AZMEX POLICY 31 JUL 2019
Politics
Why some Democrats want to decriminalize crossing US border
Idea floated in immigration policy circles
By: Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN
Posted: Jul 31, 2019 01:06 PM MDT
Updated: Jul 31, 2019 01:06 PM MDT
https://www.kvia.com/news/politics/why-some-democrats-want-to-decriminalize-crossing-us-border/1102046060
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(CNN) - As Democratic presidential hopefuls spar in the leadup to 2020, there's one immigration proposal that keeps coming up.
Should the US repeal the section of the Immigration and Nationality Act that makes illegally crossing the border a crime?
It's an idea that's been floated in immigration policy circles for a while. Julian Castro pushed it into the national spotlight
during the first Democratic presidential debates in June, and it came up again in Tuesday night's debate.
The notion seems to be gaining steam.
Here's a look at why this conversation is happening now, and why it matters:
Right now anyone who crosses the border illegally can be charged with a misdemeanor
Part of the Immigration and Nationality Act, known as Section 1325, says illegally entering the United States can be prosecuted as a misdemeanor.
It's punishable by up to six months in prison. And it's become one of the most prosecuted federal crimes in the United States.
Section 1325 has been on the books for decades. But for many years it wasn't often enforced.
That notably changed in 2005, when President George W. Bush's administration implemented what was known as "Operation Streamline,"
increasing criminal prosecutions at the border in an effort to deter illegal immigration.
According to an analysis from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University,
federal prosecutors charged more than 52,000 people with illegal entry under Section 1325
in the first eight months of the 2019 fiscal year, which began in October.
Supporters say that provision of the law isn't necessary and was used to separate families
Castro and others who argue that Section 1325 should be repealed -- including Sen. Elizabeth Warren and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg —
say that it isn't necessary given that crossing the border illegally is already a civil offense that can result in deportation.
They also argue that Section 1325 made many of the Trump administration's family separations at the border possible.
Under the "zero tolerance" policy, children were separated when their parents were criminally prosecuted for illegally crossing the border.
"What we're looking for here is a way to take away the tool that Donald Trump has used," Warren said during CNN's Democratic debate Tuesday.
One key point to keep in mind: Just a few hours before the debate, a new court filing from the American Civil Liberties Union
detailed hundreds of family separations at the border in the past year that had nothing to do with Section 1325.
In some of those cases, according to the ACLU, families were separated
because of minor offenses on parents' criminal records, such as traffic offenses or property damage.
So while it's true that criminally prosecuting immigrants who illegally crossed the border was an approach
that paved the way for many family separations, it's not the only reason family separations have occurred.
Critics say changing the law could incentivize more illegal immigration
Some Democratic candidates, including former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock and former Vice President Joe Biden,
say they wouldn't support decriminalizing border crossings.
"I expect that people who come here follow our laws, and we reserve the right to criminally prosecute them if they do not,"
O'Rourke said during Tuesday's debate.
Bullock cited recent comments by Jeh Johnson, who headed the Department of Homeland Security
for several years during the Obama administration.
In an op-ed published in the Washington Post, Johnson wrote that decriminalizing border crossing would be
"tantamount to a public declaration (repeated and amplified by smugglers in Central America) that our borders are effectively open to all."
END
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Monday, July 29, 2019
AZMEX SPECIAL 29-7-19
AZMEX SPECIAL 29 JUL 2019
Migrant's lawyers try to keep death penalty off table in 2015 Mesa murder case
Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press
Posted 2 hrs ago
https://www.azfamily.com/news/ap_cnn/migrant-s-lawyers-try-to-keep-death-penalty-off-table/article_18d27124-b250-11e9-a399-ab853ba83462.html
Apolinar Altamirano sized
File - This undated file booking photo provided by the Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff's Office shows Apolinar Altamirano, a citizen of Mexico
charged with murder in the shooting death four years ago of a convenience store clerk in a Phoenix suburb.
A judge has ruled prosecutors can no longer seek the death penalty against Altamirano because he is intellectually disabled.
The ruling means Altamirano will face life in prison if he's convicted of murder in the 2015 killing.
He has pleaded not guilty to the murder charge.
(Source: AP Photo/Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, File)
PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers for a Mexican immigrant charged with murder in the 2015 shooting death of a convenience store clerk
are urging the Arizona Court of Appeals to reject an effort by prosecutors to seek the death penalty against their client.
Earlier this month, authorities appealed a lower-court decision that said prosecutors could no longer seek the death penalty
against 34-year-old Apolinar Altamirano in the shooting death of 21-year-old clerk Grant Ronnebeck because Altamirano is intellectually disabled.
Prosecutors argued the judge failed to make an overall assessment of Altamirano's ability
to meet society's expectations of him and adapt to the requirements of daily life as an adult.
