AZMEX F&F EXTRA 21 JAN 2014
Note: "unknown reasons"? Meanwhile many hundreds of Hispanics (Mexicans) remain dead, killed with weapons directly provided to drug gangs by the Obama administration. None of those behind the scheme have yet been brought to justice.
BySHARYL ATTKISSON CBS NEWS January 21, 2014, 2: 12 PM
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fast-and-furious-questions-linger-as-ig-continues-investgation/
Fast and Furious questions linger as IG continues investgation
The Justice Department's Inspector General is looking into whether there was a missing third weapon at the murder scene of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, which sparked the ATF's Fast and Furious scandal. The Justice Department has steadfastly denied the existence of a third weapon.
In a new development in the Fast and Furious gunwalking case, the Justice Department's Inspector General (IG) is making inquiries into the possible existence of a missing third weapon in the 2010 murder of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, CBS News has learned. According to sources close to the investigation, the IG is questioning the Border Patrol's evidence collection team this week in Tucson, Ariz.
The Justice Department, which oversees ATF and the FBI - and which is investigating Terry's murder - has steadfastly denied the existence of a third gun. Court records have previously only mentioned two weapons: Romanian WASR AK-47 type rifles found at Terry's southern Arizona murder scene on Dec. 14, 2010. Both weapons were sold to suspects who were under ATF's watch in the agency's controversial gunwalking case. Also, a ballistics report only mentions the two WASR rifles and states that it's inconclusive as to whether either of them fired the bullet that killed Terry.
But references to a missing third weapon, a Soviet-made SKS rifle of the same caliber as the WASR's, have persisted since the crime. CBS News previously obtained and reported on secretly recorded conversations referencing such a gun. The tapes were recorded approximately mid-March 2011 by the primary gun dealer cooperating with ATF in Fast and Furious: Andre Howard, owner of Lone Wolf Trading Company in Glendale, Ariz.
In the audiotapes, ATF's lead agent on Fast and Furious, Hope MacAllister, tells Howard that a third weapon recovered at the Terry murder scene is an SKS rifle. It's unclear why a weapon would be absent from the evidence disclosed at the crime scene under FBI jurisdiction. If it's proven to exist, sources familiar with the investigation say it would imply possible evidence-tampering for unknown reasons.
CBS News' calls and emails to the Justice Department and the inspector general seeking comment Tuesday were not immediately returned. In October 2011, the department released a statement saying that "reports of a third gun recovered from the perpetrators at the scene ... are false."
In Fast and Furious, ATF allowed thousands of weapons to "walk" onto the streets without interdiction into the hands of suspected traffickers for Mexican drug cartels. An IG investigation faulted a dozen Justice Department and ATF officials for misconduct or mismanagement in the case. In June 2012, President Obama exerted executive privilege to withhold some Fast and Furious materials from Congress. That same month, in a bipartisan vote, Congress held Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for failing to turn over the documents. That dispute is still pending in federal court.
END
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
AZMEX LOCAL 21-1-14
AZMEX LOCAL 21 JAN 2014
Note: Following from folks in Douglas, AZ. As usual, english speaking media will not be covering events.
The only links are below, all in Spanish.
We are hearing that more bodies are being found. Several years ago there was a major confrontation in Cananea, several miles south of AP, with 12 to 18 killed. and then the fight a few miles south of Sasabe, AZ that left about 26 dead. Area destabilized once again following arrest of Ines Coronel, and then killing of Mandy Moreno a few days ago.
Subject: Re: Fw: MAJOR elevation in Cartel action in Agua Prieta (reports in Spanish)Date: January 21, 2014 8:30:12 AM MSTTo: Recipient list suppressed:;At 07:46 PM 1/20/2014,I spoke with several people this morning that live or have friends/family or other connections in Agua Prieta. All said that the casualties were higher than the official reports (in the 20s) because the authorities & medics would not enter the skirmish areas. The two sides removed many of their own casualties.
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 4:51 AM
Subject: MAJOR elevation in Cartel action in Agua Prieta (reports in Spanish)
Everyone,
Major change in situation in Agua Prieta our sister city here on the border.
.
Thursday night major Sinaloa Cartel man and 2 others killed.
From Thur night's shooting in AP that killed Armando Moreno-Garcia "El Mandy" and Martin Vicente Torres-Alvarez "El Chupon."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mikjcsp8oc&list=UUWddwsa6NCA6o1yI5WgUwnA&featur
.
Friday night major gun battle in Agua Prieta shortly after midnight. 50 cals + Kalashnikovs, 9 grenades thrown 8 dead. The Gente Nueve group representing the Juarez Cartel attacked the Sinaloa Cartel which has owned the "Plaza" In A.P. for years. The Mexican Military had a UH-60 or UH-1 with 50 cal on board and engaged both sides. This morning (Sunday 19Jan14) received info that Gente Nueva are bringing 40 armored vehicles to A.P.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb3IqJBTZXg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
It appears that the major confrontations between drug cartels which have been so frequent in other border areas over the last several years have now arrived in our community. I am hoping that it will not cross onto the U.S. side but there are never guarantees in this type of situation. Things in A.P. are now degenerating to the recent levels of killings and gang warfare seen in Nogales, Sonora and Juarez, Chihuahua.
It is now time to pack our emergency departure kit with vital papers, and keep our car gas tanks full, etc. and be prepared should worse come to worse.end
AZMEX UPDATE 17-1-14 b
AZMEX UPDATE 17 JAN 2013
Note: mostly local stuff
Struggle ends with Mexican national fatally shot
BILL HESS | HERALD/REVIEW
Fri, 01/17/2014 - 1:12pm
http://www.svherald.com/content/bill-hess/2014/01/17/366049
BISBEE — The Cochise County Sheriff's Office is investigating the reported shooting death of a suspected illegal immigrant by a U.S. Border Patrol Agent Thursday night.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Carol Capas said the incident happened around 9 p.m. Thursday, approximately one-half mile east of Highway 80 near Apache.
"Sheriff's deputies and investigators responded to the scene and located a Hispanic male subject, possibly in his late 20s, who had been shot," Capas said Friday.
According to initial information that county deputies and investigators gleaned at the scene, the still unidentified man was a part of a group, that the Border Patrol was tracking, Capas said.
The report indicates BP agents took two men into custody without incident, but a third man fled and was eventually located "hiding under a mesquite bush" by a federal agent, Capas said.
Reportedly, the man struggled with the agent attempting to get the federal officers weapon, she said.
The BP agent, "fearing for his personal safety and potential serious injury, pulled his handgun and fired at the suspect," Capas said.
The man was struck in the body area and "succumbed to his injuries at the scene," she said.
Since the incident happened in Cochise County, the Sheriff's Office is conducting the investigation, and a tandem investigation will probably be done by the Border Patrol, Capas said.
The deceased man was transported to the Pima County Medical Examiners' Office for the completion of an autopsy and possible identification. The Mexican Consulate in Douglas was notified of this incident and will be assisting as needed in this investigation by the Cochise County Sheriff's Office, she said.
END
Note: In Hermosillo
Detected sending thousands of rounds per parcel
Details Published on Friday January 17, 2014 ,
Written by Jesus Esquer / The Journal
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=25441
Hermosillo
Two subjects attempted to send 11 thousand 500 cartridges to Ciudad Obregon.
Hermosillo Preventive Police said three suitcases containing about 11 thousand 500 rounds of ammunition of different calibers, same as were destined to end the town of Ciudad Obregon and were to be shipped aboard a commercial bus line TAP .
Daniel Aguilar Delgado , commander of the corporation said that the authorities realized the fact around 00:00 hours on Thursday, when bus security personnel reported finding .
"We found three bags containing a total of 11 thousand 500 cartridges of different calibers, immediately cordoned off the area and given the knowledge to Federal prosecutor to take charge of the situation ," said the police chief .
Aguilar Delgado said the report received by company guards explained that there were two people who left the suitcases in the terminal to be sent to Ciudad Obregon, but realizing the weight , a review was made and accounted for contents of the luggage.
The two people who left the cargo of bullets , detailed, not purchased any tickets for traveling with suitcases and only used the company for the trip , because what it does is acquired , it was a record parcel Hermosillo to Ciudad Obregon so that no one has been arrested .
"They are different cartridges are different sizes, have AK -47 , 7.62 for 39 calls , we have .223 , 9 ( millimeters) are of different sizes ," said the head of the Preventive Police in Hermosillo, who reiterated everything turned in to the Federal Public Ministry .
more :
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Policiaca/17012014/797888-Hallan-en-maletas-11-mil-cartuchos.html
end
Note: Just south of Douglas, AZ
Well known athlete shot in Agua Prieta
Details Published on Friday January 17, 2014 ,
Written by Editor / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=25442
WATER Prieta
The businessman and sportsman Armando " Mandy " Moreno was executed to death along with two other men by an armed group that chased him through several streets of Agua Prieta.
According to preliminary investigations , ' Mandy ' in the company of Jesus Adam Montaño Toscano and another man still unidentified were traveling aboard a white Chevrolet Cheyenne when at Calle 6 and avenue 29 were intercepted and began a chase at high speeds. and killed by an armed group
The driver of the truck at calle 6 and Avenue 33 lost control and overturned the unit spectacularly , leaving the passengers inside the SUV . According to reports , the armed group reached the overturned truck and powered their heavy weapons against it's occupants and later escaped at full speed.
Dozens of officers arrived and together with the Mexican Army deployed a strong operation to find those responsible for this triple execution. Until press time they were still at large.
end
Note: mostly local stuff
Struggle ends with Mexican national fatally shot
BILL HESS | HERALD/REVIEW
Fri, 01/17/2014 - 1:12pm
http://www.svherald.com/content/bill-hess/2014/01/17/366049
BISBEE — The Cochise County Sheriff's Office is investigating the reported shooting death of a suspected illegal immigrant by a U.S. Border Patrol Agent Thursday night.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Carol Capas said the incident happened around 9 p.m. Thursday, approximately one-half mile east of Highway 80 near Apache.
"Sheriff's deputies and investigators responded to the scene and located a Hispanic male subject, possibly in his late 20s, who had been shot," Capas said Friday.
According to initial information that county deputies and investigators gleaned at the scene, the still unidentified man was a part of a group, that the Border Patrol was tracking, Capas said.
The report indicates BP agents took two men into custody without incident, but a third man fled and was eventually located "hiding under a mesquite bush" by a federal agent, Capas said.
Reportedly, the man struggled with the agent attempting to get the federal officers weapon, she said.
The BP agent, "fearing for his personal safety and potential serious injury, pulled his handgun and fired at the suspect," Capas said.
The man was struck in the body area and "succumbed to his injuries at the scene," she said.
Since the incident happened in Cochise County, the Sheriff's Office is conducting the investigation, and a tandem investigation will probably be done by the Border Patrol, Capas said.
The deceased man was transported to the Pima County Medical Examiners' Office for the completion of an autopsy and possible identification. The Mexican Consulate in Douglas was notified of this incident and will be assisting as needed in this investigation by the Cochise County Sheriff's Office, she said.
END
Note: In Hermosillo
Detected sending thousands of rounds per parcel
Details Published on Friday January 17, 2014 ,
Written by Jesus Esquer / The Journal
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=25441
Hermosillo
Two subjects attempted to send 11 thousand 500 cartridges to Ciudad Obregon.
Hermosillo Preventive Police said three suitcases containing about 11 thousand 500 rounds of ammunition of different calibers, same as were destined to end the town of Ciudad Obregon and were to be shipped aboard a commercial bus line TAP .
Daniel Aguilar Delgado , commander of the corporation said that the authorities realized the fact around 00:00 hours on Thursday, when bus security personnel reported finding .
"We found three bags containing a total of 11 thousand 500 cartridges of different calibers, immediately cordoned off the area and given the knowledge to Federal prosecutor to take charge of the situation ," said the police chief .
Aguilar Delgado said the report received by company guards explained that there were two people who left the suitcases in the terminal to be sent to Ciudad Obregon, but realizing the weight , a review was made and accounted for contents of the luggage.
The two people who left the cargo of bullets , detailed, not purchased any tickets for traveling with suitcases and only used the company for the trip , because what it does is acquired , it was a record parcel Hermosillo to Ciudad Obregon so that no one has been arrested .
"They are different cartridges are different sizes, have AK -47 , 7.62 for 39 calls , we have .223 , 9 ( millimeters) are of different sizes ," said the head of the Preventive Police in Hermosillo, who reiterated everything turned in to the Federal Public Ministry .
more :
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Policiaca/17012014/797888-Hallan-en-maletas-11-mil-cartuchos.html
end
Note: Just south of Douglas, AZ
Well known athlete shot in Agua Prieta
Details Published on Friday January 17, 2014 ,
Written by Editor / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=25442
WATER Prieta
The businessman and sportsman Armando " Mandy " Moreno was executed to death along with two other men by an armed group that chased him through several streets of Agua Prieta.
According to preliminary investigations , ' Mandy ' in the company of Jesus Adam Montaño Toscano and another man still unidentified were traveling aboard a white Chevrolet Cheyenne when at Calle 6 and avenue 29 were intercepted and began a chase at high speeds. and killed by an armed group
The driver of the truck at calle 6 and Avenue 33 lost control and overturned the unit spectacularly , leaving the passengers inside the SUV . According to reports , the armed group reached the overturned truck and powered their heavy weapons against it's occupants and later escaped at full speed.
Dozens of officers arrived and together with the Mexican Army deployed a strong operation to find those responsible for this triple execution. Until press time they were still at large.
end
Sunday, January 19, 2014
AZMEX LOCAL 19-1-14
AZMEX LOCAL 19 JAN 2014
Note: Some vehicles marked with "X", and "GN". Not yet able to get audio from local radio (AP) There have been several killings recently since the area was destabilized by the deprivation of liberty of el chapo's father-in-law, and grandfather of the adorable twins, late last year. He was there to personally supervise pharmaceutical commerce in the area. Word on the street is he still being held hostage in DF, as new business arrangements still do not seem to be completed. (El Spin)
Photos
http://laverdaddeaguaprieta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=389:se-enfrentan-a-balazos-grupos-rivales&catid=35:agua-prieta&Itemid=67
Note: From Cochise County Sheriff's Office
> On Saturday January 18, 2014 at approximately 0045 hours the Cochise County Sheriff's Office was contacted by the Douglas Port of Entry regarding what sounded like a gun battle with automatic weapons and possibly hand grenades south of the United States/Mexico border. The Port of Entry advised that the sounds lasted until just after 1:00 am and there were no requests for medical personnel or ambulances to respond to the port.
> Information which was received throughout the day indicates that a gun/weapons fight did occur in Agua Prieta Sonora south the US/Mexico border where several fatalities occurred in two separate incidents. All information received indicates that this is probably cartel related with massive amounts of munitions used to include automatic weapons, 50 caliber weapons, and hand grenades. Reports of the death toll range from 8-13 people, none of whom are listed as US Citizens.
