AZMEX F&F EXTRA 19 MAY 2012
Sentencing reset for men in Fast and Furious case
by Associated Press (May 19th, 2012 @ 8:44am)
http://www.ktar.com/6/1543246/Sentencing-reset-for-men-in-Fast-and-
Furious-case
PHOENIX -— A new sentencing date has been set for two men who
admitted to participating in a gun smuggling ring that was
investigated by the federal government in Operation Fast and Furious.
Jacob Wayne Chambers and Jacob Anthony Montelongo had been scheduled
to be sentenced on Monday for their earlier guilty pleas to one
conspiracy charge.
But sentencing has been reset for Feb. 25.
Federal investigators have faced harsh criticism for allowing
suspected straw gun buyers to walk from weapons shops with guns,
rather than arrest suspects and seize the guns there.
Two guns bought by another admitted ring member were found in the
aftermath of a 2010 shootout that mortally wounded a Border Patrol
agent in southern Arizona.
So far, 10 of the 20 alleged ring members have pleaded guilty.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
AZMEX SPECIAL 19-5-12
AZMEX SPECIAL 19 MAY 2012
Note: looks like govt. types only. Citizens invited?
Phoenix hearing to focus on drugs at border
by Erin Kelly - May. 18, 2012 08:49 PM
Republic Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - A congressional panel will meet Monday in Phoenix to
talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government
agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona.
Rep. Ben Quayle, R-Ariz., said he pushed to have the field hearing in
Phoenix because much of the marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine
smuggled across the border ends up in Phoenix drophouses before being
distributed nationwide.
"Phoenix is really ground zero," said Quayle, who will lead the
hearing as vice chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee's
12-member subcommittee on border issues.
Quayle said he wants subcommittee members to get a better feel for
the seriousness and complexity of the drug problem by hearing from
Arizona-based law-enforcement officials and visiting the state.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, is one of the panel members
expected to attend the hearing, which will begin at 10 a.m. at the
Arizona National Guard's Building M5101, Russell Auditorium, 5636 E.
McDowell Road.
"I'm really hoping that the other members of Congress can talk to and
learn from the Arizonans who will be there," Quayle said.
Monday's hearing will feature witnesses from federal and state
agencies talking about their efforts to improve intelligence-sharing
to fight the cartels.
During the hearing, officials from Immigration and Customs
Enforcement will point to more than a dozen major programs and scores
of smaller ones in which they work with local, state and
international agencies to target drug smuggling.
Arizona examples include Operation Pipeline Express, a multi-agency
investigation that dismantled a huge drug-trafficking organization
suspected of smuggling more than $33 million worth of narcotics a
month through Arizona's western desert.
That operation led to the creation in January of the West Desert Task
Force, which is led by Homeland Security Investigations and the
Border Patrol and includes the Pinal County Sheriff's Office, the
Tohono O'odham Police Department and the Bureau of Land Management.
Quayle said he has heard mixed reviews from state law-enforcement
officials about interagency cooperation.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/
2012/05/18/20120518phoenix-drugs-arizona-border.html#ixzz1vKQO2rCs
Note: looks like govt. types only. Citizens invited?
Phoenix hearing to focus on drugs at border
by Erin Kelly - May. 18, 2012 08:49 PM
Republic Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - A congressional panel will meet Monday in Phoenix to
talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government
agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona.
Rep. Ben Quayle, R-Ariz., said he pushed to have the field hearing in
Phoenix because much of the marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine
smuggled across the border ends up in Phoenix drophouses before being
distributed nationwide.
"Phoenix is really ground zero," said Quayle, who will lead the
hearing as vice chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee's
12-member subcommittee on border issues.
Quayle said he wants subcommittee members to get a better feel for
the seriousness and complexity of the drug problem by hearing from
Arizona-based law-enforcement officials and visiting the state.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, is one of the panel members
expected to attend the hearing, which will begin at 10 a.m. at the
Arizona National Guard's Building M5101, Russell Auditorium, 5636 E.
McDowell Road.
"I'm really hoping that the other members of Congress can talk to and
learn from the Arizonans who will be there," Quayle said.
Monday's hearing will feature witnesses from federal and state
agencies talking about their efforts to improve intelligence-sharing
to fight the cartels.
During the hearing, officials from Immigration and Customs
Enforcement will point to more than a dozen major programs and scores
of smaller ones in which they work with local, state and
international agencies to target drug smuggling.
Arizona examples include Operation Pipeline Express, a multi-agency
investigation that dismantled a huge drug-trafficking organization
suspected of smuggling more than $33 million worth of narcotics a
month through Arizona's western desert.
That operation led to the creation in January of the West Desert Task
Force, which is led by Homeland Security Investigations and the
Border Patrol and includes the Pinal County Sheriff's Office, the
Tohono O'odham Police Department and the Bureau of Land Management.
Quayle said he has heard mixed reviews from state law-enforcement
officials about interagency cooperation.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/
2012/05/18/20120518phoenix-drugs-arizona-border.html#ixzz1vKQO2rCs
Thursday, May 17, 2012
AZMEX UPDATE 17-5-12
AZMEX UPDATE 17 MAY 2012
Today's Milenio poll
EPN 44%, JVM 25%, AMLO 25%, GQT 6%
Note: on the direct line from Sinaloa through the res to Phx.
Shotgun usually mark of local home boys.
Pinal County deputies seize marijuana, expose smuggling camp
by John Genovese -
May. 17, 2012 03:49 PM
The Arizona Republic-12 News Breaking News Team
Authorities say a helicopter helped Pinal County deputies on
Wednesday seize more than a ton of marijuana and two vehicles, and
expose a suspected smuggling camp.
A Sheriff's Office helicopter was called to assist the West Desert
Task Force, made up of Pinal County deputies and several federal
agencies, to track a suspected drug load in the Vekol Valley, north
of Interstate 8, said Elias Johnson, a Pinal County Sheriff's Office
spokesman.
As Border Patrol in the area moved south, the air unit reportedly
traveled north with a border agent on board. Shortly after landing,
Johnson said, a white Ford F-150 truck was discovered in thick brush
and loaded with 2,010 pounds of marijuana. Footprints from the
vehicle were tracked east, he said, but authorities were unable to
locate any suspects.
Later, PCSO said the helicopter moved southwest to track another
suspected drug load along Freeman Road. A Chevrolet Suburban was
found hidden in the brush, and after a registration check, the
vehicle was found to be reported stolen from Phoenix, according to
the Sheriff's Office. Authorities believe it was used to smuggle
marijuana.
During the flight back to Casa Grande, sheriff's officials said the
helicopter tracked a suspected scout position and discovered a
smuggling camp on a large hill top northwest of Interstate 8 and
Arizona 84. The helicopter dropped off two deputies who discovered
multiple sleeping bags, supplies, clothing, food and water that could
sustain two to three people for several weeks, officials said.
According to deputies, a solar battery charger, multiple cell phone
and hand held radio chargers, and a shotgun hidden in a rock crevice
were seized from the area.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/community/pinal/20120517pinal-
county-deputies-seize-marijuana-expose-smuggling-camp-abrk#ixzz1vApTYX1D
Note: Who does what and where still doesn't seem to be quite
settled, last two or three seem to have been travel agents (polleros/
coyotes) for area between Nogales to Sonoyta. Like Sinaloa, the AZ/
SON border area not all that much in order as to who is in charge of
specific locations. There has been a significant uptick in
activity along the AZ/SON border over the last few weeks. Will have
to see if the latest personnel actions affect the levels.
Published: 05/17/2012 14:35 By: Ruben A. Ruiz raruiz@elimparcial.com
Red light after murders in Nogales
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/
17052012/593058.aspx
NOGALES, Sonora (PH)
A "hot spot" which fortunately has not reached the levels of murders
in 2010, was the one caught in Nogales with recent performances,
acknowledged the mayor José Ángel Hernández Barajas.
He said that in relation to these latter cases is not aware of why
this happening.
"Nothing that we know we at the municipal level, such situations the
Agency reserves the right information (State of Sonora).
So far in May have added seven murders, when last year in this month
there were a total of six cases.
The director of public security, he added, was in Hermosillo
especially following up on requests for support equipment.
The City of Nogales is in the process of acquiring a total of one
hundred long guns, and ten more patrols vehicles, which have already
been tendered and expect to have them ready in a month.
Also handguns were delivered to 200 staff of the Police Force.
16:28
Chihuahua City requires the delivery of 700 weapons, Federal govt.
was paid in advance
http://tiempo.com.mx/notas/109069 (Chih. Chih.)
The National Public Security System still does not meet with the
delivery of weapons to local police, so the City Council indicated
its estrangement from the failure of the deal.
Chihuahua City Council clearly indicates estrangement to the National
Public Safety under the Ministry of National Public Safety, because
not even equip weapons to local police and the federation does not
meet the agreement performed 17 months ago.
It also clarified that the current municipal administration remains
highly respectful relationship with the country's armed forces, who
were recognized in all his work done for the safety of all of
Chihuahua, as the heroic work undertaken by elements of Army, Navy
and Air Force, is invaluable to all good citizens.
On the issue of weapons that the federation is still undelivered, the
City of Chihuahua for more than 1 year and five months deposited just
over 12 million pesos, corresponding to full payment of 500 rifles
and 200 handguns and Ammunition, still not delivered by the federal
authority is not understand this attitude, especially when the
intention of acquiring such weapons is to have the best equipped
municipal police to fight crime.
Note: two 40 mm grenade launchers, etc.
Seized weapons linked to killing of 18 people in Jalisco
MENDEZ ALBERTO OSORIO
MAY 16, 2012
DRUG TRAFFICKING
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=307714
GUADALAJARA, Jal. (Approved). - A week after the discovery of 18
bodies left inside two vans, located less than 200 meters from the
asphalt of the highway Guadalajara-Chapala, agents of the state
Public Security Secretariat (SSP) secured a arsenal in a safe house
for rent at Rancho del Oro in Ajijic.
Police authorities noted that the material seized two AK-47 rifles,
two AR-15 type, two 40-caliber grenade launchers, three fragmentation
grenades, 50 magazines for various calibres and 1,867 cartridges,
two industrial refrigerators, that might be linked the killing in
Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos.
The farm is located at the intersection of Rio Maracaibo and Rio
Amazon, and the finding occurred when the state police were
conducting a tour of surveillance and observed a subject acting
suspiciously, just as he entered the real estate development.
According to the corporation, the subject was able to flee from the
rear of the building after observe the presence of security agents.
"Additionally, we found a notebook in which they have a record or
arms control and annotations on (various) payments, which is even
mentioned the purchase of two refrigerators."
The seized material was made available to investigating authorities
to inquire whether it is related to the 18 executed were left in
Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos.
The sergeant of the State Police, Manuel Marquez Gutierrez said in
the notes recovered on certain purchases, "mention is made of two
refrigerators industrial and we could boast were used to put people
in the event of Ixtlahuacán".
So far, PFS has detained six people allegedly involved in the
multiple murders of 18 people whose bodies were left in Ixtlahuacán,
and the kidnapping of 14 people in Ahuisculco, in the town of Tala.
Today's Milenio poll
EPN 44%, JVM 25%, AMLO 25%, GQT 6%
Note: on the direct line from Sinaloa through the res to Phx.
Shotgun usually mark of local home boys.
Pinal County deputies seize marijuana, expose smuggling camp
by John Genovese -
May. 17, 2012 03:49 PM
The Arizona Republic-12 News Breaking News Team
Authorities say a helicopter helped Pinal County deputies on
Wednesday seize more than a ton of marijuana and two vehicles, and
expose a suspected smuggling camp.
A Sheriff's Office helicopter was called to assist the West Desert
Task Force, made up of Pinal County deputies and several federal
agencies, to track a suspected drug load in the Vekol Valley, north
of Interstate 8, said Elias Johnson, a Pinal County Sheriff's Office
spokesman.
As Border Patrol in the area moved south, the air unit reportedly
traveled north with a border agent on board. Shortly after landing,
Johnson said, a white Ford F-150 truck was discovered in thick brush
and loaded with 2,010 pounds of marijuana. Footprints from the
vehicle were tracked east, he said, but authorities were unable to
locate any suspects.
Later, PCSO said the helicopter moved southwest to track another
suspected drug load along Freeman Road. A Chevrolet Suburban was
found hidden in the brush, and after a registration check, the
vehicle was found to be reported stolen from Phoenix, according to
the Sheriff's Office. Authorities believe it was used to smuggle
marijuana.
During the flight back to Casa Grande, sheriff's officials said the
helicopter tracked a suspected scout position and discovered a
smuggling camp on a large hill top northwest of Interstate 8 and
Arizona 84. The helicopter dropped off two deputies who discovered
multiple sleeping bags, supplies, clothing, food and water that could
sustain two to three people for several weeks, officials said.
According to deputies, a solar battery charger, multiple cell phone
and hand held radio chargers, and a shotgun hidden in a rock crevice
were seized from the area.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/community/pinal/20120517pinal-
county-deputies-seize-marijuana-expose-smuggling-camp-abrk#ixzz1vApTYX1D
Note: Who does what and where still doesn't seem to be quite
settled, last two or three seem to have been travel agents (polleros/
coyotes) for area between Nogales to Sonoyta. Like Sinaloa, the AZ/
SON border area not all that much in order as to who is in charge of
specific locations. There has been a significant uptick in
activity along the AZ/SON border over the last few weeks. Will have
to see if the latest personnel actions affect the levels.
Published: 05/17/2012 14:35 By: Ruben A. Ruiz raruiz@elimparcial.com
Red light after murders in Nogales
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/
17052012/593058.aspx
NOGALES, Sonora (PH)
A "hot spot" which fortunately has not reached the levels of murders
in 2010, was the one caught in Nogales with recent performances,
acknowledged the mayor José Ángel Hernández Barajas.
He said that in relation to these latter cases is not aware of why
this happening.
"Nothing that we know we at the municipal level, such situations the
Agency reserves the right information (State of Sonora).
So far in May have added seven murders, when last year in this month
there were a total of six cases.
The director of public security, he added, was in Hermosillo
especially following up on requests for support equipment.
The City of Nogales is in the process of acquiring a total of one
hundred long guns, and ten more patrols vehicles, which have already
been tendered and expect to have them ready in a month.
Also handguns were delivered to 200 staff of the Police Force.
16:28
Chihuahua City requires the delivery of 700 weapons, Federal govt.
was paid in advance
http://tiempo.com.mx/notas/109069 (Chih. Chih.)
The National Public Security System still does not meet with the
delivery of weapons to local police, so the City Council indicated
its estrangement from the failure of the deal.
Chihuahua City Council clearly indicates estrangement to the National
Public Safety under the Ministry of National Public Safety, because
not even equip weapons to local police and the federation does not
meet the agreement performed 17 months ago.
It also clarified that the current municipal administration remains
highly respectful relationship with the country's armed forces, who
were recognized in all his work done for the safety of all of
Chihuahua, as the heroic work undertaken by elements of Army, Navy
and Air Force, is invaluable to all good citizens.
On the issue of weapons that the federation is still undelivered, the
City of Chihuahua for more than 1 year and five months deposited just
over 12 million pesos, corresponding to full payment of 500 rifles
and 200 handguns and Ammunition, still not delivered by the federal
authority is not understand this attitude, especially when the
intention of acquiring such weapons is to have the best equipped
municipal police to fight crime.
Note: two 40 mm grenade launchers, etc.
Seized weapons linked to killing of 18 people in Jalisco
MENDEZ ALBERTO OSORIO
MAY 16, 2012
DRUG TRAFFICKING
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=307714
GUADALAJARA, Jal. (Approved). - A week after the discovery of 18
bodies left inside two vans, located less than 200 meters from the
asphalt of the highway Guadalajara-Chapala, agents of the state
Public Security Secretariat (SSP) secured a arsenal in a safe house
for rent at Rancho del Oro in Ajijic.
Police authorities noted that the material seized two AK-47 rifles,
two AR-15 type, two 40-caliber grenade launchers, three fragmentation
grenades, 50 magazines for various calibres and 1,867 cartridges,
two industrial refrigerators, that might be linked the killing in
Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos.
The farm is located at the intersection of Rio Maracaibo and Rio
Amazon, and the finding occurred when the state police were
conducting a tour of surveillance and observed a subject acting
suspiciously, just as he entered the real estate development.
According to the corporation, the subject was able to flee from the
rear of the building after observe the presence of security agents.
"Additionally, we found a notebook in which they have a record or
arms control and annotations on (various) payments, which is even
mentioned the purchase of two refrigerators."
