AZMEX I3 SPECIAL 19 AUG 2016
Note: See also: http://ktar.com/story/1237579/united-states-private-prisons-arizona/
Still more criminals on your street.
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IMMIGRATION
Judges nixed DHS bids to deport illegal immigrants 100,000 times: report
By Malia Zimmerman
Published August 19, 2016
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/08/19/judges-nixed-dhs-bids-to-deport-illegal-immigrants-100000-times-report.html
Immigration judges around the country are denying the Department of Homeland Security's attempts to deport illegal immigrants in record numbers, according to a new report.
Over the last 10 months, immigration judges opted against the department's efforts to remove some 96,223 illegal immigrants, including criminals, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a Syracuse University-based nonprofit.
At this rate, TRAC estimates the number of illegal immigrants allowed to remain in the U.S. despite DHS attempts to remove them will surpass last year's breaking number of 106,676. With the court's protection, subjects can often remain indefinitely.
"It's concerning to me that the immigration courts are becoming such a frequently used back-door route to green cards," said Jessica Vaughan, director of Policy Studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington, DC-based research institute, noting these cases will be nearly 10 percent of the green cards approved in 2016.
"Many of them arrived illegally, and are being awarded legal status simply because they managed to stay a long time and have acquired family members here."
One in four of the illegal immigrants allowed to stay in the country despite DHS efforts to remove them this year is from Mexico, TRAC reported.
Another 44 percent were from the three Central American countries — El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras — where vast numbers of unaccompanied minors and women with children have crossed the border to seek asylum.
There are a number of reasons why an individual may be allowed to remain in the country, according to TRAC.
"… the judge can find that the government did not meet its burden to show the individual was deportable," the report stated. "Or, the judge may have found that the individual was entitled to asylum in this country, or may grant relief from removal under other provisions of the law.
"A person also may be allowed to remain because the government requests that the case be administratively closed through the exercise of ICE's prosecutorial discretion, or for some other reason," the report also stated.
The Phoenix federal Immigration Court had the highest percentage of non-citizens allowed to stay in the country over the objections of DHS officials.
"In more than four out of every five, or 82.2 percent of its 3,554 cases closed so far in 2016, the individuals were successful in their quest to remain in the U.S," TRAC reported.
The New York Immigration Court was not far behind at 81.5 percent of the 16,152 non-citizen cases closed to date, followed by the Denver Immigration Court at 78.0 percent of its 831 cases.
Nationwide, there is a backlog of around 500,000 cases pending in the immigration courts, and as it grows, judges become more lenient, said Ira Mehlman, spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).
"This is by design," Mehlman said. "The longer the attorneys draw out the cases, the better it is for their clients because the likelihood that they will get to stay in the country increases. It is also better for the immigration attorneys because they can charge more fees.
"From the judge's perspective, because the courts are so backlogged, it is easier to let people stay in the country than actually try to remove them," he said. "There are endless layers of appeal and no finality in it."
On the opposite end of the scale, Oakdale, La., Lumpkin, Ga. and Napanoch, N.Y., Immigration Courts only allowed between 11.3 percent and 17.5 percent of the non-citizens slated for removal to remain in the U.S., TRAC reported.
There is a great deal of money spent, and government resources dedicated, to prosecute a removal case for detention, to monitor those who are released, for attorneys to prosecute removal cases and for the court personnel to conduct hearings, said Claude Arnold, a retired U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations.
Arnold believes the Obama administration has sent the message to immigration judges to push back when DHS attempts to enforce its rules regarding illegal immigrants. By law, they are subject to deportation when local, state or federal authorities cross paths with them, but several local governments refuse to cooperate in the removal process.
The administration of the immigration courts does not comment on third-party analysis of data, said Kathryn Mattingly, spokesperson for the Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review. However, she said the year prior to the TRAC report, in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015, immigration judges granted 48 percent of asylum applications, marking the third year in a row that percentage has decreased, falling from 56 percent in 2012.
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Note: "non-citizens" means illegal aliens. More media soviet style disinformation.
Another cronkite "news" product?
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Report: Phoenix court allows 82 percent of non-citizens to remain in US
BY KTAR.COM | August 19, 2016 @ 3:30 pm
http://ktar.com/story/1238364/report-phoenix-court-allows-82-percent-of-non-citizens-to-remain-in-us/
(AP Photo/ Beatriz Costa-Lima)
PHOENIX — More than 82 percent of non-citizens have reportedly been allowed to remain in the United States by a federal immigration court in Phoenix this year.
Fox News, citing a report from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a Syracuse University-based nonprofit, said the Phoenix court has allowed 82.2 percent of non-citizens to stay in the country.
"In more than four out of every five, or 82.2 percent of its 3,554 cases closed so far in 2016, the individuals were successful in their quest to remain in the U.S," TRAC reported.
That percentage is the highest in the nation.
The report said that non-citizens are permitted to stay in the country for a number of reasons.
"… the judge can find that the government did not meet its burden to show the individual was deportable," the report stated. "Or, the judge may have found that the individual was entitled to asylum in this country, or may grant relief from removal under other provisions of the law.
"A person also may be allowed to remain because the government requests that the case be administratively closed through the exercise of ICE's prosecutorial discretion, or for some other reason," the report also stated.
Of those allowed to remain in the country by courts nationwide, about one-quarter were from Mexico. Another 44 percent were from either El Salvador, Guatemala or Honduras.
Kathryn Mattingly, a spokesperson for the Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review, said the immigration court system does not comment on third-party research. However, she said judges granted about 48 percent of asylum applications in fiscal year 2015.
END
Friday, August 19, 2016
Thursday, August 18, 2016
AZMEX I3 17-8-16
AZMEX I3 17 AUG 2016
Note: How many of these "unaccompanied minors" are really minors?
DHS Quietly Moving, Releasing Vanloads of Illegal Aliens Away from Border
August 15, 2016 - AZBD News
Judicial Watch, JUNE 03, 2016
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is quietly transporting illegal immigrants from the Mexican border to Phoenix and releasing them without proper processing or issuing court appearance documents, Border Patrol sources tell Judicial Watch. The government classifies them as Other Than Mexican (OTM) and this week around 35 were transferred 116 miles north from Tucson to a Phoenix bus station where they went their separate way. Judicial Watch was present when one of the white vans carrying a group of OTMs arrived at the Phoenix Greyhound station on Buckeye Road.
OTM6-2016
The OTMs are from Honduras, Colombia, El Salvador and Guatemala and Border Patrol officials say this week's batch was in custody for a couple of days and ordered to call family members in the U.S. so they could purchase a bus ticket for their upcoming trip from Phoenix. Authorities didn't bother checking the identity of the U.S. relatives or if they're in the country legally, according to a Border Patrol official directly involved in the matter. American taxpayers pick up the fare for those who claim to have a "credible fear," Border Patrol sources told JW. None of the OTMs were issued official court appearance documents, but were told to "promise" they'd show up for a hearing when notified, said federal agents with firsthand knowledge of the operation.
A security company contracted by the U.S. government is driving the OTMs from the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector where they were in custody to Phoenix, sources said. The firm is called G4S and claims to be the world's leading security solutions group with operations in more than 100 countries and 610,000 employees. G4S has more than 50,000 employees in the U.S. and its domestic headquarters is in Jupiter, Florida. Judicial Watch is filing a number of public records requests to get more information involving the arrangement between G4S and the government, specifically the transport of illegal immigrants from the Mexican border to other parts of the country. The photo accompanying this story shows the uniformed G4S guard that transported the OTMs this week from Tucson to Phoenix.
Outraged Border Patrol agents and supervisors on the front lines say illegal immigrants are being released in droves because there's no room to keep them in detention. "They're telling us to put them on a bus and let them go," said one law enforcement official in Arizona. "Just move those bodies across the country." Officially, DHS denies this is occurring and in fact earlier this year U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske blasted Border Patrol union officials for denouncing this dangerous catch-and-release policy. Kerlikowske's scolding came in response to the congressional testimony of Bandon Judd, chief of the National Border Patrol Council, the labor union that represents line agents. Judd told lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee that illegal immigrants without serious criminal convictions can be released immediately and disappear into the shadows. Kerlikowske shot back, telling a separate congressional committee: "I would not stand by if the Border Patrol was — releasing people without going through all of the formalities."OTM6-2016-2
Yet, that's exactly what's occurring. This report, part of an ongoing Judicial Watch investigation into the security risks along the southern border, features only a snippet of a much broader crisis in which illegal aliens are being released and vanishing into unsuspecting American communities. The Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest addressed this issue just a few weeks ago in a hearing calledDeclining Deportations and Increasing Criminal Alien Releases – The Lawless Immigration Policies of the Obama Administration. Judd, the Border Patrol Union chief, delivered alarming figures at the hearing. He estimated that about 80% of apprehended illegal immigrants are released into the United States. This includes unaccompanied minors who are escorted to their final destination, family units and those who claim to have a credible fear of persecution in their native country. Single males that aren't actually seen crossing into the U.S. by Border Patrol agents are released if they claim to have been in the country since 2014, Judd added.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2016/06/dhs-quietly-moving-releasing-vanloads-illegal-aliens-away-border/
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Note: How many of these "unaccompanied minors" are really minors?
DHS Quietly Moving, Releasing Vanloads of Illegal Aliens Away from Border
August 15, 2016 - AZBD News
Judicial Watch, JUNE 03, 2016
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is quietly transporting illegal immigrants from the Mexican border to Phoenix and releasing them without proper processing or issuing court appearance documents, Border Patrol sources tell Judicial Watch. The government classifies them as Other Than Mexican (OTM) and this week around 35 were transferred 116 miles north from Tucson to a Phoenix bus station where they went their separate way. Judicial Watch was present when one of the white vans carrying a group of OTMs arrived at the Phoenix Greyhound station on Buckeye Road.
OTM6-2016
The OTMs are from Honduras, Colombia, El Salvador and Guatemala and Border Patrol officials say this week's batch was in custody for a couple of days and ordered to call family members in the U.S. so they could purchase a bus ticket for their upcoming trip from Phoenix. Authorities didn't bother checking the identity of the U.S. relatives or if they're in the country legally, according to a Border Patrol official directly involved in the matter. American taxpayers pick up the fare for those who claim to have a "credible fear," Border Patrol sources told JW. None of the OTMs were issued official court appearance documents, but were told to "promise" they'd show up for a hearing when notified, said federal agents with firsthand knowledge of the operation.
A security company contracted by the U.S. government is driving the OTMs from the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector where they were in custody to Phoenix, sources said. The firm is called G4S and claims to be the world's leading security solutions group with operations in more than 100 countries and 610,000 employees. G4S has more than 50,000 employees in the U.S. and its domestic headquarters is in Jupiter, Florida. Judicial Watch is filing a number of public records requests to get more information involving the arrangement between G4S and the government, specifically the transport of illegal immigrants from the Mexican border to other parts of the country. The photo accompanying this story shows the uniformed G4S guard that transported the OTMs this week from Tucson to Phoenix.
Outraged Border Patrol agents and supervisors on the front lines say illegal immigrants are being released in droves because there's no room to keep them in detention. "They're telling us to put them on a bus and let them go," said one law enforcement official in Arizona. "Just move those bodies across the country." Officially, DHS denies this is occurring and in fact earlier this year U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske blasted Border Patrol union officials for denouncing this dangerous catch-and-release policy. Kerlikowske's scolding came in response to the congressional testimony of Bandon Judd, chief of the National Border Patrol Council, the labor union that represents line agents. Judd told lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee that illegal immigrants without serious criminal convictions can be released immediately and disappear into the shadows. Kerlikowske shot back, telling a separate congressional committee: "I would not stand by if the Border Patrol was — releasing people without going through all of the formalities."OTM6-2016-2
Yet, that's exactly what's occurring. This report, part of an ongoing Judicial Watch investigation into the security risks along the southern border, features only a snippet of a much broader crisis in which illegal aliens are being released and vanishing into unsuspecting American communities. The Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest addressed this issue just a few weeks ago in a hearing calledDeclining Deportations and Increasing Criminal Alien Releases – The Lawless Immigration Policies of the Obama Administration. Judd, the Border Patrol Union chief, delivered alarming figures at the hearing. He estimated that about 80% of apprehended illegal immigrants are released into the United States. This includes unaccompanied minors who are escorted to their final destination, family units and those who claim to have a credible fear of persecution in their native country. Single males that aren't actually seen crossing into the U.S. by Border Patrol agents are released if they claim to have been in the country since 2014, Judd added.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2016/06/dhs-quietly-moving-releasing-vanloads-illegal-aliens-away-border/
END
AZMEX EXTRA 16-8-16
AZMEX EXTRA 16 AUG 2016
Note: Photo at link.
More than 19,000 firearms and 125,000 cartridges destroyed.
August 16, 2016 by Alejandro Monjardín
http://riodoce.mx/gob-politica/estatal-gob-politica/destruyen-mas-de-19-mil-armas-de-fuego-y-125-mil-cartuchos-decomisados
More than 19,000 firearms and 125,000 rounds of ammunition seized by the army were destroyed in the facilities of the Ninth Military Zone.
The commander of the Zone, Rogelio Seran Contreras informed that the destroyed weapons were secured in the areas comprising the Third Military Region. 19,640 weapons.
Of the weapons, the elements of the Ninth Zone seized, 5,204, of which 3,293 were handguns and 1,911 (long guns?).
The event also destroyed 125,000 cartridges of different calibers.
The general said that throughout the country they are holding events of destruction of firearms secured from organized crime groups.
The weapons were crushed by a steamroller and then cut by a machine.
The remains were buried in a hole located at the barracks and then was covered with a concrete slab.
end
Note: Photo at link.
More than 19,000 firearms and 125,000 cartridges destroyed.
August 16, 2016 by Alejandro Monjardín
http://riodoce.mx/gob-politica/estatal-gob-politica/destruyen-mas-de-19-mil-armas-de-fuego-y-125-mil-cartuchos-decomisados
More than 19,000 firearms and 125,000 rounds of ammunition seized by the army were destroyed in the facilities of the Ninth Military Zone.
The commander of the Zone, Rogelio Seran Contreras informed that the destroyed weapons were secured in the areas comprising the Third Military Region. 19,640 weapons.
Of the weapons, the elements of the Ninth Zone seized, 5,204, of which 3,293 were handguns and 1,911 (long guns?).
The event also destroyed 125,000 cartridges of different calibers.
The general said that throughout the country they are holding events of destruction of firearms secured from organized crime groups.
The weapons were crushed by a steamroller and then cut by a machine.
The remains were buried in a hole located at the barracks and then was covered with a concrete slab.
end
AZVEN EXTRA 17-8-16
Date: Aug 17, 2016 22:08
Subject: AZVEN EXTRA 17-AZVEN EXTRA 17 AUG 2016
Note: No, not AZMEX, AZVEN, for the failed socialist state of Venezuela.
Gun control once again facilitating corruption and crime.
Don't forget the Russians gave the socialist government a factory to assemble AK's
As usual, the bad guys, both in and out of government, have the guns.
Photo at link.
gracias
Venezuela crushes 2,000 guns in public, plans registry of bullets
Venezuelan National Guard destroy a weapon during an exercise to disable seized weapons in Caracas,
Venezuela, August 17, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello
http://www.reuters.com/
Venezuelan police crushed and chopped up nearly 2,000 shotguns and pistols in a Caracas city square on Wednesday, as the new interior minister relaunched a long-stalled gun control campaign in one of the world's most crime-ridden countries.
Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said the event marked the renewal of efforts to disarm Venezuelans, through a combination of seizures and a voluntary program to swap guns for electrical goods.
Venezuela has the world's second highest murder rate and the street gangs that plague its poor neighborhoods have become increasingly heavily armed in recent years, at a time when a deep recession has reduced resources available to police.
Gangs often get weapons from the police, either by stealing them or buying them from corrupt officers, experts say.
With inflation of 185 percent in 2015 and a currency collapse, police salaries have fallen far behind rising prices creating more incentives for corruption.
President Nicolas Maduro promoted Reverol this month, days after the United States accused the former anti-drugs tsar of taking bribes from cocaine traffickers.
"We are going to bring disarmament and peace," Reverol told reporters, while police officers drilled and sawed at rusty shotguns, home made pistols and some newer weapons.
Other guns were crushed in truck-mounted presses. Some members of the public watched, although more danced to a nearby sound system playing salsa music.
Venezuela has also bought laser technology to mark ammunition, Reverol said, in an attempt to keep a registry of the bullets given out to the South American nation's many state and municipal police forces.
Experts say that much of the ammunition used in crimes in Venezuela is made at the country's government munitions factory and sold on by corrupt police.
(Reporting by Frank Jack Daniel; Editing by David Gregorio)
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Monday, August 15, 2016
AZMEX "SPECIAL" 12-8-16
AZMEX "SPECIAL" 12 AUG 2016
Note: Interesting somewhat, usual PRI corruption.
Former president Calderon said to be hiding out in NE US.
thx
Mexican president's family faces calls for investigation into Miami apartment
Oppositions parties and Mexican media alleged cronyism after Guardian report revealed property arrangement between Peña Nieto's wife and Ricardo Pierdant
Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto's wife Angelica reportedly used the $2.05m luxury apartment belonging to Ricardo Pierdant, whose company was expected to bid to run Mexico's ports. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo
Rory Carroll in Los Angeles
Friday 12 August 2016 16.45 EDT
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/12/mexico-president-pena-nieto-wife-miami-apartment
Political and civil society leaders in Mexico are calling for an investigation into the first family's use of a luxury apartment in Miami, which has raised the spectre of a fresh conflict-of-interest scandal.
