says: "Well come on, I charge you 15 quetzales per person".
At another time of the day I travel the same route, on board a private car. We have hardly traveled a few kilometers when we see a stopped vehicle and, on the road, people who carry weapons and wear on their shirts the legend "Immigrant Assistance Office".
They are questioning two people who appear to be Garifuna (an ethnic group of African descent from Honduras). We stop and take some pictures. An agent approaches, I suppose it is from the Prosecutor's Office, and he tells me that I can not take pictures. I answer that we are on a public road and that if he is not committing a crime, I find no reason for his annoyance.
"I'm checking your data, I'm doing my job," he says. Then he gives me a hard look and decides to walk away. After a while he lets the two migrants go so they can continue on their way.
Several recommendations the National Human Rights Commission collect testimonies of migrants who accuse authorities of the three levels of government of carrying out extortion practices to let them pass. The recommendations have met with resistance from the authorities to comply with them, says the Commission's special report.
The eve of a week of the start of the "emergent program of humanitarian attention", the Secretariat of the Interior, Olga Sánchez Cordero, crossed the border bridge welcoming the thousands who stand in line to process and receive the visitor's card for humanitarian reasons ; At the same time, in the city of Tapachula, businessmen grouped in the Employers' Confederation of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex) rejected the massive entry of migrants.
In a letter addressed to the three levels of government, the businessmen argued that before employing migrants, the government must resolve the employment and development problems of the inhabitants of Mexico.
His argument: "receiving such an innumerable number of migrants can trigger the increase in insecurity, violence, illegality, even diseases (...) The southern border will continue to be the destination of illegal arrivals, and with them a marked break in our economy due to fear or violence that puts the integrity of our family at risk. "
The emergent program of humanitarian assistance grants migrants a visitor's card for humanitarian reasons that allows them to remain in Mexican territory for 6 months to a year.
But the fear of insecurity is not the background of animosity towards migrants.
"What bothers, first of the immigrants, and then of the refugees, is not that they are foreigners, but that they are poor," says the Spanish philosopher Adela Cortina in the book Aporofobia, the rejection of the poor.
The positioning of the Coparmex contrasts with the one that hours later the Secretary of the Interior gave. Amid migrants shouting "Thanks Mexico!", Sánchez Cordero said that the delivery of cards to migrants is part of "an ambitious development plan for the cities of the southern border."
In fact, the border worker's permit is being extended, which was only contemplated for the inhabitants of Guatemala. Sánchez Cordero explained that the border worker program was extended to the countries of the northern triangle of Central America, and the possibility of work will be for them to integrate into seven states of south-southeast Mexico.
What has been offered so far to migrants who are already on the border, is to participate in cleaning and repairing public spaces in the municipality of Suchiate and Tapachula, in exchange for an "economic support" of 84 pesos per 6 hours of work.
The stigma and the incipient labor offers, however, do not discourage those who line the border bridge.
"We tell the Mexican government, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, that we are going to do everything possible, that we are going to behave well so that they give us that visa to enter. We promise that what we come here are hard-working people, honest people, with a desire to work, "says one of the Central Americans, showing their hands and their identification, trying to be part of those thousands of migrants who are already in the country.
In just 7 days, 12,300 migrants entered the country. They are those who arrived in caravan, and those who arrive individually.
They are mostly from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, but people from Angola, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, and Haiti have also arrived.
Many more are on the way.
END
Note: computer translation .
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The stigma of the Central American migrant
Monday January 28, 2019,
Written by Ángeles Mariscal
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=124152
CIUDAD HIDALGO, CHIAPAS.-
Within a week of the Mexican border opening, thousands of people have entered
The Mexican border was opened to Central American migration a week ago, but what keeps arresting the thousands of people who are now entering Mexico is the stigma of the "gang" or "marero" migrant.
The scenarios contrast in the border area surrounding the Suchiate, a river that for decades migrants (mostly from Central America) have had to cross surreptitiously, skirting roads, dodging authorities, traffickers of people, and sometimes even the villagers, because they all see migration as a lucrative business.
The stories of extortions, abuses, rapes, assaults, kidnappings and exploitation are still to be broken.
I take a public transport that takes me from Ciudad Hidalgo -the city that borders the Suchiate River- to Tapachula. I sit forward, next to the driver. The conversation is emerging. On the road of the Pan-American Highway, a family of Honduran migrants stops. "How much does Tapachula charge us?" They ask the driver, and he automatically answers "30 quetzales per person," which would be the equivalent of just over 70 Mexican pesos.
Central American migrants register their entry into Mexican territory before authorities of the National Institute of Migration.
I look at it with amazement, the average price for the trip is 30 pesos. The driver tries to justify himself with me, as he whispers to me: "it's that they can be gangsters, you know; they can put me in trouble, you see that later in their mochilitas they bring the drugs, the weapons. " Perhaps, when feeling his own argument unjustified, he corrects them and says: "Well come on, I charge you 15 quetzales per person".
At another time of the day I travel the same route, on board a private car. We have hardly traveled a few kilometers when we see a stopped vehicle and, on the road, people who carry weapons and wear on their shirts the legend "Immigrant Assistance Office".
They are questioning two people who appear to be Garifuna (an ethnic group of African descent from Honduras). We stop and take some pictures. An agent approaches, I suppose it is from the Prosecutor's Office, and he tells me that I can not take pictures. I answer that we are on a public road and that if he is not committing a crime, I find no reason for his annoyance.
"I'm checking your data, I'm doing my job," he says. Then he gives me a hard look and decides to walk away. After a while he lets the two migrants go so they can continue on their way.
Several recommendations the National Human Rights Commission collect testimonies of migrants who accuse authorities of the three levels of government of carrying out extortion practices to let them pass. The recommendations have met with resistance from the authorities to comply with them, says the Commission's special report.
The eve of a week of the start of the "emergent program of humanitarian attention", the Secretariat of the Interior, Olga Sánchez Cordero, crossed the border bridge welcoming the thousands who stand in line to process and receive the visitor's card for humanitarian reasons ; At the same time, in the city of Tapachula, businessmen grouped in the Employers' Confederation of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex) rejected the massive entry of migrants.
In a letter addressed to the three levels of government, the businessmen argued that before employing migrants, the government must resolve the employment and development problems of the inhabitants of Mexico.
His argument: "receiving such an innumerable number of migrants can trigger the increase in insecurity, violence, illegality, even diseases (...) The southern border will continue to be the destination of illegal arrivals, and with them a marked break in our economy due to fear or violence that puts the integrity of our family at risk. "
The emergent program of humanitarian assistance grants migrants a visitor's card for humanitarian reasons that allows them to remain in Mexican territory for 6 months to a year.
But the fear of insecurity is not the background of animosity towards migrants.
"What bothers, first of the immigrants, and then of the refugees, is not that they are foreigners, but that they are poor," says the Spanish philosopher Adela Cortina in the book Aporofobia, the rejection of the poor.
The positioning of the Coparmex contrasts with the one that hours later the Secretary of the Interior gave. Amid migrants shouting "Thanks Mexico!", Sánchez Cordero said that the delivery of cards to migrants is part of "an ambitious development plan for the cities of the southern border."
In fact, the border worker's permit is being extended, which was only contemplated for the inhabitants of Guatemala. Sánchez Cordero explained that the border worker program was extended to the countries of the northern triangle of Central America, and the possibility of work will be for them to integrate into seven states of south-southeast Mexico.
What has been offered so far to migrants who are already on the border, is to participate in cleaning and repairing public spaces in the municipality of Suchiate and Tapachula, in exchange for an "economic support" of 84 pesos per 6 hours of work.
The stigma and the incipient labor offers, however, do not discourage those who line the border bridge.
"We tell the Mexican government, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, that we are going to do everything possible, that we are going to behave well so that they give us that visa to enter. We promise that what we come here are hard-working people, honest people, with a desire to work, "says one of the Central Americans, showing their hands and their identification, trying to be part of those thousands of migrants who are already in the country.
In just 7 days, 12,300 migrants entered the country. They are those who arrived in caravan, and those who arrive individually.
They are mostly from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, but people from Angola, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, and Haiti have also arrived.
Many more are on the way.
END
AZMEX I3 29-1-19
AZMEX I3 29 JAN 2019
Note: video at link.
Three-year-old falls off ladder while trying to cross border
By: Crystal Bedoya
Posted: Jan 28, 2019 02:15 PM MST
Updated: Jan 28, 2019 02:15 PM MST
https://www.kyma.com/news/three-year-old-falls-off-ladder-while-trying-to-cross-border-1/993446130
Three-year-old falls off ladder...
YUMA, Ariz. - Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents aided a three-year-old child who fell off a smugglers' ladder
while trying illegally cross an outdated section of the 16-foot international border wall Sunday, CBP officials said.
According to Customs and Border Protection, agents also arrested 49 individuals from Guatemala during the incident.
Authorities said the three-year-old girl, who fell off the ladder, was provided aid after sustaining minor injuries.
END
Note: mug shots at lin.
7 people indicted for attempting to help illegal immigrant California cop killer flee to Mexico, officials say
By Travis Fedschun | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/us/7-indicted-for-attempting-to-help-illegal-immigrant-california-cop-killer-flee-to-mexico
Are California's sanctuary laws to blame to Cpl. Ronil Singh's death? 'Fox & Friends' law enforcement panel weighs in
Ronil Singh's accused killer had two prior drunk driving arrests and gang ties, but under California law SB54, local authorities are banned from reporting that information to ICE; reaction from Chief Rich Buzby with the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, Denton County, Texas Sheriff Tracy Murphree and Frederick County, Maryland Sheriff Chuck Jenkins.
Seven friends and relatives of an illegal immigrant accused of killing a California police officer the day after Christmas were indicted on federal charges for allegedly helping the man attempt to flee to Mexico, federal officials said Friday.
The group is accused of helping Gustavo Perez Arriaga, 33, after he allegedly shot and killed Newman Police Officer Ronil Singh during a traffic stop.
"When individuals act to thwart law enforcement's efforts, they undermine the safety of those officers and the public as a whole," U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott in a statement. "Today's indictment is a significant step toward holding accountable those who chose to harbor and conceal the man accused of killing a police officer in Newman — Corporal Ronil Singh."
CALIFORNIA POLICE OFFICER'S KILLING BY ACCUSED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT 'A SENSELESS TRAGEDY,' CHIEF SAYS
Those indicted include: Erik Razo Quiroz, 29, of Merced; Adrian Virgen-Mendoza, 25, of Fairfield; Conrado Virgen Mendoza, 34, of Chowchilla; Erasmo Villegas-Suarez, 36, of Buttonwillow; Ana Leydi Cervantes-Sanchez, 31, of Newman; Bernabe Madrigal-Castaneda, 59, of Lamont; and Maria Luisa Moreno, 57, of Lamont.
Conrado Virgen Mendoza, 34, left, of Chowchilla, and Ana Leyde Cervantes, 30, of Newman, and were arrested last month in connection with the death of a Newman police corporal, authorities said.
They have since been indicted on federal charges.
Conrado Virgen Mendoza, 34, left, of Chowchilla, and Ana Leyde Cervantes, 30, of Newman, and were arrested last month in connection with the death of a Newman police corporal, authorities said. They have since been indicted on federal charges. (Stanislaus County Sherriff's Department)
All seven were charged with conspiring to hide Perez Arriaga, and smuggle him back to Mexico, according to the Fresno Bee. Members of the group allegedly gave Perez Arriaga clothes, money and a new phone and hid his pickup truck, among other efforts.
Arriaga's other brother Adrian Virgen (L), 25, and co-worker Erik Razo Quiroz, 27 were arrested in December after officials said they had attempted to mislead investigators in an effort to protect the suspect. They have since been indicted on federal charges.
Arriaga's other brother Adrian Virgen (L), 25, and co-worker Erik Razo Quiroz, 27 were arrested in December after officials said they had attempted to mislead investigators in an effort to protect the suspect. They have since been indicted on federal charges. (Stanislaus County Sherriff's Department))
Razo Quiroz was also charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and being an alien in possession of a firearm, court documents said.
The seven also face state charges for helping Perez Arriaga try to flee to avoid prosecution and lying to investigators.
NEW ARRESTS IN DEATH OF CALIFORNIA POLICE OFFICER; MURDER WEAPON MAY HAVE BEEN FOUND, AUTHORITIES SAY
$350K raised for fallen California police officer Ronil Singh's family through the Tunnel to Towers Foundation
Donations from 'Fox & Friends' viewers will help pay off the family's mortgage and provide educational tools to Singh's baby son.
Perez Arriaga shot Singh after the officer stopped his vehicle to check if he was driving drunk, according to prosecutors. He had two previous drunken driving arrests, authorities said.
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The sheriff leading the investigation has blamed California's sanctuary law for preventing local authorities from reporting Arriaga to U.S. immigration officials for the two previous arrests. If he had been deported, the sheriff said, Singh would still be alive.
"We can't ignore the fact that this could have been preventable," Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said in December, asking why the state was "providing sanctuary for criminals (and) gang members. It's a conversation we need to have."
End
Note: video at link.
Three-year-old falls off ladder while trying to cross border
By: Crystal Bedoya
Posted: Jan 28, 2019 02:15 PM MST
Updated: Jan 28, 2019 02:15 PM MST
https://www.kyma.com/news/three-year-old-falls-off-ladder-while-trying-to-cross-border-1/993446130
Three-year-old falls off ladder...
YUMA, Ariz. - Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents aided a three-year-old child who fell off a smugglers' ladder
while trying illegally cross an outdated section of the 16-foot international border wall Sunday, CBP officials said.
According to Customs and Border Protection, agents also arrested 49 individuals from Guatemala during the incident.
Authorities said the three-year-old girl, who fell off the ladder, was provided aid after sustaining minor injuries.
END
Note: mug shots at lin.
7 people indicted for attempting to help illegal immigrant California cop killer flee to Mexico, officials say
By Travis Fedschun | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/us/7-indicted-for-attempting-to-help-illegal-immigrant-california-cop-killer-flee-to-mexico
Are California's sanctuary laws to blame to Cpl. Ronil Singh's death? 'Fox & Friends' law enforcement panel weighs in
Ronil Singh's accused killer had two prior drunk driving arrests and gang ties, but under California law SB54, local authorities are banned from reporting that information to ICE; reaction from Chief Rich Buzby with the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, Denton County, Texas Sheriff Tracy Murphree and Frederick County, Maryland Sheriff Chuck Jenkins.
Seven friends and relatives of an illegal immigrant accused of killing a California police officer the day after Christmas were indicted on federal charges for allegedly helping the man attempt to flee to Mexico, federal officials said Friday.
The group is accused of helping Gustavo Perez Arriaga, 33, after he allegedly shot and killed Newman Police Officer Ronil Singh during a traffic stop.
"When individuals act to thwart law enforcement's efforts, they undermine the safety of those officers and the public as a whole," U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott in a statement. "Today's indictment is a significant step toward holding accountable those who chose to harbor and conceal the man accused of killing a police officer in Newman — Corporal Ronil Singh."
