AZMEX F&F EXTRA 18 DEC 2013
Note: Yet another very light sentence for weapons trafficking, seems to be the norm for anyone employed by govt. A standard citizen would get the ten years.
Former New Mexico mayor smuggles guns, keeps taxpayer-funded pension
By Rob Nikolewski
Published December 18, 2013
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A conviction for gun smuggling isn't stopping a former Columbus, N.M., mayor from getting nearly $17,000 a year in taxpayer-funded pension money, New Mexico Watchdog has learned.
The former mayor, Eddie Espinoza, was released from federal prison in late November three years early from a four-year sentence after pleading guilty to conspiracy, trafficking in firearms and making false statements while purchasing firearms. Because Espinoza held a job with the state of New Mexico, he gets $1,387.89 each month from the Public Employees Retirement Association.
"As a defined benefit plan, PERA will pay this monthly amount for the retiree's lifetime," Susan Pittard, chief of staff-general counsel at PERA, said in an email Tuesday to New Mexico Watchdog.
Pittard said confidentiality statutes forbid PERA from disclosing what Espinoza did with the state and for how long.
Efforts by New Mexico Watchdog to contact Espinoza were unsuccessful.
So how does a convicted felon keep his taxpayer-funded pension?
END
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
AZMEX SPECIAL 17-12-13
AZMEX SPECIAL 17 DEC 2013
Note: vultures feeding
Judge denies effort to block Krentz file release
1 hour ago • By Brian Skoloff The Associated Press
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/judge-denies-effort-to-block-krentz-file-release/article_bf5071ea-8309-5300-a2a7-1809db295510.html
Documents related to the investigation of a 2010 killing of a rancher along the U.S.-Mexico border must be released under Arizona's public records law, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Robert Krentz was gunned down on his property near Douglas.
Investigators initially said they believed that a scout for drug smugglers was to blame for his killing, but the case remains unsolved. The killing prompted renewed calls in Washington for increased border security amid speculation that the death was somehow tied to smugglers.
Krentz's wife, Susan, had sought to block the release of the case file as authorities continue to investigate, claiming her privacy interest outweighed the public's right to access under Arizona public records laws.
Cochise County Superior Court Judge Charles Irwin heard arguments Tuesday from attorneys representing The Arizona Republic, the Arizona Daily Star, KJZZ-FM and Terry Greene Sterling. The judge then ruled against Krentz's efforts to block authorities from releasing the file.
Susan Krentz declined to comment Tuesday. Her attorney didn't return a telephone message.
Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels has said the Krentz case remains a top priority and that his office had developed numerous "persons of interest" who might have information on the killing. He has declined to discuss the status of the case in detail.
In a statement Tuesday, Dannels said his office would comply with the judge's ruling and publicly release the file.
end
Note: vultures feeding
Judge denies effort to block Krentz file release
1 hour ago • By Brian Skoloff The Associated Press
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/judge-denies-effort-to-block-krentz-file-release/article_bf5071ea-8309-5300-a2a7-1809db295510.html
Documents related to the investigation of a 2010 killing of a rancher along the U.S.-Mexico border must be released under Arizona's public records law, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Robert Krentz was gunned down on his property near Douglas.
Investigators initially said they believed that a scout for drug smugglers was to blame for his killing, but the case remains unsolved. The killing prompted renewed calls in Washington for increased border security amid speculation that the death was somehow tied to smugglers.
Krentz's wife, Susan, had sought to block the release of the case file as authorities continue to investigate, claiming her privacy interest outweighed the public's right to access under Arizona public records laws.
Cochise County Superior Court Judge Charles Irwin heard arguments Tuesday from attorneys representing The Arizona Republic, the Arizona Daily Star, KJZZ-FM and Terry Greene Sterling. The judge then ruled against Krentz's efforts to block authorities from releasing the file.
Susan Krentz declined to comment Tuesday. Her attorney didn't return a telephone message.
Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels has said the Krentz case remains a top priority and that his office had developed numerous "persons of interest" who might have information on the killing. He has declined to discuss the status of the case in detail.
In a statement Tuesday, Dannels said his office would comply with the judge's ruling and publicly release the file.
end
Friday, December 13, 2013
AZMEX SPECIAL South 6-12-13
AZMEX SPECIAL SOUTH 6 DEC 2013
Note: "There are people who are armed and unhappy with the government," Abelardo said. "We have come warning of this without finding any receptive ear, and these are the results."
Nicaragua shootout raises specter of guerrillas
Francisco Mendoza
http://www.themonitor.com/news/world/article_e4792861-a59d-5fa1-8479-a741d993546d.html
Nicaraguan National Police agents carry a body of an unidentified man who was shot dead in a shootout between police and an armed group in Jinotega, Nicaragua, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. A rare shootout between police and an armed group that left 10 people dead in northern Nicaragua has fueled suspicions that guerrillas are forming to challenge President Daniel Ortega's government. The details of Wednesday's clash in the remote area were sketchy, but rumors of guerrilla movements in the country have circulated for months. It's unclear what the motives are of the suspected guerrillas
Posted: Friday, December 6, 2013 1:40 pm | Updated: 3:05 pm, Fri Dec 6, 2013.
Associated Press |
Officials are calling it a robbery gone bad, but a bloody firefight between
police and an armed band in a northern town has Nicaraguans asking if guerrilla groups are forming to confront President Daniel Ortega as he lobbies for a constitutional change to let him seek an unprecedented third term.
Rumors of such insurgent activity have been circulating, and the talk got a boost with the announcement that 10 people had been killed and two wounded in the gunbattle Wednesday in the town of Ayapal, near Nicaragua's border with Honduras.
Authorities said the fight erupted when gunmen tried to rob a grocery, and Ortega Chief of Staff Ana Isabel Morales dismissed them as "criminals."
Many quickly questioned that explanation, among them one of the country's main human rights groups, a former Ortega ally and a Roman Catholic bishop. They said the bloodshed was evidence of long-rumored insurgent activity.
"We can't accept that there are 10 deaths in an attempted assault on a small town. It's illogical," said Roberto Petray, director of the National Association for Human Rights.
He said the clash involved 12 members of an armed group under the leadership of a guerrilla who goes by the name of "El Flaco." He said they were "trying to take control of a police post, but it seems someone warned the police and they opened fire at the entrance to the village."
Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata, from the province of Esteli, reportedly has been in touch with one guerrilla band. He said he had tried to warn the government that such violence could break out unless it addresses the poverty and injustice afflicting poor Nicaraguans.
"There are people who are armed and unhappy with the government," Abelardo said. "We have come warning of this without finding any receptive ear, and these are the results."
The possibility of nascent guerrilla activity awakens painful memories in Nicaragua, where many remember the U.S.-backed rebels known as Contras who throughout the 1980s fought the leftist Sandinista government led by Ortega, until he was voted out of office.
After nearly two decades on the sidelines, Ortega returned to the presidency in 2007. He is now seeking to change Nicaragua's constitution so he can run for a third term, adding to criticism that he has ruled autocratically.
The details of Wednesday's gunbattle in the remote area were sketchy, but rumors of guerrilla movements in the country have circulated for months. It's unclear whether the aim of the suspected guerrillas is to topple Ortega's government or simply force changes.
Petray said he had been following the activity of armed bands in the northern mountains, especially that of a group led by former Contra soldier Gerardo Gutierrez, known as "El Flaco" or "the Skinny One." On July 18, Gutierrez engaged in a shootout with an army patrol in the town of Tamalaque, killing one soldier, army Col. Jose Dolores Hernandez Palacios said.
Ana Maria Vigil, president of the Sandinista Renewal Movement, which split from the original Sandinistas in 1995, said she lamented the apparent return of guerrilla activity as a political tool.
"It's a lie of the army and of the police to say they don't exist or don't have any political motivation," Vigil said. "They are farmers who feel that their rights have been violated and have retaken up arms. There's a return to thinking that the solution to problems is weapons."
Vigil said that sentiment could open space for drug cartels to recruit local support as they use the country's Caribbean coast to move cocaine and other narcotics up to the U.S.
The suspected guerrilla activity is taking place in the same northern and central parts of Nicaragua where Contra rebels had their bases of operations in the 1980s. The new groups usually claim only 10 to 15 members, Petray said, but have been vocal.
Rebel leaders Jose Garmendia, known as "Yajob," and Santo Joyas, alias "Black Pablo," spoke out in local media to accuse the government of not respecting the law and other perceived injustices, including the failure to distribute enough ID cards to citizens and an absence of electoral transparency.
Both Garmendia and Joyas were killed during the past three years in still mysterious circumstances. The police and army have yet to clarify any involvement they may have had in the deaths.
Former Contra combatant Enrique Castillo said he leads a Miami-based group that sends medicine, clothes and other "humanitarian" aid to insurgent groups in Nicaragua. He said he didn't know who was involved in Wednesday's battle but believes it was a local uprising.
"They were clashes that were spontaneous, that weren't instigated by anybody _ simply the injustice and the repression generated by Daniel Ortega," Castillo said.
END
Note: "There are people who are armed and unhappy with the government," Abelardo said. "We have come warning of this without finding any receptive ear, and these are the results."
Nicaragua shootout raises specter of guerrillas
Francisco Mendoza
http://www.themonitor.com/news/world/article_e4792861-a59d-5fa1-8479-a741d993546d.html
Nicaraguan National Police agents carry a body of an unidentified man who was shot dead in a shootout between police and an armed group in Jinotega, Nicaragua, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. A rare shootout between police and an armed group that left 10 people dead in northern Nicaragua has fueled suspicions that guerrillas are forming to challenge President Daniel Ortega's government. The details of Wednesday's clash in the remote area were sketchy, but rumors of guerrilla movements in the country have circulated for months. It's unclear what the motives are of the suspected guerrillas
Posted: Friday, December 6, 2013 1:40 pm | Updated: 3:05 pm, Fri Dec 6, 2013.
Associated Press |
Officials are calling it a robbery gone bad, but a bloody firefight between
police and an armed band in a northern town has Nicaraguans asking if guerrilla groups are forming to confront President Daniel Ortega as he lobbies for a constitutional change to let him seek an unprecedented third term.
Rumors of such insurgent activity have been circulating, and the talk got a boost with the announcement that 10 people had been killed and two wounded in the gunbattle Wednesday in the town of Ayapal, near Nicaragua's border with Honduras.
Authorities said the fight erupted when gunmen tried to rob a grocery, and Ortega Chief of Staff Ana Isabel Morales dismissed them as "criminals."
Many quickly questioned that explanation, among them one of the country's main human rights groups, a former Ortega ally and a Roman Catholic bishop. They said the bloodshed was evidence of long-rumored insurgent activity.
"We can't accept that there are 10 deaths in an attempted assault on a small town. It's illogical," said Roberto Petray, director of the National Association for Human Rights.
He said the clash involved 12 members of an armed group under the leadership of a guerrilla who goes by the name of "El Flaco." He said they were "trying to take control of a police post, but it seems someone warned the police and they opened fire at the entrance to the village."
Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata, from the province of Esteli, reportedly has been in touch with one guerrilla band. He said he had tried to warn the government that such violence could break out unless it addresses the poverty and injustice afflicting poor Nicaraguans.
"There are people who are armed and unhappy with the government," Abelardo said. "We have come warning of this without finding any receptive ear, and these are the results."
The possibility of nascent guerrilla activity awakens painful memories in Nicaragua, where many remember the U.S.-backed rebels known as Contras who throughout the 1980s fought the leftist Sandinista government led by Ortega, until he was voted out of office.
After nearly two decades on the sidelines, Ortega returned to the presidency in 2007. He is now seeking to change Nicaragua's constitution so he can run for a third term, adding to criticism that he has ruled autocratically.
The details of Wednesday's gunbattle in the remote area were sketchy, but rumors of guerrilla movements in the country have circulated for months. It's unclear whether the aim of the suspected guerrillas is to topple Ortega's government or simply force changes.
Petray said he had been following the activity of armed bands in the northern mountains, especially that of a group led by former Contra soldier Gerardo Gutierrez, known as "El Flaco" or "the Skinny One." On July 18, Gutierrez engaged in a shootout with an army patrol in the town of Tamalaque, killing one soldier, army Col. Jose Dolores Hernandez Palacios said.
Ana Maria Vigil, president of the Sandinista Renewal Movement, which split from the original Sandinistas in 1995, said she lamented the apparent return of guerrilla activity as a political tool.
"It's a lie of the army and of the police to say they don't exist or don't have any political motivation," Vigil said. "They are farmers who feel that their rights have been violated and have retaken up arms. There's a return to thinking that the solution to problems is weapons."
Vigil said that sentiment could open space for drug cartels to recruit local support as they use the country's Caribbean coast to move cocaine and other narcotics up to the U.S.
The suspected guerrilla activity is taking place in the same northern and central parts of Nicaragua where Contra rebels had their bases of operations in the 1980s. The new groups usually claim only 10 to 15 members, Petray said, but have been vocal.
Rebel leaders Jose Garmendia, known as "Yajob," and Santo Joyas, alias "Black Pablo," spoke out in local media to accuse the government of not respecting the law and other perceived injustices, including the failure to distribute enough ID cards to citizens and an absence of electoral transparency.
Both Garmendia and Joyas were killed during the past three years in still mysterious circumstances. The police and army have yet to clarify any involvement they may have had in the deaths.
Former Contra combatant Enrique Castillo said he leads a Miami-based group that sends medicine, clothes and other "humanitarian" aid to insurgent groups in Nicaragua. He said he didn't know who was involved in Wednesday's battle but believes it was a local uprising.
"They were clashes that were spontaneous, that weren't instigated by anybody _ simply the injustice and the repression generated by Daniel Ortega," Castillo said.
END
AZMEX UPDATE2 6-12-13
AZMEX UPDATE 2 6 DEC 2013
Altar Valley ranchers believe gas pipeline will destroy a way of life
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/altar-valley-ranchers-believe-gas-pipeline-will-destroy-a-way/article_fd1cf324-30ff-5682-b406-7eda2d3c3d9a.html
8 hours ago • By Joe Ferguson
Sasabe residents in the Altar Valley are nervously watching as construction crews bulldoze land just across the Mexican border.
They believe, or more accurately fear, the corridor the size of a football field being carved into the Mexican desert is evidence that approval of a proposed 59-mile Kinder-Morgan pipeline through their area is little more than a formality. With a decision from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the actual route of the pipeline not expected until next year, Altar Valley residents are left to wonder how the 36-inch natural-gas-pipeline extension expected to cut through a path through their ranches and sensitive wildlife corridors will affect their lives.
The sound of heavy equipment clearing desert can easily be heard from the historic guest ranch that Richard Schultz runs a few hundred feet from the international border.
While walking through a thick grove of mesquite trees between the 90-year-old ranch once frequented by Hollywood stars and Washington, D.C., politicians, Schultz says he can only guess as to where Kinder Morgan wants to put the pipeline in relation to his ranch.
He points to some small hills just west of his guest ranch, noting his sole communication with Kinder Morgan has been a single postcard notifying him of a public hearing.
Schultz worries that a massive, denuded section of land near his ranch will hurt his business, which has for decades attracted people from around the world looking for a true taste of the Old West.
Sarah King can trace her husband's ranching roots in the Altar Valley back to 1895.
Fences crisscross the 55,000 acres her herd of roughly 300 cows graze on.
Her worries focus on smugglers who might use the north-south path of the pipeline to bring drugs into the county.
History, she says, has taught her that criminals use the path of least resistance, cutting a fence even if there is a gate 20 feet away. A cut fence might not seem like a big deal, she said, but it impacts her bottom line every time a cow escapes.
Kinder Morgan, she said, has told her that it won't be responsible if an increase in smuggling leads to problems on her ranch.
King said it is impossible to know how much the pipeline will threaten her family's century-old ranch.
A small pond fed by seasonal rainwater on one end of the Sierra Vista Ranch has provided Melissa Owen with countless hours of enjoyment.
Her motion-activated camera has caught bobcats, javelinas, deer and even a jaguar getting a late night drink. She is concerned the earth-moving equipment will destroy the precious watering hole.
"This is an extremely important area for wildlife, not just my ranch, but for all the nearby ranches," Owen said.
She faults the draft version of the environmental impact statement for not looking at the hydrological impacts the pipeline would have in the area.
History is on her side, pointing to the surveying stake put in the ground a few years ago when El Paso Natural Gas — now known as Kinder Morgan — wanted to build a pipeline to send natural gas from Mexico to Tucson.
Officials offered to route the pipeline around the pond, but the new route would essentially cut off the runoff from nearby hills after the monsoons.
With the eastern edge of her property bordering the Buenos Aires Natural Wildlife Reserve, Owen believes Kinder Morgan is playing politics with the route of the pipeline.
The preferred route was moved out of the boundaries of the wildlife reserve because the pipeline did not meet its goals or mission.
Owen, who said her property isn't for sale at any price, wonders why Kinder Morgan won't listen when she says the denuded no man's land created by the pipeline doesn't meet the core mission of her ranch.
"What happens to me is a microcosm of what happens to the entire Altar Valley," she says.
end
Note: Couple reports of training exercise at Nogales AZ/Son. mostly computer english
Clashes "kills" one during binational exercise
Details Published on Friday 6 December 2013 ,
Written by Cesar Barragan / The Journal
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=23510
Nogales
An agent hit, a thug shot dead and several detainees, was the result of a binational mock chase began in the neighboring country and culminated in this border where authorities attended the three levels of government.
This action surprised and stunned residents of different colonies , drivers and traders in areas where the drill took place .
The operation began minutes after 10:00 hours on the Mariposa checkpoint when emergency bodies were alerted by U.S. authorities on a vehicle pursuit with several criminals who were fleeing to Mexico .
Upon admission to the country by the fugitives at that checkpoint , ran over a Fiscal Agent, they continue their flight to the south of the city , beginning a chase by the Mexican authorities.
Tax Agents , members of the Municipal and State Police joined the pursuit on the peripheral Luis Donaldo Colosio, at the height of Pima II housing complex , where gunfire was exchanged .
Continuing its path south on the boulevard said to reach the Canoas colony where suspected criminals were interned at an abandoned building parking lot where his vehicle collided with a patrol vehicle.
The fugitives managed to get out of the car shooting at the agents before the unit exploded, then hiding inside of that abandoned mall, the building was surrounded by members of the various police forces .
Finally, the Task Force of the Municipal Police went to the scene to deal with the armed group , resulting in a criminal shot dead and one wounded officer, as they tried to flee were arrested by members of the Federal Preventive Police.
Red Cross rescuers , arrived at the scene to treat the injured while elements of Fire Gustavo L. Manriquez, smothered the fire wrecked car .
end
Posted December 6, 2013 , 1:41 a.m.
Cause binational mock expectation
For two sides joined forces to federal secured the air and bring down the criminals.
Vehicles covered by criminals crossing the border, wound a police checkpoint Foreign Trade in Mariposa and undergo Canoas by federal forces
Hiram G. machi
http://www.nuevodia.com.mx/local/causa-simulacro-binacional-expectacion/
Nogales , Sonora. - NUEVO DIA
A binational drill was staged yesterday morning with the participation of the three levels of government in both borders , in order to gauge reaction to the strategies of organized crime activity and assess the communication and information sharing between agencies of both nations.
The scenario was the presence of conductors with two units of assault rifles and ammunition , U.S. officials fleeing , going one to Mexico , while the second vehicle was insured with gunmen in the country.
A pickup truck manages to cross the border at the Mariposa POE, rolling to an official Foreign Trade , initiating a response from Mexican authorities, who minutes before were alerted by neighbors to the north .
In the red alert issued in both country, the operation, called "Mirror" , implemented by the Federal Border Police is the first force to arrive at the site , joining several units of Foreign Trade official persecution of the Assassins .
Simultaneously, the Red Cross called paramedics , warning of the official Customs injured in Mexico , responding to care was made.
The unit was introduced by peripheral Colosio, south , speeding patrols with several short distance following his departure, while the response of Municipal and State Police , with some units was wagered at the ends of guarding the area.
Later, due to a roadblock established by state police public safety on the peripheral and access to housing complex Canoas , the truck with the criminals turned to his left , entering the fractionation references to arrive at an abandoned where complex down the men with assault rifles in hand, setting fire to the unit and starting a confrontation.
A short distance away , a panel of the Municipal Police and Federal Force strategically that introduced two sides of the building, exchanging fire with the gunman , killing him one of them , while the other was injured and arrested on the spot, assuring weapons and cartridges.
Minutes later, members of the Fire Department come to the site to extinguish the fire of the damaged unit , arriving one more unit of paramedics to assess the offender fell into the unoccupied building and providing the second of the gunmen care impacts projectiles received by the authority.
Finally, the scene elements from the Medical Examiner accompanied by the prosecution for diligence and collection of evidence and transfer of the body to the local morgue lend .
The drill was excited and amazed that the fact was not made known to the civilian population in order to measure the response of both authorities and the community in a controlled and planned exercise several months in advance and with a successful outcome for the coordination of the authorities , though the results will be evaluated internally to realize the successes and failures of the simulation in terms of response coordination , communication and joint strategies of authorities of the three levels of government.
end
Note: and from Sinaloa with real bullets & tiger?
IN GUASAVE
Seize military equipment after ambush
These are five fragmentation grenades, four assault rifles AK-47 magazines and 38 normal magazines, one drum magazine, 1,200 bullets, military clothing, tactical boots and a truck stolen in Ahome
noroeste
06-12-2013 | 24:00
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=914443&id_seccion =
The confrontation in Burrión Guasave
7:21 a.m.
GUASAVE -. Upon ambush and firefight between soldiers in The Burrión area of Guasave, offenders, the Army said war equipment was recovered.
These are five fragmentation grenades, four assault rifles AK-47 magazines and 38 normal disk, 1,200 bullets, military clothing, tactical boots and a truck stolen in Ahome, unveiled the military personnel.
It was reported that Profepa has taken a bengal tiger at the site.
The ministerial authority confirmed that no one was injured or arrested.
end
Enfrentamiento deja un muerto durante simulacro binacional
Detalles Publicado el Viernes 06 de Diciembre de 2013,
Escrito por Cesar Barragan / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=23510
Nogales
Un agente atropellado, un maleante abatido a tiros, así como varios detenidos, fue el resultado de un simulacro de persecución binacional que inició en el vecino país y culminó en esta frontera, donde participaron autoridades de los tres niveles de gobierno.
Dicha acción sorprendió y asombró a residentes de distintas colonias, conductores de vehículos y comerciantes de las áreas donde se llevó a cabo el simulacro.
El operativo inició minutos después de las 10:00 horas en la garita Mariposas, cuando cuerpos de emergencias fueron alertados por las autoridades norteamericanas, sobre la persecución de un vehículo con varios delincuentes que se les daba a la fuga hacia México.
Al internarse los fugitivos al país por dicha garita, atropellaron a un Agente Fiscal, para continuar con su huida hacia el sur de la ciudad, iniciándose la persecución por parte de las autoridades mexicanas.
Agentes Fiscales, elementos de la Policía Municipal y Estatal, se unieron a la persecución sobre el periférico Luis Donaldo Colosio, que se convirtió en enfrentamiento a la altura del conjunto habitacional Pima II, donde hubo intercambio de balazos.
