Story at the link:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexicos-leader-has-answer-for-all-his-needs-the-army-11590658200
End
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Friday, May 15, 2020
The true death toll in Mexico City
Coronavirus: Morgues and storage rooms are full of bodies. The true death toll in Mexico City is staggering
A government official, speaking anonymously, says the mortality rate is five times the published figure.
Stuart Ramsay
Chief correspondent @ramsaysky
Wednesday 13 May 2020 19:59, UK
https://news.sky.com/story/mexico-city-underreporting-covid-19-deaths-sky-news-analysis-finds-11987235
• COVID-19
• CORONAVIRUS
• MEXICO
The number of people dying from the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico is five times higher than official government figures.
The number of people dying from the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico is five times higher than official government figures,
according to health department insiders.
A Sky News investigations team working in the country's capital Mexico City
has documented cremations and funerals and gained access to morgues and storage rooms full of bodies
- all indicate the official data is wrong.
In much of Mexico City, the second largest city in Latin America, there is virtually no social distancing,
with open air markets and some businesses operating normally, despite the coronaviruspandemic.
Image:
Only the mortuary slabs are left unused in this post mortem examination room
The government claims that the virus curve has been flattened and
that there will be a dramatic drop off in virus related deaths in the coming days.
In a recent briefing, the country's president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told the nation:
"What the world knows about Mexico is that we are taming the pandemic,
and we are basically doing this because Mexican people are making a conscious effort."
But that has been dismissed by many dealing with the crisis as incorrect.
Image:
Another hearse arrives carrying a coffin at a crematorium
An official within the government, but speaking anonymously,
confirms the official figures are undercounting the actual mortality rate by a factor of at least five.
End
Also: https://www.excelsior.com.mx/tv/los-mas-vistos/dGTpOz8hyNs
end
A government official, speaking anonymously, says the mortality rate is five times the published figure.
Stuart Ramsay
Chief correspondent @ramsaysky
Wednesday 13 May 2020 19:59, UK
https://news.sky.com/story/mexico-city-underreporting-covid-19-deaths-sky-news-analysis-finds-11987235
• COVID-19
• CORONAVIRUS
• MEXICO
The number of people dying from the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico is five times higher than official government figures.
The number of people dying from the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico is five times higher than official government figures,
according to health department insiders.
A Sky News investigations team working in the country's capital Mexico City
has documented cremations and funerals and gained access to morgues and storage rooms full of bodies
- all indicate the official data is wrong.
In much of Mexico City, the second largest city in Latin America, there is virtually no social distancing,
with open air markets and some businesses operating normally, despite the coronaviruspandemic.
Image:
Only the mortuary slabs are left unused in this post mortem examination room
The government claims that the virus curve has been flattened and
that there will be a dramatic drop off in virus related deaths in the coming days.
In a recent briefing, the country's president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told the nation:
"What the world knows about Mexico is that we are taming the pandemic,
and we are basically doing this because Mexican people are making a conscious effort."
But that has been dismissed by many dealing with the crisis as incorrect.
Image:
Another hearse arrives carrying a coffin at a crematorium
An official within the government, but speaking anonymously,
confirms the official figures are undercounting the actual mortality rate by a factor of at least five.
End
Also: https://www.excelsior.com.mx/tv/los-mas-vistos/dGTpOz8hyNs
end
Thursday, May 14, 2020
AZ Hikers fight plan for border wall - another update
Comment: just can't fix stupid or disloyal.
ARIZONA NEWS
Hikers fight plan for border wall at start of historic trail
https://ktar.com/story/3154471/hikers-fight-plan-for-border-wall-at-start-of-historic-trail/
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS | MAY 13, 2020 AT 7:00 PM
UPDATED: MAY 13, 2020 AT 7:45 PM
In this September, 2019 photo by Shannon Villegas shows the Arizona trail, an 800-mile path that starts at the U.S.-Mexico border near Hereford, Ariz., and ends at the Utah border. Mullaney opposes plans for a two-mile stretch of border wall that would go through the monument and destroy the trail's first stop, which hikers consider symbolic and important. (Shannon Villegas via AP)
PHOENIX (AP) — Tess Mullaney remembers looking at endless rolling desert hills, covered in a thin layer of white snow just as the sun was rising the day she embarked on a 2½-month journey through the Arizona Trail, an 800-mile system that starts at the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona and ends at the Utah one.
In a picture from that February 2019, Mullaney, 28, is smiling as she poses behind a thin barbed-wire fence that divides Arizona from Mexico. She's standing next to Border Monument 102, an engraved pillar marking the boundary of the United States. Engraved in the monument is this warning:
"The destruction or displacement of this monument is a misdemeanor punishable by the United States or Mexico"
Now, the government is proposing to do just that.