CALIFORNIA POLICE OFFICER'S KILLING BY ACCUSED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT 'A SENSELESS TRAGEDY,' CHIEF SAYS
Those indicted include: Erik Razo Quiroz, 29, of Merced; Adrian Virgen-Mendoza, 25, of Fairfield; Conrado Virgen Mendoza, 34, of Chowchilla; Erasmo Villegas-Suarez, 36, of Buttonwillow; Ana Leydi Cervantes-Sanchez, 31, of Newman; Bernabe Madrigal-Castaneda, 59, of Lamont; and Maria Luisa Moreno, 57, of Lamont.
Conrado Virgen Mendoza, 34, left, of Chowchilla, and Ana Leyde Cervantes, 30, of Newman, and were arrested last month in connection with the death of a Newman police corporal, authorities said.
They have since been indicted on federal charges.
Conrado Virgen Mendoza, 34, left, of Chowchilla, and Ana Leyde Cervantes, 30, of Newman, and were arrested last month in connection with the death of a Newman police corporal, authorities said. They have since been indicted on federal charges. (Stanislaus County Sherriff's Department)
All seven were charged with conspiring to hide Perez Arriaga, and smuggle him back to Mexico, according to the Fresno Bee. Members of the group allegedly gave Perez Arriaga clothes, money and a new phone and hid his pickup truck, among other efforts.
Arriaga's other brother Adrian Virgen (L), 25, and co-worker Erik Razo Quiroz, 27 were arrested in December after officials said they had attempted to mislead investigators in an effort to protect the suspect. They have since been indicted on federal charges.
Arriaga's other brother Adrian Virgen (L), 25, and co-worker Erik Razo Quiroz, 27 were arrested in December after officials said they had attempted to mislead investigators in an effort to protect the suspect. They have since been indicted on federal charges. (Stanislaus County Sherriff's Department))
Razo Quiroz was also charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and being an alien in possession of a firearm, court documents said.
The seven also face state charges for helping Perez Arriaga try to flee to avoid prosecution and lying to investigators.
NEW ARRESTS IN DEATH OF CALIFORNIA POLICE OFFICER; MURDER WEAPON MAY HAVE BEEN FOUND, AUTHORITIES SAY
$350K raised for fallen California police officer Ronil Singh's family through the Tunnel to Towers Foundation
Donations from 'Fox & Friends' viewers will help pay off the family's mortgage and provide educational tools to Singh's baby son.
Perez Arriaga shot Singh after the officer stopped his vehicle to check if he was driving drunk, according to prosecutors. He had two previous drunken driving arrests, authorities said.
CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP
The sheriff leading the investigation has blamed California's sanctuary law for preventing local authorities from reporting Arriaga to U.S. immigration officials for the two previous arrests. If he had been deported, the sheriff said, Singh would still be alive.
"We can't ignore the fact that this could have been preventable," Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said in December, asking why the state was "providing sanctuary for criminals (and) gang members. It's a conversation we need to have."
End
Monday, January 28, 2019
AZMEX I3 28-1-19
AZMEX I3 28 JAN 2019
Note: also republished in El Diario of Nogales, Son.
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=124157
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Officials: Nogales, Sonora, not ready to house asylum seekers sent back by US
By Perla Trevizo Arizona Daily Star
Jan 26, 2019 Updated 5 hrs ago
https://tucson.com/news/local/officials-nogales-sonora-not-ready-to-house-asylum-seekers-sent/article_ccd750ac-d0e7-587b-8126-f5885a686f1d.html
Nogales, Sonora, is not in a position to take in more Central American asylum seekers for extended periods as they wait for their U.S. immigration cases to go through the system, advocates and officials said.
Neither are other Mexican border communities, they said.
"I don't think there's any border city that right now has either sufficient resources or the preparation to house these people for an extended period of time," said Jorge Jauregui, city manager of Nogales, Sonora.
The mayor's directive is to assist those who are coming through or being deported through the city, he said.
"We have resources and plans to assist in times of an emergency, but we would have to reach out for help to our partners in the state and federal government," he said.
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced a new policy that would involve sending back to Mexico Central American asylum seekers while their immigration cases are pending. Under the Migrant Protection Protocols, unaccompanied minors and others deemed to belong to vulnerable groups, or who can show they face persecution or torture in Mexico, would be exempt.
Currently, many of the Central American families who arrive at a port of entry or who turn themselves in to Border Patrol agents are vetted and released with a notice to appear before an immigration official. That's usually at a place where they have a friend or relative already in the country, but it may be years before they see a judge and their cases are resolved.
The government says many of these families are taking advantage of what it calls loopholes, laws that limit the time a child may be in detention to 20 days, and the lack of detention space for families.
Representatives from the Mexican government said during a news conference Friday that the U.S. would send back up to 20 people a day starting at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in California, with the idea that the policy would be gradually expanded to the rest of the border.
"The Mexican government does not agree with the unilateral measure implemented by the U.S. government," said Roberto Velasco, spokesman for the Mexican Foreign Ministry. "Nonetheless, in line with our new migration policy, we reiterate our commitment to migrants and to human rights."
Mexico will issue temporary humanitarian permits but will not accept unaccompanied minors or people who've been denied and are appealing their asylum claim or those with serious health problems, he said.
The real solution, he said, is to invest in the migrants' countries of origin. "Migration should be a choice, not a necessity," he added, echoing a message Mexico's newly elected president, Andrés Manuel López Obrado, has reiterated, including at a rally in Nogales.
There's not a lot of information about how the new plan, initially discussed in December, will be implemented. Neither Salvadoran nor Guatemalan consulate officials in Tucson had received any official notification from their governments about specific protocols, they said Friday.
"We respect the policies of the United States and remain vigilant of the situation," said vice consul from El Salvador Julio Calderon. "We are committed to work the hours and days necessary to meet the needs of our Salvadorans."
The nearest consulates from both countries on the Mexican side are in Tijuana.
According to media reports, DHS officials expect cases to be resolved within a year, with the first appointment taking place within 45 days of entry.
Even if it's not immediately implemented across other parts of the border, cities like Nogales will feel the ripple effects as some migrants choose to cross elsewhere, said Joanna Williams, with the binational organization Kino Border Initiative.
"We are deeply concerned about the plan," she said. "How will asylum seekers be safe in Mexico as they wait? I don't think it's possible to guarantee their safety and I don't think it's possible to guarantee due process."
The Kino Border Initiative works with attorneys who offer "know your rights" presentations to the families waiting to be processed at the port of entry, but their capacity is limited.
"People who are able to retain counsel have a much bigger chance of winning their case, but how does someone retain counsel, visit their clients, help that person gather their documents from Mexico when they are from another country?" said Laura Belous, advocacy attorney with the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project.
"It's enormously challenging logistically speaking," she said. "And in general, another attack on asylum seekers."
Most border cities have migrant shelters set up to serve mostly deportees. Increasingly, though, the need has come from the families waiting to present themselves at ports of entry as the government processes a few a day.
At one point last year, there were close to 200 people waiting to be processed at the port of entry in Nogales, with wait times extending to weeks.
There are four temporary shelters operated by nonprofits. The needs they would have to meet if families now had to stay there for months or years would be very different, Williams said, to include security protocols.
"Organized crime preys on migrants and they could become more exposed to violence once they are returned," she said. "There are big scale and tiny logistical pieces that haven't been contemplated."
End
Note: also republished in El Diario of Nogales, Son.
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=124157
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Officials: Nogales, Sonora, not ready to house asylum seekers sent back by US
By Perla Trevizo Arizona Daily Star
Jan 26, 2019 Updated 5 hrs ago
https://tucson.com/news/local/officials-nogales-sonora-not-ready-to-house-asylum-seekers-sent/article_ccd750ac-d0e7-587b-8126-f5885a686f1d.html
Nogales, Sonora, is not in a position to take in more Central American asylum seekers for extended periods as they wait for their U.S. immigration cases to go through the system, advocates and officials said.
Neither are other Mexican border communities, they said.
"I don't think there's any border city that right now has either sufficient resources or the preparation to house these people for an extended period of time," said Jorge Jauregui, city manager of Nogales, Sonora.
The mayor's directive is to assist those who are coming through or being deported through the city, he said.
"We have resources and plans to assist in times of an emergency, but we would have to reach out for help to our partners in the state and federal government," he said.
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced a new policy that would involve sending back to Mexico Central American asylum seekers while their immigration cases are pending. Under the Migrant Protection Protocols, unaccompanied minors and others deemed to belong to vulnerable groups, or who can show they face persecution or torture in Mexico, would be exempt.
Currently, many of the Central American families who arrive at a port of entry or who turn themselves in to Border Patrol agents are vetted and released with a notice to appear before an immigration official. That's usually at a place where they have a friend or relative already in the country, but it may be years before they see a judge and their cases are resolved.
The government says many of these families are taking advantage of what it calls loopholes, laws that limit the time a child may be in detention to 20 days, and the lack of detention space for families.
Representatives from the Mexican government said during a news conference Friday that the U.S. would send back up to 20 people a day starting at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in California, with the idea that the policy would be gradually expanded to the rest of the border.
"The Mexican government does not agree with the unilateral measure implemented by the U.S. government," said Roberto Velasco, spokesman for the Mexican Foreign Ministry. "Nonetheless, in line with our new migration policy, we reiterate our commitment to migrants and to human rights."
Mexico will issue temporary humanitarian permits but will not accept unaccompanied minors or people who've been denied and are appealing their asylum claim or those with serious health problems, he said.
The real solution, he said, is to invest in the migrants' countries of origin. "Migration should be a choice, not a necessity," he added, echoing a message Mexico's newly elected president, Andrés Manuel López Obrado, has reiterated, including at a rally in Nogales.
There's not a lot of information about how the new plan, initially discussed in December, will be implemented. Neither Salvadoran nor Guatemalan consulate officials in Tucson had received any official notification from their governments about specific protocols, they said Friday.
"We respect the policies of the United States and remain vigilant of the situation," said vice consul from El Salvador Julio Calderon. "We are committed to work the hours and days necessary to meet the needs of our Salvadorans."
The nearest consulates from both countries on the Mexican side are in Tijuana.
According to media reports, DHS officials expect cases to be resolved within a year, with the first appointment taking place within 45 days of entry.
Even if it's not immediately implemented across other parts of the border, cities like Nogales will feel the ripple effects as some migrants choose to cross elsewhere, said Joanna Williams, with the binational organization Kino Border Initiative.
"We are deeply concerned about the plan," she said. "How will asylum seekers be safe in Mexico as they wait? I don't think it's possible to guarantee their safety and I don't think it's possible to guarantee due process."
The Kino Border Initiative works with attorneys who offer "know your rights" presentations to the families waiting to be processed at the port of entry, but their capacity is limited.
"People who are able to retain counsel have a much bigger chance of winning their case, but how does someone retain counsel, visit their clients, help that person gather their documents from Mexico when they are from another country?" said Laura Belous, advocacy attorney with the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project.
"It's enormously challenging logistically speaking," she said. "And in general, another attack on asylum seekers."
Most border cities have migrant shelters set up to serve mostly deportees. Increasingly, though, the need has come from the families waiting to present themselves at ports of entry as the government processes a few a day.
At one point last year, there were close to 200 people waiting to be processed at the port of entry in Nogales, with wait times extending to weeks.
There are four temporary shelters operated by nonprofits. The needs they would have to meet if families now had to stay there for months or years would be very different, Williams said, to include security protocols.
"Organized crime preys on migrants and they could become more exposed to violence once they are returned," she said. "There are big scale and tiny logistical pieces that haven't been contemplated."
End
AZMEX UPDATE 28-1-19
AZMEX UPDATE 28 JAN 2019
Comment: more diseases on the way?
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YCSO says undocumented immigrants cost taxpayers thousands of dollars in 2018
Numbers cited from USBP report
https://www.kyma.com/news/ycso-says-undocumented-immigrants-cost-taxpayers-thousands-of-dollars-in-2018/989224188
Posted: Jan 25, 2019 12:27 PM MST
Updated: Jan 25, 2019 04:23 PM MST
The Yuma County Sheriff's Office said 1,700 undocumented immigrants needed hospital treatment in Yuma, services that amounted to $700,000 of taxpayer money in fiscal year 2018.
YCSO sourced those numbers to the U.S Border Patrol. In the Tweet released Friday morning, YCSO said it also required over 10,000 man hours to guard everyone that was admitted into Yuma Regional Medical Center.
YCSO also said that when the Yuma sector built its border wall apprehensions went down by 95 percent.
The Tweet came hours before President Donald Trump announced an end to the government shutdown, just hours shy of hitting its fifth week. The government will reopen for three weeks, while the president says a bipartisan group will work on a package to secure the border. Border wall funding was not part of the deal.
END
Note: another "disease"
Texas officials flag tens of thousands of voters for citizenship checks
The list compiled by the Texas secretary of state contains 95,000 names. It's unclear exactly how many of those individuals are not actually U.S. citizens and whether that number will be available in the future.
BY ALEXA URA JAN. 25, 20195 PM
https://www.texastribune.org/2019/01/25/texas-flags-tens-thousands-voters-citizenship-check/
Voters in Houston arrive to cast ballots during the last hour of voting in the primaries on March 6, 2018. Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune
The Texas secretary of state's office announced Friday it would send local election officials a list of 95,000 registered voters who the state says counties should consider checking to see whether they are U.S. citizens and, therefore, legally eligible to vote.
In an advisory released Friday afternoon, the office said it was flagging individuals who had provided the Texas Department of Public Safety with some form of documentation — including a work visa or a green card — that showed they were not a citizen when they were obtaining a driver's license or an ID card. Among the individuals flagged, about 58,000 individuals cast a ballot in one or more elections from 1996 to 2018, the secretary of state's office said.
It's unclear exactly how many of those individuals are not actually U.S. citizens and whether that number will be available in the future. In its notice to counties, the secretary of state's office said the names should be considered "WEAK" matches, using all capital letters for emphasis.
That means counties may now choose to investigate the eligibility of the individuals who were flagged, which would require them to send a notice asking for proof of citizenship within 30 days, or take no action. By law, the counties aren't allowed to automatically revoke a voter's registration without sending out such a notice.
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It's possible that individuals flagged by the state — who provided DPS with documentation that indicated they were authorized to be in the country — could have become naturalized citizens since they obtained their driver's license or ID card. A spokesman for the secretary of state said officials are "very confident" that the data received from DPS is "current."
In announcing the review of the rolls, Secretary of State David Whitley — who was appointed to the post last month after serving as deputy chief of staff to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott — immediately handed the data over to the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican who said his office will "spare no effort in assisting with these troubling cases."
But without additional verification, you can't say these individuals all engaged in illegal voting, said Chris Davis, the head of the Texas Association of Elections Administrators.
"People get naturalized," Davis said. "It's entirely too early to say that."
The numbers were released just a few weeks into a legislative session during which lawmakers may take up proposals to require some form of citizenship verification before registering to vote. The U.S. Supreme Court in 2013 rejected states' efforts to require proof of citizenship to register to vote. Other federal courts have knocked down more recent efforts.
"Integrity and efficiency of elections in Texas require accuracy of our state's voter rolls, and my office is committed to using all available tools under the law to maintain an accurate list of registered voters," Whitley said in a statement.
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But Beth Stevens, voting rights legal director for the Texas Civil Rights Project, said the announcement echoed efforts around the country to remove eligible voters from the rolls.
"The secretary's actions threaten to result in tens of thousands of eligible voters being removed from the roles, including those with the least resources to comply with the demand to show papers," Stevens said.
