AZMEX UPDATE 10 JUN 2012
Sonora-Arizona: Together for Safety
Details Posted on Sunday, June 10, 2012 7:05
Written by EDITOR / theOfficial
ERNESTO MUNRO PALACIO SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SAFETY
TUCSON, AZ
http://eldiariodesonora.com.mx/index.php/local/noticia-local/nogales/3821-sonora-arizona-juntos-por-seguridad
Greater confidence in the safety issue is that between Sonora and Arizona said the owner of that secretariat Ernesto Munro Palacio.
After holding a meeting at the Security Committee of the Commission that links the two states, the Executive Secretary of Public Security said that sharing information has helped both sides of the border and corporations have done better.
Given this, it will be in July when an official coordination between authorities is greater, that the shared database privileged to strengthen the relationship, especially with border security.
"In that sense we have done very well, we've trained them (U.S. officials) to identify official Mexican documents and can identify when the document is false, be it voter registration, passports, licenses and birth certificates and they would have helped us with the latest technology to detect stolen vehicles, "said the head of the SESP.
Munro Palacio stressed at the end of the plenary reuion Sonora-Arizona Commission, which focused results were achieved to share strategies that will give more comfort to the inhabitants of this border region.
He said the police tactics, intelligence and training among staff of both entities, have achieved better results, as the assurance of 20 000 doses of drugs, 12 firearms, 12 arrest warrants were pending, all in the span of the past April 23 to May 31.
He also recalled that 40% of prisoners in jails in Arizona are Hispanic and have outstanding accounts in Mexico and at this, Sonora requested information from their prisoners, all to be aware of potential releases, to meet your time crimes that did not happen in Mexico and as before, that those released at the border without notifying local authorities.
"And now when will they release criminals at the border that are from Mexico that we already have their background, we have databases and nationally Sonora is Mexico and we check and write whether there is any situation that does help stop them if there are outstanding arrest warrants, "explained Munro Palacio.
Segurdiad Secretary added that although officials are working together with authorities in Arizona to achieve this year police will be from July when the formalization of actions, which are the result of more than two years of efforts by the State of Sonora.
Note: There continues to be serious doubts about the raid that killed Jose Guerena.
Family's ties to alleged pot ring detailed
INDICTMENT CITES MAJOR CASH, VEHICLE HOLDINGS; BROTHERS OF MAN KILLED IN SWAT RAID SOUGHT
June 10, 2012 12:00 am • Kim Smith Arizona Daily Star
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/family-s-ties-to-alleged-pot-ring-detailed/article_7aa21b04-49b9-5338-92bb-3092969902b8.html
Both brothers of a Tucson man killed during a SWAT raid in 2011 are among five people named in a 29-count indictment alleging they imported and sold at least $4.9 million worth of marijuana between 2005 and the time of the fatal raid.
According to an indictment unsealed Friday in Pima County Superior Court, Alejandro Guerena, 28, and Gerardo Guerena, 24, were indicted March 2 along with Alejandro's wife, Pauline Guerena, his sister-in-law, Denise Ruiz, and his father-in-law, Jose Celaya.
The Guerena brothers have outstanding warrants for their arrest. Ruiz and Pauline Guerena were released from jail to the county's Pretrial Services agency, and Celaya posted a $50,000 bond.
The group is charged with illegally conducting a criminal enterprise, conspiracy to commit possession of marijuana for sale, conspiracy to commit money laundering and money laundering.
The indictment alleges Jose Guerena and his relatives imported, stashed and sold bulk, wholesale quantities of marijuana to brokers or distributors who would travel to Tucson to buy it at wholesale prices. Handwritten records found at Alejandro Guerena's home documented the sale of at least 10,553 pounds of marijuana for between $475 and $600 per pound.
Jose Guerena, 26, was fatally shot May 5, 2011, by members of the Pima County Regional SWAT team who raided his home and three others simultaneously as part of a drug-trafficking investigation.
Court documents indicate two of the homes were Celaya's, including one he shared with his wife, Graciela, and occasionally some of his co-defendants, including Alejandro and Pauline Guerena and Ruiz.