The seized material was made available to investigating authorities
to inquire whether it is related to the 18 executed were left in
Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos.
The sergeant of the State Police, Manuel Marquez Gutierrez said in
the notes recovered on certain purchases, "mention is made of two
refrigerators industrial and we could boast were used to put people
in the event of Ixtlahuacán".
So far, PFS has detained six people allegedly involved in the
multiple murders of 18 people whose bodies were left in Ixtlahuacán,
and the kidnapping of 14 people in Ahuisculco, in the town of Tala.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
AZMEX UPDATE 15-5-12
AZMEX UPDATE 15 MAY 2012
Today's poll in Milenio:
EPN 45%, JVM 25%, AMLO 22% GQT 6%
Note: still no word on the fate, or even continued existence of
Dallas, TX truck driver Bogan who crossed into Cd. Juarez with load
of ammunition. The news blackout seems to be unusually effective
this time. The cargo will not be returned we are told, and was not
insured. BTW, the ammo was 18k of Israeli surplus M193, 55gr. FMJ,
and the 250k of 762x51 (.308) was Pakistani surplus 147gr FMJ.
Happens to be the two primary rounds of Mexican government forces.
Neither will work in 7.62x39 AK clones.
A rabid anti-firearms article on the situation, with the usual dis/
misinformation:
http://mexicotrucker.com/united-nations-ammo-company-owner-howie-
glaser-give-me-back-my-bullets
Hate speech? Have to wonder who is funding this one? Of course some
have speculated that our pharmaceutical import friends would have
better control of shipments if they could use Mexican shippers into
the U.S.
Note; more on the situation in the sierras of Sinaloa
Malova 'shields' the displaced to go for their goods
The Sinaloa governor, Mario López Valdez, toured towns in Choix,
Concordia, Badiraguato, San Ignacio and Mazatlan, where insecurity
has displaced several families
SHIELD. With an additional force of 600 soldiers and 200 elements of
the Preventive Federal Police and state corporations, are to "comb"
the upper parts of the municipalities of Choix, Concordia,
Badiraguato, San Ignacio and Mazatlan in search of criminal groups
they sow unrest among the villagers. (Photo: File El Universal)
Culiacan, Sin. | Tuesday 15 May 2012
Javier Martinez Cabrera / Correspondent | The Universal
9:01
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/847272.html
Gov. Mario Lopez Valdez offered to families of villages and mountain
villages displaced by violence and insecurity, provide protection to
return to their homes or rescue their belongings.
He announced that an additional force of 600 soldiers and 200
elements of the Preventive Federal Police and state corporations, are
to "comb" the upper parts of the municipalities of Choix, Concordia,
Badiraguato, San Ignacio and Mazatlan in search criminal groups that
sow unrest among the villagers.
Following a tour of communities, located in the Sierra Madre
Occidental, the president said to be acting with the full force of
the law against criminal gangs vie for control in violent areas and
forcing families to leave their homes.
Lopez Valdez began yesterday a visit to the mountain towns after
authorities warned of an exodus of families fleeing the violence,
extortion and kidnapping at least 20 towns in Central and South Sinaloa.
According to data from the authorities, more than 2,300 families left
their homes, farms and livestock to flee to the big cities in search
of safety.
Communities like Ocoroni, San Jose Horn, Los Laureles, La Manza, La
Joya de los Martinez, Los Alamitos, among others of Sinaloa de Leyva,
were left deserted after the flight of its inhabitants who came to
the municipal to live but whether in the street, said the mayor Saul
Rubio.
In the mountainous area of central and upstate have recently
introduced several clashes. The last took place on Saturday April 28
when a clash between soldiers and suspected criminals killed 22
people in Choix.
Against this backdrop, Gov. Mario Lopez Valdez said Monday that his
administration will not allow the mountainous area from becoming
criminals nest or shelter, or they threaten the inhabitants and force
them to flee their villages and farms.
spb
Malova 'blinda' a desplazados para ir por sus bienes
El gobernador se Sinaloa, Mario López Valdez, realizó una gira por
municipios de Choix, Concordia, Badiraguato, San Ignacio y Mazatlán,
donde la inseguridad ha desplazado a varias familias
BLINDAJE. Con una fuerza adicional de 600 soldados y 200 elementos de
la Policía Federal Preventiva y de las corporaciones estatales, se
van a "peinar" las partes altas de los municipios de Choix,
Concordia, Badiraguato, San Ignacio y Mazatlán en busca de los grupos
delictivos que siembran la inquietud entre los pobladores. (Foto:
Archivo EL UNIVERSAL )
Culiacán, Sin. | Martes 15 de mayo de 2012
Javier Cabrera Martínez / corresponsal | El Universal
09:01
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/847272.html
El gobernador Mario López Valdez ofreció a familias de rancherías y
poblados serranos desplazados por la violencia y la inseguridad,
brindarles protección para que retornen a sus hogares o rescaten sus
pertenencias.
Dio a conocer que con una fuerza adicional de 600 soldados y 200
elementos de la Policía Federal Preventiva y de las corporaciones
estatales, se van a "peinar" las partes altas de los municipios de
Choix, Concordia, Badiraguato, San Ignacio y Mazatlán en busca de los
grupos delictivos que siembran la inquietud entre los pobladores.
Al término de una gira por comunidades, ubicadas en la Sierra Madre
Occidental, el mandatario dijo que se va actuar con toda la fuerza de
la ley contra las bandas delictivas que se disputan en forma violenta
el control de las zonas y obligan a las familias abandonar sus hogares.
López Valdez inició ayer una visita por los municipios serranos
luego de que autoridades locales alertaron sobre el éxodo de familias
que huyeron de la violencia, las extorsiones y los secuestros en al
menos 20 pueblos del centro y sur del estado.
De acuerdo con datos de las autoridades, más de 2 mil 300 familias
dejaron sus hogares, ranchos y ganado para huir a los municipios
grandes en busca de seguridad.
Comunidades como Ocoroni, San José de Hornos, Los Laureles, La Manza,
La Joya de los Martínez, Los Alamitos, entre otros de Sinaloa de
Leyva, se fueron quedando desiertos tras la huida de sus pobladores
que llegaron a la cabecera municipal a vivir aunque sea en la vía
pública, reveló el presidente municipal Saúl Rubio.
En la zona serrana del centro y norte del estado se han presentado
recientemente varios enfrentamientos. El último ocurrió el sábado
28 de abril cuando un choque entre militares y presuntos delincuentes
en Choix dejó 22 muertos.
Ante este panorama, el gobernador Mario López Valdez dijo el lunes
que su administración no permitirá que la zona serrana se convierta
en nido o refugio de criminales, ni que éstos amedrenten a sus
pobladores y los obliguen a huir de sus comunidades y rancherías.
spb
Today's poll in Milenio:
EPN 45%, JVM 25%, AMLO 22% GQT 6%
Note: still no word on the fate, or even continued existence of
Dallas, TX truck driver Bogan who crossed into Cd. Juarez with load
of ammunition. The news blackout seems to be unusually effective
this time. The cargo will not be returned we are told, and was not
insured. BTW, the ammo was 18k of Israeli surplus M193, 55gr. FMJ,
and the 250k of 762x51 (.308) was Pakistani surplus 147gr FMJ.
Happens to be the two primary rounds of Mexican government forces.
Neither will work in 7.62x39 AK clones.
A rabid anti-firearms article on the situation, with the usual dis/
misinformation:
http://mexicotrucker.com/united-nations-ammo-company-owner-howie-
glaser-give-me-back-my-bullets
Hate speech? Have to wonder who is funding this one? Of course some
have speculated that our pharmaceutical import friends would have
better control of shipments if they could use Mexican shippers into
the U.S.
Note; more on the situation in the sierras of Sinaloa
Malova 'shields' the displaced to go for their goods
The Sinaloa governor, Mario López Valdez, toured towns in Choix,
Concordia, Badiraguato, San Ignacio and Mazatlan, where insecurity
has displaced several families
SHIELD. With an additional force of 600 soldiers and 200 elements of
the Preventive Federal Police and state corporations, are to "comb"
the upper parts of the municipalities of Choix, Concordia,
Badiraguato, San Ignacio and Mazatlan in search of criminal groups
they sow unrest among the villagers. (Photo: File El Universal)
Culiacan, Sin. | Tuesday 15 May 2012
Javier Martinez Cabrera / Correspondent | The Universal
9:01
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/847272.html
Gov. Mario Lopez Valdez offered to families of villages and mountain
villages displaced by violence and insecurity, provide protection to
return to their homes or rescue their belongings.
He announced that an additional force of 600 soldiers and 200
elements of the Preventive Federal Police and state corporations, are
to "comb" the upper parts of the municipalities of Choix, Concordia,
Badiraguato, San Ignacio and Mazatlan in search criminal groups that
sow unrest among the villagers.
Following a tour of communities, located in the Sierra Madre
Occidental, the president said to be acting with the full force of
the law against criminal gangs vie for control in violent areas and
forcing families to leave their homes.
Lopez Valdez began yesterday a visit to the mountain towns after
authorities warned of an exodus of families fleeing the violence,
extortion and kidnapping at least 20 towns in Central and South Sinaloa.
According to data from the authorities, more than 2,300 families left
their homes, farms and livestock to flee to the big cities in search
of safety.
Communities like Ocoroni, San Jose Horn, Los Laureles, La Manza, La
Joya de los Martinez, Los Alamitos, among others of Sinaloa de Leyva,
were left deserted after the flight of its inhabitants who came to
the municipal to live but whether in the street, said the mayor Saul
Rubio.
In the mountainous area of central and upstate have recently
introduced several clashes. The last took place on Saturday April 28
when a clash between soldiers and suspected criminals killed 22
people in Choix.
Against this backdrop, Gov. Mario Lopez Valdez said Monday that his
administration will not allow the mountainous area from becoming
criminals nest or shelter, or they threaten the inhabitants and force
them to flee their villages and farms.
spb
Malova 'blinda' a desplazados para ir por sus bienes
El gobernador se Sinaloa, Mario López Valdez, realizó una gira por
municipios de Choix, Concordia, Badiraguato, San Ignacio y Mazatlán,
donde la inseguridad ha desplazado a varias familias
BLINDAJE. Con una fuerza adicional de 600 soldados y 200 elementos de
la Policía Federal Preventiva y de las corporaciones estatales, se
van a "peinar" las partes altas de los municipios de Choix,
Concordia, Badiraguato, San Ignacio y Mazatlán en busca de los grupos
delictivos que siembran la inquietud entre los pobladores. (Foto:
Archivo EL UNIVERSAL )
Culiacán, Sin. | Martes 15 de mayo de 2012
Javier Cabrera Martínez / corresponsal | El Universal
09:01
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/847272.html
El gobernador Mario López Valdez ofreció a familias de rancherías y
poblados serranos desplazados por la violencia y la inseguridad,
brindarles protección para que retornen a sus hogares o rescaten sus
pertenencias.
Dio a conocer que con una fuerza adicional de 600 soldados y 200
elementos de la Policía Federal Preventiva y de las corporaciones
estatales, se van a "peinar" las partes altas de los municipios de
Choix, Concordia, Badiraguato, San Ignacio y Mazatlán en busca de los
grupos delictivos que siembran la inquietud entre los pobladores.
Al término de una gira por comunidades, ubicadas en la Sierra Madre
Occidental, el mandatario dijo que se va actuar con toda la fuerza de
la ley contra las bandas delictivas que se disputan en forma violenta
el control de las zonas y obligan a las familias abandonar sus hogares.
López Valdez inició ayer una visita por los municipios serranos
luego de que autoridades locales alertaron sobre el éxodo de familias
que huyeron de la violencia, las extorsiones y los secuestros en al
menos 20 pueblos del centro y sur del estado.
De acuerdo con datos de las autoridades, más de 2 mil 300 familias
dejaron sus hogares, ranchos y ganado para huir a los municipios
grandes en busca de seguridad.
Comunidades como Ocoroni, San José de Hornos, Los Laureles, La Manza,
La Joya de los Martínez, Los Alamitos, entre otros de Sinaloa de
Leyva, se fueron quedando desiertos tras la huida de sus pobladores
que llegaron a la cabecera municipal a vivir aunque sea en la vía
pública, reveló el presidente municipal Saúl Rubio.
En la zona serrana del centro y norte del estado se han presentado
recientemente varios enfrentamientos. El último ocurrió el sábado
28 de abril cuando un choque entre militares y presuntos delincuentes
en Choix dejó 22 muertos.
Ante este panorama, el gobernador Mario López Valdez dijo el lunes
que su administración no permitirá que la zona serrana se convierta
en nido o refugio de criminales, ni que éstos amedrenten a sus
pobladores y los obliguen a huir de sus comunidades y rancherías.
spb
AZMEX SPECIAL 15-5-12
AZMEX SPECIAL 15 MAY 2012
Note: well that makes it ok.
Defendants cite economic factors for committing drug-running offenses
Posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 8:47 am
Nogales International
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/defendants-cite-economic-
factors-for-committing-drug-running-offenses/
article_38891fd4-9ea5-11e1-906e-001a4bcf887a.html
In one case, the underemployed defendant said he needed money to pay
a mounting child-support bill – and stay out of jail in the process.
In another, the defendant said he had recently lost his job and was
facing intense pressure to provide for his family.
In both cases, the two men said, their economic situations convinced
them to smuggle marijuana. And in both cases, they were arrested,
convicted and sentenced on April 30 in Santa Cruz County Superior
Court to probation and jail.
One defendant, 30-year-old Jose Luis Villegas, Jr. was sentenced by
Judge James A. Soto to three years of probation – including 90 days
in jail – for a conviction on one count of possession of marijuana
for sale, a Class 3 felony. Soto also ordered Villegas to perform 30
hours of community service and pay more than $2,000 in fees and fines.
According to court documents, on July 17, 2009, agents with U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement advised their colleagues with the
Santa Cruz County Metro Task Force of a white van suspected of
carrying marijuana to an address on Neumann Street in Nogales. When
Metro and NPD officers arrived at the address, Villegas reportedly
answered the door and subsequently showed the officers the bundles of
marijuana that he had been unloading from the van into the house. The
bundles were later weighed at 282.2 pounds.
In subsequent interviews with investigators and a probation officer,
Villegas said he had met a man while playing softball in Nogales, and
that the man at first hired him to do some home repair at the Neumann
Street residence, and then convinced him to run drugs for "a lot of
extra money."
And so, on the date of the bust, Villegas said, he drove his mother's
van to Wal-Mart and left it there for someone else to take and fill
with marijuana. The van was later dropped off at K-Mart, where
Villegas picked it up and drove it to Neumann Street.
In his March 29 pre-sentencing interview, Villegas reportedly told a
probation officer that he had been without full-time employment for
about a year-and-a-half before the smuggling incident. He was behind
about $8,000 in court-ordered child support and authorities were
threatening to put him in jail unless he paid up.
"I committed this offense because of economic stress," Villegas said,
according to the presentence report. "I really was afraid that I
would go to jail for not being able to pay my child support."
Sweet-talked
In a separate case, Judge Soto sentenced 24-year-old Oscar Rafael
Castro on April 30 to three years of probation – including 30 days in
jail – for a conviction on one count of facilitation/unlawful
possession of marijuana for sale, a Class 6 felony.
Soto also ordered Castro to perform 30 hours of community service and
pay nearly $2,000 in fees and fines.
The conviction stemmed from an incident on Nov. 8, 2011, when a plain-
clothes Metro agent spotted a suspicious man conducting surveillance
in the area of Morley Avenue and East Street, and subsequently saw
him taking special interest in a Nissan sedan that approached the
intersection.
As the sedan pulled away, the Metro agent radioed for an NPD officer
on Grand Avenue to stop the car. Instead, the driver of the Nissan
"made high-speed evasive actions" off Grand and onto Third Street
before pulling into an auto body shop. The driver, later identified
as Castro, was eventually confronted by law enforcement officers at
the body shop. A search of the Nissan turned up 71.9 pounds of
marijuana in the trunk.
In an April 12 pre-sentencing interview, Castro reportedly told a
probation officer: "I let three guys I hardly knew sweet talk me into
committing offense."
He said he had been going store-to-store on Mariposa Road, asking
managers if they had any job openings.
"Every day when I looked for work I saw these three guys always
hanging around," he said. "They were always shopping or spending
money, or just making the scene as if that was all they had to do."
One day, he said, they approached him and offered $500 to move a drug
load. They said they had scouts everywhere and so it would be a
virtually risk-free job.
In a handwritten letter to the judge titled "The biggest mistake of
my life" and dated April 12, Castro wrote that he and his wife, who
were raising a young son, had both lost their jobs in mid-2011.