In a state where about 15.8 million Texans are registered to vote, the AG's office has recently pursued a small number of convictions of illegal voting by non-citizens. Past reviews of the voter rolls by other states ultimately found that only a small number of the thousands of non-citizens they initially flagged had actually voted. For years, researchers have found that voter fraud is rare and claims that non-citizens are voting in large numbers have not been substantiated.
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Comment: more diseases on the way?
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YCSO says undocumented immigrants cost taxpayers thousands of dollars in 2018
Numbers cited from USBP report
https://www.kyma.com/news/ycso-says-undocumented-immigrants-cost-taxpayers-thousands-of-dollars-in-2018/989224188
Posted: Jan 25, 2019 12:27 PM MST
Updated: Jan 25, 2019 04:23 PM MST
The Yuma County Sheriff's Office said 1,700 undocumented immigrants needed hospital treatment in Yuma, services that amounted to $700,000 of taxpayer money in fiscal year 2018.
YCSO sourced those numbers to the U.S Border Patrol. In the Tweet released Friday morning, YCSO said it also required over 10,000 man hours to guard everyone that was admitted into Yuma Regional Medical Center.
YCSO also said that when the Yuma sector built its border wall apprehensions went down by 95 percent.
The Tweet came hours before President Donald Trump announced an end to the government shutdown, just hours shy of hitting its fifth week. The government will reopen for three weeks, while the president says a bipartisan group will work on a package to secure the border. Border wall funding was not part of the deal.
END
Note: another "disease"
Texas officials flag tens of thousands of voters for citizenship checks
The list compiled by the Texas secretary of state contains 95,000 names. It's unclear exactly how many of those individuals are not actually U.S. citizens and whether that number will be available in the future.
BY ALEXA URA JAN. 25, 20195 PM
https://www.texastribune.org/2019/01/25/texas-flags-tens-thousands-voters-citizenship-check/
Voters in Houston arrive to cast ballots during the last hour of voting in the primaries on March 6, 2018. Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune
The Texas secretary of state's office announced Friday it would send local election officials a list of 95,000 registered voters who the state says counties should consider checking to see whether they are U.S. citizens and, therefore, legally eligible to vote.
In an advisory released Friday afternoon, the office said it was flagging individuals who had provided the Texas Department of Public Safety with some form of documentation — including a work visa or a green card — that showed they were not a citizen when they were obtaining a driver's license or an ID card. Among the individuals flagged, about 58,000 individuals cast a ballot in one or more elections from 1996 to 2018, the secretary of state's office said.
It's unclear exactly how many of those individuals are not actually U.S. citizens and whether that number will be available in the future. In its notice to counties, the secretary of state's office said the names should be considered "WEAK" matches, using all capital letters for emphasis.
That means counties may now choose to investigate the eligibility of the individuals who were flagged, which would require them to send a notice asking for proof of citizenship within 30 days, or take no action. By law, the counties aren't allowed to automatically revoke a voter's registration without sending out such a notice.
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It's possible that individuals flagged by the state — who provided DPS with documentation that indicated they were authorized to be in the country — could have become naturalized citizens since they obtained their driver's license or ID card. A spokesman for the secretary of state said officials are "very confident" that the data received from DPS is "current."
In announcing the review of the rolls, Secretary of State David Whitley — who was appointed to the post last month after serving as deputy chief of staff to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott — immediately handed the data over to the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican who said his office will "spare no effort in assisting with these troubling cases."
But without additional verification, you can't say these individuals all engaged in illegal voting, said Chris Davis, the head of the Texas Association of Elections Administrators.
"People get naturalized," Davis said. "It's entirely too early to say that."
The numbers were released just a few weeks into a legislative session during which lawmakers may take up proposals to require some form of citizenship verification before registering to vote. The U.S. Supreme Court in 2013 rejected states' efforts to require proof of citizenship to register to vote. Other federal courts have knocked down more recent efforts.
"Integrity and efficiency of elections in Texas require accuracy of our state's voter rolls, and my office is committed to using all available tools under the law to maintain an accurate list of registered voters," Whitley said in a statement.
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But Beth Stevens, voting rights legal director for the Texas Civil Rights Project, said the announcement echoed efforts around the country to remove eligible voters from the rolls.
"The secretary's actions threaten to result in tens of thousands of eligible voters being removed from the roles, including those with the least resources to comply with the demand to show papers," Stevens said.
In a state where about 15.8 million Texans are registered to vote, the AG's office has recently pursued a small number of convictions of illegal voting by non-citizens. Past reviews of the voter rolls by other states ultimately found that only a small number of the thousands of non-citizens they initially flagged had actually voted. For years, researchers have found that voter fraud is rare and claims that non-citizens are voting in large numbers have not been substantiated.
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End
AZMEX EXTRA 26-1-19
AZMEX EXTRA 26 JAN 2019
Note: photos, video at link. Should stop the cartels in their tracks. Si.
Gracias
The Diario de Sonora
Mexican Army Destroys firearms in Nogales
Details Published on Friday, January 25, 2019,
Written by César Barragán / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=124065
Nogales, Son
Dozens of firearms of different calibers and other attachments were destroyed by personnel of the Secretariat of National Defense, of the 45th Military Zone of Nogales, during a ceremony held in the presence of authorities of the different levels of government.
This ceremony was headed by the General and commander of the 45th Military Zone, Salvador Fernando Cervantes Loza, and municipal and state authorities, as well as the representatives of the different police forces of the town, attended as guests.
"It is an event that takes place nationally in the different military zones of the country, so that the population can see and realize what is done with the weapons that are seized from organized crime or are confiscated in judicial matters", said Cervantes Loza.
He explained that after these weapons go through the corresponding legal procedures, a judge orders that they be left to the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) and that is when they are destroyed.
During the ceremony, a total of 38 long weapons (assault rifles) and 18 short weapons (semiautomatic handguns ) were destroyed, as well as grenade launchers, different magazines and cartridges of different calibers, and two grenade launchers.
As well as 137 magazines, 9 thousand 651 cartridges of different calibers,
a telescopic sight and three containers of cartridges. .
The Commander pointed out that said armament is not the product of the despistolization campaign, but are weapons that are exclusively made available to judges, (for destruction ) which are confiscated from criminals.
He explained that in the campaigns of despistolización weapons are destroyed in view of the people who deliver them.
He said that currently the SEDENA (45 military zone) has a close communication with the organizations of the different government bodies, with which they work in coordination without any problem in this jurisdiction under their charge.
END
Also: death toll of pipeline theft up to 113.
https://www.lacronica.com/Nacional/2019/01/26/1404444-Asciende-a-113-muertos-por-explosion-de-ducto-en-Hidalgo.html
end
Note: photos, video at link. Should stop the cartels in their tracks. Si.
Gracias
The Diario de Sonora
Mexican Army Destroys firearms in Nogales
Details Published on Friday, January 25, 2019,
Written by César Barragán / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=124065
Nogales, Son
Dozens of firearms of different calibers and other attachments were destroyed by personnel of the Secretariat of National Defense, of the 45th Military Zone of Nogales, during a ceremony held in the presence of authorities of the different levels of government.
This ceremony was headed by the General and commander of the 45th Military Zone, Salvador Fernando Cervantes Loza, and municipal and state authorities, as well as the representatives of the different police forces of the town, attended as guests.
"It is an event that takes place nationally in the different military zones of the country, so that the population can see and realize what is done with the weapons that are seized from organized crime or are confiscated in judicial matters", said Cervantes Loza.
He explained that after these weapons go through the corresponding legal procedures, a judge orders that they be left to the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) and that is when they are destroyed.
During the ceremony, a total of 38 long weapons (assault rifles) and 18 short weapons (semiautomatic handguns ) were destroyed, as well as grenade launchers, different magazines and cartridges of different calibers, and two grenade launchers.
As well as 137 magazines, 9 thousand 651 cartridges of different calibers,
a telescopic sight and three containers of cartridges. .
The Commander pointed out that said armament is not the product of the despistolization campaign, but are weapons that are exclusively made available to judges, (for destruction ) which are confiscated from criminals.
He explained that in the campaigns of despistolización weapons are destroyed in view of the people who deliver them.
He said that currently the SEDENA (45 military zone) has a close communication with the organizations of the different government bodies, with which they work in coordination without any problem in this jurisdiction under their charge.
END
Also: death toll of pipeline theft up to 113.
https://www.lacronica.com/Nacional/2019/01/26/1404444-Asciende-a-113-muertos-por-explosion-de-ducto-en-Hidalgo.html
end
Saturday, January 26, 2019
AZVEN UPDATE 26-1-19
AZVEN UPDATE 26 JAN 2019
Note: "ultimatum by European leaders". April 1st is early this year? Photos, etc. at link.
Danke - Gracias - Merci - Thx
Venezuela crisis: Maduro given ultimatum by European leaders
1 hour ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47014322
Media captionWho's really in charge in Venezuela? The BBC's Paul Adams explains
Spain, Germany, France and the UK have warned Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that he must call elections within eight days -
or they will officially recognise the opposition.
Mr Maduro is under pressure after his rival Juan Guaidó declared himself "acting president" on Wednesday.
Several countries, including the US, already back Mr Guaidó as president.
Venezuela later rejected the ultimatum at a UN meeting, where divisions between world powers were laid bare.
Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza told members of the UN Security Council in New York that Mr Maduro's presidency was legitimate,
and the country would not be pressured into calling elections.
"Nobody is going to give us deadlines or tell us if there are elections or not," he said.
President Maduro was sworn in for a second term earlier this month, in an election marred by an opposition boycott
and allegations of vote-rigging, leading to large anti-Maduro protests.
He accuses Mr Guaidó, the head of the National Assembly, of mounting a coup.
What is happening in Venezuela?
What might happen next?
Who is Juan Guaidó?
Are you in Venezuela? Email your story to haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk
On Saturday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez wrote on Twitter:
"Spain has a responsibility to Latin America... we do not seek to change or remove governments,
we want democracy and free elections in Venezuela."
France and Germany also issued similar statements, in what looked like a co-ordinated demand that elections be held in Venezuela.
UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the election in Venezuela had been "deeply flawed",
repeating his view that Mr Maduro was "not the legitimate leader".
Skip Twitter post by @Jeremy_Hunt
Report
End of Twitter post by @Jeremy_Hunt
Russia, a UN Security Council member, has said foreign support for Mr Guaidó violates international law and is a "direct path to bloodshed".
China, Mexico and Turkey have also publicly backed Mr Maduro.
What happened at the UN?
Discussions at the UN on Saturday were tense as nations clashed on how to resolve the crisis in Venezuela.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Russia and China of "propping up a failed regime"
and said it was time to "support the Venezuelan people immediately".
"No more delays, no more games.
Either you stand with the forces of freedom, or you're in league with Maduro and his mayhem," he said.
The UN Security Council meets about the situation in Venezuela in Manhattan, New York City, New York, 26 January 2019Image copyrightREUTERS
Image caption
Nations clashed over a way forward in Venezuela's political crisis
But Russia's UN ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, accused Washington of plotting a coup against Mr Maduro.
He said the council was not established to "support regime change" and called for further dialogue to "find a way forward".
China's representative to the UN, Ma Zhaoxu,
said that while his country was committed to the "purposes and principles" of the council,
the situation in Venezuela "does not constitute a threat to national security" and China "does not interfere in other countries' internal affairs".
Why is Maduro being challenged?
He was re-elected to a second term last year - but the elections were controversial, with many opposition candidates barred from running or jailed.
The National Assembly argues that the presidential position is actually vacant because the election was unfair -
and that under the constitution this means that Mr Guaidó, as head of the National Assembly, should take over as acting president instead.
Media captionThousands attended a rally in Caracas on Wednesday against President Maduro
Tens of thousands have held protests over Venezuela's economic crisis -
including an annual inflation rate that the opposition says reached 1,300,000% last year.
Mr Maduro has so far retained the support of the country's military,
but Mr Guaidó has asked them to "put themselves on the side of the Venezuelan people" and back him instead.
End
Note: "ultimatum by European leaders". April 1st is early this year? Photos, etc. at link.
Danke - Gracias - Merci - Thx
Venezuela crisis: Maduro given ultimatum by European leaders
1 hour ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47014322
Media captionWho's really in charge in Venezuela? The BBC's Paul Adams explains
Spain, Germany, France and the UK have warned Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that he must call elections within eight days -
or they will officially recognise the opposition.
Mr Maduro is under pressure after his rival Juan Guaidó declared himself "acting president" on Wednesday.
Several countries, including the US, already back Mr Guaidó as president.
Venezuela later rejected the ultimatum at a UN meeting, where divisions between world powers were laid bare.
Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza told members of the UN Security Council in New York that Mr Maduro's presidency was legitimate,
and the country would not be pressured into calling elections.
"Nobody is going to give us deadlines or tell us if there are elections or not," he said.
President Maduro was sworn in for a second term earlier this month, in an election marred by an opposition boycott
and allegations of vote-rigging, leading to large anti-Maduro protests.
He accuses Mr Guaidó, the head of the National Assembly, of mounting a coup.
What is happening in Venezuela?
What might happen next?
Who is Juan Guaidó?
Are you in Venezuela? Email your story to haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk
On Saturday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez wrote on Twitter:
"Spain has a responsibility to Latin America... we do not seek to change or remove governments,
we want democracy and free elections in Venezuela."
France and Germany also issued similar statements, in what looked like a co-ordinated demand that elections be held in Venezuela.
UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the election in Venezuela had been "deeply flawed",
repeating his view that Mr Maduro was "not the legitimate leader".
Skip Twitter post by @Jeremy_Hunt
Report
End of Twitter post by @Jeremy_Hunt
Russia, a UN Security Council member, has said foreign support for Mr Guaidó violates international law and is a "direct path to bloodshed".
China, Mexico and Turkey have also publicly backed Mr Maduro.
What happened at the UN?
Discussions at the UN on Saturday were tense as nations clashed on how to resolve the crisis in Venezuela.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Russia and China of "propping up a failed regime"
and said it was time to "support the Venezuelan people immediately".
"No more delays, no more games.
Either you stand with the forces of freedom, or you're in league with Maduro and his mayhem," he said.
The UN Security Council meets about the situation in Venezuela in Manhattan, New York City, New York, 26 January 2019Image copyrightREUTERS
Image caption
Nations clashed over a way forward in Venezuela's political crisis
But Russia's UN ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, accused Washington of plotting a coup against Mr Maduro.
He said the council was not established to "support regime change" and called for further dialogue to "find a way forward".
China's representative to the UN, Ma Zhaoxu,
said that while his country was committed to the "purposes and principles" of the council,
the situation in Venezuela "does not constitute a threat to national security" and China "does not interfere in other countries' internal affairs".
Why is Maduro being challenged?
He was re-elected to a second term last year - but the elections were controversial, with many opposition candidates barred from running or jailed.
The National Assembly argues that the presidential position is actually vacant because the election was unfair -
and that under the constitution this means that Mr Guaidó, as head of the National Assembly, should take over as acting president instead.
Media captionThousands attended a rally in Caracas on Wednesday against President Maduro
Tens of thousands have held protests over Venezuela's economic crisis -
including an annual inflation rate that the opposition says reached 1,300,000% last year.