It plans on building a 30-foot (9 meter) border wall there, threatening the view so many hikers marvel at– and the ecological life around it.
Mullaney and others are calling on the government to abandon plans to build two miles (3.2 kilometers) of new fencing they say will destroy the monument that marks the beginning of the Arizona Trail, which is also within the Coronado National Memorial. That southern terminus marks where some believe Spanish explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado first crossed into Arizona from Sonora in the mid 1500s in his quest to find gold.
The government also plans to build a ground detection system, a road and new lighting.
It's part of President Donald Trump's plan to build hundreds of miles of border wall, a campaign promise he has so far maintained.
"To remove not only this symbolism, but also the beauty, seclusion, protection, and wildlife migratory abilities
in this area would be saddening to all who enjoy it," Mullaney said.
Known as "thru-hikers," an estimated 700 people traverse the entirety of the Arizona Trail in one trip, and thousands more hike different parts of the trail, each year. Thru-hikers have to first be dropped off at a trailhead two miles from the border. They then hike down to the monument that marks where the trail starts, a crucial marker for adventurers, said Matthew J. Nelson, executive director of the Arizona Trail Association.
For years, that part of the border has been protected by a small barbed-wire fence, and Nelson said he doesn't know of any issues with illegal border crossers there. The area is mountainous and rugged, difficult to access from the south.
Nelson said his opposition to the border wall project at that location isn't political, but about preserving the crucial point of a massive trail that took volunteers years to complete. He says the trail attracts thousands of visitors who stimulate the local economies of nearby communities, like the city of Sierra Vista.
"It's a point of pride, and so I hope that people recognize that impact to a quarter-mile of the trail is an impact to the entire 800-mile organism," Nelson said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection didn't immediately answer questions about the project at the trail. During a press briefing in Tucson on Tuesday, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf said the administration's top goal is border security and that officials routinely meet with concerned stakeholders. Wolf was addressing a question about concerns that environmental groups have expressed about construction on federally protected land.
"But at the end of the day, I think the administration has been very clear on this front, which is border security is national security is homeland security. So we're gonna secure that border every way we can," Wolf said.
Wolf said decisions about where to build border barriers and where to rely more on technology for surveillance depend on factors like illegal traffic in that area and how accessible it is.
"Those decisions are not being made by the secretary. They're being made by the operators on the ground. So I think the best thing this administration has done is we've actually listened to the operators," Wolf said.
The proposed project along the Coronado National Memorial is one of several planned for Arizona, which shares about 370 miles of border with Mexico.
Although the spot is federally protected by the National Trail System Act, the government has the power to override such a designation in the name of national security. It has already done that in places like Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, where construction workers have removed hundreds of protected cactuses and blasted through a mountain to build a new wall.
Greg Kilroy, a 50-year-old residential real estate agent, remembers first approaching the trail's southern terminus– Border Monument 102– in August, when most of Arizona is scorching, but when the high altitude and mountainous area is nice and cool.
"It's really epic," Kilroy said. "It was also the beginning of our trip, and so it was really exciting, really kind of magical, and, not gonna lie, a little bit of fear and anxiety of what are we taking on here as part of the really long journey."
It took Kilroy and his friend four years and about 17 different trips to complete the 800-mile trail. He said they found discarded trash they think was probably left behind by border crossers, but never encountered another person there.
"It was a true kind of wilderness experience. And boy the wall would sure fly in the face of that," Kilroy said.
End
ARIZONA NEWS
Hikers fight plan for border wall at start of historic trail
https://ktar.com/story/3154471/hikers-fight-plan-for-border-wall-at-start-of-historic-trail/
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS | MAY 13, 2020 AT 7:00 PM
UPDATED: MAY 13, 2020 AT 7:45 PM
In this September, 2019 photo by Shannon Villegas shows the Arizona trail, an 800-mile path that starts at the U.S.-Mexico border near Hereford, Ariz., and ends at the Utah border. Mullaney opposes plans for a two-mile stretch of border wall that would go through the monument and destroy the trail's first stop, which hikers consider symbolic and important. (Shannon Villegas via AP)
PHOENIX (AP) — Tess Mullaney remembers looking at endless rolling desert hills, covered in a thin layer of white snow just as the sun was rising the day she embarked on a 2½-month journey through the Arizona Trail, an 800-mile system that starts at the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona and ends at the Utah one.
In a picture from that February 2019, Mullaney, 28, is smiling as she poses behind a thin barbed-wire fence that divides Arizona from Mexico. She's standing next to Border Monument 102, an engraved pillar marking the boundary of the United States. Engraved in the monument is this warning:
"The destruction or displacement of this monument is a misdemeanor punishable by the United States or Mexico"
Now, the government is proposing to do just that.