"I had already received disconnect letters from both electricity and
gas services. To make matters worse, I was going on my third month
without paying rent. My family and I were about to get evicted," he
wrote. "I honestly had never felt so much pressure in my life, not
even when I had my child as a teenager.
"Living here in Nogales there are very few job opportunities," he
continued. "Lots, if not most of the people here in town, one way or
another have their encounter with the people in the drug business.
"If I hadn't had so much pressure and had a job," he said, "I
wouldn't be writing this letter today."
Note: and then we have the ongoing reports from Mexican law
enforcement of stolen vehicles recovered after drug busts or shootouts.
Border car thefts: Fact, fraud, or a bit of both?
Jonathan Clark
Posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 8:45 am
By JB Miller
For the Nogales International
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/border-car-thefts-fact-fraud-
or-a-bit-of-both/article_f08f54c8-9ea4-11e1-8461-001a4bcf887a.html
"I went over to Mexico to do some shopping, and when I returned my
car was gone!"
It's a common refrain heard by the Nogales Police Department, and one
that's regularly reflected in entries of the Nogales International's
weekly "cop shop" report.
"8:19 p.m. A woman who parked along North Robbins Street before
walking over to Mexico returned later and discovered her car had been
stolen," reads one report from April 12.
"1:46 a.m. A female driver told police that someone stole her
mother's car, which was parked along the 100 block of North Sonoita
Avenue. The driver told officers that she parked her car at
approximately 8:29 p.m. and walked into Mexico and when she returned
it was missing," states an entry from March 10 that also adds that
police found no signs of forced entry at the scene.
"9:37 p.m. A man told police that he had parked his car on North
Sonoita Avenue and walked into Mexico, but when he came back the
following day, his car was missing," says another report from Feb. 26.
But while the Mexican border does offer and enticingly close getaway
for car thieves, and though car theft is a legitimate problem in
Nogales, investigators say that in more than a few cases, the went-
into-Mexico-and-my-car-was-stolen story could be only a half-truth.
"I would not be surprised to find out that there is a high level of
insurance fraud going on," said Brian Salata, executive director of
the Arizona Automobile Theft Authority. According to Salata, when the
economy is bad, people are more likely to find themselves in a
situation where they can't afford to make car payments. And so they
might seek an easy solution.
"They've lost their job so they park their car in a place and
location where they think it will get stolen," he said.
The Nogales Police Department did not have car theft statistics
available for 2012, but according to previous data, 71 vehicles were
reported stolen in 2011 and 97 were reported stolen in 2010. Salata
said those numbers represent a "pretty significant amount."
"That's higher than what you would find in other parts of the state
in cities of that same size," he said.
Lt. Carlos Jimenez of the Nogales Police Department said the numbers
represent a variety of realities.
"It is probably a combination of legit stolen cars and some
fraudulent in nature," he said.
And while Jimenez said that many of the reports come from "downtown,"
he added that the problem is not widespread in the area.
It's an observation confirmed by some downtown residents who say
their neighborhood is as safe as any other when it comes to car thefts.
David Courtland who lives approximately three blocks from the U.S.-
Mexico border on Noon Street, near the intersection with North
Sonoita, said he couldn't think of a single person he knows that has
had a car stolen in recent years. "And I know a lot of people," he
added.
It wasn't always that way, however. During the 1980s, Courtland said,
he had two Ford Broncos stolen, which were later seen headed south
into Mexico.
"That was a long time ago," he said. "I haven't even thought of it as
being an issue for years."
"It's really quiet here," added Gustavo Lozano, who lives near the
intersection of Elm Street and North Sonoita. "I haven't seen
anything happen."
Lozano said the only criminal activity he has heard of related to car
theft was a pilfered stereo and a relative who couldn't start his car
because a part had been pinched. However, Lozano added, he drives an
older-model vehicle that is perhaps not as desirable an SUV or VW
Jetta, two types of cars that he has heard are in high demand in Mexico.
But according to Jimenez, the model of a car is not likely to affect
its chances of being stolen.
"The type of cars stolen vary," said Jimenez. "No particular type
seems to be taken more than others."
That may not be too reassuring to the owner of a gold-colored Land
Rover, who reported the vehicle stolen on April 22 after he parked it
along the 500 block of North Potrero Avenue the night before.
And not every car thief gets away with the crime, either, as
evidenced by this police report entry from April 11:
"5:39 p.m. A stolen car was recovered at the DeConcini Port of Entry
and a man arrested for attempting to drive a stolen car into Mexico,"
it read.
Note: well that makes it ok.
Defendants cite economic factors for committing drug-running offenses
Posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 8:47 am
Nogales International
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/defendants-cite-economic-
factors-for-committing-drug-running-offenses/
article_38891fd4-9ea5-11e1-906e-001a4bcf887a.html
In one case, the underemployed defendant said he needed money to pay
a mounting child-support bill – and stay out of jail in the process.
In another, the defendant said he had recently lost his job and was
facing intense pressure to provide for his family.
In both cases, the two men said, their economic situations convinced
them to smuggle marijuana. And in both cases, they were arrested,
convicted and sentenced on April 30 in Santa Cruz County Superior
Court to probation and jail.
One defendant, 30-year-old Jose Luis Villegas, Jr. was sentenced by
Judge James A. Soto to three years of probation – including 90 days
in jail – for a conviction on one count of possession of marijuana
for sale, a Class 3 felony. Soto also ordered Villegas to perform 30
hours of community service and pay more than $2,000 in fees and fines.
According to court documents, on July 17, 2009, agents with U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement advised their colleagues with the
Santa Cruz County Metro Task Force of a white van suspected of
carrying marijuana to an address on Neumann Street in Nogales. When
Metro and NPD officers arrived at the address, Villegas reportedly
answered the door and subsequently showed the officers the bundles of
marijuana that he had been unloading from the van into the house. The
bundles were later weighed at 282.2 pounds.
In subsequent interviews with investigators and a probation officer,
Villegas said he had met a man while playing softball in Nogales, and
that the man at first hired him to do some home repair at the Neumann
Street residence, and then convinced him to run drugs for "a lot of
extra money."
And so, on the date of the bust, Villegas said, he drove his mother's
van to Wal-Mart and left it there for someone else to take and fill
with marijuana. The van was later dropped off at K-Mart, where
Villegas picked it up and drove it to Neumann Street.
In his March 29 pre-sentencing interview, Villegas reportedly told a
probation officer that he had been without full-time employment for
about a year-and-a-half before the smuggling incident. He was behind
about $8,000 in court-ordered child support and authorities were
threatening to put him in jail unless he paid up.
"I committed this offense because of economic stress," Villegas said,
according to the presentence report. "I really was afraid that I
would go to jail for not being able to pay my child support."
Sweet-talked
In a separate case, Judge Soto sentenced 24-year-old Oscar Rafael
Castro on April 30 to three years of probation – including 30 days in
jail – for a conviction on one count of facilitation/unlawful
possession of marijuana for sale, a Class 6 felony.
Soto also ordered Castro to perform 30 hours of community service and
pay nearly $2,000 in fees and fines.
The conviction stemmed from an incident on Nov. 8, 2011, when a plain-
clothes Metro agent spotted a suspicious man conducting surveillance
in the area of Morley Avenue and East Street, and subsequently saw
him taking special interest in a Nissan sedan that approached the
intersection.
As the sedan pulled away, the Metro agent radioed for an NPD officer
on Grand Avenue to stop the car. Instead, the driver of the Nissan
"made high-speed evasive actions" off Grand and onto Third Street
before pulling into an auto body shop. The driver, later identified
as Castro, was eventually confronted by law enforcement officers at
the body shop. A search of the Nissan turned up 71.9 pounds of
marijuana in the trunk.
In an April 12 pre-sentencing interview, Castro reportedly told a
probation officer: "I let three guys I hardly knew sweet talk me into
committing offense."
He said he had been going store-to-store on Mariposa Road, asking
managers if they had any job openings.
"Every day when I looked for work I saw these three guys always
hanging around," he said. "They were always shopping or spending
money, or just making the scene as if that was all they had to do."
One day, he said, they approached him and offered $500 to move a drug
load. They said they had scouts everywhere and so it would be a
virtually risk-free job.
In a handwritten letter to the judge titled "The biggest mistake of
my life" and dated April 12, Castro wrote that he and his wife, who
were raising a young son, had both lost their jobs in mid-2011.
"I had already received disconnect letters from both electricity and
gas services. To make matters worse, I was going on my third month
without paying rent. My family and I were about to get evicted," he
wrote. "I honestly had never felt so much pressure in my life, not
even when I had my child as a teenager.
"Living here in Nogales there are very few job opportunities," he
continued. "Lots, if not most of the people here in town, one way or
another have their encounter with the people in the drug business.
"If I hadn't had so much pressure and had a job," he said, "I
wouldn't be writing this letter today."
Note: and then we have the ongoing reports from Mexican law
enforcement of stolen vehicles recovered after drug busts or shootouts.
Border car thefts: Fact, fraud, or a bit of both?
Jonathan Clark
Posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 8:45 am
By JB Miller
For the Nogales International
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/border-car-thefts-fact-fraud-
or-a-bit-of-both/article_f08f54c8-9ea4-11e1-8461-001a4bcf887a.html
"I went over to Mexico to do some shopping, and when I returned my
car was gone!"
It's a common refrain heard by the Nogales Police Department, and one
that's regularly reflected in entries of the Nogales International's
weekly "cop shop" report.
"8:19 p.m. A woman who parked along North Robbins Street before
walking over to Mexico returned later and discovered her car had been
stolen," reads one report from April 12.
"1:46 a.m. A female driver told police that someone stole her
mother's car, which was parked along the 100 block of North Sonoita
Avenue. The driver told officers that she parked her car at
approximately 8:29 p.m. and walked into Mexico and when she returned
it was missing," states an entry from March 10 that also adds that
police found no signs of forced entry at the scene.
"9:37 p.m. A man told police that he had parked his car on North
Sonoita Avenue and walked into Mexico, but when he came back the
following day, his car was missing," says another report from Feb. 26.
But while the Mexican border does offer and enticingly close getaway
for car thieves, and though car theft is a legitimate problem in
Nogales, investigators say that in more than a few cases, the went-
into-Mexico-and-my-car-was-stolen story could be only a half-truth.
"I would not be surprised to find out that there is a high level of
insurance fraud going on," said Brian Salata, executive director of
the Arizona Automobile Theft Authority. According to Salata, when the
economy is bad, people are more likely to find themselves in a
situation where they can't afford to make car payments. And so they
might seek an easy solution.
"They've lost their job so they park their car in a place and
location where they think it will get stolen," he said.
The Nogales Police Department did not have car theft statistics
available for 2012, but according to previous data, 71 vehicles were
reported stolen in 2011 and 97 were reported stolen in 2010. Salata
said those numbers represent a "pretty significant amount."
"That's higher than what you would find in other parts of the state
in cities of that same size," he said.
Lt. Carlos Jimenez of the Nogales Police Department said the numbers
represent a variety of realities.
"It is probably a combination of legit stolen cars and some
fraudulent in nature," he said.
And while Jimenez said that many of the reports come from "downtown,"
he added that the problem is not widespread in the area.
It's an observation confirmed by some downtown residents who say
their neighborhood is as safe as any other when it comes to car thefts.
David Courtland who lives approximately three blocks from the U.S.-
Mexico border on Noon Street, near the intersection with North
Sonoita, said he couldn't think of a single person he knows that has
had a car stolen in recent years. "And I know a lot of people," he
added.
It wasn't always that way, however. During the 1980s, Courtland said,
he had two Ford Broncos stolen, which were later seen headed south
into Mexico.
"That was a long time ago," he said. "I haven't even thought of it as
being an issue for years."
"It's really quiet here," added Gustavo Lozano, who lives near the
intersection of Elm Street and North Sonoita. "I haven't seen
anything happen."
Lozano said the only criminal activity he has heard of related to car
theft was a pilfered stereo and a relative who couldn't start his car
because a part had been pinched. However, Lozano added, he drives an
older-model vehicle that is perhaps not as desirable an SUV or VW
Jetta, two types of cars that he has heard are in high demand in Mexico.
But according to Jimenez, the model of a car is not likely to affect
its chances of being stolen.
"The type of cars stolen vary," said Jimenez. "No particular type
seems to be taken more than others."
That may not be too reassuring to the owner of a gold-colored Land
Rover, who reported the vehicle stolen on April 22 after he parked it
along the 500 block of North Potrero Avenue the night before.
And not every car thief gets away with the crime, either, as
evidenced by this police report entry from April 11:
"5:39 p.m. A stolen car was recovered at the DeConcini Port of Entry
and a man arrested for attempting to drive a stolen car into Mexico,"
it read.
Fwd: DEA and FBI on Top Border Security Initiatives
Begin forwarded message:
From: HSToday <noreply@newsletters.hstoday.us>Date: May 15, 2012 2:59:06 PM MSTTo: AZMEX@ASRPA.COMSubject: DEA and FBI on Top Border Security InitiativesReply-To: HSToday <noreply@newsletters.hstoday.us>
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Please see the event brochure at www.BorderManagementSummit.com/Southwest for full information including the Border Security Technologies Focus Day and Sheriff's Panel.
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- Jeffrey B. Stirling, Acting Chief Special Operations Division/ATF National Coordinator, Southwest Border
- Richard A. Barlow, Chief Patrol Agent, US Border Patrol, Tucson Sector
- Doug Coleman, Special Agent in Charge, DEA, Phoenix Division
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Speaker Podcast: Chief Patrol Agent Richard Barlow on the Tucson Sector
Mr. Barlow discusses the challenges of patrolling this vast area and his efforts to deter illicit activity along Tucson Sector's 262 mile US-Mexico border…Listen here or view transcript hereSpeaker Q&A: Battling Violent Crime on the Border with DEA Special Agent in Charge, Phoenix Division, Doug Coleman
Mexican drug trafficking organizations are the most significant operational threat in Arizona. They are in direct contact with distribution networks in Arizona to coordinate drug transportation.
- Mexico's "Narco-Refugees": The Looming Challenge for US National Security
- FBI Insights: Next Generation Border Security with Kim Del Greco
I hope you found the speaker interviews and other content pieces to be intruiging and informative. Thanks and I hope to see you this month in Tucson!Very Respectfully,
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Monday, May 14, 2012
AZMEX UPDATE 14-5-12
AZMEX UPDATE 14 MAY 2012
Man, woman from Mexico had 27,000 rounds of ammo in South Texas
Associated Press
Posted: 05/14/2012 01:28:07 PM MDT
http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_20620863/man-woman-from-
mexico-had-27-000-rounds
LAREDO, Texas (AP) - A man and a woman from Mexico face up to 10
years in prison for illegally having about 27,000 rounds of
ammunition in South Texas.
Investigators in Laredo say 35-year-old Abraham Garcia-Perguero and
33-year-old Maria Isabel Rodriguez-Olivio pleaded guilty Monday to
weapons charges. No sentencing date was immediately set. Both remain
in custody.
Authorities say the suspected illegal immigrants had been living in
Laredo, where they ran a stop sign March 14 and were questioned by
police. Officers found the ammo in more than two dozen boxes in the
pickup truck.
Garcia-Perguero and Rodriguez-Olivio told investigators they had
picked up the ammo from a Laredo gun store. Prosecutors say the pair
expected to be paid about $500 to deliver the items to a designated
pickup spot.
Woman killed Saturday was a Chihuahua state prosecutor
By Marisela Ortega Lozano / El Paso Times
Posted: 05/14/2012 10:24:51 AM MDT
http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_20619414/woman-killed-saturday-was-
chihuahua-state-prosecutor?source=most_viewed
A 45-year-old woman, slain along with her 22-year-old son, was a
Chihuahua General Attorney's prosecutor in Juárez, officials said.
Ana Lilia López, 45, was riddled with bullets Saturday inside her
home at Mexicas and Nahualtecos streets, Aztecas neighborhood.
Her son, Héctor Eliu Sandoval López, 22, was also shot to death.
Forensic experts retrieved 11 9mm bullet casings.
López was assigned at Special Unit Anti Theft.
Deputy on leave after theft of vehicle, assault rifle
May 14, 2012 7:33 PM
Naxiely Lopez
The Monitor
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/rifle-60864-theft-assault.html
HARGILL — Sheriff Lupe Treviño placed a deputy on paid administrative
leave Monday after the officer shot at a fleeing suspect who stole
his patrol unit and personal assault rifle early Sunday morning.
The theft happened while the Hidalgo County sheriff's deputy
responded to a call regarding criminal mischief at a home in Hargill,
according to a news release from the agency.