Mr Maduro has so far retained the support of the country's military,
but Mr Guaidó has asked them to "put themselves on the side of the Venezuelan people" and back him instead.
End
AZMEX SPECIAL2 26-1-19
AZMEX SPECIAL2 26 JAN 2019
Note: oped.
OPINIONPublished 2 hours ago
Rep. Andy Biggs: Here's what a fully funded and functioning border security system looks like
By Rep. Andy Biggs (AZ) | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rep-andy-biggs-heres-what-a-fully-funded-and-functioning-border-security-system-looks-like
Ranchers, agents share border security concerns.
Ranchers, Border Patrol agents at center of funding a wall debate as congressmen visit border.
Last Monday evening, eight U.S. congressmen and I stood on a bluff overlooking the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona, at the southern border with Mexico. We were wrapping up a two-day tour of the border by getting a bird's-eye view of the thousands of cars and tractor-trailers carrying freight that enter America every day through this busy port.
It was a chance to see multiple elements of an effective border security plan – walls, roads and infrastructure, cameras and sensors -- and most importantly, highly trained and professional Border Patrol agents.
While we stood there, the cameras and sensors detected a man pushing concertina wire away from the slatted fence, so he could climb the barrier and slide down on the American side. He then raced into the brush at the bottom of the bluff on which we were standing. Shortly after, he hid. Two Border Patrol trucks raced up and agents rushed out. They found his hiding place and took him into custody.
REP. ANDY BIGGS: PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ONLY ONE OPTION LEFT -- DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AT THE BORDER
In this case, a single illegal immigrant was apprehended because all the elements of border security were present. But what about the thousands of acres and miles where there is no wall to slow illegal crossings? What about the ravines and valleys that do not have camera or sensor coverage? And, most importantly, even if there is technology assisting in detection and surveillance, how do we capture illegal immigrants when our Border Patrol doesn't have roads to drive on, radios for communication, and must patrol thousands of square miles with only a handful of agents?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., insists that building a border wall is "immoral." I wonder when she last visited the border, spoke with agents, or conversed with families who live and work along it. Has she seen and heard the stories of the victims of the criminal violence that comes across the border, or counted the tens of thousands of people who have been harmed by the scourge of illegal drug and human trafficking?
Tons of drugs have been seized at ports of entry and even between the ports, and no one knows how many more tons are not interdicted. Approximately 40 percent of the drugs seized on our borders come through the Tucson sector. Again, that's just what we catch.
We don't know what we don't know. That's what's important in this debate. What we know is devastating enough.
Death and addiction costs related to illegal drugs are backbreaking to this country. We have victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants. The frontier is rugged and exacts a physical toll, resulting in the deaths of many trying to enter the country illegally. Drug and human smugglers commit crimes against their human cargo with impunity, creating a humanitarian crisis. Environmentalists should be concerned by the ecological damage being inflicted by border crossers. Economic damage includes suppression of wages and technological innovation resulting from cheap labor.
We simply do not know the full extent of all of the problems caused and exacerbated by illegal immigrants, regardless of whether their motive to enter is malevolent or benign.
What we can be certain of is that as long as there are incentives to enter and stay illegally in this country, people will continue to flood our borders.
When my congressional colleagues and I stood on the bluff overlooking the Mariposa Port of Entry, and witnessed the apprehension of the illegal immigrant, we saw what a fully funded and functioning border security strategy might look like. The foundational element is to slow down illegal entrants. You do that by building a wall.
As Mary Ann Mendoza, an Angel mother whose son was killed by an illegal immigrant, said,
"A wall won't stop everyone, but no wall won't stop anyone."
End
Note: oped.
OPINIONPublished 2 hours ago
Rep. Andy Biggs: Here's what a fully funded and functioning border security system looks like
By Rep. Andy Biggs (AZ) | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rep-andy-biggs-heres-what-a-fully-funded-and-functioning-border-security-system-looks-like
Ranchers, agents share border security concerns.
Ranchers, Border Patrol agents at center of funding a wall debate as congressmen visit border.
Last Monday evening, eight U.S. congressmen and I stood on a bluff overlooking the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona, at the southern border with Mexico. We were wrapping up a two-day tour of the border by getting a bird's-eye view of the thousands of cars and tractor-trailers carrying freight that enter America every day through this busy port.
It was a chance to see multiple elements of an effective border security plan – walls, roads and infrastructure, cameras and sensors -- and most importantly, highly trained and professional Border Patrol agents.
While we stood there, the cameras and sensors detected a man pushing concertina wire away from the slatted fence, so he could climb the barrier and slide down on the American side. He then raced into the brush at the bottom of the bluff on which we were standing. Shortly after, he hid. Two Border Patrol trucks raced up and agents rushed out. They found his hiding place and took him into custody.
REP. ANDY BIGGS: PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ONLY ONE OPTION LEFT -- DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AT THE BORDER
In this case, a single illegal immigrant was apprehended because all the elements of border security were present. But what about the thousands of acres and miles where there is no wall to slow illegal crossings? What about the ravines and valleys that do not have camera or sensor coverage? And, most importantly, even if there is technology assisting in detection and surveillance, how do we capture illegal immigrants when our Border Patrol doesn't have roads to drive on, radios for communication, and must patrol thousands of square miles with only a handful of agents?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., insists that building a border wall is "immoral." I wonder when she last visited the border, spoke with agents, or conversed with families who live and work along it. Has she seen and heard the stories of the victims of the criminal violence that comes across the border, or counted the tens of thousands of people who have been harmed by the scourge of illegal drug and human trafficking?
Tons of drugs have been seized at ports of entry and even between the ports, and no one knows how many more tons are not interdicted. Approximately 40 percent of the drugs seized on our borders come through the Tucson sector. Again, that's just what we catch.
We don't know what we don't know. That's what's important in this debate. What we know is devastating enough.
Death and addiction costs related to illegal drugs are backbreaking to this country. We have victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants. The frontier is rugged and exacts a physical toll, resulting in the deaths of many trying to enter the country illegally. Drug and human smugglers commit crimes against their human cargo with impunity, creating a humanitarian crisis. Environmentalists should be concerned by the ecological damage being inflicted by border crossers. Economic damage includes suppression of wages and technological innovation resulting from cheap labor.
We simply do not know the full extent of all of the problems caused and exacerbated by illegal immigrants, regardless of whether their motive to enter is malevolent or benign.
What we can be certain of is that as long as there are incentives to enter and stay illegally in this country, people will continue to flood our borders.
When my congressional colleagues and I stood on the bluff overlooking the Mariposa Port of Entry, and witnessed the apprehension of the illegal immigrant, we saw what a fully funded and functioning border security strategy might look like. The foundational element is to slow down illegal entrants. You do that by building a wall.
As Mary Ann Mendoza, an Angel mother whose son was killed by an illegal immigrant, said,
"A wall won't stop everyone, but no wall won't stop anyone."
End
AZMEX SPECIAL 26-1-19
AZMEX SPECIAL 26 JAN 2019
Note: just one of many diseases coming in. Photos, etc. at links.
Thx
Migrant with flesh-eating bacteria detained at US border
The Associated Press
January 26, 2019 09:14 AM
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/migrant-with-flesh-eating-bacteria-detained-at-us-border/5223312/?cat=500
LORDSBURG, N.M. (AP) - U.S. Border Patrol agents say a man among hundreds of migrants detained in New Mexico
in recent days has been diagnosed as having been infected with flesh-eating bacteria.
The man was transported to a hospital after telling an agent that he had a growing rash on his leg.
Officials said in a statement Friday the unidentified migrant will require extensive treatment.
Flesh-eating bacteria is a rare condition called necrotizing fasciitis that spreads quickly and can be fatal.
The bacteria usually gets into the body through a minor cut or scrape and can cause a serious infection
that can destroy muscle, skin and other tissue.
Sometimes surgery is needed to remove the infected area.
It's rare for the infection to spread to other people.
The man's home country was not disclosed.
END
Another large group of migrants apprehended at New Mexico-Mexico border
Chris Ramirez
January 25, 2019 06:12 PM
https://www.kob.com/investigative-news/another-large-group-of-migrants-apprehended-at-new-mexico-mexico-border/5223084/
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- The U.S. Border Patrol apprehended a group 306 migrants in New Mexico Thursday.
It was the third large group attempting to cross the border in less than two weeks.
On Jan. 16, a group of 247 migrants was seen jumping a fence, crossing into New Mexico.
Another large group of migrants apprehended at New Mexico-Mexico border
On Jan. 18, the Border Patrol reported migrants jumping over the Normandy barriers to get into the country.
In a statement, the Border Patrol said, "criminal organizations smuggling these groups continue to take advantage of these groups of people
in order to enhance their illegal activities without due regard to the risks to human life."
Ranchers in southern New Mexico have expressed concerns about illegal drug and human smuggling.
"They've bunked out in our barns, I've had horses stolen," said Cammie Moore.
The situation in Hidalgo County compelled to the county manager to write a letter to Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, asking for more help.
"I had several citizens who had called into my office, called into the sheriff's office, reached out to some of our local representatives,
reached out to the commissioners stating that they didn't feel safe, felt like they needed more law enforcement presence,"
said Tisha Green, Hidalgo County Manager.
Some people believe New Mexico's bootheel ( SW NM ) is becoming an increasingly attractive spot
to smuggle people into the country because it isn't as fortified as other areas along the border.
End
Note: just one of many diseases coming in. Photos, etc. at links.
Thx
Migrant with flesh-eating bacteria detained at US border
The Associated Press
January 26, 2019 09:14 AM
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/migrant-with-flesh-eating-bacteria-detained-at-us-border/5223312/?cat=500
LORDSBURG, N.M. (AP) - U.S. Border Patrol agents say a man among hundreds of migrants detained in New Mexico
in recent days has been diagnosed as having been infected with flesh-eating bacteria.
The man was transported to a hospital after telling an agent that he had a growing rash on his leg.
Officials said in a statement Friday the unidentified migrant will require extensive treatment.
Flesh-eating bacteria is a rare condition called necrotizing fasciitis that spreads quickly and can be fatal.
The bacteria usually gets into the body through a minor cut or scrape and can cause a serious infection
that can destroy muscle, skin and other tissue.
Sometimes surgery is needed to remove the infected area.
It's rare for the infection to spread to other people.
The man's home country was not disclosed.
END
Another large group of migrants apprehended at New Mexico-Mexico border
Chris Ramirez
January 25, 2019 06:12 PM
https://www.kob.com/investigative-news/another-large-group-of-migrants-apprehended-at-new-mexico-mexico-border/5223084/
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- The U.S. Border Patrol apprehended a group 306 migrants in New Mexico Thursday.
It was the third large group attempting to cross the border in less than two weeks.
On Jan. 16, a group of 247 migrants was seen jumping a fence, crossing into New Mexico.
Another large group of migrants apprehended at New Mexico-Mexico border
On Jan. 18, the Border Patrol reported migrants jumping over the Normandy barriers to get into the country.
In a statement, the Border Patrol said, "criminal organizations smuggling these groups continue to take advantage of these groups of people
in order to enhance their illegal activities without due regard to the risks to human life."
Ranchers in southern New Mexico have expressed concerns about illegal drug and human smuggling.
"They've bunked out in our barns, I've had horses stolen," said Cammie Moore.
The situation in Hidalgo County compelled to the county manager to write a letter to Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, asking for more help.
"I had several citizens who had called into my office, called into the sheriff's office, reached out to some of our local representatives,
reached out to the commissioners stating that they didn't feel safe, felt like they needed more law enforcement presence,"
said Tisha Green, Hidalgo County Manager.
Some people believe New Mexico's bootheel ( SW NM ) is becoming an increasingly attractive spot
to smuggle people into the country because it isn't as fortified as other areas along the border.
End
Friday, January 25, 2019
AZMEX CORRUPTION SPECIAL 24-1-19
AZMEX CORRUPTION SPECIAL 24 JAN 2019
Arizona gives up challenge to immigrant driver's licenses
The state settled with the plaintiffs in a lawsuit originally filed in Sept. 2016 after the state stopped granting licenses to immigrants who have deferred action.
Author: Astrid Galvan, Associated Press
Published: 5:53 PM MST January 24, 2019
Updated: 5:53 PM MST January 24, 2019
https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/arizona-gives-up-challenge-to-immigrant-drivers-licenses/75-2906e523-6e08-4aa0-ac5b-703361ec4efe
PHOENIX (AP) — The state of Arizona says it will no longer fight giving driver's licenses to certain immigrants who have work permits and protections from deportation.
The state announced Wednesday that it had settled with the plaintiffs in a lawsuit originally filed in September 2016 after the state stopped granting licenses to immigrants who have deferred action, such as victims of domestic violence or those who are awaiting humanitarian visas.
Arizona was at that time the only state in the country that wouldn't issue licenses to immigrants with deferred action.
A federal judge in June ordered the state to end that policy, and many of the immigrants affected have been able to get licenses since then. But the state had filed an appeal.
PREVIOUSLY: Arizona can't deny driver's licenses to believed undocumented immigrants, judge says
https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/arizona/arizona-cant-deny-drivers-licenses-to-believed-undocumented-immigrants-judge-says/75-567962372
About 1,300 immigrants with deferred action may have been affected by the policy, said plaintiffs' attorney Nicholas Espíritu of the National Immigration Law Center.
"I think what's important for Arizonans to really know is that Arizona has changed its policy and that now thankfully we're back to a place where everyone who can work in Arizona can get a driver's license and continue with their lives," Espíritu said.
The case has been a years-long battle that started when former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announced that young immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as "Dreamers," would not be able to get driver's licenses even though they now had permits to work and protections from deportation.
While in the midst of that battle, the state stopped granting licenses and license renewals to the smaller group of immigrants with deferred action who are not Dreamers.
The state lost its battle to deny Dreamers licenses, and it was forced by a judge in late 2014 to give them licenses.
But it never gave them back to the other set of deferred action recipients who aren't Dreamers, arguing that it could be held liable for issuing a license to someone who wasn't authorized to be in the country and that someone who has a driver's license could illegally obtain federal and state benefits to which they are not entitled.
Attorneys who filed the lawsuit in 2016 said there was no evidence immigrants could get benefits just because they have a license. They said the victims of that policy included a single mother who was struggling with cancer and a victim of domestic abuse. They argued the policy was unconstitutional.
Patrick Ptak, a spokesman for Gov. Doug Ducey, said the governor was dismissed from the lawsuit before the settlement and pointed toward his prior statements in support of Dreamers. But the governor's administration had for years challenged the lawsuit, appealing an earlier injunction that forced the state to grant everyone with work permits licenses.
Neither party would say what the terms of the settlement were, citing confidentiality.
END
Arizona gives up challenge to immigrant driver's licenses
The state settled with the plaintiffs in a lawsuit originally filed in Sept. 2016 after the state stopped granting licenses to immigrants who have deferred action.
Author: Astrid Galvan, Associated Press
Published: 5:53 PM MST January 24, 2019
Updated: 5:53 PM MST January 24, 2019
https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/arizona-gives-up-challenge-to-immigrant-drivers-licenses/75-2906e523-6e08-4aa0-ac5b-703361ec4efe
PHOENIX (AP) — The state of Arizona says it will no longer fight giving driver's licenses to certain immigrants who have work permits and protections from deportation.