But Altamirano's lawyers said in court records filed a week ago that the judge had already considered evidence of their client's weaknesses
and strengths in such "adaptive behavior," including his work ethic,
relationships with loved ones and ability to hold down a job and support his family.
Altamirano's lawyers said the state isn't saying the judge "committed legal error or abused his discretion,
but instead merely takes issue with the way in which he weighed and assessed the credibility of the evidence."
The case against Altamirano has been cited by President Donald Trump, who has railed against crimes committed
against American citizens by immigrants who are the United States illegally.
[RELATED: Video shows killing of Mesa QuikTrip employee over cigarettes (Jan. 23, 2015)]
Trump, who has created a new office to serve victims of immigration crimes and their relatives,
has invoked such crimes at rallies, pointing to cases in which people were killed by immigrant assailants who slipped through the cracks.
Altamirano, whose hometown is Damian Carmona in central Mexico, has lived in the United States without authorization for about 20 years.
He was deported after a marijuana possession arrest and returned to the United States.
He is accused of fatally shooting Ronnebeck at a store in Mesa after the clerk insisted that Altamirano pay for a pack of cigarettes.
Authorities say Altamirano stepped over Ronnebeck to get several packs of cigarettes before leaving the store.
He led officers on a high-speed chase before his arrest, and handguns and unopened cigarettes were later found in his vehicle, police said.
Altamirano has already been sentenced to six years in prison for his earlier guilty pleas in the case to misconduct involving weapons.
He still faces murder, robbery and other charges in Ronnebeck's death. He has pleaded not guilty to the remaining charges.
His trial was scheduled to begin Thursday, but it has been postponed. No new trial date has been set.
In an October decision, a judge prohibited prosecutors from introducing evidence at Altamirano's trial
that he was in the United States illegally.
The judge said the prejudice from Altamirano's immigration status outweighs any relevance it may have.
The U.S. Supreme Court in 2002 barred the execution of intellectually disabled people.
END
Migrant's lawyers try to keep death penalty off table in 2015 Mesa murder case
Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press
Posted 2 hrs ago
https://www.azfamily.com/news/ap_cnn/migrant-s-lawyers-try-to-keep-death-penalty-off-table/article_18d27124-b250-11e9-a399-ab853ba83462.html
Apolinar Altamirano sized
File - This undated file booking photo provided by the Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff's Office shows Apolinar Altamirano, a citizen of Mexico
charged with murder in the shooting death four years ago of a convenience store clerk in a Phoenix suburb.
A judge has ruled prosecutors can no longer seek the death penalty against Altamirano because he is intellectually disabled.
The ruling means Altamirano will face life in prison if he's convicted of murder in the 2015 killing.
He has pleaded not guilty to the murder charge.
(Source: AP Photo/Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, File)
PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers for a Mexican immigrant charged with murder in the 2015 shooting death of a convenience store clerk
are urging the Arizona Court of Appeals to reject an effort by prosecutors to seek the death penalty against their client.
Earlier this month, authorities appealed a lower-court decision that said prosecutors could no longer seek the death penalty
against 34-year-old Apolinar Altamirano in the shooting death of 21-year-old clerk Grant Ronnebeck because Altamirano is intellectually disabled.
Prosecutors argued the judge failed to make an overall assessment of Altamirano's ability
to meet society's expectations of him and adapt to the requirements of daily life as an adult.
But Altamirano's lawyers said in court records filed a week ago that the judge had already considered evidence of their client's weaknesses
and strengths in such "adaptive behavior," including his work ethic,
relationships with loved ones and ability to hold down a job and support his family.
Altamirano's lawyers said the state isn't saying the judge "committed legal error or abused his discretion,
but instead merely takes issue with the way in which he weighed and assessed the credibility of the evidence."
The case against Altamirano has been cited by President Donald Trump, who has railed against crimes committed
against American citizens by immigrants who are the United States illegally.
[RELATED: Video shows killing of Mesa QuikTrip employee over cigarettes (Jan. 23, 2015)]
Trump, who has created a new office to serve victims of immigration crimes and their relatives,
has invoked such crimes at rallies, pointing to cases in which people were killed by immigrant assailants who slipped through the cracks.
Altamirano, whose hometown is Damian Carmona in central Mexico, has lived in the United States without authorization for about 20 years.
He was deported after a marijuana possession arrest and returned to the United States.
He is accused of fatally shooting Ronnebeck at a store in Mesa after the clerk insisted that Altamirano pay for a pack of cigarettes.
Authorities say Altamirano stepped over Ronnebeck to get several packs of cigarettes before leaving the store.
He led officers on a high-speed chase before his arrest, and handguns and unopened cigarettes were later found in his vehicle, police said.
Altamirano has already been sentenced to six years in prison for his earlier guilty pleas in the case to misconduct involving weapons.
