AZMEX UPDATE 31-10-14

AZMEX UPDATE 31 OCT 2014

Note: More "great" news. The mosquito that carries Dengue Fever has been reported in SLRC, just south of Yuma, AZ



Note: Guess where many of the unaccompanied "children" are coming from?

Now more than 82,000 possible cases of chikungunya in El Salvador
This dengue like disease appearing in the country in June, no pause despite intense campaigns by health authorities. Photo: Courtesy Organización Editorial Mexicana
October 30, 2014

http://www.oem.com.mx/tribunadesanluis/notas/n3589522.htm

San Salvador.- The number of suspected cases of chikungunya fever reached 82,058 and with 149 confirmed in El Salvador, the Ministry of Health (Health Ministry).

This dengue like disease appearing in the country in June, no respite despite intense campaigns by health authorities to eliminate the breeding sites of mosquito that transmits the virus.

Until last week 71,548 suspected cases of chikungunya were recorded and in the last seven days 10,510 people registered more with clear signs of having the virus, the Health Ministry said.

"It is useless for us to go and fumigate if people do not eliminate mosquitoes in their homes," he told local media the director of a unit of Health of San Salvador, Susana Calderon.

El Salvador also faces the dengue epidemic and so far this year recorded 15,341 confirmed cases, 6,378 more than in the same period of 2013.

Also, 49,448 suspected cases were reported, while last year they recorded 27,289. (Sports)

- See more at: http://www.oem.com.mx/tribunadesanluis/notas/n3589522.htm#sthash.7pyauj1Z.dpuf






Note: Heroin is said to be as available as marijuana in Phx area.

BP agents seize $530K in drugs

Blythe Station agents stopped a vehicle on Interstate 10 near the California-Arizona state line and allegedly found 27 cellophane-wrapped packages of illegal drugs hidden within the vehicle's rear seats (seen here) worth almost half a million dollars. Marks on the packages were edited out in the photo by the Border Patrol before dissemination to the media.

Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2014 3:13 pm | Updated: 6:27 pm, Thu Oct 30, 2014.
From staff reports
http://www.yumasun.com/news/bp-agents-seize-k-in-drugs/article_c59990a6-6082-11e4-891b-0017a43b2370.html

Yuma Sector Border Patrol Agents seized 189.5 pounds of marijuana, nearly 25 pounds of heroin and almost 30 pounds of methamphetamine worth a combined $532,590 during two separate incidents Wednesday.

During the first incident, agents in Maricopa County tracked a group of individuals walking north toward Intestate 8 and arrested two men hiding under a tree next to four backpacks of marijuana. A third man, whose footprints matched those found around the bundles, was located and arrested shortly afterward. All three men reportedly admitted to entering the U.S. illegally and were turned over to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, along with the marijuana, which was worth an estimated $94,750.

During the second incident, Blythe Station agents stopped a vehicle on Interstate 10 near the California-Arizona state line and reportedly obtained permission from the driver to search the vehicle. During the search, agents allegedly found 27 cellophane-wrapped packages of illegal drugs hidden within the vehicle's rear seats. Eleven of the packages contained $348,440 worth of heroin, while 16 contained meth valued at approximately $89,400. The drugs and driver were taken to the Blythe Station for processing.

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