It plans on building a 30-foot (9 meter) border wall there, threatening the view so many hikers marvel at– and the ecological life around it.
Mullaney and others are calling on the government to abandon plans to build two miles (3.2 kilometers) of new fencing they say will destroy the monument that marks the beginning of the Arizona Trail, which is also within the Coronado National Memorial. That southern terminus marks where some believe Spanish explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado first crossed into Arizona from Sonora in the mid 1500s in his quest to find gold.
The government also plans to build a ground detection system, a road and new lighting.
It's part of President Donald Trump's plan to build hundreds of miles of border wall, a campaign promise he has so far maintained.
"To remove not only this symbolism, but also the beauty, seclusion, protection, and wildlife migratory abilities
in this area would be saddening to all who enjoy it," Mullaney said.
Known as "thru-hikers," an estimated 700 people traverse the entirety of the Arizona Trail in one trip, and thousands more hike different parts of the trail, each year. Thru-hikers have to first be dropped off at a trailhead two miles from the border. They then hike down to the monument that marks where the trail starts, a crucial marker for adventurers, said Matthew J. Nelson, executive director of the Arizona Trail Association.
For years, that part of the border has been protected by a small barbed-wire fence, and Nelson said he doesn't know of any issues with illegal border crossers there. The area is mountainous and rugged, difficult to access from the south.
Nelson said his opposition to the border wall project at that location isn't political, but about preserving the crucial point of a massive trail that took volunteers years to complete. He says the trail attracts thousands of visitors who stimulate the local economies of nearby communities, like the city of Sierra Vista.
"It's a point of pride, and so I hope that people recognize that impact to a quarter-mile of the trail is an impact to the entire 800-mile organism," Nelson said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection didn't immediately answer questions about the project at the trail. During a press briefing in Tucson on Tuesday, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf said the administration's top goal is border security and that officials routinely meet with concerned stakeholders. Wolf was addressing a question about concerns that environmental groups have expressed about construction on federally protected land.
"But at the end of the day, I think the administration has been very clear on this front, which is border security is national security is homeland security. So we're gonna secure that border every way we can," Wolf said.
Wolf said decisions about where to build border barriers and where to rely more on technology for surveillance depend on factors like illegal traffic in that area and how accessible it is.
"Those decisions are not being made by the secretary. They're being made by the operators on the ground. So I think the best thing this administration has done is we've actually listened to the operators," Wolf said.
The proposed project along the Coronado National Memorial is one of several planned for Arizona, which shares about 370 miles of border with Mexico.
Although the spot is federally protected by the National Trail System Act, the government has the power to override such a designation in the name of national security. It has already done that in places like Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, where construction workers have removed hundreds of protected cactuses and blasted through a mountain to build a new wall.
Greg Kilroy, a 50-year-old residential real estate agent, remembers first approaching the trail's southern terminus– Border Monument 102– in August, when most of Arizona is scorching, but when the high altitude and mountainous area is nice and cool.
"It's really epic," Kilroy said. "It was also the beginning of our trip, and so it was really exciting, really kind of magical, and, not gonna lie, a little bit of fear and anxiety of what are we taking on here as part of the really long journey."
It took Kilroy and his friend four years and about 17 different trips to complete the 800-mile trail. He said they found discarded trash they think was probably left behind by border crossers, but never encountered another person there.
"It was a true kind of wilderness experience. And boy the wall would sure fly in the face of that," Kilroy said.
End
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
AZ Hikers fight plan for border wall
Comment: just can't fix stupid, or disloyal.
KGUN 9 ON YOUR SIDENEWSBORDER WATCH
Hikers fight plan for border wall at start of scenic trail
By: Associated Press
https://www.kgun9.com/border-watch/hikers-fight-plan-for-border-wall-at-start-of-scenic-trail
Posted at 1:10 PM, May 13, 2020 and last updated 1:10 PM, May 13, 2020
PHOENIX (AP) — Hikers of the 800-mile Arizona Trail are opposing the proposed construction of a border wall
they say will destroy the beginning marker of the nationally protected route.
The government plans on building a two-mile stretch of 30-foot fencing at Border Monument 102,
a historical marker where the Arizona Trail begins.
It has to waive a law that provides national protection for the trail,
which is one of only 11 nationally recognized scenic trails.