Continuando su trayectoria hacia el sur por el bulevar mencionado hasta llegar a la colonia Canoas donde los presuntos criminales se internaron al estacionamiento de una edificación abandonada, donde chocaron su vehículo con una patrulla.
Los fugitivos lograron salir del auto disparando contra los agentes antes de que la unidad explotara, ocultándose en el interior de dicho centro comercial abandonado, la edificación fue rodeada por elementos de las diferentes corporaciones policiacas.
Finalmente el Grupo Operativo de la Policía Municipal entraron al lugar para enfrentarse con el grupo armado, resultando un delincuente muerto a tiros y un oficial herido, mientras que intentaron huir fueron arrestados por efectivos de la Policía Federal Preventiva.
Socorristas de la Cruz Roja, arribaron al lugar para atender a los heridos mientras elementos del Cuerpo de Bomberos Gustavo L. Manríquez, sofocaron el fuego del auto siniestrado.
Fin
Publicado diciembre 6, 2013, 1:41 AM
Causa simulacro binacional expectación
Por dos flancos ingresaron las fuerzas federales para aseguraron el aérea y abatir a los delincuentes.
Vehículos abordados por delincuentes cruzan la frontera, arrollan a un agente de Comercio Exterior en garita Mariposa y son sometidos en Canoas por las fuerzas federales
Hiram G. Machi
http://www.nuevodia.com.mx/local/causa-simulacro-binacional-expectacion/
Nogales, Sonora. - Nuevo Día
Un simulacro binacional se protagonizó la mañana de ayer con la participación de los tres niveles de gobierno de ambas fronteras, con el objetivo de medir estrategias de reacción ante la actividad del crimen organizado y valorar el intercambio de comunicación e información entre agencias de ambas naciones.
El escenario consistió en la presencia de los conductores de dos unidades con rifles de asalto y municiones, que huían de autoridades estadounidenses, internándose una de ellas a México, mientras que el segundo vehículo con gatilleros fue asegurado en aquel país.
Una camioneta logra cruzar la frontera por la Garita Mariposa, arrollando a un oficial de Comercio Exterior, iniciando una respuesta de autoridades mexicanas, las cuales fueron alertadas minutos antes por los vecinos del norte.
Ante la alerta roja emitida en ambos país, el operativo, denominado "Espejo", implementado por la Policía Federal Fronteriza, es la primera fuerza en arribar al sitio, uniéndose varias unidades oficiales de Comercio Exterior a la persecución de los sicarios.
Simultáneamente se efectuó el llamado paramédicos de Cruz Roja, alertando sobre el oficial lesionado en la Aduana México, dando respuesta a la atención.
La unidad se introdujo por periférico Colosio, al sur, a toda velocidad con varias patrullas a corta distancia siguiendo su marcha, mientras la respuesta de Policía Municipal y Estatal, con algunas unidades fue la de apostarse a los extremos resguardando el área.
Más tarde, debido a una barricada establecida por policías estatales de seguridad pública sobre el periférico y el acceso al conjunto habitacional Canoas; la camioneta con los delincuentes viró a su izquierda, introduciéndose al fraccionamiento en mención para arribar a un complejo abandonado en donde descendieron los hombres con rifles de asalto en mano, prendiendo fuego a la unidad e iniciando un enfrentamiento.
A corta distancia, los grupos especiales de la Policía Municipal y las Fuerza Federales, estratégicamente ese introdujeron por dos flancos del edificio, intercambiando disparos con los gatillero, dándole muerte a uno de ellos, mientras el otro fue lesionado y detenido en el lugar, asegurándoles armas y cartuchos.
Minutos después, elementos del Cuerpo de Bomberos llegan al sitio a sofocar el incendio de la unidad siniestrada, arribando una unidad más de paramédicos para valorar al delincuente que cayó al interior del edificio deshabitado, así como brindar al segundo de los gatilleros atención por los impactos de los proyectiles recibidos por la autoridad.
Finalmente, en la escena del crimen se prestan elementos del Servicio Médico Forense acompañados por el ministerio público para la diligencia y levantamiento de evidencia y el traslado del cuerpo a la morgue local.
El simulacro causó expectación y asombro porque el hecho no fue dado a conocer a la población civil con el objetivo de medir la respuesta, tanto de autoridades y la comunidad en un ejercicio controlado y planeado con varios meses de anticipación y con un resultado exitoso para la coordinación de las autoridades, aunque los resultados internos serán evaluados para percatarse de las fallas y los aciertos del simulacro, en cuanto a coordinación respuesta, comunicación y estrategias en conjunto de autoridades de los tres niveles de gobierno.
Fin
Note: and from Sinaloa
EN GUASAVE
Aseguran equipo de 'guerra' tras emboscada
Se trata de cinco granadas de fragmentación, cuatro fusiles de asalto AK-47, 38 cargadores normales y una de disco, mil 200 balas, ropa militar, botas tácticas y una camioneta robada en Ahome
Noroeste/Redacción
06-12-2013 | 12:00 PM
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=914443&id_seccion=
Se registra enfrentamiento en El Burrión Guasave
07:21 AM
GUASAVE.- Tras la emboscada y tiroteo entre militares y delincuentes registrados en El Burrión, Guasave, el Ejército aseguró equipo de guerra.
Se trata de cinco granadas de fragmentación, cuatro fusiles de asalto AK-47, 38 cargadores normales y una de disco, mil 200 balas, ropa militar, botas tácticas y una camioneta robada en Ahome, dio a conocer el personal castrense.
Se informó que la Profepa se hará cargo del tigre de bengala asegurado en el predio.
La autoridad ministerial confirmó que no hubo heridos ni detenidos.
Fin
Altar Valley ranchers believe gas pipeline will destroy a way of life
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/altar-valley-ranchers-believe-gas-pipeline-will-destroy-a-way/article_fd1cf324-30ff-5682-b406-7eda2d3c3d9a.html
8 hours ago • By Joe Ferguson
Sasabe residents in the Altar Valley are nervously watching as construction crews bulldoze land just across the Mexican border.
They believe, or more accurately fear, the corridor the size of a football field being carved into the Mexican desert is evidence that approval of a proposed 59-mile Kinder-Morgan pipeline through their area is little more than a formality. With a decision from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the actual route of the pipeline not expected until next year, Altar Valley residents are left to wonder how the 36-inch natural-gas-pipeline extension expected to cut through a path through their ranches and sensitive wildlife corridors will affect their lives.
The sound of heavy equipment clearing desert can easily be heard from the historic guest ranch that Richard Schultz runs a few hundred feet from the international border.
While walking through a thick grove of mesquite trees between the 90-year-old ranch once frequented by Hollywood stars and Washington, D.C., politicians, Schultz says he can only guess as to where Kinder Morgan wants to put the pipeline in relation to his ranch.
He points to some small hills just west of his guest ranch, noting his sole communication with Kinder Morgan has been a single postcard notifying him of a public hearing.
Schultz worries that a massive, denuded section of land near his ranch will hurt his business, which has for decades attracted people from around the world looking for a true taste of the Old West.
Sarah King can trace her husband's ranching roots in the Altar Valley back to 1895.
Fences crisscross the 55,000 acres her herd of roughly 300 cows graze on.
Her worries focus on smugglers who might use the north-south path of the pipeline to bring drugs into the county.
History, she says, has taught her that criminals use the path of least resistance, cutting a fence even if there is a gate 20 feet away. A cut fence might not seem like a big deal, she said, but it impacts her bottom line every time a cow escapes.
Kinder Morgan, she said, has told her that it won't be responsible if an increase in smuggling leads to problems on her ranch.
King said it is impossible to know how much the pipeline will threaten her family's century-old ranch.
A small pond fed by seasonal rainwater on one end of the Sierra Vista Ranch has provided Melissa Owen with countless hours of enjoyment.
Her motion-activated camera has caught bobcats, javelinas, deer and even a jaguar getting a late night drink. She is concerned the earth-moving equipment will destroy the precious watering hole.
"This is an extremely important area for wildlife, not just my ranch, but for all the nearby ranches," Owen said.
She faults the draft version of the environmental impact statement for not looking at the hydrological impacts the pipeline would have in the area.
History is on her side, pointing to the surveying stake put in the ground a few years ago when El Paso Natural Gas — now known as Kinder Morgan — wanted to build a pipeline to send natural gas from Mexico to Tucson.
Officials offered to route the pipeline around the pond, but the new route would essentially cut off the runoff from nearby hills after the monsoons.
With the eastern edge of her property bordering the Buenos Aires Natural Wildlife Reserve, Owen believes Kinder Morgan is playing politics with the route of the pipeline.
The preferred route was moved out of the boundaries of the wildlife reserve because the pipeline did not meet its goals or mission.
Owen, who said her property isn't for sale at any price, wonders why Kinder Morgan won't listen when she says the denuded no man's land created by the pipeline doesn't meet the core mission of her ranch.
"What happens to me is a microcosm of what happens to the entire Altar Valley," she says.
end
Note: Couple reports of training exercise at Nogales AZ/Son. mostly computer english
Clashes "kills" one during binational exercise
Details Published on Friday 6 December 2013 ,
Written by Cesar Barragan / The Journal
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=23510
Nogales
An agent hit, a thug shot dead and several detainees, was the result of a binational mock chase began in the neighboring country and culminated in this border where authorities attended the three levels of government.
This action surprised and stunned residents of different colonies , drivers and traders in areas where the drill took place .
The operation began minutes after 10:00 hours on the Mariposa checkpoint when emergency bodies were alerted by U.S. authorities on a vehicle pursuit with several criminals who were fleeing to Mexico .
Upon admission to the country by the fugitives at that checkpoint , ran over a Fiscal Agent, they continue their flight to the south of the city , beginning a chase by the Mexican authorities.
Tax Agents , members of the Municipal and State Police joined the pursuit on the peripheral Luis Donaldo Colosio, at the height of Pima II housing complex , where gunfire was exchanged .
Continuing its path south on the boulevard said to reach the Canoas colony where suspected criminals were interned at an abandoned building parking lot where his vehicle collided with a patrol vehicle.
The fugitives managed to get out of the car shooting at the agents before the unit exploded, then hiding inside of that abandoned mall, the building was surrounded by members of the various police forces .
Finally, the Task Force of the Municipal Police went to the scene to deal with the armed group , resulting in a criminal shot dead and one wounded officer, as they tried to flee were arrested by members of the Federal Preventive Police.
Red Cross rescuers , arrived at the scene to treat the injured while elements of Fire Gustavo L. Manriquez, smothered the fire wrecked car .
end
Posted December 6, 2013 , 1:41 a.m.
Cause binational mock expectation
For two sides joined forces to federal secured the air and bring down the criminals.
Vehicles covered by criminals crossing the border, wound a police checkpoint Foreign Trade in Mariposa and undergo Canoas by federal forces
Hiram G. machi
http://www.nuevodia.com.mx/local/causa-simulacro-binacional-expectacion/
Nogales , Sonora. - NUEVO DIA
A binational drill was staged yesterday morning with the participation of the three levels of government in both borders , in order to gauge reaction to the strategies of organized crime activity and assess the communication and information sharing between agencies of both nations.
The scenario was the presence of conductors with two units of assault rifles and ammunition , U.S. officials fleeing , going one to Mexico , while the second vehicle was insured with gunmen in the country.
A pickup truck manages to cross the border at the Mariposa POE, rolling to an official Foreign Trade , initiating a response from Mexican authorities, who minutes before were alerted by neighbors to the north .
In the red alert issued in both country, the operation, called "Mirror" , implemented by the Federal Border Police is the first force to arrive at the site , joining several units of Foreign Trade official persecution of the Assassins .
Simultaneously, the Red Cross called paramedics , warning of the official Customs injured in Mexico , responding to care was made.
The unit was introduced by peripheral Colosio, south , speeding patrols with several short distance following his departure, while the response of Municipal and State Police , with some units was wagered at the ends of guarding the area.
Later, due to a roadblock established by state police public safety on the peripheral and access to housing complex Canoas , the truck with the criminals turned to his left , entering the fractionation references to arrive at an abandoned where complex down the men with assault rifles in hand, setting fire to the unit and starting a confrontation.
A short distance away , a panel of the Municipal Police and Federal Force strategically that introduced two sides of the building, exchanging fire with the gunman , killing him one of them , while the other was injured and arrested on the spot, assuring weapons and cartridges.
Minutes later, members of the Fire Department come to the site to extinguish the fire of the damaged unit , arriving one more unit of paramedics to assess the offender fell into the unoccupied building and providing the second of the gunmen care impacts projectiles received by the authority.
Finally, the scene elements from the Medical Examiner accompanied by the prosecution for diligence and collection of evidence and transfer of the body to the local morgue lend .
The drill was excited and amazed that the fact was not made known to the civilian population in order to measure the response of both authorities and the community in a controlled and planned exercise several months in advance and with a successful outcome for the coordination of the authorities , though the results will be evaluated internally to realize the successes and failures of the simulation in terms of response coordination , communication and joint strategies of authorities of the three levels of government.
end
Note: and from Sinaloa with real bullets & tiger?
IN GUASAVE
Seize military equipment after ambush
These are five fragmentation grenades, four assault rifles AK-47 magazines and 38 normal magazines, one drum magazine, 1,200 bullets, military clothing, tactical boots and a truck stolen in Ahome
noroeste
06-12-2013 | 24:00
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=914443&id_seccion =
The confrontation in Burrión Guasave
7:21 a.m.
GUASAVE -. Upon ambush and firefight between soldiers in The Burrión area of Guasave, offenders, the Army said war equipment was recovered.
These are five fragmentation grenades, four assault rifles AK-47 magazines and 38 normal disk, 1,200 bullets, military clothing, tactical boots and a truck stolen in Ahome, unveiled the military personnel.
It was reported that Profepa has taken a bengal tiger at the site.
The ministerial authority confirmed that no one was injured or arrested.
end
Enfrentamiento deja un muerto durante simulacro binacional
Detalles Publicado el Viernes 06 de Diciembre de 2013,
Escrito por Cesar Barragan / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=23510
Nogales
Un agente atropellado, un maleante abatido a tiros, así como varios detenidos, fue el resultado de un simulacro de persecución binacional que inició en el vecino país y culminó en esta frontera, donde participaron autoridades de los tres niveles de gobierno.
Dicha acción sorprendió y asombró a residentes de distintas colonias, conductores de vehículos y comerciantes de las áreas donde se llevó a cabo el simulacro.
El operativo inició minutos después de las 10:00 horas en la garita Mariposas, cuando cuerpos de emergencias fueron alertados por las autoridades norteamericanas, sobre la persecución de un vehículo con varios delincuentes que se les daba a la fuga hacia México.
Al internarse los fugitivos al país por dicha garita, atropellaron a un Agente Fiscal, para continuar con su huida hacia el sur de la ciudad, iniciándose la persecución por parte de las autoridades mexicanas.
Agentes Fiscales, elementos de la Policía Municipal y Estatal, se unieron a la persecución sobre el periférico Luis Donaldo Colosio, que se convirtió en enfrentamiento a la altura del conjunto habitacional Pima II, donde hubo intercambio de balazos.
Continuando su trayectoria hacia el sur por el bulevar mencionado hasta llegar a la colonia Canoas donde los presuntos criminales se internaron al estacionamiento de una edificación abandonada, donde chocaron su vehículo con una patrulla.
Los fugitivos lograron salir del auto disparando contra los agentes antes de que la unidad explotara, ocultándose en el interior de dicho centro comercial abandonado, la edificación fue rodeada por elementos de las diferentes corporaciones policiacas.
Finalmente el Grupo Operativo de la Policía Municipal entraron al lugar para enfrentarse con el grupo armado, resultando un delincuente muerto a tiros y un oficial herido, mientras que intentaron huir fueron arrestados por efectivos de la Policía Federal Preventiva.
Socorristas de la Cruz Roja, arribaron al lugar para atender a los heridos mientras elementos del Cuerpo de Bomberos Gustavo L. Manríquez, sofocaron el fuego del auto siniestrado.
Fin
Publicado diciembre 6, 2013, 1:41 AM
Causa simulacro binacional expectación
Por dos flancos ingresaron las fuerzas federales para aseguraron el aérea y abatir a los delincuentes.
Vehículos abordados por delincuentes cruzan la frontera, arrollan a un agente de Comercio Exterior en garita Mariposa y son sometidos en Canoas por las fuerzas federales
Hiram G. Machi
http://www.nuevodia.com.mx/local/causa-simulacro-binacional-expectacion/
Nogales, Sonora. - Nuevo Día
Un simulacro binacional se protagonizó la mañana de ayer con la participación de los tres niveles de gobierno de ambas fronteras, con el objetivo de medir estrategias de reacción ante la actividad del crimen organizado y valorar el intercambio de comunicación e información entre agencias de ambas naciones.
El escenario consistió en la presencia de los conductores de dos unidades con rifles de asalto y municiones, que huían de autoridades estadounidenses, internándose una de ellas a México, mientras que el segundo vehículo con gatilleros fue asegurado en aquel país.
Una camioneta logra cruzar la frontera por la Garita Mariposa, arrollando a un oficial de Comercio Exterior, iniciando una respuesta de autoridades mexicanas, las cuales fueron alertadas minutos antes por los vecinos del norte.
Ante la alerta roja emitida en ambos país, el operativo, denominado "Espejo", implementado por la Policía Federal Fronteriza, es la primera fuerza en arribar al sitio, uniéndose varias unidades oficiales de Comercio Exterior a la persecución de los sicarios.
Simultáneamente se efectuó el llamado paramédicos de Cruz Roja, alertando sobre el oficial lesionado en la Aduana México, dando respuesta a la atención.
La unidad se introdujo por periférico Colosio, al sur, a toda velocidad con varias patrullas a corta distancia siguiendo su marcha, mientras la respuesta de Policía Municipal y Estatal, con algunas unidades fue la de apostarse a los extremos resguardando el área.
Más tarde, debido a una barricada establecida por policías estatales de seguridad pública sobre el periférico y el acceso al conjunto habitacional Canoas; la camioneta con los delincuentes viró a su izquierda, introduciéndose al fraccionamiento en mención para arribar a un complejo abandonado en donde descendieron los hombres con rifles de asalto en mano, prendiendo fuego a la unidad e iniciando un enfrentamiento.
A corta distancia, los grupos especiales de la Policía Municipal y las Fuerza Federales, estratégicamente ese introdujeron por dos flancos del edificio, intercambiando disparos con los gatillero, dándole muerte a uno de ellos, mientras el otro fue lesionado y detenido en el lugar, asegurándoles armas y cartuchos.
Minutos después, elementos del Cuerpo de Bomberos llegan al sitio a sofocar el incendio de la unidad siniestrada, arribando una unidad más de paramédicos para valorar al delincuente que cayó al interior del edificio deshabitado, así como brindar al segundo de los gatilleros atención por los impactos de los proyectiles recibidos por la autoridad.
Finalmente, en la escena del crimen se prestan elementos del Servicio Médico Forense acompañados por el ministerio público para la diligencia y levantamiento de evidencia y el traslado del cuerpo a la morgue local.
El simulacro causó expectación y asombro porque el hecho no fue dado a conocer a la población civil con el objetivo de medir la respuesta, tanto de autoridades y la comunidad en un ejercicio controlado y planeado con varios meses de anticipación y con un resultado exitoso para la coordinación de las autoridades, aunque los resultados internos serán evaluados para percatarse de las fallas y los aciertos del simulacro, en cuanto a coordinación respuesta, comunicación y estrategias en conjunto de autoridades de los tres niveles de gobierno.
Fin
Note: and from Sinaloa
EN GUASAVE
Aseguran equipo de 'guerra' tras emboscada
Se trata de cinco granadas de fragmentación, cuatro fusiles de asalto AK-47, 38 cargadores normales y una de disco, mil 200 balas, ropa militar, botas tácticas y una camioneta robada en Ahome
Noroeste/Redacción
06-12-2013 | 12:00 PM
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=914443&id_seccion=
Se registra enfrentamiento en El Burrión Guasave
07:21 AM
GUASAVE.- Tras la emboscada y tiroteo entre militares y delincuentes registrados en El Burrión, Guasave, el Ejército aseguró equipo de guerra.
Se trata de cinco granadas de fragmentación, cuatro fusiles de asalto AK-47, 38 cargadores normales y una de disco, mil 200 balas, ropa militar, botas tácticas y una camioneta robada en Ahome, dio a conocer el personal castrense.
Se informó que la Profepa se hará cargo del tigre de bengala asegurado en el predio.
La autoridad ministerial confirmó que no hubo heridos ni detenidos.
Fin
AZMEX UPDATE 6-12-13
AZMEX UPDATE 6 DEC 2013
Note: Busy Busy in the AZMEX
BP agents find guns, drugs in two incidents
Posted: Friday, December 6, 2013 11:47 pm
From Staff Reports
http://www.yumasun.com/news/article_ba026f84-5f0b-11e3-b515-0019bb30f31a.html
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents seized drugs, weapons and ammunition during two recent incidents.
During the first incident, agents patrolling the Cabeza Prieta Mountains Thursday found three makeshift burlap backpacks hidden under rocks containing 152 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $76,000.
As agents continued searching the surrounding area, they found four men hiding under a black plastic tarp. The men, all Mexican citizens, had illegally entered the United States. One of the men was in possession of a two-way radio.
All four men were arrested, transported to the Wellton Station, and later turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
During the second incident, agents patrolling Interstate 10 near Blythe, Calif., performed a traffic stop on a 2013 Ford Taurus near Lovkin Boulevard
After reportedly receiving consent to search the vehicle from the driver, agents allegedly found 13 handguns, three military-style sporting rifles, five high-capacity magazines, ammunition, 0.88 grams of cocaine and 3.55 grams of heroin.
The driver, passenger, and contraband were turned over to the Blythe Narcotics Enforcement Team.
Note: A 9mm also, and Claudio has a prior
Three drug smugglers arrested, had police scanner with them
Kimberly Kolliner
CREATED Dec. 6, 2013
FLORENCE, Ariz. (KGUN9-TV) -
http://www.jrn.com/kgun9/news/Smugglers-in-possession-of-police-scanner-234812231.html
Three people arrested for drug and human smuggling Thursday were found to be in possession of a police scanner detecting Pinal County Sheriff's Office frequencies.
Police identified the the driver of the vehicle as 51-year-old Willa Thomas and the front seat passenger as 37-year-old Kevin Lewis; both Arizona natives.
The backseat passenger was Claudio Perez Felix, 35, of Sinaloa, Mexico.
When the deputy stopped and approached their 2002 Hyundai for a traffic violation, he immediately noticed the smell of marijuana.
He then spotted two large bundles of the drug wrapped in burlap on the backseat.
Once the deputy reportedly asked the individuals to step out of the vehicle is when he discovered that Lewis was in possession of a police scanner and a 9 mm semi-auto handgun.
"Drug and human smuggling often go hand in hand," said Sheriff Paul Babeu. "The public needs to hear these stories to better understand how these criminals operate and often evade detection from our deputies."
According to police, Thomas said she was in need for money and agreed to help her grandson Lewis smuggle 54.5 pounds of marijuana and the undocumented, Perez Felix for $500.
The marijuana that was confiscated apparently totaled to $41,500 in street value.