Opposition parties demanded that authorities probe the property arrangement between a Miami-based Mexican businessman and Angelica Rivera, the wife of President Enrique Peña Nieto.
Mexican first lady's Florida home owned by potential government contractor
Mexican newspapers and social media have led an outcry, alleging cronyism, since the Guardian reported the arrangement on Tuesday.
The revelation has prompted fresh scrutiny of the embattled president's ethics following an earlier scandal over his family's purchase of a Mexico City mansion, known as the Casa Blanca, from a government contractor.
Suspicion in the latest case focuses on why the businessman, Ricardo Pierdant, let the first lady use the $2.05m Miami apartment – and also why one of his companies paid close to $30,000 in property taxes on her behalf for a neighbouring apartment which she owns.
The two main opposition parties have asked for an investigation into the Miami apartments, which are in Ocean Tower One in Key Biscayne. Photograph: Handout
Pierdant is a close friend of the first family and his company, Grupo Pierdant, was expected to bid for lucrative contracts to run Mexico's ports.
The first lady cannot receive lucrative favours without authorisation from the federal executive's legal counsel, an oversight agency, wrote Salvador Camerana, a columnist, in El Financeiro. "The president of the republic cannot accept that his friends extend favours worth thousands of dollars to him, his wife, their children, or to their collaborators."
Eduardo Bohorquez, head of the advocacy group Transparency International's Mexico chapter, told the Wall Street Journal that the first couple faced renewed scrutiny. "It reignites the discussion over the links that the president and his wife have with businessmen, particularly the type of relation that they could have with someone who pays your property taxes."
The two main opposition parties, the National Action party (PAN) and Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) have asked for an investigation into the Miami apartments, which are in Ocean Tower One, a gated community with a pool, tennis courts and white glove concierge in Key Biscayne, an affluent enclave in Miami-Dade County.
Such a probe would likely be the responsibility of federal auditors and the comptroller's office.
In a statement, Eduardo Sánchez, the president's spokesman, said that the first lady used Pierdant's apartment only on rare occasions and that there was no conflict of interest because the businessman had no federal government contracts and was not participating in current bids.
The spokesman declined to say why Pierdant's company, Biscayne Ocean Holdings, paid taxes in 2014 on the first lady's apartment, unit 404, which is directly beneath his own unit 304.
In a statement the spokesman also questioned the Guardian's veracity and claimed the newspaper had apologised several years before over a separate story about the president. The Guardian has not apologised for its reporting.
Mexico Catholic church accused of bending marriage rules for president
Pierdant, the co-founder of DecoBikes, a bicycle-sharing program in Miami and San Diego, has declined to speak to the Guardian, but a Mexican news website quoted him saying the first lady, a former telenovela star, asked him to handle the property tax and reimbursed him.
At the time Pierdant bought the Key Biscayne apartment in 2009 he was overdue on mortgage payments for another Coral Gables property, according to court documents seen by the Wall Street Journal. Asked by Univision how he could afford to pay one apartment in cash while owing money on another property, Pierdant was quoted: "I had the money available."
The outcry over the first family's property dealings in Miami comes at a delicate time for Peña Nieto, who is battling a sluggish economy and rampant crime. A poll taken before the current row showed his approval ratings dropping to 23%, his worst showing since taking office in 2012. The newspaper Reforma said it was the lowest approval rating for a president since it began publishing similar polls in 1995, just after a massive currency devaluation.
The Miami property arrangements have fuelled unease because they echo aspects of the first lady's purchase of a $7m mansion in Mexico City from another businessman with government contract – the so-called Casa Blanca (White House) scandal.
It landed like a bombshell in 2014, wrecking Peña Nieto's reformist credentials and reviving long-standing concerns about corruption in the ruling Institutional Revolutionary party (PRI).
The first lady later returned the property and last month Peña Nieto apologized, saying the scandal had dented faith in the presidency and government. "For this reason, with all humility I ask your forgiveness."
The president made the apology as he signed into law an anti-corruption system that his PRI party hopes will boost its credibility in the run-up to the 2018 presidential election.
END
Also:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/09/mexico-first-lady-florida-property-government-contractor-documents-reveal
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/10/mexico-president-enrique-pena-nieto-mansion-explain
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/07/mexico-catholic-church-enrique-pena-nieto-angelica-rivera-marriage-annulment-rules
end end
Note: Interesting somewhat, usual PRI corruption.
Former president Calderon said to be hiding out in NE US.
thx
Mexican president's family faces calls for investigation into Miami apartment
Oppositions parties and Mexican media alleged cronyism after Guardian report revealed property arrangement between Peña Nieto's wife and Ricardo Pierdant
Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto's wife Angelica reportedly used the $2.05m luxury apartment belonging to Ricardo Pierdant, whose company was expected to bid to run Mexico's ports. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo
Rory Carroll in Los Angeles
Friday 12 August 2016 16.45 EDT
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/12/mexico-president-pena-nieto-wife-miami-apartment
Political and civil society leaders in Mexico are calling for an investigation into the first family's use of a luxury apartment in Miami, which has raised the spectre of a fresh conflict-of-interest scandal.
Opposition parties demanded that authorities probe the property arrangement between a Miami-based Mexican businessman and Angelica Rivera, the wife of President Enrique Peña Nieto.
Mexican first lady's Florida home owned by potential government contractor
Mexican newspapers and social media have led an outcry, alleging cronyism, since the Guardian reported the arrangement on Tuesday.
The revelation has prompted fresh scrutiny of the embattled president's ethics following an earlier scandal over his family's purchase of a Mexico City mansion, known as the Casa Blanca, from a government contractor.
Suspicion in the latest case focuses on why the businessman, Ricardo Pierdant, let the first lady use the $2.05m Miami apartment – and also why one of his companies paid close to $30,000 in property taxes on her behalf for a neighbouring apartment which she owns.
The two main opposition parties have asked for an investigation into the Miami apartments, which are in Ocean Tower One in Key Biscayne. Photograph: Handout
Pierdant is a close friend of the first family and his company, Grupo Pierdant, was expected to bid for lucrative contracts to run Mexico's ports.
The first lady cannot receive lucrative favours without authorisation from the federal executive's legal counsel, an oversight agency, wrote Salvador Camerana, a columnist, in El Financeiro. "The president of the republic cannot accept that his friends extend favours worth thousands of dollars to him, his wife, their children, or to their collaborators."
Eduardo Bohorquez, head of the advocacy group Transparency International's Mexico chapter, told the Wall Street Journal that the first couple faced renewed scrutiny. "It reignites the discussion over the links that the president and his wife have with businessmen, particularly the type of relation that they could have with someone who pays your property taxes."
The two main opposition parties, the National Action party (PAN) and Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) have asked for an investigation into the Miami apartments, which are in Ocean Tower One, a gated community with a pool, tennis courts and white glove concierge in Key Biscayne, an affluent enclave in Miami-Dade County.
Such a probe would likely be the responsibility of federal auditors and the comptroller's office.
In a statement, Eduardo Sánchez, the president's spokesman, said that the first lady used Pierdant's apartment only on rare occasions and that there was no conflict of interest because the businessman had no federal government contracts and was not participating in current bids.
The spokesman declined to say why Pierdant's company, Biscayne Ocean Holdings, paid taxes in 2014 on the first lady's apartment, unit 404, which is directly beneath his own unit 304.
In a statement the spokesman also questioned the Guardian's veracity and claimed the newspaper had apologised several years before over a separate story about the president. The Guardian has not apologised for its reporting.
Mexico Catholic church accused of bending marriage rules for president
Pierdant, the co-founder of DecoBikes, a bicycle-sharing program in Miami and San Diego, has declined to speak to the Guardian, but a Mexican news website quoted him saying the first lady, a former telenovela star, asked him to handle the property tax and reimbursed him.
At the time Pierdant bought the Key Biscayne apartment in 2009 he was overdue on mortgage payments for another Coral Gables property, according to court documents seen by the Wall Street Journal. Asked by Univision how he could afford to pay one apartment in cash while owing money on another property, Pierdant was quoted: "I had the money available."
The outcry over the first family's property dealings in Miami comes at a delicate time for Peña Nieto, who is battling a sluggish economy and rampant crime. A poll taken before the current row showed his approval ratings dropping to 23%, his worst showing since taking office in 2012. The newspaper Reforma said it was the lowest approval rating for a president since it began publishing similar polls in 1995, just after a massive currency devaluation.
The Miami property arrangements have fuelled unease because they echo aspects of the first lady's purchase of a $7m mansion in Mexico City from another businessman with government contract – the so-called Casa Blanca (White House) scandal.
It landed like a bombshell in 2014, wrecking Peña Nieto's reformist credentials and reviving long-standing concerns about corruption in the ruling Institutional Revolutionary party (PRI).
The first lady later returned the property and last month Peña Nieto apologized, saying the scandal had dented faith in the presidency and government. "For this reason, with all humility I ask your forgiveness."
The president made the apology as he signed into law an anti-corruption system that his PRI party hopes will boost its credibility in the run-up to the 2018 presidential election.
END
Also:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/09/mexico-first-lady-florida-property-government-contractor-documents-reveal
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/10/mexico-president-enrique-pena-nieto-mansion-explain
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/07/mexico-catholic-church-enrique-pena-nieto-angelica-rivera-marriage-annulment-rules
end end
Friday, August 12, 2016
AZMEX UPDATE 12-8-16
AZMEX UPDATE 12 AUG 2016
Border agents finding more drugs in body cavities
Posted: Thursday, August 11, 2016 10:36 am | Updated: 10:40 am, Thu Aug 11, 2016.
Staff Reports
http://www.trivalleycentral.com/casa_grande_dispatch/area_news/border-agents-finding-more-drugs-in-body-cavities/article_11ef1bc0-5fea-11e6-a2d2-cb552364ba1d.html
NOGALES, Ariz. -- Border agents here are seeing an uptick in smugglers concealing illegal drugs inside their bodies, authorities say.
Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two people Aug. 8 for their alleged involvement in separate smuggling attempts at the Port of Nogales.
Officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing referred a 33-year-old Tucson woman for further inspection when she entered the U.S. through a pedestrian lane. After a CBP narcotics-detection canine alerted to the presence of drugs under her clothing, officers found more than a quarter of a pound of cocaine, worth nearly $3,000, hidden in a body cavity.
A few hours later at the Morley pedestrian crossing, officers referred an 18-year-old male Nogales, Arizona resident for further inspection and found more than a pound of heroin, worth a little more than $20,700, shaped as an insole within the subject's shoes.
On July 30, officers arrested four Tucson residents after they attempted to enter the United States on July 30 with nearly two pounds of methamphetamine and heroin within their bodies.
Officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing selected a 39-year-old man and his four passengers for a secondary inspection of the driver's Jeep SUV. After a CBP narcotics-detection canine alerted to the possible presence of drugs, officers searched all five individuals. Although officers found no drugs on the driver, they discovered a 22-year-old woman was hiding a meth-filled condom in her underwear. Two female passengers, ages 49 and 43, voluntarily removed items containing meth that were concealed within their body cavities.
The fifth subject, a 40-year-old man, had to be medically monitored until he could safely pass a condom filled with heroin…on Aug. 1.
In a more traditional smuggling attempt, officers arrested three Mexican nationals involved in separate weekend attempts to smuggle more than $300,000 in methamphetamine and marijuana through the Port of Nogales.
The first incident occurred early Aug. 6 when officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing found nearly 58 pounds of meth, worth almost $173,000, concealed inside the back bumper of a Buick SUV driven by a 29-year-old resident of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.
On Aug. 7, CBP officers working with a narcotics-detection canine at the DeConcini crossing located more than 32 pounds of meth, worth in excess of $96,000, within the cab and dashboard of a Chevy truck driven by a 34-year-old man from Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico.
Earlier in another Chevy truck, officers and a canine at the Nogales West Mariposa crossing discovered more than 65 pounds of marijuana, worth almost $33,000, in the vehicle's gas tank. Officers identified the driver as a 30-year-old woman from Santa Ana, Sonora, Mexico.
Officers seized the narcotics and vehicles, and turned the subjects over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.
END
Note: In Hermosillo, Son.
Seize more drugs and weapons
But not only more weapons and drugs have been detected, there is also a greater number of arrested.
Photo: Gamaliel González
By: Miguel Angel Urquijo | 11.08.2016 6:43
Hermosillo, Sonora (GH)
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Policiaca/11082016/1113952-Decomisan-mas-drogas-y-armas-al-Surponiente.html
Southwest Hermosillo has become an area of importance for the state Department of Public Safety , as it is where most "white" weapons (edged weapons, i.e. knives, machetes and pocket knives) and firearms and drugs have been seized in the last five months.
But not only more weapons and drugs have been detected, there is also a greater number of arrested, through actions of the State Program of Social Prevention of Violence and Crime.
On April 25 the Secretary of Public Security, Adolfo Garcia Morales, presented a plan that divided Hermosillo into four quadrants, each in charge of different police forces and even the army would have one, the northwest of the capital.
From that day until August 9 (105 days), statistics reveal that the quadrant southwest outperforms the other three: seized 415 weapons, 406 of them white. (edged weapons, i.e. knives, machetes and pocket knives)
( Leaving 9 firearms? )
In the quadrant they have secured 142 knives, 76 pocket knives, 72 machetes and 106 other weapons.
end
Note: Victim disarmament continues in Sonora.
DESPISTOLIZACIÓN CAMPAIGN
A PERMANENT CAMPAIGN BEGINS IN SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES OF SONORA
11 / Aug / 2016
http://www.nuevodia.com.mx/Nota.aspx?p=16996
Hermosillo, Sonora
With the intention to reduce the presence of guns in Sonora homes and generate greater security for citizens, officials from the three levels of government will participate in the Campaign Despistolización 2016 initiating permanently in the municipalities of Hermosillo, Cajeme and Guaymas.
A gun does not give tranquility, creates insecurity, creates a risk in families , stated Infantry Lieutenant Colonel D.E.M. CristobalCastaneda Camarrillo , Deputy Chief of the 4th Military Zone.
In an inter-agency coordination between the Secretariat of National Defense, State and Municipal Police, the municipalities and the State Public Security Secretariat it reported that only by uniting wills will it be possible to remove many weapons.
To facilitate the process, he recalled that as in previous years, it will not be required any personal information of who is present at the arms exchange modules, facilitating citizens to participate with more confidence.
The State Coordinator of Outreach and Citizen Participation of the SSP, Juan Pablo Acosta Gutierrez explained that the objective of this campaign is to reduce crime rates caused by the use of guns in Sonora homes and eliminate the possibility or risk of fatal accidents family and in society itself, arising from the use of firearms, explosives and cartridges.
The family that keeps a gun at home runs 4 times the risk of being triggered accidentally, hence the importance of strengthening awareness highlighted the danger of having a gun at home.
Hermosillo
The first fixed arms exchange module is located in the 4th Military Zone in Colonia Loma Linda and the second fixed arms exchange module in the Municipal Market; mobile arms exchange module will be available this week at the Diana Laura Riojas Park in the park in the Colonia Nuevo Hermosillo.
Cajeme
In Cajeme the arms exchange module the fixed arms exchange module will be located at Plaza Alvaro Obregon, Calle 5 Febero north between Montero Morales and calle Hidalgo west, the mobile arms exchange module in the square located at Bulevqar Las Torres and Manzano in Col. Beltrones.
Guaymas
In the port the arms exchange module is located in the City Hall and the mobile arms exchange module in calle El Diamante and calle Mar del Norte in Col. San Germán; on a schedule from 9:00 to 14:00 from Monday to Saturday until next November 5.
To provide greater ease to the population, it will have the support of Municipal Police units, available to provide at home arms exchange for those who request it through a free line 066.
Acosta Gutierrez announced that the stimulus of food stamps for the exchange, is up to three thousand pesos per high power weapon, and according to the agreed all weapons of various calibres such as automatic and semiautomatic, calibres be received 7 mm, 7.62 mm, 5.56 mm, 12.27 mm, 0.223 inches and 0.30 inches.
On behalf of the municipal government, it was present at the premises of 24th Infantry Battalion, the City Secretary Jorge Andres Suilo Orozco and the Director General of Citizen Participation and Crime Prevention of the SSP, Roberto Velez Gonzalez.
end
Border agents finding more drugs in body cavities
Posted: Thursday, August 11, 2016 10:36 am | Updated: 10:40 am, Thu Aug 11, 2016.
Staff Reports
http://www.trivalleycentral.com/casa_grande_dispatch/area_news/border-agents-finding-more-drugs-in-body-cavities/article_11ef1bc0-5fea-11e6-a2d2-cb552364ba1d.html
NOGALES, Ariz. -- Border agents here are seeing an uptick in smugglers concealing illegal drugs inside their bodies, authorities say.
Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two people Aug. 8 for their alleged involvement in separate smuggling attempts at the Port of Nogales.
Officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing referred a 33-year-old Tucson woman for further inspection when she entered the U.S. through a pedestrian lane. After a CBP narcotics-detection canine alerted to the presence of drugs under her clothing, officers found more than a quarter of a pound of cocaine, worth nearly $3,000, hidden in a body cavity.
A few hours later at the Morley pedestrian crossing, officers referred an 18-year-old male Nogales, Arizona resident for further inspection and found more than a pound of heroin, worth a little more than $20,700, shaped as an insole within the subject's shoes.
On July 30, officers arrested four Tucson residents after they attempted to enter the United States on July 30 with nearly two pounds of methamphetamine and heroin within their bodies.
Officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing selected a 39-year-old man and his four passengers for a secondary inspection of the driver's Jeep SUV. After a CBP narcotics-detection canine alerted to the possible presence of drugs, officers searched all five individuals. Although officers found no drugs on the driver, they discovered a 22-year-old woman was hiding a meth-filled condom in her underwear. Two female passengers, ages 49 and 43, voluntarily removed items containing meth that were concealed within their body cavities.