The state announced Wednesday that it had settled with the plaintiffs in a lawsuit originally filed in September 2016 after the state stopped granting licenses to immigrants who have deferred action, such as victims of domestic violence or those who are awaiting humanitarian visas.
Arizona was at that time the only state in the country that wouldn't issue licenses to immigrants with deferred action.
A federal judge in June ordered the state to end that policy, and many of the immigrants affected have been able to get licenses since then. But the state had filed an appeal.
PREVIOUSLY: Arizona can't deny driver's licenses to believed undocumented immigrants, judge says
https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/arizona/arizona-cant-deny-drivers-licenses-to-believed-undocumented-immigrants-judge-says/75-567962372
About 1,300 immigrants with deferred action may have been affected by the policy, said plaintiffs' attorney Nicholas Espíritu of the National Immigration Law Center.
"I think what's important for Arizonans to really know is that Arizona has changed its policy and that now thankfully we're back to a place where everyone who can work in Arizona can get a driver's license and continue with their lives," Espíritu said.
The case has been a years-long battle that started when former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announced that young immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as "Dreamers," would not be able to get driver's licenses even though they now had permits to work and protections from deportation.
While in the midst of that battle, the state stopped granting licenses and license renewals to the smaller group of immigrants with deferred action who are not Dreamers.
The state lost its battle to deny Dreamers licenses, and it was forced by a judge in late 2014 to give them licenses.
But it never gave them back to the other set of deferred action recipients who aren't Dreamers, arguing that it could be held liable for issuing a license to someone who wasn't authorized to be in the country and that someone who has a driver's license could illegally obtain federal and state benefits to which they are not entitled.
Attorneys who filed the lawsuit in 2016 said there was no evidence immigrants could get benefits just because they have a license. They said the victims of that policy included a single mother who was struggling with cancer and a victim of domestic abuse. They argued the policy was unconstitutional.
Patrick Ptak, a spokesman for Gov. Doug Ducey, said the governor was dismissed from the lawsuit before the settlement and pointed toward his prior statements in support of Dreamers. But the governor's administration had for years challenged the lawsuit, appealing an earlier injunction that forced the state to grant everyone with work permits licenses.
Neither party would say what the terms of the settlement were, citing confidentiality.
END
AZMEX UPDATE-2 24-1-19
AZMEX UPDATE-2 24 JAN 2019
Note: as with 3rd world countries, don't let your fuel tank go below half.
death toll of the pipeline theft and fire now at 100.
Gracias
Without delays the supply of gasoline in Sonora
Details Published on Wednesday, January 23, 2019,
Written by Ángel Lozano
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=123955
Hermosillo, Son
So far we have not registered delays in the supply of gasoline for the productive sectors, informed the Secretary of Economy.
Jorge Vidal Ahumada indicated that in the specific case of the mining sector he is aware that the fuel supply has not registered anomalies.
He pointed out that last Wednesday he had communication with representatives of the La Herradura mining companies
in Caborca; and Mulatos, in Sahuaripa; and none indicated delays or shortages of hydrocarbons.
"Fortunately, in Sonora, until today we have not had signs of lack of fuel for the productive sectors,
I am monitoring it constantly and we do not have any problems," he said.
As a result of the commercial opening of hydrocarbons implemented with the Energy Reform,
he pointed out that in Sonora the risk of fuel shortage is ruled out since, unlike other states of the Republic,
Sonora does not solely depend on the supply of Pemex.
He said that around 400 tankers loaded with gasoline and diesel coming from the United States that supply the service stations arrive daily.
End
Note: as with 3rd world countries, don't let your fuel tank go below half.
death toll of the pipeline theft and fire now at 100.
Gracias
Without delays the supply of gasoline in Sonora
Details Published on Wednesday, January 23, 2019,
Written by Ángel Lozano
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=123955
Hermosillo, Son
So far we have not registered delays in the supply of gasoline for the productive sectors, informed the Secretary of Economy.
Jorge Vidal Ahumada indicated that in the specific case of the mining sector he is aware that the fuel supply has not registered anomalies.
He pointed out that last Wednesday he had communication with representatives of the La Herradura mining companies
in Caborca; and Mulatos, in Sahuaripa; and none indicated delays or shortages of hydrocarbons.
"Fortunately, in Sonora, until today we have not had signs of lack of fuel for the productive sectors,
I am monitoring it constantly and we do not have any problems," he said.
As a result of the commercial opening of hydrocarbons implemented with the Energy Reform,
he pointed out that in Sonora the risk of fuel shortage is ruled out since, unlike other states of the Republic,
Sonora does not solely depend on the supply of Pemex.
He said that around 400 tankers loaded with gasoline and diesel coming from the United States that supply the service stations arrive daily.
End
AZMEX "POLICY" 24-1-19
AZMEX "POLICY" 24 JAN 2019
Note: numerous photos, etc. at the link. No, did not make this up.
Thx
Protestors raise voices during Women's March in Nogales
By Genesis Lara
Nogales International Jan 21, 2019 Updated Jan 22, 2019
https://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/protestors-raise-voices-during-women-s-march-in-nogales/article_03919e86-1db6-11e9-b41b-3b800952bc12.html
Women's March
Christine Courtland, left, and Dianne McFaul advocate for immigration and climate change during the Women's March on Jan. 19.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Particcpants in the Women's March display their signs as they walk through downtown Nogales, Ariz.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Rachel Felix, left, and Ashley Avila prepare to walk in the Women's March at Karam Park on Saturday, Jan. 19.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Human rights activists end the Women's March on Jan. 19 in front of the border barrier on West International Street in Nogales.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Participants in the Women's March gather at Karam Park to begin walking down Morley Avenue.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Demonstrators lead the Women's March south along Morley Avenue on Saturday, Jan. 19.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Christine Courtland delivers a few words of encouragement as the Women's March ends in front of the border barrier on West International Street.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Participants take advantage of the Women's March to speak out on other issues, such as racism and the government shutdown.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Anderson Porter, 3, from Patagonia joins human rights activists in front of the border wall on West International Street during the Women's March on Jan. 19.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Ashley Avila, right, pumps up the crowd at Karam Park before beginning to march toward West International Street.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Some activists also displayed signs opposing the building a border wall.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Eivor Bailie from Rio Rico shows the sign she made for the Women's March.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Holding up signs to advocate for issues including gender equity, action on climate change and immigration and gun reform,
more than 30 people protested on the streets of Nogales during the annual Women's March on Saturday.
This year's protest, which coincided with the third Women's March in Washington, D.C. and similar demonstrations around the country,
saw marchers set out from Karam Park for the border fence at West International Street, the same spot where last year's march concluded.
"Personally, what I feel is different from our location is the razor wire that we have on top of our border wall,
and I wanted to be sure that everybody saw that today," said march organizer Christine Courtland,
in reference to the wire that was installed by Army troops beginning last November.
"To think that immigration has not been reformed in this time is just hard to understand. That's what we're made of."
Last year, said 68-year-old Eivor Bailie of Rio Rico, a woman on the Mexican side of the fence extended her hand though the bollards
to thank the U.S. protesters for their efforts.
This year, however, that type of contact was impeded by the metal meshing the Border Patrol installed on the barrier.
An immigrant herself, Bailie said, she feared that the current tension could eventually lead to losing her own U.S. citizenship,
which she obtained back in 2001.
"What kind of country have we let ourselves be, if people who have been here for about 20 years are afraid that they are going to be deported?"
Courtland said, encouraging everyone to keep voting for change.
Like the Women's March in Washington, participation in the event in Nogales was down from a year ago, when more than 100 people turned out.
Pointing out the small presence of members of her own generation, 17-year-old protester Ashley Avila stressed the need for her peers to speak up.
"The youth really matters in a lot of aspects because we're going to be the voting generation in the future, and we should really step up into it," she said.
Avila also addressed the older generation of protesters at Karam Park.
"What I really wanted to stress is intersectionality and how important it is to work together with other communities,"
she said, highlighting women of color and the LGBT community.
"While we march for women, let's also take time to realize what intersectionality means in our community and others."
End
Note: numerous photos, etc. at the link. No, did not make this up.
Thx
Protestors raise voices during Women's March in Nogales
By Genesis Lara
Nogales International Jan 21, 2019 Updated Jan 22, 2019
https://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/protestors-raise-voices-during-women-s-march-in-nogales/article_03919e86-1db6-11e9-b41b-3b800952bc12.html
Women's March
Christine Courtland, left, and Dianne McFaul advocate for immigration and climate change during the Women's March on Jan. 19.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Particcpants in the Women's March display their signs as they walk through downtown Nogales, Ariz.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Rachel Felix, left, and Ashley Avila prepare to walk in the Women's March at Karam Park on Saturday, Jan. 19.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Human rights activists end the Women's March on Jan. 19 in front of the border barrier on West International Street in Nogales.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Participants in the Women's March gather at Karam Park to begin walking down Morley Avenue.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Demonstrators lead the Women's March south along Morley Avenue on Saturday, Jan. 19.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Christine Courtland delivers a few words of encouragement as the Women's March ends in front of the border barrier on West International Street.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Participants take advantage of the Women's March to speak out on other issues, such as racism and the government shutdown.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Anderson Porter, 3, from Patagonia joins human rights activists in front of the border wall on West International Street during the Women's March on Jan. 19.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Ashley Avila, right, pumps up the crowd at Karam Park before beginning to march toward West International Street.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Some activists also displayed signs opposing the building a border wall.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Women's March
Eivor Bailie from Rio Rico shows the sign she made for the Women's March.
Photo by Genesis Lara
Holding up signs to advocate for issues including gender equity, action on climate change and immigration and gun reform,
more than 30 people protested on the streets of Nogales during the annual Women's March on Saturday.
This year's protest, which coincided with the third Women's March in Washington, D.C. and similar demonstrations around the country,
saw marchers set out from Karam Park for the border fence at West International Street, the same spot where last year's march concluded.
"Personally, what I feel is different from our location is the razor wire that we have on top of our border wall,
and I wanted to be sure that everybody saw that today," said march organizer Christine Courtland,
in reference to the wire that was installed by Army troops beginning last November.
"To think that immigration has not been reformed in this time is just hard to understand. That's what we're made of."
Last year, said 68-year-old Eivor Bailie of Rio Rico, a woman on the Mexican side of the fence extended her hand though the bollards
to thank the U.S. protesters for their efforts.
This year, however, that type of contact was impeded by the metal meshing the Border Patrol installed on the barrier.
An immigrant herself, Bailie said, she feared that the current tension could eventually lead to losing her own U.S. citizenship,
which she obtained back in 2001.
"What kind of country have we let ourselves be, if people who have been here for about 20 years are afraid that they are going to be deported?"
Courtland said, encouraging everyone to keep voting for change.
Like the Women's March in Washington, participation in the event in Nogales was down from a year ago, when more than 100 people turned out.
Pointing out the small presence of members of her own generation, 17-year-old protester Ashley Avila stressed the need for her peers to speak up.
"The youth really matters in a lot of aspects because we're going to be the voting generation in the future, and we should really step up into it," she said.
Avila also addressed the older generation of protesters at Karam Park.
"What I really wanted to stress is intersectionality and how important it is to work together with other communities,"
she said, highlighting women of color and the LGBT community.
"While we march for women, let's also take time to realize what intersectionality means in our community and others."
End
Thursday, January 24, 2019
AZMEX I3 23-1-19
AZMEX I3 23 JAN 2019
Border Patrol agents capture MS-13 gang members
By: Crystal Bedoya
Posted: Jan 23, 2019 06:14 PM MST
Updated: Jan 23, 2019 06:15 PM MST
@CBPArizona/Twitter via CNN
https://www.kyma.com/news/border-patrol-agents-capture-ms-13-gang-members/987365097
YUMA, Ariz. - Border Patrol agents captured two MS-13 gang members Tuesday night after they allegedly entered the United States illegally.
According to Customs and Border Protection, the arrests happened at 6:00 p.m Tuesday.
Agents arrested a 37-year-old man and a 19-year-old man, both from Honduras,
who had illegally entered the country near County 9th Street in Yuma.
Both men were taken to the Yuma Border Patrol Station for processing.
Agents soon discovered that both men were MS-13 gang members.
The 37-year-old man had previous criminal convictions for shoplifting
and providing false information in Gwinnett County, Ga as well as previous deportation.
The 19-year-old man did not have any previous criminal or immigration histories in the U.S.
Both individuals are being presented for prosecution and deportation.
END
VIDEO: Smuggler seen helping migrants scale border wall with ladder
By: Elly Morillo
Posted: Jan 23, 2019 12:57 PM MST
Updated: Jan 23, 2019 01:11 PM MST
https://www.kyma.com/news/video-smuggler-with-a-ladder-seen-helping-migrants-scale-border-wall/987230889
CBP apprehends 110 Central Americans in Yuma Sector
YUMA, Ariz. - Yuma Sector Border Patrol released video and arrested a group of 110 or more
Central Americans after a smuggler tried to help them scale the border wall with a ladder Monday,
according to US Customs and Border Protection.
CBP said a smuggler with a ladder is seen helping the group scale the wall in the video attached.
Below is the tweet sent out by CBP confirming the incident.
CBP Arizona
✔
@CBPArizona
On Monday #CBP #YumaSector Border Patrol agents apprehended a group of 110+ Central Americans
who illegally scaled the wall with the assistance of a smuggler with a ladder
#NationalSecurity #SouthwestBorder
END
Border Patrol agents capture MS-13 gang members
By: Crystal Bedoya
Posted: Jan 23, 2019 06:14 PM MST
Updated: Jan 23, 2019 06:15 PM MST
@CBPArizona/Twitter via CNN
https://www.kyma.com/news/border-patrol-agents-capture-ms-13-gang-members/987365097
YUMA, Ariz. - Border Patrol agents captured two MS-13 gang members Tuesday night after they allegedly entered the United States illegally.
According to Customs and Border Protection, the arrests happened at 6:00 p.m Tuesday.
Agents arrested a 37-year-old man and a 19-year-old man, both from Honduras,
who had illegally entered the country near County 9th Street in Yuma.
Both men were taken to the Yuma Border Patrol Station for processing.
Agents soon discovered that both men were MS-13 gang members.
The 37-year-old man had previous criminal convictions for shoplifting
and providing false information in Gwinnett County, Ga as well as previous deportation.
The 19-year-old man did not have any previous criminal or immigration histories in the U.S.
Both individuals are being presented for prosecution and deportation.
END
VIDEO: Smuggler seen helping migrants scale border wall with ladder
By: Elly Morillo
Posted: Jan 23, 2019 12:57 PM MST
Updated: Jan 23, 2019 01:11 PM MST
https://www.kyma.com/news/video-smuggler-with-a-ladder-seen-helping-migrants-scale-border-wall/987230889
CBP apprehends 110 Central Americans in Yuma Sector
YUMA, Ariz. - Yuma Sector Border Patrol released video and arrested a group of 110 or more
Central Americans after a smuggler tried to help them scale the border wall with a ladder Monday,
according to US Customs and Border Protection.
CBP said a smuggler with a ladder is seen helping the group scale the wall in the video attached.
Below is the tweet sent out by CBP confirming the incident.