He still faces murder, robbery and other charges in Ronnebeck's death. He has pleaded not guilty to the remaining charges.
His trial was scheduled to begin Thursday, but it has been postponed. No new trial date has been set.
In an October decision, a judge prohibited prosecutors from introducing evidence at Altamirano's trial
that he was in the United States illegally.
The judge said the prejudice from Altamirano's immigration status outweighs any relevance it may have.
The U.S. Supreme Court in 2002 barred the execution of intellectually disabled people.
END
AZMEX SPECIAL 28-7-19
AZMEX SPECIAL 28 JUL 2019
Note: more at the links:
Outrage Over U.S. Citizen Being Detained for Weeks by Border Patrol, Then the TRUTH Comes Out
July 23, 2019/by News Editor
http://joemiller.us/2019/07/outrage-over-u-s-citizen-being-detained-for-weeks-by-border-patrol-then-the-truth-comes-out/
By Daily Wire. In a story that's sparked outrage — including from one of the leaders of the #AbolishICE contingent of the Democratic Party,
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY) — a young man who appears to be a U.S. citizen was detained for three weeks by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP)
after crossing the border with his younger brother, who is a Mexican citizen.
But as more details have emerged, the reason CBP has delayed in releasing the young man has begun to make a lot more sense. . .
The Dallas Morning News article tweeted out by Ocasio-Cortez reports that Francisco Erwin Galicia,
an 18-year-old whose birth certificate says he was born in Dallas, has been in CBP custody for more than three weeks
after being detained at a border patrol checkpoint on June 27 along with his younger brother, who is a Mexican citizen,
and a group of friends. The group was stopped because Marlon is a Mexican citizen. . .
The Washington Post has since done some more digging and uncovered details about the case which help explain why
CBP has delayed in releasing the young man: Francisco's mother, a Mexican citizen living in Edinburg illegally,
listed her son on a U.S. tourist visa as being born in Mexico.
She also falsified information on his birth certificate.
"The reason it appears to have taken CBP and ICE so long to determine Galicia's citizenship
is because his mother, who is not a citizen, took out a U.S. tourist visa in his name while he was still a minor,
falsely saying he was born in Mexico, Galan said," the Post reports.
"His mother, Sanjuana, told The Post that CBP discovered the visa after fingerprinting her son.
The conflicting documents only fueled the agency's suspicion that Galicia's U.S. documents were fake, Galan said."
Sanjuana told the Post that she took out the falsified tourist visa for her son so he could travel back and forth across the border to visit family.
The reason she couldn't get him a passport, she explained, is that she entered a fictitious name for herself on his birth certificate.
"The undocumented mother was unable to get him a U.S. passport because when Galicia was born, Galan said,
she gave a different name for herself on his birth certificate," the Post reports.
(Read more from "Outrage Over U.S. Citizen Being Detained for Weeks by Border Patrol,
Then More Details Emerge" HERE)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/49773/outrage-over-us-citizen-being-detained-3-weeks-james-barrett
END
Note: more at the links:
Outrage Over U.S. Citizen Being Detained for Weeks by Border Patrol, Then the TRUTH Comes Out
July 23, 2019/by News Editor
http://joemiller.us/2019/07/outrage-over-u-s-citizen-being-detained-for-weeks-by-border-patrol-then-the-truth-comes-out/
By Daily Wire. In a story that's sparked outrage — including from one of the leaders of the #AbolishICE contingent of the Democratic Party,
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY) — a young man who appears to be a U.S. citizen was detained for three weeks by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP)
after crossing the border with his younger brother, who is a Mexican citizen.
But as more details have emerged, the reason CBP has delayed in releasing the young man has begun to make a lot more sense. . .
The Dallas Morning News article tweeted out by Ocasio-Cortez reports that Francisco Erwin Galicia,
an 18-year-old whose birth certificate says he was born in Dallas, has been in CBP custody for more than three weeks
after being detained at a border patrol checkpoint on June 27 along with his younger brother, who is a Mexican citizen,
and a group of friends. The group was stopped because Marlon is a Mexican citizen. . .
The Washington Post has since done some more digging and uncovered details about the case which help explain why
CBP has delayed in releasing the young man: Francisco's mother, a Mexican citizen living in Edinburg illegally,
listed her son on a U.S. tourist visa as being born in Mexico.
She also falsified information on his birth certificate.
"The reason it appears to have taken CBP and ICE so long to determine Galicia's citizenship
is because his mother, who is not a citizen, took out a U.S. tourist visa in his name while he was still a minor,
falsely saying he was born in Mexico, Galan said," the Post reports.
"His mother, Sanjuana, told The Post that CBP discovered the visa after fingerprinting her son.