The deputy arrived at the home in the 29000 block of Gill Street
about 1:45 a.m. and left the patrol unit, which he had parked along
the street with its engine on, to speak to the victim who had called
and to collect information for his report.
A man wearing a white shirt and jeans walked toward the officer and
the victim, but stopped at the unit, the release stated. The suspect
then opened the driver's side door, sat down and closed it behind
him. The deputy ran to the vehicle, managed to open the door, but
could not pry the suspect out of the unit. The suspect eventually put
the vehicle in drive and sped off, but not before the officer shot at
the fleeing suspect multiple times.
Authorities did not report any injures in connection with the shooting.
"What disturbs me the most is that the vehicle was left running and
the weapon was not secured," Treviño said. "But perhaps more
important than that, is the discharging of a weapon at a vehicle that
was fleeing."
Officers found the vehicle about five hours later in an open field
near the intersection of Wilson Avenue and Farm-to-Market Road 490 —
less than a mile from where it was originally taken.
Investigators, however, did not recover the deputy's personal assault
rifle, a .223-caliber, semi-automatic AR 15.
Authorities identified Alex Valdez, 22, as a possible suspect in the
theft. Deputies detained him for questioning, but released him
pending further investigation, the release stated. Investigators did
not release further information.
The Sheriff's Office's Internal Affairs division initiated an
investigation on possible violations of policies regarding the theft
of the vehicle and weapon, as well as the discharging of the firearm,
Treviño said.
Chapter five of the Sheriff's Office policy handbook prohibits
leaving a vehicle unsecured when unattended to prevent weather damage
and theft, he added.
Authorities did not release the deputy's name, but will do so if
further disciplinary action is taken. That decision could come as
early as next week, Treviño said.
"Now we have a weapon floating in the community that shouldn't be
there," Treviño said.
Note: another rare report of the 5.7 being used. For the non
gunnies, the ammo available here is the varmint load, not the armor
piercing. Rapid expansion, little penetration. Original AP ammo
only available to governments.
EXECUTE A YOUTH with the 'cop killers'
Monday May 14, 2012
http://www.riodoce.com.mx/content/view/13566/40/
With his head destroyed with a gun known as the 'cop killer', was
found the body of an unknown on side of the road, in the vicinity of
the community of El Ranchito.
The discovery was made in about 23:00 pm yesterday, by locals that
circulated on the road that leads from El Ranchito to the ejido Los
Huizaches, who upon seeing the bloody subject gave notice to the
authorities.
The police requested the presence of the Special Public Prosecutor in
intentional homicide, who found the murder scene 15 cases of 5.7 x
28 mm gauge of so-called 'cop killer', which were collected as part
of investigations.
Man, woman from Mexico had 27,000 rounds of ammo in South Texas
Associated Press
Posted: 05/14/2012 01:28:07 PM MDT
http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_20620863/man-woman-from-
mexico-had-27-000-rounds
LAREDO, Texas (AP) - A man and a woman from Mexico face up to 10
years in prison for illegally having about 27,000 rounds of
ammunition in South Texas.
Investigators in Laredo say 35-year-old Abraham Garcia-Perguero and
33-year-old Maria Isabel Rodriguez-Olivio pleaded guilty Monday to
weapons charges. No sentencing date was immediately set. Both remain
in custody.
Authorities say the suspected illegal immigrants had been living in
Laredo, where they ran a stop sign March 14 and were questioned by
police. Officers found the ammo in more than two dozen boxes in the
pickup truck.
Garcia-Perguero and Rodriguez-Olivio told investigators they had
picked up the ammo from a Laredo gun store. Prosecutors say the pair
expected to be paid about $500 to deliver the items to a designated
pickup spot.
Woman killed Saturday was a Chihuahua state prosecutor
By Marisela Ortega Lozano / El Paso Times
Posted: 05/14/2012 10:24:51 AM MDT
http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_20619414/woman-killed-saturday-was-
chihuahua-state-prosecutor?source=most_viewed
A 45-year-old woman, slain along with her 22-year-old son, was a
Chihuahua General Attorney's prosecutor in Juárez, officials said.
Ana Lilia López, 45, was riddled with bullets Saturday inside her
home at Mexicas and Nahualtecos streets, Aztecas neighborhood.
Her son, Héctor Eliu Sandoval López, 22, was also shot to death.
Forensic experts retrieved 11 9mm bullet casings.
López was assigned at Special Unit Anti Theft.
Deputy on leave after theft of vehicle, assault rifle
May 14, 2012 7:33 PM
Naxiely Lopez
The Monitor
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/rifle-60864-theft-assault.html
HARGILL — Sheriff Lupe Treviño placed a deputy on paid administrative
leave Monday after the officer shot at a fleeing suspect who stole
his patrol unit and personal assault rifle early Sunday morning.
The theft happened while the Hidalgo County sheriff's deputy
responded to a call regarding criminal mischief at a home in Hargill,
according to a news release from the agency.
The deputy arrived at the home in the 29000 block of Gill Street
about 1:45 a.m. and left the patrol unit, which he had parked along
the street with its engine on, to speak to the victim who had called
and to collect information for his report.
A man wearing a white shirt and jeans walked toward the officer and
the victim, but stopped at the unit, the release stated. The suspect
then opened the driver's side door, sat down and closed it behind
him. The deputy ran to the vehicle, managed to open the door, but
could not pry the suspect out of the unit. The suspect eventually put
the vehicle in drive and sped off, but not before the officer shot at
the fleeing suspect multiple times.
Authorities did not report any injures in connection with the shooting.
"What disturbs me the most is that the vehicle was left running and
the weapon was not secured," Treviño said. "But perhaps more
important than that, is the discharging of a weapon at a vehicle that
was fleeing."
Officers found the vehicle about five hours later in an open field
near the intersection of Wilson Avenue and Farm-to-Market Road 490 —
less than a mile from where it was originally taken.
Investigators, however, did not recover the deputy's personal assault
rifle, a .223-caliber, semi-automatic AR 15.
Authorities identified Alex Valdez, 22, as a possible suspect in the
theft. Deputies detained him for questioning, but released him
pending further investigation, the release stated. Investigators did
not release further information.
The Sheriff's Office's Internal Affairs division initiated an
investigation on possible violations of policies regarding the theft
of the vehicle and weapon, as well as the discharging of the firearm,
Treviño said.
Chapter five of the Sheriff's Office policy handbook prohibits
leaving a vehicle unsecured when unattended to prevent weather damage
and theft, he added.
Authorities did not release the deputy's name, but will do so if
further disciplinary action is taken. That decision could come as
early as next week, Treviño said.
"Now we have a weapon floating in the community that shouldn't be
there," Treviño said.
Note: another rare report of the 5.7 being used. For the non
gunnies, the ammo available here is the varmint load, not the armor
piercing. Rapid expansion, little penetration. Original AP ammo
only available to governments.
EXECUTE A YOUTH with the 'cop killers'
Monday May 14, 2012
http://www.riodoce.com.mx/content/view/13566/40/
With his head destroyed with a gun known as the 'cop killer', was
found the body of an unknown on side of the road, in the vicinity of
the community of El Ranchito.
The discovery was made in about 23:00 pm yesterday, by locals that
circulated on the road that leads from El Ranchito to the ejido Los
Huizaches, who upon seeing the bloody subject gave notice to the
authorities.
The police requested the presence of the Special Public Prosecutor in
intentional homicide, who found the murder scene 15 cases of 5.7 x
28 mm gauge of so-called 'cop killer', which were collected as part
of investigations.
AZMEX UPDATE 13-5-12
AZMEX UPDATE 13 MAY 2012
1,748 barrels seized of chemical precursors for drug
[Michoacan Security]
By Notimex
13/05/2012 - 05:29 PM
Mexico. - Federal authorities said 1,748 barrels of precursor
chemicals used in the preparation of various synthetic drugs, as part
of a joint operation in the port of Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, Semar
reported.
The Secretary of the Navy of Mexico (Semar) explained that the
substance seized was in seven containers, where they stored barrels
136,250 kilograms of monomethylamine and methyl phenyl acetate,
precursor chemicals used to manufacture synthetic drugs.
The containers, who came from China and whose final destination was
Honduras, were available to the Public Prosecutor of the Federation
of Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, so AP/PGR/MICH/LC/074/2012
investigation was opened.
In actions involving elements of the unit, and the Attorney General's
Office (PGR) and the Tax Administration Service (SAT).
Published: 13/05/2012 8:20 By: SUN
US military down with drug network in Colombia
The Colombian newspaper stated that the police investigation led to
the arrest of 12 members of the network, including the American Deion
Lemar Burton, who is imprisoned in a prison in Bogota since last
October. Photo: Agencies.
http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Internacional/
13052012/591928.aspx
BOGOTA, Colombia (SUN)
A group of U.S. soldiers was part of a network that sent cocaine from
Colombia abroad and was disbanded after several months of
investigations in this country and the nation's north, said the
newspaper El Tiempo.
The Colombian newspaper stated that the police investigation led to
the arrest of 12 members of the network, including the American Deion
Lemar Burton, who is imprisoned in a prison in Bogota since last
October.
Lemar recalled that Deion was arrested when he tried to go through
the migration positions of Bogota's Eldorado airport without going
through any review, citing its status as a noncommissioned officer of
the U.S. Navy.
"His hustle and his insistence seemed suspicious to an agent of the
former DAS (Administrative Department of Security-secret police), who
ordered the case very closely requisition of uniform. They found 5.4
kilos of pure cocaine," he added.
In giving details of the police operation, the Colombian newspaper
stated that "this was the start of an investigation, six months
later, have 12 people behind bars in the two countries."
The publication revealed that the "partner" in Colombia, the U.S.
military was Victor Manuel Ramirez, "said to be one of the heads of
the foreign network used to move cocaine into Spain, Italy, Germany
and France."
Note: significant
released "The Chiricuas" private secretary of "The Lazca"
Organización Editorial Mexicana
May 13, 2012
Manrique Gandaria / El Sol de Mexico
http://www.oem.com.mx/tribunadesanluis/notas/n2540323.htm
Mexico City. - In what is considered a setback for the Attorney
General's Office (PGR), the First District Court in the prison of
"The Corner", in Nayarit, release order issued to Victor Hugo López
Valdez , alias "The Chiricuas" secretary to Heriberto Lazcano
Lazcano, "The Lazca" leader of "Los Zetas", who today attributed the
deaths of 49 people in Nuevo Leon.
The release of López Valdez, was given to the contradictions in which
fell the protected witnesses presented by the PGR to support the
charges for the crimes of organized crime with the purpose of
kidnapping and possession and use of stolen vehicles to commit other
crimes .
One witness, under the alias of "Smurf" he said in his opening
remarks that he knew in 2007 "Chiricuas" committed various crimes,
however, in another of his statements, the same witness said that in
that year did not belong organized crime and was dedicated to
construction.
For PGR "The Chiricuas" was regarded as private secretary to
Heriberto Lazcano "The Lazca" and after his capture, he remained more
than four years in prison in the prison of "El Rincón".
"The Chiricuas" was arrested on December 5, 2008 in San Luis Potosi
with Fernando Garza Gomez Mendez and Pablo Solano, alias "El Faguas"
in an operation conducted by the Federal Police as part of an
investigation following the track "The Lazca".
The judge's ruling comes after the First Collegiate Court of Nayarit
granted an injunction for purposes, which ordered a review your case
and assess the veracity of especially protected witnesses who
testified against the accused.
"An order was issued for freedom for lack of evidence to prosecute,
on behalf of Jorge Hernandez Martinez and Victor Hugo López Valdez,
in the absence of the corpus of the following offenses: possession of
stolen motor vehicle, use of stolen vehicle to commit of another
offense (and organized crime in order to commit kidnapping,) "the
ruling said.
Although the PGR provided evidence showing his guilt over a year ago
"The Chiricuas" was acquitted of another trial in which he was
accused of possession of firearms and organized crime in the form of
crimes against health.
Until his capture, the now ex-con was the most trusted man in "The
Lazca", besides being his friend, was responsible for criminal leader
buy his clothes in the U.S. and rent to various properties.
Note: this has extensive coverage, an early report
Suman 49 bodies found in Cadereyta, NL
POLICE • 13 MAYO 2012 - 5:53 AM - EDITORIAL
http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/
noticias2011/951b856687d366273d2918c87e8021fa
At mile 47 of the free highway to Reynosa were found the bodies of
six women and 43 men in black plastic bags.
Cadereyta Jimenez • The mutilated bodies of 49 people were thrown on
the free highway to Reynosa in the town of Cadereyta.
A report of several bags thrown on access to the area known as San
Juan, was received by the C5 immediately so several units of federal
support forces moved to cover part of the free highway to Reynosa.
Just at kilometer 47 of the cavalcade, were found several plastic
black bags which were on the side of the asphalt.
To revise located inside the human remains of at least 49 people of
which were mutilated.
He immediately closed completely over this road vehicle by the
federal police personnel division roads.
Around 04:00 hours service items arrived to lift expert evidence on
this multiple homicide.
They called several units from the Medical Examiner to move the
bodies to the facilities of the University Hospital amphitheater.
The elements of the support forces were placed between the scrub and
with their weapons ready for action and avoid being surprised.
Note: a continuing problem both sides of border
Criminals invent similar items to the military
In the municipalities of Choix, Guasave and Salvador Alvarado,
criminals who have fallen, killed by military forces wore uniforms,
helmets and boots
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/85830.html
DETECTION. Criminals killed by soldiers in Sinaloa, between April 28
and May 10, wore uniforms, helmets and boots, authorities reported.
(Photo: UNIVERSAL ARCHIVE)
Sunday May 13, 2012
Javier Cabrera / Correspondent | The Universal
Culiacan. The secretary of state Public Safety, Francisco Cordova
Celaya, reported that members of criminal groups wear similar clothes
to uniforms bearing the Army and the various corporations to confuse
the population.
He said that in recent events have secured three patrol vehicles
cloned as local and federal police forces and a Hummer, olive green,
with a 50 caliber Barret rifle-mounted.
He noted that in cases that have occurred between April 28 and May
10, in the municipalities of Choix, Guasave and Salvador Alvarado,
criminals who have fallen killed by military forces wore uniforms,
helmets and boots. He explained that the case raised on the Mexico-
Nogales, at the entrance to the city of Guamuchil, in which five
gunmen were killed, their clothing was similar to police and military
elements.
He stressed that in this, where the five suspects were killed and
their bodies were in an armored van, registration 76-26 VHWs that
caught fire, there were helmets, boots and camouflage uniforms.
The deceased were allegedly part of an armed group that had set up a
checkpoint on Federal Highway 15, were discovered by members of the
Preventive State who were in transit to the city of Los Mochis.
The state official voiced that the judicial authorities of federal
jurisdiction and investigate the confession of the apocryphal and
clothing matched the firearms that have been secured in order to
determine whether ballistics have been used in other criminal events.
Francisco Cordova said that is oriented to the population for any
questions you have about the presence of armed persons can issue
alerts to the central anonymous communication with instant response.
The violence in Sinaloa has worsened in recent weeks, especially in
the Sierra region where 22 people died in a battle for 15 days.
Hummer with a grenade launcher in Sinaloa
The discovery was made during a patrol in the town of Choix, when
armed men fled a military presence
Joan Garcia / Correspondent
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&seccion=seccion-
nacional&cat=1&id_nota=833673
CULIACAN, May 13. - Elements of the Mexican Army stationed in the
Ninth Military Zone were in a surveillance tours Hummer abandoned in
the mountains of the town of Choix, which had a grenade launcher
attachment, plus thousands of cartridges.
On April 28, 19 suspected gunmen were killed by soldiers during a clash.
According to official information, military personnel on a tour by
land on a road between Old and Yecorato Homes in the community of
Vinarerías, Choix, when armed men escaped detect military presence,
leaving the abandoned luxury unit.
This is a Hummer H2, Sinaloa plates, which were superimposed. When
staff reviewed 89 Infantry Battalion located the truck with thousands
of cartridges, and an grenade launcher attachments.
The military said three thousand 637 cartridges caliber 7.62 x 39
AK-47 rifle, 711 of caliber 9 millimeter, 357 .223 caliber, for AR-15
rifle, .45 caliber was 49 and 49 of 5.7 x 28 to the gun called cop
killer.
In the Hummer unit also found a grenade launcher attachment installed
and eight mags, of whom seven are for goat horn (AK) and one for AR-15.
On May 3, Excelsior reported that the National Defense Secretariat
(SEDENA) had been reported that 26 people dead, including three
soldiers, and seven injured had been the balance of several clashes
between the army and drug gangs in Sinaloa in three days.