Lewis and Perez-Felix were booked into the Pinal County Jail for Possession of Marijuana for Sale, Transportation of Marijuana and Possession of Marijuana.
Perez-Felix also has an immigration hold and a hold on an outstanding warrant for a prior DUI arrest.
Willa Thomas was released from custody for medical issues.
Charges will be filed to the Pinal County Attorney's Office requesting she be prosecuted for the same offenses.
end
BP agents find 155 pounds of pot
December 05, 2013 12:45 AM
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Yuma Sector Border Patrol Agents seized 155 pounds of abandoned marijuana Tuesday night while patrolling the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, a known smuggling corridor. The pot has an estimated value of $77,500.
The agents were tracking footprints when they came upon seven bundles of pot, which were seized for destruction.
Read more: http://www.yumasun.com/articles/agents-90949-pot-pounds.html#ixzz2mcOPJLxb
400 pounds of marijuana found at Arizona wildlife refuge
By Associated Press
Originally published: Dec 6, 2013 - 6:48 am
http://ktar.com/22/1683049/Border-agents-find-400-pounds-of-marijuana-
WELLTON, Ariz. -- U.S. Border Patrol agents said they found more than 400 pounds of marijuana in several backpacks at a wildlife refuge in southwestern Arizona.
The drugs were spotted Wednesday while agents were patrolling the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.
The marijuana, worth an estimated $200,000, will be destroyed.
Border Patrol officials say agents in the Yuma Sector work around the clock to combat smuggling operations that try to transport contraband through the refuge.
The refuge was established in 1939 to save the area's bighorn sheep. It's also a safe haven for other species, including the endangered Sonoran Pronghorn.
Because of the remoteness of the Cabeza Prieta and the neighboring Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, officials say smuggling organizations have established major routes throughout the region.
Associated Press,
Marijuana, ATVs abandoned on Arizona reservation
By Associated Press
Originally published: Dec 6, 2013 - 12:09 pm
http://ktar.com/22/1683131/Marijuana-ATVs-abandoned-on-Arizona-reservation
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Border Patrol agents found four all-terrain vehicles and over 1,500 pounds of marijuana abandoned in the desert on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation west of Tucson.
The Border Patrol said the vehicles and 69 bundles of marijuana were found scattered in an area northeast of the Kaka village on Wednesday.
Border Patrol spokeswoman Shevannah Wray said smugglers sometimes abandon their vehicles and loads to avoid being apprehended.
end
Agents seize smugglers, ATVs, 5,000 lbs of pot
4 hours ago • By James Martinez
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/agents-seize-smugglers-atvs-lbs-of-pot/article_dd66eeef-d477-5d4b-8e69-a20fb6da583d.html
Border Patrol agents have arrested eight smugglers, six illegal immigrants, seized four ATVs and 5,000 pounds of marijuana in separate incidents west of Tucson.
Early Wednesday, agents discovered four abandoned all-terrain vehicles and 69 bundles of marijuana in an area northeast of the Tohono O'odham village of Kaka, according to a news release from Customs and Border Protection.
Later Wednesday, agents arrested eight suspected smugglers south of Fragita Peak in the Arivaca area. Agents also found 19 bundles of marijuana in the area, the release said.
On Thursday night, agents at the Interstate 19 checkpoint found 120 bundles of marijuana inside a tractor-trailer rig.
Later, agents at the checkpoint discovered six illegal immigrants who were hidden in a commercial trailer that was refrigerated to 45 degrees.
The total street value of the marijuana is about $2.5 million.
All the drugs and vehicles were seized. The suspects were either held for prosecution or returned to Mexico
end
Note: Busy Busy in the AZMEX
BP agents find guns, drugs in two incidents
Posted: Friday, December 6, 2013 11:47 pm
From Staff Reports
http://www.yumasun.com/news/article_ba026f84-5f0b-11e3-b515-0019bb30f31a.html
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents seized drugs, weapons and ammunition during two recent incidents.
During the first incident, agents patrolling the Cabeza Prieta Mountains Thursday found three makeshift burlap backpacks hidden under rocks containing 152 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $76,000.
As agents continued searching the surrounding area, they found four men hiding under a black plastic tarp. The men, all Mexican citizens, had illegally entered the United States. One of the men was in possession of a two-way radio.
All four men were arrested, transported to the Wellton Station, and later turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
During the second incident, agents patrolling Interstate 10 near Blythe, Calif., performed a traffic stop on a 2013 Ford Taurus near Lovkin Boulevard
After reportedly receiving consent to search the vehicle from the driver, agents allegedly found 13 handguns, three military-style sporting rifles, five high-capacity magazines, ammunition, 0.88 grams of cocaine and 3.55 grams of heroin.
The driver, passenger, and contraband were turned over to the Blythe Narcotics Enforcement Team.
Note: A 9mm also, and Claudio has a prior
Three drug smugglers arrested, had police scanner with them
Kimberly Kolliner
CREATED Dec. 6, 2013
FLORENCE, Ariz. (KGUN9-TV) -
http://www.jrn.com/kgun9/news/Smugglers-in-possession-of-police-scanner-234812231.html
Three people arrested for drug and human smuggling Thursday were found to be in possession of a police scanner detecting Pinal County Sheriff's Office frequencies.
Police identified the the driver of the vehicle as 51-year-old Willa Thomas and the front seat passenger as 37-year-old Kevin Lewis; both Arizona natives.
The backseat passenger was Claudio Perez Felix, 35, of Sinaloa, Mexico.
When the deputy stopped and approached their 2002 Hyundai for a traffic violation, he immediately noticed the smell of marijuana.
He then spotted two large bundles of the drug wrapped in burlap on the backseat.
Once the deputy reportedly asked the individuals to step out of the vehicle is when he discovered that Lewis was in possession of a police scanner and a 9 mm semi-auto handgun.
"Drug and human smuggling often go hand in hand," said Sheriff Paul Babeu. "The public needs to hear these stories to better understand how these criminals operate and often evade detection from our deputies."
According to police, Thomas said she was in need for money and agreed to help her grandson Lewis smuggle 54.5 pounds of marijuana and the undocumented, Perez Felix for $500.
The marijuana that was confiscated apparently totaled to $41,500 in street value.
Lewis and Perez-Felix were booked into the Pinal County Jail for Possession of Marijuana for Sale, Transportation of Marijuana and Possession of Marijuana.
Perez-Felix also has an immigration hold and a hold on an outstanding warrant for a prior DUI arrest.
Willa Thomas was released from custody for medical issues.
Charges will be filed to the Pinal County Attorney's Office requesting she be prosecuted for the same offenses.
end
BP agents find 155 pounds of pot
December 05, 2013 12:45 AM
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Yuma Sector Border Patrol Agents seized 155 pounds of abandoned marijuana Tuesday night while patrolling the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, a known smuggling corridor. The pot has an estimated value of $77,500.
The agents were tracking footprints when they came upon seven bundles of pot, which were seized for destruction.
Read more: http://www.yumasun.com/articles/agents-90949-pot-pounds.html#ixzz2mcOPJLxb
400 pounds of marijuana found at Arizona wildlife refuge
By Associated Press
Originally published: Dec 6, 2013 - 6:48 am
http://ktar.com/22/1683049/Border-agents-find-400-pounds-of-marijuana-
WELLTON, Ariz. -- U.S. Border Patrol agents said they found more than 400 pounds of marijuana in several backpacks at a wildlife refuge in southwestern Arizona.
The drugs were spotted Wednesday while agents were patrolling the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.
The marijuana, worth an estimated $200,000, will be destroyed.
Border Patrol officials say agents in the Yuma Sector work around the clock to combat smuggling operations that try to transport contraband through the refuge.
The refuge was established in 1939 to save the area's bighorn sheep. It's also a safe haven for other species, including the endangered Sonoran Pronghorn.
Because of the remoteness of the Cabeza Prieta and the neighboring Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, officials say smuggling organizations have established major routes throughout the region.
Associated Press,
Marijuana, ATVs abandoned on Arizona reservation
By Associated Press
Originally published: Dec 6, 2013 - 12:09 pm
http://ktar.com/22/1683131/Marijuana-ATVs-abandoned-on-Arizona-reservation
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Border Patrol agents found four all-terrain vehicles and over 1,500 pounds of marijuana abandoned in the desert on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation west of Tucson.
The Border Patrol said the vehicles and 69 bundles of marijuana were found scattered in an area northeast of the Kaka village on Wednesday.
Border Patrol spokeswoman Shevannah Wray said smugglers sometimes abandon their vehicles and loads to avoid being apprehended.
end
Agents seize smugglers, ATVs, 5,000 lbs of pot
4 hours ago • By James Martinez
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/agents-seize-smugglers-atvs-lbs-of-pot/article_dd66eeef-d477-5d4b-8e69-a20fb6da583d.html
Border Patrol agents have arrested eight smugglers, six illegal immigrants, seized four ATVs and 5,000 pounds of marijuana in separate incidents west of Tucson.
Early Wednesday, agents discovered four abandoned all-terrain vehicles and 69 bundles of marijuana in an area northeast of the Tohono O'odham village of Kaka, according to a news release from Customs and Border Protection.
Later Wednesday, agents arrested eight suspected smugglers south of Fragita Peak in the Arivaca area. Agents also found 19 bundles of marijuana in the area, the release said.
On Thursday night, agents at the Interstate 19 checkpoint found 120 bundles of marijuana inside a tractor-trailer rig.
Later, agents at the checkpoint discovered six illegal immigrants who were hidden in a commercial trailer that was refrigerated to 45 degrees.
The total street value of the marijuana is about $2.5 million.
All the drugs and vehicles were seized. The suspects were either held for prosecution or returned to Mexico
end
AZMEX POLICY 4-12-13
AZMEX POLICY 4 DEC 2013
Mexico Senate approves major political reforms
Posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 1:00 am | Updated: 3:03 am, Wed Dec 4, 2013.
Associated Press
http://www.themonitor.com/news/world/article_1325f3b8-cd77-5abe-9cc7-b5e47e429daa.html
Mexico's Senate has passed the most dramatic political reform attempt in decades that would allow re-election of federal legislators, create new election oversight and make the Attorney General's office independent from the executive.
The Senate approved the overall reform late Tuesday, but continued to debate certain details early Wednesday. The reform measure still has to be approved by the lower House.
With Tuesday's vote, the Senate will move on to energy reform and attempts to open Mexico's moribund, state-run oil industry to greater private investment _ considered the most critical part of the reform package that President Enrique Pena Nieto is pushing to have passed before the end of this year.
The political reform would still limit presidents to a single, six-year term, but it would relax Mexico's ironclad ban on the re-election of other officials by allowing them to run for re-election and remain in office for up to 12 years. It also would allow independent candidates to run for public offices.
Allowing re-election of lawmakers and mayors would give party bosses less control over politicians' futures. Letting independent candidates run would erode the parties' control over elections, according to supporters. Under the Senate's proposal, re-elections would be allowed starting in 2018.
The bill also authorizes Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute, which will change its name to the National Electoral Institute, to name the president and members of each of the 32 states' electoral institutes. State congresses currently name them.
Most of Mexico's 32 states are ruled by members of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, and opposition leaders say governors have a lot of influence on local congresses, and therefore the electoral authorities.
Senators also approved giving autonomy to the Attorney General's office and requiring that the Senate approve the candidate to top prosecutor proposed by the president.
The plan also proposes allowing ng small parties that get at least 3 percent of the vote to qualify for lucrative public funding, up from the current 2 percent.
Mexico Senate approves major political reforms
Posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 1:00 am | Updated: 3:03 am, Wed Dec 4, 2013.
Associated Press
http://www.themonitor.com/news/world/article_1325f3b8-cd77-5abe-9cc7-b5e47e429daa.html
Mexico's Senate has passed the most dramatic political reform attempt in decades that would allow re-election of federal legislators, create new election oversight and make the Attorney General's office independent from the executive.
The Senate approved the overall reform late Tuesday, but continued to debate certain details early Wednesday. The reform measure still has to be approved by the lower House.
With Tuesday's vote, the Senate will move on to energy reform and attempts to open Mexico's moribund, state-run oil industry to greater private investment _ considered the most critical part of the reform package that President Enrique Pena Nieto is pushing to have passed before the end of this year.
The political reform would still limit presidents to a single, six-year term, but it would relax Mexico's ironclad ban on the re-election of other officials by allowing them to run for re-election and remain in office for up to 12 years. It also would allow independent candidates to run for public offices.
Allowing re-election of lawmakers and mayors would give party bosses less control over politicians' futures. Letting independent candidates run would erode the parties' control over elections, according to supporters. Under the Senate's proposal, re-elections would be allowed starting in 2018.
The bill also authorizes Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute, which will change its name to the National Electoral Institute, to name the president and members of each of the 32 states' electoral institutes. State congresses currently name them.
Most of Mexico's 32 states are ruled by members of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, and opposition leaders say governors have a lot of influence on local congresses, and therefore the electoral authorities.
Senators also approved giving autonomy to the Attorney General's office and requiring that the Senate approve the candidate to top prosecutor proposed by the president.
The plan also proposes allowing ng small parties that get at least 3 percent of the vote to qualify for lucrative public funding, up from the current 2 percent.
Monday, December 9, 2013
AZMEX UPDATE 4-12-13 b
AZMEX UPDATE 4 DEC 2013
Note : Very big bust . Would seem partnership Negotiations still not going well .
Trailer seized with drugs in Sonora
Detected more than half a ton of "crystal" and cocaine hidden between detergent
IONSA
12/04/2013
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=913841
CULIACÁN._ A shipment of more than half a ton of "crystal" and cocaine was hidden in bags of detergent carrying a trailer, which was valued by federal authorities in several million dollars in the U.S. market , could not reach their fate in Anglo-Saxon lands but to be detected by the Federal Police in Sonora.
Assigned to operation " Quadrants Carreteros " in coordination with the Ministry of National Defense Staff were able to locate a total of 614 packages that were hidden in the cargo of a truck white with economic number 6782, which was stopped at a check point installed in the San Luis Río Colorado , Puerto Peñasco highway.
Indicated that the operation managed to stop the driver of the load , who was identified as Humberto Rios Diaz, 33 years, which was transferred to the premises of the Business Customs in San Luis Rio Colorado , where he was available to authorities the Attorney General's Office .
According to official reports , to perform in THE SEARCH of the box trailer were located several bags of detergent boxes , among which 548 plastic packages containing 472 kilograms of synthetic drugs called " glass " were found.
In addition , they found 66 " bricks " wrapped in plastic and aluminum containing a white powder with cocaine characteristics themselves giving a total weight of 88 kilos , so that the unit , which apparently belongs to a carrier load , the seized truck, driver, and drugs and remained in the hands of the Public Prosecutor of the Federation.
end
2 managers for Phoenix car-wash chain plead guilty
By Associated Press
Originally published: Dec 4, 2013 - 6:58 pm
http://ktar.com/22/1682649/2-managers-for-Phoenix-carwash-chain-plead-guilty
PHOENIX -- Two lower-level managers for a metro Phoenix car-wash chain accused of immigration fraud in its hiring practices have each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy.
The pleas of Guadalupe Carlos Vazquez-Escorcia and Juan Zarate-Carreon on Wednesday bring the number of Family Car Wash managers who have pleaded guilty in the case to nine.
The two will be sentenced in March.
A July 10 trial has been set for other managers who pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.
Some lower-level managers who have pleaded guilty have said in court that at least one higher-up within Danny's instructed them to rehire workers who had to be fired after a federal audit found nearly half of the company's 1,900-person workforce had presented insufficient or ineligible records when they were hired.
Note: Following mostly computer english. Been a bad few days for our neighbors from Badiraguato.
Sinaloans executed in Sonoyta, Sonora
Details Published on Wednesday 4 December 2013 ,
Written by Editor / El diario de Sonora
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=23402
Sonoyta
It was found inside a pick up with various injuries from projectiles.
Agents of the State Police Investigating inquire about the facts which killed a male person whose body was found around 16:50 pm yesterday at kilometer 16 of the highway from Sonoyta to Rocky Point , 100 meters West of the asphalt .
The deceased was identified today by the name of Cesar Ojeda de la Rocha , who had 36 years of age, was a native of Badiraguato , Sinaloa, and was domiciled in the colony Pápagos this population. Ojeda de la Rocha had been reported missing by his family, who said that the last time they saw him was early Saturday November 30 this year .
The victim was found in the passenger seat of a Nissan vehicle brand , line X -Terra , gray color, 2002 model and had several injuries caused by gun fire in different parts of the body.
In place of the staff made of Expert Services of the Attorney General of the State secured several long gun shell casings .
From the facts attested the Public Prosecutor of the Common Jurisdiction who ordered the lifting and transporting the body.
END
" Sera" Zambada
Anabel Hernandez
4 DECEMBER 2013
SPECIAL REPORT
For months, from March 2012, DEA agents began investigating a network of smugglers and drug dealers in San Diego , California, and Tijuana. The shares were dubbed Operation Narco Polo , which included wiretaps . Two months later dropped the first of the 12 members , the others throughout the year. And just as most of them had their sentences negotiated with prosecutors in southern California, caught Serafin Zambada Ortiz. This is the story .
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=359567
MEXICO , DF ( Process ) - . Serafin Zambada Ortiz, The Sera, ran their accounts on Facebook and Twitter confidently . The same was with the information relating to the business of drug trafficking and money laundering controlled , as is clear from criminal record 13 -cr -3575 opened in Court Southern District of California against him and 12 characters in your environment.
And it was an oversight of its employees in May 2012 , who formed a network of smugglers and drug dealers in San Diego , California, and Tijuana , which triggered Operation Narco Polo started two months earlier.
Thanks to her and after more than a year of research , the Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ) arrested on 20 November to reckless son of Ismael El Mayo Zambada Garcia, leader of the Sinaloa cartel in the international crossing in Nogales Dennis DeConcini , Arizona.
According to the criminal record of Sera and co-defendants, which had access to this weekly , the DEA intercepted telephone calls between March and October 2012. The file has affidavits alleged accomplices arrested on various drug and money seizures by their captors , and lab reports and photographs. All that arsenal will be used against the son of Mayo.
In addition to traffic offenses methamphetamine and cocaine imputed to Sera in the criminal case , U.S. authorities intend decomisarle all assets, rights , title and interest that constitute its assets or under any income he has derived from operations related to the movement of drugs and any property used for such activity .
Weeks before his arrest , El Sera, 23, rose to their Facebook and Twitter photos of his collection of weapons and drugs and women, one of them even appears with his half brother Vicente Zambada Niebla- arrested in Mexico in 2009 and extradited to the United States in 2010 , where he now faces drug charges in federal court in Chicago - and Ismael Zambada, El Mayo Gordo , another son of Sinaloa capo .
Telephone interview , defending Sera, Michael McDonnell , said he does not know the evidence on the crimes attributed to his client. And when the reporter asks him why he said that Facebook and Twitter Sera are false, says, "so what makes me think they are true? " .
In legal terms, the photographs may be evidence against Zambada Ortiz in court.
Fragment of the report published in the 1935 edition of Proceso magazine , currently in circulation.
end
Note : Very big bust . Would seem partnership Negotiations still not going well .
Trailer seized with drugs in Sonora
Detected more than half a ton of "crystal" and cocaine hidden between detergent
IONSA
12/04/2013
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=913841
CULIACÁN._ A shipment of more than half a ton of "crystal" and cocaine was hidden in bags of detergent carrying a trailer, which was valued by federal authorities in several million dollars in the U.S. market , could not reach their fate in Anglo-Saxon lands but to be detected by the Federal Police in Sonora.
Assigned to operation " Quadrants Carreteros " in coordination with the Ministry of National Defense Staff were able to locate a total of 614 packages that were hidden in the cargo of a truck white with economic number 6782, which was stopped at a check point installed in the San Luis Río Colorado , Puerto Peñasco highway.
Indicated that the operation managed to stop the driver of the load , who was identified as Humberto Rios Diaz, 33 years, which was transferred to the premises of the Business Customs in San Luis Rio Colorado , where he was available to authorities the Attorney General's Office .
According to official reports , to perform in THE SEARCH of the box trailer were located several bags of detergent boxes , among which 548 plastic packages containing 472 kilograms of synthetic drugs called " glass " were found.
In addition , they found 66 " bricks " wrapped in plastic and aluminum containing a white powder with cocaine characteristics themselves giving a total weight of 88 kilos , so that the unit , which apparently belongs to a carrier load , the seized truck, driver, and drugs and remained in the hands of the Public Prosecutor of the Federation.
end
2 managers for Phoenix car-wash chain plead guilty
By Associated Press
Originally published: Dec 4, 2013 - 6:58 pm
http://ktar.com/22/1682649/2-managers-for-Phoenix-carwash-chain-plead-guilty
PHOENIX -- Two lower-level managers for a metro Phoenix car-wash chain accused of immigration fraud in its hiring practices have each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy.
The pleas of Guadalupe Carlos Vazquez-Escorcia and Juan Zarate-Carreon on Wednesday bring the number of Family Car Wash managers who have pleaded guilty in the case to nine.
The two will be sentenced in March.
A July 10 trial has been set for other managers who pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.
Some lower-level managers who have pleaded guilty have said in court that at least one higher-up within Danny's instructed them to rehire workers who had to be fired after a federal audit found nearly half of the company's 1,900-person workforce had presented insufficient or ineligible records when they were hired.
Note: Following mostly computer english. Been a bad few days for our neighbors from Badiraguato.
Sinaloans executed in Sonoyta, Sonora
Details Published on Wednesday 4 December 2013 ,
Written by Editor / El diario de Sonora
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=23402
Sonoyta
It was found inside a pick up with various injuries from projectiles.
Agents of the State Police Investigating inquire about the facts which killed a male person whose body was found around 16:50 pm yesterday at kilometer 16 of the highway from Sonoyta to Rocky Point , 100 meters West of the asphalt .
The deceased was identified today by the name of Cesar Ojeda de la Rocha , who had 36 years of age, was a native of Badiraguato , Sinaloa, and was domiciled in the colony Pápagos this population. Ojeda de la Rocha had been reported missing by his family, who said that the last time they saw him was early Saturday November 30 this year .
The victim was found in the passenger seat of a Nissan vehicle brand , line X -Terra , gray color, 2002 model and had several injuries caused by gun fire in different parts of the body.
In place of the staff made of Expert Services of the Attorney General of the State secured several long gun shell casings .
From the facts attested the Public Prosecutor of the Common Jurisdiction who ordered the lifting and transporting the body.
END
" Sera" Zambada
Anabel Hernandez
4 DECEMBER 2013
SPECIAL REPORT
For months, from March 2012, DEA agents began investigating a network of smugglers and drug dealers in San Diego , California, and Tijuana. The shares were dubbed Operation Narco Polo , which included wiretaps . Two months later dropped the first of the 12 members , the others throughout the year. And just as most of them had their sentences negotiated with prosecutors in southern California, caught Serafin Zambada Ortiz. This is the story .
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=359567
MEXICO , DF ( Process ) - . Serafin Zambada Ortiz, The Sera, ran their accounts on Facebook and Twitter confidently . The same was with the information relating to the business of drug trafficking and money laundering controlled , as is clear from criminal record 13 -cr -3575 opened in Court Southern District of California against him and 12 characters in your environment.