Nearly $100,000 was found in a shoe box under Alejandro Guerena's bed, court documents indicate. Ledgers, an AK-47, other guns, ammunition, bulletproof vests, a stolen vehicle and marijuana were also seized from Celaya's homes.
Body armor, guns, a rifle, a dozen cellphones and a hat with the U.S. Border Patrol logo were found at Jose Guerena's home.
Court documents indicate the drug-trafficking investigation began in January 2009 after a deputy found a semiautomatic gun and several thousand dollars in cash during a traffic stop of Alejandro Guerena. He was found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon.
In April 2009, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents found more than 1,300 pounds of marijuana at a home on South Sunset Road. The home's electric bill was in Ruiz's name; the water was in Gerardo Guerena's name; and the landlord said Ruiz had rented the home. Alejandro Guerena visited the home several times; Jose Guerena's vehicle was spotted there on occasion; and he was there the day arrests were made. ICE agents listed Jose Guerena as a "person of interest" in their investigation.
The drug investigation was put on the back burner in March 2010 after one of Jose Celaya's five daughters, Cynthia, 34, and her husband, Manuel Orozco, 36, were slain during a home invasion.
The investigation revved up again in April 2011 after deputies were called to one of the Celaya homes. Jose Celaya had received a call from a man named "Stuart" saying there were men with guns on the property. When deputies arrived, they found the doors to the home open, a puddle of blood on the floor and several shell casings, records show. Deputies did not find anyone inside, but they found enough wrappings for one ton of marijuana and a holster next to bloody footprints leading out of the home. "Stuart" has never been found.
The indictment unsealed Friday and other court documents obtained by the Arizona Daily Star reveal:
• Pauline Guerena, Alejandro Guerena, Gerardo Guerena and Graciela Guerena all claimed to earn their living at JC Stables, but JC Stables employed zero employees and earned a minimal amount of money.
• Arizona Department of Economic Security reported zero earnings for Celaya, Alejandro Guerena, Pauline Guerena, Gerardo Guerena and Ruiz.
• Jose Guerena earned $16,000 in 2009 and $54,000 in 2010 at Asarco, but was the registered owner of six vehicles, five of which had a total combined value of more than $100,000.
• Alejandro Guerena deposited nearly $82,000 into a bank account between December 2008 and December 2009 and withdrew $70,000. He told investigators he made his living horse racing, buying and fixing cars and remodeling houses. He also said he received food stamps and AHCCCS, and has never filed an income tax return. Investigators never saw him working on cars.
• Alejandro Guerena was the registered owner of four vehicles, but also told investigators he owned a $39,000 Ford truck registered to Jose Guerena.
• Pauline Guerena took out a $65,000 loan on some undeveloped land in March 2008 and obtained another loan for a 2008 Charger in August 2008. Each time, she put down $5,000 cash.
• Celaya owned two properties with a combined value of $278,000 and was the registered owner of nine vehicles. Seven of the vehicles were valued at nearly $58,000. He told investigators in May 2011 he was not working, could no longer afford his mortgage and received AHCCCS. Investigators found $2,900 cash in a boot box in his closet on May 5, 2011.
• Ruiz earned $3,214 in 2009 and zero in 2010, and was the registered owner of six vehicles valued at nearly $42,000. In July 2010, someone deposited nearly $11,000 into her bank account from Michigan.
• Gerardo Guerena was the registered owner of five vehicles valued at nearly $23,000. He told investigators he lives in Mexico and he buys and sells cars and tends to horses for a living.
• Alejandro Guerena bought six cars at auction on one day in December 2008. On the same day he spent $4,200 at Burberry, a clothing store.
• Alejandro Guerena spent nearly $10,000 at Jared's Jewelry in May 2009.
• The Guerenas frequently bought and traded newer model vehicles with cash from marijuana transactions, investigators say.
Capt. Christopher Nanos, who heads up the sheriff's criminal investigations division, said the investigation into the drug ring is ongoing and charges could be brought against additional people. The investigation into the killing of the Orozcos is also ongoing.