CBP Arizona
✔
@CBPArizona
On Monday #CBP #YumaSector Border Patrol agents apprehended a group of 110+ Central Americans
who illegally scaled the wall with the assistance of a smuggler with a ladder
#NationalSecurity #SouthwestBorder
END
AZMEX I3 24-1-19
AZMEX I3 24 JAN 2019
More than 9,000 migrants arrive in Mexico
Fabiola Martínez
https://www.jornada.com.mx/sin-fronteras/2019/01/23/mas-de-9-mil-migrantes-llegan-a-mexico-6581.html
AFP migrants continue to arrive from CA to Mexico.jpg
Photo / AFP
Mexico City, January 23, 2019. - The initiative to assist and register all migrants on the southern border is successful and will continue, because it is part of the new policy of the Mexican government, said the commissioner of the National Institute of Migration. (INM), Tonatiuh Guillén.
I understand that for Donald Trump it is not his ideal scenario and that he prefers another vision, but this is a sovereign decision of Mexico, and we hope that it also has an impact in limiting human trafficking, he told La Jornada.
In six days, the INM has registered the entry of 9 thousand 97 foreigners, to whom it is possible to give visitors cards for humanitarian reasons. This amount equals the cards that were delivered throughout 2017; in 2018 (January-November) the account reached 13 thousand 129.
For now, until yesterday the institute had delivered 558 cards, of almost 10 thousand applications received.
Although foreigners must wait three or four days to receive an answer, the document allows them to move freely in national territory and even enter and leave.
The migration law and its regulations establish that this card can be given to victims of crime, unaccompanied minors, asylum seekers or refuge or when there is a humanitarian or public interest cause that makes it necessary to enter or regulate in the country.
The commissioner, who is in Chiapas to supervise the registration, said the program has been very successful and is an act of congruence of what we want for our own migration. The plan launched last Thursday does not have an expiration date, he added.
According to the information cut yesterday afternoon, it had been recorded - since last Thursday - 7,450 adults and 1,647 children and adolescents. People born in Honduras predominate, with more than half.
In these six days seven Haitians, four Brazilians and two Cubans were also registered.
In 2018 (January-November) the number of migrants presented to the authority increased 45 percent compared to the same period of the previous year.
"What we have now in the INM," said the commissioner, "is a spirit of renewal."
-What is the plan of the people who are entering Mexico through the southern border?
-The objective on our part is that your income is regular, that everyone has an appropriate legal status and that you value Mexico as an alternative labor option. One of the projects of the new migration policy is to formalize the conditions for a shared development between Mexico and Central America.
- And security?
-That is just one of the virtues of this program, because for the first time we will know who crosses to Mexico, of which person it is and, evidently, we will be able to identify those who have a judicial problem in Mexico or in another country .
END
Half of Central Americans who arrived at the border in 2018 still insist on crossing
Ana Langner
https://www.jornada.com.mx/sin-fronteras/2019/01/23/mitad-de-centroamericanos-que-arribo-a-la-frontera-in-2018-aun-insiste-en-cruzar- 4281.html
AFP migrantes en Tijuana labor contencion.jpg
Photo / AFP
Mexico City, January 23. - More than half of the Central American migrants who arrived in the caravans of 2018 and remain in Tijuana, Baja California, are still looking for alternatives to enter the United States, according to data from a survey conducted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
The investigation, carried out in December 2018, details that of the nearly 2 thousand people in a situation of mobility who remained on the northern border of Mexico, 68 percent still sought to cross the northern neighbor; 22 percent are looking for work in our country and 4 percent want to return to their nation of origin.
Likewise, 4 percent considered the option of applying for asylum in Mexico, the United States or a European country. This is because their motives for migration are related to some type of violence or persecution suffered in the country of origin.
The IOM survey was applied on December 20 and 21, 2018, at the El Barretal hostel and the Benito Juárez sports center, located in Tijuana, Baja California.
The United Nations agency for migration established these points to conduct the survey due to the confluence of migrants who were part of the caravans that crossed the country in the months of October and November of last year.
Most of the people surveyed were men (82 percent), in the range of 19 to 45 years. The majority declared Honduras (72 percent) as a country of nationality, followed by El Salvador (16), Guatemala (10) and, in smaller numbers, migrants from Nicaragua (2 percent).
In relation to the reasons for leaving their place of origin, the violence experienced in their countries (47 percent) and the lack of socio-economic opportunities (45) were placed as the first reasons. Only 2 percent indicated that they are traveling with the objective of reuniting with their relatives in the destination country.
Of this group, 83 percent reported having a paid job before leaving. Of these, 28 percent were dedicated to the agricultural sector and 15 percent to the industrial sector; 14 percent worked in construction, 11 in commerce, 10 in domestic work, 4 in tourism and 4 percent in public service.
According to the Displacement Monitoring Matrix applied by the migration organization, 76 percent of the respondents said they had had some health complications recently or during their trip. Of these, 66 percent were due to respiratory diseases, 6 due to digestive problems, 3 due to superficial cures and less than 1 percent due to psychological illnesses.
End
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
10 March, 2017
End
More than 9,000 migrants arrive in Mexico
Fabiola Martínez
https://www.jornada.com.mx/sin-fronteras/2019/01/23/mas-de-9-mil-migrantes-llegan-a-mexico-6581.html
AFP migrants continue to arrive from CA to Mexico.jpg
Photo / AFP
Mexico City, January 23, 2019. - The initiative to assist and register all migrants on the southern border is successful and will continue, because it is part of the new policy of the Mexican government, said the commissioner of the National Institute of Migration. (INM), Tonatiuh Guillén.
I understand that for Donald Trump it is not his ideal scenario and that he prefers another vision, but this is a sovereign decision of Mexico, and we hope that it also has an impact in limiting human trafficking, he told La Jornada.
In six days, the INM has registered the entry of 9 thousand 97 foreigners, to whom it is possible to give visitors cards for humanitarian reasons. This amount equals the cards that were delivered throughout 2017; in 2018 (January-November) the account reached 13 thousand 129.
For now, until yesterday the institute had delivered 558 cards, of almost 10 thousand applications received.
Although foreigners must wait three or four days to receive an answer, the document allows them to move freely in national territory and even enter and leave.
The migration law and its regulations establish that this card can be given to victims of crime, unaccompanied minors, asylum seekers or refuge or when there is a humanitarian or public interest cause that makes it necessary to enter or regulate in the country.
The commissioner, who is in Chiapas to supervise the registration, said the program has been very successful and is an act of congruence of what we want for our own migration. The plan launched last Thursday does not have an expiration date, he added.
According to the information cut yesterday afternoon, it had been recorded - since last Thursday - 7,450 adults and 1,647 children and adolescents. People born in Honduras predominate, with more than half.
In these six days seven Haitians, four Brazilians and two Cubans were also registered.
In 2018 (January-November) the number of migrants presented to the authority increased 45 percent compared to the same period of the previous year.
"What we have now in the INM," said the commissioner, "is a spirit of renewal."
-What is the plan of the people who are entering Mexico through the southern border?
-The objective on our part is that your income is regular, that everyone has an appropriate legal status and that you value Mexico as an alternative labor option. One of the projects of the new migration policy is to formalize the conditions for a shared development between Mexico and Central America.
- And security?
-That is just one of the virtues of this program, because for the first time we will know who crosses to Mexico, of which person it is and, evidently, we will be able to identify those who have a judicial problem in Mexico or in another country .
END
Half of Central Americans who arrived at the border in 2018 still insist on crossing
Ana Langner
https://www.jornada.com.mx/sin-fronteras/2019/01/23/mitad-de-centroamericanos-que-arribo-a-la-frontera-in-2018-aun-insiste-en-cruzar- 4281.html
AFP migrantes en Tijuana labor contencion.jpg
Photo / AFP
Mexico City, January 23. - More than half of the Central American migrants who arrived in the caravans of 2018 and remain in Tijuana, Baja California, are still looking for alternatives to enter the United States, according to data from a survey conducted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
The investigation, carried out in December 2018, details that of the nearly 2 thousand people in a situation of mobility who remained on the northern border of Mexico, 68 percent still sought to cross the northern neighbor; 22 percent are looking for work in our country and 4 percent want to return to their nation of origin.
Likewise, 4 percent considered the option of applying for asylum in Mexico, the United States or a European country. This is because their motives for migration are related to some type of violence or persecution suffered in the country of origin.
The IOM survey was applied on December 20 and 21, 2018, at the El Barretal hostel and the Benito Juárez sports center, located in Tijuana, Baja California.
The United Nations agency for migration established these points to conduct the survey due to the confluence of migrants who were part of the caravans that crossed the country in the months of October and November of last year.
Most of the people surveyed were men (82 percent), in the range of 19 to 45 years. The majority declared Honduras (72 percent) as a country of nationality, followed by El Salvador (16), Guatemala (10) and, in smaller numbers, migrants from Nicaragua (2 percent).
In relation to the reasons for leaving their place of origin, the violence experienced in their countries (47 percent) and the lack of socio-economic opportunities (45) were placed as the first reasons. Only 2 percent indicated that they are traveling with the objective of reuniting with their relatives in the destination country.
Of this group, 83 percent reported having a paid job before leaving. Of these, 28 percent were dedicated to the agricultural sector and 15 percent to the industrial sector; 14 percent worked in construction, 11 in commerce, 10 in domestic work, 4 in tourism and 4 percent in public service.
According to the Displacement Monitoring Matrix applied by the migration organization, 76 percent of the respondents said they had had some health complications recently or during their trip. Of these, 66 percent were due to respiratory diseases, 6 due to digestive problems, 3 due to superficial cures and less than 1 percent due to psychological illnesses.
End
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
10 March, 2017
End
AZMEX UPDATE 24-1-19
AZMEX UPDATE 24 JAN 2019
Note: PRC (Calif )dopers saddened.
Thx
They seize more than 65 kilos of 'crystal' and half a kilo of marijuana in Tijuana Airport
The drug came in wraps made of transparent plastic hidden inside 28 rolls of material simulating waterproofing to hinder detection. Photo: Courtesy
By: Drafting / GH | 01/23/2019 04:07 PM
https://www.frontera.info/Policiaca/2019/01/23/1403812-Decomisan-mas-de-65-kilos-de-crystal-y-medio-kilo-de-mariguana-en-Aeropuerto-de- Tijuana.html
They seize 65.614 Kg. Of the drug known as 'crystal' methamphetamine in the framework of the operation to prevent the trafficking of drugs and / or illicit substances,
as well as objects of crime, in parcel inspections.
The drug came in wraps made of transparent plastic hidden inside 28 rolls of material simulating waterproofing to hinder detection.
The package came from Mexico City bound for Tijuana.
In a different incident, they secured 512 grams of the drug known as marijuana.
The drug came in a wrapper made of transparent plastic under high vacuum.
The package for Ensenada also came from Mexico City.
Both seizures were made available to the Agent of the MPF for what the law resolves.
End
Note: PRC (Calif )dopers saddened.
Thx
They seize more than 65 kilos of 'crystal' and half a kilo of marijuana in Tijuana Airport
The drug came in wraps made of transparent plastic hidden inside 28 rolls of material simulating waterproofing to hinder detection. Photo: Courtesy
By: Drafting / GH | 01/23/2019 04:07 PM
https://www.frontera.info/Policiaca/2019/01/23/1403812-Decomisan-mas-de-65-kilos-de-crystal-y-medio-kilo-de-mariguana-en-Aeropuerto-de- Tijuana.html
They seize 65.614 Kg. Of the drug known as 'crystal' methamphetamine in the framework of the operation to prevent the trafficking of drugs and / or illicit substances,
as well as objects of crime, in parcel inspections.
The drug came in wraps made of transparent plastic hidden inside 28 rolls of material simulating waterproofing to hinder detection.
The package came from Mexico City bound for Tijuana.
In a different incident, they secured 512 grams of the drug known as marijuana.
The drug came in a wrapper made of transparent plastic under high vacuum.
The package for Ensenada also came from Mexico City.
Both seizures were made available to the Agent of the MPF for what the law resolves.
End
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
AZMEX POLICY 23-1-19
AZMEX POLICY 23 JAN 2019
Morena will ask the Senate for an extraordinary session for the National Guard
By: El Universal | 1/22/2019 5:06 PM
https://www.lacronica.com/Nacional/2019/01/22/1403559-Morena-pedira-al-Senado-periodo-extraordinario-por-Guardia-Nacional.html
Without an opinion on the constitutional creation of the National Guard, the majority of Morena in the Senate, will request this Wednesday the Permanent Commission to convene the Senate plenary session to extraordinary period, this week, to discuss and vote on the reform that activates said figure to attack the problem of public insecurity.
Similarly, the Constitutional Points Commission resolved that the Senate call a meeting on National Guard work to the Secretaries of Defense, Cresencio Sandoval González; Marina, Rafael Ojeda Durán, and Public Safety, Alfonso Durazo Montaño, and they hope that they coordinate their agendas to attend the Upper House.
The president of the Constitutional Points Commission, Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar (Morena), told the members of that legislative body: "We have speed for the discussion, our feeling is that it be discussed as soon as possible, because the President does not have legal tools or powers to act at this time. "
The opposition rejected the claim to pass the opinion without public hearings and warned that it has reservations that require a careful process of analysis of the minutes that were received from the Chamber of Deputies.
"We will not be obsequious," said the coordinator of Movimiento Ciudadano (MC), Dante Delgado Rannauro. And he explained that his position is to comply, "not give up" the fulfillment of the powers of the Senate.
Claudia Ruiz Massieu (PRI) said: "We want the President to have instruments to carry out the public security strategy, but we can not provide permanent solutions that violate the democratic state," and that puts at risk various international conventions that opposes the project of National Guard.
Damián Zepeda Vidales (PAN) said that his party is against the militarization of the country permanently; what it will support will be an extraordinary framework.
Samuel Garcia (MC), expressed that it is his responsibility not to extend a blank check with a constitutional reform that activates a security corps with military line.
Dante Delgado said that before an open parliament mechanism is held, around the National Guard's opinion, an internal analysis should be carried out in the Senate on this subject.
"Do you think we are going to vote on a constitutional reform to create a law that regulates the use of force without being able to give observations? Do you imagine that the Senate will abdicate its powers, because of the haste" that Morena has to follow the signals of the Executive? "expressed Delgado Rannauro, and called the majority:" Do not rush. "
Cristóbal Arias Solís (Morena) affirmed that it is urgent to resolve in the Senate the opinion of the National Guard, and launched himself against the opposition that asks to debate the issue: "There must be self-criticism and be co-responsible for their failure", when they were the government.
Urge the National Guard, "because there is an atmosphere of fear derived from criminal violence", and expressed his goal that this Wednesday in the Permanent Commission will approve the National Guard.
END
Morena will ask the Senate for an extraordinary session for the National Guard
By: El Universal | 1/22/2019 5:06 PM
https://www.lacronica.com/Nacional/2019/01/22/1403559-Morena-pedira-al-Senado-periodo-extraordinario-por-Guardia-Nacional.html
Without an opinion on the constitutional creation of the National Guard, the majority of Morena in the Senate, will request this Wednesday the Permanent Commission to convene the Senate plenary session to extraordinary period, this week, to discuss and vote on the reform that activates said figure to attack the problem of public insecurity.
Similarly, the Constitutional Points Commission resolved that the Senate call a meeting on National Guard work to the Secretaries of Defense, Cresencio Sandoval González; Marina, Rafael Ojeda Durán, and Public Safety, Alfonso Durazo Montaño, and they hope that they coordinate their agendas to attend the Upper House.