> As a proactive and precautionary measure, the Cochise County Sheriffs Office has placed personnel on a heightened state of alert which will allow for the deployment of additional personnel and the augmentation of existing personnel should it be determined that this violence may potentially spill over into the United States via Cochise County's international boundaries.
> Sheriff Dannels said today, "Our information indicates that this is an internal fight within the confines of the country of Mexico and will most likely stay there, however we remain vigilant in our duty to protect our citizens at all costs. If in fact there are criminal factions that intend to bring their issues to the United States, we want to assure them that we are working closely with local, state, and federal agencies to be prepared as necessary and be successful in our mission to stop any violence from occurring in our county."
Carol A. Capas
Cochise County Sheriff's Office
Communications Program Coordinator
520-432-9504
Rival groups confront with bullets
Written by Editor Saturday, January 18, 2014 8:35
http://laverdaddeaguaprieta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=389:se-enfrentan-a-balazos-grupos-rivales&catid=35:agua-prieta&Itemid=67
Gusts of high-powered weapons broke the quiet of the night
Agua Prieta , Sonora - . Aguapretense The tranquility of the night was broken during the first minutes of Saturday January 18 to hear bursts of high-powered rifles that lasted little more than 20 minutes , preliminary balance is 4 injured , two of them seriously.
The start of the confrontation , according to unofficial versions, 6th Avenue to 8th Street to meet face to face type two pickup trucks traveling within which armed men , to recognize each other shooting began on both sides.
In the place were abandoned two pick up trucks , one of the Chevrolet brand gray and GMC black, with countless bullet holes in the body and glass , blood stains on the inside of both units and hundreds of shell casings on the pavement .
The blasts followed be heard in different parts of the city as well as the presence of vehicles at high speeds, four were reported to be injured in initially 4 people injured by gunfire , including 2 women and two men who are placed in Social Security in this city without knowing details of their health condition and under heavy police guard .
So far no official information of the facts.
Related Note ...
Lifeless body found
Product confrontation between rival gangs , was gunned down in the driveway of an apartment
Curfew is a rumor nothing more , stay informed on the different media.
There are ... More Injured
He reported at least one dead, five wounded , 3 vehicles and shot several buildings and grenades were detonated
Juan Carlos Ruiz Olvera
Agua Prieta , Sonora - . An intense gunfire was heard in different parts of the city , they spent the first few minutes today , leaving a preliminary balance of at least one killed , 3 vehicles destroyed with bullets, shot a complex of buildings and five wounded being cared for by the local Red Cross.
Witnesses said 13 st. 10th ave, 7th st., 6 ave, 2nd st and 17 ave. street clashes with heavy weapons between two armed groups occurred.
Was reported in another wounded 10ave and 9th Street and one on 45 ave .
The shooting lasted for several minutes.
Over the roar of a powerful weapon, allegedly from a 50 cal. , same as was heard in the attack on Mandy Moreno yesterday .
Soldiers engaged the gunmen .
It is strongly rumored that organized crime groups from "outside" are besieging the area .
Antojitos Party
At the stroke of one o'clock they began to hear gunfire ...
Antojitos Outside Party 2 vehicles were abandoned Pick Up with bloodstains.
One more was found in 16 st. and 18 ave , a white Yukon .
In the place were hundreds of cases and out of the apartments on 7th st. and 4th ave, a Grenade was detonated .
From this house was removed a dead man , who has not yet been identified .
Among the injured in the fray , there are two women.
Several houses and buildings damaged by stray bullets.
end
Increase to four the number of dead in clash
Written by Editorial
Saturday, January 18, 2014 15:07
http://laverdaddeaguaprieta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=391&catid=54
State officials disclosed officially the balance and identity of victims
Agua Prieta , Sonora - . Through an official statement, the Attorney General of the State unveiled the final balance of the armed conflict that took place the opening minutes of Saturday January 18 at the center of this colonial city.
Official information indicates that there are four people who died while 3 were injured , all by gun fire , states that the body found in the garage of an apartment on 4th Avenue and 7th Street who suffered multiple gunshot wounds in a pick up of the Ford brand, armored , was lifeless body of Juan Miguel Favela Ramirez, 37 years old , who was with several injuries caused by firearm projectiles .
Later elements Municipal Public Security found Luis Enrique Ceballos Barraza, 25 years old, in the street, with several injuries caused by gun fire , so he was transferred to a hospital in this city , where he left existence this morning , while receiving medical attention.
At the stroke of noon, was found in a creek located on the road to the village kilometer 9, the body of a male , who has not yet been identified , presenting firearm projectile impacts. The victim was of fair complexion , dark complexion, about 1.70 meters tall , with short hair , wearing brown shirt and athletic pants black color and had an estimated six to eight hours since passed away.
Minutes later , outside a local funeral home was left lifeless body , who was identified by the name of Hector Ulises Romero, 28 years old, same as had a gunshot wound and had eight to ten hours after died .
The statement said three people remain in the Social Security Hospital with injuries caused by gun fire , they are Laura Moran Lizbeth Benitez, 25 years old; Manuel Marquez Alejandro Navarro, 24 years old, and Manuela Beatriz Suárez Pérez , 25 years old, who are domiciled in this city and suffered injuries that take more than two weeks to heal and not life threatening , according to statements of them were injured aboard a Ford brand car , drinking alcoholic beverages when they were surprised by the shooting .
Chevrolet GMC , black, with Sonora plates ; , a Chevrolet Tahoe, in black Likewise those found abandoned vehicles, a Chevrolet , Pick up, gray color, 2005 model , no license plates were detailed , 2008 model , where a magazine and 15 rounds of ammunition and a stocked long gun was found. And later, around a sedan in the Dodge , Stratus line , red color, which had armor was found.
So far the investigation is ongoing and the presence of more victims may be found.
END
Note: Some vehicles marked with "X", and "GN". Not yet able to get audio from local radio (AP) There have been several killings recently since the area was destabilized by the deprivation of liberty of el chapo's father-in-law, and grandfather of the adorable twins, late last year. He was there to personally supervise pharmaceutical commerce in the area. Word on the street is he still being held hostage in DF, as new business arrangements still do not seem to be completed. (El Spin)
Photos
http://laverdaddeaguaprieta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=389:se-enfrentan-a-balazos-grupos-rivales&catid=35:agua-prieta&Itemid=67
Note: From Cochise County Sheriff's Office
> On Saturday January 18, 2014 at approximately 0045 hours the Cochise County Sheriff's Office was contacted by the Douglas Port of Entry regarding what sounded like a gun battle with automatic weapons and possibly hand grenades south of the United States/Mexico border. The Port of Entry advised that the sounds lasted until just after 1:00 am and there were no requests for medical personnel or ambulances to respond to the port.
> Information which was received throughout the day indicates that a gun/weapons fight did occur in Agua Prieta Sonora south the US/Mexico border where several fatalities occurred in two separate incidents. All information received indicates that this is probably cartel related with massive amounts of munitions used to include automatic weapons, 50 caliber weapons, and hand grenades. Reports of the death toll range from 8-13 people, none of whom are listed as US Citizens.
> As a proactive and precautionary measure, the Cochise County Sheriffs Office has placed personnel on a heightened state of alert which will allow for the deployment of additional personnel and the augmentation of existing personnel should it be determined that this violence may potentially spill over into the United States via Cochise County's international boundaries.
> Sheriff Dannels said today, "Our information indicates that this is an internal fight within the confines of the country of Mexico and will most likely stay there, however we remain vigilant in our duty to protect our citizens at all costs. If in fact there are criminal factions that intend to bring their issues to the United States, we want to assure them that we are working closely with local, state, and federal agencies to be prepared as necessary and be successful in our mission to stop any violence from occurring in our county."
Carol A. Capas
Cochise County Sheriff's Office
Communications Program Coordinator
520-432-9504
Rival groups confront with bullets
Written by Editor Saturday, January 18, 2014 8:35
http://laverdaddeaguaprieta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=389:se-enfrentan-a-balazos-grupos-rivales&catid=35:agua-prieta&Itemid=67
Gusts of high-powered weapons broke the quiet of the night
Agua Prieta , Sonora - . Aguapretense The tranquility of the night was broken during the first minutes of Saturday January 18 to hear bursts of high-powered rifles that lasted little more than 20 minutes , preliminary balance is 4 injured , two of them seriously.
The start of the confrontation , according to unofficial versions, 6th Avenue to 8th Street to meet face to face type two pickup trucks traveling within which armed men , to recognize each other shooting began on both sides.
In the place were abandoned two pick up trucks , one of the Chevrolet brand gray and GMC black, with countless bullet holes in the body and glass , blood stains on the inside of both units and hundreds of shell casings on the pavement .
The blasts followed be heard in different parts of the city as well as the presence of vehicles at high speeds, four were reported to be injured in initially 4 people injured by gunfire , including 2 women and two men who are placed in Social Security in this city without knowing details of their health condition and under heavy police guard .
So far no official information of the facts.
Related Note ...
Lifeless body found
Product confrontation between rival gangs , was gunned down in the driveway of an apartment
Curfew is a rumor nothing more , stay informed on the different media.
There are ... More Injured
He reported at least one dead, five wounded , 3 vehicles and shot several buildings and grenades were detonated
Juan Carlos Ruiz Olvera
Agua Prieta , Sonora - . An intense gunfire was heard in different parts of the city , they spent the first few minutes today , leaving a preliminary balance of at least one killed , 3 vehicles destroyed with bullets, shot a complex of buildings and five wounded being cared for by the local Red Cross.
Witnesses said 13 st. 10th ave, 7th st., 6 ave, 2nd st and 17 ave. street clashes with heavy weapons between two armed groups occurred.
Was reported in another wounded 10ave and 9th Street and one on 45 ave .
The shooting lasted for several minutes.
Over the roar of a powerful weapon, allegedly from a 50 cal. , same as was heard in the attack on Mandy Moreno yesterday .
Soldiers engaged the gunmen .
It is strongly rumored that organized crime groups from "outside" are besieging the area .
Antojitos Party
At the stroke of one o'clock they began to hear gunfire ...
Antojitos Outside Party 2 vehicles were abandoned Pick Up with bloodstains.
One more was found in 16 st. and 18 ave , a white Yukon .
In the place were hundreds of cases and out of the apartments on 7th st. and 4th ave, a Grenade was detonated .
From this house was removed a dead man , who has not yet been identified .
Among the injured in the fray , there are two women.
Several houses and buildings damaged by stray bullets.
end
Increase to four the number of dead in clash
Written by Editorial
Saturday, January 18, 2014 15:07
http://laverdaddeaguaprieta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=391&catid=54
State officials disclosed officially the balance and identity of victims
Agua Prieta , Sonora - . Through an official statement, the Attorney General of the State unveiled the final balance of the armed conflict that took place the opening minutes of Saturday January 18 at the center of this colonial city.
Official information indicates that there are four people who died while 3 were injured , all by gun fire , states that the body found in the garage of an apartment on 4th Avenue and 7th Street who suffered multiple gunshot wounds in a pick up of the Ford brand, armored , was lifeless body of Juan Miguel Favela Ramirez, 37 years old , who was with several injuries caused by firearm projectiles .
Later elements Municipal Public Security found Luis Enrique Ceballos Barraza, 25 years old, in the street, with several injuries caused by gun fire , so he was transferred to a hospital in this city , where he left existence this morning , while receiving medical attention.
At the stroke of noon, was found in a creek located on the road to the village kilometer 9, the body of a male , who has not yet been identified , presenting firearm projectile impacts. The victim was of fair complexion , dark complexion, about 1.70 meters tall , with short hair , wearing brown shirt and athletic pants black color and had an estimated six to eight hours since passed away.
Minutes later , outside a local funeral home was left lifeless body , who was identified by the name of Hector Ulises Romero, 28 years old, same as had a gunshot wound and had eight to ten hours after died .
The statement said three people remain in the Social Security Hospital with injuries caused by gun fire , they are Laura Moran Lizbeth Benitez, 25 years old; Manuel Marquez Alejandro Navarro, 24 years old, and Manuela Beatriz Suárez Pérez , 25 years old, who are domiciled in this city and suffered injuries that take more than two weeks to heal and not life threatening , according to statements of them were injured aboard a Ford brand car , drinking alcoholic beverages when they were surprised by the shooting .
Chevrolet GMC , black, with Sonora plates ; , a Chevrolet Tahoe, in black Likewise those found abandoned vehicles, a Chevrolet , Pick up, gray color, 2005 model , no license plates were detailed , 2008 model , where a magazine and 15 rounds of ammunition and a stocked long gun was found. And later, around a sedan in the Dodge , Stratus line , red color, which had armor was found.
So far the investigation is ongoing and the presence of more victims may be found.
END
Friday, January 17, 2014
AZMEX UPDATE 17-1-14
AZMEX UPDATE 17 JAN 2013
Note: mostly local stuff
Struggle ends with Mexican national fatally shot
BILL HESS | HERALD/REVIEW
Fri, 01/17/2014 - 1:12pm
http://www.svherald.com/content/bill-hess/2014/01/17/366049
BISBEE — The Cochise County Sheriff's Office is investigating the reported shooting death of a suspected illegal immigrant by a U.S. Border Patrol Agent Thursday night.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Carol Capas said the incident happened around 9 p.m. Thursday, approximately one-half mile east of Highway 80 near Apache.
"Sheriff's deputies and investigators responded to the scene and located a Hispanic male subject, possibly in his late 20s, who had been shot," Capas said Friday.
According to initial information that county deputies and investigators gleaned at the scene, the still unidentified man was a part of a group, that the Border Patrol was tracking, Capas said.
The report indicates BP agents took two men into custody without incident, but a third man fled and was eventually located "hiding under a mesquite bush" by a federal agent, Capas said.
Reportedly, the man struggled with the agent attempting to get the federal officers weapon, she said.
The BP agent, "fearing for his personal safety and potential serious injury, pulled his handgun and fired at the suspect," Capas said.
The man was struck in the body area and "succumbed to his injuries at the scene," she said.
Since the incident happened in Cochise County, the Sheriff's Office is conducting the investigation, and a tandem investigation will probably be done by the Border Patrol, Capas said.
The deceased man was transported to the Pima County Medical Examiners' Office for the completion of an autopsy and possible identification. The Mexican Consulate in Douglas was notified of this incident and will be assisting as needed in this investigation by the Cochise County Sheriff's Office, she said.
END
Note: In Hermosillo
Detected sending thousands of rounds per parcel
Details Published on Friday January 17, 2014 ,
Written by Jesus Esquer / The Journal
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=25441
Hermosillo
Two subjects attempted to send 11 thousand 500 cartridges to Ciudad Obregon.
Hermosillo Preventive Police said three suitcases containing about 11 thousand 500 rounds of ammunition of different calibers, same as were destined to end the town of Ciudad Obregon and were to be shipped aboard a commercial bus line TAP .
Daniel Aguilar Delgado , commander of the corporation said that the authorities realized the fact around 00:00 hours on Thursday, when bus security personnel reported finding .
"We found three bags containing a total of 11 thousand 500 cartridges of different calibers, immediately cordoned off the area and given the knowledge to Federal prosecutor to take charge of the situation ," said the police chief .