The Guerena brothers cannot be ruled out as suspects in the Orozcos' slayings, Nanos said.
"Our belief is they have more knowledge of that case than what they are sharing with us," Nanos said of the Guerenas, the Celayas and the Orozcos.
While most home invasions involve people demanding drugs and money, the couple's killers made no demands, Nanos said. They simply came into the home, shot the couple and left.
During the course of the drug investigation, statements were made linking both Orozcos to the Guerena/Celaya drug organization, and Manuel Orozco had no reported income during the relevant time frame, Nanos said.
DNA was collected from the scene, and investigators have identified other people of interest and are attempting to find them, Nanos said.
Nanos declined to specify what specific roles each of the Guerenas and Celayas played in the drug organization, including who was the ringleader.
What's clear is Jose Guerena did play a role, Nanos said.
"Although he was a former Marine, it doesn't mean he was out there doing what we expect good Marines to do," Nanos said.
On April 13, the Pima County Attorney's Office began forfeiture proceedings for four homes, five vehicles, $137,000 cash and 11 weapons.
Attorneys for Pauline Guerena and Celaya are fighting the seizure of the property. Celaya's attorney says Jose Celaya and his wife purchased both their homes using proceedings from a wrongful death lawsuit involving their 9-year-old son, Jose Jr., who was killed by a drunken driver in 1995.
Attempts to reach the attorneys for Pauline Guerena, Ruiz and Celaya were unsuccessful.
Christopher Scileppi, who represents Jose Guerena's widow, Vanessa, in a wrongful-death lawsuit against the county, said, "I have reviewed countless indictments during my career, but this is a first," describing the indictment as no more than an attempt "to damage the reputation of a Marine killed in his home by the police."
"There is absolutely no reason to name Jose Guerena in the indictment other than a poorly veiled attempt to disparage him, his wife and children," Scileppi said, adding: "This, after the police barged into their home with apparent little regard or care for human life, shooting wildly with handguns and a high-powered ballistic rifle more than seventy times mere feet away from Mrs. Guerena and their 4-year-old boy."
On StarNet: Follow the news and events at Pima County's courthouses in Kim Smith's blog, At the Courthouse, at go.azstarnet.com/courthouse
"Although he was a former Marine, it doesn't mean he was out there doing what we expect good Marines to do."
Pima County sheriff's Capt. Christopher Nanos,
on Jose Guerena, who died in 2011 SWAT raid
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Published: 10/06/2012 12:08 By: Editorial ElImparcial
They kill man in front of military barracks in Cajeme
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/10062012/598593.aspxCAJEME, Sonora(PH)
One person was shot dead outside the military headquarters of 60 Infantry Battalion, in the community of Esperanza, Sonora, this morning, where they arrived officials from City and State, said the attorney.
Sonora (PH)
One person was shot dead outside the military headquarters of 60 Infantry Battalion, in the community of Esperanza, Sonora, this morning, where they arrived items City and State, said the attorney.
In their report, the State Police Investigator inquire into the facts where a man, 39, was killed , being assaulted with a firearm projectiles, while riding aboard a vehicle around 08:00 am Today on International Highway, Km 8, compared with 60 facilities Infantry Battalion.
Who was killed by the name of Jose Maria Valenzuela Valenzuela, who was domiciled in the Colony Home 1, property of Esperanza, Sonora.
The events took place when the victim was driving the Chevrolet, Cheyenne, GMC pick-up truck, 2008 model, gray.
At the traffic lights which is located at kilometer 8 and perform the corresponding high, he was encountered by a black colored motorcycle, which approached with two men, dropping one of them, who wore a green helmet and wearing gray shirt, the same who shot the now deceased repeatedly with a gun.
The victim accelerated the vehicle, trying to flee, and impacted with a wall of the 60 Infantry Battalion, where he lost his life.
At the site of the attack on the International Highway, staff of Expert Services of the Attorney General of the State, secured six .9 mm caliber shell casings.
From the facts attested the Public Prosecutor of the civil courts, which ordered the lifting and transporting the body to conduct the proceedings of law.
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