And it was an oversight of its employees in May 2012 , who formed a network of smugglers and drug dealers in San Diego , California, and Tijuana , which triggered Operation Narco Polo started two months earlier.
Thanks to her and after more than a year of research , the Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ) arrested on 20 November to reckless son of Ismael El Mayo Zambada Garcia, leader of the Sinaloa cartel in the international crossing in Nogales Dennis DeConcini , Arizona.
According to the criminal record of Sera and co-defendants, which had access to this weekly , the DEA intercepted telephone calls between March and October 2012. The file has affidavits alleged accomplices arrested on various drug and money seizures by their captors , and lab reports and photographs. All that arsenal will be used against the son of Mayo.
In addition to traffic offenses methamphetamine and cocaine imputed to Sera in the criminal case , U.S. authorities intend decomisarle all assets, rights , title and interest that constitute its assets or under any income he has derived from operations related to the movement of drugs and any property used for such activity .
Weeks before his arrest , El Sera, 23, rose to their Facebook and Twitter photos of his collection of weapons and drugs and women, one of them even appears with his half brother Vicente Zambada Niebla- arrested in Mexico in 2009 and extradited to the United States in 2010 , where he now faces drug charges in federal court in Chicago - and Ismael Zambada, El Mayo Gordo , another son of Sinaloa capo .
Telephone interview , defending Sera, Michael McDonnell , said he does not know the evidence on the crimes attributed to his client. And when the reporter asks him why he said that Facebook and Twitter Sera are false, says, "so what makes me think they are true? " .
In legal terms, the photographs may be evidence against Zambada Ortiz in court.
Fragment of the report published in the 1935 edition of Proceso magazine , currently in circulation.
end
AZMEX UPDATE 3-12-13 b
AZMEX UPDATE 3 DEC 2013
Woman sought in Arizona killing arrested at border
By Associated Press
Originally published: Dec 3, 2013 - 10:48 am
http://ktar.com/22/1682161/Woman-sought-in-Arizona-killing-arrested-at-border
BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. -- A woman sought in a 2011 killing in Mohave County was arrested when she entered the United States from Mexico.
According to the Mohave Daily News, Bullhead City police said 35-year-old Nora Yesenia Sandoval was arrested last week when she crossed the border at a port in Calexico, Calif.
A warrant charging Sandoval with murder in the killing of 36-year-old Raymond Sanchez was issued in September.
Sanchez had been stabbed more than 80 times and his body was dumped after being wrapped in plastic shower curtains.
Sandoval had been a fugitive since fleeing the area to avoid a trial for methamphetamine sales. She was convicted in absentia and a warrant was issued for her arrest.<.p>
END
Wellton Border Patrol arrests 12 suspected smugglers
December 02, 2013 10:37 PM
BY JAMES GILBERT @YSJamesGilbert
U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Yuma Sector's Wellton Station arrested 12 suspected drug smugglers and seized a combined 535 pounds of marijuana the day after Thanksgiving.
According to Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Enrique Zarate of the Yuma Sector Public Affairs Office, the 12 suspected smugglers were all Mexican nationals who were in the country illegally.
They were apprehended Nov. 25 northeast of Papago Well, which is located on the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.
Agents also found 11 large backpacks of marijuana in close proximity to the apprehension site. The marijuana has an estimated street value of $267,500.
Read more: http://www.yumasun.com/articles/patrol-90924-border-sector.html#ixzz2mR8eV0ct
Note: another cloned vehicle
CBP Says 'Rainy Weather Brings Huge Smuggling Attempts In Arizona'
By: Homeland Security Today Staff
12/03/2013 ( 9:30am)
http://www.hstoday.us/single-article/cbp-says-rainy-weather-brings-huge-smuggling-attempts-in-arizona/4e71b4934678e6007cc65e224e306af3.html
In an effort to take advantage of southern Arizona's rainy weather, Mexican narco-traffickers attempted three over a weekend in late November to smuggle bundles of marijuana into the United States.
The first attempt occurred near Why, Ariz., when a Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent conducting surveillance in a remote area observed approximately 20 individuals carrying bundles of marijuana on their backs. Agents, along with a canine partner, were able to locate 32 bundles of marijuana weighing 1,556 pounds. All of the subjects absconded.
In the second attempt, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Border Patrol agents stopped a Ford pickup truck on a remote dirt road near Whetstone, Ariz. The driver attempted to outrun the agents on foot. Inside the truck were 40 bundles of marijuana weighing 812 pounds. The driver was arrested and charged for smuggling narcotics. The truck and marijuana were seized.
In the final Sunday evening incident, Border Patrol agents responded to possible smuggling activity near St. David, Ariz., and observed a Dodge truck traveling on a dirt road with its headlights off. CBP said the truck was located a short time later, abandoned in a wash, with 1,851 pounds of marijuana inside. After an extensive search, agents were unable to locate the driver. The truck had been equipped with a siren and red and blue emergency style lights in the grille. Agents also found a set of binoculars and night vision goggles in the truck's cab. The truck and all contents were seized.
In total, agents seized a combined $2.1 million in marijuana.
"Narcotics traffickers use any means to move their products, including strapping the drugs to their backs, cloning vehicles and even trying to use the weather to their advantage," CBP said.
Homeland Security Today has extensively reported on the use of "cloned" vehicles by drug- and human-smugglers to clandestinely transport their illegal contraband into the US.
end
Woman sought in Arizona killing arrested at border
By Associated Press
Originally published: Dec 3, 2013 - 10:48 am
http://ktar.com/22/1682161/Woman-sought-in-Arizona-killing-arrested-at-border
BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. -- A woman sought in a 2011 killing in Mohave County was arrested when she entered the United States from Mexico.
According to the Mohave Daily News, Bullhead City police said 35-year-old Nora Yesenia Sandoval was arrested last week when she crossed the border at a port in Calexico, Calif.
A warrant charging Sandoval with murder in the killing of 36-year-old Raymond Sanchez was issued in September.
Sanchez had been stabbed more than 80 times and his body was dumped after being wrapped in plastic shower curtains.
Sandoval had been a fugitive since fleeing the area to avoid a trial for methamphetamine sales. She was convicted in absentia and a warrant was issued for her arrest.<.p>
END
Wellton Border Patrol arrests 12 suspected smugglers
December 02, 2013 10:37 PM
BY JAMES GILBERT @YSJamesGilbert
U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Yuma Sector's Wellton Station arrested 12 suspected drug smugglers and seized a combined 535 pounds of marijuana the day after Thanksgiving.
According to Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Enrique Zarate of the Yuma Sector Public Affairs Office, the 12 suspected smugglers were all Mexican nationals who were in the country illegally.
They were apprehended Nov. 25 northeast of Papago Well, which is located on the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.
Agents also found 11 large backpacks of marijuana in close proximity to the apprehension site. The marijuana has an estimated street value of $267,500.
Read more: http://www.yumasun.com/articles/patrol-90924-border-sector.html#ixzz2mR8eV0ct
Note: another cloned vehicle
CBP Says 'Rainy Weather Brings Huge Smuggling Attempts In Arizona'
By: Homeland Security Today Staff
12/03/2013 ( 9:30am)
http://www.hstoday.us/single-article/cbp-says-rainy-weather-brings-huge-smuggling-attempts-in-arizona/4e71b4934678e6007cc65e224e306af3.html
In an effort to take advantage of southern Arizona's rainy weather, Mexican narco-traffickers attempted three over a weekend in late November to smuggle bundles of marijuana into the United States.
The first attempt occurred near Why, Ariz., when a Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent conducting surveillance in a remote area observed approximately 20 individuals carrying bundles of marijuana on their backs. Agents, along with a canine partner, were able to locate 32 bundles of marijuana weighing 1,556 pounds. All of the subjects absconded.
In the second attempt, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Border Patrol agents stopped a Ford pickup truck on a remote dirt road near Whetstone, Ariz. The driver attempted to outrun the agents on foot. Inside the truck were 40 bundles of marijuana weighing 812 pounds. The driver was arrested and charged for smuggling narcotics. The truck and marijuana were seized.
In the final Sunday evening incident, Border Patrol agents responded to possible smuggling activity near St. David, Ariz., and observed a Dodge truck traveling on a dirt road with its headlights off. CBP said the truck was located a short time later, abandoned in a wash, with 1,851 pounds of marijuana inside. After an extensive search, agents were unable to locate the driver. The truck had been equipped with a siren and red and blue emergency style lights in the grille. Agents also found a set of binoculars and night vision goggles in the truck's cab. The truck and all contents were seized.
In total, agents seized a combined $2.1 million in marijuana.
"Narcotics traffickers use any means to move their products, including strapping the drugs to their backs, cloning vehicles and even trying to use the weather to their advantage," CBP said.
Homeland Security Today has extensively reported on the use of "cloned" vehicles by drug- and human-smugglers to clandestinely transport their illegal contraband into the US.
end
AZMEX UPDATE 2-12-13 b
AZMEX UPDATE 2 DEC 2013
Note: too good not to pass on.
Arizona authorities catch suspects after chase
By Associated Press
Originally published: Dec 2, 2013 - 7:26 pm
http://ktar.com/22/1682041/Arizona-authorities-catch-suspects-after-chase
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. -- Two men are in custody following a high-speed chase in Pinal County.
Sheriff's spokesman Tim Gaffney says it started Sunday after officers got a call about people loading bundles of marijuana into a vehicle near Interstate 8.
The vehicle sped away after being spotted by a deputy. The pursuit hit speeds in excess of 100 mph.
The car eventually stopped. Gaffney says the driver, 25-year-old Ruben Soto-Gonzalez, ran through a nearby dairy farm and was tripped by a farm worker, causing him to fall face down in manure and to be stepped on by a startled cow.
The suspect hit the worker before being taken into custody.
The passenger, 40-year-old Daniel Aguilar-Alvarez, was found hiding under a bush.
Inside the vehicle, deputies found 160 pounds of marijuana worth $120,000.
END
Desmiente la PGR captura de Caro Quintero
Fuentes de la Procuraduría General de la República indicaron que se desconoce el origen de las versiones que motivaron que esa versión y que fueron tomando fuerza en redes sociales
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2013/12/02/931716
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 2 de diciembre.- Hasta la noche de este lunes no había elementos para confirmar la recaptura del narcotraficante Rafael Caro Quintero, informaron fuentes de la Procuraduría General de la República (PGR).
Se indicó que se desconoce el origen de las versiones que motivaron que esa versión y que fueron tomando fuerza en redes sociales.
El pasado 9 de agosto el narcotraficante Rafael Caro Quintero salió del penal de Máxima Seguridad de Puente Grande, Jalisco, tras la resolución de un juez federal.
El primer tribunal colegiado de Guadalajara concedió un amparo al ex líder del cártel de Guadalajara, quien llevaba 28 años en prisión como presunto responsable de delitos contra la salud y por la muerte del agente de la Agencia Antidrogas de Estados Unidos (DEA por sus siglas en inglés) Enrique Camarena Salazar, cometido en 1985.
Desde la madrugada del 9 de agosto de 2013 Caro Quintero permanece en calidad de prófugo y es buscado por elementos de la policía federal ministerial.
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Gobierno de Guerrero da su postura por grupo armado
Adriana Covarrubias| El Universal
22:36Acapulco, Guerrero | Lunes 02 de diciembre de 2013
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/2013/grupo-armado-estado-de-derecho-gobierno-970085.html
Notas Relacionadas:
Surge nuevo grupo armado en Guerrero 20:36
Nada puede exigirse a través del exhorto al levantamiento armado, señala
El gobierno de Guerrero aseguró que ninguna reivindicación de cualquier tipo puede exigirse a través del exhorto al levantamiento armado ya que en Guerrero y en México se tiene los cauces legales para la resolución de conflictos.
En un comunicado emitido por el gobierno del estado, da su postura en cuanto a la aparición del grupo autodenominado Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias-Liberación del Pueblo en el estado de Guerrero, y que presumiblemente busca reivindicar causas sociales.
"Ninguna reivindicación de cualquier tipo puede exigirse a través del exhorto al levantamiento armado, sobre todo porque en México y en Guerrero se tienen los cauces legales para la resolución de conflictos".
Asimismo informó que a través de los poderes de la entidad se tienen los lineamientos legales para dirimir diferencias, sin necesidad de violentar las leyes.
"En Guerrero se respeta el estado de derecho, y se combaten los delitos de acuerdo con los lineamientos constitucionales y legales; y corresponde a la autoridad jurisdiccional determinar la presunta responsabilidad de los involucrados en ilícitos", señala el comunicado.
El gobierno del estado aseguró que se mantiene la disposición de atender las demandas de las diferentes organizaciones sociales, y para ello hay canales gubernamentales de las distintas instancias de gobierno.
Note: too good not to pass on.
Arizona authorities catch suspects after chase
By Associated Press
Originally published: Dec 2, 2013 - 7:26 pm
http://ktar.com/22/1682041/Arizona-authorities-catch-suspects-after-chase
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. -- Two men are in custody following a high-speed chase in Pinal County.
Sheriff's spokesman Tim Gaffney says it started Sunday after officers got a call about people loading bundles of marijuana into a vehicle near Interstate 8.
The vehicle sped away after being spotted by a deputy. The pursuit hit speeds in excess of 100 mph.
The car eventually stopped. Gaffney says the driver, 25-year-old Ruben Soto-Gonzalez, ran through a nearby dairy farm and was tripped by a farm worker, causing him to fall face down in manure and to be stepped on by a startled cow.
The suspect hit the worker before being taken into custody.
The passenger, 40-year-old Daniel Aguilar-Alvarez, was found hiding under a bush.
Inside the vehicle, deputies found 160 pounds of marijuana worth $120,000.
END
Desmiente la PGR captura de Caro Quintero
Fuentes de la Procuraduría General de la República indicaron que se desconoce el origen de las versiones que motivaron que esa versión y que fueron tomando fuerza en redes sociales
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2013/12/02/931716
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 2 de diciembre.- Hasta la noche de este lunes no había elementos para confirmar la recaptura del narcotraficante Rafael Caro Quintero, informaron fuentes de la Procuraduría General de la República (PGR).
Se indicó que se desconoce el origen de las versiones que motivaron que esa versión y que fueron tomando fuerza en redes sociales.
El pasado 9 de agosto el narcotraficante Rafael Caro Quintero salió del penal de Máxima Seguridad de Puente Grande, Jalisco, tras la resolución de un juez federal.
El primer tribunal colegiado de Guadalajara concedió un amparo al ex líder del cártel de Guadalajara, quien llevaba 28 años en prisión como presunto responsable de delitos contra la salud y por la muerte del agente de la Agencia Antidrogas de Estados Unidos (DEA por sus siglas en inglés) Enrique Camarena Salazar, cometido en 1985.
Desde la madrugada del 9 de agosto de 2013 Caro Quintero permanece en calidad de prófugo y es buscado por elementos de la policía federal ministerial.
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Gobierno de Guerrero da su postura por grupo armado
Adriana Covarrubias| El Universal
22:36Acapulco, Guerrero | Lunes 02 de diciembre de 2013
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/2013/grupo-armado-estado-de-derecho-gobierno-970085.html
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Surge nuevo grupo armado en Guerrero 20:36
Nada puede exigirse a través del exhorto al levantamiento armado, señala
El gobierno de Guerrero aseguró que ninguna reivindicación de cualquier tipo puede exigirse a través del exhorto al levantamiento armado ya que en Guerrero y en México se tiene los cauces legales para la resolución de conflictos.
En un comunicado emitido por el gobierno del estado, da su postura en cuanto a la aparición del grupo autodenominado Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias-Liberación del Pueblo en el estado de Guerrero, y que presumiblemente busca reivindicar causas sociales.
"Ninguna reivindicación de cualquier tipo puede exigirse a través del exhorto al levantamiento armado, sobre todo porque en México y en Guerrero se tienen los cauces legales para la resolución de conflictos".
Asimismo informó que a través de los poderes de la entidad se tienen los lineamientos legales para dirimir diferencias, sin necesidad de violentar las leyes.
"En Guerrero se respeta el estado de derecho, y se combaten los delitos de acuerdo con los lineamientos constitucionales y legales; y corresponde a la autoridad jurisdiccional determinar la presunta responsabilidad de los involucrados en ilícitos", señala el comunicado.
El gobierno del estado aseguró que se mantiene la disposición de atender las demandas de las diferentes organizaciones sociales, y para ello hay canales gubernamentales de las distintas instancias de gobierno.
Sunday, December 8, 2013
AZMEX F&F EXTRA 6-12-13 b
AZMEX F&F EXTRA 6 DEC 2013
Note: Many hundreds of "Hispanics" AKA Mexicans still dead as a direct result of the Obama administration's scheme to go after 2nd Amendment rights in the U.S. Also seldom mentioned, how much did / does corruption have to do with it? Ref. also AZMEX UPDATE 6-12-13
How the US gave guns to Mexican cartels
By John DodsonDecember 1, 2013 | 4:26am
http://nypost.com/2013/12/01/book-excerpt-how-america-gave-guns-to-mexican-drug-cartels/
In September 2009, John Dodson, an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, was assigned to the ATF's Phoenix office. What he found there shocked him. The bureau was encouraging gun dealers to sell weapons in bulk to known straw buyers, who would funnel those guns to Mexican drug cartels. Known as Operation Fast and Furious, it ended with the death of at least one American law enforcement officer. Dodson became a congressional whistleblower, and the investigation into the operation is ongoing. In this exclusive excerpt from his new book, "The Unarmed Truth," Dodson explains how tragically inept Fast and Furious was.
'It's like the underwear gnomes," my ATF colleague Lee Casa told me one time as we recounted the latest bizarre goings-on in Phoenix.
"What?" I asked.
"You ever watch 'South Park'? There's this episode where all the boys get their underwear stolen by these underwear gnomes. They track them down to get it back and one of them asks why they are stealing everyone's underwear. The gnomes break out this PowerPoint and reveal their master plan: Phase One: Collect underpants . . . Phase Two: ? . . . Phase Three: Profit."
"We're doing the same thing," he explained. "We know Phase One is 'Walk guns' and Phase Three is 'Take down a big cartel!' "
Both of us were laughing now; a more fitting and appropriate allegory could never be found. Casa concluded, "Just nobody can figure out what the f–k Phase Two is!"
What was happening did at times almost seem like a spoof. Letting guns "walk" was a tactic that I had never before seen or even contemplated. It simply wasn't done.
I couldn't understand how anyone could argue that allowing guns that ought to have been in law-enforcement custody to go to known or suspected criminals — people who shouldn't have been near a gun, people who almost certainly would be passing them on to Mexico's most brutal drug cartels — wasn't madness.
JUST WATCHING
As the weeks went on, it was the same routine. Hope MacAllister, the case agent for the operation she dubbed "Fast and Furious," would get a call from a gun dealer advising that one of our low-level knuckleheads was in the store, or on their way there, and purchasing high quantities of the same make and model weapons all at one time.
We'd rush out to the respective gun shop, set up in the parking lot, and watch, taking pictures or video as they exited the store, arms full of boxes containing weapons. Sometimes there would be so many, they would have to wheel them out on a store cart. Then we watched as they loaded them into their vehicles and then casually drove away. One of the suspects purchased as much as 40 AK-variant rifles in the same day.
As had become our routine, we would follow the straw purchasers to a stash house or other location. On occasion, they would meet up with another vehicle and pass box after box from one car to the other. I struggled to reconcile us knowing what was in each one of those boxes, where the guns were headed to, and what they were going to be used for, with how could we just watch them drive away.
There were several times we actually saw money change hands. We were ordered to always stay on the known straw purchaser, the one we already knew everything about, rather than follow the new player who left with the guns.
We recorded everything we witnessed, wrote reports about it each time and kept every document. Other than that, we just allowed it all to happen month after month.
In all, we watched thousands of weapons leave, all bound for the carnage-riddled fron‑tera, the Mexican border.
TAKING HOLIDAYS OFF
One rung above this group of straws, and still very much a pawn by cartel standards, was Manuel Celis-Acosta. Short and stocky, in his mid-30s with dark hair atop his full face, Acosta was a first-level manager and organizer. Acosta was running his own straw-purchasing ring. He appeared to be a subcontractor for various drug-trafficking organizations and drug cartels.
We had Acosta identified from the beginning. We knew who he was and what rung of the ladder he occupied.
We even had his network mapped out. One of the frequent purchasers on his behalf was Jacob Chambers (before being dubbed "Fast and Furious," after the movie of the same name, our investigation was titled after him). In that beginning phase, Hope had done a routine query of several federal law-enforcement and phone-number databases to see if any of our targets had pinged any other agency's radar. They had.
On Dec. 15, 2009, DEA agents working on a similar case met with Hope. Dubbed a "deconfliction" meeting, it became clear that ATF and DEA were working some of the same people.
Since the case didn't involve drugs, the DEA agents were eager to punt whatever information they had about firearms trafficking to ATF.
Shortly thereafter, DEA called again and dropped a fresh new nugget of intel. Acosta was planning a transfer of 32 semiautomatic AK-variant rifles to his cartel contacts in El Paso who would then take them the rest of the way into Mexico. The break of all breaks — it doesn't get any better than that.
If the purpose of the case is to stop firearms trafficking, then you interdict this load and shut the group down. If the purpose was to get evidence on Acosta, DEA had just provided all that was needed to catch him in the act. If the purpose was to do a wire, DEA was already up on one and intercepting Acosta's calls on the other end. If the purpose was to take down a cartel, DEA had just given us the chance to jump one rung of the ladder higher than Acosta before we ever even got up and running.
However, four days later, on Dec. 19, 2009, when DEA called with more information about the pending weapons transfer, Hope outrageously told them that we were too short on bodies because of Christmas to staff a surveillance team and so we wouldn't be covering it.
DEA later learned through their case that the delivery had in fact taken place, just as their sources said it would, in El Paso, Texas, on Dec. 22. Thirty-two more guns to the cartels.
CIRCLE OF IDIOCY
Later, in March 2010, DEA again contacted ATF with yet more intelligence. Agents from another one of their divisions had fully identified the suspect to whom they believed Acosta had delivered the weapons in El Paso.
Then DEA dropped a bomb: Through their own deconfliction protocols, they had learned that those two suspects, both above Acosta in hierarchy, were already subjects of a joint DEA-FBI investigation being worked out of another division that had begun back on Dec. 9, 2009.
This was major news, or at least should have been. If those higher than Acosta were already being investigated by other federal agents, then, like it or not, our case had a ceiling imposed. There was no reason to keep following Acosta because we couldn't get to his bosses; they were already wrapped up by the other investigation, which had priority since it involved a higher level of criminal element.
Later we learned that these folks Acosta was reporting to weren't just targets of the joint DEA-FBI investigation; they had been cultivated as informants and were in fact assets of the FBI. More shocking, they had been using FBI money to ultimately purchase a significant portion of the firearms.
Take the government out of this equation and nothing gets done. No guns get purchased, because there is no FBI money to pay for them; no guns get sold, because ATF is not coercing the gun dealers to sell them; and no guns get trafficked, because ATF is not using the guise of a "big case" to allow it all to happen.
And yet the Justice Department was happy to let the farce continue, telling my ATF bosses they were doing a great job.
You can't make this s–t up!