The plan is part of President Donald Trump's campaign promise to build a wall along the southern border.
end
KGUN 9 ON YOUR SIDENEWSBORDER WATCH
Hikers fight plan for border wall at start of scenic trail
By: Associated Press
https://www.kgun9.com/border-watch/hikers-fight-plan-for-border-wall-at-start-of-scenic-trail
Posted at 1:10 PM, May 13, 2020 and last updated 1:10 PM, May 13, 2020
PHOENIX (AP) — Hikers of the 800-mile Arizona Trail are opposing the proposed construction of a border wall
they say will destroy the beginning marker of the nationally protected route.
The government plans on building a two-mile stretch of 30-foot fencing at Border Monument 102,
a historical marker where the Arizona Trail begins.
It has to waive a law that provides national protection for the trail,
which is one of only 11 nationally recognized scenic trails.
The plan is part of President Donald Trump's campaign promise to build a wall along the southern border.
end
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
PRC stolen guns and ammunition seized in Calexico
Note: several photos of the guns at the link:
Two men arrested, stolen guns and ammunition seized in Calexico
By Sumiko Keil, Arianna Shell
Published
May 5, 2020
8:16 am
https://kyma.com/news/2020/05/05/two-men-arrested-stolen-guns-and-ammunition-seized-in-calexico/
CALEXICO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY)-Border Patrol agents and sheriffs arrest two men in Calexico
suspected of stealing firearms, ammunition, and guns, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
CBP said on April 29 the Imperial County Sheriff's Office (ICSO) initiated an investigation
along with the Yuma Police Department and Border Patrol agents
in regards to stolen firearms and ammunition from Yuma.
CBP says the investigation led agents to contact ICSO and issued a warrant in Calexico.
Upon the search warrants, agents successfully recovered 11 firearms,
including a .50 caliber rifle and a short-barreled shotgun.
Agents also recovered large amounts of military-grade ammunition and several high capacity magazines.
A 34-year-old man and a 36-year-old man were arrested.
Both men are Mexican nationals that reside legally in Calexico.
"The ICSO and USBP teams did a fantastic job bringing two foreign nationals into custody,"
said El Centro Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino.
"Anytime heavy weapons are involved the anxiety levels go up,
however the Sheriffs and Border Patrol teams are trained and very capable."
Both men were placed under arrest and booked into Imperial County Jail pending criminal charges.
END
Two men arrested, stolen guns and ammunition seized in Calexico
By Sumiko Keil, Arianna Shell
Published
May 5, 2020
8:16 am
https://kyma.com/news/2020/05/05/two-men-arrested-stolen-guns-and-ammunition-seized-in-calexico/
CALEXICO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY)-Border Patrol agents and sheriffs arrest two men in Calexico
suspected of stealing firearms, ammunition, and guns, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
CBP said on April 29 the Imperial County Sheriff's Office (ICSO) initiated an investigation
along with the Yuma Police Department and Border Patrol agents
in regards to stolen firearms and ammunition from Yuma.
CBP says the investigation led agents to contact ICSO and issued a warrant in Calexico.
Upon the search warrants, agents successfully recovered 11 firearms,
including a .50 caliber rifle and a short-barreled shotgun.
Agents also recovered large amounts of military-grade ammunition and several high capacity magazines.
A 34-year-old man and a 36-year-old man were arrested.
Both men are Mexican nationals that reside legally in Calexico.
"The ICSO and USBP teams did a fantastic job bringing two foreign nationals into custody,"
said El Centro Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino.
"Anytime heavy weapons are involved the anxiety levels go up,
however the Sheriffs and Border Patrol teams are trained and very capable."
Both men were placed under arrest and booked into Imperial County Jail pending criminal charges.
END
AZ BP agent dragged 15 feet
BP agent dragged 15 feet down road while pursuing suspected human smuggler NEW
May 6, 2020
11:58 am
https://kvoa.com/news/top-stories/2020/05/06/bp-agent-dragged-15-feet-down-road-while-pursuing-suspected-human-smuggler/
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol says an agent was dragged 15 feet down a road after trying to apprehend a suspected human smuggler.
The agent was working a highway checkpoint in southern Arizona and had tried to stop the driver, but the driver, who was not identified, drove off.
The driver had ingested chemical substances and was hospitalized before being charged with human smuggling and assault on a federal agent.
The agent didn't sustain serious injuries.
No further information was provided.
end
May 6, 2020
11:58 am
https://kvoa.com/news/top-stories/2020/05/06/bp-agent-dragged-15-feet-down-road-while-pursuing-suspected-human-smuggler/
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol says an agent was dragged 15 feet down a road after trying to apprehend a suspected human smuggler.
The agent was working a highway checkpoint in southern Arizona and had tried to stop the driver, but the driver, who was not identified, drove off.
The driver had ingested chemical substances and was hospitalized before being charged with human smuggling and assault on a federal agent.
The agent didn't sustain serious injuries.
No further information was provided.
end
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