The conflicting documents only fueled the agency's suspicion that Galicia's U.S. documents were fake, Galan said."
Sanjuana told the Post that she took out the falsified tourist visa for her son so he could travel back and forth across the border to visit family.
The reason she couldn't get him a passport, she explained, is that she entered a fictitious name for herself on his birth certificate.
"The undocumented mother was unable to get him a U.S. passport because when Galicia was born, Galan said,
she gave a different name for herself on his birth certificate," the Post reports.
(Read more from "Outrage Over U.S. Citizen Being Detained for Weeks by Border Patrol,
Then More Details Emerge" HERE)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/49773/outrage-over-us-citizen-being-detained-3-weeks-james-barrett
END
Friday, July 26, 2019
AZMEX UPDATE 26-7-19
AZMEX UPDATE 26 JUL 2019
Note: mug shots at link. No info so far on immigration status if any. Six months ?
Multiple cartel members arrested around the Valley after months long operation
Posted: 10:38 PM, Jul 25, 2019 Updated: 10:44 AM, Jul 26, 2019
By: Zach Crenshaw , Joe Enea
https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/multiple-cartel-members-arrested-around-the-valley-after-months-long-operation
MESA, AZ — A federal and local drug task force has arrested three members of the Sinaloa Cartel living in the Valley.
During the six month investigation, the agents took more than $200,000 worth of drugs from the operation and intercepted more than $75,000 in cash.
Starting in January, a DEA task force coordinated an investigation with Scottsdale police to target members of the cartel operating out of Mesa.
The organization imports cocaine, meth, heroin, and fentanyl-laced pills from Mexico
and exports illegal drug money back across the border, according to court documents.
Investigators identified Carlos Armando Perez Gutierrez, 38, as a member who stays at a drug stash house
near Hayden and McDowell roads. Investigators say Gutierrez directed a vehicle into his backyard where kilos of drugs were unloaded.
The car was allegedly loaded with boxes of ammunition, hidden in a secret compartment in the radiator.
Another member, Alfredo Rios, 44, reportedly communicated with another cartel dealer, Ivan Garduno Valencia, 35,
saying the drugs had arrived and they "looked good." Investigators say Rios told Valencia
to meet him at a Mesa tire shop and the drugs would be found inside a tire.
Authorities intercepted the vehicle and reportedly found nine bundles of cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl hidden inside the spare tire.
The driver allegedly told police that he was taking the shipment to Las Vegas.
"With these three arrests, we were able to identify and arrest a cell head, another leader, as well as a retail dealer.
So that's three people in the hierarchy that we were able to take out, in just that short amount of time,"
said Erica Curry, spokesperson for the Arizona DEA.
Rios was allegedly found with $40,000 wrapped in three bundles in his car and another $15,000 in cash
at his home near Mesa Drive and Southern Avenue.
Detectives said Rios was living at the home with his wife and kids. When law enforcement raided the house,
Rios threw a door, with nails sticking out, at the federal agents.
They also found two guns in the home, which Rios was prohibited from owning as a convicted felon.
When investigators raided Valencia's house, they reportedly found cocaine and "two jugs of Lidocaine"
that is used to cut cocaine, according to court records. Investigators also found ledgers documenting the group's drug sales.
Agents and detectives spent months surveilling the homes and stash houses, as well as intercepting coded communication through a wiretap.
They told ABC15 the investigation into the cartel is ongoing.
According to court documents, the drugs were being shipped to Las Vegas, Colorado, Texas,
and other states across the country.
All three men are being held on $250,000 cash bonds on charges of narcotic drug sales,
money laundering, aggravated assault, and weapons misconduct.
END
Note: mug shots at link. No info so far on immigration status if any. Six months ?
Multiple cartel members arrested around the Valley after months long operation
Posted: 10:38 PM, Jul 25, 2019 Updated: 10:44 AM, Jul 26, 2019
By: Zach Crenshaw , Joe Enea
https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/multiple-cartel-members-arrested-around-the-valley-after-months-long-operation
MESA, AZ — A federal and local drug task force has arrested three members of the Sinaloa Cartel living in the Valley.
During the six month investigation, the agents took more than $200,000 worth of drugs from the operation and intercepted more than $75,000 in cash.
Starting in January, a DEA task force coordinated an investigation with Scottsdale police to target members of the cartel operating out of Mesa.
The organization imports cocaine, meth, heroin, and fentanyl-laced pills from Mexico
and exports illegal drug money back across the border, according to court documents.
Investigators identified Carlos Armando Perez Gutierrez, 38, as a member who stays at a drug stash house
near Hayden and McDowell roads. Investigators say Gutierrez directed a vehicle into his backyard where kilos of drugs were unloaded.
The car was allegedly loaded with boxes of ammunition, hidden in a secret compartment in the radiator.