LOSING TRACK
I had suggested that we use GPS trackers so that we could better track the weapons and ensure their interdiction before making it south of the border. When my bosses agreed, I felt a sense of relief. Finally we were going to start doing something.
We hid a GPS device into an AK-variant rifle. One of the straws took the bait and purchased the rifle harboring the GPS along with a group of others. As so many times before, we had enough to arrest him on the spot, but we let him drive out of the parking lot with a trunk full of guns. This time, at least, we could track the guns.
We were told to keep a loose surveillance; no need to risk heating them up — to let the GPS tracker do its job.
"Seventeen South," Hope said over the radio as she relayed the information she was getting over the phone. "Still southbound— Passing Camelback Road."
Unknown to Casa and I, there was a delay in the information we were getting; the GPS was being monitored by a technician who was then relaying the information to an analyst, who then relayed it over the phone to Hope in the Strike Force office, who then relayed it over the radio to us. Although it was ridiculous that so many links need to be in the chain in the first place (we should have had the capability to monitor the GPS directly), it wasn't overly problematic, until . . .
Hope's voice came out over the radio, "Does anyone have eyes on the vehicle?"
Shaking my head, I thought, You told us to stay back so we couldn't be seen; if it can't see us — we probably can't see it.
Someone answered, "Negative."
After a brief pause, the radio crackled again as Hope's voice broke the static: "We've lost the tracker. It may have went down or gone somewhere where the signal can't get out."
Looking around as I drove the last known route it was headed, I saw warehouses, storage facilities, acres of tractor trailers parked alongside each other as if someone had sat out a giant set of dominoes, and nearly an entire city block covered with shipping containers and Conex boxes stacked 30 feet high, three or four deep.
My head on a swivel looking around for the vehicle, I pressed hard on the mic key and asked, "Last known location?"
"Fifty-First near Buckeye," she answered. "Eleven minutes ago."
Eleven minutes ago! Do you have any idea what can happen in eleven minutes? How far a vehicle can travel in eleven minutes? Needless to say — it was gone.
The maiden voyage of our tracker had lasted less than an hour. Back at the office, the only concern expressed was for the loss of the GPS equipment and their having to account for that.
The guns getting away . . . well, that was business as usual.
TRAGEDY OF 'FURIOUS'
One of the regular straw buyers was a man named Jaime Avila. Many times I remember following him in frustration after buys beginning in December 2009. We tracked his many purchases. We listed him in our database. We knew, in real time, whenever he purchased a weapon or when one he had purchased was recovered at a violent crime somewhere along the border.
The only things we hadn't ever done: interdict him, arrest him, interview him or anything else that might hinder his firearms trafficking.
On Dec. 14, 2010, Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry came across a group of suspected illegal immigrants near Mexico.
He was shot and killed by an AK-47 variant rifle.
It was a gun Avila had bought in January 2010. A gun we let go.
Some politicians and the media like to think the Fast and Furious scandal is over, that we know what happened and it's no big deal. But three years later, the White House still refuses to release all documents on the operation. Officials refuse to say who knew about the gun walking. The Mexican government say 211 people have been killed by guns from Fast and Furious, including police officers. The body count will only increase.
And Attorney General Eric Holder, despite being held in contempt by Congress, still has a job.
We gave thousands of guns to Mexican drug cartels. Americans died. Where is the outrage?
Copyright (c) 2013 by John Dodson from the forthcoming book "The Unarmed Truth" by John Dodson. To be published by Threshold Editions, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., this Tuesday. Printed by permission.
Note: Many hundreds of "Hispanics" AKA Mexicans still dead as a direct result of the Obama administration's scheme to go after 2nd Amendment rights in the U.S. Also seldom mentioned, how much did / does corruption have to do with it? Ref. also AZMEX UPDATE 6-12-13
How the US gave guns to Mexican cartels
By John DodsonDecember 1, 2013 | 4:26am
http://nypost.com/2013/12/01/book-excerpt-how-america-gave-guns-to-mexican-drug-cartels/
In September 2009, John Dodson, an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, was assigned to the ATF's Phoenix office. What he found there shocked him. The bureau was encouraging gun dealers to sell weapons in bulk to known straw buyers, who would funnel those guns to Mexican drug cartels. Known as Operation Fast and Furious, it ended with the death of at least one American law enforcement officer. Dodson became a congressional whistleblower, and the investigation into the operation is ongoing. In this exclusive excerpt from his new book, "The Unarmed Truth," Dodson explains how tragically inept Fast and Furious was.
'It's like the underwear gnomes," my ATF colleague Lee Casa told me one time as we recounted the latest bizarre goings-on in Phoenix.
"What?" I asked.
"You ever watch 'South Park'? There's this episode where all the boys get their underwear stolen by these underwear gnomes. They track them down to get it back and one of them asks why they are stealing everyone's underwear. The gnomes break out this PowerPoint and reveal their master plan: Phase One: Collect underpants . . . Phase Two: ? . . . Phase Three: Profit."
"We're doing the same thing," he explained. "We know Phase One is 'Walk guns' and Phase Three is 'Take down a big cartel!' "
Both of us were laughing now; a more fitting and appropriate allegory could never be found. Casa concluded, "Just nobody can figure out what the f–k Phase Two is!"
What was happening did at times almost seem like a spoof. Letting guns "walk" was a tactic that I had never before seen or even contemplated. It simply wasn't done.
I couldn't understand how anyone could argue that allowing guns that ought to have been in law-enforcement custody to go to known or suspected criminals — people who shouldn't have been near a gun, people who almost certainly would be passing them on to Mexico's most brutal drug cartels — wasn't madness.
JUST WATCHING
As the weeks went on, it was the same routine. Hope MacAllister, the case agent for the operation she dubbed "Fast and Furious," would get a call from a gun dealer advising that one of our low-level knuckleheads was in the store, or on their way there, and purchasing high quantities of the same make and model weapons all at one time.
We'd rush out to the respective gun shop, set up in the parking lot, and watch, taking pictures or video as they exited the store, arms full of boxes containing weapons. Sometimes there would be so many, they would have to wheel them out on a store cart. Then we watched as they loaded them into their vehicles and then casually drove away. One of the suspects purchased as much as 40 AK-variant rifles in the same day.
As had become our routine, we would follow the straw purchasers to a stash house or other location. On occasion, they would meet up with another vehicle and pass box after box from one car to the other. I struggled to reconcile us knowing what was in each one of those boxes, where the guns were headed to, and what they were going to be used for, with how could we just watch them drive away.
There were several times we actually saw money change hands. We were ordered to always stay on the known straw purchaser, the one we already knew everything about, rather than follow the new player who left with the guns.
We recorded everything we witnessed, wrote reports about it each time and kept every document. Other than that, we just allowed it all to happen month after month.
In all, we watched thousands of weapons leave, all bound for the carnage-riddled fron‑tera, the Mexican border.
TAKING HOLIDAYS OFF
One rung above this group of straws, and still very much a pawn by cartel standards, was Manuel Celis-Acosta. Short and stocky, in his mid-30s with dark hair atop his full face, Acosta was a first-level manager and organizer. Acosta was running his own straw-purchasing ring. He appeared to be a subcontractor for various drug-trafficking organizations and drug cartels.
We had Acosta identified from the beginning. We knew who he was and what rung of the ladder he occupied.
We even had his network mapped out. One of the frequent purchasers on his behalf was Jacob Chambers (before being dubbed "Fast and Furious," after the movie of the same name, our investigation was titled after him). In that beginning phase, Hope had done a routine query of several federal law-enforcement and phone-number databases to see if any of our targets had pinged any other agency's radar. They had.
On Dec. 15, 2009, DEA agents working on a similar case met with Hope. Dubbed a "deconfliction" meeting, it became clear that ATF and DEA were working some of the same people.
Since the case didn't involve drugs, the DEA agents were eager to punt whatever information they had about firearms trafficking to ATF.
Shortly thereafter, DEA called again and dropped a fresh new nugget of intel. Acosta was planning a transfer of 32 semiautomatic AK-variant rifles to his cartel contacts in El Paso who would then take them the rest of the way into Mexico. The break of all breaks — it doesn't get any better than that.
If the purpose of the case is to stop firearms trafficking, then you interdict this load and shut the group down. If the purpose was to get evidence on Acosta, DEA had just provided all that was needed to catch him in the act. If the purpose was to do a wire, DEA was already up on one and intercepting Acosta's calls on the other end. If the purpose was to take down a cartel, DEA had just given us the chance to jump one rung of the ladder higher than Acosta before we ever even got up and running.
However, four days later, on Dec. 19, 2009, when DEA called with more information about the pending weapons transfer, Hope outrageously told them that we were too short on bodies because of Christmas to staff a surveillance team and so we wouldn't be covering it.
DEA later learned through their case that the delivery had in fact taken place, just as their sources said it would, in El Paso, Texas, on Dec. 22. Thirty-two more guns to the cartels.
CIRCLE OF IDIOCY
Later, in March 2010, DEA again contacted ATF with yet more intelligence. Agents from another one of their divisions had fully identified the suspect to whom they believed Acosta had delivered the weapons in El Paso.
Then DEA dropped a bomb: Through their own deconfliction protocols, they had learned that those two suspects, both above Acosta in hierarchy, were already subjects of a joint DEA-FBI investigation being worked out of another division that had begun back on Dec. 9, 2009.
This was major news, or at least should have been. If those higher than Acosta were already being investigated by other federal agents, then, like it or not, our case had a ceiling imposed. There was no reason to keep following Acosta because we couldn't get to his bosses; they were already wrapped up by the other investigation, which had priority since it involved a higher level of criminal element.
Later we learned that these folks Acosta was reporting to weren't just targets of the joint DEA-FBI investigation; they had been cultivated as informants and were in fact assets of the FBI. More shocking, they had been using FBI money to ultimately purchase a significant portion of the firearms.
Take the government out of this equation and nothing gets done. No guns get purchased, because there is no FBI money to pay for them; no guns get sold, because ATF is not coercing the gun dealers to sell them; and no guns get trafficked, because ATF is not using the guise of a "big case" to allow it all to happen.
And yet the Justice Department was happy to let the farce continue, telling my ATF bosses they were doing a great job.
You can't make this s–t up!
LOSING TRACK
I had suggested that we use GPS trackers so that we could better track the weapons and ensure their interdiction before making it south of the border. When my bosses agreed, I felt a sense of relief. Finally we were going to start doing something.
We hid a GPS device into an AK-variant rifle. One of the straws took the bait and purchased the rifle harboring the GPS along with a group of others. As so many times before, we had enough to arrest him on the spot, but we let him drive out of the parking lot with a trunk full of guns. This time, at least, we could track the guns.
We were told to keep a loose surveillance; no need to risk heating them up — to let the GPS tracker do its job.
"Seventeen South," Hope said over the radio as she relayed the information she was getting over the phone. "Still southbound— Passing Camelback Road."
Unknown to Casa and I, there was a delay in the information we were getting; the GPS was being monitored by a technician who was then relaying the information to an analyst, who then relayed it over the phone to Hope in the Strike Force office, who then relayed it over the radio to us. Although it was ridiculous that so many links need to be in the chain in the first place (we should have had the capability to monitor the GPS directly), it wasn't overly problematic, until . . .
Hope's voice came out over the radio, "Does anyone have eyes on the vehicle?"
Shaking my head, I thought, You told us to stay back so we couldn't be seen; if it can't see us — we probably can't see it.
Someone answered, "Negative."
After a brief pause, the radio crackled again as Hope's voice broke the static: "We've lost the tracker. It may have went down or gone somewhere where the signal can't get out."
Looking around as I drove the last known route it was headed, I saw warehouses, storage facilities, acres of tractor trailers parked alongside each other as if someone had sat out a giant set of dominoes, and nearly an entire city block covered with shipping containers and Conex boxes stacked 30 feet high, three or four deep.
My head on a swivel looking around for the vehicle, I pressed hard on the mic key and asked, "Last known location?"
"Fifty-First near Buckeye," she answered. "Eleven minutes ago."
Eleven minutes ago! Do you have any idea what can happen in eleven minutes? How far a vehicle can travel in eleven minutes? Needless to say — it was gone.
The maiden voyage of our tracker had lasted less than an hour. Back at the office, the only concern expressed was for the loss of the GPS equipment and their having to account for that.
The guns getting away . . . well, that was business as usual.
TRAGEDY OF 'FURIOUS'
One of the regular straw buyers was a man named Jaime Avila. Many times I remember following him in frustration after buys beginning in December 2009. We tracked his many purchases. We listed him in our database. We knew, in real time, whenever he purchased a weapon or when one he had purchased was recovered at a violent crime somewhere along the border.
The only things we hadn't ever done: interdict him, arrest him, interview him or anything else that might hinder his firearms trafficking.
On Dec. 14, 2010, Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry came across a group of suspected illegal immigrants near Mexico.
He was shot and killed by an AK-47 variant rifle.
It was a gun Avila had bought in January 2010. A gun we let go.
Some politicians and the media like to think the Fast and Furious scandal is over, that we know what happened and it's no big deal. But three years later, the White House still refuses to release all documents on the operation. Officials refuse to say who knew about the gun walking. The Mexican government say 211 people have been killed by guns from Fast and Furious, including police officers. The body count will only increase.
And Attorney General Eric Holder, despite being held in contempt by Congress, still has a job.
We gave thousands of guns to Mexican drug cartels. Americans died. Where is the outrage?
Copyright (c) 2013 by John Dodson from the forthcoming book "The Unarmed Truth" by John Dodson. To be published by Threshold Editions, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., this Tuesday. Printed by permission.
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AZMEX POLICY 6 DEC 2013
*Media Advisory* Chairman Salmon to Convene Field Hearing in Tucson
Dec 4, 2013 Press Release
Will explore ways to improve security and facilitate commerce with Mexico at America's southern border
ARIZONA—Chairman Matt Salmon (AZ-05) will be convening an open FIELD hearing of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere on promoting the best practices in U.S.-Mexico trade. Details are below:
DATE:
Monday, December 9, 2013
TIME:
10:00 a.m. MT
LOCATION:
Tucson City Council – City Hall
255 West Alameda Street
Tucson, Arizona, 85701
SUBJECT:
Improving Security and Facilitating Commerce with Mexico at America's Southern Border
WITNESSES:
Panel I
The Honorable Alan Bersin, Assistant Secretary, Office of International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Panel II
Mr. Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Council of the Americas and Americas Society
Mr. Glenn Hamer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Ms. Lea Márquez Peterson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Timothy C. Hutchens, Executive Vice President and Head Federal Lessor Advisory Group, CBRE, Inc.
Mr. Christopher Wilson, Associate, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
PARTICIPANTS:
Chairman Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
Ranking Member Albio Sires (D-NJ), Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Rep. Ron Barber (D-AZ), Member of Congress
Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ), Member of Congress
MEDIA RSVP:
All media required to RSVP to Kristine.Michalson@mail.house.gov or (202) 870-4973 by 12 p.m. by Friday, December 6, 2013.
*NOTE: Witnesses may be added.
###
http://salmon.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/media-advisory-chairman-salmon-to-convene-field-hearing-in-tucson
*Media Advisory* Chairman Salmon to Convene Field Hearing in Tucson
Dec 4, 2013 Press Release
Will explore ways to improve security and facilitate commerce with Mexico at America's southern border
ARIZONA—Chairman Matt Salmon (AZ-05) will be convening an open FIELD hearing of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere on promoting the best practices in U.S.-Mexico trade. Details are below:
DATE:
Monday, December 9, 2013
TIME:
10:00 a.m. MT
LOCATION:
Tucson City Council – City Hall
255 West Alameda Street
Tucson, Arizona, 85701
SUBJECT:
Improving Security and Facilitating Commerce with Mexico at America's Southern Border
WITNESSES:
Panel I
The Honorable Alan Bersin, Assistant Secretary, Office of International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Panel II
Mr. Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Council of the Americas and Americas Society
Mr. Glenn Hamer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Ms. Lea Márquez Peterson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Timothy C. Hutchens, Executive Vice President and Head Federal Lessor Advisory Group, CBRE, Inc.
Mr. Christopher Wilson, Associate, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
PARTICIPANTS:
Chairman Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
Ranking Member Albio Sires (D-NJ), Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Rep. Ron Barber (D-AZ), Member of Congress
Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ), Member of Congress
MEDIA RSVP:
All media required to RSVP to Kristine.Michalson@mail.house.gov or (202) 870-4973 by 12 p.m. by Friday, December 6, 2013.
*NOTE: Witnesses may be added.
###
http://salmon.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/media-advisory-chairman-salmon-to-convene-field-hearing-in-tucson
Friday, December 6, 2013
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AZMEX UPDATE 1 DEC 2013
Local interest from couple months back.
Sonoyta cops got 10 new Beretta pistols and 20 extra mags, replacing some very old revolvers.
Also 500 rounds of Aguila 9mm.
end
Also local interest from last week Mostly computer english
Group of gunmen confront army near Altar
Written by AM Group
11/26/2013
http://diariodeldesierto.com.mx/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6615&Itemid=44
Altar, Son - . A shootout , but so far none have been reported killed or injured , occurred the evening of Monday at the ejido September 16 , in the municipality of Altar, where members of a gang braved the Mexican Army , who repelled the attack , trying to stop them.
Although it has not yet any official information, unofficially managed to know that after the skirmish alerted the inhabitants of that ejido settlement and neighboring populations, such as Altar, Llano Blanco, Pitiquito and Caborca, were 3 vehicles i and 7 large caliber weapons seized , plus radio equipment , but not the militant gunmen who managed to escape to the mountain, one of the many gaps there are in the vicinity , aboard an armored vehicle.
Learned that a convoy was driving suspiciously in the vicinity of the ejido September 16 and the fear of the people , someone alerted authorities , arriving moments later the military detected them, but instead of stopping, began shooting and a chase began , leaving abandoned between ' tracatera ' , a luxurious armored vehicle , a BMW X5 , gray , a crew cab pickup Dodge RAM, brown and a Toyota Tundra, gray , all late model .
1 AR -15, 2 semi auto pistols, 40 and 45, respectively, and tactical radio equipment and four AK- 47 rifles , also recovered.
For military personnel no casualties or injuries were reported , while in one of the seized trucks had blood stains, according to federal and state police officers who came to support the Mexican Army .
end
Says Caro Quintero : " I had to pay already"
Organización Editorial Mexicana
December 1, 2013
http://www.oem.com.mx/tribunadesanluis/notas/n3211068.htm
DPA
Mexico City - . Fugitive drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero , who under questions left a prison last August, sent a letter to the Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto , which says that he already paid off his debt to justice .
In the letter, the former leader of the defunct Guadalajara Cartel asks the Mexican president " not be pressured by vengeance and revenge of America" for the assassination of former agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration Enrique " Kiki " Camarena , by that he was tried .
"What we had to pay already ," said the boss , who was arrested in April 1985 in Costa Rica and sentenced in Mexico to the maximum penalty of 40 years in prison for the kidnapping , torture and murder of Camarena and his pilot that year , as well as cultivation and trafficking of marijuana.
The letter was sent by Caro Quintero 's lawyers last November 19 at the Ministry of the Interior (Interior Ministry ) and the Attorney General 's Office ( PGR ) .
Sinaloa Ends November with 89 murders
According to reports from the PGJE , so far in 2013 have been committed in Sinaloa at least 1,123 intentional homicides
IONSA
01-12-2013
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=913168
CULIACÁN._ With eight more murders than October, November, according to statistics from the Attorney General of Sinaloa, during the past 30 days 89 intentional homicides in the state.
The innocent victims , among which three minors , the appearance of narcomantas , and the arrest of the son of Ismael " El Mayo" Zambada, a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel , were other events that marked the month that ended yesterday .
According to reports from the PGJE , so far this 2013 have been committed in Sinaloa at least one thousand 123 intentional homicides , so the number of officials and news reports said that the mandate of Mario López Valdez, have been killed a total of 4,497 people .
Three cases that the attention of the public are the deaths of three children, the first was recorded on Monday, 4 at the time a 13- year-old was gunned down along with his uncle, a former agent of the State Preventive Police in the fractionation Urbi Villas del Roble.
For Sunday 24 , the scene was repeated , after an armed group that had killed a man in the community of Villa Angel Flores, " La Palma " Navolato , attacked a family traveling in a car, where he died an under 15 days and a family of the deceased who was injured .
On Monday 25 new account holders the media broke the news of the death of a minor who studied high school, who died after being attacked in front of the Normal School of Sinaloa , Colonia Libertad.
END
Note : no other info on Juan Francisco
9 alleged drug dealers arrested in Narvarte , two are foreign
Posted on November 29, 2013 by Staff
There are a Colombian and an American .
http://riodoce.mx/narcotrafico-2/detienen-9-presuntos-narcos-en-la-narvarte-dos-son-extranjeros
Elements of the Federal Police arrested nine members of a drug trafficking network with connections in the United States and South America in two homes in the Narvarte . They seized several kilos of cocaine, marijuana , crystal and six firearms.
Official data indicate that among those arrested is a citizen of Colombian origin identified as Vallardo León González Rojas and another with U.S. passport named Juan Francisco Benavides Montañez .
The other detainees names Zerecero Velo Arturo Raul Palacios Barrera, Carlos Alberto Izaguirre Garcia, Fernando Rodriguez Cantu, Juan Gabriel Gonzalez Molina , Daniel Carosilva Francisco Sierra , Luis Alberto Villalpando Terrazas.
The investigation started from citizen reports indicating that there were several armed men carrying suspicious activity in two buildings of Narvarte , so the Federal Police implement operational intelligence and monitoring.
This allowed the agents to locate four suspects leaving a house in the Central Axis who realizing the presence of the officers tried to return but were stopped there was no confrontation.
Continued operations at the second address in the street Casas Grandes , where they detained five others. There were two trucks with several packages wrapped in tape were located .
A total of 4.7 kilograms of marijuana, 7 kilos of cocaine, 2.3 kilos of crystal , and six firearms were seized . The PGR will continue with investigations . (24 HOURS)
END
Local interest from couple months back.
Sonoyta cops got 10 new Beretta pistols and 20 extra mags, replacing some very old revolvers.
Also 500 rounds of Aguila 9mm.
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Also local interest from last week Mostly computer english
Group of gunmen confront army near Altar
Written by AM Group
11/26/2013
http://diariodeldesierto.com.mx/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6615&Itemid=44
Altar, Son - . A shootout , but so far none have been reported killed or injured , occurred the evening of Monday at the ejido September 16 , in the municipality of Altar, where members of a gang braved the Mexican Army , who repelled the attack , trying to stop them.
Although it has not yet any official information, unofficially managed to know that after the skirmish alerted the inhabitants of that ejido settlement and neighboring populations, such as Altar, Llano Blanco, Pitiquito and Caborca, were 3 vehicles i and 7 large caliber weapons seized , plus radio equipment , but not the militant gunmen who managed to escape to the mountain, one of the many gaps there are in the vicinity , aboard an armored vehicle.
Learned that a convoy was driving suspiciously in the vicinity of the ejido September 16 and the fear of the people , someone alerted authorities , arriving moments later the military detected them, but instead of stopping, began shooting and a chase began , leaving abandoned between ' tracatera ' , a luxurious armored vehicle , a BMW X5 , gray , a crew cab pickup Dodge RAM, brown and a Toyota Tundra, gray , all late model .
