AZMEX UPDATE 5-6-12

AZMEX UPDATE  5 JUN 2012  

Today's Milenio poll

EPN 45%,   AMLO 26%,   JVM 25%,   GQT 4%  

Note:  The following will be of interest of weapons and equipment recovered across the river from Eagle Pass, TX.   

Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #12

Friday, June 1, 2012 |  Borderland Beat Reporter Buggs

By David Kuhn and Robert Bunker

Small Wars Journal

Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #12: Forensics of Recovered Weapons from Piedras Negras Tactical Engagement Between Los Zetas and GATE (Grupo de Armas y Tácticas Especiales)

Note— Borderland Beat Reporter Chivis Martinez provided additional informational support pertaining to the Piedras Negras incident for this tactical note.

Key Information: Chivis Martinez "Gunmen in Piedras Negras Attack, Block Roads and Terrorize the City." Borderland Beat, Wednesday, March 7, 2012

, http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2012/03/gunmen-in-piedras-negras-attack-block.html?m=1.

http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2012/06/mexican-cartel-tactical-note-12.html  

Sylvia Longmire also took a look at it: http://borderviolenceanalysis.typepad.com/  

  

Updated Jun 5, 2012 - 6:36 pm

Police: Burned SUV with bodies is missing family's

Source: Arizona News

Originally published: Jun 5, 2012 - 6:36 pm

This image provided by the Pinal County Sheriffs Office, shows the vehicle where five burned, dead bodies were found, in Pinal County's Vekol Valley area, west of Casa Grande, Ariz. The bodies were so badly burned that investigators couldn't immediately determine their gender or ethnicity. Authorities say the incident may be drug related. (AP Photo/ Pinal County Sheriffs Office)

Associated Press

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - An SUV found burning in the desert with five bodies inside was registered to the home of a missing family of five, including three children, police in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe said Tuesday.

An acquaintance of the Butwin family told police on Monday that he was concerned about them after receiving a note from James Butwin with instructions on how to operate his construction business without him, Tempe police Sgt. Jeff Glover said.

Investigators went to the Butwin home and found "suspicious and concerning" evidence, but not the Butwins, and began treating the case as a murder-suicide. The family's white Ford Expedition also was gone.