Another member, Alfredo Rios, 44, reportedly communicated with another cartel dealer, Ivan Garduno Valencia, 35,
saying the drugs had arrived and they "looked good." Investigators say Rios told Valencia
to meet him at a Mesa tire shop and the drugs would be found inside a tire.
Authorities intercepted the vehicle and reportedly found nine bundles of cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl hidden inside the spare tire.
The driver allegedly told police that he was taking the shipment to Las Vegas.
"With these three arrests, we were able to identify and arrest a cell head, another leader, as well as a retail dealer.
So that's three people in the hierarchy that we were able to take out, in just that short amount of time,"
said Erica Curry, spokesperson for the Arizona DEA.
Rios was allegedly found with $40,000 wrapped in three bundles in his car and another $15,000 in cash
at his home near Mesa Drive and Southern Avenue.
Detectives said Rios was living at the home with his wife and kids. When law enforcement raided the house,
Rios threw a door, with nails sticking out, at the federal agents.
They also found two guns in the home, which Rios was prohibited from owning as a convicted felon.
When investigators raided Valencia's house, they reportedly found cocaine and "two jugs of Lidocaine"
that is used to cut cocaine, according to court records. Investigators also found ledgers documenting the group's drug sales.
Agents and detectives spent months surveilling the homes and stash houses, as well as intercepting coded communication through a wiretap.
They told ABC15 the investigation into the cartel is ongoing.
According to court documents, the drugs were being shipped to Las Vegas, Colorado, Texas,
and other states across the country.
All three men are being held on $250,000 cash bonds on charges of narcotic drug sales,
money laundering, aggravated assault, and weapons misconduct.
END
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
AZMEX I3 23-7-19
AZMEX I3 23 JUL 2019
Busy Weekend for Border Patrol Agents in New Mexico
Release Date: July 23, 2019
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/busy-weekend-border-patrol-agents-new-mexico
LORDSBURG, New Mexico – U.S. Border Patrol Agents in New Mexico once again encountered multiple groups of aliens
in the boot heel of New Mexico that were smuggled up to the border.
On June 19, a group of 88 illegal aliens were arrested by United States Border Patrol Agents working in the area near the Antelope Wells Port of Entry.
The majority of individuals from this group were from Central America with many in the group immediately claiming the need for medical care.
All were medically cleared without issue despite the high temperatures. The group included family groups with small children
as well as unaccompanied juveniles that continue to put their trust and money in smuggling organizations while undertaking the dangerous journey.
Included in the group was a family unit consisting of a father and a minor child.
Record checks revealed that the father, a 30-year-old from Guatemala, had an outstanding warrant
from Ford County, Kansas, for rape of a child under the age of 14 and aggravated kidnapping.
That warrant was confirmed and verified.
In the early morning hours July 20, agents from the Lordsburg station were patrolling near Hachita, New Mexico,
when they encountered two individuals on the side of the road.
The area in which the group was located is known for human smuggling activity.
Agents questioned the two individuals as to their citizenship, to which they stated they were citizens of Mexico
without immigration documents to be present in the United States.
Agents placed both illegal aliens under arrest and transported them to the Lordsburg station.
Record checks revealed that one of the adult males had a lengthy criminal history
including a conviction for robbery with a weapon, a first-degree felony, as well as arrests for various offences i
ncluding threatening a person, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
The 37-year-old man from Mexico was also previously deported,
and is now pending criminal prosecution for 8 USC 1326, illegal re-entry.
On July 22 agents working near the border in New Mexico located foot prints of several subjects
that had made an illegal entry into the United States.
Agents immediately began following the foot prints that led up to Highway 9, where a U-Haul truck had been seen.
The vehicle was then spotted traveling west on Highway 9.
U.S. Border Patrol Agents initiated a traffic stop, and with the assistance of a canine,
agents discovered a group of illegal aliens in the back of the truck.
Border Patrol agents noted that the only ventilation in the sweltering cargo area for all 17 illegal aliens
was a 2-inch opening at the rear door.
A total of 17 illegal aliens and one U.S. citizen were transported to the Deming Border Patrol station for processing.
The U.S. citizen driver remains in custody and is pending charges of alien smuggling.
Criminal organizations continue to attempt to distract and occupy Border Patrol agents
however their continued vigilance and experience is stopping these attempts.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection welcomes assistance from the community.
Citizens are encouraged to report suspicious activity to the U.S. Border Patrol and remain anonymous by calling 1-800-635-2509 toll free.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security
charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between official ports of entry.
CBP is charged with securing the borders of the United States while enforcing hundreds of laws and facilitating lawful trade and travel.