The president of the Constitutional Points Commission, Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar (Morena), told the members of that legislative body: "We have speed for the discussion, our feeling is that it be discussed as soon as possible, because the President does not have legal tools or powers to act at this time. "
The opposition rejected the claim to pass the opinion without public hearings and warned that it has reservations that require a careful process of analysis of the minutes that were received from the Chamber of Deputies.
"We will not be obsequious," said the coordinator of Movimiento Ciudadano (MC), Dante Delgado Rannauro. And he explained that his position is to comply, "not give up" the fulfillment of the powers of the Senate.
Claudia Ruiz Massieu (PRI) said: "We want the President to have instruments to carry out the public security strategy, but we can not provide permanent solutions that violate the democratic state," and that puts at risk various international conventions that opposes the project of National Guard.
Damián Zepeda Vidales (PAN) said that his party is against the militarization of the country permanently; what it will support will be an extraordinary framework.
Samuel Garcia (MC), expressed that it is his responsibility not to extend a blank check with a constitutional reform that activates a security corps with military line.
Dante Delgado said that before an open parliament mechanism is held, around the National Guard's opinion, an internal analysis should be carried out in the Senate on this subject.
"Do you think we are going to vote on a constitutional reform to create a law that regulates the use of force without being able to give observations? Do you imagine that the Senate will abdicate its powers, because of the haste" that Morena has to follow the signals of the Executive? "expressed Delgado Rannauro, and called the majority:" Do not rush. "
Cristóbal Arias Solís (Morena) affirmed that it is urgent to resolve in the Senate the opinion of the National Guard, and launched himself against the opposition that asks to debate the issue: "There must be self-criticism and be co-responsible for their failure", when they were the government.
Urge the National Guard, "because there is an atmosphere of fear derived from criminal violence", and expressed his goal that this Wednesday in the Permanent Commission will approve the National Guard.
END
AZMEX I3 UPDATE 20-12-18
Note: still relevant
AZMEX I3 UPDATE 20 DEC 2018
Mexico does not have the capacity to receive migrants 'returned' by the USA: INM
December 20, 2018 by Editorial Staff
https://riodoce.mx/mexico-nacional/mexico-no-cuenta-con-capacidad-para-rececib-a-migrantes-devueltos-por-eu-inm.
After the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) announced that the Mexican government accepted the temporary stay of Central American migrants, the National Institute of Migration (INM) rebutted it.
The previous thing after the members of the Migrant Caravan were rejected by the government of the United States and Mexico accept the asylum "for humanitarian reasons", published Indigo Report.
However, the head of the INM, Tonatiuh Guillén, explained that Mexico does not have the operational capacity to receive migrants, since there is no legal provision in Mexican legislation.
"We do not have the operational structure for the return, nor the legal figure, those are the obstacles. It is not that we are opposing, simply in the short term, as things are, we do not have the capacity to do so, "he clarified.
Although the Mexican Foreign Ministry reported that the request of the government of President Donald Trump was met, Guillén affirmed that it is not a matter of discrimination, but of operation.
"The big issue in the reception is the normative part, which is the central part that would prevent us, in the short term, from doing it. Therefore, I emphasize that there is a large, complex operational issue; but, I reiterate, it is above all a normative issue, "he said.
He contrasted the situation with the case of the return of Mexicans, in which there is a legal agreement and a process; but not in the case of people of other nationalities.
Finally, he recommended that the Congress of the Union work in the complementary apparatus of modifications to the migratory laws so that the problem is solved.
End
Comment: Is there some way to revoke the statehood status of the PRC?
Make it a territory like Guam or Puerto Rico?
Build the Wall - Along the Colorado River.
thx
California cops 'frustrated' with sanctuary laws stopping them from working with ICE over twice-deported criminal
Greg Norman Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-cops-frustrated-with-sanctuary-laws-stopping-them-from-working-with-ice-over-twice-deported-criminal
California's sanctuary city laws & ICE raids: What to know
From ICE raids to lawsuits, a look at what's happening in California when it comes to sanctuary city policies and the federal government.
A California sheriff whose officers were led on a wild chase earlier this week by a twice-deported illegal immigrant killer says cops are "very frustrated" with sanctuary state laws preventing them from working with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents.
The comments from Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux come following the death of Gustavo Garcia, a 36-year-old who police say embarked on a 'reign of terror' robbing a convenience store, shooting and killing a person and firing at buildings before crashing a truck that he had stolen. The day-long crime spree that began Sunday in the Fresno area also left five injured, including one critical, and Lindsay Police suspect Garcia was involved in an additional murder there.
During the chase Monday that ended in the crash that left Garcia dead, he drove the wrong way at speeds of up to 100 mph and hit four other cars – something that he appeared to have done on purpose, police said.
"We are very frustrated with the fact that the way the laws are set up currently that law enforcement hands are tied," Boudreaux said Wednesday, noting that in years past, Garcia – who had been in police custody shortly before the rampage -- would have been handed over to ICE in cooperation with them..
The scene after Gustavo Garcia crashed a stolen truck in Porterville, Calif. , on Monday. (Fox26/Tulare County Sheriff's Office)
The immigration agency says it placed a detainer on Garcia last week after he was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of being under the influence of a controlled substance. But Boudreaux said he had no choice but to let Garcia go since state law prohibits him from honoring that request unless ICE obtains an arrest warrant with the signature of a federal judge.
"Gustavo Garcia in times past would have been turned over to ICE officials. Even though it was a misdemeanor charge, they placed a detainer on him. That detainer can no longer be recognized," Boudreaux said.
"That's how we did it in the past and that's how we had always done it. And now, that tool has been taken from law enforcement," Boudreaux continued. "After [the passage of] SB-54 we no longer have that power.
"That tool has been removed from our hands and because of that our county was shot up by a violent criminal that could have easily been prevented had we had the opportunity to reach out to our fellow counterparts," he added.
Gustavo Garcia was deported from the U.S. twice before going on a crime spree earlier this week, ICE says. (Fox26/Tulare County Sheriff's Office)
Senate Bill 54, enacted in September last year by state Democrats on a party-line vote, was drafted on the premise that undocumented immigrants would feel safer going to police to report crimes and aid in investigations if they didn't have the risk of detention, according to the Washington Post.
Boudreaux says he doesn't disagree with all elements of California's sanctuary policies, as he supports DACA, Dreamers and not using police to enforce immigration laws. But he said he hopes lawmakers in Sacramento "are paying very close attention that local law enforcement is very frustrated."
"The law the way it's written needs a couple changes," Boudreaux said. "We need some tweaking within that law."
The crash killed Garcia and left four people injured, one critical. (Fox26/Tulare County Sheriff's Office)
ICE, in a statement sent to local media, said it previously deported Garcia in 2004 and 2014.
He was sent to Mexico, according to Fox26.
"Garcia-Ruiz served 27 months in federal prison for re-entering the country prior to his second removal," the ICE statement said.
"On December 14, 2018, ICE lodged an immigration detainer on Garcia… however that detainer was not honored and he was released from custody later that day without any notification to ICE," it added.
"This deadly rampage could have been prevented if ICE had been notified of his release. This is an unfortunate and extremely tragic example of how public safety is impacted with laws or policies limiting local law enforcement agencies' ability to cooperate with ICE."
Boudreaux said Garcia's crime spree earlier this week was the second time an undocumented person committed serious acts of violence in his county recently, referencing the 2016 disappearance of Cecilia Bravo, believed to have been killed by her husband.
Garcia also has a lengthy criminal record that dates back to 2002, including charges for illegal firearm possession and meth, according to the Fresno Bee.
Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
END
AZMEX I3 UPDATE 20 DEC 2018
Mexico does not have the capacity to receive migrants 'returned' by the USA: INM
December 20, 2018 by Editorial Staff
https://riodoce.mx/mexico-nacional/mexico-no-cuenta-con-capacidad-para-rececib-a-migrantes-devueltos-por-eu-inm.
After the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) announced that the Mexican government accepted the temporary stay of Central American migrants, the National Institute of Migration (INM) rebutted it.
The previous thing after the members of the Migrant Caravan were rejected by the government of the United States and Mexico accept the asylum "for humanitarian reasons", published Indigo Report.
However, the head of the INM, Tonatiuh Guillén, explained that Mexico does not have the operational capacity to receive migrants, since there is no legal provision in Mexican legislation.
"We do not have the operational structure for the return, nor the legal figure, those are the obstacles. It is not that we are opposing, simply in the short term, as things are, we do not have the capacity to do so, "he clarified.
Although the Mexican Foreign Ministry reported that the request of the government of President Donald Trump was met, Guillén affirmed that it is not a matter of discrimination, but of operation.
"The big issue in the reception is the normative part, which is the central part that would prevent us, in the short term, from doing it. Therefore, I emphasize that there is a large, complex operational issue; but, I reiterate, it is above all a normative issue, "he said.
He contrasted the situation with the case of the return of Mexicans, in which there is a legal agreement and a process; but not in the case of people of other nationalities.
Finally, he recommended that the Congress of the Union work in the complementary apparatus of modifications to the migratory laws so that the problem is solved.
End
Comment: Is there some way to revoke the statehood status of the PRC?
Make it a territory like Guam or Puerto Rico?
Build the Wall - Along the Colorado River.
thx
California cops 'frustrated' with sanctuary laws stopping them from working with ICE over twice-deported criminal
Greg Norman Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-cops-frustrated-with-sanctuary-laws-stopping-them-from-working-with-ice-over-twice-deported-criminal
California's sanctuary city laws & ICE raids: What to know
From ICE raids to lawsuits, a look at what's happening in California when it comes to sanctuary city policies and the federal government.
A California sheriff whose officers were led on a wild chase earlier this week by a twice-deported illegal immigrant killer says cops are "very frustrated" with sanctuary state laws preventing them from working with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents.
The comments from Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux come following the death of Gustavo Garcia, a 36-year-old who police say embarked on a 'reign of terror' robbing a convenience store, shooting and killing a person and firing at buildings before crashing a truck that he had stolen. The day-long crime spree that began Sunday in the Fresno area also left five injured, including one critical, and Lindsay Police suspect Garcia was involved in an additional murder there.
During the chase Monday that ended in the crash that left Garcia dead, he drove the wrong way at speeds of up to 100 mph and hit four other cars – something that he appeared to have done on purpose, police said.
"We are very frustrated with the fact that the way the laws are set up currently that law enforcement hands are tied," Boudreaux said Wednesday, noting that in years past, Garcia – who had been in police custody shortly before the rampage -- would have been handed over to ICE in cooperation with them..
The scene after Gustavo Garcia crashed a stolen truck in Porterville, Calif. , on Monday. (Fox26/Tulare County Sheriff's Office)
The immigration agency says it placed a detainer on Garcia last week after he was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of being under the influence of a controlled substance. But Boudreaux said he had no choice but to let Garcia go since state law prohibits him from honoring that request unless ICE obtains an arrest warrant with the signature of a federal judge.
"Gustavo Garcia in times past would have been turned over to ICE officials. Even though it was a misdemeanor charge, they placed a detainer on him. That detainer can no longer be recognized," Boudreaux said.
"That's how we did it in the past and that's how we had always done it. And now, that tool has been taken from law enforcement," Boudreaux continued. "After [the passage of] SB-54 we no longer have that power.
"That tool has been removed from our hands and because of that our county was shot up by a violent criminal that could have easily been prevented had we had the opportunity to reach out to our fellow counterparts," he added.
Gustavo Garcia was deported from the U.S. twice before going on a crime spree earlier this week, ICE says. (Fox26/Tulare County Sheriff's Office)
Senate Bill 54, enacted in September last year by state Democrats on a party-line vote, was drafted on the premise that undocumented immigrants would feel safer going to police to report crimes and aid in investigations if they didn't have the risk of detention, according to the Washington Post.
Boudreaux says he doesn't disagree with all elements of California's sanctuary policies, as he supports DACA, Dreamers and not using police to enforce immigration laws. But he said he hopes lawmakers in Sacramento "are paying very close attention that local law enforcement is very frustrated."
"The law the way it's written needs a couple changes," Boudreaux said. "We need some tweaking within that law."
The crash killed Garcia and left four people injured, one critical. (Fox26/Tulare County Sheriff's Office)
ICE, in a statement sent to local media, said it previously deported Garcia in 2004 and 2014.
He was sent to Mexico, according to Fox26.
"Garcia-Ruiz served 27 months in federal prison for re-entering the country prior to his second removal," the ICE statement said.
"On December 14, 2018, ICE lodged an immigration detainer on Garcia… however that detainer was not honored and he was released from custody later that day without any notification to ICE," it added.
"This deadly rampage could have been prevented if ICE had been notified of his release. This is an unfortunate and extremely tragic example of how public safety is impacted with laws or policies limiting local law enforcement agencies' ability to cooperate with ICE."
Boudreaux said Garcia's crime spree earlier this week was the second time an undocumented person committed serious acts of violence in his county recently, referencing the 2016 disappearance of Cecilia Bravo, believed to have been killed by her husband.
Garcia also has a lengthy criminal record that dates back to 2002, including charges for illegal firearm possession and meth, according to the Fresno Bee.
Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
END
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
AZMEX POLICY 21-1-19
AZMEX POLICY 21 JAN 2019
Note: visiting Mexico? As with 3rd world countries, don't let your fuel tank go below half full.
Gracias
The purchase of 571 tank trucks was signed: López Obrador
Néstor Jiménez | Monday, 21 Jan 2019 08:36
https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/2019/01/21/se-firmo-ya-la-compra-de-570-pipas-lopez-obrador-3467.html
Pipes from Pemex leave the Azcapotzalco Refinery to distribute gasoline at the CDMX on January 16, 2019.
Roberto García photo
Mexico City.
The federal government signed on Sunday the purchase of 571 tank trucks for the distribution of fuel which is expected to increase by 200 thousand more barrels to solve the problem of supply in the presence of clandestine outlets in pipelines of Pemex, said on Monday President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
At a press conference in the National Palace, he explained that the purchase of the auto-tanks represents an investment of 85 million 393 thousand 97 dollars. He stressed that there are still to buy 136 more so that in total there are 707 units, and reach this distribution goal in March.
"If we see the problem in the structural, deep down, we find that there are not enough pipelines, the number of pipelines has not grown, they are the same ones of more than 30 years with thousands of clandestine outlets, patched pipelines, and with very little possibility to distribute fuel. That is why it was decided to expand the capacity to distribute with pipes. Before the Hidalgo tragedy, it was decided to buy tank trucks to increase the volume of fuel transported, "said the national president.
In the country the equivalent to 800 thousand barrels of fuel is consumed every day, he explained. With the tank trucks it is sought to increase 200 thousand barrels plus the distribution, since "constantly it is necessary to be stopping pipelines by clandestine takes".
He recalled that in order to acquire the units, a "mission" went to the United States, made up of the heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Economy, Public Function and with the participation of National Defense officials, among other agencies, since "it is a matter of National security".
"This will mean, dispose at the end of March, units to distribute 116 thousand additional barrels, but if we make two trips, for example, Tuxpan - Mexico City, we would have a distribution of 200 thousand more barrels," added the president López Obrador.