The fifth subject, a 40-year-old man, had to be medically monitored until he could safely pass a condom filled with heroin…on Aug. 1.
In a more traditional smuggling attempt, officers arrested three Mexican nationals involved in separate weekend attempts to smuggle more than $300,000 in methamphetamine and marijuana through the Port of Nogales.
The first incident occurred early Aug. 6 when officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing found nearly 58 pounds of meth, worth almost $173,000, concealed inside the back bumper of a Buick SUV driven by a 29-year-old resident of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.
On Aug. 7, CBP officers working with a narcotics-detection canine at the DeConcini crossing located more than 32 pounds of meth, worth in excess of $96,000, within the cab and dashboard of a Chevy truck driven by a 34-year-old man from Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico.
Earlier in another Chevy truck, officers and a canine at the Nogales West Mariposa crossing discovered more than 65 pounds of marijuana, worth almost $33,000, in the vehicle's gas tank. Officers identified the driver as a 30-year-old woman from Santa Ana, Sonora, Mexico.
Officers seized the narcotics and vehicles, and turned the subjects over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.
END
Note: In Hermosillo, Son.
Seize more drugs and weapons
But not only more weapons and drugs have been detected, there is also a greater number of arrested.
Photo: Gamaliel González
By: Miguel Angel Urquijo | 11.08.2016 6:43
Hermosillo, Sonora (GH)
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Policiaca/11082016/1113952-Decomisan-mas-drogas-y-armas-al-Surponiente.html
Southwest Hermosillo has become an area of importance for the state Department of Public Safety , as it is where most "white" weapons (edged weapons, i.e. knives, machetes and pocket knives) and firearms and drugs have been seized in the last five months.
But not only more weapons and drugs have been detected, there is also a greater number of arrested, through actions of the State Program of Social Prevention of Violence and Crime.
On April 25 the Secretary of Public Security, Adolfo Garcia Morales, presented a plan that divided Hermosillo into four quadrants, each in charge of different police forces and even the army would have one, the northwest of the capital.
From that day until August 9 (105 days), statistics reveal that the quadrant southwest outperforms the other three: seized 415 weapons, 406 of them white. (edged weapons, i.e. knives, machetes and pocket knives)
( Leaving 9 firearms? )
In the quadrant they have secured 142 knives, 76 pocket knives, 72 machetes and 106 other weapons.
end
Note: Victim disarmament continues in Sonora.
DESPISTOLIZACIÓN CAMPAIGN
A PERMANENT CAMPAIGN BEGINS IN SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES OF SONORA
11 / Aug / 2016
http://www.nuevodia.com.mx/Nota.aspx?p=16996
Hermosillo, Sonora
With the intention to reduce the presence of guns in Sonora homes and generate greater security for citizens, officials from the three levels of government will participate in the Campaign Despistolización 2016 initiating permanently in the municipalities of Hermosillo, Cajeme and Guaymas.
A gun does not give tranquility, creates insecurity, creates a risk in families , stated Infantry Lieutenant Colonel D.E.M. CristobalCastaneda Camarrillo , Deputy Chief of the 4th Military Zone.
In an inter-agency coordination between the Secretariat of National Defense, State and Municipal Police, the municipalities and the State Public Security Secretariat it reported that only by uniting wills will it be possible to remove many weapons.
To facilitate the process, he recalled that as in previous years, it will not be required any personal information of who is present at the arms exchange modules, facilitating citizens to participate with more confidence.
The State Coordinator of Outreach and Citizen Participation of the SSP, Juan Pablo Acosta Gutierrez explained that the objective of this campaign is to reduce crime rates caused by the use of guns in Sonora homes and eliminate the possibility or risk of fatal accidents family and in society itself, arising from the use of firearms, explosives and cartridges.
The family that keeps a gun at home runs 4 times the risk of being triggered accidentally, hence the importance of strengthening awareness highlighted the danger of having a gun at home.
Hermosillo
The first fixed arms exchange module is located in the 4th Military Zone in Colonia Loma Linda and the second fixed arms exchange module in the Municipal Market; mobile arms exchange module will be available this week at the Diana Laura Riojas Park in the park in the Colonia Nuevo Hermosillo.
Cajeme
In Cajeme the arms exchange module the fixed arms exchange module will be located at Plaza Alvaro Obregon, Calle 5 Febero north between Montero Morales and calle Hidalgo west, the mobile arms exchange module in the square located at Bulevqar Las Torres and Manzano in Col. Beltrones.
Guaymas
In the port the arms exchange module is located in the City Hall and the mobile arms exchange module in calle El Diamante and calle Mar del Norte in Col. San Germán; on a schedule from 9:00 to 14:00 from Monday to Saturday until next November 5.
To provide greater ease to the population, it will have the support of Municipal Police units, available to provide at home arms exchange for those who request it through a free line 066.
Acosta Gutierrez announced that the stimulus of food stamps for the exchange, is up to three thousand pesos per high power weapon, and according to the agreed all weapons of various calibres such as automatic and semiautomatic, calibres be received 7 mm, 7.62 mm, 5.56 mm, 12.27 mm, 0.223 inches and 0.30 inches.
On behalf of the municipal government, it was present at the premises of 24th Infantry Battalion, the City Secretary Jorge Andres Suilo Orozco and the Director General of Citizen Participation and Crime Prevention of the SSP, Roberto Velez Gonzalez.
end
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
AZMEX UPDATE 9-8-16
AZMEX UPDATE 9 AUG 2016
Note: For those not familiar, Cronkite News is a "news" training op out of ASU in Tempe, AZ.
"In others, sturdy wire mesh or metal pillars end suddenly."
As usual, "immigrant rights" is all about illegal immigrant rights.
NEW MEXICO
Border Patrol erecting new fence in unwalled New Mexico area
Published August 09, 2016 Associated Press
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/08/09/border-patrol-erecting-new-fence-in-unwalled-new-mexico-area.html
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. – Amid a debate over erecting a new border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, the U.S. Border Patrol said it is finishing an 18-foot-tall steel fence in the last stretch of unwalled, urban borderline in New Mexico.
Officials said the new fencing will run a mile from the bottom of a mesa to the base of tourist attraction of Mount Cristo Rey, the Albuquerque Journal reported.
Currently, a run-down, 10-foot-high chain-link fence sits in the area and border patrol agents say it can be easily climbed and offers little protection in the city of Sunland Park. The city sits just west of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
The new fence will be made of rust-colored steel columns and is part of an $11 million project authorized by the Bush Administration, the Secure Fence Act of 2006. It will supplant the chain link fencing erected in the 1980s. The new barrier will be reinforced 5 feet underground with steel panels to prevent smugglers from building underground tunnels. "It's a fence that is replacing another fence," Border Patrol spokesman Ramiro Cordero said. "It doesn't hold anymore."
Construction is expected to finish early in 2017.
But the new project is drawing scrutiny from some immigrant rights advocates. Activists hold rallies here and reunions where undocumented Mexicans in the U.S. can meet. For example, on Mexico's Day of the Dead, Nov. 2, advocates hold a binational Mass to honor the migrants who have died trying to cross in the U.S. illegally through the arid desert. "In our opinion, the fencing has not necessarily been a good deterrence for immigration," said Fernando Garcia, executive director of the El Paso-based immigrant advocacy group Border Network for Human Rights. "But it does represent a symbolic response, a very aggressive response, to immigrants and the border community."
A Cronkite News-Univision News-Dallas Morning News border poll released last month found a majority of urban residents surveyed on both sides of the border are against the building of a wall between the two countries and believe the campaign's tone is damaging relations.
According to the poll, 86 percent of border residents in Mexico and 72 percent of those questioned in the U.S. were against building a wall.
The poll surveyed 1,427 residents in 14 border sister cities to assess attitudes and opinions on the local economy, immigration and border security. It was conducted in April and May.
The issue of the border wall has garnered national attention since GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has vowed to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The U.S.-Mexico border is already lined with intermittent miles of barriers. In some places, a tall fence ascends desert hills. In others, sturdy wire mesh or metal pillars end suddenly.
END
More:
Note: "There was no fence back then." Correct, for years just a occasional pile of rocks marked the border.
In NM city, border's getting more visible
By Lauren Villagran / Journal Staff Writer - Las Cruces Bureau
Tuesday, August 9th, 2016 at 12:05am
http://www.abqjournal.com/822676/in-nm-city-borders-getting-more-visible.html
Maria del Refugio Aguilera, who lives in the Anapra neighborhood of Ciudad Juárez, is worried about the new, taller fence being built along the border between Anapra and Sunland Park. A charity group on the U.S. side throws used clothes across the fence for her to sell, and she says that won't be possible anymore. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
The border fence comes to an abrupt end in Sunland Park where the city's edge meets the base of rugged Mount Cristo Rey. On one side, Sunland Park. On the other, the Anapra neighborhood of Ciudad Juárez.
Here, the border isn't a political pinball.
It's a place where people live and work, where once there was no fence, just an informal port of entry, and where 18-foot steel columns are replacing a beat-up stretch of chain-link fence. It's not the Bootheel, where there is little fencing and drug runners have moved their routes into deep desert territory, worrying locals.
This border is a crowded place where residents have grown accustomed to the constant patrols by border agents, the whirr of a Customs and Border Protection helicopter overhead, the night chases down their streets, young migrant men in handcuffs on a desert corner.
Here, the border is where politics become three-dimensional.
This is not a story about border security – whether the border is or isn't secure. It's about living and working within a mile of this one small stretch of borderline in New Mexico, nothing more.
Children's game
Ten-year-old Mariano Perez Sanchez is squatting in the sand on the Mexican side in 100-degree heat. He stares at the big construction equipment moving dirt on the U.S. side and the stack of 18-foot steel columns that will soon replace the dilapidated chain-link fence that separates the U.S. from Mexico.
"We have a game," he says, pointing over the border to the pile of columns, "to see who can race there first."
Then with the skill of someone who has done this many times, he takes off running around the end of the fence and into the U.S., then back into Mexico. His 9-year-old brother, Omar, whistles and then bounds over the dunes to join him.
A digger rumbles into the dirt clearing on the U.S. side; the boys race over to it. The driver hands them each two bottles of water and gives Omar 16 pesos, about $1 in change.
Over the years, border agents have told me they sometimes know the kids who live in neighborhoods near the fence. They give them treats, too, nudging them back if they step over the line.
Mariano and Omar run back to their country elated, counting their treasure and gulping the icy cold water.
Here, the border is an imaginary line in a children's game.
Wall 'not the answer'
In March, the National Border Patrol Council – the union that represents about 18,000 border agents and staff nationwide – formally endorsed Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate whose calls for a border wall have been a drumbeat of his campaign.
A group of agents in the El Paso Sector, which includes New Mexico, asked their Local 1929 to vote to stay neutral in the campaign and reject the national union's endorsement. The vote didn't pass.
Border Patrol Agent Giovanni Cisneros patrolled the border at Sunland Park for 10 years before taking a job in the public affairs office. He gave the Journal a tour of the line where the steel fence is replacing the chain-link fence.
From local agents' view, "a solid wall is not the answer," he says. "To us, it's more beneficial to have this mesh fence or the columns, because I want to see through. It's an advantage for officer safety. We can see the other side."
Here, the border is a fence line in the sand daring to be crossed.
U.S. Border Patrol agent Giovanni Cisneros stands near the chain-link fence along the Mexican border in Sunland Park. The fence is being replaced by a taller, sturdier steel fence. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
U.S. Border Patrol agent Giovanni Cisneros stands near the chain-link fence along the Mexican border in Sunland Park. The fence is being replaced by a taller, sturdier steel fence. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
'Angels' blocked
In Anapra, 70-year-old Maria del Refugio Aguilera lives in a ramshackle home steps from the border.
She came to Ciudad Juárez 25 years ago, she says, before the border was fenced up and locked down. She used to walk into the U.S. to work the local harvests – lettuce, chile – and to clean homes. Then she'd walk back. But that was many years ago.
Her mother and sisters stayed on the U.S. side; she doesn't say whether legally or illegally.
Asked about the new, taller fence, she furrows her brow, says she is worried because a group of churchgoers on the U.S. side – she calls them her "angels" – has been tossing bags of used clothes over the chain-link fence to her for years. She sells the clothes to make a living. "This isn't going to be possible anymore," she says.
Here, the border is a backyard fence that separates a woman from her family and good Samaritan neighbors.
Pickup point
In Sunland Park, Ray Limas runs a mill shop, Artistic Entryways & Millwork Co., less than a mile from the border, that makes ornate doors for custom homes. Big garage doors filter light through the sawdust in the mill; framed images of Jesus hang above the entrance between the mill and a bright, clean showroom.
Limas said he didn't know about the steel columns going in at the border. But he had to put up a taller, sharp-pointed fence around his own property a few years back to deter migrants from trying to hide there. They never caused trouble, he said, but about five years ago his business became a pickup point and it got to be too much.
Once, he found seven guys hanging out under a tree outside his storefront.
"I told them, 'Hey, you guys can't be here.' "
He didn't call the police. The Border Patrol is everywhere, he says, so he doesn't worry about theft.
Here, the border doesn't always stand between a man and a job.
'Speed bump'
The Sunland Park Police Department sits across the street from Limas' millshop. Asked what he thinks about the new border fence, Chief Jaime Reyes tells me, "It is a very politically loaded question."
"People are going to find a way to get where they want to go," he tells me. "I have seen people jump over the fence, climb the fence. They make it seem like the fence isn't there. It doesn't stop them from coming over. It's just a speed bump. We are constantly getting calls: 'There are some people in my backyard; I don't know who they are. There is a group under my house.'"
Later, Reyes tells me, "My mom was one of those people that came across. She came across, and I was born. I guess you could call me an anchor baby. There was no fence back then."
Here, a once invisible border is about to become very visible.
end
Note: For those not familiar, Cronkite News is a "news" training op out of ASU in Tempe, AZ.
"In others, sturdy wire mesh or metal pillars end suddenly."
As usual, "immigrant rights" is all about illegal immigrant rights.
NEW MEXICO
Border Patrol erecting new fence in unwalled New Mexico area
Published August 09, 2016 Associated Press
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/08/09/border-patrol-erecting-new-fence-in-unwalled-new-mexico-area.html
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. – Amid a debate over erecting a new border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, the U.S. Border Patrol said it is finishing an 18-foot-tall steel fence in the last stretch of unwalled, urban borderline in New Mexico.
Officials said the new fencing will run a mile from the bottom of a mesa to the base of tourist attraction of Mount Cristo Rey, the Albuquerque Journal reported.
Currently, a run-down, 10-foot-high chain-link fence sits in the area and border patrol agents say it can be easily climbed and offers little protection in the city of Sunland Park. The city sits just west of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
The new fence will be made of rust-colored steel columns and is part of an $11 million project authorized by the Bush Administration, the Secure Fence Act of 2006. It will supplant the chain link fencing erected in the 1980s. The new barrier will be reinforced 5 feet underground with steel panels to prevent smugglers from building underground tunnels. "It's a fence that is replacing another fence," Border Patrol spokesman Ramiro Cordero said. "It doesn't hold anymore."
Construction is expected to finish early in 2017.
But the new project is drawing scrutiny from some immigrant rights advocates. Activists hold rallies here and reunions where undocumented Mexicans in the U.S. can meet. For example, on Mexico's Day of the Dead, Nov. 2, advocates hold a binational Mass to honor the migrants who have died trying to cross in the U.S. illegally through the arid desert. "In our opinion, the fencing has not necessarily been a good deterrence for immigration," said Fernando Garcia, executive director of the El Paso-based immigrant advocacy group Border Network for Human Rights. "But it does represent a symbolic response, a very aggressive response, to immigrants and the border community."
A Cronkite News-Univision News-Dallas Morning News border poll released last month found a majority of urban residents surveyed on both sides of the border are against the building of a wall between the two countries and believe the campaign's tone is damaging relations.
According to the poll, 86 percent of border residents in Mexico and 72 percent of those questioned in the U.S. were against building a wall.
The poll surveyed 1,427 residents in 14 border sister cities to assess attitudes and opinions on the local economy, immigration and border security. It was conducted in April and May.
The issue of the border wall has garnered national attention since GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has vowed to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The U.S.-Mexico border is already lined with intermittent miles of barriers. In some places, a tall fence ascends desert hills. In others, sturdy wire mesh or metal pillars end suddenly.
END
More:
Note: "There was no fence back then." Correct, for years just a occasional pile of rocks marked the border.
In NM city, border's getting more visible
By Lauren Villagran / Journal Staff Writer - Las Cruces Bureau
Tuesday, August 9th, 2016 at 12:05am
http://www.abqjournal.com/822676/in-nm-city-borders-getting-more-visible.html
Maria del Refugio Aguilera, who lives in the Anapra neighborhood of Ciudad Juárez, is worried about the new, taller fence being built along the border between Anapra and Sunland Park. A charity group on the U.S. side throws used clothes across the fence for her to sell, and she says that won't be possible anymore. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
The border fence comes to an abrupt end in Sunland Park where the city's edge meets the base of rugged Mount Cristo Rey. On one side, Sunland Park. On the other, the Anapra neighborhood of Ciudad Juárez.
Here, the border isn't a political pinball.
It's a place where people live and work, where once there was no fence, just an informal port of entry, and where 18-foot steel columns are replacing a beat-up stretch of chain-link fence. It's not the Bootheel, where there is little fencing and drug runners have moved their routes into deep desert territory, worrying locals.
This border is a crowded place where residents have grown accustomed to the constant patrols by border agents, the whirr of a Customs and Border Protection helicopter overhead, the night chases down their streets, young migrant men in handcuffs on a desert corner.