Aguilar Delgado said the report received by company guards explained that there were two people who left the suitcases in the terminal to be sent to Ciudad Obregon, but realizing the weight , a review was made and accounted for contents of the luggage.
The two people who left the cargo of bullets , detailed, not purchased any tickets for traveling with suitcases and only used the company for the trip , because what it does is acquired , it was a record parcel Hermosillo to Ciudad Obregon so that no one has been arrested .
"They are different cartridges are different sizes, have AK -47 , 7.62 for 39 calls , we have .223 , 9 ( millimeters) are of different sizes ," said the head of the Preventive Police in Hermosillo, who reiterated everything turned in to the Federal Public Ministry .
more :
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Policiaca/17012014/797888-Hallan-en-maletas-11-mil-cartuchos.html
end
Note: Just south of Douglas, AZ
Well known athlete shot in Agua Prieta
Details Published on Friday January 17, 2014 ,
Written by Editor / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=25442
WATER Prieta
The businessman and sportsman Armando " Mandy " Moreno was executed to death along with two other men by an armed group that chased him through several streets of Agua Prieta.
According to preliminary investigations , ' Mandy ' in the company of Jesus Adam Montaño Toscano and another man still unidentified were traveling aboard a white Chevrolet Cheyenne when at Calle 6 and avenue 29 were intercepted and began a chase at high speeds. and killed by an armed group
The driver of the truck at calle 6 and Avenue 33 lost control and overturned the unit spectacularly , leaving the passengers inside the SUV . According to reports , the armed group reached the overturned truck and powered their heavy weapons against it's occupants and later escaped at full speed.
Dozens of officers arrived and together with the Mexican Army deployed a strong operation to find those responsible for this triple execution. Until press time they were still at large.
end
Note: mostly local stuff
Struggle ends with Mexican national fatally shot
BILL HESS | HERALD/REVIEW
Fri, 01/17/2014 - 1:12pm
http://www.svherald.com/content/bill-hess/2014/01/17/366049
BISBEE — The Cochise County Sheriff's Office is investigating the reported shooting death of a suspected illegal immigrant by a U.S. Border Patrol Agent Thursday night.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Carol Capas said the incident happened around 9 p.m. Thursday, approximately one-half mile east of Highway 80 near Apache.
"Sheriff's deputies and investigators responded to the scene and located a Hispanic male subject, possibly in his late 20s, who had been shot," Capas said Friday.
According to initial information that county deputies and investigators gleaned at the scene, the still unidentified man was a part of a group, that the Border Patrol was tracking, Capas said.
The report indicates BP agents took two men into custody without incident, but a third man fled and was eventually located "hiding under a mesquite bush" by a federal agent, Capas said.
Reportedly, the man struggled with the agent attempting to get the federal officers weapon, she said.
The BP agent, "fearing for his personal safety and potential serious injury, pulled his handgun and fired at the suspect," Capas said.
The man was struck in the body area and "succumbed to his injuries at the scene," she said.
Since the incident happened in Cochise County, the Sheriff's Office is conducting the investigation, and a tandem investigation will probably be done by the Border Patrol, Capas said.
The deceased man was transported to the Pima County Medical Examiners' Office for the completion of an autopsy and possible identification. The Mexican Consulate in Douglas was notified of this incident and will be assisting as needed in this investigation by the Cochise County Sheriff's Office, she said.
END
Note: In Hermosillo
Detected sending thousands of rounds per parcel
Details Published on Friday January 17, 2014 ,
Written by Jesus Esquer / The Journal
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=25441
Hermosillo
Two subjects attempted to send 11 thousand 500 cartridges to Ciudad Obregon.
Hermosillo Preventive Police said three suitcases containing about 11 thousand 500 rounds of ammunition of different calibers, same as were destined to end the town of Ciudad Obregon and were to be shipped aboard a commercial bus line TAP .
Daniel Aguilar Delgado , commander of the corporation said that the authorities realized the fact around 00:00 hours on Thursday, when bus security personnel reported finding .
"We found three bags containing a total of 11 thousand 500 cartridges of different calibers, immediately cordoned off the area and given the knowledge to Federal prosecutor to take charge of the situation ," said the police chief .
Aguilar Delgado said the report received by company guards explained that there were two people who left the suitcases in the terminal to be sent to Ciudad Obregon, but realizing the weight , a review was made and accounted for contents of the luggage.
The two people who left the cargo of bullets , detailed, not purchased any tickets for traveling with suitcases and only used the company for the trip , because what it does is acquired , it was a record parcel Hermosillo to Ciudad Obregon so that no one has been arrested .
"They are different cartridges are different sizes, have AK -47 , 7.62 for 39 calls , we have .223 , 9 ( millimeters) are of different sizes ," said the head of the Preventive Police in Hermosillo, who reiterated everything turned in to the Federal Public Ministry .
more :
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Policiaca/17012014/797888-Hallan-en-maletas-11-mil-cartuchos.html
end
Note: Just south of Douglas, AZ
Well known athlete shot in Agua Prieta
Details Published on Friday January 17, 2014 ,
Written by Editor / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=25442
WATER Prieta
The businessman and sportsman Armando " Mandy " Moreno was executed to death along with two other men by an armed group that chased him through several streets of Agua Prieta.
According to preliminary investigations , ' Mandy ' in the company of Jesus Adam Montaño Toscano and another man still unidentified were traveling aboard a white Chevrolet Cheyenne when at Calle 6 and avenue 29 were intercepted and began a chase at high speeds. and killed by an armed group
The driver of the truck at calle 6 and Avenue 33 lost control and overturned the unit spectacularly , leaving the passengers inside the SUV . According to reports , the armed group reached the overturned truck and powered their heavy weapons against it's occupants and later escaped at full speed.
Dozens of officers arrived and together with the Mexican Army deployed a strong operation to find those responsible for this triple execution. Until press time they were still at large.
end
AZMEX EXTRA 17-1-14
AZMEX EXTRA 17 JAN 2014
Note: some interesting photos for the gunnys.
Deliver new uniforms and weapons to police in DF (Mexico City)
The head of city government , Miguel Angel Mancera, presided over the 180 thousand uniforms, equipment and weapons to elements of the SSPDF
01/17/2014 9:36 Writing / Photo: Cuartoscuro
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2014/01/17/938675 # image -1
The delivered equipment complies with international quality standards , because it was designed by the Ministry of National Defense and developed by the Mexican Armed Forces. photo Cuartoscuro
August 1
MEXICO CITY , Jan. 17 - . The head of government of the Federal District , Miguel Ángel Mancera Espinosa, presided over the 180 thousand uniforms, equipment and weapons to members of the Ministry of Public Security ( SSPDF ) , whom he urged to comply his duty in Mexico City .
Equipment delivered
176,472 uniforms
10,614 riot squad gear
10,54 armored vests
1,969 handguns and rifles (no details)
33,118 pairs of shoes
327 investigation teams
2,813,594 rounds of ammunition
12,020 sets of protective clothing
Mancera Espinosa explained that the equipment and weapons delivered this morning , meet national and international standards of quality, as the gear was designed by the Department of National Defense ( Department of Defense ) and compiled by the Mexican Armed Forces.
The security forces must operate precisely for that, for balance , stability and , of course, act as required. We will follow in the line of modernization - as announced - certification in all aspects , "he reiterated .
Meanwhile, the director of the SSPDF , Jesus Rodriguez Almeida, the capital's police detailed that receive 176 000 472 uniforms, 10 000 614 riot gear , body armor 10 000 654 thousand 969 handguns and rifles , 33 000 118 pairs of shoes 327 research teams, 2 million 813 000 594 12 000 20 ammunition and protective clothing.
He said that with this release , providing compliance elements SSPDF , tools and equipment to comply with the tasks of public security in Mexico City that create better conditions in the state .
Uniforms I have presented, they are identified by the public more easily and are committed to making use of them gallantly , pride and great responsibility to meet the inhabitants of Mexico City , "he said .
Significantly, the presence of the presidents of the Superior Court of the City, Edgar Elías Azar and the Citizen Council for Public Security and Law Enforcement , Luis Wertman Zaslav , as well as the First Superintendent Luis Rosales Gamboa .
END
More photos at
http://fotos.eluniversal.com.mx/coleccion/muestra_fotogaleria.html?idgal=17042
end
Note: some interesting photos for the gunnys.
Deliver new uniforms and weapons to police in DF (Mexico City)
The head of city government , Miguel Angel Mancera, presided over the 180 thousand uniforms, equipment and weapons to elements of the SSPDF
01/17/2014 9:36 Writing / Photo: Cuartoscuro
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2014/01/17/938675 # image -1
The delivered equipment complies with international quality standards , because it was designed by the Ministry of National Defense and developed by the Mexican Armed Forces. photo Cuartoscuro
August 1
MEXICO CITY , Jan. 17 - . The head of government of the Federal District , Miguel Ángel Mancera Espinosa, presided over the 180 thousand uniforms, equipment and weapons to members of the Ministry of Public Security ( SSPDF ) , whom he urged to comply his duty in Mexico City .
Equipment delivered
176,472 uniforms
10,614 riot squad gear
10,54 armored vests
1,969 handguns and rifles (no details)
33,118 pairs of shoes
327 investigation teams
2,813,594 rounds of ammunition
12,020 sets of protective clothing
Mancera Espinosa explained that the equipment and weapons delivered this morning , meet national and international standards of quality, as the gear was designed by the Department of National Defense ( Department of Defense ) and compiled by the Mexican Armed Forces.
The security forces must operate precisely for that, for balance , stability and , of course, act as required. We will follow in the line of modernization - as announced - certification in all aspects , "he reiterated .
Meanwhile, the director of the SSPDF , Jesus Rodriguez Almeida, the capital's police detailed that receive 176 000 472 uniforms, 10 000 614 riot gear , body armor 10 000 654 thousand 969 handguns and rifles , 33 000 118 pairs of shoes 327 research teams, 2 million 813 000 594 12 000 20 ammunition and protective clothing.
He said that with this release , providing compliance elements SSPDF , tools and equipment to comply with the tasks of public security in Mexico City that create better conditions in the state .
Uniforms I have presented, they are identified by the public more easily and are committed to making use of them gallantly , pride and great responsibility to meet the inhabitants of Mexico City , "he said .
Significantly, the presence of the presidents of the Superior Court of the City, Edgar Elías Azar and the Citizen Council for Public Security and Law Enforcement , Luis Wertman Zaslav , as well as the First Superintendent Luis Rosales Gamboa .
END
More photos at
http://fotos.eluniversal.com.mx/coleccion/muestra_fotogaleria.html?idgal=17042
end
AZMEX ACTIVITY 13-1-14
AZMEX ACTIVITY 13 JAN 2014
NOTE: Includes a summary of recent activity on AZMEX border.
(click on link below - 20 meg file)
http://www.secureborderintel.org/BorderBlotter/Border_Insecurity_VII.wmv
Older Smuggling Trail Videos !
(click on links below)
1 Camera, 1 Trail, 3 Years
1 Camera, 1 Trail, 8 Months
BORDER PATROL "10-CODES" (link)
BORDER VIDEOS & STATISTICS (link)
WEAPONS INVOLVED INCIDENTS (link)
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NAFBPO (National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers)
Special video report Published on May 26, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd8S6hmddzE&feature=youtu.be
END
AZMEX ACTIVITY 29-12-13
Note: Not to forget that many of the childen can be victims of human trafficking. Activity Report plus articles.
Interstate 8 Incident: Re: Number of undocumented children who cross US border alone has tripled
12/29/13- 2100- BP jumps a group of 9 IAs on a smuggling trail just south of Interstate 8 near Midway Rd (MP 167).
This location is 85 miles north of the US/Mexico Border and is a popular "loadup" location.
(click on audio link below - see story below).
http://www.secureborderintel.org/BorderBlotter/I8_Juveniles_122913_2100.mp3
Note: After reading the article below, the obvious conclusion is that the Federal Government is not only aiding, abetting and facilitating cartel smuggling (for profit) of Illegal Alien juveniles into this country, but their known policies encourage more of the same.
Number of undocumented children who cross US border alone has tripled
by Stephen Frank on 05/13/2013
http://capoliticalnews.com/2013/05/13/number-of-undocumented-children-who-cross-us-border-alone-has-tripled/
"...The United States is a magnet. With the Gang of Eight promoting free education, health care, job training, welfare, cell phones and a better life in El Paso or Anaheim, than Mexico Cityalong with the promise of amnesty and free citizenship, the number of kids under 18 arriving in this country without parents is growing. We appear to be on the edge of another invasion of criminalsthis time juveniles.
"The Border Patrol apprehended 24,481 unaccompanied children in 2012, more than three times than in 2008. Of that total, federal authorities referred a record 13,625 children to another part of the federal government, called the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the U.S. Health and Human Services. This agency is responsible for the care and custody of minor children while their immigration status is considered.
These children, most of them teenagers, are temporarily cared for by the federal government in shelters and group homes in more than a dozen states, including Texas, Illinois, Arizona, California, Florida, New York and Virginia. The federal government foots the bill, but states feel the impact. Last year, Republican Gov. Rick Perry of Texas called the surge of children crossing the border a "humanitarian crisis."
Rea the full story below....
http://capoliticalnews.com/2013/05/13/number-of-undocumented-children-who-cross-us-border-alone-has-tripled/
"...The United States is a magnet. With the Gang of Eight promoting free education, health care, job training, welfare, cell phones and a better life in El Paso or Anaheim, than Mexico Cityalong with the promise of amnesty and free citizenship, the number of kids under 18 arriving in this country without parents is growing. We appear to be on the edge of another invasion of criminalsthis time juveniles.
"The Border Patrol apprehended 24,481 unaccompanied children in 2012, more than three times than in 2008. Of that total, federal authorities referred a record 13,625 children to another part of the federal government, called the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the U.S. Health and Human Services. This agency is responsible for the care and custody of minor children while their immigration status is considered.
These children, most of them teenagers, are temporarily cared for by the federal government in shelters and group homes in more than a dozen states, including Texas, Illinois, Arizona, California, Florida, New York and Virginia. The federal government foots the bill, but states feel the impact. Last year, Republican Gov. Rick Perry of Texas called the surge of children crossing the border a "humanitarian crisis."
Rea the full story below....
Number of undocumented children who cross US border alone has tripled
By PAMELA M. PRAH,| Stateline.org, 5/13/13
WASHINGTON Every day, 80 to 120 children cross the Texas border illegally – and alone.
What's happening in Texas reflects a nationwide trend: Immigration by undocumented children under 18 is on the rise, even as fewer adults come into the country illegally.
The Border Patrol apprehended 24,481 unaccompanied children in 2012, more than three times than in 2008. Of that total, federal authorities referred a record 13,625 children to another part of the federal government, called the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the U.S. Health and Human Services. This agency is responsible for the care and custody of minor children while their immigration status is considered.