According to the military authorities, 23 people who allegedly killed
belonged to the organization of the Beltran Leyva brothers that
associated with the group Los Zetas, in the area to fight cartel of
Joaquin El Chapo Guzman.
In one of the facts, a shootout between the army and members of
organized crime had caused the deaths of ten armed civilians and two
soldiers in the town Bamoa station in the town of Guasave.
The Department of Defense said that the violence started last April
28 in the town of Choix, which killed one soldier and four assailants.
2012-05-13 05:04:00
1,748 barrels seized of chemical precursors for drug
[Michoacan Security]
By Notimex
13/05/2012 - 05:29 PM
Mexico. - Federal authorities said 1,748 barrels of precursor
chemicals used in the preparation of various synthetic drugs, as part
of a joint operation in the port of Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, Semar
reported.
The Secretary of the Navy of Mexico (Semar) explained that the
substance seized was in seven containers, where they stored barrels
136,250 kilograms of monomethylamine and methyl phenyl acetate,
precursor chemicals used to manufacture synthetic drugs.
The containers, who came from China and whose final destination was
Honduras, were available to the Public Prosecutor of the Federation
of Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, so AP/PGR/MICH/LC/074/2012
investigation was opened.
In actions involving elements of the unit, and the Attorney General's
Office (PGR) and the Tax Administration Service (SAT).
Published: 13/05/2012 8:20 By: SUN
US military down with drug network in Colombia
The Colombian newspaper stated that the police investigation led to
the arrest of 12 members of the network, including the American Deion
Lemar Burton, who is imprisoned in a prison in Bogota since last
October. Photo: Agencies.
http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Internacional/
13052012/591928.aspx
BOGOTA, Colombia (SUN)
A group of U.S. soldiers was part of a network that sent cocaine from
Colombia abroad and was disbanded after several months of
investigations in this country and the nation's north, said the
newspaper El Tiempo.
The Colombian newspaper stated that the police investigation led to
the arrest of 12 members of the network, including the American Deion
Lemar Burton, who is imprisoned in a prison in Bogota since last
October.
Lemar recalled that Deion was arrested when he tried to go through
the migration positions of Bogota's Eldorado airport without going
through any review, citing its status as a noncommissioned officer of
the U.S. Navy.
"His hustle and his insistence seemed suspicious to an agent of the
former DAS (Administrative Department of Security-secret police), who
ordered the case very closely requisition of uniform. They found 5.4
kilos of pure cocaine," he added.
In giving details of the police operation, the Colombian newspaper
stated that "this was the start of an investigation, six months
later, have 12 people behind bars in the two countries."
The publication revealed that the "partner" in Colombia, the U.S.
military was Victor Manuel Ramirez, "said to be one of the heads of
the foreign network used to move cocaine into Spain, Italy, Germany
and France."
Note: significant
released "The Chiricuas" private secretary of "The Lazca"
Organización Editorial Mexicana
May 13, 2012
Manrique Gandaria / El Sol de Mexico
http://www.oem.com.mx/tribunadesanluis/notas/n2540323.htm
Mexico City. - In what is considered a setback for the Attorney
General's Office (PGR), the First District Court in the prison of
"The Corner", in Nayarit, release order issued to Victor Hugo López
Valdez , alias "The Chiricuas" secretary to Heriberto Lazcano
Lazcano, "The Lazca" leader of "Los Zetas", who today attributed the
deaths of 49 people in Nuevo Leon.
The release of López Valdez, was given to the contradictions in which
fell the protected witnesses presented by the PGR to support the
charges for the crimes of organized crime with the purpose of
kidnapping and possession and use of stolen vehicles to commit other
crimes .
One witness, under the alias of "Smurf" he said in his opening
remarks that he knew in 2007 "Chiricuas" committed various crimes,
however, in another of his statements, the same witness said that in
that year did not belong organized crime and was dedicated to
construction.
For PGR "The Chiricuas" was regarded as private secretary to
Heriberto Lazcano "The Lazca" and after his capture, he remained more
than four years in prison in the prison of "El Rincón".
"The Chiricuas" was arrested on December 5, 2008 in San Luis Potosi
with Fernando Garza Gomez Mendez and Pablo Solano, alias "El Faguas"
in an operation conducted by the Federal Police as part of an
investigation following the track "The Lazca".
The judge's ruling comes after the First Collegiate Court of Nayarit
granted an injunction for purposes, which ordered a review your case
and assess the veracity of especially protected witnesses who
testified against the accused.
"An order was issued for freedom for lack of evidence to prosecute,
on behalf of Jorge Hernandez Martinez and Victor Hugo López Valdez,
in the absence of the corpus of the following offenses: possession of
stolen motor vehicle, use of stolen vehicle to commit of another
offense (and organized crime in order to commit kidnapping,) "the
ruling said.
Although the PGR provided evidence showing his guilt over a year ago
"The Chiricuas" was acquitted of another trial in which he was
accused of possession of firearms and organized crime in the form of
crimes against health.
Until his capture, the now ex-con was the most trusted man in "The
Lazca", besides being his friend, was responsible for criminal leader
buy his clothes in the U.S. and rent to various properties.
Note: this has extensive coverage, an early report
Suman 49 bodies found in Cadereyta, NL
POLICE • 13 MAYO 2012 - 5:53 AM - EDITORIAL
http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/
noticias2011/951b856687d366273d2918c87e8021fa
At mile 47 of the free highway to Reynosa were found the bodies of
six women and 43 men in black plastic bags.
Cadereyta Jimenez • The mutilated bodies of 49 people were thrown on
the free highway to Reynosa in the town of Cadereyta.
A report of several bags thrown on access to the area known as San
Juan, was received by the C5 immediately so several units of federal
support forces moved to cover part of the free highway to Reynosa.
Just at kilometer 47 of the cavalcade, were found several plastic
black bags which were on the side of the asphalt.
To revise located inside the human remains of at least 49 people of
which were mutilated.
He immediately closed completely over this road vehicle by the
federal police personnel division roads.
Around 04:00 hours service items arrived to lift expert evidence on
this multiple homicide.
They called several units from the Medical Examiner to move the
bodies to the facilities of the University Hospital amphitheater.
The elements of the support forces were placed between the scrub and
with their weapons ready for action and avoid being surprised.
Note: a continuing problem both sides of border
Criminals invent similar items to the military
In the municipalities of Choix, Guasave and Salvador Alvarado,
criminals who have fallen, killed by military forces wore uniforms,
helmets and boots
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/85830.html
DETECTION. Criminals killed by soldiers in Sinaloa, between April 28
and May 10, wore uniforms, helmets and boots, authorities reported.
(Photo: UNIVERSAL ARCHIVE)
Sunday May 13, 2012
Javier Cabrera / Correspondent | The Universal
Culiacan. The secretary of state Public Safety, Francisco Cordova
Celaya, reported that members of criminal groups wear similar clothes
to uniforms bearing the Army and the various corporations to confuse
the population.
He said that in recent events have secured three patrol vehicles
cloned as local and federal police forces and a Hummer, olive green,
with a 50 caliber Barret rifle-mounted.
He noted that in cases that have occurred between April 28 and May
10, in the municipalities of Choix, Guasave and Salvador Alvarado,
criminals who have fallen killed by military forces wore uniforms,
helmets and boots. He explained that the case raised on the Mexico-
Nogales, at the entrance to the city of Guamuchil, in which five
gunmen were killed, their clothing was similar to police and military
elements.
He stressed that in this, where the five suspects were killed and
their bodies were in an armored van, registration 76-26 VHWs that
caught fire, there were helmets, boots and camouflage uniforms.
The deceased were allegedly part of an armed group that had set up a
checkpoint on Federal Highway 15, were discovered by members of the
Preventive State who were in transit to the city of Los Mochis.
The state official voiced that the judicial authorities of federal
jurisdiction and investigate the confession of the apocryphal and
clothing matched the firearms that have been secured in order to
determine whether ballistics have been used in other criminal events.
Francisco Cordova said that is oriented to the population for any
questions you have about the presence of armed persons can issue
alerts to the central anonymous communication with instant response.
The violence in Sinaloa has worsened in recent weeks, especially in
the Sierra region where 22 people died in a battle for 15 days.
Hummer with a grenade launcher in Sinaloa
The discovery was made during a patrol in the town of Choix, when
armed men fled a military presence
Joan Garcia / Correspondent
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&seccion=seccion-
nacional&cat=1&id_nota=833673
CULIACAN, May 13. - Elements of the Mexican Army stationed in the
Ninth Military Zone were in a surveillance tours Hummer abandoned in
the mountains of the town of Choix, which had a grenade launcher
attachment, plus thousands of cartridges.
On April 28, 19 suspected gunmen were killed by soldiers during a clash.
According to official information, military personnel on a tour by
land on a road between Old and Yecorato Homes in the community of
Vinarerías, Choix, when armed men escaped detect military presence,
leaving the abandoned luxury unit.
This is a Hummer H2, Sinaloa plates, which were superimposed. When
staff reviewed 89 Infantry Battalion located the truck with thousands
of cartridges, and an grenade launcher attachments.
The military said three thousand 637 cartridges caliber 7.62 x 39
AK-47 rifle, 711 of caliber 9 millimeter, 357 .223 caliber, for AR-15
rifle, .45 caliber was 49 and 49 of 5.7 x 28 to the gun called cop
killer.
In the Hummer unit also found a grenade launcher attachment installed
and eight mags, of whom seven are for goat horn (AK) and one for AR-15.
On May 3, Excelsior reported that the National Defense Secretariat
(SEDENA) had been reported that 26 people dead, including three
soldiers, and seven injured had been the balance of several clashes
between the army and drug gangs in Sinaloa in three days.
According to the military authorities, 23 people who allegedly killed
belonged to the organization of the Beltran Leyva brothers that
associated with the group Los Zetas, in the area to fight cartel of
Joaquin El Chapo Guzman.
In one of the facts, a shootout between the army and members of
organized crime had caused the deaths of ten armed civilians and two
soldiers in the town Bamoa station in the town of Guasave.
The Department of Defense said that the violence started last April
28 in the town of Choix, which killed one soldier and four assailants.
2012-05-13 05:04:00
AZMEX UPDATE 11-5-12
AZMEX UPDATE 11 MAY 2012
Note: No word yet if real thing or just clones.
Chandler raid nets weapons, 2 arrests, 100 pounds of marijuana
by Matt Loper and Cassondra Strande -
May. 11, 2012 10:45 AM
The Arizona Republic-12 News Breaking News Team
Authorities arrested two people and seized more than 100 pounds of
marijuana along with automatic weapons during a raid Friday morning
in a quiet Chandler neighborhood.
Police found 15 handguns and fully-automatic weapons at the home
where the two people, a man and a woman, were arrested, according to
Elias Johnson, spokesman for the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.
Authorities forced their way into the home around 6:15 a.m. near Ray
and McQueen roads, Johnson said. The suspects were asleep when the
raid began.
Authorities used a no-knock search warrant, which needed court
approval, because they felt there was a high risk of violent
retaliation from those inside the home, Johnson said.
Weapons were found scattered throughout the house, including an
AK-47, an Uzi, and an unspecified projectile launcher, Johnson said.
One weapon was found in the pantry of the home.
The raid was part of a long-term investigation that included several
federal and local agencies such as the Drug Enforcement
Administration, Chandler Police Department and the Pinal County
Narcotics Task Force, according to officials.
Some neighbors described the two arrested as quiet people who kept to
themselves. The neighbors also said they never noticed anything
suspicious in the peaceful neighborhood.
The DEA was not willing to comment on the investigation because it
was still ongoing.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/
20120511chandler-raid-nets-marijuana-weapons-2-arrests-
abrk#ixzz1ubPLE5Dm
Note: things a bit unsettled in Sonora last couple days
four weapons used by gunmen are found
Details Posted on Friday, May 11, 2012 7:04
Written by EDITOR / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/index.php/justicia/justicia-
general/nogales-son/2567-hallan-cuatro-armas-utilizadas-por-sicarios
Nogales
2 bodies found in car
Details Posted on Friday, May 11, 2012 7:05
Written by EDITOR / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/index.php/local/noticia-local/
hermosillo/2575-hallan-2-cuerpos-en-auto
THE CAR WITH THE BODIES WERE FOUND IN Cocorit, SITE KNOWN AS THE
GRAPEFRUIT ALLEY .
Cd. OBREGÓN
Killed on board the vehicle
After a chase was shot and beaten to death in Caborca
Alfonso Campos Rubio
Caborca, Son. -
Nuevo Dia
http://www.nuevodia.com.mx/estado/asesinado-a-bordo-de-su-vehiculo/
Posted May 11, 2012, 1:48 a.m.
Run to four, they were brothers
Four people were executed and two be brothers in the executions in
Ciudad Obregon and Navojoa, Sonora.
Two residents of Ciudad Obregon and two Navojoa
Alfonso Campos Rubio
Hermosillo, Sonora - Nuevo Dia
http://www.nuevodia.com.mx/local/ejecutan-a-cuatro-eran-hermanos/
Note: No word yet if real thing or just clones.
Chandler raid nets weapons, 2 arrests, 100 pounds of marijuana
by Matt Loper and Cassondra Strande -
May. 11, 2012 10:45 AM
The Arizona Republic-12 News Breaking News Team
Authorities arrested two people and seized more than 100 pounds of
marijuana along with automatic weapons during a raid Friday morning
in a quiet Chandler neighborhood.
Police found 15 handguns and fully-automatic weapons at the home
where the two people, a man and a woman, were arrested, according to
Elias Johnson, spokesman for the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.
Authorities forced their way into the home around 6:15 a.m. near Ray
and McQueen roads, Johnson said. The suspects were asleep when the
raid began.
Authorities used a no-knock search warrant, which needed court
approval, because they felt there was a high risk of violent
retaliation from those inside the home, Johnson said.
Weapons were found scattered throughout the house, including an
AK-47, an Uzi, and an unspecified projectile launcher, Johnson said.
One weapon was found in the pantry of the home.
The raid was part of a long-term investigation that included several
federal and local agencies such as the Drug Enforcement
Administration, Chandler Police Department and the Pinal County
Narcotics Task Force, according to officials.
Some neighbors described the two arrested as quiet people who kept to
themselves. The neighbors also said they never noticed anything
suspicious in the peaceful neighborhood.
The DEA was not willing to comment on the investigation because it
was still ongoing.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/
20120511chandler-raid-nets-marijuana-weapons-2-arrests-
abrk#ixzz1ubPLE5Dm
Note: things a bit unsettled in Sonora last couple days
four weapons used by gunmen are found
Details Posted on Friday, May 11, 2012 7:04
Written by EDITOR / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/index.php/justicia/justicia-
general/nogales-son/2567-hallan-cuatro-armas-utilizadas-por-sicarios
Nogales
2 bodies found in car
Details Posted on Friday, May 11, 2012 7:05
Written by EDITOR / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/index.php/local/noticia-local/
hermosillo/2575-hallan-2-cuerpos-en-auto
THE CAR WITH THE BODIES WERE FOUND IN Cocorit, SITE KNOWN AS THE
GRAPEFRUIT ALLEY .
Cd. OBREGÓN
Killed on board the vehicle
After a chase was shot and beaten to death in Caborca
Alfonso Campos Rubio
Caborca, Son. -
Nuevo Dia
http://www.nuevodia.com.mx/estado/asesinado-a-bordo-de-su-vehiculo/
Posted May 11, 2012, 1:48 a.m.
Run to four, they were brothers
Four people were executed and two be brothers in the executions in
Ciudad Obregon and Navojoa, Sonora.
Two residents of Ciudad Obregon and two Navojoa
Alfonso Campos Rubio
Hermosillo, Sonora - Nuevo Dia
http://www.nuevodia.com.mx/local/ejecutan-a-cuatro-eran-hermanos/
AZMEX UPDATE 10-5-12
AZMEX UPDATE 10 MAY 2012
Note: Yugo SKS ( imported by CAI ) and Maverick shotgun picked up in
Naco, Son.
http://elperiodicodeap.com.mx/index.php?
option=com_content&view=article&id=4021:pei-naco-asegura-dos-armas-
largas&catid=34:noticias&Itemid=78
Note: ok for them to "militarize" the border?
KABILES shield the border
POLICE • 10 MAYO 2012 - 3:36 AM - VICTOR HUGO MICHEL SENT
The Department of Defense announced that country in June will be sent
500 elite elements to stop the operations of the cartel.
http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/
noticias2011/4d61be05ee00877e942fca43bca98955
Guatemala • In the midst of the crisis by the drug trade that
threatens to Guatemala, the new government of that country displayed
on the border with Mexico a brigade of Kabil special forces soldiers
to address the growing presence of Mexican drug cartels, especially
Los Zetas.