Here, the border is where politics become three-dimensional.
This is not a story about border security – whether the border is or isn't secure. It's about living and working within a mile of this one small stretch of borderline in New Mexico, nothing more.
Children's game
Ten-year-old Mariano Perez Sanchez is squatting in the sand on the Mexican side in 100-degree heat. He stares at the big construction equipment moving dirt on the U.S. side and the stack of 18-foot steel columns that will soon replace the dilapidated chain-link fence that separates the U.S. from Mexico.
"We have a game," he says, pointing over the border to the pile of columns, "to see who can race there first."
Then with the skill of someone who has done this many times, he takes off running around the end of the fence and into the U.S., then back into Mexico. His 9-year-old brother, Omar, whistles and then bounds over the dunes to join him.
A digger rumbles into the dirt clearing on the U.S. side; the boys race over to it. The driver hands them each two bottles of water and gives Omar 16 pesos, about $1 in change.
Over the years, border agents have told me they sometimes know the kids who live in neighborhoods near the fence. They give them treats, too, nudging them back if they step over the line.
Mariano and Omar run back to their country elated, counting their treasure and gulping the icy cold water.
Here, the border is an imaginary line in a children's game.
Wall 'not the answer'
In March, the National Border Patrol Council – the union that represents about 18,000 border agents and staff nationwide – formally endorsed Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate whose calls for a border wall have been a drumbeat of his campaign.
A group of agents in the El Paso Sector, which includes New Mexico, asked their Local 1929 to vote to stay neutral in the campaign and reject the national union's endorsement. The vote didn't pass.
Border Patrol Agent Giovanni Cisneros patrolled the border at Sunland Park for 10 years before taking a job in the public affairs office. He gave the Journal a tour of the line where the steel fence is replacing the chain-link fence.
From local agents' view, "a solid wall is not the answer," he says. "To us, it's more beneficial to have this mesh fence or the columns, because I want to see through. It's an advantage for officer safety. We can see the other side."
Here, the border is a fence line in the sand daring to be crossed.
U.S. Border Patrol agent Giovanni Cisneros stands near the chain-link fence along the Mexican border in Sunland Park. The fence is being replaced by a taller, sturdier steel fence. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
U.S. Border Patrol agent Giovanni Cisneros stands near the chain-link fence along the Mexican border in Sunland Park. The fence is being replaced by a taller, sturdier steel fence. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
'Angels' blocked
In Anapra, 70-year-old Maria del Refugio Aguilera lives in a ramshackle home steps from the border.
She came to Ciudad Juárez 25 years ago, she says, before the border was fenced up and locked down. She used to walk into the U.S. to work the local harvests – lettuce, chile – and to clean homes. Then she'd walk back. But that was many years ago.
Her mother and sisters stayed on the U.S. side; she doesn't say whether legally or illegally.
Asked about the new, taller fence, she furrows her brow, says she is worried because a group of churchgoers on the U.S. side – she calls them her "angels" – has been tossing bags of used clothes over the chain-link fence to her for years. She sells the clothes to make a living. "This isn't going to be possible anymore," she says.
Here, the border is a backyard fence that separates a woman from her family and good Samaritan neighbors.
Pickup point
In Sunland Park, Ray Limas runs a mill shop, Artistic Entryways & Millwork Co., less than a mile from the border, that makes ornate doors for custom homes. Big garage doors filter light through the sawdust in the mill; framed images of Jesus hang above the entrance between the mill and a bright, clean showroom.
Limas said he didn't know about the steel columns going in at the border. But he had to put up a taller, sharp-pointed fence around his own property a few years back to deter migrants from trying to hide there. They never caused trouble, he said, but about five years ago his business became a pickup point and it got to be too much.
Once, he found seven guys hanging out under a tree outside his storefront.
"I told them, 'Hey, you guys can't be here.' "
He didn't call the police. The Border Patrol is everywhere, he says, so he doesn't worry about theft.
Here, the border doesn't always stand between a man and a job.
'Speed bump'
The Sunland Park Police Department sits across the street from Limas' millshop. Asked what he thinks about the new border fence, Chief Jaime Reyes tells me, "It is a very politically loaded question."
"People are going to find a way to get where they want to go," he tells me. "I have seen people jump over the fence, climb the fence. They make it seem like the fence isn't there. It doesn't stop them from coming over. It's just a speed bump. We are constantly getting calls: 'There are some people in my backyard; I don't know who they are. There is a group under my house.'"
Later, Reyes tells me, "My mom was one of those people that came across. She came across, and I was born. I guess you could call me an anchor baby. There was no fence back then."
Here, a once invisible border is about to become very visible.
end
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
AZMEX EXTRA 9-8-16
AZMEX EXTRA 9 AUG 2016
Note: Widely believed to be significantly underreported.
'Lose' 13 thousand police weapons in Mexico
Details Published on Tuesday August 9, 2016,
Written by Special
Cd de Mexico.
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=76371
The Department of Defense shows that each year, on average, 1,274 are reported as stolen.
13,102 weapons; from Glocks, Beretta and Smith & Wesson, to assault rifles and 9mm pistols belonged to the police of Mexico, but the records of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) show that each year, on average, 1,274 thousand are reported as stolen, lost or simply have not been found from 2006 to 2015.
The details of how it is that many weapons were "lost" in the last 10 years is unknown. news stories report the looting by armed commandos. Police speak of oversights. Experts from a business buying-renting indicate that the causes are many and that the authorities do not detail this point.
State, local, federal police, private security, the Attorney General's Office (PGR), the Department of Defense and the Center for Investigation and National Security (Cisen); weapons have been reported lost or stolen between 2006 and 2015. Three out of 10, that is, 3,751, are long guns, from shotguns to assault rifles of German origin.
These losses reflect the instability that tarnishes all police institutions. "You talk about a very crucial presence of illegal [...] its internal and external controls do not have the necessary strength. It shows the opacity with which the police work, "says Maria Eugenia Suarez Garay, an expert in police investigations.
The year soared reports was 2009. There were 2,113 weapons that entered the record as lost or stolen. 1,569 more than in 2008. Since then statistics have stayed above a thousand.
The penalties vary depending on the institution. In the capital, the second entity with the most missing weapons, the police have to pay the cost of the weapon lost. In the State of Mexico, top of the list, neglect can take them to jail, in addition to economic sanctions, if it is found that they acted negligently.
the number of open inquiries or persons indicted by the loss of weapons was requested, but the Department of Defense, responsible for this information agency has not issued a response. The most lost or stolen from the various security bodies country brands are: Beretta 9 mm Italian-made; Smith & Wesson .38 Special, US; Glock, Austria, and .223 caliber rifles of the US company Colt.
Control by the states, Javier, who asked not to be identified by his real name, has been in the state, municipal and transit police for more than 25 years. His initial training covered areas from legal weapon to use. "It is the most sensitive instrument of our equipment. A gun can it change hands in seconds if you do not have the ability to protect, "he said. Between 2006 and 2015 the loss or theft of 13,102 weapons were reported.
Eight out of 10, i.e. 10,359, belonged to the municipal or state police in the country. Of these, 50% were officers of the capital (DF), the States of Mexico, Guerrero, Michoacan, Chihuahua and Tamaulipas.
The press has documented organized crime theft. In late 2014, two municipal forces in the State of Mexico, 39 weapons were stolen in less than 48 hours. In March 2015 the Ministry of Public Security (SSP) of the city had the same story. They stole 34 from the Auxiliary Police.
María Eugenia Suárez for that explanation falls short. "During almost 20 years of working with the police I've heard testimonies from colleagues who have extra income by renting weapons to crime," she said.
During his stint in the streets, Javier knew he could never leave his gun, but witnessed mistakes of his peers. On a day of work, during lunch, they forgot a shotgun. The owner of the place knew them and called to inform them.
"We have also heard from officers who leave their assigned weapon in the trunk of the car or on the seat, and thieves break the glass," Javier told. State and municipal police have 434,221 weapons. On average, they lost 25 thousand, included in the collective licensing, which given by the Department of Defense, between 2006 and 2015.
The State of Mexico has 54,729. In the last 10 years were lost or robbed 1,955. Tamaulipas, Chihuahua, Michoacan and Guerrero have rates higher theft or loss. About 60 out of every thousand disappeared without a trace.
The cost of losing, such incidents occur in all security institutions in the country.
The Army reported as lost 57 weapons; and in 12 cases it was confirmed that it was a robbery.
The weaponry you have the confirmation that was stolen, had cost about two thousand 618 pesos each, and most were rifles caliber 7.62 x 63 mm. (30-06 ???) ( about $142.15 USD ??? at current exchange rate )
end
Note: Widely believed to be significantly underreported.
'Lose' 13 thousand police weapons in Mexico
Details Published on Tuesday August 9, 2016,
Written by Special
Cd de Mexico.
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=76371
The Department of Defense shows that each year, on average, 1,274 are reported as stolen.
13,102 weapons; from Glocks, Beretta and Smith & Wesson, to assault rifles and 9mm pistols belonged to the police of Mexico, but the records of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) show that each year, on average, 1,274 thousand are reported as stolen, lost or simply have not been found from 2006 to 2015.
The details of how it is that many weapons were "lost" in the last 10 years is unknown. news stories report the looting by armed commandos. Police speak of oversights. Experts from a business buying-renting indicate that the causes are many and that the authorities do not detail this point.
State, local, federal police, private security, the Attorney General's Office (PGR), the Department of Defense and the Center for Investigation and National Security (Cisen); weapons have been reported lost or stolen between 2006 and 2015. Three out of 10, that is, 3,751, are long guns, from shotguns to assault rifles of German origin.
These losses reflect the instability that tarnishes all police institutions. "You talk about a very crucial presence of illegal [...] its internal and external controls do not have the necessary strength. It shows the opacity with which the police work, "says Maria Eugenia Suarez Garay, an expert in police investigations.
The year soared reports was 2009. There were 2,113 weapons that entered the record as lost or stolen. 1,569 more than in 2008. Since then statistics have stayed above a thousand.
The penalties vary depending on the institution. In the capital, the second entity with the most missing weapons, the police have to pay the cost of the weapon lost. In the State of Mexico, top of the list, neglect can take them to jail, in addition to economic sanctions, if it is found that they acted negligently.
the number of open inquiries or persons indicted by the loss of weapons was requested, but the Department of Defense, responsible for this information agency has not issued a response. The most lost or stolen from the various security bodies country brands are: Beretta 9 mm Italian-made; Smith & Wesson .38 Special, US; Glock, Austria, and .223 caliber rifles of the US company Colt.
Control by the states, Javier, who asked not to be identified by his real name, has been in the state, municipal and transit police for more than 25 years. His initial training covered areas from legal weapon to use. "It is the most sensitive instrument of our equipment. A gun can it change hands in seconds if you do not have the ability to protect, "he said. Between 2006 and 2015 the loss or theft of 13,102 weapons were reported.
Eight out of 10, i.e. 10,359, belonged to the municipal or state police in the country. Of these, 50% were officers of the capital (DF), the States of Mexico, Guerrero, Michoacan, Chihuahua and Tamaulipas.
The press has documented organized crime theft. In late 2014, two municipal forces in the State of Mexico, 39 weapons were stolen in less than 48 hours. In March 2015 the Ministry of Public Security (SSP) of the city had the same story. They stole 34 from the Auxiliary Police.
María Eugenia Suárez for that explanation falls short. "During almost 20 years of working with the police I've heard testimonies from colleagues who have extra income by renting weapons to crime," she said.
During his stint in the streets, Javier knew he could never leave his gun, but witnessed mistakes of his peers. On a day of work, during lunch, they forgot a shotgun. The owner of the place knew them and called to inform them.
"We have also heard from officers who leave their assigned weapon in the trunk of the car or on the seat, and thieves break the glass," Javier told. State and municipal police have 434,221 weapons. On average, they lost 25 thousand, included in the collective licensing, which given by the Department of Defense, between 2006 and 2015.
The State of Mexico has 54,729. In the last 10 years were lost or robbed 1,955. Tamaulipas, Chihuahua, Michoacan and Guerrero have rates higher theft or loss. About 60 out of every thousand disappeared without a trace.
The cost of losing, such incidents occur in all security institutions in the country.
The Army reported as lost 57 weapons; and in 12 cases it was confirmed that it was a robbery.
The weaponry you have the confirmation that was stolen, had cost about two thousand 618 pesos each, and most were rifles caliber 7.62 x 63 mm. (30-06 ???) ( about $142.15 USD ??? at current exchange rate )
end
Friday, August 5, 2016
AZMEX I3 31-7-16
AZMEX I3 31 JUL 2016
Note: From Homeland Security Today www.hstoday.us
US Expands Central American Minor Program
By: Amanda Vicinanzo, Online Managing Editor
07/28/2016 (11:00am)
http://www.hstoday.us/single-article/us-expands-central-american-minor-program/b8faf3e0b9c0f70c62fc3f9705d5fb8c.html
The Obama Administration on Tuesday announced plans to expand an initiative providing protection for minors fleeing violence in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. The expansion allows thousands of Central American children and their relatives to apply for refugee status.
The Central American Minors program was launched by the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in December 2014 to provide qualified children in Central America with a safe alternative pathway to the dangerous journey that thousands of minors have undertaken to enter the United States. The program has received more than 9,500 applications.
Under the expansion, three additional categories of applicants may be eligible for the program: children of a US-based lawfully-present parent who are over 21 years old; the in-country biological parent of the qualified children; and caregivers of qualified children who are also related to the US-based lawfully present parents.
The United States has reached an agreement with Costa Rica where applicants from the region deemed most in need of immediate protection will be transferred to Costa Rica for safe harbor after undergoing pre-screening by the US government.
The United States is also establishing an in-country referral program to enable applicants to be considered for refugee protection in the United States after being screened and interviewed by DHS officers in their countries of origin.
"Through the Central American Minors program, the US government offers an alternative, safe, and legal path to the United States for children seeking protection from harm or persecution in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras," said Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson.
Johnson continued, "Today, we are expanding these resettlement opportunities to additional vulnerable individuals within the region. This will increase the number of individuals to whom we are able to provide humanitarian protection while combating human smuggling operations."
The announcement arrives on the heels of the Supreme Court's decision to block President Obama's plan to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. The Administration has spent several years grappling with the humanitarian crisis resulting from the surge of men, women, and children fleeing Central America to migrate in the United States.
US officials do not expect the expansion of the program alone to solve the problem, but believe it does represent a step in the right direction.
However, the program has also received sharp criticism. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said the Administration's expansion of the program is "simply a continuation of the government-sanctioned border surge," and it rewards individuals who have no lawful presence in the United States.
"Tens of thousands of unlawful immigrants continue to arrive at the Southwest border to benefit from the President's lax immigration enforcement, and now many more can simply use this government-run program to come here," said Goodlatte."By allowing unlawful immigrants to benefit from this program, the Obama Administration undermines the integrity of our immigration system and the rule of law, and makes the system unfair for those who seek to come to the United States legally."
Goodlatte continued, "Rather than take the steps necessary to end the ongoing crisis at the border, the Obama Administration perpetuates it by abusing a legal tool meant to be used sparingly to bring people to the United States and instead applying it to the masses in Central America."
END
Note: From Homeland Security Today www.hstoday.us
US Expands Central American Minor Program
By: Amanda Vicinanzo, Online Managing Editor
07/28/2016 (11:00am)
http://www.hstoday.us/single-article/us-expands-central-american-minor-program/b8faf3e0b9c0f70c62fc3f9705d5fb8c.html
The Obama Administration on Tuesday announced plans to expand an initiative providing protection for minors fleeing violence in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. The expansion allows thousands of Central American children and their relatives to apply for refugee status.
The Central American Minors program was launched by the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in December 2014 to provide qualified children in Central America with a safe alternative pathway to the dangerous journey that thousands of minors have undertaken to enter the United States. The program has received more than 9,500 applications.
Under the expansion, three additional categories of applicants may be eligible for the program: children of a US-based lawfully-present parent who are over 21 years old; the in-country biological parent of the qualified children; and caregivers of qualified children who are also related to the US-based lawfully present parents.
The United States has reached an agreement with Costa Rica where applicants from the region deemed most in need of immediate protection will be transferred to Costa Rica for safe harbor after undergoing pre-screening by the US government.
The United States is also establishing an in-country referral program to enable applicants to be considered for refugee protection in the United States after being screened and interviewed by DHS officers in their countries of origin.
"Through the Central American Minors program, the US government offers an alternative, safe, and legal path to the United States for children seeking protection from harm or persecution in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras," said Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson.
Johnson continued, "Today, we are expanding these resettlement opportunities to additional vulnerable individuals within the region. This will increase the number of individuals to whom we are able to provide humanitarian protection while combating human smuggling operations."
The announcement arrives on the heels of the Supreme Court's decision to block President Obama's plan to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. The Administration has spent several years grappling with the humanitarian crisis resulting from the surge of men, women, and children fleeing Central America to migrate in the United States.
US officials do not expect the expansion of the program alone to solve the problem, but believe it does represent a step in the right direction.
However, the program has also received sharp criticism. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said the Administration's expansion of the program is "simply a continuation of the government-sanctioned border surge," and it rewards individuals who have no lawful presence in the United States.
"Tens of thousands of unlawful immigrants continue to arrive at the Southwest border to benefit from the President's lax immigration enforcement, and now many more can simply use this government-run program to come here," said Goodlatte."By allowing unlawful immigrants to benefit from this program, the Obama Administration undermines the integrity of our immigration system and the rule of law, and makes the system unfair for those who seek to come to the United States legally."