These children, most of them teenagers, are temporarily cared for by the federal government in shelters and group homes in more than a dozen states, including Texas, Illinois, Arizona, California, Florida, New York and Virginia. The federal government foots the bill, but states feel the impact. Last year, Republican Gov. Rick Perry of Texas called the surge of children crossing the border a "humanitarian crisis."
The remaining 10,000-plus children caught at the border last year were mostly from Mexico, and many were sent home.
Most of the children who remain in U.S. custody are from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Many say they are fleeing violence from gangs and drug cartels as well as abuse, sometimes by their own family members. Others are trying to break free from poverty and get a better life in the United States, or to reunite with family members already in the states. In many cases, they crossed mountains and deserts, often relying on "coyotes," or guides, to get to the United States.
Whatever the reason, the increase has been so dramatic that it caught the government and advocates by surprise. In a typical year, federal authorities handled between 7,000 and 8,000 unaccompanied children. The total was 13,625 in 2012. By government estimates, it could climb to nearly 24,000 within the next year.
Providing temporary shelter and support services to these children while their cases work through the labyrinth of federal immigration and legal systems isn't cheap. While most government programs are experiencing automatic across-the-board cuts under the federal sequester, this program got even more money this year. Congress gave $376 million to the Unaccompanied Alien Children program this year, more than double the $165 million in 2012. Nearly a decade ago, the program got just $54 million.
The growing cost of the program also comes at a time when Congress is looking to revamp the country's immigration laws and states are revisiting their own policies toward immigrants.
At one point last year, the federal government used military bases in Texas to temporarily house the overflow of undocumented and unaccompanied children in its care.
Advocates say the federal government worked around the clock last year to open several emergency shelters to move these children from holding facilities operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to the refugee office. The temporary shelters are now gone, replaced with an additional 1,300 beds in licensed homes and facilities, primarily in Texas.
The state no longer has over-capacity issues after some existing facilities were expanded and new ones were built, said Patrick Crimmins, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
A decade ago, the United States would have routinely tried to deport the unaccompanied children caught at the border, arguing they were violating U.S. immigration laws. New laws put in place after 9/11 gave ORR the responsibility for caring and placing these children.
The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 provided more protections, requiring, for example, that the federal government interview unaccompanied children caught at the border to see whether they were victims of human trafficking, if they were eligible to seek asylum and whether it was safe for them to return to their home countries.
The shelters where the children are temporarily housed are more child-friendly than the federal immigration detention facilities. The kids in the shelters get to wear jeans and T-shirts, not the jumpsuits worn by many adults in federal immigration centers. Children under 12 are placed in smaller residential-type facilities. Education and medical services are provided. Their stays can range from a week to several months. The average is 50 days.
"But it's still a shelter," said Jessica Jones with the Women's Refugee Commission. "It's not an ideal scenario."
Many shelters are not integrated into communities, lack outdoor recreation areas and many aren't equipped to deal with the traumas the children may have suffered getting to the United States. "It still feels like detention to them," she said.
Most of the children end up staying here. ORR data show that more than 65 percent of these children from 2008 to 2010 were ultimately placed with sponsors living in the United States. Sponsors ideally are family, but also included are licensed programs willing to accept legal custody of a child, such as shelters for homeless youth. Other children returned to their home country or turned 18 and were transferred to adult immigration authorities.
About 40 percent of children admitted into ORR custody were identified as eligible for a form of legal relief, such as asylum, special immigrant juvenile status, or visas for victims of crime or trafficking.
With the increased caseload, advocates worry the government is not paying enough attention to the sponsors, to ensure that the family members or family friends can adequately take care of these children and that the environment is suitable.
Part of the process involves fingerprinting sponsors, but the federal government often lifts that requirement if the sponsor is a parent.Advocates say that in some cases, the children may not have seen their parents for years. There is also a concern that some children are being released to people who claim to be the parents but aren't.
ORR also is not required to do background checks or a "home study" that includes home visits for every sponsor, and advocates say many sponsors don't receive either.
"A sponsor is just part of the equation," said Kristyn Peck, associate director of children's services at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. "Assessing the home environment is equally important."
A few years ago, most of these children were placed with sponsors in California, New York and Texas, but advocates say they are seeing a shift. Besides those states, more children are ending up in the eastern corridor from Boston to New York-New Jersey and the Washington D.C. area, including the Maryland and Virginia suburbs. One theory is that these areas offer more job opportunities to family members.
Once the children are placed with sponsors, the federal government often loses track of them. The families are largely on their own to take care of the children. ORR does not give them any subsidies, and the children attend local schools.
"No one really knows what is happening to these children. When these children are released to these family members, there is very limited support for them," said Kimberly Haynes, director of children's services for the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. Haynes' organization is funding a pilot program to assess how these children fare.
"The trauma in which these kids survived to get here in tremendous," she said.
WHO ARE THE UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN?
Place of origin
34 percent – Guatemala
27 percent – El Salvador
27 percent – Honduras
8 percent – Mexico
2 percent – Ecuador
2 percent – "other"
Gender
77 percent – male
23 percent – female
Age
Majority are 14-17 years old
12 percent are under age 14
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2013.
WASHINGTON Every day, 80 to 120 children cross the Texas border illegally – and alone.
What's happening in Texas reflects a nationwide trend: Immigration by undocumented children under 18 is on the rise, even as fewer adults come into the country illegally.
The Border Patrol apprehended 24,481 unaccompanied children in 2012, more than three times than in 2008. Of that total, federal authorities referred a record 13,625 children to another part of the federal government, called the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the U.S. Health and Human Services. This agency is responsible for the care and custody of minor children while their immigration status is considered.
These children, most of them teenagers, are temporarily cared for by the federal government in shelters and group homes in more than a dozen states, including Texas, Illinois, Arizona, California, Florida, New York and Virginia. The federal government foots the bill, but states feel the impact. Last year, Republican Gov. Rick Perry of Texas called the surge of children crossing the border a "humanitarian crisis."
The remaining 10,000-plus children caught at the border last year were mostly from Mexico, and many were sent home.
Most of the children who remain in U.S. custody are from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Many say they are fleeing violence from gangs and drug cartels as well as abuse, sometimes by their own family members. Others are trying to break free from poverty and get a better life in the United States, or to reunite with family members already in the states. In many cases, they crossed mountains and deserts, often relying on "coyotes," or guides, to get to the United States.
Whatever the reason, the increase has been so dramatic that it caught the government and advocates by surprise. In a typical year, federal authorities handled between 7,000 and 8,000 unaccompanied children. The total was 13,625 in 2012. By government estimates, it could climb to nearly 24,000 within the next year.
Providing temporary shelter and support services to these children while their cases work through the labyrinth of federal immigration and legal systems isn't cheap. While most government programs are experiencing automatic across-the-board cuts under the federal sequester, this program got even more money this year. Congress gave $376 million to the Unaccompanied Alien Children program this year, more than double the $165 million in 2012. Nearly a decade ago, the program got just $54 million.
The growing cost of the program also comes at a time when Congress is looking to revamp the country's immigration laws and states are revisiting their own policies toward immigrants.
At one point last year, the federal government used military bases in Texas to temporarily house the overflow of undocumented and unaccompanied children in its care.
Advocates say the federal government worked around the clock last year to open several emergency shelters to move these children from holding facilities operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to the refugee office. The temporary shelters are now gone, replaced with an additional 1,300 beds in licensed homes and facilities, primarily in Texas.
The state no longer has over-capacity issues after some existing facilities were expanded and new ones were built, said Patrick Crimmins, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
A decade ago, the United States would have routinely tried to deport the unaccompanied children caught at the border, arguing they were violating U.S. immigration laws. New laws put in place after 9/11 gave ORR the responsibility for caring and placing these children.
The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 provided more protections, requiring, for example, that the federal government interview unaccompanied children caught at the border to see whether they were victims of human trafficking, if they were eligible to seek asylum and whether it was safe for them to return to their home countries.
The shelters where the children are temporarily housed are more child-friendly than the federal immigration detention facilities. The kids in the shelters get to wear jeans and T-shirts, not the jumpsuits worn by many adults in federal immigration centers. Children under 12 are placed in smaller residential-type facilities. Education and medical services are provided. Their stays can range from a week to several months. The average is 50 days.
"But it's still a shelter," said Jessica Jones with the Women's Refugee Commission. "It's not an ideal scenario."
Many shelters are not integrated into communities, lack outdoor recreation areas and many aren't equipped to deal with the traumas the children may have suffered getting to the United States. "It still feels like detention to them," she said.
Most of the children end up staying here. ORR data show that more than 65 percent of these children from 2008 to 2010 were ultimately placed with sponsors living in the United States. Sponsors ideally are family, but also included are licensed programs willing to accept legal custody of a child, such as shelters for homeless youth. Other children returned to their home country or turned 18 and were transferred to adult immigration authorities.
About 40 percent of children admitted into ORR custody were identified as eligible for a form of legal relief, such as asylum, special immigrant juvenile status, or visas for victims of crime or trafficking.
With the increased caseload, advocates worry the government is not paying enough attention to the sponsors, to ensure that the family members or family friends can adequately take care of these children and that the environment is suitable.
Part of the process involves fingerprinting sponsors, but the federal government often lifts that requirement if the sponsor is a parent.Advocates say that in some cases, the children may not have seen their parents for years. There is also a concern that some children are being released to people who claim to be the parents but aren't.
ORR also is not required to do background checks or a "home study" that includes home visits for every sponsor, and advocates say many sponsors don't receive either.
"A sponsor is just part of the equation," said Kristyn Peck, associate director of children's services at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. "Assessing the home environment is equally important."
A few years ago, most of these children were placed with sponsors in California, New York and Texas, but advocates say they are seeing a shift. Besides those states, more children are ending up in the eastern corridor from Boston to New York-New Jersey and the Washington D.C. area, including the Maryland and Virginia suburbs. One theory is that these areas offer more job opportunities to family members.
Once the children are placed with sponsors, the federal government often loses track of them. The families are largely on their own to take care of the children. ORR does not give them any subsidies, and the children attend local schools.
"No one really knows what is happening to these children. When these children are released to these family members, there is very limited support for them," said Kimberly Haynes, director of children's services for the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. Haynes' organization is funding a pilot program to assess how these children fare.
"The trauma in which these kids survived to get here in tremendous," she said.
WHO ARE THE UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN?
Place of origin
34 percent – Guatemala
27 percent – El Salvador
27 percent – Honduras
8 percent – Mexico
2 percent – Ecuador
2 percent – "other"
Gender
77 percent – male
23 percent – female
Age
Majority are 14-17 years old
12 percent are under age 14
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2013.
Sunday, January 12, 2014
AZMEX POLICY 12-1-14
AZMEX POLICY 12 JAN 2014
Note: As we have seen so often in AZ, the Sheriff's are correct.
"The president has the power to designate national monuments under the Antiquities Act."
A disaster for the West. A law that needs to be fixed or go away.
Note B: Also the unmitigated loss of public access to public lands. Here in much of the West, no vehicle access means no access.
Monument runs into resistance
New Mexico News News
By Lauren Villagran / Journal Staff Writer - Las Cruces Bureau | 15 hours ago
http://www.abqjournal.com/335217/news/monument-runs-into-resistance.html
LAS CRUCES – Cattle ranchers and a coalition of border sheriffs led by Doña Ana County Sheriff Todd Garrison say they oppose the latest plan to designate the Organ Mountains and a swath of rugged land in the county as a national monument.
Both express skepticism over what they see as the increased federal restrictions and control that would come with a monument designation, although for different reasons. For the sheriff, security is the top concern. For the ranchers, a deep-seated mistrust of the federal government makes them wary of a proposal that would shift the status quo.
Garrison, on behalf of 31 sheriffs belonging to the Southwestern Border Sheriff's Coalition, has sent a letter to U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall, both New Mexico Democrats, opposing their proposed legislation, which would protect as a national monument nearly half a million acres including the Organ, Doña Ana, Potrillo, Robledo and Uvas mountains – a plan that has otherwise won broad support in Doña Ana County.
The senators' proposal would make 498,815 acres – slightly more than 20 percent of Doña Ana County – a national monument and establish within it eight areas of more tightly restricted wilderness totaling 241,067 acres.
The senators say their plan – which has garnered diverse backing from wilderness advocates, business people, sportsmen, a faith-based coalition and others – takes pains to improve law enforcement's ability to secure the border region and allows ranchers to continue to graze livestock.
Restricted access
"It's going to tie up a huge portion of land that is going to create an avenue of access for illegal activity," Garrison said, referring to illegal immigration and drug trafficking from Mexico. "It's already happening in Arizona. Why would we think it's not going to happen here?"
In the letter and in an interview, Garrison says he worries the plan would curb deputies' access to the monument area and open the door to increased cross-border crime.
Heinrich and Udall say both federal and local law enforcement will have access to patrol both the monument and wilderness areas. As an example, they say nearly all the existing roads in the proposed monument and wilderness areas have been "cherry-stemmed" out. That's to ensure Border Patrol agents and sheriff's deputies, along with ranchers, hunters and others can access hard-to-reach areas by vehicle.
The legislation does not alter law enforcement jurisdictions.
Still, Garrison points to troubles faced by a different national monument near the border, the Organ Pipes National Monument in Arizona, where drug smuggling has been an issue in the past. The monument website reports that, while a vehicle barrier at the border has stopped nearly all the off-road traffic, the website still warns visitors that "illegal border crossings and activities, including drug smuggling, occur daily."
Currently, the sheriff says his agency does about 15 patrols a month in the rugged rangeland between Interstate 10 and the border with Mexico, an area that includes the East and West Potrillo mountains, and north of I-10 in the Uvas mountains region.
Cattlemen's concerns
Ranchers who graze cattle on patchworks of federal, state and private lands in the area south and west of Las Cruces say they oppose the legislation despite language in the bill that would allow those with existing rights to continue grazing. They voice concern that a monument designation would further restrict their activities and open the door to greater federal control in the future – especially if a proposed land swap, separate to the legislation, facilitates an exchange of state lands for federal lands in the monument.
Restrictions on federal lands make doing basic ranch work, such as building fences or developing water troughs, more onerous than on state land, they say. While the senators' aides note that national monument and wilderness designations only apply to federal lands – not to the state-owned or privately held parcels that are speckled through the proposed monument area – the ranchers fret about a possible trade-out.
Much of the area is already a Wilderness Study Area and has been so since the 1980s, giving it "enough restrictions to protect this land forever," said Dudley Williams, who runs three ranches in the area totaling some 210,000 acres. "It does not need any other designation."
Advocates for the legislation note that land designated wilderness will be governed by essentially the same restrictions it has had for more than 30 years as a Wilderness Study Area and suggest little will change.
Still, the ranchers say their needs haven't been met.
Rancher Dudley Williams runs three ranches in the area totaling some 210,000 acres. He opposes the national monument designation, saying it could lead to more restrictions on how he runs his ranch. (Lauren Villagran/Albuquerque Journal)
"I'm concerned about (the government) ultimately reducing my ability to do anything to the point that I can't make a living," said Stephen Wilmeth, who operates the Lazy E and Butterfield ranches on 56,000 acres of state, federal and private lands. It's a concern he says is rooted in past experiences. He later added, "For the most part, there is dismissive response to us."