Last modified: July 23, 2019
END
Busy Weekend for Border Patrol Agents in New Mexico
Release Date: July 23, 2019
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/busy-weekend-border-patrol-agents-new-mexico
LORDSBURG, New Mexico – U.S. Border Patrol Agents in New Mexico once again encountered multiple groups of aliens
in the boot heel of New Mexico that were smuggled up to the border.
On June 19, a group of 88 illegal aliens were arrested by United States Border Patrol Agents working in the area near the Antelope Wells Port of Entry.
The majority of individuals from this group were from Central America with many in the group immediately claiming the need for medical care.
All were medically cleared without issue despite the high temperatures. The group included family groups with small children
as well as unaccompanied juveniles that continue to put their trust and money in smuggling organizations while undertaking the dangerous journey.
Included in the group was a family unit consisting of a father and a minor child.
Record checks revealed that the father, a 30-year-old from Guatemala, had an outstanding warrant
from Ford County, Kansas, for rape of a child under the age of 14 and aggravated kidnapping.
That warrant was confirmed and verified.
In the early morning hours July 20, agents from the Lordsburg station were patrolling near Hachita, New Mexico,
when they encountered two individuals on the side of the road.
The area in which the group was located is known for human smuggling activity.
Agents questioned the two individuals as to their citizenship, to which they stated they were citizens of Mexico
without immigration documents to be present in the United States.
Agents placed both illegal aliens under arrest and transported them to the Lordsburg station.
Record checks revealed that one of the adult males had a lengthy criminal history
including a conviction for robbery with a weapon, a first-degree felony, as well as arrests for various offences i
ncluding threatening a person, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
The 37-year-old man from Mexico was also previously deported,
and is now pending criminal prosecution for 8 USC 1326, illegal re-entry.
On July 22 agents working near the border in New Mexico located foot prints of several subjects
that had made an illegal entry into the United States.
Agents immediately began following the foot prints that led up to Highway 9, where a U-Haul truck had been seen.
The vehicle was then spotted traveling west on Highway 9.
U.S. Border Patrol Agents initiated a traffic stop, and with the assistance of a canine,
agents discovered a group of illegal aliens in the back of the truck.
Border Patrol agents noted that the only ventilation in the sweltering cargo area for all 17 illegal aliens
was a 2-inch opening at the rear door.
A total of 17 illegal aliens and one U.S. citizen were transported to the Deming Border Patrol station for processing.
The U.S. citizen driver remains in custody and is pending charges of alien smuggling.
Criminal organizations continue to attempt to distract and occupy Border Patrol agents
however their continued vigilance and experience is stopping these attempts.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection welcomes assistance from the community.
Citizens are encouraged to report suspicious activity to the U.S. Border Patrol and remain anonymous by calling 1-800-635-2509 toll free.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security
charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between official ports of entry.
CBP is charged with securing the borders of the United States while enforcing hundreds of laws and facilitating lawful trade and travel.
Last modified: July 23, 2019
END
AZMEX UPDATE 21-7-19
AZMEX UPDATE 21 JUL 2019
First semester of 2019 leaves new record of homicides; increase in violence in 4 years already exceeds 70%
With AMLO there are almost 20,600 people killed; the daily average rose for the second year in a row.
June and February 2019, the most violent months in 22 years
Animal Político
07/21/2019 | 11:33 AM
https://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones/view/primer-semestre-de-2019-deja-nuevo-record-de-homicidios-alza-de-violencia-en-4-anos-ya-rebasa- el-70-1169410
MEXICO (Animal Político) ._ Mexico reaches half of 2019 in unprecedented levels of violence.
In June there were 3 thousand 80 new cases of murdered people, which added to those of the previous months,
a total of 17 thousand 608 victims of homicide and femicide in the first semester of the year.
It is a rate of almost 14 murders per hundred thousand inhabitants, a new record in at least 22 years.
In fact, the number of victims of homicide and femicide registered in June 2019 represented a daily average of 102.6 murders per day,
almost equaling that of February, which was 102.7 murders per day.
They are the two months with the highest level of homicidal violence in history, both recorded this year, and in the current six-year term.
The updated data of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP)
show that the rate of homicide / femicide victims in the first six months of 2019 is 4.4 percent higher
than that registered in the same period of 2018, the year with the highest annual number of crimes to date.
This shows that the upward trend in homicidal violence that began in 2015 and was inherited in the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador
has not yet been contained, although the annual increase has slowed down.
With the 3 thousand 80 murders registered in June (3 thousand 1 corresponding to victims of homicide and 79 of femicide),
the number of people murdered in the presidential term of Andrés Manuel López Obrador - December 2018 to June 2019 -
already amounts to 20 thousand 599.
Compared to June of last year, June 2019 also shows a growth of just over 6 percent.
It should be noted that this is the second consecutive month in which the daily average of homicides has risen,
after a decline had been achieved from March to April.