Goodlatte continued, "Rather than take the steps necessary to end the ongoing crisis at the border, the Obama Administration perpetuates it by abusing a legal tool meant to be used sparingly to bring people to the United States and instead applying it to the masses in Central America."
END
AZMEX UPDATE 28-7-16
AZMEX UPDATE 28 JUL 2016
Note: Another sample of a day on the border. As with so many criminals from the south, seeking safety and sanctuary in the US. Only took a couple years. Those familiar with El Salvador might be aware of the lack of compassion and understanding of local law enforcement.
gracias
Murder suspect apprehended near Nogales returned to El Salvador
Nogales International Jul 26, 2016 (0)
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/murder-suspect-apprehended-near-nogales-returned-to-el-salvador/article_771385ce-5345-11e6-8bd1-6b7d534d285f.html
Removal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Salvadoran Edwin Alexander Garcia-Pimentel, aka Huezo, was returned to El Salvador on Wednesday, where he faces murder charges for the killings of three people.
An undocumented immigrant who was detained near Nogales in 2014 was handed over to Salvadoran law enforcement officials last Wednesday to face murder charges.
The Salvadoran national, 41-year-old Edwin Alexander Garcia-Pimentel, known as "Huezo," was arrested near Nogales in 2014, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a news release. He was wanted for three fatal shootings in El Salvador, where a warrant was issued for his arrest in June 2013.
A known member of the Colonia Palos Grandes clique of the 18th Street Gang, according to the Salvadoran warrant, Garcia allegedly took part in the murder of three young gang members after an argument in late 2012, ICE said.
After his arrest near the Nogales border, Garcia was placed in removal proceedings and an immigration judge determined he had no legal basis to remain in the U.S. He will now face legal proceedings in El Salvador for the alleged murders.
END
Note: Another sample of a day on the border. As with so many criminals from the south, seeking safety and sanctuary in the US. Only took a couple years. Those familiar with El Salvador might be aware of the lack of compassion and understanding of local law enforcement.
gracias
Murder suspect apprehended near Nogales returned to El Salvador
Nogales International Jul 26, 2016 (0)
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/murder-suspect-apprehended-near-nogales-returned-to-el-salvador/article_771385ce-5345-11e6-8bd1-6b7d534d285f.html
Removal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Salvadoran Edwin Alexander Garcia-Pimentel, aka Huezo, was returned to El Salvador on Wednesday, where he faces murder charges for the killings of three people.
An undocumented immigrant who was detained near Nogales in 2014 was handed over to Salvadoran law enforcement officials last Wednesday to face murder charges.
The Salvadoran national, 41-year-old Edwin Alexander Garcia-Pimentel, known as "Huezo," was arrested near Nogales in 2014, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a news release. He was wanted for three fatal shootings in El Salvador, where a warrant was issued for his arrest in June 2013.
A known member of the Colonia Palos Grandes clique of the 18th Street Gang, according to the Salvadoran warrant, Garcia allegedly took part in the murder of three young gang members after an argument in late 2012, ICE said.
After his arrest near the Nogales border, Garcia was placed in removal proceedings and an immigration judge determined he had no legal basis to remain in the U.S. He will now face legal proceedings in El Salvador for the alleged murders.
END
Thursday, July 14, 2016
AZMEX SPECIAL 14-7-16
AZMEX SPECIAL 14 JUL 2016
Note: From Homeland Security Today www.hstoday.us
Report: ICE Underreported Criminal Convictions Of Aliens In FY 2014
By: Hasan Abdul Karim, Staff Writer
07/13/2016 ( 5:15pm)
http://www.hstoday.us/single-article/ice-underreported-criminal-convictions-of-aliens-in-fy-2014/21b6bdb6fda4271c2ef2f909f30d6ea8.html
The Supreme Court's decision to block President Obama's plan to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants has led to a heated controversy over the effectiveness of pre-existing immigration policies.
Against this backdrop, the House Judiciary Committee recently learned that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) significantly underreported the number of criminal convictions of aliens released by the agency in 2014.
A report provided by ICE to the House Judiciary Committee claimed that 30,558 aliens with a total of 79,059 convictions were released from their custody in fiscal year (FY) 2014. However a separate report released by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a non-profit that advocates changes in US immigration policy, puts the number of total convictions at 92,347.
FAIR's report was obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and revealed a discrepancy of over 13,000. ICE reported this information to the Immigration Reform Law Institute on April 5, 2016, in response to a request for information under the FOIA, calling into question ICE's transparency in reporting on the release of criminal aliens under the current Administration.
"ICE often claims that the Supreme Court's decision in Zadvydas v. Davis forces them to release aliens that they normally would not want to release back into the community," the House Judiciary Committee said in a statement following the release of the original ICE report.
Aliens released based on the Zadvydas decision totaled 2,457 in 2014, representing only 8 percent of those released and 20 percent of crimes committed, according to the original report. This Supreme Court ruling states that the plenary power doctrine does not empower the United States to detain indefinitely immigrants under order of deportation whom no country will accept.
"ICE officials initially told the House Judiciary Committee that the criminal aliens released in fiscal year 2014 had roughly 79,000 criminal convictions, but they actually had over 92,000 convictions, including additional homicide convictions. There's no excuse for this large discrepancy," said Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) in a statement on FAIR's findings.
Goodlatte subsequently sent a letter to Department of Homeland Secretary Jeh Johnson expressing his discontent over the significant discrepancy reported.
"Based on the conviction data alone, the criminal conduct of these released aliens is nearly 17 percent higher than reported to the Committee in April 2015," Goodlatte wrote. "This includes significantly more convictions for homicide-related offenses (17 percent), robberies (22 percent), sexual assaults (27 percent), aggravated assaults (17 percent), domestic violence assaults (11 percent), and driving under the influence (10 percent)."
Goodlatte ended his letter urging Johnson to respond to the following six requests no later than July 1st:
Provide the total number of criminal aliens released for each FY.
Provide the total number of criminal convictions for these aliens, categorized by FY and offense type, prior to their release by ICE.
Provide the total number of criminal arrests for these aliens, categorized by FY and offense type, after their release by ICE.
Provide the total number of criminal convictions for these aliens, categorized by FY and offense type, after their release by ICE.
Provide the total number of aliens who were released in any of the referenced FYs and who were subsequently re-arrested by ICE. Additionally, state whether each re-arrested alien is currently detained by ICE and, if not, provide an explanation.
For any alien who was re-arrested by ICE after the initial release, provide the total number of times the alien was re-arrested by ICE.
Goodlatte and other lawmakers have expressed concerns that the release of criminal aliens by ICE jeopardizes the security of surrounding communities and that ICE knowingly misled Congress and the American public concerning the true extent of their danger.
"The Obama Administration's record of releasing criminal aliens has gone from bad to worse," said Goodlatte. "We already know that the Obama Administration's refusal to detain and remove tens of thousands of criminal aliens poses dangers to American communities and the rule of law, and now we know that the Administration has not been straightforward with Congress about how hazardous its policies truly are."
ICE officials told Homeland Security Today that data pulled in November 8, 2014 for the 30,558 criminal aliens released from ICE custody in FY 2014 showed that that group had 79,056 convictions at the time the data was gathered, while data pulled on March 23, 2015 reflected 92,347 crimes for that same group through the date on which that data was gathered.
While the data covers the same group, it represents two different time periods—the second of which is longer and therefore includes a larger number of criminal convictions for the same group.
"As a part of the Department of Homeland Security, ICE is focused on the smart and effective enforcement of our immigration laws," said an ICE spokesperson. "Individuals who pose a threat to national security or public safety, or who are arrested crossing the border illegally, are enforcement priorities, and ICE is allocating enforcement resources accordingly, consistent with our laws."
"ICE's recent criminal release statistics illustrate our commitment to ensuring that individuals who pose a threat to public safety are not released from ICE custody, and demonstrate that our review processes embody and support ICE's commitment to public safety," the ICE spokesperson added.
END
Note: From Homeland Security Today www.hstoday.us
Report: ICE Underreported Criminal Convictions Of Aliens In FY 2014
By: Hasan Abdul Karim, Staff Writer
07/13/2016 ( 5:15pm)
http://www.hstoday.us/single-article/ice-underreported-criminal-convictions-of-aliens-in-fy-2014/21b6bdb6fda4271c2ef2f909f30d6ea8.html
The Supreme Court's decision to block President Obama's plan to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants has led to a heated controversy over the effectiveness of pre-existing immigration policies.
Against this backdrop, the House Judiciary Committee recently learned that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) significantly underreported the number of criminal convictions of aliens released by the agency in 2014.
A report provided by ICE to the House Judiciary Committee claimed that 30,558 aliens with a total of 79,059 convictions were released from their custody in fiscal year (FY) 2014. However a separate report released by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a non-profit that advocates changes in US immigration policy, puts the number of total convictions at 92,347.
FAIR's report was obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and revealed a discrepancy of over 13,000. ICE reported this information to the Immigration Reform Law Institute on April 5, 2016, in response to a request for information under the FOIA, calling into question ICE's transparency in reporting on the release of criminal aliens under the current Administration.
"ICE often claims that the Supreme Court's decision in Zadvydas v. Davis forces them to release aliens that they normally would not want to release back into the community," the House Judiciary Committee said in a statement following the release of the original ICE report.
Aliens released based on the Zadvydas decision totaled 2,457 in 2014, representing only 8 percent of those released and 20 percent of crimes committed, according to the original report. This Supreme Court ruling states that the plenary power doctrine does not empower the United States to detain indefinitely immigrants under order of deportation whom no country will accept.
"ICE officials initially told the House Judiciary Committee that the criminal aliens released in fiscal year 2014 had roughly 79,000 criminal convictions, but they actually had over 92,000 convictions, including additional homicide convictions. There's no excuse for this large discrepancy," said Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) in a statement on FAIR's findings.
Goodlatte subsequently sent a letter to Department of Homeland Secretary Jeh Johnson expressing his discontent over the significant discrepancy reported.
"Based on the conviction data alone, the criminal conduct of these released aliens is nearly 17 percent higher than reported to the Committee in April 2015," Goodlatte wrote. "This includes significantly more convictions for homicide-related offenses (17 percent), robberies (22 percent), sexual assaults (27 percent), aggravated assaults (17 percent), domestic violence assaults (11 percent), and driving under the influence (10 percent)."
Goodlatte ended his letter urging Johnson to respond to the following six requests no later than July 1st:
Provide the total number of criminal aliens released for each FY.
Provide the total number of criminal convictions for these aliens, categorized by FY and offense type, prior to their release by ICE.
Provide the total number of criminal arrests for these aliens, categorized by FY and offense type, after their release by ICE.
Provide the total number of criminal convictions for these aliens, categorized by FY and offense type, after their release by ICE.
Provide the total number of aliens who were released in any of the referenced FYs and who were subsequently re-arrested by ICE. Additionally, state whether each re-arrested alien is currently detained by ICE and, if not, provide an explanation.
For any alien who was re-arrested by ICE after the initial release, provide the total number of times the alien was re-arrested by ICE.
Goodlatte and other lawmakers have expressed concerns that the release of criminal aliens by ICE jeopardizes the security of surrounding communities and that ICE knowingly misled Congress and the American public concerning the true extent of their danger.
"The Obama Administration's record of releasing criminal aliens has gone from bad to worse," said Goodlatte. "We already know that the Obama Administration's refusal to detain and remove tens of thousands of criminal aliens poses dangers to American communities and the rule of law, and now we know that the Administration has not been straightforward with Congress about how hazardous its policies truly are."
ICE officials told Homeland Security Today that data pulled in November 8, 2014 for the 30,558 criminal aliens released from ICE custody in FY 2014 showed that that group had 79,056 convictions at the time the data was gathered, while data pulled on March 23, 2015 reflected 92,347 crimes for that same group through the date on which that data was gathered.
While the data covers the same group, it represents two different time periods—the second of which is longer and therefore includes a larger number of criminal convictions for the same group.
"As a part of the Department of Homeland Security, ICE is focused on the smart and effective enforcement of our immigration laws," said an ICE spokesperson. "Individuals who pose a threat to national security or public safety, or who are arrested crossing the border illegally, are enforcement priorities, and ICE is allocating enforcement resources accordingly, consistent with our laws."
"ICE's recent criminal release statistics illustrate our commitment to ensuring that individuals who pose a threat to public safety are not released from ICE custody, and demonstrate that our review processes embody and support ICE's commitment to public safety," the ICE spokesperson added.
END
Monday, July 11, 2016
AZMEX SPECIAL 10-7-16
AZMEX SPECIAL 10 JUL 2016
The Mexican media version.
Mexico will not pay the proposed Trump wall, Peña Nieto reiterates
In an interview to CNN he made it clear that his government would bear the cost of a wall between the two countries
07/10/2016 11:36 NOTIMEX
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2016/07/10/1104070
The president rejected any possibility that the Mexican government pays a wall as proposed by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON.
President Enrique Peña Nieto rejected any possibility that the Mexican government pays for a wall as proposed by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and denied "categorically" that Mexico expels Mexican immigrants to the United States.
In an interview with the analyst Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN's GPS program, the Mexican president said he respects the internal democratic process of the United States, but made clear that his government would not bear the cost of a wall between the two countries .
There is no way that Mexico pays for a wall like that, but that decision rests with the government of the United States, "the president said in the interview conducted in the framework of the Summit of Leaders of America in Ottawa, Canada, and transmitted Sunday in the United States.
Peña Nieto also rejected claims Trump, launched from the beginning of his presidential campaign last year, in the sense that the Mexican government is forcing Mexicans to the United States.
That is not true. I deny categorically. What is certain is that both governments are working together, have a close coordination to combat (smuggling), "he said.
Likewise, the Mexican president said he could not agree with that "generalization" that Mexicans are drug dealers, criminals or rapists.
There is no way to match comments like these, "he said.
The Mexican president said it is very important to give the proper context to the relationship between the US and Mexico.
He noted for example that few know that more than one million people legally cross the Mexico-United States border every day, thanks to the integration of the two countries and more than 370,000 trucks and cars crossing between the two countries the intensity of trade.
Peña Nieto stressed therefore the need to make clear that the prosperity and security of the United States is built from the prosperity of its neighbors.
And this is what we have built (...) a relationship of coordination, collaboration, cooperation in the security area, "he said.
Peña Nieto expressed in that sense confidence that whoever is president or president of the United States, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, would like to build better conditions and more welfare for its people.
My position is very clear. There are very respectful of who is elected who wants to build a constructive and positive relationship with Mexico, "he said.
In terms of internal security in Mexico, Peña Nieto said that there has been progress, although challenges remain.
On the status of extradition of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, the Mexican president said they have the will to extradite, describing him as an individual "highly dangerous" and hoped that the end of the process he will be delivered to United States .
Regarding the Amnesty International report on the situation of human rights in Mexico, Peña Nieto said as "wrong" any statement in the sense that Mexico is a country where human rights and freedoms are not respected and stressed that progress has been made, although challenges remain in the field.
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The CNN version:
'No way' Mexico will pay for wall, its leader says
Ashley Fantz-Profile-Image
By Ashley Fantz, CNN
Updated 3:57 PM ET, Sun July 10, 2016
mexican president enrique pena nieto trump wall sot gps_00010305.jpg
Mexican president: 'No way' we pay for Trump's wall
Mexico's president responds to Trump calling Mexicans "rapists" by saying Trump generalizes
Mexico supportive of extraditing to the U.S. cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman
(CNN)Mexico's president said Sunday that there is "no way" his country would ever pay for a wall between it and the United States.
In a wide-ranging interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria, Enrique Peña Nieto shot down Donald Trump's campaign promise that he's going to build a wall and Mexico will foot the bill.
Peña Nieto stressed that economic and social prosperity on both sides of the border relies on a firm relationship between Mexico and the United States.
"We also have to bear in mind that the security of the United States is linked with the security of its neighboring countries," he said. "And this is what we have built. And I'll say it again, this is what we have been doing with the U.S. government. We have a relationship of coordination, of collaboration and of cooperation in the area of security, precisely in order to have security in Mexico, to have security in the U.S. and ... we are journey companions. We are strategic partners working for security in North America."
"There is no way that Mexico can pay [for] a wall like that," he said.
Zakaria asked the Mexican president how he felt about the presumptive Republican nominee's characterization of Mexicans.
In New York in June 2015, while announcing his run for president, Trump said: "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."
"I cannot agree with such a generalization for Mexicans," said Peña Nieto. "There is no way to agree with comments like these which describe all Mexicans in such a way."
There are criminals in every country, the leader said, and "we need to fight and apply the full extent of the law" in bringing those people to justice.
But Mexico and the United States are "largely integrated" with one another.
"Not many people know, for instance, that every single day, 1 million people cross the border between Mexico and the U.S. and they do it legally -- every single day -- one million people cross the border from the U.S. into Mexico and from Mexico into the U.S.," the President said.
Commerce between the nations is critical, he said. More than 370,000 trucks and cars cross the borders.
While there has been intense rhetoric used during the presidential campaigns about immigration, the Pew Research Center has found that over the past decade Mexican migration to the United States has slowed dramatically.
From 1965 to 2015, more than 16 million Mexicans migrated to the United States in one of the largest mass migrations in modern history, according to Pew. But over the past decade, Mexican migration has slowed dramatically. Today, Mexico increasingly serves as a land bridge for Central American immigrants traveling to the United States.
Pew reports that more Mexicans left than came to the United States since the end of the Great Recession. Between 2009 and 2014, 870,000 Mexican nationals left Mexico to come to America, down from the 2.9 million who left Mexico between 1995 and 2000.
Peña Nieto stressed that he is "respectful on the democratic process" taking place in the United States now as the country elects its next president.