Work in progress
Udall said the wording of the legislation is a result of "an intensive grassroots effort to engage all the stakeholders." "Our legislation is a starting point, not a final say," he said. "We're open to any changes that might be needed."
The New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce last week said it will send a letter to President Barack Obama requesting he bypass Congress. Gridlock in Congress could prevent action on the bill, the letter says.
The president has the power to designate national monuments under the Antiquities Act.
The creation of a national monument in the region has been hotly debated for years, with proposals ranging from a much smaller 50,000 or so acres of the Organ mountains, in a bill proposed by Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., to the senators' more recent proposal – by far the most ambitious in terms of footprint.
"We think there is really broad and deep support for the legislation as introduced by the senators," said Mark Allison, executive director of the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, which has advocated for the designation. "I think the opposition, while increasingly vocal after (the bill's) introduction, is a slim part of the total."
David Soules, an avid hiker and bird hunter, says he came to support the current monument proposal after he saw it would maintain public access. As a board member of the Wildlife Alliance, he says he has heard the ranchers' concerns.
"What they want is consistent with conservation," he said. "They don't want new highways, or mining or wind farms on top of the mountains. It would be wonderful to work through the differences but celebrate the things that are common ground."
end
Note: As we have seen so often in AZ, the Sheriff's are correct.
"The president has the power to designate national monuments under the Antiquities Act."
A disaster for the West. A law that needs to be fixed or go away.
Note B: Also the unmitigated loss of public access to public lands. Here in much of the West, no vehicle access means no access.
Monument runs into resistance
New Mexico News News
By Lauren Villagran / Journal Staff Writer - Las Cruces Bureau | 15 hours ago
http://www.abqjournal.com/335217/news/monument-runs-into-resistance.html
LAS CRUCES – Cattle ranchers and a coalition of border sheriffs led by Doña Ana County Sheriff Todd Garrison say they oppose the latest plan to designate the Organ Mountains and a swath of rugged land in the county as a national monument.
Both express skepticism over what they see as the increased federal restrictions and control that would come with a monument designation, although for different reasons. For the sheriff, security is the top concern. For the ranchers, a deep-seated mistrust of the federal government makes them wary of a proposal that would shift the status quo.
Garrison, on behalf of 31 sheriffs belonging to the Southwestern Border Sheriff's Coalition, has sent a letter to U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall, both New Mexico Democrats, opposing their proposed legislation, which would protect as a national monument nearly half a million acres including the Organ, Doña Ana, Potrillo, Robledo and Uvas mountains – a plan that has otherwise won broad support in Doña Ana County.
The senators' proposal would make 498,815 acres – slightly more than 20 percent of Doña Ana County – a national monument and establish within it eight areas of more tightly restricted wilderness totaling 241,067 acres.
The senators say their plan – which has garnered diverse backing from wilderness advocates, business people, sportsmen, a faith-based coalition and others – takes pains to improve law enforcement's ability to secure the border region and allows ranchers to continue to graze livestock.
Restricted access
"It's going to tie up a huge portion of land that is going to create an avenue of access for illegal activity," Garrison said, referring to illegal immigration and drug trafficking from Mexico. "It's already happening in Arizona. Why would we think it's not going to happen here?"
In the letter and in an interview, Garrison says he worries the plan would curb deputies' access to the monument area and open the door to increased cross-border crime.
Heinrich and Udall say both federal and local law enforcement will have access to patrol both the monument and wilderness areas. As an example, they say nearly all the existing roads in the proposed monument and wilderness areas have been "cherry-stemmed" out. That's to ensure Border Patrol agents and sheriff's deputies, along with ranchers, hunters and others can access hard-to-reach areas by vehicle.
The legislation does not alter law enforcement jurisdictions.
Still, Garrison points to troubles faced by a different national monument near the border, the Organ Pipes National Monument in Arizona, where drug smuggling has been an issue in the past. The monument website reports that, while a vehicle barrier at the border has stopped nearly all the off-road traffic, the website still warns visitors that "illegal border crossings and activities, including drug smuggling, occur daily."
Currently, the sheriff says his agency does about 15 patrols a month in the rugged rangeland between Interstate 10 and the border with Mexico, an area that includes the East and West Potrillo mountains, and north of I-10 in the Uvas mountains region.
Cattlemen's concerns
Ranchers who graze cattle on patchworks of federal, state and private lands in the area south and west of Las Cruces say they oppose the legislation despite language in the bill that would allow those with existing rights to continue grazing. They voice concern that a monument designation would further restrict their activities and open the door to greater federal control in the future – especially if a proposed land swap, separate to the legislation, facilitates an exchange of state lands for federal lands in the monument.
Restrictions on federal lands make doing basic ranch work, such as building fences or developing water troughs, more onerous than on state land, they say. While the senators' aides note that national monument and wilderness designations only apply to federal lands – not to the state-owned or privately held parcels that are speckled through the proposed monument area – the ranchers fret about a possible trade-out.
Much of the area is already a Wilderness Study Area and has been so since the 1980s, giving it "enough restrictions to protect this land forever," said Dudley Williams, who runs three ranches in the area totaling some 210,000 acres. "It does not need any other designation."
Advocates for the legislation note that land designated wilderness will be governed by essentially the same restrictions it has had for more than 30 years as a Wilderness Study Area and suggest little will change.
Still, the ranchers say their needs haven't been met.
Rancher Dudley Williams runs three ranches in the area totaling some 210,000 acres. He opposes the national monument designation, saying it could lead to more restrictions on how he runs his ranch. (Lauren Villagran/Albuquerque Journal)
"I'm concerned about (the government) ultimately reducing my ability to do anything to the point that I can't make a living," said Stephen Wilmeth, who operates the Lazy E and Butterfield ranches on 56,000 acres of state, federal and private lands. It's a concern he says is rooted in past experiences. He later added, "For the most part, there is dismissive response to us."
Work in progress
Udall said the wording of the legislation is a result of "an intensive grassroots effort to engage all the stakeholders." "Our legislation is a starting point, not a final say," he said. "We're open to any changes that might be needed."
The New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce last week said it will send a letter to President Barack Obama requesting he bypass Congress. Gridlock in Congress could prevent action on the bill, the letter says.
The president has the power to designate national monuments under the Antiquities Act.
The creation of a national monument in the region has been hotly debated for years, with proposals ranging from a much smaller 50,000 or so acres of the Organ mountains, in a bill proposed by Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., to the senators' more recent proposal – by far the most ambitious in terms of footprint.
"We think there is really broad and deep support for the legislation as introduced by the senators," said Mark Allison, executive director of the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, which has advocated for the designation. "I think the opposition, while increasingly vocal after (the bill's) introduction, is a slim part of the total."
David Soules, an avid hiker and bird hunter, says he came to support the current monument proposal after he saw it would maintain public access. As a board member of the Wildlife Alliance, he says he has heard the ranchers' concerns.
"What they want is consistent with conservation," he said. "They don't want new highways, or mining or wind farms on top of the mountains. It would be wonderful to work through the differences but celebrate the things that are common ground."
end
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
AZMEX SPECIAL 29-12-13
AZMEX SPECIAL 29 DEC 2013
Note: updates on the self defense movements. Armed Citizens: a nightmare for corrupt governments and other criminals.
AUC controlled 28 municipalities in Michoacán
EDITOR
DECEMBER 29, 2013
FEATURED
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=361314
MEXICO CITY ( proceso.com.mx ) - . Groups Self and Community Police took control of Michoacán Churumuco and its main holding Porturo Boards .
With this , total power of 28 municipalities is in self-defense groups and community policing .
New Churumuco has a population of 15,000 inhabitants, of which 58 percent are men and the rest women. It was taken the early hours of today, according to José Manuel Mireles infirmo Valverde, one of the coordinators of the group Self-Defense and Community Police Michoacán.
Boards Poturo , a community of over 100 homes, the town became the 72nd taken by the paramilitaries.
Immediately, were placed barricades with sandbags and people armed with what she could : scythes, sticks, clubs , machetes , shotguns, known as " taco" carbines with which güilotas are hunted , white shirts were placed and initiated permanent guards at entry points to the populations .
In eight days, the self-defense groups and community police Hawk , Aquila, Coalcomán Tomatlán Buena Vista , part of Apatzingán, outspoken criticism Tancítaro , La Huacana and New Parangaricutiro taken Zicuirán , The Chauz , and the county seat Ixtapita The Huacana .
So far , the council has a presence in 72 communities in 28 municipalities.
END
Guerrero : many weapons ready to fire
EZEKIEL CONTRERAS FLORES
DECEMBER 28, 2013
FEATURED
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=361304
The corruption network in which participating authorities of the three levels of government aggravated the situation of Guerrero , now trapped between organized crime , narco sold to mayors and state and federal governments , ranging from laziness to suspect inefficiency to combat insecurity. The result : the proliferation of community self-defense , the same repression by the army and therefore more tension in an state with many weapons ready to fire.
IGUALA , GRO - . Given the actions of the drug trade, guerrilla and paramilitary driven by Governor Ángel Aguirre Rivero , the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH ) issued a special report which warns about the proliferation of these armed groups and lawlessness in the state and calls for federal intervention to restore the rule of law in Guerrero.
So far there is no indication that the government of Enrique Peña Nieto has intervened directly in large-scale and state security matters, except for an investigation by the Attorney General 's Office ( PGR ) against at least 15 mayors for alleged ties with organized crime.
In turn many activists complain that the murder of community leaders and the imprisonment of volunteer self-defense leaders , the governor repressed social movements instead of fighting insecurity , marginalization and poverty , ie the causes of social problems the entity.
In this context the emergence of the guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces - People's Liberation earlier this month more rarefied atmosphere .
The CNDH report , presented Tuesday 17 in the City of Mexico , the council president, Raúl Plascencia Villanueva , said Aguirre Rivero acts "against the Constitution " to the security functions delegate citizens " rightfully outraged " even granting huge subsidies , weapons used exclusively by the Army uniforms, radio equipment and vehicles.
Refers to self-defense groups , which have their antecedents in the Regional Coordinator of Community - Police Community Authorities (CRAC -PC) , founded 18 years ago.
These groups operate in 46 of the 81 municipalities and six of the seven regions of Guerrero , according to the CNDH document reflect the disgust of citizens against the impunity , injustice and the alleged links of local authorities to crime .
Even the national ombudsman stated that " federal authorities must intervene" to determine whether Guerrero authorities " are in no condition to take their part , in order to know clearly who will take responsibility ."
He added that on one hand the government subsidizes Aguirre these groups of armed civilians and other imprisoned members. This is the case of the dismantling of community guard CRAC activists led by Arturo Campos Herrera, Gonzalo Molina and Nestora Salgado, held in maximum security prisons since early last November.
The report of the National Commission specified that from January to June 2013 the government of Aguirre gave 11 million 615 thousand 914 pesos to the main defense groups : 6 million 168 thousand 205 pesos to the CRAC -PC and 5 million 447 000 709 the Union of Peoples and Organizations of the State of Guerrero ( UPOEG ) , the first cleavage .
In response to these accusations , the state government argued that the operation of the CRAC -PC is legal because their guards are " aids in public safety in their communities." However he refused to fund other self-defense is public knowledge but giving money and support UPOEG led by indigenous Bruno Plácido Valerio .
This is a preview of the 1939 of Proceso number , now in circulation
END
Autodefensas controlan 28 municipios de Michoacán
LA REDACCIÓN
29 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2013
DESTACADO
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=361314
MÉXICO, D.F., (proceso.com.mx).- Grupos de Autodefensa y Policías Comunitarios de Michoacán tomaron el control de Churumuco y su principal tenencia, Juntas de Porturo.
Con éste, suman 28 municipios en poder de grupos de autodefensa y policías comunitarias.
Nuevo Churumuco tiene una población de 15 mil habitantes, de los cuales el 58 por ciento son hombres y el resto mujeres. Fue tomada las primeras horas de hoy, según infirmó José Manuel Mireles Valverde, uno de los coordinadores de los grupos de Autodefensas y Policías Comunitarios de Michoacán.
Las Juntas de Poturo, una comunidad de más de 100 viviendas, se convirtieron en el poblado 72 tomado por las autodefensas.
De inmediato, fueron colocadas barricadas hechas con costales de arena y la gente se armó con lo que pudo: guadañas, palos, garrotes, machetes, escopetas, carabinas conocidas como "de taco", con las que se cazan güilotas, se colocaron playeras blancas e iniciaron guardias permanentes en los puntos de entrada a las poblaciones.
En ocho días los grupos de autodefensa y policías comunitarios de Aguililla, Aquila, Coalcomán, Buena Vista Tomatlán, parte de Apatzingán, Tepalcatepec, Tancítaro, La Huacana y Nuevo Parangaricutíro han tomado Zicuirán, El Chauz, Ixtapita y la cabecera municipal La Huacana.
Hasta el momento, el consejo tiene presencia en 72 comunidades de 28 municipios.
FIN
Guerrero: muchas armas listas para disparar
EZEQUIEL FLORES CONTRERAS
28 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2013
DESTACADO
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=361304
La red de corrupción en la cual participan autoridades de los tres niveles de gobierno agravó la situación de los guerrerenses, ahora atrapados entre la delincuencia organizada, los alcaldes vendidos al narco y los gobiernos estatal y federal, que van de la indolencia a la sospechosa ineficacia en el combate a la inseguridad. El resultado: la proliferación de las autodefensas comunitarias, la represión a las mismas por el Ejército y, en consecuencia, más tensión en una entidad con muchas armas listas para disparar.
CHILPANCINGO, GRO.- Ante las acciones del narcotráfico, la guerrilla y las autodefensas impulsadas por el gobernador Ángel Aguirre Rivero, la Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (CNDH) emitió un informe especial en el cual advierte sobre la proliferación de esos grupos armados y la ingobernabilidad en la entidad y pide la intervención federal para restablecer el estado de derecho en Guerrero.
Hasta el momento no hay indicios de que el gobierno de Enrique Peña Nieto haya intervenido a gran escala y directamente en asuntos estatales de seguridad, excepto por una investigación de la Procuraduría General de la República (PGR) contra al menos 15 alcaldes por sus presuntos nexos con la delincuencia organizada.
A su vez diversos activistas denuncian que con el asesinato de dirigentes sociales y el encarcelamiento de voluntarios de las autodefensas, el gobernador reprime los movimientos sociales en vez de combatir la inseguridad, la marginación y la pobreza; es decir las causas de los problemas sociales de la entidad.
En este contexto la aparición del grupo guerrillero Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias-Liberación del Pueblo a principios de este mes enrareció más el ambiente.
En el informe de la CNDH, presentado el martes 17 en la Ciudad de México, el presidente del organismo, Raúl Plascencia Villanueva, afirmó que Aguirre Rivero actúa "contra la Constitución" al delegar las funciones de seguridad en ciudadanos "legítimamente indignados", incluso otorgándoles subsidios millonarios, armas de uso exclusivo del Ejército, uniformes, equipo de radiocomunicación y vehículos.