"The brigade is to be installed on 30 June," he informed Colonel
MILLENNIUM Rony Urizar, a spokesman of the Ministry of Defense of
Guatemala. "The defense of the population is the responsibility of
the armed forces and support to public safety and citizen groups to
combat organized crime."
The brigade will consist of 500 soldiers and will have at its core a
battalion of about 300 commandos, elements trained to undertake
combat missions in jungle conditions, just like those in the border
with Mexico.
The new military body, including snipers, experts in search and
destroy operations, night raids, demolitions and rescue hostages will
be based on a hot spot: 100 kilometer border with Mexico (Chiapas),
in the town of El Subin. Symbolically his base of operations will be
less than half an hour from where a year ago, the May 15, 2011, 27
people were murdered and decapitated by Los Zetas on a farm. The
incident triggered a political and social crisis that still does not
close at all in Guatemala.
"These kaibiles will be involved fully in operational activity in the
Department of Petén, one of which has a higher incidence of movement
and other illicit drug trafficking," said Uriza. "It will restore the
state's presence."
Their area of responsibility focuses on a range of about 300
square kilometers of forest in the border town of La Libertad,
currently exploited and disputed by the Sinaloa Cartel and Los Zetas
to transport cocaine from South America. "The area is full of
clandestine airstrips," a Guatemalan military.
***
The deployment of kaibiles and other elite military to the border
with Mexico is a campaign promise of the current president of
Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina. The president, former general kaibil,
use raised the banner of the Guatemalan military as a prop in the
fight against organized crime. He based much of his campaign promise
to restore security in the country.
And is that the effects of the presence of Mexican drug in this
Central American country has become increasingly evident. In 2010 a
report by the Strategic Studies Institute of the Pentagon revealed
that Guatemala was on the brink of the precipice, with one of the
highest homicide rates in Central America (41 murders per 100 000
people, twice that in Mexico) and budget cuts they had at their
national police in the red.
In this difficult situation is compounded by the geographical
position of the Guatemalan territory, right in the middle of the
route that connects Colombia with the United States and the cockroach
effect generated by the anti-narcotics offensive in Mexico began in
2006-2007.
"Guatemala is experiencing a major crisis. Unless America does
something, the region can see the emergence of the first narco-state
in the Central American isthmus, "said then the same institute
(MILLENNIUM, 22/09/2010).
So far Washington has given to Guatemala under 30 million in
counternarcotics assistance, a figure lower than that assigned to
Mexico or Colombia. The Guatemalan government has insisted that
require more assistance or need to think about the legalization of
drugs as an alternative.
United States has not chosen either. While Washington defines what to
do, the administration of Perez Molina has a plan B: send kaibiles to
the border.
***
Uriza admitted that the calculations of the Ministry of Defense is
the possibility that the Mexican cartels engage in an escalation of
violence similar to that experienced by Mexico in its northern
border, after President Felipe Calderon sent the army and navy to
fight organized crime.
"These assumptions are. We are neighbors and the same threats that
have Mexico, we have. Mexico, with pressure, low organized crime into
our territory. And definitely, that's a concern of the president
(...) but it is a state obligation to protect people and ensure the
common good, "he said.
Cliff climbing or solution, now the government of Perez Molina, who
promised in January that six months would be improvements in the
safety of the country resorts to the best of his army to try to
regain control over the jungles of Peten , whose location along with
Mexico and remote areas make it particularly vulnerable to organized
crime.
"What is going to look at strengthening the state presence in the
area," explained Uriza. "Remember that when you conducted the peace
process, the agreements were a commitment that the Army would be
reduced 33 percent. We went from 53 000 to 31 000 400 items. And in
2004, a second reduction that left the Army in 15 000 400. That meant
that all the units that were at the borders will be removed. And then
it did not reach the state. "
In the coming months the Guatemalan government will extend its
offensive to other parts of the border. The Ministry of Defence is
already exploring the creation of a new joint unit, composed of
military and police, to try to control another hot spot: Tecum Uman,
located directly across from Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas.
► The Black Legend
For years, the cry meant Guatemala guerrilla and terror to the
people: "Come kaibiles" Founded in highlights of the internal
conflict that affected Guatemala between 1960 and 1996, the group of
special forces Kaibil was conceived in 1975 as counterinsurgency unit
designed to confront the guerrillas.
The body, which became known as one of the most feared in all of
Latin America, scored numerous successes in its operations. But he
was also accused of involvement in actions that violate human rights,
leading to thousands of Guatemalans who leave their country to seek
refuge in Mexico. Stresses the slaughter of Dos Erres in December 1982.
American Court of Human Rights ruled that a unit that year kaibil led
the slaughter of 300 people in the municipality of La Libertad. In
recent years kaibiles sought to change its image. Today involved in
peacekeeping missions under the UN flag. (Victor Hugo Michel, sent /
Guatemala)
Border Patrol: Over $12M of pot seized in 3 days
May 10, 2012 9:27 PM
http://www.themonitor.com/news/patrol-60760-pot-12m.html
Ildefonso Ortiz
The Monitor
EDINBURG — U.S. Border Patrol announced the seizure of more than
15,200 pounds of marijuana in a three-day span.
The seizures began Monday, but one of the larger busts took place
Tuesday morning near La Casita when agents saw several people loading
bundles into a pickup truck near the river, according to a Border
Patrol news release. When agents approached the area, the men fled to
Mexico, leaving behind almost 1,900 pounds of marijuana.
A second large seizure took place later that day near Garceño, about
eight miles west of Rio Grande City, when Border Patrol agents came
across an abandoned pickup with more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana
inside.
Other seizures during the three days brought the total to more than
15,200 pounds, with a reported street value of more than $12 million.
CBP officers seize nearly 6K rounds of ammunition
Updated: Tuesday, 08 May 2012, 12:19 PM MST
Published : Tuesday, 08 May 2012, 12:19 PM MST
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/crime/cbp-officers-seize-
nearly-6k-rounds-of-ammunition-05082012
LUKEVILLE, Ariz. - A man was arrested for attempting to smuggle
nearly 6,000 rounds of ammunition into Mexico through the Lukeville
Port of Entry near Yuma on Friday.
While Customs and Border Protection officers were conducting
operations, they were referred two Mexican nationals for a secondary
inspection of their Dodge truck.
During the inspection, officers found 5,950 rounds of ammunition
ranging from 7.62 x 39 mm to .50 caliber.
The vehicle and ammunition were processed for seizure.
The 34-year-old male driver was turned over to the U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security investigations. His
female passenger was released.
Authorities did not release any names in this case.
Suspect in baseball bat killing arrested in Mexico
May 10, 2012 8:59 AM
http://www.yumasun.com/news/baseball-78919-bat-arrested.html
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Manuel Bustamante, the man wanted in connection to the baseball bat
slaying in Yuma last month, has been arrested in San Luis Rio
Colorado, Son., according to the Yuma County Sheriff's Office.
Bustamante was arrested in Mexico on charges of attempted homicide
stemming from a shooting he was allegedly involved in while hiding in
Mexico, according to YCSO. Mexican authorities said Bustamante
allegedly shot an adult male multiple times during a robbery attempt
where Bustamante was trying to rob the subject of drugs, YCSO said.
Bustamante will be held in a Mexican jail pending resolution of the
charges he faces there. Once that case is completed, he will be
returned to the United States and taken into custody here.
Bustamante is wanted in Yuma in connection to the April 18th murder
of Kendal Smith, 33.
YCSO and the U.S. Marshals Service have taken several suspects into
custody so far in the Smith case, including Ruben Ornelas, Jonathon
Roger Ochoa, Elsey Valenzuela and Blanca Bustamante.
Manuel Bustamante is believed to be Valenzuela's boyfriend.
At about 9:13 p.m. on April 18, deputies were dispatched to the 2500
block of 15th Place in reference to a disturbance involving six
subjects armed with baseball bats.
Deputies were on scene in less than nine minutes, only to find Smith
with blunt force trauma to the head. He was taken unconscious to Yuma
Regional Medical Center and later transferred to St. Joseph's Medical
Center in Phoenix, where he died.
All of the suspects had fled the scene before deputies arrived. A
bloody baseball bat, however, was recovered in the area.
YCSO Capt. Eben Bratcher said what deputies have learned through
their investigation is that prior to the murder, two people allegedly
stole some drugs from Valenzuela.
Valenzuela told her boyfriend, Bustamante, about what happened and
he, along with Ochoa, Ornelas and possibly three others allegedly
went to the residence in the 2500 block of 15th Place, where they
thought they would find the people who had stolen the drugs.
Once there, they were confronted by Smith, who was then allegedly
bludgeoned to death.
"He was not who they were looking for," Bratcher said.
YCSO is still looking for two additional suspects in the case. Reva
Renee Jackson, 35, of Yuma, and Jose Fabela Campos, 23, of Yuma
Jackson is described as a 5 feet 2 inches tall woman, weighing 150
pounds, with long dark hair and a medium complexion. Campos is
described as 6 feet 1 inch tall, 180 pounds, with short dark hair, a
goatee and a mustache.
Anyone with any information concerning this case or the location of
Jackson or Campos is asked to contact the sheriff's office at
783-4427, or 78-CRIME to remain anonymous.
Read more: http://www.yumasun.com/articles/baseball-78919-bat-
arrested.html#ixzz1ug0IpkTT
Note: another .50? One of the BBQ'd may have been a high value
target.
5 people incinerated in confrontation
Thursday, May 10, 2012 21:27
http://www.culiacanam.com/policiaca/7371-5-personas-incineradas-
en-enfrentamiento
5 men were caught on fire when an armored vehicle caught fire after
the military confrontation
The Thursday afternoon outside Guamúchil 5 men died after a meeting
between gunmen and military bullets.
Apparently it all started when gunmen aboard several cars went by the
Mexico 15 Guamúchil outside, some were walking near a cemetery and
others in the streets.
A group of ministers and military officers realized the fact and
apparently demanding the stop but the gunmen did not obey orders so
began a series of altercations between police officers and gunmen.
Among the confrontation shot an armored Suburban that caught fire due
to shots being within 5 men dead inside.
Another of the cars that were available to the military was a Dodge
and inside there were 4 guns including a Barrett 50 caliber.
The identity of the dead has been given.
Note: Yugo SKS ( imported by CAI ) and Maverick shotgun picked up in
Naco, Son.
http://elperiodicodeap.com.mx/index.php?
option=com_content&view=article&id=4021:pei-naco-asegura-dos-armas-
largas&catid=34:noticias&Itemid=78
Note: ok for them to "militarize" the border?
KABILES shield the border
POLICE • 10 MAYO 2012 - 3:36 AM - VICTOR HUGO MICHEL SENT
The Department of Defense announced that country in June will be sent
500 elite elements to stop the operations of the cartel.
http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/
noticias2011/4d61be05ee00877e942fca43bca98955
Guatemala • In the midst of the crisis by the drug trade that
threatens to Guatemala, the new government of that country displayed
on the border with Mexico a brigade of Kabil special forces soldiers
to address the growing presence of Mexican drug cartels, especially
Los Zetas.
"The brigade is to be installed on 30 June," he informed Colonel
MILLENNIUM Rony Urizar, a spokesman of the Ministry of Defense of
Guatemala. "The defense of the population is the responsibility of
the armed forces and support to public safety and citizen groups to
combat organized crime."
The brigade will consist of 500 soldiers and will have at its core a
battalion of about 300 commandos, elements trained to undertake
combat missions in jungle conditions, just like those in the border
with Mexico.
The new military body, including snipers, experts in search and
destroy operations, night raids, demolitions and rescue hostages will
be based on a hot spot: 100 kilometer border with Mexico (Chiapas),
in the town of El Subin. Symbolically his base of operations will be
less than half an hour from where a year ago, the May 15, 2011, 27
people were murdered and decapitated by Los Zetas on a farm. The
incident triggered a political and social crisis that still does not
close at all in Guatemala.
"These kaibiles will be involved fully in operational activity in the
Department of Petén, one of which has a higher incidence of movement
and other illicit drug trafficking," said Uriza. "It will restore the
state's presence."
Their area of responsibility focuses on a range of about 300
square kilometers of forest in the border town of La Libertad,
currently exploited and disputed by the Sinaloa Cartel and Los Zetas
to transport cocaine from South America. "The area is full of
clandestine airstrips," a Guatemalan military.
***
The deployment of kaibiles and other elite military to the border
with Mexico is a campaign promise of the current president of
Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina. The president, former general kaibil,
use raised the banner of the Guatemalan military as a prop in the
fight against organized crime. He based much of his campaign promise
to restore security in the country.
And is that the effects of the presence of Mexican drug in this
Central American country has become increasingly evident. In 2010 a
report by the Strategic Studies Institute of the Pentagon revealed
that Guatemala was on the brink of the precipice, with one of the
highest homicide rates in Central America (41 murders per 100 000
people, twice that in Mexico) and budget cuts they had at their
national police in the red.
In this difficult situation is compounded by the geographical
position of the Guatemalan territory, right in the middle of the
route that connects Colombia with the United States and the cockroach
effect generated by the anti-narcotics offensive in Mexico began in
2006-2007.
"Guatemala is experiencing a major crisis. Unless America does
something, the region can see the emergence of the first narco-state
in the Central American isthmus, "said then the same institute
(MILLENNIUM, 22/09/2010).
So far Washington has given to Guatemala under 30 million in
counternarcotics assistance, a figure lower than that assigned to
Mexico or Colombia. The Guatemalan government has insisted that
require more assistance or need to think about the legalization of
drugs as an alternative.
United States has not chosen either. While Washington defines what to
do, the administration of Perez Molina has a plan B: send kaibiles to
the border.
***
Uriza admitted that the calculations of the Ministry of Defense is
the possibility that the Mexican cartels engage in an escalation of
violence similar to that experienced by Mexico in its northern
border, after President Felipe Calderon sent the army and navy to
fight organized crime.
"These assumptions are. We are neighbors and the same threats that
have Mexico, we have. Mexico, with pressure, low organized crime into
our territory. And definitely, that's a concern of the president
(...) but it is a state obligation to protect people and ensure the
common good, "he said.
Cliff climbing or solution, now the government of Perez Molina, who
promised in January that six months would be improvements in the
safety of the country resorts to the best of his army to try to
regain control over the jungles of Peten , whose location along with
Mexico and remote areas make it particularly vulnerable to organized
crime.
"What is going to look at strengthening the state presence in the
area," explained Uriza. "Remember that when you conducted the peace
process, the agreements were a commitment that the Army would be
reduced 33 percent. We went from 53 000 to 31 000 400 items. And in
2004, a second reduction that left the Army in 15 000 400. That meant
that all the units that were at the borders will be removed. And then
it did not reach the state. "
In the coming months the Guatemalan government will extend its
offensive to other parts of the border. The Ministry of Defence is
already exploring the creation of a new joint unit, composed of
military and police, to try to control another hot spot: Tecum Uman,
located directly across from Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas.
► The Black Legend
For years, the cry meant Guatemala guerrilla and terror to the
people: "Come kaibiles" Founded in highlights of the internal
conflict that affected Guatemala between 1960 and 1996, the group of
special forces Kaibil was conceived in 1975 as counterinsurgency unit
designed to confront the guerrillas.
The body, which became known as one of the most feared in all of
Latin America, scored numerous successes in its operations. But he
was also accused of involvement in actions that violate human rights,
leading to thousands of Guatemalans who leave their country to seek
refuge in Mexico. Stresses the slaughter of Dos Erres in December 1982.
American Court of Human Rights ruled that a unit that year kaibil led
the slaughter of 300 people in the municipality of La Libertad. In
recent years kaibiles sought to change its image. Today involved in
peacekeeping missions under the UN flag. (Victor Hugo Michel, sent /
Guatemala)
Border Patrol: Over $12M of pot seized in 3 days
May 10, 2012 9:27 PM
http://www.themonitor.com/news/patrol-60760-pot-12m.html
Ildefonso Ortiz
The Monitor
EDINBURG — U.S. Border Patrol announced the seizure of more than
15,200 pounds of marijuana in a three-day span.
The seizures began Monday, but one of the larger busts took place
Tuesday morning near La Casita when agents saw several people loading
bundles into a pickup truck near the river, according to a Border
Patrol news release. When agents approached the area, the men fled to
Mexico, leaving behind almost 1,900 pounds of marijuana.