"I believe that any of the candidates, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Trump, I'm sure that both of them would like to build good conditions and better wellness for their people," he said. "We are very respectful to whomever is elected. We want to build a positive and constructive relation among Mexico and to whomever becomes president of United States."
A relationship tested by 'El Chapo'
Relations between Mexico and the United States have faced strain over the drug war, in particular the hunt, capture and repeated escapes of kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
The notorious Sinaloa cartel boss has been a wanted man on both sides of the border for years. In Brooklyn, he and other cartel leaders were indicted in 2009 on charges of conspiring to import more than 264,000 pounds of cocaine into the United States between 1990 and 2005, according to the U.S. Justice Department. The traffickers also are accused of sharing drug transportation routes and obtaining their drugs from various Colombian drug organizations.
The indictments allege Guzman and others cartel bosses employed "sicarios," or hit men, to carry out hundreds of acts of violence in Mexico, including murders, kidnappings, tortures and violent collections of drug debts, according to federal prosecutors.
Mexico intends to extradite Guzman and is working on a process to make that happen, said Peña Nieto. Guzman's lawyers are appealing a May ruling ordering the transfer.
Zakaria asked how the president thinks Guzman managed to escape prison in Mexico.
In 2001, Guzman broke out of a maximum-security prison by reportedly hiding in a laundry cart.
In 2015, he escaped again through a prison shower which led into a vast underground tunnel.
He was recaptured in January 2016 in his native Sinaloa state after a shootout that killed six of his people. Actor Sean Penn and Mexican actress Kate del Castillo had traveled to Mexico last October to interview Guzman for a story that appeared in Rolling Stone. Before the public knew about the interview, two U.S. law enforcement officials said the tracking of cell phones and electronic exchanges of people close to Guzman led to his recapture.
Mexican authorities said they got Guzman partly because his representatives contacted filmmakers and actors about making a biopic of his life.
Peña Nieto said he didn't know how the cartel leader escaped in 2015. "Anything that I would say would be pure speculation," he said. "But what matters to me is that he is in prison. What matters to me is to know that we recaptured him. In a three-year span, we captured him once and we captured him again."
He said that the government is investigating who might have helped Guzman.
Zakaria asked Peña Nieto whether he envisioned the battle against the drug cartels lessening in the next several years.
"I don't know if these battles will ever come to an end," the president answered. "But what I can tell you is that this administration has been able to revert the growing trend of insecurity that our country had in 2012. The number of malicious crimes such as murders, kidnappings and extortions have come down."
Peña Nieto acknowledged that "some regions" in Mexico continue to face security problems.
"But in general terms, I would say that, yes, Mexico has seen progress [in fighting drug cartels]," the President said. "Yes, we have provided more security to our people, but we still have to keep fighting in this arena."
Ray Sanchez, Nick Valencia and Evan Perez contributed to this report.
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México no pagará el muro propuesto por Trump, reitera Peña Nieto
En una entrevista para la cadena CNN dejó en claro que su gobierno no sufragaría el costo de un muro entre los dos países
10/07/2016 11:36 NOTIMEX
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2016/07/10/1104070
El presidente rechazó toda posibilidad de que el gobierno mexicano pague un muro como el propuesto por el virtual candidato presidencial republicano Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON.
El presidente Enrique Peña Nieto rechazó toda posibilidad de que el gobierno mexicano pague un muro como el propuesto por el virtual candidato presidencial republicano Donald Trump y negó "categóricamente" que México expulse a inmigrantes mexicanos hacia Estados Unidos.
En una entrevista con el analista Fareed Zakaría, conductor del programa GPS de la cadena CNN, el mandatario mexicano dijo ser respetuoso del proceso democrático interno de Estados Unidos, pero dejó en claro que su gobierno no sufragaría el costo de un muro entre los dos países.
No hay manera de que México pague un muro como ese, pero esa decisión le corresponde al gobierno de los Estados Unidos", afirmó el presidente en la entrevista realizada en el marco de la reciente Cumbre de Líderes de Norteamérica en Ottawa, Canadá, y transmitida este domingo en Estados Unidos.
Peña Nieto rechazó asimismo las afirmaciones de Trump, lanzadas desde el inicio de su campaña presidencial el año pasado, en el sentido de que el gobierno mexicano está forzando la salida de los mexicanos hacia Estados Unidos.
Eso no es cierto. Lo niego categóricamente. Lo que es cierto es que ambos gobiernos están trabajando juntos, tienen una estrecha coordinación para combatir (el contrabando de personas)", señaló.
De la misma forma, el presidente mexicano sostuvo que no podía coincidir con esa "generalización" de que los mexicanos son traficantes de drogas, criminales o violadores.
No hay manera de coincidir con comentarios como estos", remarcó.
El presidente mexicano comentó que es muy importante darle el contexto apropiado a la relación entre Estados Unidos y México.
Resaltó por ejemplo que pocos saben que más de un millón de personas cruzan legalmente la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México todos los días, gracias a la integración de los dos países, así como que más de 370 mil camiones y autos cruzan entre los dos países por la intensidad del comercio.
Peña Nieto destacó por ello la necesidad de dejar en claro que la prosperidad y la seguridad de Estados Unidos se construye a partir de la prosperidad de sus países vecinos.
Y esto es lo que hemos construido (...) una relación de coordinación, de colaboración, de cooperación en el área de seguridad", subrayó.
Peña Nieto expresó en ese sentido su confianza en que quien resulte presidenta o presidente de Estados Unidos, Hillary Clinton o Donald Trump, le gustaría construir mejores condiciones y más bienestar para su pueblo.
Mi posición es muy clara. Somos muy respetuosos con quien sea electo que quiera construir una relación constructiva y positiva con México", indicó.
En materia de la seguridad interna en México, Peña Nieto destacó que ha habido progresos aunque subsisten retos que se están combatiendo.
Sobre la situación del proceso de extradición de Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, el presidente mexicano dijo que tienen la voluntad de extraditar a quien describió como un individuo de "alta peligrosidad" y confió en que al final del proceso será entregado a Estados Unidos.
En relación con el reporte de Amnistía Internacional sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en México, Peña Nieto señaló como "equivocada" cualquier afirmación en el sentido de que México es un país donde no se respetan los derecho humanos y las libertades y resaltó que se han hecho progresos aunque subsisten retos en la materia.
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The Mexican media version.
Mexico will not pay the proposed Trump wall, Peña Nieto reiterates
In an interview to CNN he made it clear that his government would bear the cost of a wall between the two countries
07/10/2016 11:36 NOTIMEX
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2016/07/10/1104070
The president rejected any possibility that the Mexican government pays a wall as proposed by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON.
President Enrique Peña Nieto rejected any possibility that the Mexican government pays for a wall as proposed by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and denied "categorically" that Mexico expels Mexican immigrants to the United States.
In an interview with the analyst Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN's GPS program, the Mexican president said he respects the internal democratic process of the United States, but made clear that his government would not bear the cost of a wall between the two countries .
There is no way that Mexico pays for a wall like that, but that decision rests with the government of the United States, "the president said in the interview conducted in the framework of the Summit of Leaders of America in Ottawa, Canada, and transmitted Sunday in the United States.
Peña Nieto also rejected claims Trump, launched from the beginning of his presidential campaign last year, in the sense that the Mexican government is forcing Mexicans to the United States.
That is not true. I deny categorically. What is certain is that both governments are working together, have a close coordination to combat (smuggling), "he said.
Likewise, the Mexican president said he could not agree with that "generalization" that Mexicans are drug dealers, criminals or rapists.
There is no way to match comments like these, "he said.
The Mexican president said it is very important to give the proper context to the relationship between the US and Mexico.
He noted for example that few know that more than one million people legally cross the Mexico-United States border every day, thanks to the integration of the two countries and more than 370,000 trucks and cars crossing between the two countries the intensity of trade.
Peña Nieto stressed therefore the need to make clear that the prosperity and security of the United States is built from the prosperity of its neighbors.
And this is what we have built (...) a relationship of coordination, collaboration, cooperation in the security area, "he said.
Peña Nieto expressed in that sense confidence that whoever is president or president of the United States, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, would like to build better conditions and more welfare for its people.
My position is very clear. There are very respectful of who is elected who wants to build a constructive and positive relationship with Mexico, "he said.
In terms of internal security in Mexico, Peña Nieto said that there has been progress, although challenges remain.
On the status of extradition of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, the Mexican president said they have the will to extradite, describing him as an individual "highly dangerous" and hoped that the end of the process he will be delivered to United States .
Regarding the Amnesty International report on the situation of human rights in Mexico, Peña Nieto said as "wrong" any statement in the sense that Mexico is a country where human rights and freedoms are not respected and stressed that progress has been made, although challenges remain in the field.
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The CNN version:
'No way' Mexico will pay for wall, its leader says
Ashley Fantz-Profile-Image
By Ashley Fantz, CNN
Updated 3:57 PM ET, Sun July 10, 2016
mexican president enrique pena nieto trump wall sot gps_00010305.jpg
Mexican president: 'No way' we pay for Trump's wall
Mexico's president responds to Trump calling Mexicans "rapists" by saying Trump generalizes
Mexico supportive of extraditing to the U.S. cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman
(CNN)Mexico's president said Sunday that there is "no way" his country would ever pay for a wall between it and the United States.
In a wide-ranging interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria, Enrique Peña Nieto shot down Donald Trump's campaign promise that he's going to build a wall and Mexico will foot the bill.
Peña Nieto stressed that economic and social prosperity on both sides of the border relies on a firm relationship between Mexico and the United States.
"We also have to bear in mind that the security of the United States is linked with the security of its neighboring countries," he said. "And this is what we have built. And I'll say it again, this is what we have been doing with the U.S. government. We have a relationship of coordination, of collaboration and of cooperation in the area of security, precisely in order to have security in Mexico, to have security in the U.S. and ... we are journey companions. We are strategic partners working for security in North America."
"There is no way that Mexico can pay [for] a wall like that," he said.
Zakaria asked the Mexican president how he felt about the presumptive Republican nominee's characterization of Mexicans.
In New York in June 2015, while announcing his run for president, Trump said: "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."
"I cannot agree with such a generalization for Mexicans," said Peña Nieto. "There is no way to agree with comments like these which describe all Mexicans in such a way."
There are criminals in every country, the leader said, and "we need to fight and apply the full extent of the law" in bringing those people to justice.
But Mexico and the United States are "largely integrated" with one another.
"Not many people know, for instance, that every single day, 1 million people cross the border between Mexico and the U.S. and they do it legally -- every single day -- one million people cross the border from the U.S. into Mexico and from Mexico into the U.S.," the President said.
Commerce between the nations is critical, he said. More than 370,000 trucks and cars cross the borders.
While there has been intense rhetoric used during the presidential campaigns about immigration, the Pew Research Center has found that over the past decade Mexican migration to the United States has slowed dramatically.
From 1965 to 2015, more than 16 million Mexicans migrated to the United States in one of the largest mass migrations in modern history, according to Pew. But over the past decade, Mexican migration has slowed dramatically. Today, Mexico increasingly serves as a land bridge for Central American immigrants traveling to the United States.
Pew reports that more Mexicans left than came to the United States since the end of the Great Recession. Between 2009 and 2014, 870,000 Mexican nationals left Mexico to come to America, down from the 2.9 million who left Mexico between 1995 and 2000.
Peña Nieto stressed that he is "respectful on the democratic process" taking place in the United States now as the country elects its next president.
"I believe that any of the candidates, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Trump, I'm sure that both of them would like to build good conditions and better wellness for their people," he said. "We are very respectful to whomever is elected. We want to build a positive and constructive relation among Mexico and to whomever becomes president of United States."
A relationship tested by 'El Chapo'
Relations between Mexico and the United States have faced strain over the drug war, in particular the hunt, capture and repeated escapes of kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
The notorious Sinaloa cartel boss has been a wanted man on both sides of the border for years. In Brooklyn, he and other cartel leaders were indicted in 2009 on charges of conspiring to import more than 264,000 pounds of cocaine into the United States between 1990 and 2005, according to the U.S. Justice Department. The traffickers also are accused of sharing drug transportation routes and obtaining their drugs from various Colombian drug organizations.
The indictments allege Guzman and others cartel bosses employed "sicarios," or hit men, to carry out hundreds of acts of violence in Mexico, including murders, kidnappings, tortures and violent collections of drug debts, according to federal prosecutors.
Mexico intends to extradite Guzman and is working on a process to make that happen, said Peña Nieto. Guzman's lawyers are appealing a May ruling ordering the transfer.
Zakaria asked how the president thinks Guzman managed to escape prison in Mexico.
In 2001, Guzman broke out of a maximum-security prison by reportedly hiding in a laundry cart.
In 2015, he escaped again through a prison shower which led into a vast underground tunnel.
He was recaptured in January 2016 in his native Sinaloa state after a shootout that killed six of his people. Actor Sean Penn and Mexican actress Kate del Castillo had traveled to Mexico last October to interview Guzman for a story that appeared in Rolling Stone. Before the public knew about the interview, two U.S. law enforcement officials said the tracking of cell phones and electronic exchanges of people close to Guzman led to his recapture.
Mexican authorities said they got Guzman partly because his representatives contacted filmmakers and actors about making a biopic of his life.
Peña Nieto said he didn't know how the cartel leader escaped in 2015. "Anything that I would say would be pure speculation," he said. "But what matters to me is that he is in prison. What matters to me is to know that we recaptured him. In a three-year span, we captured him once and we captured him again."
He said that the government is investigating who might have helped Guzman.
Zakaria asked Peña Nieto whether he envisioned the battle against the drug cartels lessening in the next several years.
"I don't know if these battles will ever come to an end," the president answered. "But what I can tell you is that this administration has been able to revert the growing trend of insecurity that our country had in 2012. The number of malicious crimes such as murders, kidnappings and extortions have come down."
Peña Nieto acknowledged that "some regions" in Mexico continue to face security problems.
"But in general terms, I would say that, yes, Mexico has seen progress [in fighting drug cartels]," the President said. "Yes, we have provided more security to our people, but we still have to keep fighting in this arena."
Ray Sanchez, Nick Valencia and Evan Perez contributed to this report.
end
México no pagará el muro propuesto por Trump, reitera Peña Nieto
En una entrevista para la cadena CNN dejó en claro que su gobierno no sufragaría el costo de un muro entre los dos países
10/07/2016 11:36 NOTIMEX
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2016/07/10/1104070
El presidente rechazó toda posibilidad de que el gobierno mexicano pague un muro como el propuesto por el virtual candidato presidencial republicano Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON.
El presidente Enrique Peña Nieto rechazó toda posibilidad de que el gobierno mexicano pague un muro como el propuesto por el virtual candidato presidencial republicano Donald Trump y negó "categóricamente" que México expulse a inmigrantes mexicanos hacia Estados Unidos.
En una entrevista con el analista Fareed Zakaría, conductor del programa GPS de la cadena CNN, el mandatario mexicano dijo ser respetuoso del proceso democrático interno de Estados Unidos, pero dejó en claro que su gobierno no sufragaría el costo de un muro entre los dos países.
No hay manera de que México pague un muro como ese, pero esa decisión le corresponde al gobierno de los Estados Unidos", afirmó el presidente en la entrevista realizada en el marco de la reciente Cumbre de Líderes de Norteamérica en Ottawa, Canadá, y transmitida este domingo en Estados Unidos.
Peña Nieto rechazó asimismo las afirmaciones de Trump, lanzadas desde el inicio de su campaña presidencial el año pasado, en el sentido de que el gobierno mexicano está forzando la salida de los mexicanos hacia Estados Unidos.
Eso no es cierto. Lo niego categóricamente. Lo que es cierto es que ambos gobiernos están trabajando juntos, tienen una estrecha coordinación para combatir (el contrabando de personas)", señaló.
De la misma forma, el presidente mexicano sostuvo que no podía coincidir con esa "generalización" de que los mexicanos son traficantes de drogas, criminales o violadores.
No hay manera de coincidir con comentarios como estos", remarcó.
El presidente mexicano comentó que es muy importante darle el contexto apropiado a la relación entre Estados Unidos y México.
Resaltó por ejemplo que pocos saben que más de un millón de personas cruzan legalmente la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México todos los días, gracias a la integración de los dos países, así como que más de 370 mil camiones y autos cruzan entre los dos países por la intensidad del comercio.
Peña Nieto destacó por ello la necesidad de dejar en claro que la prosperidad y la seguridad de Estados Unidos se construye a partir de la prosperidad de sus países vecinos.
Y esto es lo que hemos construido (...) una relación de coordinación, de colaboración, de cooperación en el área de seguridad", subrayó.
Peña Nieto expresó en ese sentido su confianza en que quien resulte presidenta o presidente de Estados Unidos, Hillary Clinton o Donald Trump, le gustaría construir mejores condiciones y más bienestar para su pueblo.
Mi posición es muy clara. Somos muy respetuosos con quien sea electo que quiera construir una relación constructiva y positiva con México", indicó.
En materia de la seguridad interna en México, Peña Nieto destacó que ha habido progresos aunque subsisten retos que se están combatiendo.
Sobre la situación del proceso de extradición de Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, el presidente mexicano dijo que tienen la voluntad de extraditar a quien describió como un individuo de "alta peligrosidad" y confió en que al final del proceso será entregado a Estados Unidos.
En relación con el reporte de Amnistía Internacional sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en México, Peña Nieto señaló como "equivocada" cualquier afirmación en el sentido de que México es un país donde no se respetan los derecho humanos y las libertades y resaltó que se han hecho progresos aunque subsisten retos en la materia.
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Sunday, July 10, 2016
AZMEX SPECIAL 5-7-16
AZMEX SPECIAL 5 JUL 2016
Note: The state is Texas, a prime example for some other states.