1 AR -15, 2 semi auto pistols, 40 and 45, respectively, and tactical radio equipment and four AK- 47 rifles , also recovered.
For military personnel no casualties or injuries were reported , while in one of the seized trucks had blood stains, according to federal and state police officers who came to support the Mexican Army .
end
Says Caro Quintero : " I had to pay already"
Organización Editorial Mexicana
December 1, 2013
http://www.oem.com.mx/tribunadesanluis/notas/n3211068.htm
DPA
Mexico City - . Fugitive drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero , who under questions left a prison last August, sent a letter to the Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto , which says that he already paid off his debt to justice .
In the letter, the former leader of the defunct Guadalajara Cartel asks the Mexican president " not be pressured by vengeance and revenge of America" for the assassination of former agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration Enrique " Kiki " Camarena , by that he was tried .
"What we had to pay already ," said the boss , who was arrested in April 1985 in Costa Rica and sentenced in Mexico to the maximum penalty of 40 years in prison for the kidnapping , torture and murder of Camarena and his pilot that year , as well as cultivation and trafficking of marijuana.
The letter was sent by Caro Quintero 's lawyers last November 19 at the Ministry of the Interior (Interior Ministry ) and the Attorney General 's Office ( PGR ) .
Sinaloa Ends November with 89 murders
According to reports from the PGJE , so far in 2013 have been committed in Sinaloa at least 1,123 intentional homicides
IONSA
01-12-2013
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=913168
CULIACÁN._ With eight more murders than October, November, according to statistics from the Attorney General of Sinaloa, during the past 30 days 89 intentional homicides in the state.
The innocent victims , among which three minors , the appearance of narcomantas , and the arrest of the son of Ismael " El Mayo" Zambada, a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel , were other events that marked the month that ended yesterday .
According to reports from the PGJE , so far this 2013 have been committed in Sinaloa at least one thousand 123 intentional homicides , so the number of officials and news reports said that the mandate of Mario López Valdez, have been killed a total of 4,497 people .
Three cases that the attention of the public are the deaths of three children, the first was recorded on Monday, 4 at the time a 13- year-old was gunned down along with his uncle, a former agent of the State Preventive Police in the fractionation Urbi Villas del Roble.
For Sunday 24 , the scene was repeated , after an armed group that had killed a man in the community of Villa Angel Flores, " La Palma " Navolato , attacked a family traveling in a car, where he died an under 15 days and a family of the deceased who was injured .
On Monday 25 new account holders the media broke the news of the death of a minor who studied high school, who died after being attacked in front of the Normal School of Sinaloa , Colonia Libertad.
END
Note : no other info on Juan Francisco
9 alleged drug dealers arrested in Narvarte , two are foreign
Posted on November 29, 2013 by Staff
There are a Colombian and an American .
http://riodoce.mx/narcotrafico-2/detienen-9-presuntos-narcos-en-la-narvarte-dos-son-extranjeros
Elements of the Federal Police arrested nine members of a drug trafficking network with connections in the United States and South America in two homes in the Narvarte . They seized several kilos of cocaine, marijuana , crystal and six firearms.
Official data indicate that among those arrested is a citizen of Colombian origin identified as Vallardo León González Rojas and another with U.S. passport named Juan Francisco Benavides Montañez .
The other detainees names Zerecero Velo Arturo Raul Palacios Barrera, Carlos Alberto Izaguirre Garcia, Fernando Rodriguez Cantu, Juan Gabriel Gonzalez Molina , Daniel Carosilva Francisco Sierra , Luis Alberto Villalpando Terrazas.
The investigation started from citizen reports indicating that there were several armed men carrying suspicious activity in two buildings of Narvarte , so the Federal Police implement operational intelligence and monitoring.
This allowed the agents to locate four suspects leaving a house in the Central Axis who realizing the presence of the officers tried to return but were stopped there was no confrontation.
Continued operations at the second address in the street Casas Grandes , where they detained five others. There were two trucks with several packages wrapped in tape were located .
A total of 4.7 kilograms of marijuana, 7 kilos of cocaine, 2.3 kilos of crystal , and six firearms were seized . The PGR will continue with investigations . (24 HOURS)
END
AZMEX EXTRA 6-12-13
AZMEX EXTRA 6 DEC 2013
Note: If really a automatic weapon / submachine gun, as reported, what happened to those much more serious charges?
Weapons supplied by BATFE?
Stash house sentry gets 1.5 years prison
Posted: Friday, December 6, 2013 8:58 am
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/stash-house-sentry-gets-years-prison/article_41b8105a-5e8f-11e3-9c5f-001a4bcf887a.html
A second Mexican man who was arrested while guarding nearly 2,500 pounds of marijuana at a stash house in Rio Rico was sentenced to 1.5 years in state prison.
Judge James A. Soto sentenced Paul Chavez-Portillo, 23, of Carboneras, Sinaloa to the mitigated term on Nov. 25, three weeks after he sentenced co-defendant Jose Luis Dominguez de la Rosa, 46, of Santa Cruz, Sonora, to 2.5 years in prison. Both men pleaded guilty to one count of solicitation/unlawful transportation of marijuana for sale, a Class 4 felony.
Chavez and Dominguez were apprehended on June 18 when members of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-led HIDTA Task Force found them trying to sneak out the back of a house on Adobe Court that had been stocked with the marijuana load as well as
a 9mm semi-automatic pistol,
a 9mm submachine gun,
a .22-caliber rifle and
57 rounds of ammunition.
According to court documents, Dominguez had been approached earlier in June by someone who offered him $4,000 to guard the stash house. Chavez, on the other hand, was reportedly brought to the house by a migrant smuggler who was supposed to take him to Phoenix. Only after the smuggler dropped him off at the house did he realize that marijuana would be stored there.
Even so, Chavez's presentence report says that he admitted to law enforcement that he knew he'd be paid for watching the stash.
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AZMEX EXTRA 1 DEC 2013
Rising Texas gun sales add to ATF agents' workload
Posted: Saturday, November 30, 2013 4:11 pm | Updated: 11:04 am, Sun Dec 1, 2013.
Associated Press |
http://www.themonitor.com/news/state/article_ac92224f-5b74-5874-bc44-ed4f95c511ab.html
Federal agents tasked with slowing the flow of guns from Houston to Mexican drug cartels face manpower challenges in one of the nation's most high-volume areas for firearm sales.
The Houston Chronicle reports ( http://bit.ly/1hpfqbb) that the Houston area has more than 1,600 licensed firearms dealers. As a result, more people have access to guns in Houston and the surrounding counties than anywhere else in the country, according to the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Texas already has more gun dealers than any other state, and more than 1.1 million Texans have sought clearance to buy firearms this year, the newspaper reported.
The ATF Houston Division, meanwhile, has 67 agents and 25 civilian investigators in the area, as well as additional analysts and support personnel. By comparison, there are approximately five times as many FBI agents based in Houston.
Houston remains the leading source of guns that are recovered from the scenes of organized crime killings in Mexico and are successfully traced back to where they were first sold over the counter, according to the agency.
"We are looking for the needle in the haystack, and the haystack is all the gun purchases," said Todd Reichert, an assistant special agent in charge of the Houston division, which is the agency's largest in the country.
Agency officials told the newspaper that due to manpower limitations, the goal is to inspect dealers at least once every four years. Dealers can't have their books audited by ATF more than once a year.
The ATF isn't always popular in this state, where people still remember the Waco siege 20 years ago of the Branch Davidians' compound. The agency has also drawn scrutiny for the more recent "Fast and Furious" blunder that let guns flow from Arizona to Mexico in an attempt to infiltrate smuggling rings.
Larry Karson, an assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Houston-Downtown, said the ATF has taken plenty of heat, but that it also sends agents on undercover missions that other agencies shy away from.
"Few other organizations will take the time, trouble and expense to deal with the dangers of going undercover against bikers or radical militia organizations," said Karson, a retired Customs Service agent.
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Information from: Houston Chronicle, http://www.houstonchronicle.com
Rising Texas gun sales add to ATF agents' workload
Posted: Saturday, November 30, 2013 4:11 pm | Updated: 11:04 am, Sun Dec 1, 2013.
Associated Press |
http://www.themonitor.com/news/state/article_ac92224f-5b74-5874-bc44-ed4f95c511ab.html
Federal agents tasked with slowing the flow of guns from Houston to Mexican drug cartels face manpower challenges in one of the nation's most high-volume areas for firearm sales.
The Houston Chronicle reports ( http://bit.ly/1hpfqbb) that the Houston area has more than 1,600 licensed firearms dealers. As a result, more people have access to guns in Houston and the surrounding counties than anywhere else in the country, according to the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Texas already has more gun dealers than any other state, and more than 1.1 million Texans have sought clearance to buy firearms this year, the newspaper reported.
The ATF Houston Division, meanwhile, has 67 agents and 25 civilian investigators in the area, as well as additional analysts and support personnel. By comparison, there are approximately five times as many FBI agents based in Houston.
Houston remains the leading source of guns that are recovered from the scenes of organized crime killings in Mexico and are successfully traced back to where they were first sold over the counter, according to the agency.
"We are looking for the needle in the haystack, and the haystack is all the gun purchases," said Todd Reichert, an assistant special agent in charge of the Houston division, which is the agency's largest in the country.
Agency officials told the newspaper that due to manpower limitations, the goal is to inspect dealers at least once every four years. Dealers can't have their books audited by ATF more than once a year.
The ATF isn't always popular in this state, where people still remember the Waco siege 20 years ago of the Branch Davidians' compound. The agency has also drawn scrutiny for the more recent "Fast and Furious" blunder that let guns flow from Arizona to Mexico in an attempt to infiltrate smuggling rings.
Larry Karson, an assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Houston-Downtown, said the ATF has taken plenty of heat, but that it also sends agents on undercover missions that other agencies shy away from.
"Few other organizations will take the time, trouble and expense to deal with the dangers of going undercover against bikers or radical militia organizations," said Karson, a retired Customs Service agent.
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Information from: Houston Chronicle, http://www.houstonchronicle.com
AZMEX UPDATE 30-11-13 b
AZMEX UPDATE 30 NOV 2013
Note: Mostly local. Lucha Villa would have been 77 today.
Note: East of Douglas, AZ, from Chapo's home town.
Riddle two Sinaloenses in AP (Auga Prieta, Son.) , one dies
Details Published on Saturday 30 November 2013 , written by Editor / The Journal
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=23195
Agua Prieta
Agents of the State Police Investigating inquire into the events around kilometer 155 +200 in the Agua Prieta - Janos road, where one person was killed and another was injured when assaulted with a firearm projectiles .
The person who lost his life by the name of Margarito Gonzalez Loya , 34 years old , who was originally from Badiraguato , Sinaloa , had been established in the colony López Nogales in this city and had a history for the crimes of federal law .
While the injured person by the name of Ernesto González Serrano, 19-year- old native of Badiraguato , Sinaloa and domiciled in the colony Nuevo Progreso in this city , which resulted in the same two superficial wounds caused by gun fire .
According to the statement by the injured today , Margarito and he were in a restaurant located on the edge of the road, where the deceased was ingesting alcoholic beverages today .
He added that when they left the restaurant, male person asked them raite , so the three boarded a vehicle brand Honda line Accord, of black color, model 2008 , with Arizona plates , same which was driven by Gonzalez Loya .
Taking the road and about 50 meters forward said subject shot them repeatedly prompting Margarito lost control unit and a tractor-trailer slammed into the Kenworth , blue , platform type, which circulated from west to east .
end
Two brothers shot with ' goat horn '
Details Published on Wednesday 27 November 2013 ,
Written by Editor / The Journal
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=23072
Yécora
Apodaca and Joel Villa Erick were shot near his home in Yécora .
Gunmen executed two residents of the town of Yécora brothers to shoot with assault rifles repeatedly to surprise them when traveling aboard a pick up near a stream .
According to reports from the authorities of the Attorney General of the state agents and state police Investigator investigating this double murder.
Agents PEI announced that these bloody incident took place yesterday morning at approximately 11:30 hours , at the the place known as Arroyo Seco .
The victims the names of Erick and Joel , both surnamed Villa Apodaca , 32 and 31 years old respectively , who were originating and residing in the town of Yécora .
According to preliminary investigations conducted by members of the PEI , victims circulated aboard a Ford vehicle brand, type pick up, white, 2005 model . Upon arrival near the stream known as Rancho Viejo , were attacked by unknown who shot them repeatedly .
In place of the staff made of Expert Services of the Attorney General of the State secured several long gun shell casings .
From the facts attested the Public Prosecutor of the Common Jurisdiction who ordered the transporting the bodies to the measures of law.
Stole a AR -15 and killed by police
police shoot man who took rifle as they tried to stop him in Emiliano Zapata
IONSA
30-11-2013
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=912946
CULIACÁN._ After stripping his rifle from a policeman who tried to stop him, and allegedly repeatedly shooting against the officers , a neighbor in Emiliano Zapata , who also carried a machete , was shot dead by the guardians of assigned to surveillance by the people.
Relatives of the victim said Loza named Guillermo Valenzuela , 45 years old, and had his residence in the community of Pueblos Unidos , belonging to the aforementioned receivership.
Police said that minutes after 13:00 pm received a report that a man walking by the square of Pueblos Unidos carrying a machete in his hands , generating fear among the residents.
An immediate municipal volunteer went to the place and found the suspect walking with the knife in his hands, right in front of the village church .
It was in those moments that Loza Valenzuela grabbed an AR- 15 rifle from the one that sought to take the machete , with which presumably fired at police.
Faced with the threat of being killed , other officers used their weapons and fired by the man , who was gunned down by the bullets of the police , to the astonishment of the villagers.
Minutes later the area was crowded by officers and curious , so the presence of the Public Prosecutor Specialized Intentional Homicide , who together with experts from the criminalísticos PGJE work performed to confirm or reject the version requested municipal .
VICTIM
Guillermo Valenzuela Loza
Age : 45 years
Address: Pueblos Unidos , Emiliano Zapata
Acribillan a Sinaloenses en AP; uno muere
Detalles Publicado el Sabado 30 de Noviembre de 2013, Escrito por Redacción / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=23195
Agua Prieta
Agentes de la Policía Estatal Investigadora indagan sobre los hechos ocurridos alrededor de en el kilómetro 155+200 de la carretera Agua Prieta-Janos, donde perdió la vida una persona del sexo masculino y otra más resultó lesionada al ser agredidas con proyectiles de arma de fuego.
La persona que perdió la vida respondía al nombre de Margarito González Loya, de 34 años de edad, quien era originario de Badiraguato, Sinaloa; contaba con domicilio en la colonia López Nogales en esta ciudad y tenía historial por el delito del Fuero Federal.
Mientras que la persona lesionada responde al nombre de Ernesto González Serrano, de 19 años de edad, originario de Badiraguato, Sinaloa; con domicilio en la colonia Nuevo Progreso de esta población, mismo que resultó con dos heridas superficiales producidas por proyectil de arma de fuego.
De acuerdo a lo manifestado por el hoy lesionado, Margarito y él se encontraban en un restaurante ubicado a la orilla de la carretera, donde el hoy fallecido estuvo ingiriendo bebidas embriagantes.
Añadió que cuando salieron del restaurante, una persona del sexo masculino les pidió raite, por lo que los tres abordaron un vehículo de la marca Honda, línea Accord, de color negro, modelo 2008 , con placas de Arizona, mismo que era conducido por González Loya.
Al tomar la carretera y avanzar alrededor de 50 metros dicho sujeto les disparó en repetidas ocasiones, lo que provocó que Margarito perdiera el control de la unidad y se impactara contra un tractocamión de la marca Kenworth, de color azul, tipo plataforma, el cual circulaba de Poniente a Oriente.
Ejecutan a dos Hermanos con 'cuerno de chivo'
Detalles Publicado el Miercoles 27 de Noviembre de 2013,
Escrito por Redacción / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=23072
Yécora
Erick y Joel Apodaca Villa fueron acribillados cerca de su domicilio en Yécora.
Gatilleros ejecutaron a dos hermanos residentes del poblado de Yécora al dispararles con fusiles de asalto en repetidas ocasiones, al sorprenderlos cuando viajaban a bordo de un pick up cerca de un arroyo.
De acuerdo a los reportes de las autoridades de la Procuraduría General de Justicia del estado, agentes de la Policía estatal Investigadora ya investigan este doble asesinato.
Agentes La PEI dio a conocer que estos hechos sangrientos se registraron ayer en la mañana aproximadamente a las 11:30 horas, a la altura del lugar conocido como arroyo Seco.
Las víctimas respondían a los nombres de Erick y Joel, ambos de apellido Apodaca Villa, de 32 y 31 años de edad respectivamente, quienes eran originarios y con domicilio en la población de Yécora.
De acuerdo a las primeras indagatorias realizadas por elementos de la PEI, las víctimas circulaban a bordo de un vehículo de la marca Ford, tipo pick up, de color blanco, modelo 2005. Al llegar al lugar conocido como arroyo Rancho Viejo, fueron agredidos por desconocidos quienes les dispararon en repetidas ocasiones.
En el lugar de los hechos personal de Servicios Periciales de la Procuraduría General de Justicia del Estado aseguró varios casquillos percutidos de arma larga.
De los hechos dio fe el Agente del Ministerio Público del Fuero Común quien ordenó el levantamiento y traslado del cuerpo para realizar las diligencias de ley.
Despoja AR-15 a policía y lo matan
Disparan policías contra un hombre que le quitó el rifle de cargo a un elemento cuando intentaban detenerlo, en Emiliano Zapata
IONSA
30-11-2013
Peritos de la PGJE recaban evidencias en el lugar.
Fotografía: IONSA.
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=912946
CULIACÁN._ Después de despojar de su rifle de cargo a un policía municipal que intentó detenerlo, y de supuestamente accionarlo en varias ocasiones contra los agentes, un vecino de Emiliano Zapata, que también portaba un machete, fue abatido a balazos por los guardianes del orden adscritos a la vigilancia del pueblo.
Familiares de la víctima indicaron que se llamaba Guillermo Loza Valenzuela, de 45 años de edad, y tenía su residencia en la comunidad de Pueblos Unidos, perteneciente a la sindicatura antes mencionada.
Policías indicaron que minutos después de las 13:00 horas recibieron el reporte de que un hombre que caminaba por la plazuela de Pueblos Unidos portaba un machete en sus manos, lo que generaba temor entre los pobladores.
De inmediato una volanta de municipales se trasladó al lugar y encontró al sospechoso que caminaba con el arma blanca en sus manos, justo frente a la iglesia del pueblo, por lo que le marcaron el alto a fin de someterlo.
Fue en esos momentos que Loza Valenzuela le arrebató un rifle AR-15 a uno de los preventivos que pretendía quitarle el machete, con el cual presumiblemente disparó contra los uniformados.
Ante la amenaza de ser asesinados, otros policías usaron sus armas de cargo y dispararon contra el hombre, quien cayó abatido por las balas de los gendarmes, frente a la mirada atónita de los pobladores.
Minutos después la zona se vio abarrotada por oficiales y curiosos, por lo que se solicitó la presencia del Agente del Ministerio Público Especializado en Homicidios Dolosos, quien en compañía de peritos de la PGJE realizaron los trabajos criminalísticos para confirmar o rechazar la versión de los municipales.
VÍCTIMA
Guillermo Loza Valenzuela
Edad: 45 años
Domicilio: Pueblos Unidos, Emiliano Zapata
Note: Mostly local. Lucha Villa would have been 77 today.
Note: East of Douglas, AZ, from Chapo's home town.
Riddle two Sinaloenses in AP (Auga Prieta, Son.) , one dies
Details Published on Saturday 30 November 2013 , written by Editor / The Journal
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=23195
Agua Prieta
Agents of the State Police Investigating inquire into the events around kilometer 155 +200 in the Agua Prieta - Janos road, where one person was killed and another was injured when assaulted with a firearm projectiles .
The person who lost his life by the name of Margarito Gonzalez Loya , 34 years old , who was originally from Badiraguato , Sinaloa , had been established in the colony López Nogales in this city and had a history for the crimes of federal law .
While the injured person by the name of Ernesto González Serrano, 19-year- old native of Badiraguato , Sinaloa and domiciled in the colony Nuevo Progreso in this city , which resulted in the same two superficial wounds caused by gun fire .
According to the statement by the injured today , Margarito and he were in a restaurant located on the edge of the road, where the deceased was ingesting alcoholic beverages today .
He added that when they left the restaurant, male person asked them raite , so the three boarded a vehicle brand Honda line Accord, of black color, model 2008 , with Arizona plates , same which was driven by Gonzalez Loya .
Taking the road and about 50 meters forward said subject shot them repeatedly prompting Margarito lost control unit and a tractor-trailer slammed into the Kenworth , blue , platform type, which circulated from west to east .
end
Two brothers shot with ' goat horn '
Details Published on Wednesday 27 November 2013 ,
Written by Editor / The Journal
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Yécora
Apodaca and Joel Villa Erick were shot near his home in Yécora .
Gunmen executed two residents of the town of Yécora brothers to shoot with assault rifles repeatedly to surprise them when traveling aboard a pick up near a stream .
According to reports from the authorities of the Attorney General of the state agents and state police Investigator investigating this double murder.
Agents PEI announced that these bloody incident took place yesterday morning at approximately 11:30 hours , at the the place known as Arroyo Seco .
The victims the names of Erick and Joel , both surnamed Villa Apodaca , 32 and 31 years old respectively , who were originating and residing in the town of Yécora .
According to preliminary investigations conducted by members of the PEI , victims circulated aboard a Ford vehicle brand, type pick up, white, 2005 model . Upon arrival near the stream known as Rancho Viejo , were attacked by unknown who shot them repeatedly .
In place of the staff made of Expert Services of the Attorney General of the State secured several long gun shell casings .
From the facts attested the Public Prosecutor of the Common Jurisdiction who ordered the transporting the bodies to the measures of law.
Stole a AR -15 and killed by police
police shoot man who took rifle as they tried to stop him in Emiliano Zapata
IONSA
30-11-2013
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=912946
CULIACÁN._ After stripping his rifle from a policeman who tried to stop him, and allegedly repeatedly shooting against the officers , a neighbor in Emiliano Zapata , who also carried a machete , was shot dead by the guardians of assigned to surveillance by the people.
Relatives of the victim said Loza named Guillermo Valenzuela , 45 years old, and had his residence in the community of Pueblos Unidos , belonging to the aforementioned receivership.
Police said that minutes after 13:00 pm received a report that a man walking by the square of Pueblos Unidos carrying a machete in his hands , generating fear among the residents.
An immediate municipal volunteer went to the place and found the suspect walking with the knife in his hands, right in front of the village church .
It was in those moments that Loza Valenzuela grabbed an AR- 15 rifle from the one that sought to take the machete , with which presumably fired at police.
Faced with the threat of being killed , other officers used their weapons and fired by the man , who was gunned down by the bullets of the police , to the astonishment of the villagers.
Minutes later the area was crowded by officers and curious , so the presence of the Public Prosecutor Specialized Intentional Homicide , who together with experts from the criminalísticos PGJE work performed to confirm or reject the version requested municipal .