These differences are recorded even though the violence data of 2018 were updated upward as a result of Mexico City's
significant modification of its incidence record from last year, on the grounds that a significant significant underreporting of investigative files was detected. .
Previously it had been set at 34 thousand 441 the annual total of homicide / femicide victims in 2018 at the country level,
but with the update of CDMX referred that annual total grew to 34 thousand 654.
In four years, rise of more than 70% in homicides
The data of the SESNSP show that from January to June of 2019 there were 17 thousand 138 victims of intentional homicide
for which 14 thousand 603 investigation folders were initiated.
The data of the initiated folders is important because it is the only one with which a comparison can be made
with the whole historical series of the SESNSP dating from 1997 to date.
This shows that the country recorded an accumulated and sustained increase in four years of 73.5 percent in the homicide rate.
We went from accounting for 6.68 cases per one hundred thousand inhabitants in the first semester of 2015,
to 7.47 cases for intentional homicide in the same period of 2016, to grow again at a rate of 9.69 cases in 2017,
reaching 11.21 in the same period of 2018, and finally parking in 11.59 intentional homicides from January to June of this year.
This level of homicidal violence already clearly exceeds the worst years of the so-called
"War on Drug Trafficking" recorded in the six years of former President Felipe Calderón.
In that sexenio the highest rates of homicide for a first semester were 9.75 cases per one hundred thousand inhabitants in 2011 and 9.31 cases for 2012.
It should be noted, however, that unlike the previous two sexenniums, that of President López Obrador received an annual upward trend in murder levels.
If the comparison is made a decade ago when in 2009 there was a rate of 6.68 intentional homicides per one hundred thousand inhabitants,
what is noticed is that the level of murders has practically doubled.
Colima, at the head in violence in 2019
Colima is, as in the last two years, the state with the highest level of intentional homicides in the country.
From January to June of this year it registered a rate of 40.71 cases per one hundred thousand inhabitants,
almost four times above the national average.
Colima is followed by
Baja California with a rate of 34.14 homicides per one hundred thousand inhabitants,
Chihuahua with 27.63,
Guanajuato with 23.07 and
Morelos with 22.74 cases.
Mexico City registered a rate of 8.97 cases per hundred thousand inhabitants in the first semester,
below the national average but higher than that of the State of Mexico,
which reports 7.37 murders in the first semester of this year.
Also: https://www.britannica.com/place/Colima-state-Mexico
END
First semester of 2019 leaves new record of homicides; increase in violence in 4 years already exceeds 70%
With AMLO there are almost 20,600 people killed; the daily average rose for the second year in a row.
June and February 2019, the most violent months in 22 years
Animal Político
07/21/2019 | 11:33 AM
https://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones/view/primer-semestre-de-2019-deja-nuevo-record-de-homicidios-alza-de-violencia-en-4-anos-ya-rebasa- el-70-1169410
MEXICO (Animal Político) ._ Mexico reaches half of 2019 in unprecedented levels of violence.
In June there were 3 thousand 80 new cases of murdered people, which added to those of the previous months,
a total of 17 thousand 608 victims of homicide and femicide in the first semester of the year.
It is a rate of almost 14 murders per hundred thousand inhabitants, a new record in at least 22 years.
In fact, the number of victims of homicide and femicide registered in June 2019 represented a daily average of 102.6 murders per day,
almost equaling that of February, which was 102.7 murders per day.
They are the two months with the highest level of homicidal violence in history, both recorded this year, and in the current six-year term.
The updated data of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP)
show that the rate of homicide / femicide victims in the first six months of 2019 is 4.4 percent higher
than that registered in the same period of 2018, the year with the highest annual number of crimes to date.
This shows that the upward trend in homicidal violence that began in 2015 and was inherited in the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador
has not yet been contained, although the annual increase has slowed down.
With the 3 thousand 80 murders registered in June (3 thousand 1 corresponding to victims of homicide and 79 of femicide),
the number of people murdered in the presidential term of Andrés Manuel López Obrador - December 2018 to June 2019 -
already amounts to 20 thousand 599.
Compared to June of last year, June 2019 also shows a growth of just over 6 percent.
It should be noted that this is the second consecutive month in which the daily average of homicides has risen,
after a decline had been achieved from March to April.
These differences are recorded even though the violence data of 2018 were updated upward as a result of Mexico City's
significant modification of its incidence record from last year, on the grounds that a significant significant underreporting of investigative files was detected. .
Previously it had been set at 34 thousand 441 the annual total of homicide / femicide victims in 2018 at the country level,
but with the update of CDMX referred that annual total grew to 34 thousand 654.
In four years, rise of more than 70% in homicides
The data of the SESNSP show that from January to June of 2019 there were 17 thousand 138 victims of intentional homicide
for which 14 thousand 603 investigation folders were initiated.