State nearing goal of 250 new border troopers
JULIÁN AGUILAR | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE 5 hrs ago (0)
http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/state-nearing-goal-of-new-border-troopers/article_b638d93e-4233-11e6-8cae-2b658dd784c4.html
The Texas Department of Public Safety is nearing its goal of permanently assigning 250 additional troopers to the state's border with Mexico. And after initially concentrating its efforts in the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas, the agency is now expanding its target area to include West Texas and Big Bend.
By the end of August, the DPS academy will have graduated 209 of the 250 border troopers required by House Bill 11, an omnibus border-security measure passed in 2015 mandating the increase in staffing levels.
Agency spokesman Tom Vinger said most of the new recruits are in the agency's Region 3, which extends from Val Verde County to Cameron County on the Gulf Coast and includes the McAllen, Laredo and Corpus Christi districts.
Of the 123 troopers that graduated earlier this year, about half were assigned to Region 3 and 20 to Region 4, which spans from El Paso County to Terrell County. That's in addition to other troopers assigned in West Texas to help fill vacancies.
Extending the border deployments to West Texas troubles some lawmakers, who argue that part of the Texas border isn't experiencing the same surge of undocumented immigrants that Hidalgo and Cameron counties have seen since 2014. Lawmakers said that wave of unauthorized entries justified the unprecedented allotment of $800 million for additional border security the Legislature approved in 2015.
Critics argued that the border was safe and that the immigrants were fleeing violence and meant Texans no harm. But lawmakers said the U.S. Border Patrol could be distracted by the surge and that DPS was needed to fill in the gaps.
State Sen. José Rodriguez, D-El Paso, said that's not happening in his district.
"There is no evidence Border Patrol is distracted or requesting assistance in El Paso or elsewhere, and there has been no 'surge' in immigrants crossing in or immediately around El Paso," he said.
Rodriguez added that he's heard from local peace officers that DPS officers sometimes "spend more time harassing local townsfolk" than performing police work, and that his office wasn't told about any increase in DPS activity.
"We are not aware of DPS communication with other law enforcement agencies, lawmakers or — importantly — community stakeholders," he said.
Vinger said placing more officers in West Texas falls in line with the agency's overall border-security mission, though it's unclear how many more troopers are slated for that part of the state.
"At the direction of state leaders and the Texas Legislature, DPS personnel from across the state are deployed to the border on a rotational basis in a multi-agency effort to deter, detect and interdict the trafficking of drugs and people into our state," he said. "DPS will work with its local, state and federal partners to target transnational criminal activity, including drug trafficking, labor trafficking, sex trafficking and money laundering in key Texas transshipment and trafficking centers and other impacted areas throughout the state."
Vinger said another training class with 160 enlistees begins in July, and another in September.
Though the 250-trooper increase garnered the most controversy, it is actually a fraction of the state police's overall border effort.
Vinger said trooper levels may exceed the 250 required to make up for attrition and openings the DPS needed to fill regardless of HB 11's border-staffing goals. And although the 209 will go toward fulfilling the legislative mandate, there will be 288 recent graduates assigned to the border area by the end of August. According to a DPS fact sheet released in April, there were 230 additional troopers in the border area that were deployed from other locations across the state, and the equivalent of 313 more full-time troopers when overtime work is added to the totals.
When the April brief was released, trooper strength on the border exceeded 1,200 officers, according to DPS. Vinger said trooper rotations to the border from other parts of Texas would continue until the state's leadership or Legislature say otherwise. Rookie troopers will also be paired with veteran officers for at least six months after graduation.
Though some border lawmakers balk at the increased staffing, some U.S. Border Patrol agents in understaffed zones welcome their presence.
"They're a great asset, they are force multipliers," U.S. Border Patrol Agent José Perales said during a recent border tour in Roma, Texas. "It's good to know they are out here working with us. So it's a positive [thing] for us."
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Note: The state is Texas, a prime example for some other states.
State nearing goal of 250 new border troopers
JULIÁN AGUILAR | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE 5 hrs ago (0)
http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/state-nearing-goal-of-new-border-troopers/article_b638d93e-4233-11e6-8cae-2b658dd784c4.html
The Texas Department of Public Safety is nearing its goal of permanently assigning 250 additional troopers to the state's border with Mexico. And after initially concentrating its efforts in the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas, the agency is now expanding its target area to include West Texas and Big Bend.
By the end of August, the DPS academy will have graduated 209 of the 250 border troopers required by House Bill 11, an omnibus border-security measure passed in 2015 mandating the increase in staffing levels.
Agency spokesman Tom Vinger said most of the new recruits are in the agency's Region 3, which extends from Val Verde County to Cameron County on the Gulf Coast and includes the McAllen, Laredo and Corpus Christi districts.
Of the 123 troopers that graduated earlier this year, about half were assigned to Region 3 and 20 to Region 4, which spans from El Paso County to Terrell County. That's in addition to other troopers assigned in West Texas to help fill vacancies.
Extending the border deployments to West Texas troubles some lawmakers, who argue that part of the Texas border isn't experiencing the same surge of undocumented immigrants that Hidalgo and Cameron counties have seen since 2014. Lawmakers said that wave of unauthorized entries justified the unprecedented allotment of $800 million for additional border security the Legislature approved in 2015.
Critics argued that the border was safe and that the immigrants were fleeing violence and meant Texans no harm. But lawmakers said the U.S. Border Patrol could be distracted by the surge and that DPS was needed to fill in the gaps.
State Sen. José Rodriguez, D-El Paso, said that's not happening in his district.
"There is no evidence Border Patrol is distracted or requesting assistance in El Paso or elsewhere, and there has been no 'surge' in immigrants crossing in or immediately around El Paso," he said.
Rodriguez added that he's heard from local peace officers that DPS officers sometimes "spend more time harassing local townsfolk" than performing police work, and that his office wasn't told about any increase in DPS activity.
"We are not aware of DPS communication with other law enforcement agencies, lawmakers or — importantly — community stakeholders," he said.
Vinger said placing more officers in West Texas falls in line with the agency's overall border-security mission, though it's unclear how many more troopers are slated for that part of the state.
"At the direction of state leaders and the Texas Legislature, DPS personnel from across the state are deployed to the border on a rotational basis in a multi-agency effort to deter, detect and interdict the trafficking of drugs and people into our state," he said. "DPS will work with its local, state and federal partners to target transnational criminal activity, including drug trafficking, labor trafficking, sex trafficking and money laundering in key Texas transshipment and trafficking centers and other impacted areas throughout the state."
Vinger said another training class with 160 enlistees begins in July, and another in September.
Though the 250-trooper increase garnered the most controversy, it is actually a fraction of the state police's overall border effort.
Vinger said trooper levels may exceed the 250 required to make up for attrition and openings the DPS needed to fill regardless of HB 11's border-staffing goals. And although the 209 will go toward fulfilling the legislative mandate, there will be 288 recent graduates assigned to the border area by the end of August. According to a DPS fact sheet released in April, there were 230 additional troopers in the border area that were deployed from other locations across the state, and the equivalent of 313 more full-time troopers when overtime work is added to the totals.
When the April brief was released, trooper strength on the border exceeded 1,200 officers, according to DPS. Vinger said trooper rotations to the border from other parts of Texas would continue until the state's leadership or Legislature say otherwise. Rookie troopers will also be paired with veteran officers for at least six months after graduation.
Though some border lawmakers balk at the increased staffing, some U.S. Border Patrol agents in understaffed zones welcome their presence.
"They're a great asset, they are force multipliers," U.S. Border Patrol Agent José Perales said during a recent border tour in Roma, Texas. "It's good to know they are out here working with us. So it's a positive [thing] for us."
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Monday, July 4, 2016
AZMEX EXTRA 4-7-16
AZMEX EXTRA 4 JUL 2016
Neighbors arm themselves against criminals
04 / Jul / 2016 - 2:18 pm
Pimentel residents of the colony decided to organize to tackle insecurity
By: Staff
http://tribuna.com.mx/nota.php?n=18978
Hermosillo, Sonora.- After the murder of Maria Tapia, known by its neighbors as Dona Licha, last Friday, residents from the area decided to take up arms to defend.
The 70 year old woman lived alone at her home, located at the corner of Michoacan and Callejon Naco in Pimentel colony.
On Friday night, the same day the incident took place, neighbors gathered to decide what action to take.
The call came about 30 residents of the sector, gathered at the home of Professor Gabriel Nunez.
At the meeting they agreed to take this measure, and confirmed that at least 12 attendees already have weapons in their homes.
In an interview for Bridge Project, (Proyecto Puente) the retired teacher, now a spokesman for the neighbors, said: "What we will do is defend our lives, to be aware of the thieves, drug dealers and drug addicts, they are risking their lives to get in this neighborhood, we'll kill them, they get into a house and we will kill. "
Professor Nunez said at that meeting some neighbors, who have no weapons, will look for ways to acquire them and go to a shooting club to learn how to use them, also seek ways to register them with the competent authority.
He denounced two drug dealers there a few meters from where lived Doña Licha.
The same Friday night the citizens called to make complaints, but did not like the result of that call.
It decided to address some municipal officers who were guarding the crime scene to denounce drug dealers directly to the police.
end
Note: some photos and video at link:
Pimentel neighbors show firearms to defend themselves
By: Writing El Imparcial | 04/07/2016 12:09
Hermosillo, Sonora (GH)
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Policiaca/04072016/1100132-Muestran-vecinos-de-la-Pimentel-armas-de-fuego-para-defenderse.html
Indignant at the murder of a neighbor and insecurity, inhabitants of the colony Pimentel who are already armed, and showed guns in their homes.
A resident of the colony showed last Saturday guns he has at home, and indicated that at least 30 residents have guns to defend themselves if a stranger enters their homes.
Last Friday morning Maria Luisa Tapia, 70 years old, was killed at her home after a 27-year-old allegedly wounded her with intent to steal.
About 30 people in the sector have signed a letter to the mayor of Hermosillo and the Governor of the State, and warn that they are fed up with insecurity and they will seek to end this problem if there is no support from the authorities.
"And what can we do? Kill them ... that's what we can do if they get to an area, kill them, nothing else, because we have no prison I'm not going to the grave " said a resident of the Pimentel neighborhood
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HERMOSILLO, Sonora(GH)
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Policiaca/04072016/1100132-Muestran-vecinos-de-la-Pimentel-armas-de-fuego-para-defenderse.html
Ante la indignación por el asesinato de una vecina e inseguridad, habitantes de la colonia Pimentel ya se encuentran armados, como lo dejaron ver al mostrar armas de fuego en sus hogares.
Un residente de la colonia mostró el pasado sábado las armas de fuego que tiene en su hogar, e indicó que por lo menos 30 vecinos cuentan con pistolas para defenderse en caso de que un extraño entre a sus viviendas.
El pasado viernes por la mañana María Luisa Tapia, de 70 años de edad, fue asesinada en su domicilio, luego de que un hombre de 27 años de edad presuntamente la hiriera con la intención de robarle.
Alrededor de 30 personas del sector firmaron un escrito dirigido al alcalde de Hermosillo y a la Gobernadora del Estado, en donde advierten que están hartos de la inseguridad y que buscarán acabar con este problema si no hay apoyo de la autoridad.
"¿Y qué podemos hacer? Matarlos… eso es lo que podemos hacer si se meten a un predio, matarlos, no hay más, porque no nos queda otra, de la cárcel yo voy a salir, de la tumba no lo voy a hacer", expresó un residente de la Pimentel.
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Vecinos se arman contra delincuentes
04/Jul/2016 - 02:18 pm
Vecinos de la colonia Pimentel decidieron organizarse para hacer frente a la inseguridad
Por: Staff
http://tribuna.com.mx/nota.php?n=18978
Hermosillo, Sonora.- Después del asesinato de María Tapia, conocida por sus vecinos como doña Licha, el pasado viernes, los vecinos del sector decidieron tomar las armas para defenderse.
La mujer de 70 años vivía sola en su domicilio, que se ubica en la esquina de Michoacán y Callejón Naco, en la colonia Pimentel.
El viernes por la noche, el mismo día que se registraron los hechos, los vecinos se reunieron para decidir las medidas a tomar.
A la convocatoria acudieron aproximadamente 30 residentes del sector, se reunieron en la casa del profesor Gabriel Núñez.
En la reunión acordaron tomar esa medida, y aseguraron que por lo menos 12 de los asistentes ya cuentan con armas en sus domicilios.
En entrevista para Proyecto Puente, el profesor jubilado, ahora vocero de los vecinos, aseguró: "Lo que vamos a hacer es defender nuestra vida, que estén conscientes los rateros, los tiradores de droga, los drogadictos, que ellos están arriesgando la vida al meterse en este barrio, los vamos a matar, se meten a una casa y los vamos a matar".
El profesor Núñez comentó que en dicha reunión algunos vecinos, los que no tienen armas, buscarán la manera de adquirirlas y se asesorarán en algún club de tiro para aprender a usarlas, también buscarán la manera de registrarlas ante la autoridad competente.
Aprovechó para denunciar dos tiraderos de droga que hay a unos cuantos metros de donde vivía Doña Licha.
El mismo viernes por la noche llamó a la línea ciudadana para hacer su denuncia, pero no le gustó el resultado de esa llamada.
Decidió abordar a unos agentes municipales que se encontraban custodiando la escena del crimen para denunciar los tiraderos de droga directamente con los policías.
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Neighbors arm themselves against criminals
04 / Jul / 2016 - 2:18 pm
Pimentel residents of the colony decided to organize to tackle insecurity
By: Staff
http://tribuna.com.mx/nota.php?n=18978
Hermosillo, Sonora.- After the murder of Maria Tapia, known by its neighbors as Dona Licha, last Friday, residents from the area decided to take up arms to defend.
The 70 year old woman lived alone at her home, located at the corner of Michoacan and Callejon Naco in Pimentel colony.
On Friday night, the same day the incident took place, neighbors gathered to decide what action to take.
The call came about 30 residents of the sector, gathered at the home of Professor Gabriel Nunez.
At the meeting they agreed to take this measure, and confirmed that at least 12 attendees already have weapons in their homes.
In an interview for Bridge Project, (Proyecto Puente) the retired teacher, now a spokesman for the neighbors, said: "What we will do is defend our lives, to be aware of the thieves, drug dealers and drug addicts, they are risking their lives to get in this neighborhood, we'll kill them, they get into a house and we will kill. "
Professor Nunez said at that meeting some neighbors, who have no weapons, will look for ways to acquire them and go to a shooting club to learn how to use them, also seek ways to register them with the competent authority.
He denounced two drug dealers there a few meters from where lived Doña Licha.
The same Friday night the citizens called to make complaints, but did not like the result of that call.
It decided to address some municipal officers who were guarding the crime scene to denounce drug dealers directly to the police.
end
Note: some photos and video at link:
Pimentel neighbors show firearms to defend themselves
By: Writing El Imparcial | 04/07/2016 12:09
Hermosillo, Sonora (GH)
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Policiaca/04072016/1100132-Muestran-vecinos-de-la-Pimentel-armas-de-fuego-para-defenderse.html
Indignant at the murder of a neighbor and insecurity, inhabitants of the colony Pimentel who are already armed, and showed guns in their homes.
A resident of the colony showed last Saturday guns he has at home, and indicated that at least 30 residents have guns to defend themselves if a stranger enters their homes.
Last Friday morning Maria Luisa Tapia, 70 years old, was killed at her home after a 27-year-old allegedly wounded her with intent to steal.
About 30 people in the sector have signed a letter to the mayor of Hermosillo and the Governor of the State, and warn that they are fed up with insecurity and they will seek to end this problem if there is no support from the authorities.
"And what can we do? Kill them ... that's what we can do if they get to an area, kill them, nothing else, because we have no prison I'm not going to the grave " said a resident of the Pimentel neighborhood
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Por: Redacción ElImparcial | 04/07/2016 12:09
HERMOSILLO, Sonora(GH)
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Policiaca/04072016/1100132-Muestran-vecinos-de-la-Pimentel-armas-de-fuego-para-defenderse.html
Ante la indignación por el asesinato de una vecina e inseguridad, habitantes de la colonia Pimentel ya se encuentran armados, como lo dejaron ver al mostrar armas de fuego en sus hogares.
Un residente de la colonia mostró el pasado sábado las armas de fuego que tiene en su hogar, e indicó que por lo menos 30 vecinos cuentan con pistolas para defenderse en caso de que un extraño entre a sus viviendas.
El pasado viernes por la mañana María Luisa Tapia, de 70 años de edad, fue asesinada en su domicilio, luego de que un hombre de 27 años de edad presuntamente la hiriera con la intención de robarle.
Alrededor de 30 personas del sector firmaron un escrito dirigido al alcalde de Hermosillo y a la Gobernadora del Estado, en donde advierten que están hartos de la inseguridad y que buscarán acabar con este problema si no hay apoyo de la autoridad.
"¿Y qué podemos hacer? Matarlos… eso es lo que podemos hacer si se meten a un predio, matarlos, no hay más, porque no nos queda otra, de la cárcel yo voy a salir, de la tumba no lo voy a hacer", expresó un residente de la Pimentel.
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Vecinos se arman contra delincuentes
04/Jul/2016 - 02:18 pm
Vecinos de la colonia Pimentel decidieron organizarse para hacer frente a la inseguridad
Por: Staff
http://tribuna.com.mx/nota.php?n=18978
Hermosillo, Sonora.- Después del asesinato de María Tapia, conocida por sus vecinos como doña Licha, el pasado viernes, los vecinos del sector decidieron tomar las armas para defenderse.
La mujer de 70 años vivía sola en su domicilio, que se ubica en la esquina de Michoacán y Callejón Naco, en la colonia Pimentel.