VICTIM
Guillermo Valenzuela Loza
Age : 45 years
Address: Pueblos Unidos , Emiliano Zapata
Acribillan a Sinaloenses en AP; uno muere
Detalles Publicado el Sabado 30 de Noviembre de 2013, Escrito por Redacción / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/nota.php?nota=23195
Agua Prieta
Agentes de la Policía Estatal Investigadora indagan sobre los hechos ocurridos alrededor de en el kilómetro 155+200 de la carretera Agua Prieta-Janos, donde perdió la vida una persona del sexo masculino y otra más resultó lesionada al ser agredidas con proyectiles de arma de fuego.
La persona que perdió la vida respondía al nombre de Margarito González Loya, de 34 años de edad, quien era originario de Badiraguato, Sinaloa; contaba con domicilio en la colonia López Nogales en esta ciudad y tenía historial por el delito del Fuero Federal.
Mientras que la persona lesionada responde al nombre de Ernesto González Serrano, de 19 años de edad, originario de Badiraguato, Sinaloa; con domicilio en la colonia Nuevo Progreso de esta población, mismo que resultó con dos heridas superficiales producidas por proyectil de arma de fuego.
De acuerdo a lo manifestado por el hoy lesionado, Margarito y él se encontraban en un restaurante ubicado a la orilla de la carretera, donde el hoy fallecido estuvo ingiriendo bebidas embriagantes.
Añadió que cuando salieron del restaurante, una persona del sexo masculino les pidió raite, por lo que los tres abordaron un vehículo de la marca Honda, línea Accord, de color negro, modelo 2008 , con placas de Arizona, mismo que era conducido por González Loya.
Al tomar la carretera y avanzar alrededor de 50 metros dicho sujeto les disparó en repetidas ocasiones, lo que provocó que Margarito perdiera el control de la unidad y se impactara contra un tractocamión de la marca Kenworth, de color azul, tipo plataforma, el cual circulaba de Poniente a Oriente.
Ejecutan a dos Hermanos con 'cuerno de chivo'
Detalles Publicado el Miercoles 27 de Noviembre de 2013,
Escrito por Redacción / El Diario
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Yécora
Erick y Joel Apodaca Villa fueron acribillados cerca de su domicilio en Yécora.
Gatilleros ejecutaron a dos hermanos residentes del poblado de Yécora al dispararles con fusiles de asalto en repetidas ocasiones, al sorprenderlos cuando viajaban a bordo de un pick up cerca de un arroyo.
De acuerdo a los reportes de las autoridades de la Procuraduría General de Justicia del estado, agentes de la Policía estatal Investigadora ya investigan este doble asesinato.
Agentes La PEI dio a conocer que estos hechos sangrientos se registraron ayer en la mañana aproximadamente a las 11:30 horas, a la altura del lugar conocido como arroyo Seco.
Las víctimas respondían a los nombres de Erick y Joel, ambos de apellido Apodaca Villa, de 32 y 31 años de edad respectivamente, quienes eran originarios y con domicilio en la población de Yécora.
De acuerdo a las primeras indagatorias realizadas por elementos de la PEI, las víctimas circulaban a bordo de un vehículo de la marca Ford, tipo pick up, de color blanco, modelo 2005. Al llegar al lugar conocido como arroyo Rancho Viejo, fueron agredidos por desconocidos quienes les dispararon en repetidas ocasiones.
En el lugar de los hechos personal de Servicios Periciales de la Procuraduría General de Justicia del Estado aseguró varios casquillos percutidos de arma larga.
De los hechos dio fe el Agente del Ministerio Público del Fuero Común quien ordenó el levantamiento y traslado del cuerpo para realizar las diligencias de ley.
Despoja AR-15 a policía y lo matan
Disparan policías contra un hombre que le quitó el rifle de cargo a un elemento cuando intentaban detenerlo, en Emiliano Zapata
IONSA
30-11-2013
Peritos de la PGJE recaban evidencias en el lugar.
Fotografía: IONSA.
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=912946
CULIACÁN._ Después de despojar de su rifle de cargo a un policía municipal que intentó detenerlo, y de supuestamente accionarlo en varias ocasiones contra los agentes, un vecino de Emiliano Zapata, que también portaba un machete, fue abatido a balazos por los guardianes del orden adscritos a la vigilancia del pueblo.
Familiares de la víctima indicaron que se llamaba Guillermo Loza Valenzuela, de 45 años de edad, y tenía su residencia en la comunidad de Pueblos Unidos, perteneciente a la sindicatura antes mencionada.
Policías indicaron que minutos después de las 13:00 horas recibieron el reporte de que un hombre que caminaba por la plazuela de Pueblos Unidos portaba un machete en sus manos, lo que generaba temor entre los pobladores.
De inmediato una volanta de municipales se trasladó al lugar y encontró al sospechoso que caminaba con el arma blanca en sus manos, justo frente a la iglesia del pueblo, por lo que le marcaron el alto a fin de someterlo.
Fue en esos momentos que Loza Valenzuela le arrebató un rifle AR-15 a uno de los preventivos que pretendía quitarle el machete, con el cual presumiblemente disparó contra los uniformados.
Ante la amenaza de ser asesinados, otros policías usaron sus armas de cargo y dispararon contra el hombre, quien cayó abatido por las balas de los gendarmes, frente a la mirada atónita de los pobladores.
Minutos después la zona se vio abarrotada por oficiales y curiosos, por lo que se solicitó la presencia del Agente del Ministerio Público Especializado en Homicidios Dolosos, quien en compañía de peritos de la PGJE realizaron los trabajos criminalísticos para confirmar o rechazar la versión de los municipales.
VÍCTIMA
Guillermo Loza Valenzuela
Edad: 45 años
Domicilio: Pueblos Unidos, Emiliano Zapata
AZMEX SPECIAL 30-11-13 b
AZMEX SPECIAL 30 NOV 2013
Note: long but interesting, computer english
Posted on November 24, 2013 by Miguel Angel Vega
The mysterious arrested Serafin Zambada Sera
Another blow to el mayo
http://riodoce.mx/narcotrafico-2/las-entranas-del-arresto-de-serafin-zambada
In mid-February 2012, the Justice Department of the United States opened a preliminary investigation against Ortiz Serafin Zambada , son of one of the men most wanted by the DEA, who is accused of drug trafficking.
Unlike other cases where they reveal details about the charges faced by the accused , the document states that only 13CR3575 Serafin is introducing drugs into the U.S. years, although not required where the introduced , or what their modus operandi . Nor reveals accomplices.
That preliminary investigation would be the main reason for a federal court for the Southern District of California issued an arrest warrant against the Seraphim September 27, 2013 . Precisely during those same dates, the defense of the brother of this , Vicente Zambada Niebla, continued waging a fierce battle with U.S. tax , which had caused the judge Ruben Castillo and again postponed the start of the trial citing " the sensitivity of allegations " . According to the DoJ , both cases are isolated and the only cause that forced detention Sera was to bring to justice those who were conspiring against the United States. Sources close to the family, however, does not feel the same and suggest a "witch hunt " against Zambada .
Until last Wednesday afternoon , Serafin Zambada Ortiz , barely 23 years old , crossed the border with the United States and across the living room of her home. Nothing could stop him , even if it was the son of one of the most wanted drug traffickers by the DEA because, as an American citizen , had the Constitution on their side.
But that Wednesday afternoon November 20 would change everything . Serafin, along with his wife Yameli Torres, submitted documents to the broker at the port of DeConcini (Nogales) , who sent them to revise a second review , then place in a room where they made wait "while clarifying everything."
"It is a routine matter " would have explained to them the agent.
Until then there was no need to worry . Serafin was born on May 27 in the city of Coronado , belonging to the County of San Diego in California, and had everything in order, why he had not alarmed.
Several minutes later, DEA agents stormed the waiting room , took Serafin shoulders , handcuffed him and told him he was under arrest for a series of outstanding bills he had in San Diego. Yameli His wife was told as she could go .
And she was the one who reported directly to the family of Seraphim that he had been arrested .
Low blow for Mayo
The arrest was maintained in complete secrecy. Neither the DEA nor the DOJ informed the media or anyone on the arrest of the son of Mayo, who according to close family sources Zambada , kept a low profile to the extent that neither the Mexican authorities had boletinado .
United States in turn had sealed both the record as the warrant that was against him, and everything was kept in complete secrecy . With the stealth Seraphim was arrested and days later, on Thursday, November 21 , was presented before a federal judge in the city of Tucson, all behind closed doors.
" It was a preliminary hearing only to explain why the defendant had stopped him . Once you are transferred to a court for the Southern District of California, charges will be presented there , "agreed the DOJ to Ríodoce .
What is striking is that the arrest came amid a controversy that is already going on for a couple of years , and in federal court for the Central District of Illinois, where the half-brother Serafin, Vicente Zambada Niebla , said again and again that he acted with the permission of the DEA agents , who allowed him to make their illicit exchange for information on the whereabouts of the enemy of the Sinaloa cartel activities.
"They informed us about operations that could affect us, because it suggested that it was better to deal with one cartel rather than knowing several , his motto was divide and conquer ," explained Zambada Niebla 's defense during a preliminary hearing in mid- March 2012.
The arrest happened Vicentillo five months after the Federal Police stop in San Angel in Mexico City , Jesus Reynaldo Zambada , after information leaked enemies of the Sinaloa cartel .
With the arrest of Vicentillo , the Mayo Zambada suffered a blow not only to the flowchart of the cartel , but emotionally , since the Vicentillo was not only her son and friend, but the future successor organization to the extent that , first , the Mayo Zambada gave the face during an interview with the journalist Julio Scherer .
"My son, I cry ," had recognized the capo against the journalist.
But after the court declared war Vicentillo the U.S. government , some suggest that the arrest could be linked to Serafin Zambada Niebla process , and that more than anything is a blow to the cartel Mayo.
Story of a debacle
When elements of the Mexican Army Special Forces were distributed around a home security Bureaucrat colony in Culiacan, to arrest Alfredo Beltran Leyva Mochomo , then one of the strong men of Joaquin El Chapo Guzman and Ismael Zambada May , nobody imagined the consequences that such detention was to have short, medium and long term.
Then the federal government celebrated with great fanfare the arrest, which the government of Calderón fragmented structure of the Sinaloa cartel .
The reality behind that statement was generated in Mexico an unprecedented war , both within and outside the cartel .
According to the record PGR/SIEDO/UEIDCS/0241/2008 , following the arrest of Alfredo Beltran Leyva, the Mochomo , which occurred in January 2008 in Culiacan, Sinaloa , Arturo Beltran Leyva angrily demanded to Mayo Zambada and Chapo Guzman, that was how possible that no one would have noticed the presence of the military as "medium Culiacan " was on the payroll of the cartel, just to report on irregularities in the city.
The result of that claim was a war to the death between two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel , which not only caused the death of hundreds of people during clashes throughout the country , but also that people on both sides who had relationships with high control Federal Police whistles spend about where people stood opposite , either Mayo or Barbas .
One of those warnings, as the record shows , have occurred in May 2008 when members received an alert that Beltran Leyva was in a safe house in the state of Morelos, and upon receiving the alert , hundreds of agents moved to the site , but Barbas locate the group , they were fired upon . Two federal agents were killed that night , one Carlos Lopez , a native of Eldorado, Sinaloa.
The Barbas would also respond with whistles , the stronger would be the one where Jesus would arrest Rey Zambada , Colonia San Angel Mexico City in October of that year .
Reports continue until the death of Barbas , who apparently also have been delivered but not specify who made the accusation.
Note that , for every whistle that came to the authorities, the respondent charged an unspecified amount of money, while the officer was collecting information received similar amount .
The social life of Seraphim *
Serafin Zambada , like his brother Ismael Zambada, the Mayito Gordo, lived a dissipated life in Culiacan, partied with frequent forays into social networks, where upload yourself and your family, your tastes and even photographs their pets.
In his Twitter account @ ZambadaSerafin , son of capo displays watches , vans , ATVs , cars ( including a Bentley) , golden weapons , bags of marijuana, a lion and a cheetah.
In a picture last July 14 boasts two full bags of hydroponic marijuana, both marked with the label Hollyweed , a local selling marijuana on the street N., No. 24 Center in Los Angeles , California.
On a photo of 15 July sees his brother Serafin Mayito Gordo on a beach. Scapulars hung from his neck and both holding a glass of beer.
In a July 22 tweet is a woman giving water to a lion. The text accompanying the image reads: " Plebe " .
In a message of 18 July Serafin writes: " Another gift for my brother sends me the morra @ ismaelimperial raffle is old ."
In the picture looks a dozen gifts wrapped in pink paper over a Range Rover with plates scribbled . The photo has a retweet and was bookmarked by twelve people.
That same truck , in another dated July 13 photo, looks out the window a small cheetah.
In other images exhibits a red Ford truck, plates UB -44- 285, Sinaloa.
The Mayito Gordo is another son of Zambada , who is the manager alleged Sinaloa cartel .
In the biography Twitter @ ismaelimperial reads " 20 30 40 pending." In the photos you cover your face but it's accompanying exhibit their tastes : trucks , horses , ATVs, brand shoes, helicopters , alcohol and Watches.
Among the watches is displaying one of the brand Ulysse Nardin . The clock was made in tribute to the Game of Thrones series . The belt carries the legends The Night 's Watch and I am the sword in the Darkness . Editing in Mexico was 25 pieces.
It also boasts the keys to a Porsche, Maserati , Ferrari , accompanied by the message The hard part for me.
The last message Serafin Zambada is dated November 1 and run Majo was Lizarraga . The son of capo has 62 mil followers and he follows 182 people .
On their own, Mayito Gordo has 464 thousand followers and follows 432 people .
Serafin Zambada was arrested Wednesday afternoon at the port of Arizona when he tried to enter the United States with his wife Yemeli Torres.
Most contacts that appear connected to their own part of the new batch of drug dealers and gunmen of the Sinaloa Cartel , Guzmán and Zambada of divisions.
Alfredo Beltrán Guzmán is the son of Alfredo Beltran Leyva, the Mochomo , and nephew of Joaquin Chapo Guzman. He works for the Sinaloa cartel .
A Young Hare is nicknamed escort Damaso Lopez son, nicknamed the Mini Lic , which operates in central Sinaloa.
The Cheyo Eusebio Imperial is one of the bodyguards Mayito Gordo and until recently Aréchiga right arm Rodrigo Gamboa, the Chinese anthrax , which is in charge of security Zambada family.
Iván Guzmán 's son Joaquin Chapo Guzman.
* With information from Proceso
Publicado en noviembre 24, 2013 por Miguel Ángel Vega
El misterioso arrestó de Serafín Zambada el Sera
Otro golpe al Mayo
http://riodoce.mx/narcotrafico-2/las-entranas-del-arresto-de-serafin-zambada
A mediados de febrero de 2012, el Departamento de Justicia de los Estados Unidos abrió una averiguación previa contra Serafín Zambada Ortiz, hijo de uno de los hombres más buscados por la DEA, a quien acusa de tráfico de drogas.
A diferencia de otros expedientes en donde se revelan detalles sobre los cargos que enfrenta un acusado, el documento 13CR3575 solo señala que Serafín tiene años introduciendo droga a Estados Unidos, aunque no precisa por dónde la introducía, ni cuál era su modus operandi. Tampoco revela cómplices.
Esa averiguación previa sería el motivo principal para que una corte federal del Distrito Sur de California emitiera una orden de arresto contra Serafín el 27 de septiembre de 2013. Justamente durante esas mismas fechas, la defensa del medio hermano de este, Vicente Zambada Niebla, continuaba librando una batalla encarnizada con fiscales estadounidense, lo cual había provocado que el juez Rubén Castillo pospusiera una y otra vez el inicio del juicio argumentando "lo delicado de las acusaciones". Según el USDOJ, ambos casos son aislados y la única causa que obligó la detención del Sera fue traer ante la justicia a las personas que estuvieran conspirando contra Estados Unidos. Fuentes cercanas a la familia, sin embargo, no opinan lo mismo y sugieren una "cacería de brujas" en contra de los Zambada.
Hasta antes del pasado miércoles por la tarde, Serafín Zambada Ortiz, de apenas 23 años de edad, cruzaba la frontera con Estados Unidos como cruzar la sala de su casa. Nada lo detenía, aun cuando fuera hijo de uno de los narcotraficantes más buscados por la DEA, ya que, como ciudadano estadounidense, tenía la Constitución de su parte.
Pero la tarde de aquel miércoles 20 de noviembre todo habría de cambiar. Serafín, junto con su esposa Yameli Torres, presentaron sus documentos al agente aduanal en la garita de Concini, y este al revisarlos los mandó a una segunda revisión, para entonces introducirlos en un cuarto en donde los hicieron esperar "mientras se aclaraba todo".
"Es un asunto de rutina", les habría explicado el agente.
Hasta entonces no había por qué preocuparse. Serafín había nacido el 27 de mayo en la ciudad de Coronado, perteneciente al condado de San Diego en California, y tenía todo en regla; no había por qué alarmarse.
Varios minutos después, agentes de la DEA irrumpieron en el cuarto de espera, tomaron a Serafín de los hombros, lo esposaron y le dijeron que estaba bajo arresto por una serie de cuentas pendientes que tenía en la ciudad de San Diego. A su esposa Yameli le dijeron que como ella no tenía cargos, podía irse.
Y ella fue quien informó directamente a la familia de Serafín que este había sido arrestado.
Golpe bajo para el Mayo
El arresto se mantuvo en completo sigilo. Ni la DEA ni el DOJ informaron a los medios ni a nadie sobre la detención del hijo del Mayo, quien según fuentes cercanas a la familia Zambada, mantenía un bajo perfil al grado que ni las autoridades mexicanas lo tenían boletinado.
Estados Unidos a su vez había sellado tanto el expediente como la orden de arresto que tenía en su contra, y todo se mantuvo en completo hermetismo. Con ese sigilo Serafín fue arrestado y un días después, el jueves 21 de noviembre, fue presentado ante un juez federal en la ciudad de Tucson, todo a puertas cerradas.
"Se trató de una audiencia preeliminar solo para explicar al acusado porqué se le había detenido. Una vez que sea transferido a una corte del Distrito Sur de California, ahí se le presentarán cargos", corroboró el DOJ a Ríodoce.
Lo que llama la atención es que el arresto se da en medio de una controversia que viene ocurriendo ya durante un par de años, y en una corte federal del Distrito Central de Illinois, donde el medio hermano de Serafín, Vicente Zambada Niebla, ha señalado una y otra vez que él actuó con el permiso de agentes de la DEA, quienes le permitían realizar sus actividades ilícitas a cambio de información sobre el paradero de los enemigos del cártel de Sinaloa.
"Ellos nos informaban sobre operativos que nos podían afectar, porque sugerían que era preferible tratar con un solo cártel en lugar de saber de varios; su lema era divide y vencerás", expuso la defensa de Zambada Niebla durante una audiencia preeliminar realizada a mediados de marzo de 2012.
La detención del Vicentillo había ocurrido cinco meses después que la Policía Federal detuviera en San Ángel, en la Ciudad de México, a Jesús Reynaldo Zambada, luego de información que filtraran enemigos del cártel de Sinaloa.
Con la detención del Vicentillo, el Mayo Zambada sufrió un duro golpe, no solo al organigrama de su cártel, sino emocionalmente, toda vez que el Vicentillo no solo era su hijo y compadre, sino el futuro sucesor de la organización, al grado que, por primera vez, el Mayo Zambada dio la cara durante una entrevista que concedió al periodista Julio Scherer.
"A mi hijo, lo lloro", había reconocido el capo frente al periodista.
Pero tras la guerra judicial que declaró el Vicentillo al Gobierno de Estados Unidos, hay quienes sugieren que la detención de Serafín pudiera estar ligada al proceso de Zambada Niebla, y que más que nada es un golpe bajo para el cártel del Mayo.
Historia de una debacle
Cuando elementos de Fuerzas Especiales del Ejército Mexicano se distribuyeron alrededor de una casa de seguridad de la colonia Burócrata, en Culiacán, para arrestar a Alfredo Beltrán Leyva el Mochomo, entonces uno de los hombres fuertes de Joaquín el Chapo Guzmán e Ismael el Mayo Zambada, nadie imaginó las consecuencias que esa detención iba a tener a corto, mediano y largo plazo.
Entonces el Gobierno federal festejó con bombo y platillo el arresto, que según el gobierno de Calderón fragmentaba la estructura del cártel de Sinaloa.
La realidad detrás de esa afirmación fue que generó en México una guerra sin precedentes, tanto al interior del cártel como al exterior.
Según el expediente PGR/SIEDO/UEIDCS/0241/2008, tras la detención de Alfredo Beltrán Leyva, el Mochomo, ocurrida en enero de 2008 en Culiacán, Sinaloa, Arturo Beltrán Leyva reclamó airadamente al Mayo Zambada y al Chapo Guzmán, que cómo era posible que nadie se hubiera dado cuenta de la presencia de los militares cuando "medio Culiacán" estaba en la nómina del cártel, precisamente para informar sobre irregularidades en la ciudad.
El resultado de ese reclamo fue una guerra a muerte entre ambas fracciones del cártel de Sinaloa, que no solo ocasionó la muerte de cientos de personas durante enfrentamientos en todo el país, sino que también que gente de ambos bandos que tenían relaciones con altos mando de la Policía Federal, pasaran pitazos sobre los sitios donde se encontraba gente contraria, ya fuera del Mayo o del Barbas.
Uno de esos avisos, según consta en el expediente, habría ocurrido en mayo de 2008, cuando elementos recibieron una alerta de que Beltrán Leyva estaba en una casa de seguridad del estado de Morelos, y que al recibir la alerta, cientos de agentes se desplazaron hacia el lugar, pero al ubicar al grupo del Barbas, fueron recibidos a tiros. Dos agentes federales murieron esa noche, uno de ellos Carlos López, originario de Eldorado, Sinaloa.
El Barbas habría de responder con pitazos también; el más fuerte sería aquel en donde arrestarían a Jesús el Rey Zambada, en la colonia San Ángel de la Ciudad de México, en octubre de ese mismo año.
Los informes continuarían hasta la muerte del Barbas, quien aparentemente también habría sido entregado aunque no se precisa quién hizo la delación.
Cabe destacar que, por cada pitazo que llegaba a las autoridades, el informante cobraba una cantidad no especificada de dinero, mientras que el funcionario que recibía la información colectaba otra cantidad similar.
La vida social de Serafín*
Serafín Zambada, al igual que su hermano Ismael Zambada, el Mayito Gordo, vivía una vida disipada en Culiacán, de fiesta en fiesta y con incursiones frecuentes a las redes sociales, donde sube fotografías suyas y de su familia, de sus gustos y hasta de sus mascotas.
En su cuenta de Twitter @ZambadaSerafin, el hijo del capo exhibe relojes, camionetas, cuatrimotos, automóviles (entre ellos un Bentley), armas doradas, bolsas de mariguana, un león y un guepardo.
En una imagen del 14 de julio pasado presume dos bolsas repletas de mariguana hidropónica, ambas marcadas con la etiqueta Hollyweed, un local que vende mariguana en la calle N., El Centro No. 24 en Los Ángeles, California.
En una foto del 15 de julio se ve a Serafín con su hermano el Mayito Gordo en una playa. De su cuello cuelgan escapularios y ambos sostienen un vaso de cerveza.