A second large seizure took place later that day near Garceño, about
eight miles west of Rio Grande City, when Border Patrol agents came
across an abandoned pickup with more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana
inside.
Other seizures during the three days brought the total to more than
15,200 pounds, with a reported street value of more than $12 million.
CBP officers seize nearly 6K rounds of ammunition
Updated: Tuesday, 08 May 2012, 12:19 PM MST
Published : Tuesday, 08 May 2012, 12:19 PM MST
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/crime/cbp-officers-seize-
nearly-6k-rounds-of-ammunition-05082012
LUKEVILLE, Ariz. - A man was arrested for attempting to smuggle
nearly 6,000 rounds of ammunition into Mexico through the Lukeville
Port of Entry near Yuma on Friday.
While Customs and Border Protection officers were conducting
operations, they were referred two Mexican nationals for a secondary
inspection of their Dodge truck.
During the inspection, officers found 5,950 rounds of ammunition
ranging from 7.62 x 39 mm to .50 caliber.
The vehicle and ammunition were processed for seizure.
The 34-year-old male driver was turned over to the U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security investigations. His
female passenger was released.
Authorities did not release any names in this case.
Suspect in baseball bat killing arrested in Mexico
May 10, 2012 8:59 AM
http://www.yumasun.com/news/baseball-78919-bat-arrested.html
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Manuel Bustamante, the man wanted in connection to the baseball bat
slaying in Yuma last month, has been arrested in San Luis Rio
Colorado, Son., according to the Yuma County Sheriff's Office.
Bustamante was arrested in Mexico on charges of attempted homicide
stemming from a shooting he was allegedly involved in while hiding in
Mexico, according to YCSO. Mexican authorities said Bustamante
allegedly shot an adult male multiple times during a robbery attempt
where Bustamante was trying to rob the subject of drugs, YCSO said.
Bustamante will be held in a Mexican jail pending resolution of the
charges he faces there. Once that case is completed, he will be
returned to the United States and taken into custody here.
Bustamante is wanted in Yuma in connection to the April 18th murder
of Kendal Smith, 33.
YCSO and the U.S. Marshals Service have taken several suspects into
custody so far in the Smith case, including Ruben Ornelas, Jonathon
Roger Ochoa, Elsey Valenzuela and Blanca Bustamante.
Manuel Bustamante is believed to be Valenzuela's boyfriend.
At about 9:13 p.m. on April 18, deputies were dispatched to the 2500
block of 15th Place in reference to a disturbance involving six
subjects armed with baseball bats.
Deputies were on scene in less than nine minutes, only to find Smith
with blunt force trauma to the head. He was taken unconscious to Yuma
Regional Medical Center and later transferred to St. Joseph's Medical
Center in Phoenix, where he died.
All of the suspects had fled the scene before deputies arrived. A
bloody baseball bat, however, was recovered in the area.
YCSO Capt. Eben Bratcher said what deputies have learned through
their investigation is that prior to the murder, two people allegedly
stole some drugs from Valenzuela.
Valenzuela told her boyfriend, Bustamante, about what happened and
he, along with Ochoa, Ornelas and possibly three others allegedly
went to the residence in the 2500 block of 15th Place, where they
thought they would find the people who had stolen the drugs.
Once there, they were confronted by Smith, who was then allegedly
bludgeoned to death.
"He was not who they were looking for," Bratcher said.
YCSO is still looking for two additional suspects in the case. Reva
Renee Jackson, 35, of Yuma, and Jose Fabela Campos, 23, of Yuma
Jackson is described as a 5 feet 2 inches tall woman, weighing 150
pounds, with long dark hair and a medium complexion. Campos is
described as 6 feet 1 inch tall, 180 pounds, with short dark hair, a
goatee and a mustache.
Anyone with any information concerning this case or the location of
Jackson or Campos is asked to contact the sheriff's office at
783-4427, or 78-CRIME to remain anonymous.
Read more: http://www.yumasun.com/articles/baseball-78919-bat-
arrested.html#ixzz1ug0IpkTT
Note: another .50? One of the BBQ'd may have been a high value
target.
5 people incinerated in confrontation
Thursday, May 10, 2012 21:27
http://www.culiacanam.com/policiaca/7371-5-personas-incineradas-
en-enfrentamiento
5 men were caught on fire when an armored vehicle caught fire after
the military confrontation
The Thursday afternoon outside Guamúchil 5 men died after a meeting
between gunmen and military bullets.
Apparently it all started when gunmen aboard several cars went by the
Mexico 15 Guamúchil outside, some were walking near a cemetery and
others in the streets.
A group of ministers and military officers realized the fact and
apparently demanding the stop but the gunmen did not obey orders so
began a series of altercations between police officers and gunmen.
Among the confrontation shot an armored Suburban that caught fire due
to shots being within 5 men dead inside.
Another of the cars that were available to the military was a Dodge
and inside there were 4 guns including a Barrett 50 caliber.
The identity of the dead has been given.
AZMEX F&F EXTRA 9-5-12
AZMEX F&F EXTRA 9 MAY 2012
Blog: AZ House left Fast and Furious report undone
Tim Steller, Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Wednesday, May 9, 2012
11:45 am | Comments
Remember the heady days of January, when the Arizona House was going
to do what the U.S. House had been unable to?
They were going to pry out the truth about Operation Fast and Furious
using an ad hoc committee chaired by Rep. David Burnell Smith. The
committee was to hold hearings featuring local people who could
expose the truth about the ill-conceived ATF investigation then
produce a report by March 30.
You can find the video of House Speaker Andy Tobin's press conference
announcing the committee here. The plan was for Smith to produce a
report on Fast and Furious by March 30, on the "factual background"
of Fast and Furious, the impact on Arizona and its residents, and
whether any state laws were violated.
The move garnered some attention from national news outlets, but the
work never got done this session.
"As the regular business of the House eclipsed all other matters of
the session, it was impossible to generate a report within the
originally anticipated time frame," House Republican spokesman Rey
Torres told me in an email Tuesday. "However, we will soon be looking
into the matter in earnest as the session has now adjourned."
The investigators in the U.S. House have continued their
investigation into the operation, which allowed about 2,000 weapons
to go into the hands of suspected criminals connected to Mexican
organized crime. U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa has proposed holding U.S.
Attorney General in contempt of Congress for responding inadequately
to his subpoenas.
The document explaining the contempt charge is attached, as is a
response from the Justice Department. In addition, today the U.S.
House voted symbolically to cut the Justice Department's salaries by
$1 million in response to the perceived slow response by the
department to Issa's subpoenas.
Read more: http://azstarnet.com/news/blogs/senor-reporter/blog-az-
house-left-fast-and-furious-report-undone/article_ce9ed6f6-9a01-11e1-
bcd1-001a4bcf887a.html#ixzz1uOuKsoND
Blog: AZ House left Fast and Furious report undone
Tim Steller, Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Wednesday, May 9, 2012
11:45 am | Comments
Remember the heady days of January, when the Arizona House was going
to do what the U.S. House had been unable to?
They were going to pry out the truth about Operation Fast and Furious
using an ad hoc committee chaired by Rep. David Burnell Smith. The
committee was to hold hearings featuring local people who could
expose the truth about the ill-conceived ATF investigation then
produce a report by March 30.
You can find the video of House Speaker Andy Tobin's press conference
announcing the committee here. The plan was for Smith to produce a
report on Fast and Furious by March 30, on the "factual background"
of Fast and Furious, the impact on Arizona and its residents, and
whether any state laws were violated.
The move garnered some attention from national news outlets, but the
work never got done this session.
"As the regular business of the House eclipsed all other matters of
the session, it was impossible to generate a report within the
originally anticipated time frame," House Republican spokesman Rey
Torres told me in an email Tuesday. "However, we will soon be looking
into the matter in earnest as the session has now adjourned."
The investigators in the U.S. House have continued their
investigation into the operation, which allowed about 2,000 weapons
to go into the hands of suspected criminals connected to Mexican
organized crime. U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa has proposed holding U.S.
Attorney General in contempt of Congress for responding inadequately
to his subpoenas.
The document explaining the contempt charge is attached, as is a
response from the Justice Department. In addition, today the U.S.
House voted symbolically to cut the Justice Department's salaries by
$1 million in response to the perceived slow response by the
department to Issa's subpoenas.
Read more: http://azstarnet.com/news/blogs/senor-reporter/blog-az-
house-left-fast-and-furious-report-undone/article_ce9ed6f6-9a01-11e1-
bcd1-001a4bcf887a.html#ixzz1uOuKsoND
Sunday, May 13, 2012
AZMEX I3 13-5-12
AZMEX I3 13 MAY 2012
Judge affirms damages to illegal immigrants
Lawsuit accuses rancher of abuse in 2004
by Alia Beard Rau - May. 12, 2012 08:57 PM
The Republic | azcentral.com
Not even a 2011 Arizona law written just for him could help Roger
Barnett. The Arizona rancher this week lost another court ruling in a
years-long lawsuit over allegations he assaulted illegal immigrants
caught on his land in 2004.
"We hope this will be the final chapter in Barnett's attempts to
avoid paying his victims the judgment that is long overdue," David
Hinojosa, an attorney for the Mexican American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, said in a news release.
MALDEF filed the lawsuit on behalf of the immigrants.
In March 2004, Barnett apprehended a group of illegal immigrants on
his ranch and turned them over to law enforcement. The immigrants
alleged that Barnett held them at gunpoint and kicked one of the
women. Barnett, who has claimed he's apprehended thousands of illegal
immigrants crossing through his ranch, disputed the allegations.
Barnett was never criminally charged in the case. But MALDEF's
lawsuit garnered national attention and outraged many in the
Legislature.
Lawmakers in 2006 passed a measure asking voters to change the state
Constitution to forbid Arizona courts from awarding punitive damages
to illegal immigrants. Proposition 102 passed with an approval rate
of 74 percent. But lawmakers realized later that the measure was too
late to help Barnett because it wasn't retroactive.
In 2009, a federal-court jury found that Barnett didn't violate the
civil rights of the illegal immigrants but ordered him to pay $77,000
to the victims for the claims of assault and causing emotional distress.
Barnett appealed, and last year the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th
Circuit upheld the lower-court ruling. With interest, the amount came
to about $87,000.
Less than a week later, Republican lawmakers tacked an amendment onto
an unrelated bill and made Prop. 102 retroactive to Jan. 1, 2004, to
help Barnett.
But U.S. District Judge Frank Zapata ruled that the retroactive law
still didn't apply to Barnett because it covers plaintiffs' legal
status when punitive damages are awarded, not when the incident
happened.
"When plaintiffs were awarded punitive damages in February of 2009,
the four plaintiffs ... were not present in Arizona in violation of
federal immigration law," Zapata wrote in his ruling. "Three of the
plaintiffs were lawfully present in the U.S. and the fourth plaintiff
had returned to Mexico."
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/
2012/05/11/20120511illegal-immigrant-damages-affirmed.html#ixzz1ulEWDikr
Note: welcome to welfare?
Nonviolent migrants may be allowed to stay, but not to work
Deportation dropped, illegal migrant in limbo
Jeremy Redmon The Atlanta Journal-constitution | Posted: Sunday, May
13, 2012 12:00 am | Comments
PHIL SKINNER / ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
The immigration case against Pedro Morales, 19, was dropped last
year. Morales was brought to the U.S. illegally by his parents when
he was 7. Though he's not being deported, he's also not authorized to
work, he says.
DALTON, Ga. - Pedro "Peter" Morales remembers the party his family
and friends threw last summer after he was freed from a detention
center and told he would not be deported to Mexico.
They presented the 19-year-old with a chocolate cake that said
"Welcome Back, Pedro." His dad grilled chicken and steaks. Morales -
who was illegally brought to the U.S. by his parents when he was 7 -
was relieved to be back home in North Georgia.
But those happy feelings have given way to anxiety. He still does not
have legal status in the U.S. And the government won't permit him to
work legally here.
His situation stems from the federal government's efforts to shrink a
massive backlog in the nation's immigration courts, totaling 306,010
cases as of last month. The government is shifting more of its focus
toward deporting violent criminals, fugitives from immigration
authorities, recent border crossers and people who have re-entered
the country illegally.
Morales' deportation case is among 2,722 the government has closed as
part of this effort so far, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
figures show.
Charles Kuck, Morales' immigration attorney, said his firm has about
20 other clients in the same predicament as Morales. He predicted
there are many more caught in similar circumstances nationwide.
"It's quite clear that there was not a lot of thought given to what
happens to these people when we exercise our discretion of 'Throw
them back in the ocean,'" said Kuck, who teaches immigration law at
the University of Georgia and is past president of the American
Immigration Lawyers Association. "It's disappointing there wasn't a
better plan, frankly."
Work permits a problem
Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration
Studies, has a different view. He said halting illegal immigrants'
deportation cases and then permitting them to work here could send
the message that it is OK to enter the country illegally and stay
here without legal status.
"It is like: 'Hey, you know, now I'm legal. It's great. I'm glad ICE
arrested me,'" said Krikorian, whose Washington-based organization
advocates for tighter immigration controls. "Giving work
authorization really is much more problematic."
Federal officials said they are constrained by law concerning when
they may grant work permits. They said some people who have had their
deportation cases closed since last year have received work permits,
but they could not immediately say how many.
They also pointed out that the Obama administration has been pushing
Congress to pass the DREAM Act. That measure - which failed in
Congress in 2010 - would give illegal immigrants a path to legal
status if they came here as children, graduated from high school and
attended college or served in the military.
Effort to ease caseloads
Meanwhile, ICE officials said they are moving as quickly as they can
to review the cases pending in the nation's immigration courts. They
said they are trying to "alleviate the burden posed on already
overwhelmed immigration courts" and have identified about 16,500
cases that meet their criteria for being closed.
Closing cases through this process, according to ICE, allows the
agency "to more quickly remove those individuals who pose the biggest
threat to community security and who have most flagrantly abused our
immigration system."
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited controversy in
August - the same month Morales was freed - when she announced the
case-by-case review.
The government's actions come as Georgia and several other states are
seeking to crack down on illegal immigration through their own new laws.
Among other things, those statutes seek to block illegal immigrants
from taking jobs from U.S. citizens and getting public benefits they
are not entitled to. Parts of those laws are tied up in federal court
amid legal challenges.
BY THE NUMBERS
As of April 16, the government has reviewed 219,554 cases and
determined that about 16,500 of them meet criteria for being closed.
Of those, 2,722 have been closed. They include:
2,055
who have had a "very long-term presence" in the U.S., have an
immediate relative who is a U.S. citizen, have established
"compelling ties and made compelling contributions" to the U.S.
182
who came to the U.S. under the age of 16, have been in the U.S. for
more than five years, have completed high school or its equivalent
and are now pursuing or have completed higher education in the U.S.
175
children who have been in the U.S. for more than five years and are
either enrolled in school or have completed high school or its
equivalent
100
who suffer from serious mental or physical conditions that would
require "significant medical or detention resources"
60
victims of domestic violence, human trafficking or other serious
crimes in the U.S.
8
who are members of the U.S. military, honorably discharged U.S.
military veterans or spouses or children of U.S. military veterans
Sources: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Justice
Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review
Read more: http://azstarnet.com/news/national/deportation-dropped-
illegal-migrant-in-limbo/
article_81256018-2ca3-56f2-9811-404525d95304.html#ixzz1ulGAuzMD
Judge affirms damages to illegal immigrants
Lawsuit accuses rancher of abuse in 2004
by Alia Beard Rau - May. 12, 2012 08:57 PM
The Republic | azcentral.com
Not even a 2011 Arizona law written just for him could help Roger
Barnett. The Arizona rancher this week lost another court ruling in a
years-long lawsuit over allegations he assaulted illegal immigrants
caught on his land in 2004.
"We hope this will be the final chapter in Barnett's attempts to
avoid paying his victims the judgment that is long overdue," David
Hinojosa, an attorney for the Mexican American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, said in a news release.
MALDEF filed the lawsuit on behalf of the immigrants.
In March 2004, Barnett apprehended a group of illegal immigrants on
his ranch and turned them over to law enforcement. The immigrants
alleged that Barnett held them at gunpoint and kicked one of the
women. Barnett, who has claimed he's apprehended thousands of illegal
immigrants crossing through his ranch, disputed the allegations.
Barnett was never criminally charged in the case. But MALDEF's
lawsuit garnered national attention and outraged many in the
Legislature.
Lawmakers in 2006 passed a measure asking voters to change the state
Constitution to forbid Arizona courts from awarding punitive damages
to illegal immigrants. Proposition 102 passed with an approval rate
of 74 percent. But lawmakers realized later that the measure was too
late to help Barnett because it wasn't retroactive.