El viernes por la noche, el mismo día que se registraron los hechos, los vecinos se reunieron para decidir las medidas a tomar.
A la convocatoria acudieron aproximadamente 30 residentes del sector, se reunieron en la casa del profesor Gabriel Núñez.
En la reunión acordaron tomar esa medida, y aseguraron que por lo menos 12 de los asistentes ya cuentan con armas en sus domicilios.
En entrevista para Proyecto Puente, el profesor jubilado, ahora vocero de los vecinos, aseguró: "Lo que vamos a hacer es defender nuestra vida, que estén conscientes los rateros, los tiradores de droga, los drogadictos, que ellos están arriesgando la vida al meterse en este barrio, los vamos a matar, se meten a una casa y los vamos a matar".
El profesor Núñez comentó que en dicha reunión algunos vecinos, los que no tienen armas, buscarán la manera de adquirirlas y se asesorarán en algún club de tiro para aprender a usarlas, también buscarán la manera de registrarlas ante la autoridad competente.
Aprovechó para denunciar dos tiraderos de droga que hay a unos cuantos metros de donde vivía Doña Licha.
El mismo viernes por la noche llamó a la línea ciudadana para hacer su denuncia, pero no le gustó el resultado de esa llamada.
Decidió abordar a unos agentes municipales que se encontraban custodiando la escena del crimen para denunciar los tiraderos de droga directamente con los policías.
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AZMEX EXTRA 2-7-16
AZMEX EXTRA 2 JUL 2016
Note: Chilpancingo, not chicago, from the good folks at Borderland Beat www.boderlandbeat.com
Friday, July 1, 2016
Guerrero: Faced With Violence, 100 Business Owners Seek Permission to Bear Arms
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2016/07/guerrero-faced-with-violence-100.html#more
Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat
The Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana (COPARMEX) (Employers Confederation of the Mexican Republic), Chilpancingo delegation, said that at least 100 business owners have requested permission to bear arms at the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA), due to the serious problem of violence facing the state of Guerrero and denounced that in the state, there are five criminal groups that threaten the safety of the people.
The president of COPARMEX in Chilpancingo, Adrián Alarcón Ríos, said that of the hundred requests, at least "half" have already been authorized and the business owners will have permission to bear arms for the protection of their physical integrity and of the establishments where they work.
Alarcón Ríos said that there are at least twice as many people "who are seeking to acquire a weapon illegally on the black market."
In late January, during a meeting with the Secretary General of Government of the State of Guerrero, Florencio Salazar Adame, the president of COPARMEX explained that 35 workers from seven businesses in Chilpancingo had already had permits to bear arms within the framework of the law, faced with the problem of insecurity that the three levels of government have failed to resolve.
Faced with the problem of insecurity that persists in Chilpancingo, where just last Saturday, four executions occurred in different parts of the city, Alarcón Ríos referred to the local press that the request of union members to carry weapons "has increased gradually", based on individual responsibility and legal requirements of the Federal Law on Firearms and Explosives of the SEDENA.
When asked about the increase in applications, he said that there are about 100 business owners who maintain a requirement process before the SEDENA, although he added that there are people "that they do the process on their own account, as there are those who dare to bring the gun into their own vehicles or near their belongings with the danger that this represents."
He reiterated that of the 100 applications, at least "half" already have a permit and have been "generously" supported by the president of the private security company Jobamex, Joaquín Badillo Escamilla, faced with training in case of any type of incident.
The leader explained that pressure continues from some members to form a security and justice committee with the National Security Council and the organization system S.O.S. Mexico, which combats crime and impunity, as they call for detonating the local economy.
He argued that faced with the violent events in Chilpancingo, where based on a count by the newspaper El Sur, there have been 102 executions by organized crime so far this year, business owners live in anxiety "because of organized crime, common crime, and a third front that could be the police by being accomplices of criminals or be in collusion with them."
He stressed that there is no "will" of the three levels of government to counter violence, and therefore there are "twice as many people" that with their own ways, "seek ways to acquire a weapon."
The Chilpancingo COPARMEX noted that crime has managed to get little results from the small amount of police presence that exists in Chilpancingo.
The employers' leader said that the problem is being paid to forces that "are neither trained or have the slightest intention of safeguarding public safety," he said.
Adrián Alarcón also spoke of business owners who have had to leave Guerrero because of the insecurity in the state.
Violence Rages
On Friday, 18 murders occurred in the state, six in Iguala, five in Acapulco, four in Chilapa, two in Tixtla, and one in Buenavista de Cuellar.
Last Saturday, the Secretariat of Public Security of the state of Guerrero, Pedro Almazán Cervantes, said that the violence in the state is a product of the struggle between organized crime groups such as Los Rojos, Los Ardillos, Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, and others that have not been identified.
Almazán Cervantes said that in Iguala, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel has a high presence and that the Guerreros Unidos continue to operate, "they are groups that are dividing but nevertheless, the struggle between them continues and it's difficult to determine the murders that they commit."
When asked about what groups are in dispute in Acapulco, he said "it is the crown jewel and several groups dispute the city," he said that the Attorney General's Office of the State of Guerrero carries out investigations and the Ministry of Public Security carries out seizures and forfeitures. Of the groups operating in Acapulco he said that it's "primarily" the Beltrán Leyva Cartel, the Independent Cartel of Acapulco (CIDA), and its spin-offs.
On the return of the federal police after it left Guerrero before the elections of June 5th, Almazán Cervantes said that there is no precise date for when it will be reincorporated to the security activities in the state because their disposals are "in movements that are occurring in other parts of the country, mainly Oaxaca, Chiapas, the federal force goes where the main problem is, we hope for them to be back soon."
Source: Sin Embargo
Borderland Beat Reporter Valor Posted at 8:03 PM
Note: Chilpancingo, not chicago, from the good folks at Borderland Beat www.boderlandbeat.com
Friday, July 1, 2016
Guerrero: Faced With Violence, 100 Business Owners Seek Permission to Bear Arms
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2016/07/guerrero-faced-with-violence-100.html#more
Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat
The Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana (COPARMEX) (Employers Confederation of the Mexican Republic), Chilpancingo delegation, said that at least 100 business owners have requested permission to bear arms at the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA), due to the serious problem of violence facing the state of Guerrero and denounced that in the state, there are five criminal groups that threaten the safety of the people.
The president of COPARMEX in Chilpancingo, Adrián Alarcón Ríos, said that of the hundred requests, at least "half" have already been authorized and the business owners will have permission to bear arms for the protection of their physical integrity and of the establishments where they work.
Alarcón Ríos said that there are at least twice as many people "who are seeking to acquire a weapon illegally on the black market."
In late January, during a meeting with the Secretary General of Government of the State of Guerrero, Florencio Salazar Adame, the president of COPARMEX explained that 35 workers from seven businesses in Chilpancingo had already had permits to bear arms within the framework of the law, faced with the problem of insecurity that the three levels of government have failed to resolve.
Faced with the problem of insecurity that persists in Chilpancingo, where just last Saturday, four executions occurred in different parts of the city, Alarcón Ríos referred to the local press that the request of union members to carry weapons "has increased gradually", based on individual responsibility and legal requirements of the Federal Law on Firearms and Explosives of the SEDENA.
When asked about the increase in applications, he said that there are about 100 business owners who maintain a requirement process before the SEDENA, although he added that there are people "that they do the process on their own account, as there are those who dare to bring the gun into their own vehicles or near their belongings with the danger that this represents."
He reiterated that of the 100 applications, at least "half" already have a permit and have been "generously" supported by the president of the private security company Jobamex, Joaquín Badillo Escamilla, faced with training in case of any type of incident.
The leader explained that pressure continues from some members to form a security and justice committee with the National Security Council and the organization system S.O.S. Mexico, which combats crime and impunity, as they call for detonating the local economy.
He argued that faced with the violent events in Chilpancingo, where based on a count by the newspaper El Sur, there have been 102 executions by organized crime so far this year, business owners live in anxiety "because of organized crime, common crime, and a third front that could be the police by being accomplices of criminals or be in collusion with them."
He stressed that there is no "will" of the three levels of government to counter violence, and therefore there are "twice as many people" that with their own ways, "seek ways to acquire a weapon."
The Chilpancingo COPARMEX noted that crime has managed to get little results from the small amount of police presence that exists in Chilpancingo.
The employers' leader said that the problem is being paid to forces that "are neither trained or have the slightest intention of safeguarding public safety," he said.
Adrián Alarcón also spoke of business owners who have had to leave Guerrero because of the insecurity in the state.
Violence Rages
On Friday, 18 murders occurred in the state, six in Iguala, five in Acapulco, four in Chilapa, two in Tixtla, and one in Buenavista de Cuellar.
Last Saturday, the Secretariat of Public Security of the state of Guerrero, Pedro Almazán Cervantes, said that the violence in the state is a product of the struggle between organized crime groups such as Los Rojos, Los Ardillos, Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, and others that have not been identified.
Almazán Cervantes said that in Iguala, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel has a high presence and that the Guerreros Unidos continue to operate, "they are groups that are dividing but nevertheless, the struggle between them continues and it's difficult to determine the murders that they commit."
When asked about what groups are in dispute in Acapulco, he said "it is the crown jewel and several groups dispute the city," he said that the Attorney General's Office of the State of Guerrero carries out investigations and the Ministry of Public Security carries out seizures and forfeitures. Of the groups operating in Acapulco he said that it's "primarily" the Beltrán Leyva Cartel, the Independent Cartel of Acapulco (CIDA), and its spin-offs.
On the return of the federal police after it left Guerrero before the elections of June 5th, Almazán Cervantes said that there is no precise date for when it will be reincorporated to the security activities in the state because their disposals are "in movements that are occurring in other parts of the country, mainly Oaxaca, Chiapas, the federal force goes where the main problem is, we hope for them to be back soon."
Source: Sin Embargo
Borderland Beat Reporter Valor Posted at 8:03 PM
Saturday, July 2, 2016
ORMEX I3 2-7-16
ORMEX I3 2 JUL 2016
Note: "no significant prior criminal convictions"
Oregon triple murder suspect had been deported six times
Published July 02, 2016 Associated Press
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/02/oregon-triple-murder-suspect-had-been-deported-six-times.html?intcmp=hphz20
June 27, 2016: This photo shows Bonifacio Oseguera-Gonzalez. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says Oseguera-Gonzalez, charged with aggravated murder in the shooting deaths of three people at an Oregon blueberry farm, was deported six times between 2003 and 2013. (Marion County Sheriff's Office via AP)
PORTLAND, Ore. – A Mexican national charged with aggravated murder in the shooting deaths of three people at a rural Oregon blueberry farm had been deported six times, most recently in 2013, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Bonifacio Oseguera-Gonzalez, 29, has no significant prior criminal convictions, but ICE asked Oregon authorities to turn him over to them if he's released from custody in the current case, the agency said in a statement to The Associated Press on Friday.
Oseguera-Gonzalez pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated murder and one count of attempted murder Tuesday in Marion County Superior Court.
His attorney, Deborah Burdzik, did not immediately return a call seeking comment about his immigration status.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tweeted about the case Friday, saying the suspect "should have never been here."
Two men who lived at the blueberry farm in the Willamette Valley town of Woodburn, in northwest Oregon, died at the scene of Monday's shooting. The third victim, the girlfriend of another resident who was not home at the time, was pronounced dead at a hospital.
A third man was seriously wounded but survived and is able to speak with investigators.
The Oregon State Police arrested Oseguera-Gonzalez a few hours later on Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge, about 100 miles northeast of Woodburn.
He acknowledged to authorities in an interview that he shot four people, according to a probable cause statement.
The victims were identified as Ruben Rigoberto-Reyes, 60; Edmundo Amaro-Bajonero, 26; and Katie Gildersleeve, 30, of Logsden.
Authorities have released few details about the case, including the relationship between Oseguera-Gonzalez and the victims, and have declined to specify a motive.
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Victims in deadly shooting identified
Created on Wednesday, 29 June 2016 02:00 |
Written by Woodburn Independent
http://pamplinmedia.com/wbi/313023-191820-victims-in-deadly-shooting-identified
RYAN NAKANO - Police set up a perimeter around a residence on Kiliam Road east of Woodburn, where a fatal shooting ended with three dead and one injured.
Police have released the names of the four victims, three of whom died, in Monday's deadly shooting east of Woodburn.
Marion County Sheriff's deputies reported to 13436 Kiliam Road N.E. around 11 a.m. Monday. When they arrived, they found two residents of the property dead from gunfire.
The two were identified as Ruben Rigoberto-Reyes, 60, and Edmundo Amaro-Bajonero, 26.
MARION COUNTY JAIL - Bonifacio Oseguera-Gonzalez
Two more individuals suffered gunshot wounds and were transported to area hospitals. Katie Gildersleeve, 30, of Logsden, died later at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. Refugio Modesto-DeLaCruz, 27, is currently in critical condition at OHSU and is expected to survive his injuries. He also lives at the Kiliam Road address. Gildersleeve did not live at the Kiliam Road address but her boyfriend, who was not present at the time of the shooting, is a resident there.
Police apprehended and arrested Bonifacio Oseguera-Gonzalez, 29, on Interstate 84 near The Dalles around 1:30 p.m. Monday. According to police, Oseguera-Gonzalez has been known to frequent the property. He's been charged with three counts of aggravated murder and one count of attempted aggravated murder. His arraignment in Marion County Circuit Court was set for Tuesday afternoon.
Police were able to track down the suspect after learning of a vehicle and suspect description while on scene and broadcasting it to local police agencies.
According to a probable cause statement released by Marion County Sheriff's Office, Oseguera-Gonzalez admitted in an interview to shooting the four victims.
Initial reports that marijuana was being grown on the property have been found to be incorrect. Police stated that a legal marijuana grow operation is located on nearby private property and is not related to Monday's tragedy.
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Note: "no significant prior criminal convictions"
Oregon triple murder suspect had been deported six times
Published July 02, 2016 Associated Press
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/02/oregon-triple-murder-suspect-had-been-deported-six-times.html?intcmp=hphz20
June 27, 2016: This photo shows Bonifacio Oseguera-Gonzalez. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says Oseguera-Gonzalez, charged with aggravated murder in the shooting deaths of three people at an Oregon blueberry farm, was deported six times between 2003 and 2013. (Marion County Sheriff's Office via AP)
PORTLAND, Ore. – A Mexican national charged with aggravated murder in the shooting deaths of three people at a rural Oregon blueberry farm had been deported six times, most recently in 2013, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Bonifacio Oseguera-Gonzalez, 29, has no significant prior criminal convictions, but ICE asked Oregon authorities to turn him over to them if he's released from custody in the current case, the agency said in a statement to The Associated Press on Friday.
Oseguera-Gonzalez pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated murder and one count of attempted murder Tuesday in Marion County Superior Court.
His attorney, Deborah Burdzik, did not immediately return a call seeking comment about his immigration status.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tweeted about the case Friday, saying the suspect "should have never been here."
Two men who lived at the blueberry farm in the Willamette Valley town of Woodburn, in northwest Oregon, died at the scene of Monday's shooting. The third victim, the girlfriend of another resident who was not home at the time, was pronounced dead at a hospital.
A third man was seriously wounded but survived and is able to speak with investigators.
The Oregon State Police arrested Oseguera-Gonzalez a few hours later on Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge, about 100 miles northeast of Woodburn.
He acknowledged to authorities in an interview that he shot four people, according to a probable cause statement.
The victims were identified as Ruben Rigoberto-Reyes, 60; Edmundo Amaro-Bajonero, 26; and Katie Gildersleeve, 30, of Logsden.
Authorities have released few details about the case, including the relationship between Oseguera-Gonzalez and the victims, and have declined to specify a motive.
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Victims in deadly shooting identified
Created on Wednesday, 29 June 2016 02:00 |
Written by Woodburn Independent
http://pamplinmedia.com/wbi/313023-191820-victims-in-deadly-shooting-identified
RYAN NAKANO - Police set up a perimeter around a residence on Kiliam Road east of Woodburn, where a fatal shooting ended with three dead and one injured.
Police have released the names of the four victims, three of whom died, in Monday's deadly shooting east of Woodburn.
Marion County Sheriff's deputies reported to 13436 Kiliam Road N.E. around 11 a.m. Monday. When they arrived, they found two residents of the property dead from gunfire.
The two were identified as Ruben Rigoberto-Reyes, 60, and Edmundo Amaro-Bajonero, 26.
MARION COUNTY JAIL - Bonifacio Oseguera-Gonzalez
Two more individuals suffered gunshot wounds and were transported to area hospitals. Katie Gildersleeve, 30, of Logsden, died later at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. Refugio Modesto-DeLaCruz, 27, is currently in critical condition at OHSU and is expected to survive his injuries. He also lives at the Kiliam Road address. Gildersleeve did not live at the Kiliam Road address but her boyfriend, who was not present at the time of the shooting, is a resident there.
Police apprehended and arrested Bonifacio Oseguera-Gonzalez, 29, on Interstate 84 near The Dalles around 1:30 p.m. Monday. According to police, Oseguera-Gonzalez has been known to frequent the property. He's been charged with three counts of aggravated murder and one count of attempted aggravated murder. His arraignment in Marion County Circuit Court was set for Tuesday afternoon.
Police were able to track down the suspect after learning of a vehicle and suspect description while on scene and broadcasting it to local police agencies.
According to a probable cause statement released by Marion County Sheriff's Office, Oseguera-Gonzalez admitted in an interview to shooting the four victims.
Initial reports that marijuana was being grown on the property have been found to be incorrect. Police stated that a legal marijuana grow operation is located on nearby private property and is not related to Monday's tragedy.
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