He announced that on Tuesday will announce the general welfare plan, and will go to two communities in the state of Mexico, including Acambay, where just over a week ago videos of people were circulated with drums to collect gasoline from a leak.
END
Pemex: the business of 700 tank trucks and 71 million dollars investigated by the government of AMLO
BY JENARO VILLAMIL,
20 JANUARY, 2019 PRESIDENCY, SPECIAL REPORT
https://www.proceso.com.mx/568404/pemex-el-negocio-de-700-pipas-y-71-mdd-que-investiga-el-gobierno-de-amlo
MEXICO CITY (Process) .- On the eve of the energy reform that would fully open the market for gasoline and hydrocarbons, Pemex convened in 2013 an international public tender (ITS-27235) to produce, manufacture and deliver 700 tankers, of which 300 would distribute gasolines and 400 would be used for diesel.
The tender was awarded to the US company Ethan Gas Oil LLC, which in turn subcontracted the company Mundo Global de Remolques SA de CV, through a contract for the production of goods, as well as technology supply, held on September 30. of 2013.
The cost of each of the 300 tanker trucks was 98,700 dollars, and that of each of the remaining 400 vehicles, 105 thousand 200 dollars. The entire operation amounted to 71 million 690 thousand dollars, as recorded in the court file, whose copy obtained Process.
According to the information available, Pemex paid an advance of 365 million 549 thousand pesos (18 million 277 thousand dollars, approximately), but neither Ethan Gas Oil nor Global World of Trailers delivered one of the 700 vehicles tendered to transport gasoline and diesel.
Ethan Gas Oil, through its legal representative Leonardo Velasco Pérez, criminally sued the representatives of Mundo Global de Remolques SA de CV, Griselda Escalona Gómez and Norberto Jesús Quesada Almaraz, for "generic fraud" because the company that subcontracted did not deliver the vehicles.
In the judicial decision of the case, dated August 24, 2018, Judge Maurilio Domínguez Cruz, of the Ninth Criminal Chamber, determined that there was no crime on the part of Global World of Trailers because the Public Prosecutor of the Attorney General's Office of Justice Mexico City did not provide the necessary evidence, such as the copy of the tender and the terms thereof, to know if Ethan Gas Oil could or could not subcontract.
However, the magistrate stated that "there is a likelihood, up to this point in time, that the sum of money (365 million 549 thousand pesos) has been totally or partially delivered by Pemex to the offended Ethan Gas Oil, to which this tender was awarded for the production and manufacture of the 700 tanker trucks, which Pemex did not receive. "
Since August 27, 2018 the magistrate of the Ninth Criminal Chamber sent to the then head of the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic, Alberto Elías Beltrán, a copy of the file to investigate whether the oil company was "a direct victim because of possible involvement of legal assets of the Federation, reason why it is sent in a sealed envelope, certified copy of the resolution ".
In the same terms, a copy was sent to the Superior Audit Office of the Federation, responsible for overseeing the exercise of Pemex's budget, as well as the head of the Energy Secretariat in his capacity as chairman of the Board of Directors of the state's productive enterprise. , and the CEO of the oil company.
The complaint of AMLO
This case of alleged fraud was not publicly known until President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in his press conference on Friday 18, mentioned that in the government of Enrique Peña Nieto was so much corruption in Pemex that 700 tankers were purchased from a company and "this one gave to another the advance of 365 million pesos, they do not do anything and they do not deliver the units. We are talking about one thousand 300 million pesos. It is a judicial matter. We are going to review it. Nothing was ever delivered. "
And this Sunday, in his morning conference, López Obrador explained that the probable fraudulent operation began in 2013 and although he did not give names, in that year Emilio Lozoya was in charge of Pemex.
In that case there will be no end point ?, he was asked.
"Do not. It is that, in addition to that was the complaint in progress. If I find out about a crime, if an official tells me something in a meeting, supposedly private about a crime, my response is: act, proceed, because if I do not become an accomplice, "he answered.
"I have more information, I can say that they were railway tanks, 700, and they keep an advance payment of 400 million pesos and Pemex files a complaint that not even a law intern would do it, generic, without evidence, and the fraud. And until now there is no justice, "he accused.
"This dossier of the tanker trucks, so that they do not go around blaming anyone, a citizen gave it to me, they did not deliver it to me from government officials; a citizen handed me the file. "
The main information of this text was published on January 20, 2019 in the 2203 edition of Proceso magazine.
END
Note: visiting Mexico? As with 3rd world countries, don't let your fuel tank go below half full.
Gracias
The purchase of 571 tank trucks was signed: López Obrador
Néstor Jiménez | Monday, 21 Jan 2019 08:36
https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/2019/01/21/se-firmo-ya-la-compra-de-570-pipas-lopez-obrador-3467.html
Pipes from Pemex leave the Azcapotzalco Refinery to distribute gasoline at the CDMX on January 16, 2019.
Roberto García photo
Mexico City.
The federal government signed on Sunday the purchase of 571 tank trucks for the distribution of fuel which is expected to increase by 200 thousand more barrels to solve the problem of supply in the presence of clandestine outlets in pipelines of Pemex, said on Monday President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
At a press conference in the National Palace, he explained that the purchase of the auto-tanks represents an investment of 85 million 393 thousand 97 dollars. He stressed that there are still to buy 136 more so that in total there are 707 units, and reach this distribution goal in March.
"If we see the problem in the structural, deep down, we find that there are not enough pipelines, the number of pipelines has not grown, they are the same ones of more than 30 years with thousands of clandestine outlets, patched pipelines, and with very little possibility to distribute fuel. That is why it was decided to expand the capacity to distribute with pipes. Before the Hidalgo tragedy, it was decided to buy tank trucks to increase the volume of fuel transported, "said the national president.
In the country the equivalent to 800 thousand barrels of fuel is consumed every day, he explained. With the tank trucks it is sought to increase 200 thousand barrels plus the distribution, since "constantly it is necessary to be stopping pipelines by clandestine takes".
He recalled that in order to acquire the units, a "mission" went to the United States, made up of the heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Economy, Public Function and with the participation of National Defense officials, among other agencies, since "it is a matter of National security".
"This will mean, dispose at the end of March, units to distribute 116 thousand additional barrels, but if we make two trips, for example, Tuxpan - Mexico City, we would have a distribution of 200 thousand more barrels," added the president López Obrador.
He announced that on Tuesday will announce the general welfare plan, and will go to two communities in the state of Mexico, including Acambay, where just over a week ago videos of people were circulated with drums to collect gasoline from a leak.
END
Pemex: the business of 700 tank trucks and 71 million dollars investigated by the government of AMLO
BY JENARO VILLAMIL,
20 JANUARY, 2019 PRESIDENCY, SPECIAL REPORT
https://www.proceso.com.mx/568404/pemex-el-negocio-de-700-pipas-y-71-mdd-que-investiga-el-gobierno-de-amlo
MEXICO CITY (Process) .- On the eve of the energy reform that would fully open the market for gasoline and hydrocarbons, Pemex convened in 2013 an international public tender (ITS-27235) to produce, manufacture and deliver 700 tankers, of which 300 would distribute gasolines and 400 would be used for diesel.
The tender was awarded to the US company Ethan Gas Oil LLC, which in turn subcontracted the company Mundo Global de Remolques SA de CV, through a contract for the production of goods, as well as technology supply, held on September 30. of 2013.
The cost of each of the 300 tanker trucks was 98,700 dollars, and that of each of the remaining 400 vehicles, 105 thousand 200 dollars. The entire operation amounted to 71 million 690 thousand dollars, as recorded in the court file, whose copy obtained Process.
According to the information available, Pemex paid an advance of 365 million 549 thousand pesos (18 million 277 thousand dollars, approximately), but neither Ethan Gas Oil nor Global World of Trailers delivered one of the 700 vehicles tendered to transport gasoline and diesel.
Ethan Gas Oil, through its legal representative Leonardo Velasco Pérez, criminally sued the representatives of Mundo Global de Remolques SA de CV, Griselda Escalona Gómez and Norberto Jesús Quesada Almaraz, for "generic fraud" because the company that subcontracted did not deliver the vehicles.
In the judicial decision of the case, dated August 24, 2018, Judge Maurilio Domínguez Cruz, of the Ninth Criminal Chamber, determined that there was no crime on the part of Global World of Trailers because the Public Prosecutor of the Attorney General's Office of Justice Mexico City did not provide the necessary evidence, such as the copy of the tender and the terms thereof, to know if Ethan Gas Oil could or could not subcontract.
However, the magistrate stated that "there is a likelihood, up to this point in time, that the sum of money (365 million 549 thousand pesos) has been totally or partially delivered by Pemex to the offended Ethan Gas Oil, to which this tender was awarded for the production and manufacture of the 700 tanker trucks, which Pemex did not receive. "
Since August 27, 2018 the magistrate of the Ninth Criminal Chamber sent to the then head of the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic, Alberto Elías Beltrán, a copy of the file to investigate whether the oil company was "a direct victim because of possible involvement of legal assets of the Federation, reason why it is sent in a sealed envelope, certified copy of the resolution ".
In the same terms, a copy was sent to the Superior Audit Office of the Federation, responsible for overseeing the exercise of Pemex's budget, as well as the head of the Energy Secretariat in his capacity as chairman of the Board of Directors of the state's productive enterprise. , and the CEO of the oil company.
The complaint of AMLO
This case of alleged fraud was not publicly known until President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in his press conference on Friday 18, mentioned that in the government of Enrique Peña Nieto was so much corruption in Pemex that 700 tankers were purchased from a company and "this one gave to another the advance of 365 million pesos, they do not do anything and they do not deliver the units. We are talking about one thousand 300 million pesos. It is a judicial matter. We are going to review it. Nothing was ever delivered. "
And this Sunday, in his morning conference, López Obrador explained that the probable fraudulent operation began in 2013 and although he did not give names, in that year Emilio Lozoya was in charge of Pemex.
In that case there will be no end point ?, he was asked.
"Do not. It is that, in addition to that was the complaint in progress. If I find out about a crime, if an official tells me something in a meeting, supposedly private about a crime, my response is: act, proceed, because if I do not become an accomplice, "he answered.
"I have more information, I can say that they were railway tanks, 700, and they keep an advance payment of 400 million pesos and Pemex files a complaint that not even a law intern would do it, generic, without evidence, and the fraud. And until now there is no justice, "he accused.
"This dossier of the tanker trucks, so that they do not go around blaming anyone, a citizen gave it to me, they did not deliver it to me from government officials; a citizen handed me the file. "
The main information of this text was published on January 20, 2019 in the 2203 edition of Proceso magazine.
END
AZMEX EXTRA 21-1-19
AZMEX EXTRA 21 JAN 2019
Duo arrested with 2000 rounds of ammo at bridge
Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 10:00 pm
Staff Report
https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/duo-arrested-with-rounds-of-ammo-at-bridge/article_ae354122-19e6-11e9-b704-636589279594.html
U.S. Customs and Border Protection turned two men over to federal prosecutors Monday
after discovering more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition
in their vehicle as they tried to enter Matamoros.
Ramon Aguilar-Martinez and Juan De Dios Ramirez-Garcia
are charged with illegally attempting to export 2,070 rounds of assorted ammunition,
including .30-06 caliber, .270 caliber, .38 caliber, .22 caliber and .22 WMR caliber rounds into Mexico, according to a criminal complaint.
The charging document alleges that the men told authorities they had smuggled ammunition before.
Both are being held without bond pending a detention and probable cause hearing scheduled for 10:30 a.m.Friday
in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald Morgan, court records show.
END
Note: the perps seem to be missing? The towns are east of Hermosillo in the sierras near the Son / Chih. Line.
Thx
They secure long weapons in Sahuaripa and Yécora (Son)
By: Drafting / GH | 01/21/2019 6:26
https://www.elimparcial.com/Policiaca/2019/01/21/1403139-Aseguran-armas-largas-en-Sahuaripa-y-Yecora.html
YÉCORA, SONORA (GH)
Elements of the State Public Security Police (PESP) seized vehicles, firearms, cartridges and vests, in Sahuaripa and Yécora,
according to a statement from this police corporation.
The state authorities point out that the PESP officers, belonging to the permanent operation in the area of the Sierra,
circulated over communities of Sahuaripa where they found two vehicles and long weapons.
The facts were recorded when on the road from the towns of Guisamopa and Mulatos they observed a
Ford pickup, Lobo black, without license plates, and inside a long weapon known as AR-15 and a magazine.
In the same place there was a second vehicle, being a green Tahoe, GMC,
where they saw a magazine for long weapon, they seized it immediately.
In addition, in surveillance tours through the Municipality of Yécora, in the community of Tepoca,
they secured two vehicles loaded with firearms and bulletproof vests.
The cars that were preventing the passage and in apparent state of abandonment are:
A Volkswagen Jetta, gray color and a red pick up, Chevrolet, Sierra without plates.
Inside the vehicles they secured, a AK-47, two camouflage green and black ballistic vests,
as well as three long-gun magazines.
End
Duo arrested with 2000 rounds of ammo at bridge
Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 10:00 pm
Staff Report
https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/duo-arrested-with-rounds-of-ammo-at-bridge/article_ae354122-19e6-11e9-b704-636589279594.html
U.S. Customs and Border Protection turned two men over to federal prosecutors Monday
after discovering more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition
in their vehicle as they tried to enter Matamoros.
Ramon Aguilar-Martinez and Juan De Dios Ramirez-Garcia
are charged with illegally attempting to export 2,070 rounds of assorted ammunition,
including .30-06 caliber, .270 caliber, .38 caliber, .22 caliber and .22 WMR caliber rounds into Mexico, according to a criminal complaint.
The charging document alleges that the men told authorities they had smuggled ammunition before.
Both are being held without bond pending a detention and probable cause hearing scheduled for 10:30 a.m.Friday
in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald Morgan, court records show.
END
Note: the perps seem to be missing? The towns are east of Hermosillo in the sierras near the Son / Chih. Line.
Thx
They secure long weapons in Sahuaripa and Yécora (Son)
By: Drafting / GH | 01/21/2019 6:26
https://www.elimparcial.com/Policiaca/2019/01/21/1403139-Aseguran-armas-largas-en-Sahuaripa-y-Yecora.html
YÉCORA, SONORA (GH)
Elements of the State Public Security Police (PESP) seized vehicles, firearms, cartridges and vests, in Sahuaripa and Yécora,
according to a statement from this police corporation.
The state authorities point out that the PESP officers, belonging to the permanent operation in the area of the Sierra,
circulated over communities of Sahuaripa where they found two vehicles and long weapons.
The facts were recorded when on the road from the towns of Guisamopa and Mulatos they observed a
Ford pickup, Lobo black, without license plates, and inside a long weapon known as AR-15 and a magazine.
In the same place there was a second vehicle, being a green Tahoe, GMC,
where they saw a magazine for long weapon, they seized it immediately.
In addition, in surveillance tours through the Municipality of Yécora, in the community of Tepoca,
they secured two vehicles loaded with firearms and bulletproof vests.
The cars that were preventing the passage and in apparent state of abandonment are:
A Volkswagen Jetta, gray color and a red pick up, Chevrolet, Sierra without plates.
Inside the vehicles they secured, a AK-47, two camouflage green and black ballistic vests,
as well as three long-gun magazines.
End
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