Se refiere a los grupos de autodefensa, que tienen su antecedente en la Coordinadora Regional de Autoridades Comunitarias-Policía Comunitaria (CRAC-PC), fundada hace 18 años.
Esos grupos operan en 46 de los 81 municipios y en seis de las siete regiones de Guerrero, y según el documento de la CNDH reflejan el hartazgo de la ciudadanía frente a la impunidad, la injusticia y los presuntos nexos de las autoridades locales con la delincuencia.
Incluso el ómbudsman nacional planteó que "los poderes federales deben intervenir" para determinar si las autoridades guerrerenses "no están en condición de asumir el papel que les corresponde, con el objetivo de saber claramente quién va a asumir la responsabilidad".
Añadió que por un lado el gobierno de Aguirre subsidia a estos grupos de civiles armados y por otro encarcela a sus integrantes. Este es el caso del desmantelamiento de la guardia comunitaria de la CRAC encabezada por los activistas Arturo Campos Herrera, Gonzalo Molina y Nestora Salgado, recluidos en penales de máxima seguridad desde principios del pasado noviembre.
En el informe de la CNDH se especifica que de enero a junio de 2013 el gobierno de Aguirre entregó 11 millones 615 mil 914 pesos a los principales grupos de autodefensa: 6 millones 168 mil 205 pesos a la CRAC-PC y 5 millones 447 mil 709 a la Unión de Pueblos y Organizaciones del Estado de Guerrero (UPOEG), escisión de la primera.
En respuesta a estos señalamientos, el gobierno estatal argumentó que la operación de la CRAC-PC es legal porque sus guardias son "auxiliares en materia de seguridad pública en sus comunidades". En cambio negó que financie a otras autodefensas, aunque es del conocimiento público la entrega de dinero y apoyo a la UPOEG, encabezada por el indígena Bruno Plácido Valerio.
Este es un adelanto del número 1939 de Proceso, ya en circulación
FIN
Note: updates on the self defense movements. Armed Citizens: a nightmare for corrupt governments and other criminals.
AUC controlled 28 municipalities in Michoacán
EDITOR
DECEMBER 29, 2013
FEATURED
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=361314
MEXICO CITY ( proceso.com.mx ) - . Groups Self and Community Police took control of Michoacán Churumuco and its main holding Porturo Boards .
With this , total power of 28 municipalities is in self-defense groups and community policing .
New Churumuco has a population of 15,000 inhabitants, of which 58 percent are men and the rest women. It was taken the early hours of today, according to José Manuel Mireles infirmo Valverde, one of the coordinators of the group Self-Defense and Community Police Michoacán.
Boards Poturo , a community of over 100 homes, the town became the 72nd taken by the paramilitaries.
Immediately, were placed barricades with sandbags and people armed with what she could : scythes, sticks, clubs , machetes , shotguns, known as " taco" carbines with which güilotas are hunted , white shirts were placed and initiated permanent guards at entry points to the populations .
In eight days, the self-defense groups and community police Hawk , Aquila, Coalcomán Tomatlán Buena Vista , part of Apatzingán, outspoken criticism Tancítaro , La Huacana and New Parangaricutiro taken Zicuirán , The Chauz , and the county seat Ixtapita The Huacana .
So far , the council has a presence in 72 communities in 28 municipalities.
END
Guerrero : many weapons ready to fire
EZEKIEL CONTRERAS FLORES
DECEMBER 28, 2013
FEATURED
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=361304
The corruption network in which participating authorities of the three levels of government aggravated the situation of Guerrero , now trapped between organized crime , narco sold to mayors and state and federal governments , ranging from laziness to suspect inefficiency to combat insecurity. The result : the proliferation of community self-defense , the same repression by the army and therefore more tension in an state with many weapons ready to fire.
IGUALA , GRO - . Given the actions of the drug trade, guerrilla and paramilitary driven by Governor Ángel Aguirre Rivero , the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH ) issued a special report which warns about the proliferation of these armed groups and lawlessness in the state and calls for federal intervention to restore the rule of law in Guerrero.
So far there is no indication that the government of Enrique Peña Nieto has intervened directly in large-scale and state security matters, except for an investigation by the Attorney General 's Office ( PGR ) against at least 15 mayors for alleged ties with organized crime.
In turn many activists complain that the murder of community leaders and the imprisonment of volunteer self-defense leaders , the governor repressed social movements instead of fighting insecurity , marginalization and poverty , ie the causes of social problems the entity.
In this context the emergence of the guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces - People's Liberation earlier this month more rarefied atmosphere .
The CNDH report , presented Tuesday 17 in the City of Mexico , the council president, Raúl Plascencia Villanueva , said Aguirre Rivero acts "against the Constitution " to the security functions delegate citizens " rightfully outraged " even granting huge subsidies , weapons used exclusively by the Army uniforms, radio equipment and vehicles.
Refers to self-defense groups , which have their antecedents in the Regional Coordinator of Community - Police Community Authorities (CRAC -PC) , founded 18 years ago.
These groups operate in 46 of the 81 municipalities and six of the seven regions of Guerrero , according to the CNDH document reflect the disgust of citizens against the impunity , injustice and the alleged links of local authorities to crime .
Even the national ombudsman stated that " federal authorities must intervene" to determine whether Guerrero authorities " are in no condition to take their part , in order to know clearly who will take responsibility ."
He added that on one hand the government subsidizes Aguirre these groups of armed civilians and other imprisoned members. This is the case of the dismantling of community guard CRAC activists led by Arturo Campos Herrera, Gonzalo Molina and Nestora Salgado, held in maximum security prisons since early last November.
The report of the National Commission specified that from January to June 2013 the government of Aguirre gave 11 million 615 thousand 914 pesos to the main defense groups : 6 million 168 thousand 205 pesos to the CRAC -PC and 5 million 447 000 709 the Union of Peoples and Organizations of the State of Guerrero ( UPOEG ) , the first cleavage .
In response to these accusations , the state government argued that the operation of the CRAC -PC is legal because their guards are " aids in public safety in their communities." However he refused to fund other self-defense is public knowledge but giving money and support UPOEG led by indigenous Bruno Plácido Valerio .
This is a preview of the 1939 of Proceso number , now in circulation
END
Autodefensas controlan 28 municipios de Michoacán
LA REDACCIÓN
29 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2013
DESTACADO
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=361314
MÉXICO, D.F., (proceso.com.mx).- Grupos de Autodefensa y Policías Comunitarios de Michoacán tomaron el control de Churumuco y su principal tenencia, Juntas de Porturo.
Con éste, suman 28 municipios en poder de grupos de autodefensa y policías comunitarias.
Nuevo Churumuco tiene una población de 15 mil habitantes, de los cuales el 58 por ciento son hombres y el resto mujeres. Fue tomada las primeras horas de hoy, según infirmó José Manuel Mireles Valverde, uno de los coordinadores de los grupos de Autodefensas y Policías Comunitarios de Michoacán.
Las Juntas de Poturo, una comunidad de más de 100 viviendas, se convirtieron en el poblado 72 tomado por las autodefensas.
De inmediato, fueron colocadas barricadas hechas con costales de arena y la gente se armó con lo que pudo: guadañas, palos, garrotes, machetes, escopetas, carabinas conocidas como "de taco", con las que se cazan güilotas, se colocaron playeras blancas e iniciaron guardias permanentes en los puntos de entrada a las poblaciones.
En ocho días los grupos de autodefensa y policías comunitarios de Aguililla, Aquila, Coalcomán, Buena Vista Tomatlán, parte de Apatzingán, Tepalcatepec, Tancítaro, La Huacana y Nuevo Parangaricutíro han tomado Zicuirán, El Chauz, Ixtapita y la cabecera municipal La Huacana.
Hasta el momento, el consejo tiene presencia en 72 comunidades de 28 municipios.
FIN
Guerrero: muchas armas listas para disparar
EZEQUIEL FLORES CONTRERAS
28 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2013
DESTACADO
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=361304
La red de corrupción en la cual participan autoridades de los tres niveles de gobierno agravó la situación de los guerrerenses, ahora atrapados entre la delincuencia organizada, los alcaldes vendidos al narco y los gobiernos estatal y federal, que van de la indolencia a la sospechosa ineficacia en el combate a la inseguridad. El resultado: la proliferación de las autodefensas comunitarias, la represión a las mismas por el Ejército y, en consecuencia, más tensión en una entidad con muchas armas listas para disparar.
CHILPANCINGO, GRO.- Ante las acciones del narcotráfico, la guerrilla y las autodefensas impulsadas por el gobernador Ángel Aguirre Rivero, la Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (CNDH) emitió un informe especial en el cual advierte sobre la proliferación de esos grupos armados y la ingobernabilidad en la entidad y pide la intervención federal para restablecer el estado de derecho en Guerrero.
Hasta el momento no hay indicios de que el gobierno de Enrique Peña Nieto haya intervenido a gran escala y directamente en asuntos estatales de seguridad, excepto por una investigación de la Procuraduría General de la República (PGR) contra al menos 15 alcaldes por sus presuntos nexos con la delincuencia organizada.
A su vez diversos activistas denuncian que con el asesinato de dirigentes sociales y el encarcelamiento de voluntarios de las autodefensas, el gobernador reprime los movimientos sociales en vez de combatir la inseguridad, la marginación y la pobreza; es decir las causas de los problemas sociales de la entidad.
En este contexto la aparición del grupo guerrillero Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias-Liberación del Pueblo a principios de este mes enrareció más el ambiente.
En el informe de la CNDH, presentado el martes 17 en la Ciudad de México, el presidente del organismo, Raúl Plascencia Villanueva, afirmó que Aguirre Rivero actúa "contra la Constitución" al delegar las funciones de seguridad en ciudadanos "legítimamente indignados", incluso otorgándoles subsidios millonarios, armas de uso exclusivo del Ejército, uniformes, equipo de radiocomunicación y vehículos.
Se refiere a los grupos de autodefensa, que tienen su antecedente en la Coordinadora Regional de Autoridades Comunitarias-Policía Comunitaria (CRAC-PC), fundada hace 18 años.
Esos grupos operan en 46 de los 81 municipios y en seis de las siete regiones de Guerrero, y según el documento de la CNDH reflejan el hartazgo de la ciudadanía frente a la impunidad, la injusticia y los presuntos nexos de las autoridades locales con la delincuencia.
Incluso el ómbudsman nacional planteó que "los poderes federales deben intervenir" para determinar si las autoridades guerrerenses "no están en condición de asumir el papel que les corresponde, con el objetivo de saber claramente quién va a asumir la responsabilidad".
Añadió que por un lado el gobierno de Aguirre subsidia a estos grupos de civiles armados y por otro encarcela a sus integrantes. Este es el caso del desmantelamiento de la guardia comunitaria de la CRAC encabezada por los activistas Arturo Campos Herrera, Gonzalo Molina y Nestora Salgado, recluidos en penales de máxima seguridad desde principios del pasado noviembre.
En el informe de la CNDH se especifica que de enero a junio de 2013 el gobierno de Aguirre entregó 11 millones 615 mil 914 pesos a los principales grupos de autodefensa: 6 millones 168 mil 205 pesos a la CRAC-PC y 5 millones 447 mil 709 a la Unión de Pueblos y Organizaciones del Estado de Guerrero (UPOEG), escisión de la primera.
En respuesta a estos señalamientos, el gobierno estatal argumentó que la operación de la CRAC-PC es legal porque sus guardias son "auxiliares en materia de seguridad pública en sus comunidades". En cambio negó que financie a otras autodefensas, aunque es del conocimiento público la entrega de dinero y apoyo a la UPOEG, encabezada por el indígena Bruno Plácido Valerio.
Este es un adelanto del número 1939 de Proceso, ya en circulación
FIN
AZMEX EXTRA IMPORTS 12-2013
AZMEX EXTRA IMPORTS DEC 2012
Note: Not cross referenced with export reports. Must also remember that governments only report what they want to. Especially the more corrupt governments. " * " of extra interest.
Mexico - Calendar year :2012
Small arms imports
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols
Italy 9465
9065 Beretta 9 mm pistols
200 Beretta 0.380" pistols
200 Tanfoglio 0.380" pistols
Austria 383
323 Glock 9 mm pistols 24 Glock 0.40" pistols
31 Glock 0.357" pistols 5 Glock 0.380" pistols
Germany 666
666 Walther 0.22" pistols
United States 2103
1620 Sig Sauer 9 mm pistols
65 Sig Sauer 0.40" pistols
12 Sig Sauer 0.45" pistols
33 Sig Sauer 0.357" pistols
1 Colt 0.45" auto pistol
152 Colt 10 mm pistols
200 Browning 0.22" pistols
20 ACP Colt 0.45 Government Model 1911 pistols, O1991 series
Brazil 558 558 Taurus 0.38" SPL. revolvers
Israel 47 47 IWI 9 mm pistols
Belgium 125 125 F.N. Herstal 5.7 mm Five Seven pistols *
Czech Rep. 503 502 Ceska Zbrojovka 9 mm pistols
China 159 155 Norinco 9 mm pistols 4 Norinco 40 mm pistols
2. Rifles and carbines
United States (mostly the AR15/M16 platform)
4883
118 DS Arms 5.56 mm carbines
1 DPMS 7.62x51 mm carbine
1 211 Colt 5.56 mm carbines
515 DPMS 5.56x45 mm carbines
2336 Colt 0.223" carbines
77 Bushmaster 5.56x45 mm carbines
79 Colt 0.223" rifles
330 DS Arms 7.62x51 mm rifles
150 Sig Sauer 5.56 mm rifles
1 Colt 5.56 mm defence rifle
4 Barrett .338 rifles *
60 Browning 0.223" rifles
1 Colt 7.62x51 NATO carbine, model CM901
Italy 5765
5 240 IWI 5.56x45 mm rifles (ARX160) ?