En un tuit del 22 de julio se ve a una mujer dándole agua a un león. El texto que acompaña la imagen dice: "La Plebe".
En un mensaje del 18 de julio Serafín escribe: "Otro regalo que me manda mi hermano para la morra @ismaelimperial se la rifa el viejo".
En la imagen se ve una docena de regalos envueltos en papel rosa encima de una camioneta Range Rover con las placas borroneadas. La foto tiene un retuit y fue marcada como favorita por doce personas.
De esa misma camioneta, en otra fotografía fechada el 13 de julio, se asoma por la ventana un guepardo pequeño.
En otras imágenes exhibe una camioneta Ford roja, placas UB-44-285 de Sinaloa.
El Mayito Gordo es otro de los hijos de Zambada, quien es el presunto gerente del cártel de Sinaloa.
En la biografía de Twitter de @ismaelimperial se lee "20 30 40 pendiente". En sus fotos le tapa el rostro a sus acompañantes pero no deja de exhibir sus gustos: camionetas, caballos, cuatrimotos, zapatos de marca, helicópteros, alcohol y relojes.
Entre los relojes que exhibe se encuentra uno de la marca Ulysse Nardin. El reloj fue hecho en homenaje a la serie Game of Thrones. En la correa lleva las leyendas The Night's Watch y I am the sword in the Darkness. La edición en México fue de 25 piezas.
También presume las llaves de un Porsche, un Maserati, un Ferrari, acompañadas del mensaje Lo difícil para mí.
El último mensaje de Serafín Zambada está fechado el 1 de noviembre y está dirigido hacía Majo Lizárraga. El hijo del capo tiene mil 62 seguidores y él sigue a 182 personas.
Por su cuenta, Mayito el Gordo tiene mil 464 seguidores y sigue a 432 personas.
Serafín Zambada fue detenido la tarde del miércoles en la garita de Arizona cuando pretendía ingresar a Estados Unidos en compañía de su esposa Yemeli Torres.
La mayoría de los contactos que aparecen conectados a su cuenta forman parte de la nueva hornada de narcos y gatilleros del cártel de Sinaloa, de las divisiones Zambada y Guzmán.
Alfredo Beltrán Guzmán es hijo de Alfredo Beltrán Leyva, el Mochomo, y sobrino de Joaquín el Chapo Guzmán. Trabaja para el cártel de Sinaloa.
Un joven apodado la Liebre es escolta de Dámaso López hijo, apodado el Mini Lic, que opera en el centro de Sinaloa.
El Cheyo es Eusebio Imperial, uno de los escoltas del Mayito Gordo y hasta hace poco tiempo brazo derecho de Rodrigo Aréchiga Gamboa, el Chino Ántrax, que está a cargo de la seguridad de la familia Zambada.
Iván Guzmán es hijo de Joaquín el Chapo Guzmán.
* Con información de Proceso.
Note: long but interesting, computer english
Posted on November 24, 2013 by Miguel Angel Vega
The mysterious arrested Serafin Zambada Sera
Another blow to el mayo
http://riodoce.mx/narcotrafico-2/las-entranas-del-arresto-de-serafin-zambada
In mid-February 2012, the Justice Department of the United States opened a preliminary investigation against Ortiz Serafin Zambada , son of one of the men most wanted by the DEA, who is accused of drug trafficking.
Unlike other cases where they reveal details about the charges faced by the accused , the document states that only 13CR3575 Serafin is introducing drugs into the U.S. years, although not required where the introduced , or what their modus operandi . Nor reveals accomplices.
That preliminary investigation would be the main reason for a federal court for the Southern District of California issued an arrest warrant against the Seraphim September 27, 2013 . Precisely during those same dates, the defense of the brother of this , Vicente Zambada Niebla, continued waging a fierce battle with U.S. tax , which had caused the judge Ruben Castillo and again postponed the start of the trial citing " the sensitivity of allegations " . According to the DoJ , both cases are isolated and the only cause that forced detention Sera was to bring to justice those who were conspiring against the United States. Sources close to the family, however, does not feel the same and suggest a "witch hunt " against Zambada .
Until last Wednesday afternoon , Serafin Zambada Ortiz , barely 23 years old , crossed the border with the United States and across the living room of her home. Nothing could stop him , even if it was the son of one of the most wanted drug traffickers by the DEA because, as an American citizen , had the Constitution on their side.
But that Wednesday afternoon November 20 would change everything . Serafin, along with his wife Yameli Torres, submitted documents to the broker at the port of DeConcini (Nogales) , who sent them to revise a second review , then place in a room where they made wait "while clarifying everything."
"It is a routine matter " would have explained to them the agent.
Until then there was no need to worry . Serafin was born on May 27 in the city of Coronado , belonging to the County of San Diego in California, and had everything in order, why he had not alarmed.
Several minutes later, DEA agents stormed the waiting room , took Serafin shoulders , handcuffed him and told him he was under arrest for a series of outstanding bills he had in San Diego. Yameli His wife was told as she could go .
And she was the one who reported directly to the family of Seraphim that he had been arrested .
Low blow for Mayo
The arrest was maintained in complete secrecy. Neither the DEA nor the DOJ informed the media or anyone on the arrest of the son of Mayo, who according to close family sources Zambada , kept a low profile to the extent that neither the Mexican authorities had boletinado .
United States in turn had sealed both the record as the warrant that was against him, and everything was kept in complete secrecy . With the stealth Seraphim was arrested and days later, on Thursday, November 21 , was presented before a federal judge in the city of Tucson, all behind closed doors.
" It was a preliminary hearing only to explain why the defendant had stopped him . Once you are transferred to a court for the Southern District of California, charges will be presented there , "agreed the DOJ to Ríodoce .
What is striking is that the arrest came amid a controversy that is already going on for a couple of years , and in federal court for the Central District of Illinois, where the half-brother Serafin, Vicente Zambada Niebla , said again and again that he acted with the permission of the DEA agents , who allowed him to make their illicit exchange for information on the whereabouts of the enemy of the Sinaloa cartel activities.
"They informed us about operations that could affect us, because it suggested that it was better to deal with one cartel rather than knowing several , his motto was divide and conquer ," explained Zambada Niebla 's defense during a preliminary hearing in mid- March 2012.
The arrest happened Vicentillo five months after the Federal Police stop in San Angel in Mexico City , Jesus Reynaldo Zambada , after information leaked enemies of the Sinaloa cartel .
With the arrest of Vicentillo , the Mayo Zambada suffered a blow not only to the flowchart of the cartel , but emotionally , since the Vicentillo was not only her son and friend, but the future successor organization to the extent that , first , the Mayo Zambada gave the face during an interview with the journalist Julio Scherer .
"My son, I cry ," had recognized the capo against the journalist.
But after the court declared war Vicentillo the U.S. government , some suggest that the arrest could be linked to Serafin Zambada Niebla process , and that more than anything is a blow to the cartel Mayo.
Story of a debacle
When elements of the Mexican Army Special Forces were distributed around a home security Bureaucrat colony in Culiacan, to arrest Alfredo Beltran Leyva Mochomo , then one of the strong men of Joaquin El Chapo Guzman and Ismael Zambada May , nobody imagined the consequences that such detention was to have short, medium and long term.
Then the federal government celebrated with great fanfare the arrest, which the government of Calderón fragmented structure of the Sinaloa cartel .
The reality behind that statement was generated in Mexico an unprecedented war , both within and outside the cartel .
According to the record PGR/SIEDO/UEIDCS/0241/2008 , following the arrest of Alfredo Beltran Leyva, the Mochomo , which occurred in January 2008 in Culiacan, Sinaloa , Arturo Beltran Leyva angrily demanded to Mayo Zambada and Chapo Guzman, that was how possible that no one would have noticed the presence of the military as "medium Culiacan " was on the payroll of the cartel, just to report on irregularities in the city.
The result of that claim was a war to the death between two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel , which not only caused the death of hundreds of people during clashes throughout the country , but also that people on both sides who had relationships with high control Federal Police whistles spend about where people stood opposite , either Mayo or Barbas .
One of those warnings, as the record shows , have occurred in May 2008 when members received an alert that Beltran Leyva was in a safe house in the state of Morelos, and upon receiving the alert , hundreds of agents moved to the site , but Barbas locate the group , they were fired upon . Two federal agents were killed that night , one Carlos Lopez , a native of Eldorado, Sinaloa.
The Barbas would also respond with whistles , the stronger would be the one where Jesus would arrest Rey Zambada , Colonia San Angel Mexico City in October of that year .
Reports continue until the death of Barbas , who apparently also have been delivered but not specify who made the accusation.
Note that , for every whistle that came to the authorities, the respondent charged an unspecified amount of money, while the officer was collecting information received similar amount .
The social life of Seraphim *
Serafin Zambada , like his brother Ismael Zambada, the Mayito Gordo, lived a dissipated life in Culiacan, partied with frequent forays into social networks, where upload yourself and your family, your tastes and even photographs their pets.
In his Twitter account @ ZambadaSerafin , son of capo displays watches , vans , ATVs , cars ( including a Bentley) , golden weapons , bags of marijuana, a lion and a cheetah.
In a picture last July 14 boasts two full bags of hydroponic marijuana, both marked with the label Hollyweed , a local selling marijuana on the street N., No. 24 Center in Los Angeles , California.
On a photo of 15 July sees his brother Serafin Mayito Gordo on a beach. Scapulars hung from his neck and both holding a glass of beer.
In a July 22 tweet is a woman giving water to a lion. The text accompanying the image reads: " Plebe " .
In a message of 18 July Serafin writes: " Another gift for my brother sends me the morra @ ismaelimperial raffle is old ."
In the picture looks a dozen gifts wrapped in pink paper over a Range Rover with plates scribbled . The photo has a retweet and was bookmarked by twelve people.
That same truck , in another dated July 13 photo, looks out the window a small cheetah.
In other images exhibits a red Ford truck, plates UB -44- 285, Sinaloa.
The Mayito Gordo is another son of Zambada , who is the manager alleged Sinaloa cartel .
In the biography Twitter @ ismaelimperial reads " 20 30 40 pending." In the photos you cover your face but it's accompanying exhibit their tastes : trucks , horses , ATVs, brand shoes, helicopters , alcohol and Watches.
Among the watches is displaying one of the brand Ulysse Nardin . The clock was made in tribute to the Game of Thrones series . The belt carries the legends The Night 's Watch and I am the sword in the Darkness . Editing in Mexico was 25 pieces.
It also boasts the keys to a Porsche, Maserati , Ferrari , accompanied by the message The hard part for me.
The last message Serafin Zambada is dated November 1 and run Majo was Lizarraga . The son of capo has 62 mil followers and he follows 182 people .
On their own, Mayito Gordo has 464 thousand followers and follows 432 people .
Serafin Zambada was arrested Wednesday afternoon at the port of Arizona when he tried to enter the United States with his wife Yemeli Torres.
Most contacts that appear connected to their own part of the new batch of drug dealers and gunmen of the Sinaloa Cartel , Guzmán and Zambada of divisions.
Alfredo Beltrán Guzmán is the son of Alfredo Beltran Leyva, the Mochomo , and nephew of Joaquin Chapo Guzman. He works for the Sinaloa cartel .
A Young Hare is nicknamed escort Damaso Lopez son, nicknamed the Mini Lic , which operates in central Sinaloa.
The Cheyo Eusebio Imperial is one of the bodyguards Mayito Gordo and until recently Aréchiga right arm Rodrigo Gamboa, the Chinese anthrax , which is in charge of security Zambada family.
Iván Guzmán 's son Joaquin Chapo Guzman.
* With information from Proceso
Publicado en noviembre 24, 2013 por Miguel Ángel Vega
El misterioso arrestó de Serafín Zambada el Sera
Otro golpe al Mayo
http://riodoce.mx/narcotrafico-2/las-entranas-del-arresto-de-serafin-zambada
A mediados de febrero de 2012, el Departamento de Justicia de los Estados Unidos abrió una averiguación previa contra Serafín Zambada Ortiz, hijo de uno de los hombres más buscados por la DEA, a quien acusa de tráfico de drogas.
A diferencia de otros expedientes en donde se revelan detalles sobre los cargos que enfrenta un acusado, el documento 13CR3575 solo señala que Serafín tiene años introduciendo droga a Estados Unidos, aunque no precisa por dónde la introducía, ni cuál era su modus operandi. Tampoco revela cómplices.
Esa averiguación previa sería el motivo principal para que una corte federal del Distrito Sur de California emitiera una orden de arresto contra Serafín el 27 de septiembre de 2013. Justamente durante esas mismas fechas, la defensa del medio hermano de este, Vicente Zambada Niebla, continuaba librando una batalla encarnizada con fiscales estadounidense, lo cual había provocado que el juez Rubén Castillo pospusiera una y otra vez el inicio del juicio argumentando "lo delicado de las acusaciones". Según el USDOJ, ambos casos son aislados y la única causa que obligó la detención del Sera fue traer ante la justicia a las personas que estuvieran conspirando contra Estados Unidos. Fuentes cercanas a la familia, sin embargo, no opinan lo mismo y sugieren una "cacería de brujas" en contra de los Zambada.
Hasta antes del pasado miércoles por la tarde, Serafín Zambada Ortiz, de apenas 23 años de edad, cruzaba la frontera con Estados Unidos como cruzar la sala de su casa. Nada lo detenía, aun cuando fuera hijo de uno de los narcotraficantes más buscados por la DEA, ya que, como ciudadano estadounidense, tenía la Constitución de su parte.
Pero la tarde de aquel miércoles 20 de noviembre todo habría de cambiar. Serafín, junto con su esposa Yameli Torres, presentaron sus documentos al agente aduanal en la garita de Concini, y este al revisarlos los mandó a una segunda revisión, para entonces introducirlos en un cuarto en donde los hicieron esperar "mientras se aclaraba todo".
"Es un asunto de rutina", les habría explicado el agente.
Hasta entonces no había por qué preocuparse. Serafín había nacido el 27 de mayo en la ciudad de Coronado, perteneciente al condado de San Diego en California, y tenía todo en regla; no había por qué alarmarse.
Varios minutos después, agentes de la DEA irrumpieron en el cuarto de espera, tomaron a Serafín de los hombros, lo esposaron y le dijeron que estaba bajo arresto por una serie de cuentas pendientes que tenía en la ciudad de San Diego. A su esposa Yameli le dijeron que como ella no tenía cargos, podía irse.
Y ella fue quien informó directamente a la familia de Serafín que este había sido arrestado.
Golpe bajo para el Mayo
El arresto se mantuvo en completo sigilo. Ni la DEA ni el DOJ informaron a los medios ni a nadie sobre la detención del hijo del Mayo, quien según fuentes cercanas a la familia Zambada, mantenía un bajo perfil al grado que ni las autoridades mexicanas lo tenían boletinado.
Estados Unidos a su vez había sellado tanto el expediente como la orden de arresto que tenía en su contra, y todo se mantuvo en completo hermetismo. Con ese sigilo Serafín fue arrestado y un días después, el jueves 21 de noviembre, fue presentado ante un juez federal en la ciudad de Tucson, todo a puertas cerradas.
"Se trató de una audiencia preeliminar solo para explicar al acusado porqué se le había detenido. Una vez que sea transferido a una corte del Distrito Sur de California, ahí se le presentarán cargos", corroboró el DOJ a Ríodoce.
Lo que llama la atención es que el arresto se da en medio de una controversia que viene ocurriendo ya durante un par de años, y en una corte federal del Distrito Central de Illinois, donde el medio hermano de Serafín, Vicente Zambada Niebla, ha señalado una y otra vez que él actuó con el permiso de agentes de la DEA, quienes le permitían realizar sus actividades ilícitas a cambio de información sobre el paradero de los enemigos del cártel de Sinaloa.
"Ellos nos informaban sobre operativos que nos podían afectar, porque sugerían que era preferible tratar con un solo cártel en lugar de saber de varios; su lema era divide y vencerás", expuso la defensa de Zambada Niebla durante una audiencia preeliminar realizada a mediados de marzo de 2012.
La detención del Vicentillo había ocurrido cinco meses después que la Policía Federal detuviera en San Ángel, en la Ciudad de México, a Jesús Reynaldo Zambada, luego de información que filtraran enemigos del cártel de Sinaloa.
Con la detención del Vicentillo, el Mayo Zambada sufrió un duro golpe, no solo al organigrama de su cártel, sino emocionalmente, toda vez que el Vicentillo no solo era su hijo y compadre, sino el futuro sucesor de la organización, al grado que, por primera vez, el Mayo Zambada dio la cara durante una entrevista que concedió al periodista Julio Scherer.
"A mi hijo, lo lloro", había reconocido el capo frente al periodista.
Pero tras la guerra judicial que declaró el Vicentillo al Gobierno de Estados Unidos, hay quienes sugieren que la detención de Serafín pudiera estar ligada al proceso de Zambada Niebla, y que más que nada es un golpe bajo para el cártel del Mayo.
Historia de una debacle
Cuando elementos de Fuerzas Especiales del Ejército Mexicano se distribuyeron alrededor de una casa de seguridad de la colonia Burócrata, en Culiacán, para arrestar a Alfredo Beltrán Leyva el Mochomo, entonces uno de los hombres fuertes de Joaquín el Chapo Guzmán e Ismael el Mayo Zambada, nadie imaginó las consecuencias que esa detención iba a tener a corto, mediano y largo plazo.
Entonces el Gobierno federal festejó con bombo y platillo el arresto, que según el gobierno de Calderón fragmentaba la estructura del cártel de Sinaloa.
La realidad detrás de esa afirmación fue que generó en México una guerra sin precedentes, tanto al interior del cártel como al exterior.
Según el expediente PGR/SIEDO/UEIDCS/0241/2008, tras la detención de Alfredo Beltrán Leyva, el Mochomo, ocurrida en enero de 2008 en Culiacán, Sinaloa, Arturo Beltrán Leyva reclamó airadamente al Mayo Zambada y al Chapo Guzmán, que cómo era posible que nadie se hubiera dado cuenta de la presencia de los militares cuando "medio Culiacán" estaba en la nómina del cártel, precisamente para informar sobre irregularidades en la ciudad.
El resultado de ese reclamo fue una guerra a muerte entre ambas fracciones del cártel de Sinaloa, que no solo ocasionó la muerte de cientos de personas durante enfrentamientos en todo el país, sino que también que gente de ambos bandos que tenían relaciones con altos mando de la Policía Federal, pasaran pitazos sobre los sitios donde se encontraba gente contraria, ya fuera del Mayo o del Barbas.
Uno de esos avisos, según consta en el expediente, habría ocurrido en mayo de 2008, cuando elementos recibieron una alerta de que Beltrán Leyva estaba en una casa de seguridad del estado de Morelos, y que al recibir la alerta, cientos de agentes se desplazaron hacia el lugar, pero al ubicar al grupo del Barbas, fueron recibidos a tiros. Dos agentes federales murieron esa noche, uno de ellos Carlos López, originario de Eldorado, Sinaloa.
El Barbas habría de responder con pitazos también; el más fuerte sería aquel en donde arrestarían a Jesús el Rey Zambada, en la colonia San Ángel de la Ciudad de México, en octubre de ese mismo año.
Los informes continuarían hasta la muerte del Barbas, quien aparentemente también habría sido entregado aunque no se precisa quién hizo la delación.
Cabe destacar que, por cada pitazo que llegaba a las autoridades, el informante cobraba una cantidad no especificada de dinero, mientras que el funcionario que recibía la información colectaba otra cantidad similar.
La vida social de Serafín*
Serafín Zambada, al igual que su hermano Ismael Zambada, el Mayito Gordo, vivía una vida disipada en Culiacán, de fiesta en fiesta y con incursiones frecuentes a las redes sociales, donde sube fotografías suyas y de su familia, de sus gustos y hasta de sus mascotas.
En su cuenta de Twitter @ZambadaSerafin, el hijo del capo exhibe relojes, camionetas, cuatrimotos, automóviles (entre ellos un Bentley), armas doradas, bolsas de mariguana, un león y un guepardo.
En una imagen del 14 de julio pasado presume dos bolsas repletas de mariguana hidropónica, ambas marcadas con la etiqueta Hollyweed, un local que vende mariguana en la calle N., El Centro No. 24 en Los Ángeles, California.
En una foto del 15 de julio se ve a Serafín con su hermano el Mayito Gordo en una playa. De su cuello cuelgan escapularios y ambos sostienen un vaso de cerveza.
En un tuit del 22 de julio se ve a una mujer dándole agua a un león. El texto que acompaña la imagen dice: "La Plebe".
En un mensaje del 18 de julio Serafín escribe: "Otro regalo que me manda mi hermano para la morra @ismaelimperial se la rifa el viejo".
En la imagen se ve una docena de regalos envueltos en papel rosa encima de una camioneta Range Rover con las placas borroneadas. La foto tiene un retuit y fue marcada como favorita por doce personas.
De esa misma camioneta, en otra fotografía fechada el 13 de julio, se asoma por la ventana un guepardo pequeño.
En otras imágenes exhibe una camioneta Ford roja, placas UB-44-285 de Sinaloa.
El Mayito Gordo es otro de los hijos de Zambada, quien es el presunto gerente del cártel de Sinaloa.
En la biografía de Twitter de @ismaelimperial se lee "20 30 40 pendiente". En sus fotos le tapa el rostro a sus acompañantes pero no deja de exhibir sus gustos: camionetas, caballos, cuatrimotos, zapatos de marca, helicópteros, alcohol y relojes.
Entre los relojes que exhibe se encuentra uno de la marca Ulysse Nardin. El reloj fue hecho en homenaje a la serie Game of Thrones. En la correa lleva las leyendas The Night's Watch y I am the sword in the Darkness. La edición en México fue de 25 piezas.
También presume las llaves de un Porsche, un Maserati, un Ferrari, acompañadas del mensaje Lo difícil para mí.
El último mensaje de Serafín Zambada está fechado el 1 de noviembre y está dirigido hacía Majo Lizárraga. El hijo del capo tiene mil 62 seguidores y él sigue a 182 personas.
Por su cuenta, Mayito el Gordo tiene mil 464 seguidores y sigue a 432 personas.
Serafín Zambada fue detenido la tarde del miércoles en la garita de Arizona cuando pretendía ingresar a Estados Unidos en compañía de su esposa Yemeli Torres.
La mayoría de los contactos que aparecen conectados a su cuenta forman parte de la nueva hornada de narcos y gatilleros del cártel de Sinaloa, de las divisiones Zambada y Guzmán.
Alfredo Beltrán Guzmán es hijo de Alfredo Beltrán Leyva, el Mochomo, y sobrino de Joaquín el Chapo Guzmán. Trabaja para el cártel de Sinaloa.
Un joven apodado la Liebre es escolta de Dámaso López hijo, apodado el Mini Lic, que opera en el centro de Sinaloa.
El Cheyo es Eusebio Imperial, uno de los escoltas del Mayito Gordo y hasta hace poco tiempo brazo derecho de Rodrigo Aréchiga Gamboa, el Chino Ántrax, que está a cargo de la seguridad de la familia Zambada.
Iván Guzmán es hijo de Joaquín el Chapo Guzmán.
* Con información de Proceso.
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