In 2009, a federal-court jury found that Barnett didn't violate the
civil rights of the illegal immigrants but ordered him to pay $77,000
to the victims for the claims of assault and causing emotional distress.
Barnett appealed, and last year the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th
Circuit upheld the lower-court ruling. With interest, the amount came
to about $87,000.
Less than a week later, Republican lawmakers tacked an amendment onto
an unrelated bill and made Prop. 102 retroactive to Jan. 1, 2004, to
help Barnett.
But U.S. District Judge Frank Zapata ruled that the retroactive law
still didn't apply to Barnett because it covers plaintiffs' legal
status when punitive damages are awarded, not when the incident
happened.
"When plaintiffs were awarded punitive damages in February of 2009,
the four plaintiffs ... were not present in Arizona in violation of
federal immigration law," Zapata wrote in his ruling. "Three of the
plaintiffs were lawfully present in the U.S. and the fourth plaintiff
had returned to Mexico."
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/
2012/05/11/20120511illegal-immigrant-damages-affirmed.html#ixzz1ulEWDikr
Note: welcome to welfare?
Nonviolent migrants may be allowed to stay, but not to work
Deportation dropped, illegal migrant in limbo
Jeremy Redmon The Atlanta Journal-constitution | Posted: Sunday, May
13, 2012 12:00 am | Comments
PHIL SKINNER / ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
The immigration case against Pedro Morales, 19, was dropped last
year. Morales was brought to the U.S. illegally by his parents when
he was 7. Though he's not being deported, he's also not authorized to
work, he says.
DALTON, Ga. - Pedro "Peter" Morales remembers the party his family
and friends threw last summer after he was freed from a detention
center and told he would not be deported to Mexico.
They presented the 19-year-old with a chocolate cake that said
"Welcome Back, Pedro." His dad grilled chicken and steaks. Morales -
who was illegally brought to the U.S. by his parents when he was 7 -
was relieved to be back home in North Georgia.
But those happy feelings have given way to anxiety. He still does not
have legal status in the U.S. And the government won't permit him to
work legally here.
His situation stems from the federal government's efforts to shrink a
massive backlog in the nation's immigration courts, totaling 306,010
cases as of last month. The government is shifting more of its focus
toward deporting violent criminals, fugitives from immigration
authorities, recent border crossers and people who have re-entered
the country illegally.
Morales' deportation case is among 2,722 the government has closed as
part of this effort so far, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
figures show.
Charles Kuck, Morales' immigration attorney, said his firm has about
20 other clients in the same predicament as Morales. He predicted
there are many more caught in similar circumstances nationwide.
"It's quite clear that there was not a lot of thought given to what
happens to these people when we exercise our discretion of 'Throw
them back in the ocean,'" said Kuck, who teaches immigration law at
the University of Georgia and is past president of the American
Immigration Lawyers Association. "It's disappointing there wasn't a
better plan, frankly."
Work permits a problem
Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration
Studies, has a different view. He said halting illegal immigrants'
deportation cases and then permitting them to work here could send
the message that it is OK to enter the country illegally and stay
here without legal status.
"It is like: 'Hey, you know, now I'm legal. It's great. I'm glad ICE
arrested me,'" said Krikorian, whose Washington-based organization
advocates for tighter immigration controls. "Giving work
authorization really is much more problematic."
Federal officials said they are constrained by law concerning when
they may grant work permits. They said some people who have had their
deportation cases closed since last year have received work permits,
but they could not immediately say how many.
They also pointed out that the Obama administration has been pushing
Congress to pass the DREAM Act. That measure - which failed in
Congress in 2010 - would give illegal immigrants a path to legal
status if they came here as children, graduated from high school and
attended college or served in the military.
Effort to ease caseloads
Meanwhile, ICE officials said they are moving as quickly as they can
to review the cases pending in the nation's immigration courts. They
said they are trying to "alleviate the burden posed on already
overwhelmed immigration courts" and have identified about 16,500
cases that meet their criteria for being closed.
Closing cases through this process, according to ICE, allows the
agency "to more quickly remove those individuals who pose the biggest
threat to community security and who have most flagrantly abused our
immigration system."
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited controversy in
August - the same month Morales was freed - when she announced the
case-by-case review.
The government's actions come as Georgia and several other states are
seeking to crack down on illegal immigration through their own new laws.
Among other things, those statutes seek to block illegal immigrants
from taking jobs from U.S. citizens and getting public benefits they
are not entitled to. Parts of those laws are tied up in federal court
amid legal challenges.
BY THE NUMBERS
As of April 16, the government has reviewed 219,554 cases and
determined that about 16,500 of them meet criteria for being closed.
Of those, 2,722 have been closed. They include:
2,055
who have had a "very long-term presence" in the U.S., have an
immediate relative who is a U.S. citizen, have established
"compelling ties and made compelling contributions" to the U.S.
182
who came to the U.S. under the age of 16, have been in the U.S. for
more than five years, have completed high school or its equivalent
and are now pursuing or have completed higher education in the U.S.
175
children who have been in the U.S. for more than five years and are
either enrolled in school or have completed high school or its
equivalent
100
who suffer from serious mental or physical conditions that would
require "significant medical or detention resources"
60
victims of domestic violence, human trafficking or other serious
crimes in the U.S.
8
who are members of the U.S. military, honorably discharged U.S.
military veterans or spouses or children of U.S. military veterans
Sources: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Justice
Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review
Read more: http://azstarnet.com/news/national/deportation-dropped-
illegal-migrant-in-limbo/
article_81256018-2ca3-56f2-9811-404525d95304.html#ixzz1ulGAuzMD
AZMEX I3 11-5-12
AZMEX I3 11 MAY 2102
Findings: Illegal immigrants receive $4 billion in tax refunds
by Bob McClay/KTAR
(May 11th, 2012 @ 6:21am) Policy
http://www.ktar.com/6/1539794/Findings-Illegal-immigrants-
receive-4B-in-tax-refunds
PHOENIX -- Last year, undocumented workers received over $4 billion
in benefits from the United States government.
It's because of the dependents they're claiming on their tax returns.
Even though they may be here illegally and aren't supposed to have a
Social Security number, the Internal Revenue Service still requires
them to pay taxes and gives aliens a special identification number to
file a return.
Under the additional child tax credit, they get an extra $1,000
dollars for every child they claim as a dependent.
Valley immigrant-rights attorney Daniel Ortega said this is news to him.
"Then again, I don't do any tax-preparation work and I'm not involved
in any tax law," he said.
Some people are abusing the loophole. WTHR-TV in Indianapolis, for
example, found four illegal immigrants in one mobile home who claimed
20 dependents. They received nearly $30,000 from the IRS, but only
one child was living in the home.
Ortega said those who break the law should be prosecuted or deported.
"Anyone of any background should not commit fraud on their taxes," he
said.
"If that is the case and that is true, then they should be dealt with
-- whether they're rich or poor, undocumented or not -- in the same
fashion as anybody else."
Note: This is the norm, not an exception
Feds: Indicted Kan. gang thrived by fomenting fear
By BILL DRAPER
The Associated Press
Updated: 5:46 p.m. Friday, May 11, 2012
Posted: 1:36 p.m. Friday, May 11, 2012
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/nation/feds-indicted-kan-gang-
thrived-by-fomenting-fear-2351704.html
DODGE CITY, KAN. — Nearly two dozen members of a Hispanic gang were
arrested in Kansas this week under a federal grand jury indictment
accusing them of victimizing illegal immigrants who do their business
in cash and are reluctant to go to law enforcement because of their
immigration status.
Federal officials have long been keeping an eye on the Dodge City
area, which has become a hub for drug trafficking in the Midwest
because of its remote location and easy access to places like Denver,
Kansas City and Oklahoma City. They say gangs have thrived in the
area because police lacked resources, including Spanish-speaking
officers, and gang members are able to easily blend into the growing
Hispanic population.
U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said all but one of the 23 members of the
Nortenos gang arrested are first- or second-generation U.S. citizens.
He said they preyed on illegal immigrants who were vulnerable and
unlikely to seek police protection, using violence and threats to
create a climate of fear, defend the gang's reputation and territory
and promote its drug trafficking activities.
"The indictment alleges members of the Nortenos preyed on Guatemalan
immigrants who work in the beef packing plants in Dodge City,"
Grissom said. "It is well known among the Nortenos that many of the
Guatemalan workers do not use banks and try to avoid contact with law
enforcement officers. They are smaller in stature and they are
unlikely to be armed."
The gang is charged under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt
Organizations Act, or RICO, which allows prosecutors to charge
individual members as part of a larger criminal organization. In
recent years, the act has been used to prosecute human trafficking
and gang cases, including charges in 2007 against 28 members of the
Crips gang in Wichita — which was the first time RICO was used
against gangs in Kansas.
Grissom announced the indictment handed down "some time ago under
seal" on Friday after it was unsealed the day before. It charges four
of the men with murder in the June 2009 slaying of Israel Peralta and
attempted murder of three others who were with Peralta when he was
shot to death. Gang members also face other attempted murder, assault
with a dangerous weapon and drug charges. They are accused of
methamphetamine trafficking, identified by the Drug Enforcement
Agency as the state's fastest growing drug threat.
The agency also has identified Mexican drug trafficking organizations
as the biggest threat to Kansas, citing a lack of law enforcement
resources and the ease with which gang members assimilate with
growing Hispanic populations who come to work at meatpacking plants
and feed yards in the southwest corner of the state.
Dodge City Police Chief Craig Mellecker estimated there are between
300 and 500 known gang members in Dodge City and acknowledged his
department is woefully short in officers who are fluent in Spanish.
"We have a translator program in which translators are on call," he
said. "We have five Spanish-speaking employees."
The Nortenos gang, however, originated in California prisons, not in
Mexico.
"This is something that developed and was born in the States and
migrated across the southwest as the Hispanic population has grown,"
Grissom said.
Among those arrested in sweeps this week is alleged gang leader Jason
Najera, 28. Those charged with murder are Pedro Garcia, 25; Gonzalo
Ramirez, 26; Russell Worthey, 23; and Anthony Wright, 26. All of
those indicted live in Dodge City and range in age from 19 to 31
years old.
Grissom, who was in Dodge City to announce the charges, said the
indictment is the result of a two-year investigation with the Dodge
City Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives, and several other local and state agencies. He said it
sends a message to gang members in Dodge City that local residents
"shall not live in fear."
"Our streets are not a war zone," he said. "Gangs of armed men will
not be permitted to prey on the weak or to exchange fire while the
rest of us scramble for cover."
All but one of the men named in the indictment are being held in
various jails around Wichita. One suspect is not yet in custody.
Jim Cross, a spokesman for Grissom, said none of the men have
attorneys and probably won't until after they appear in federal court
in Wichita, where the case will be tried.
Grissom said federal officers weren't concerned about the immigration
status of the victims, who were a prime target for the Nortenos
because they were afraid to report criminal acts to law enforcement.
"That's why I believe most of the gang activity here exists," Grissom
said. "The gang had a ready-made group to prey upon."
A RICO conviction has a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal
prison without parole and a $250,000 fine. The maximum sentence for a
murder conviction is death.
Findings: Illegal immigrants receive $4 billion in tax refunds
by Bob McClay/KTAR
(May 11th, 2012 @ 6:21am) Policy
http://www.ktar.com/6/1539794/Findings-Illegal-immigrants-
receive-4B-in-tax-refunds
PHOENIX -- Last year, undocumented workers received over $4 billion
in benefits from the United States government.
It's because of the dependents they're claiming on their tax returns.
Even though they may be here illegally and aren't supposed to have a
Social Security number, the Internal Revenue Service still requires
them to pay taxes and gives aliens a special identification number to
file a return.
Under the additional child tax credit, they get an extra $1,000
dollars for every child they claim as a dependent.
Valley immigrant-rights attorney Daniel Ortega said this is news to him.
"Then again, I don't do any tax-preparation work and I'm not involved
in any tax law," he said.
Some people are abusing the loophole. WTHR-TV in Indianapolis, for
example, found four illegal immigrants in one mobile home who claimed
20 dependents. They received nearly $30,000 from the IRS, but only
one child was living in the home.
Ortega said those who break the law should be prosecuted or deported.
"Anyone of any background should not commit fraud on their taxes," he
said.
"If that is the case and that is true, then they should be dealt with
-- whether they're rich or poor, undocumented or not -- in the same
fashion as anybody else."
Note: This is the norm, not an exception
Feds: Indicted Kan. gang thrived by fomenting fear
By BILL DRAPER
The Associated Press
Updated: 5:46 p.m. Friday, May 11, 2012
Posted: 1:36 p.m. Friday, May 11, 2012
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/nation/feds-indicted-kan-gang-
thrived-by-fomenting-fear-2351704.html
DODGE CITY, KAN. — Nearly two dozen members of a Hispanic gang were
arrested in Kansas this week under a federal grand jury indictment
accusing them of victimizing illegal immigrants who do their business
in cash and are reluctant to go to law enforcement because of their
immigration status.
Federal officials have long been keeping an eye on the Dodge City
area, which has become a hub for drug trafficking in the Midwest
because of its remote location and easy access to places like Denver,
Kansas City and Oklahoma City. They say gangs have thrived in the
area because police lacked resources, including Spanish-speaking
officers, and gang members are able to easily blend into the growing
Hispanic population.
U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said all but one of the 23 members of the
Nortenos gang arrested are first- or second-generation U.S. citizens.
He said they preyed on illegal immigrants who were vulnerable and
unlikely to seek police protection, using violence and threats to
create a climate of fear, defend the gang's reputation and territory
and promote its drug trafficking activities.
"The indictment alleges members of the Nortenos preyed on Guatemalan
immigrants who work in the beef packing plants in Dodge City,"
Grissom said. "It is well known among the Nortenos that many of the
Guatemalan workers do not use banks and try to avoid contact with law
enforcement officers. They are smaller in stature and they are
unlikely to be armed."
The gang is charged under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt
Organizations Act, or RICO, which allows prosecutors to charge
individual members as part of a larger criminal organization. In
recent years, the act has been used to prosecute human trafficking
and gang cases, including charges in 2007 against 28 members of the
Crips gang in Wichita — which was the first time RICO was used
against gangs in Kansas.
Grissom announced the indictment handed down "some time ago under
seal" on Friday after it was unsealed the day before. It charges four
of the men with murder in the June 2009 slaying of Israel Peralta and
attempted murder of three others who were with Peralta when he was
shot to death. Gang members also face other attempted murder, assault
with a dangerous weapon and drug charges. They are accused of
methamphetamine trafficking, identified by the Drug Enforcement
Agency as the state's fastest growing drug threat.
The agency also has identified Mexican drug trafficking organizations
as the biggest threat to Kansas, citing a lack of law enforcement
resources and the ease with which gang members assimilate with
growing Hispanic populations who come to work at meatpacking plants
and feed yards in the southwest corner of the state.
Dodge City Police Chief Craig Mellecker estimated there are between
300 and 500 known gang members in Dodge City and acknowledged his
department is woefully short in officers who are fluent in Spanish.
"We have a translator program in which translators are on call," he
said. "We have five Spanish-speaking employees."
The Nortenos gang, however, originated in California prisons, not in
Mexico.
"This is something that developed and was born in the States and
migrated across the southwest as the Hispanic population has grown,"
Grissom said.
Among those arrested in sweeps this week is alleged gang leader Jason
Najera, 28. Those charged with murder are Pedro Garcia, 25; Gonzalo
Ramirez, 26; Russell Worthey, 23; and Anthony Wright, 26. All of
those indicted live in Dodge City and range in age from 19 to 31
years old.
Grissom, who was in Dodge City to announce the charges, said the
indictment is the result of a two-year investigation with the Dodge
City Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives, and several other local and state agencies. He said it
sends a message to gang members in Dodge City that local residents
"shall not live in fear."
"Our streets are not a war zone," he said. "Gangs of armed men will
not be permitted to prey on the weak or to exchange fire while the
rest of us scramble for cover."
All but one of the men named in the indictment are being held in
various jails around Wichita. One suspect is not yet in custody.
Jim Cross, a spokesman for Grissom, said none of the men have
attorneys and probably won't until after they appear in federal court
in Wichita, where the case will be tried.
Grissom said federal officers weren't concerned about the immigration
status of the victims, who were a prime target for the Nortenos
because they were afraid to report criminal acts to law enforcement.
"That's why I believe most of the gang activity here exists," Grissom
said. "The gang had a ready-made group to prey upon."
A RICO conviction has a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal
prison without parole and a $250,000 fine. The maximum sentence for a
murder conviction is death.
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