410 IWI 7.62x51 mm rifles
115 IWI 0.223" carbines
Belgium 2
2 F.N. Herstal 7.56x45 mm rifles
China 118
12 Norinco 7.62x51 mm rifles
106 Norinco 5.56 mm rifles
Italy 303
303 Beretta 9 mm carbines
4. Assault rifles
Czech Rep. 1
1 CZ 5.56x45 mm 805 BREN A1 assault rifle Recieved as a gift
Italy 4537
4410 Beretta 5.56 mm rifles (ARX160?)
16 Sako 0.308" Win rifles
60 Tikka 0.308" Win rifles
51 Beretta 0.40" carbines
5. Light machine guns
United States 185
34 Colt 9 mm sub-machine guns
151 US Ordnance 7.62x51 mm machine guns
Czech Rep. 152
151 CZ 9 mm sub-machine guns
1 CZ 9 mm Scorpion Evo 3 S1 sub machine gun
1 CZ 9 mm Scorpion Evo 3 S1 sub machine gun — received as a donation
Belgium 122
22 F.N. Herstal 5.56 mm machine guns
92 F.N. Herstal 5.7x28 mm machine pistols
3 F.N. Herstal .50 machine guns
5 F.N. Herstal 7.62 machine guns
Austria
8 Glock 9 mm sub-machine guns
Syrian Arab Republic
6807
2 101 Mossberg 12-gauge shotguns
529 Browning 12-gauge shotguns
189 Remington 12-gauge shotguns
2 Blaser 12-gauge shotguns
10 Browning 20-gauge shotguns
361 Mossberg 20-gauge shotguns
60 Remington 20-gauge shotguns
15 Browning 0.410" shotguns
160 Winchester 12-gauge shotguns
1 10 Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun
10 Remington 0.410" shotguns
105 Sig Sauer 5.56x45 rifles
25 Remington .22 LR rifles
12 Remington .223 REM rifles
1 Remington .22-250 rifle
380 Mossberg .22 LR rifles
300 Pipeline .22 LR rifles
2 Sig Sauer .22 LR rifles
5 Weatherby 7 mm rifles
12 Remington 7 mm rifles
20 Browning 7 mm rifles
49 Remington 0.243" rifles
60 Mossberg 0.243" rifles
60 Browning 0.243" rifles
1 Eurosport 0.243" rifle
137 Remington 0.270" rifles
106 Mossberg 0.270" rifles
60 Browning 0.270" rifles
5 Blaser 0.270" rifles
7 Blaser 0.375" rifles
80 Mossberg 0.300" rifles
26 Remington 0.300" rifles
1 Jarrett 0.300" rifle
10 Marlin 22 LR rifles
1 Weatherby 0.300" rifle
20 Browning 0.300" rifles
20 Marlin 22 rifles
5 Blaser 0.300" rifles
56 Remington 0.308" rifles
60 Browning 0.308" rifles
74 Mossberg 0.308" rifles
16 Remington .30-30 rifles
10 Mossberg .30-30 rifles
60 Browning .30-06 rifles
118 Remington .30-06 rifles
100 Mossberg .30-06 rifles
3 Weatherby .30-06 rifles
10 Marlin .30-30 rifles
5 Winchester 7 mm rifles
10 Winchester .300 rifles
30 Winchester 22-250 Win rifles
130 Browning .22 LR rifles
10 Winchester .270 rifles
45 Winchester .308 rifles
23 Winchester .30-06 rifles
45 Winchester .243 rifles
45 Browning .223 rifles
Finland 132
18 Sako 7 mm rifles
25 Sako 0.243" rifles
15 Sako 0.270" rifles
16 Sako 0.300" rifles
29 Sako 0.308" rifles
12 Sako 30-06" rifles
16 Sako 22-250 Rem rifles
1 Sako 260 Rem
Italy 45
15 Fabarm .308 Win rifles
15 Fabarm .30-06 SPRG rifles
15 Fabarm .270 Win rifles
China 52
52 Norinco 12-gauge shotguns
Turkey 427
8 Hatsan 12-gauge shotguns
419 Hatsan 28" shotguns
Spain 155
155 Comlanber 12-gauge shotguns
6. Others
Italy 503 1
54 Benelli 12-gauge shotguns
341 Beretta 12-gauge shotguns
8 Benelli 20-gauge shotguns
Israel 114
99 Fabarm 12-gauge shotguns
15 Caesar Cuerini 12-gauge shotguns
Czech Rep. 1
1 CZ 40x46 mm 805 G1 grenade launcher
Light weapons
Note: Not cross referenced with export reports. Must also remember that governments only report what they want to. Especially the more corrupt governments. " * " of extra interest.
Mexico - Calendar year :2012
Small arms imports
1. Revolvers and self-loading pistols
Italy 9465
9065 Beretta 9 mm pistols
200 Beretta 0.380" pistols
200 Tanfoglio 0.380" pistols
Austria 383
323 Glock 9 mm pistols 24 Glock 0.40" pistols
31 Glock 0.357" pistols 5 Glock 0.380" pistols
Germany 666
666 Walther 0.22" pistols
United States 2103
1620 Sig Sauer 9 mm pistols
65 Sig Sauer 0.40" pistols
12 Sig Sauer 0.45" pistols
33 Sig Sauer 0.357" pistols
1 Colt 0.45" auto pistol
152 Colt 10 mm pistols
200 Browning 0.22" pistols
20 ACP Colt 0.45 Government Model 1911 pistols, O1991 series
Brazil 558 558 Taurus 0.38" SPL. revolvers
Israel 47 47 IWI 9 mm pistols
Belgium 125 125 F.N. Herstal 5.7 mm Five Seven pistols *
Czech Rep. 503 502 Ceska Zbrojovka 9 mm pistols
China 159 155 Norinco 9 mm pistols 4 Norinco 40 mm pistols
2. Rifles and carbines
United States (mostly the AR15/M16 platform)
4883
118 DS Arms 5.56 mm carbines
1 DPMS 7.62x51 mm carbine
1 211 Colt 5.56 mm carbines
515 DPMS 5.56x45 mm carbines
2336 Colt 0.223" carbines
77 Bushmaster 5.56x45 mm carbines
79 Colt 0.223" rifles
330 DS Arms 7.62x51 mm rifles
150 Sig Sauer 5.56 mm rifles
1 Colt 5.56 mm defence rifle
4 Barrett .338 rifles *
60 Browning 0.223" rifles
1 Colt 7.62x51 NATO carbine, model CM901
Italy 5765
5 240 IWI 5.56x45 mm rifles (ARX160) ?
410 IWI 7.62x51 mm rifles
115 IWI 0.223" carbines
Belgium 2
2 F.N. Herstal 7.56x45 mm rifles
China 118
12 Norinco 7.62x51 mm rifles
106 Norinco 5.56 mm rifles
Italy 303
303 Beretta 9 mm carbines
4. Assault rifles
Czech Rep. 1
1 CZ 5.56x45 mm 805 BREN A1 assault rifle Recieved as a gift
Italy 4537
4410 Beretta 5.56 mm rifles (ARX160?)
16 Sako 0.308" Win rifles
60 Tikka 0.308" Win rifles
51 Beretta 0.40" carbines
5. Light machine guns
United States 185
34 Colt 9 mm sub-machine guns
151 US Ordnance 7.62x51 mm machine guns
Czech Rep. 152
151 CZ 9 mm sub-machine guns
1 CZ 9 mm Scorpion Evo 3 S1 sub machine gun
1 CZ 9 mm Scorpion Evo 3 S1 sub machine gun — received as a donation
Belgium 122
22 F.N. Herstal 5.56 mm machine guns
92 F.N. Herstal 5.7x28 mm machine pistols
3 F.N. Herstal .50 machine guns
5 F.N. Herstal 7.62 machine guns
Austria
8 Glock 9 mm sub-machine guns
Syrian Arab Republic
6807
2 101 Mossberg 12-gauge shotguns
529 Browning 12-gauge shotguns
189 Remington 12-gauge shotguns
2 Blaser 12-gauge shotguns
10 Browning 20-gauge shotguns
361 Mossberg 20-gauge shotguns
60 Remington 20-gauge shotguns
15 Browning 0.410" shotguns
160 Winchester 12-gauge shotguns
1 10 Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun
10 Remington 0.410" shotguns
105 Sig Sauer 5.56x45 rifles
25 Remington .22 LR rifles
12 Remington .223 REM rifles
1 Remington .22-250 rifle
380 Mossberg .22 LR rifles
300 Pipeline .22 LR rifles
2 Sig Sauer .22 LR rifles
5 Weatherby 7 mm rifles
12 Remington 7 mm rifles
20 Browning 7 mm rifles
49 Remington 0.243" rifles
60 Mossberg 0.243" rifles
60 Browning 0.243" rifles
1 Eurosport 0.243" rifle
137 Remington 0.270" rifles
106 Mossberg 0.270" rifles
60 Browning 0.270" rifles
5 Blaser 0.270" rifles
7 Blaser 0.375" rifles
80 Mossberg 0.300" rifles
26 Remington 0.300" rifles
1 Jarrett 0.300" rifle
10 Marlin 22 LR rifles
1 Weatherby 0.300" rifle
20 Browning 0.300" rifles
20 Marlin 22 rifles
5 Blaser 0.300" rifles
56 Remington 0.308" rifles
60 Browning 0.308" rifles
74 Mossberg 0.308" rifles
16 Remington .30-30 rifles
10 Mossberg .30-30 rifles
60 Browning .30-06 rifles
118 Remington .30-06 rifles
100 Mossberg .30-06 rifles
3 Weatherby .30-06 rifles
10 Marlin .30-30 rifles
5 Winchester 7 mm rifles
10 Winchester .300 rifles
30 Winchester 22-250 Win rifles
130 Browning .22 LR rifles
10 Winchester .270 rifles
45 Winchester .308 rifles
23 Winchester .30-06 rifles
45 Winchester .243 rifles
45 Browning .223 rifles
Finland 132
18 Sako 7 mm rifles
25 Sako 0.243" rifles
15 Sako 0.270" rifles
16 Sako 0.300" rifles
29 Sako 0.308" rifles
12 Sako 30-06" rifles
16 Sako 22-250 Rem rifles
1 Sako 260 Rem
Italy 45
15 Fabarm .308 Win rifles
15 Fabarm .30-06 SPRG rifles
15 Fabarm .270 Win rifles
China 52
52 Norinco 12-gauge shotguns
Turkey 427
8 Hatsan 12-gauge shotguns
419 Hatsan 28" shotguns
Spain 155
155 Comlanber 12-gauge shotguns
6. Others
Italy 503 1
54 Benelli 12-gauge shotguns
341 Beretta 12-gauge shotguns
8 Benelli 20-gauge shotguns
Israel 114
99 Fabarm 12-gauge shotguns
15 Caesar Cuerini 12-gauge shotguns
Czech Rep. 1
1 CZ 40x46 mm 805 G1 grenade launcher
Light weapons
AZMEX ARMED FORCES EXTRA 27-12-13
AZMEX ARMED FORCES EXTRA 27 DEC 2013
Note: It has been several years since we have been able to get reliable info on status of Mexican Armed Forces. Especially the desertion numbers from the Army in particular. Also effectively suppressed for a few years now, is the information on arms recovered.
But there has been enough information found to show that Mexico has imported tens of thousands of firearms from the USA the past few years. Via U.S. govt. channels. Difficult to go anywhere in Mexico without seeing the AR15/M16/M4 platform. Also substantial imports of arms from Europe, mostly Italy. As usual, formal arms exports have an extensive and detailed paper trail.
Unable to get any estimate of how many of them end up with the drug gangs.
There has been some recent info on the increase in size of the armed forces over the past decade or so. Some claim the forces, primarily the army have nearly doubled in size since the 1960's.
Mexican 2012 arms imports, but have not cross referenced with State of Origin export reports:
http://www.un-register.org/SmallArms/CountrySummary.aspx?type=0&CoI=MX
(Syrian Arab Republic? Someone might want to get a better look at that one )
POLICY
Militia and Justice / Military training and internal security
Jesus Aranda
Fri, 27 Dec 2013 8:49
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2013/12/27/milicia-y-justicia-adiestramiento-militar-y-la-seguridad-interior-450.html
In 2011 military exercises at the National Training Camp Santa Gertrudis , Chihuahua.
Yazmin Cortes Ortega Photo
The increasing involvement of the military in combating drug trafficking has impacted negatively on the preparation, training and equipping the Army, Air Force and Navy of Mexico in recent years . It seems a minor issue, but it is not, because the reason for a military force is to defend the sovereignty and national territory.
This distortion is evidenced by the fact that in recent years , the Navy of Mexico nearly quadrupled the number of operations of " upholding the rule of law " from 12,744 in 2007 to 45,703 in 2012 .
This involvement of the Navy in public security tasks not go unnoticed to the naval command, which established that even when our country has a foreign policy based on mutual respect, non-intervention and self-determination of peoples , that does "not inhibits the possibility to experience a foreign armed aggression directly or indirectly . "
Therefore, the Navy established in its Sector Plan 2013-2018 , " the institution must be prepared to defend the country in our field of competence which is the sea."
The Ministry of National Defense, SEDENA ( Department of Defense ) a similar situation happens in its Sectorial Plan for the next six years , the agency said that " due to increased levels of insecurity and widespread violence in some parts of the country, by the presence of various criminal groups , and in recent years they depoyed permanently, the largest number of operating units in support roles " to the authorities responsible for public safety.
" This caused the training , both designed for Exterior Defense missions to interrupt social character ."
Accordingly, the Department of Defense admitted , " military training focused on the mission of ensuring internal security ."
The immediate consequence of betting all the marbles on homeland security left important to national security in important areas lags.
One of the most affected sectors is the Mexican Air Force and the coverage of the national airspace.
According to official figures , in December 2012 the national airspace coverage/control was only 32 percent and the goal for 2018 is to increase that coverage to 72 percent .
The Department of Defense provides that, to have sufficient budgetary resources, in this period will need to purchase for Integrated Air Surveillance System ( SIVA ) a Command and Control Center five long-range radars , a aircraft equipped with air to air radar, three unmanned aircraft, three aircraft with ISR sensors and modernizing three surveillance aircraft .
The Department of Defense believes that in the next three years needs to renew its terrestrial fleet with more than three thousand vehicles , and that 66 percent of the vehicles are older than 10 years of service which increases fuel consumption and maintenance costs and repair.
55 per cent of the 346 aircraft available to the Mexican Air Force are more than 21 years old , also 204 are operational, and 142 are out of service. The Department of Defense considers to reverse the situation and ensure the safety of the national airspace it must acquire 91 helicopters, and 81 aircraft for a total of 172 aircraft , in addition to the three drones already mentioned above.
The issue is not only a matter of resources , it is a matter of political will and that the current government is clear about the rationale of its armed forces , who understands the importance of the latter have the equipment and training necessary to fulfill their constitutional mission .
Or, to keep the same course charted in 2006 by Felipe Calderón , in the sense of favoring the work of the armed forces in public security work ... whatever it takes .
@ jaranda24
Note: It has been several years since we have been able to get reliable info on status of Mexican Armed Forces. Especially the desertion numbers from the Army in particular. Also effectively suppressed for a few years now, is the information on arms recovered.
But there has been enough information found to show that Mexico has imported tens of thousands of firearms from the USA the past few years. Via U.S. govt. channels. Difficult to go anywhere in Mexico without seeing the AR15/M16/M4 platform. Also substantial imports of arms from Europe, mostly Italy. As usual, formal arms exports have an extensive and detailed paper trail.
Unable to get any estimate of how many of them end up with the drug gangs.
There has been some recent info on the increase in size of the armed forces over the past decade or so. Some claim the forces, primarily the army have nearly doubled in size since the 1960's.
Mexican 2012 arms imports, but have not cross referenced with State of Origin export reports:
http://www.un-register.org/SmallArms/CountrySummary.aspx?type=0&CoI=MX
(Syrian Arab Republic? Someone might want to get a better look at that one )
POLICY
Militia and Justice / Military training and internal security
Jesus Aranda
Fri, 27 Dec 2013 8:49
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2013/12/27/milicia-y-justicia-adiestramiento-militar-y-la-seguridad-interior-450.html
In 2011 military exercises at the National Training Camp Santa Gertrudis , Chihuahua.
Yazmin Cortes Ortega Photo
The increasing involvement of the military in combating drug trafficking has impacted negatively on the preparation, training and equipping the Army, Air Force and Navy of Mexico in recent years . It seems a minor issue, but it is not, because the reason for a military force is to defend the sovereignty and national territory.
This distortion is evidenced by the fact that in recent years , the Navy of Mexico nearly quadrupled the number of operations of " upholding the rule of law " from 12,744 in 2007 to 45,703 in 2012 .
This involvement of the Navy in public security tasks not go unnoticed to the naval command, which established that even when our country has a foreign policy based on mutual respect, non-intervention and self-determination of peoples , that does "not inhibits the possibility to experience a foreign armed aggression directly or indirectly . "
Therefore, the Navy established in its Sector Plan 2013-2018 , " the institution must be prepared to defend the country in our field of competence which is the sea."
The Ministry of National Defense, SEDENA ( Department of Defense ) a similar situation happens in its Sectorial Plan for the next six years , the agency said that " due to increased levels of insecurity and widespread violence in some parts of the country, by the presence of various criminal groups , and in recent years they depoyed permanently, the largest number of operating units in support roles " to the authorities responsible for public safety.
" This caused the training , both designed for Exterior Defense missions to interrupt social character ."
Accordingly, the Department of Defense admitted , " military training focused on the mission of ensuring internal security ."
The immediate consequence of betting all the marbles on homeland security left important to national security in important areas lags.
One of the most affected sectors is the Mexican Air Force and the coverage of the national airspace.
According to official figures , in December 2012 the national airspace coverage/control was only 32 percent and the goal for 2018 is to increase that coverage to 72 percent .
The Department of Defense provides that, to have sufficient budgetary resources, in this period will need to purchase for Integrated Air Surveillance System ( SIVA ) a Command and Control Center five long-range radars , a aircraft equipped with air to air radar, three unmanned aircraft, three aircraft with ISR sensors and modernizing three surveillance aircraft .
The Department of Defense believes that in the next three years needs to renew its terrestrial fleet with more than three thousand vehicles , and that 66 percent of the vehicles are older than 10 years of service which increases fuel consumption and maintenance costs and repair.
55 per cent of the 346 aircraft available to the Mexican Air Force are more than 21 years old , also 204 are operational, and 142 are out of service. The Department of Defense considers to reverse the situation and ensure the safety of the national airspace it must acquire 91 helicopters, and 81 aircraft for a total of 172 aircraft , in addition to the three drones already mentioned above.
The issue is not only a matter of resources , it is a matter of political will and that the current government is clear about the rationale of its armed forces , who understands the importance of the latter have the equipment and training necessary to fulfill their constitutional mission .
Or, to keep the same course charted in 2006 by Felipe Calderón , in the sense of favoring the work of the armed forces in public security work ... whatever it takes .
@ jaranda24
Thursday, January 2, 2014
AZMEX F&F EXTRA 31-12-13
AZMEX F&F EXTRA 31 DEC 2013 Updated 2-1-14
Note: very surprised story made it to air / webpage on CNN. Many hundreds of Mexicans (Hispanics) still dead as a direct result of the scam. No one in U.S. govt; has yet been held accountable or brought to justice. Information on firearms recovered in Mexico has been suppressed for several years now. Story also getting local (AZ) coverage.
Fast and Furious gun turns up after Mexican resort shootout
By Evan Pérez, CNN Justice Reporter
updated 5:17 PM EST, Tue December 31, 2013
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/31/justice/mexican-shootout-fast-and-furious/index.html?iref=allsearch
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
AK-47 style weapon found after Mexican shootout
U.S. official links it to botched Fast and Furious Operation
Weapons ended up in hands of Mexican cartels, gangsters
Washington (CNN) -- A dramatic shootout between authorities and suspected cartel gunmen at a Mexican seaside resort this month has ties to a botched U.S. gun operation.
A U.S. official said Tuesday that investigators have traced at least one firearm recovered at a December 18 gunfight in Puerto Peñasco, across from the Arizona border, to Operation Fast and Furious.
That's the disastrous operation run by agents in the Phoenix office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Agents allowed suspected gun smugglers to buy about 2,000 firearms with the goal of trying to find and prosecute high-level traffickers. They couldn't track the firearms and most are believed to have ended up with cartels and gangsters in Mexico.
Many have turned up at crime scenes in Mexico and the United States, including at a shooting that killed a U.S. border agent in 2010.
The shootout in Puerto Peñasco, also called Rocky Point by Arizona tourists, two weeks ago left at least five suspected cartel gunmen dead, including possibly a high level Sinaloa cartel chief, according to Mexican authorities.
Witnesses reported hours of shooting and grenade explosions, with Mexican authorities using helicopters to attack fleeing suspected cartel gunmen on the ground.
Guns recovered at such scenes are routinely checked with the ATF's tracing lab to try to determine their origin. At least one AK-47 style firearm was found, and U.S. investigators identified it as one that was allowed to be sold to suspected traffickers as part of Fast and Furious, according to the U.S. official.
The ATF, in a statement, said: "ATF has accepted responsibility for the mistakes made in the Fast and Furious investigation and at the attorney general's direction we have taken appropriate and decisive action to ensure that these errors will not be repeated. And we acknowledge that, regrettably, firearms related to the Fast and Furious investigation will likely continue to be recovered at future crime scenes."
Guns from Fast and Furious have turned up at other high-profile killings in Mexico, including those of the brother of a Mexican state prosecutor and of a beauty queen.
The Fast and Furious operation gave rise to more than a year of political controversy for the Justice Department.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-California, and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, led a congressional probe to determine how it came to be approved.
Eventually, House Republicans sanctioned Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt of Congress in a legal dispute over the White House's refusal to turn over documents.
Holder has said tactics used in Fast and Furious never should have been allowed. A Justice Department inspector general report cleared Holder of wrongdoing and placed most blame on officials at the ATF and the Phoenix U.S. attorney's office for failing to properly oversee the agents running the operation.
END
Gun from botched 'Fast and Furious' operation turns up after Mexican resort shootout
Published January 02, 2014FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/01/02/gun-from-botched-fast-and-furious-operation-turns-up-after-mexican-resort/
A gun from the failed "Fast and Furious" operation has turned up after a shootout at a Mexican resort this month, Fox News confirms.
The gunfight took place between authorities and suspected cartel gunmen at a seaside Mexican resort on Dec. 18 in Puerto Peñasco.
The gun was found and traced through the owner of the Lone Wolf gun store -- the man at the center of the "Furious" scandal for selling most of the weapons in cooperation with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The gun was purchased on Sept. 14, 2010.
Fast and Furious was a 2006-2011 ATF operation in which the agency allowed hundreds of guns to be sold to Mexican drug traffickers in hopes the weapons would lead them to cartel leaders.
However, some of the guns began turning up at murder scenes along the Arizona-Mexico border, including at the 2010 killing of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry. And hundreds of other weapons still remain missing.
The resort shootout left at least five suspected cartel gunmen dead, including possibly a high level Sinaloa cartel chief, Mexican authorities told CNN.
Witnesses told CNN that gunfire, as well as grenade explosions, took place for hours and Mexican authorities used helicopters to attack cartel gunmen on the ground.
"ATF has accepted responsibility for the mistakes made in the Fast and Furious investigation and at the attorney general's direction we have taken appropriate and decisive action to ensure that these errors will not be repeated," ATF said in a statement. "And we acknowledge that, regrettably, firearms related to the Fast and Furious investigation will likely continue to be recovered at future crime scenes."
Fox News' Laura Prabucki contributed to this report.
From: Noah Rothman
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 2:19 PM
Subject: CNN: 'Fast and Furious' Guns Still Showing Up at Murder Scenes in Mexico
A CNN report broadcast on Tuesday revealed that gun released to Mexican gangs as part of the Fast and Furious "gun-walking" operation are continuing to show up at scenes of violence sound of the American border. According to the CNN report, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives acknowledged that more weapons released into Mexico are likely to continue surfacing in the coming years.
The latest Fast and Furious weapon to be acquired by authorities was used in a December 18 shootout in Puerto Penasco, Mexico.
CNN acquired video of the shootout, posted to YouTube, which featured audio of the violent gun battle between Mexican gangs and authorities. Five people were killed in the shootout, including a "senior member" of a Mexican drug cartel, CNN's Evan Perez reported.
RELATED: Rep. Issa Asked If He Is 'Showboating' With Fast And Furious On Face The Nation
"The ATF has accepted responsibility for the mistakes made in the Fast and Furious investigation," an ATF statement obtained by CNN read, "and, at the Attorney General's direction, we have taken appropriate and decisive action to ensure that these errors will not be repeated."
"And we acknowledge that, regrettably, firearms related to Fast and Furious investigation will likely continue to be recovered at future crime scenes," the statement concluded.
Watch the clip below via CNN:
[Photo via screen grab ]
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Note: very surprised story made it to air / webpage on CNN. Many hundreds of Mexicans (Hispanics) still dead as a direct result of the scam. No one in U.S. govt; has yet been held accountable or brought to justice. Information on firearms recovered in Mexico has been suppressed for several years now. Story also getting local (AZ) coverage.
Fast and Furious gun turns up after Mexican resort shootout
By Evan Pérez, CNN Justice Reporter
updated 5:17 PM EST, Tue December 31, 2013
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/31/justice/mexican-shootout-fast-and-furious/index.html?iref=allsearch
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
AK-47 style weapon found after Mexican shootout
U.S. official links it to botched Fast and Furious Operation
Weapons ended up in hands of Mexican cartels, gangsters
Washington (CNN) -- A dramatic shootout between authorities and suspected cartel gunmen at a Mexican seaside resort this month has ties to a botched U.S. gun operation.
A U.S. official said Tuesday that investigators have traced at least one firearm recovered at a December 18 gunfight in Puerto Peñasco, across from the Arizona border, to Operation Fast and Furious.
That's the disastrous operation run by agents in the Phoenix office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Agents allowed suspected gun smugglers to buy about 2,000 firearms with the goal of trying to find and prosecute high-level traffickers. They couldn't track the firearms and most are believed to have ended up with cartels and gangsters in Mexico.
Many have turned up at crime scenes in Mexico and the United States, including at a shooting that killed a U.S. border agent in 2010.
The shootout in Puerto Peñasco, also called Rocky Point by Arizona tourists, two weeks ago left at least five suspected cartel gunmen dead, including possibly a high level Sinaloa cartel chief, according to Mexican authorities.
Witnesses reported hours of shooting and grenade explosions, with Mexican authorities using helicopters to attack fleeing suspected cartel gunmen on the ground.
Guns recovered at such scenes are routinely checked with the ATF's tracing lab to try to determine their origin. At least one AK-47 style firearm was found, and U.S. investigators identified it as one that was allowed to be sold to suspected traffickers as part of Fast and Furious, according to the U.S. official.
The ATF, in a statement, said: "ATF has accepted responsibility for the mistakes made in the Fast and Furious investigation and at the attorney general's direction we have taken appropriate and decisive action to ensure that these errors will not be repeated. And we acknowledge that, regrettably, firearms related to the Fast and Furious investigation will likely continue to be recovered at future crime scenes."
Guns from Fast and Furious have turned up at other high-profile killings in Mexico, including those of the brother of a Mexican state prosecutor and of a beauty queen.
The Fast and Furious operation gave rise to more than a year of political controversy for the Justice Department.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-California, and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, led a congressional probe to determine how it came to be approved.
Eventually, House Republicans sanctioned Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt of Congress in a legal dispute over the White House's refusal to turn over documents.
Holder has said tactics used in Fast and Furious never should have been allowed. A Justice Department inspector general report cleared Holder of wrongdoing and placed most blame on officials at the ATF and the Phoenix U.S. attorney's office for failing to properly oversee the agents running the operation.
END
Gun from botched 'Fast and Furious' operation turns up after Mexican resort shootout
Published January 02, 2014FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/01/02/gun-from-botched-fast-and-furious-operation-turns-up-after-mexican-resort/
A gun from the failed "Fast and Furious" operation has turned up after a shootout at a Mexican resort this month, Fox News confirms.
The gunfight took place between authorities and suspected cartel gunmen at a seaside Mexican resort on Dec. 18 in Puerto Peñasco.
The gun was found and traced through the owner of the Lone Wolf gun store -- the man at the center of the "Furious" scandal for selling most of the weapons in cooperation with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The gun was purchased on Sept. 14, 2010.
Fast and Furious was a 2006-2011 ATF operation in which the agency allowed hundreds of guns to be sold to Mexican drug traffickers in hopes the weapons would lead them to cartel leaders.
However, some of the guns began turning up at murder scenes along the Arizona-Mexico border, including at the 2010 killing of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry. And hundreds of other weapons still remain missing.
The resort shootout left at least five suspected cartel gunmen dead, including possibly a high level Sinaloa cartel chief, Mexican authorities told CNN.
Witnesses told CNN that gunfire, as well as grenade explosions, took place for hours and Mexican authorities used helicopters to attack cartel gunmen on the ground.
"ATF has accepted responsibility for the mistakes made in the Fast and Furious investigation and at the attorney general's direction we have taken appropriate and decisive action to ensure that these errors will not be repeated," ATF said in a statement. "And we acknowledge that, regrettably, firearms related to the Fast and Furious investigation will likely continue to be recovered at future crime scenes."
Fox News' Laura Prabucki contributed to this report.
From: Noah Rothman
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 2:19 PM
Subject: CNN: 'Fast and Furious' Guns Still Showing Up at Murder Scenes in Mexico
A CNN report broadcast on Tuesday revealed that gun released to Mexican gangs as part of the Fast and Furious "gun-walking" operation are continuing to show up at scenes of violence sound of the American border. According to the CNN report, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives acknowledged that more weapons released into Mexico are likely to continue surfacing in the coming years.
The latest Fast and Furious weapon to be acquired by authorities was used in a December 18 shootout in Puerto Penasco, Mexico.
CNN acquired video of the shootout, posted to YouTube, which featured audio of the violent gun battle between Mexican gangs and authorities. Five people were killed in the shootout, including a "senior member" of a Mexican drug cartel, CNN's Evan Perez reported.
RELATED: Rep. Issa Asked If He Is 'Showboating' With Fast And Furious On Face The Nation
"The ATF has accepted responsibility for the mistakes made in the Fast and Furious investigation," an ATF statement obtained by CNN read, "and, at the Attorney General's direction, we have taken appropriate and decisive action to ensure that these errors will not be repeated."
"And we acknowledge that, regrettably, firearms related to Fast and Furious investigation will likely continue to be recovered at future crime scenes," the statement concluded.
Watch the clip below via CNN:
[Photo via screen grab ]
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