The data of the initiated folders is important because it is the only one with which a comparison can be made
with the whole historical series of the SESNSP dating from 1997 to date.
This shows that the country recorded an accumulated and sustained increase in four years of 73.5 percent in the homicide rate.
We went from accounting for 6.68 cases per one hundred thousand inhabitants in the first semester of 2015,
to 7.47 cases for intentional homicide in the same period of 2016, to grow again at a rate of 9.69 cases in 2017,
reaching 11.21 in the same period of 2018, and finally parking in 11.59 intentional homicides from January to June of this year.
This level of homicidal violence already clearly exceeds the worst years of the so-called
"War on Drug Trafficking" recorded in the six years of former President Felipe Calderón.
In that sexenio the highest rates of homicide for a first semester were 9.75 cases per one hundred thousand inhabitants in 2011 and 9.31 cases for 2012.
It should be noted, however, that unlike the previous two sexenniums, that of President López Obrador received an annual upward trend in murder levels.
If the comparison is made a decade ago when in 2009 there was a rate of 6.68 intentional homicides per one hundred thousand inhabitants,
what is noticed is that the level of murders has practically doubled.
Colima, at the head in violence in 2019
Colima is, as in the last two years, the state with the highest level of intentional homicides in the country.
From January to June of this year it registered a rate of 40.71 cases per one hundred thousand inhabitants,
almost four times above the national average.
Colima is followed by
Baja California with a rate of 34.14 homicides per one hundred thousand inhabitants,
Chihuahua with 27.63,
Guanajuato with 23.07 and
Morelos with 22.74 cases.
Mexico City registered a rate of 8.97 cases per hundred thousand inhabitants in the first semester,
below the national average but higher than that of the State of Mexico,
which reports 7.37 murders in the first semester of this year.
Also: https://www.britannica.com/place/Colima-state-Mexico
END
Monday, July 22, 2019
AZMEX I3-2 22-7-19
AZMEX I3-2 22 JUL 2019
Pima County board approves new migrant shelter
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
JULY 22, 2019 AT 3:00 PM
https://ktar.com/story/2663682/pima-county-board-approves-new-migrant-shelter/
(Facebook Photo/Pima County)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Leaders in Tucson have approved a plan to house immigrant families released
by the U.S. government in an unused section of a juvenile detention center.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted along party lines on Monday
to approve the agreement with Catholic Community Services,
which will lease the space for $100 a year.
The county is expected to spend about $530,000 to make building modifications
and to provide food and medical services,
and it has asked for reimbursement from the federal government.
The vote came after heated discussion.
Migrants are currently using the Benedictine Monastery church in Tucson but will have to move out this month.
Related Links
Temporary facility for detained migrants to open in Yuma
Catholic Community Services temporarily houses immigrant families who have crossed the border (Illegally)
and are released by immigration authorities pending immigration court dates.
End
Pima County board approves new migrant shelter
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
JULY 22, 2019 AT 3:00 PM
https://ktar.com/story/2663682/pima-county-board-approves-new-migrant-shelter/
(Facebook Photo/Pima County)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Leaders in Tucson have approved a plan to house immigrant families released
by the U.S. government in an unused section of a juvenile detention center.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted along party lines on Monday
to approve the agreement with Catholic Community Services,
which will lease the space for $100 a year.
The county is expected to spend about $530,000 to make building modifications
and to provide food and medical services,
and it has asked for reimbursement from the federal government.
The vote came after heated discussion.
Migrants are currently using the Benedictine Monastery church in Tucson but will have to move out this month.
Related Links
Temporary facility for detained migrants to open in Yuma
Catholic Community Services temporarily houses immigrant families who have crossed the border (Illegally)
and are released by immigration authorities pending immigration court dates.
End
AZMEX IE 22-7-19
AZMEX I3 22 JUL 2019
Comment: Way past time to end the bureaucratic BS and let ICE do their job.
Also need to bring federal charges on the "neighbors"
Thx
ICE attempted to bring a Tennessee man into custody. His neighbors formed a human chain
Posted: 10:20 AM, Jul 22, 2019 Updated: 10:28 AM, Jul 22, 2019
By: WTVF Staff
https://www.abc15.com/news/national/ice-attempted-to-bring-a-tennessee-man-into-custody-his-neighbors-formed-a-human-chain
NASVHILLE — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent tried to bring a man in Hermitage, Tennessee,
into custody, but neighbors formed a human chain to allow the man and his son to get home.
This happened Monday morning in the area of Brooke Valley Drive and Forest Ridge Drive.
The man had entered into his van with his son when an ICE vehicle blocked him in.
Over the next few hours, neighbors came out to support their neighbor,
bringing with them water, gas and wet rags so they could stay in their van.
Eventually, after about four hours, the neighbors created a chain to allow the father and son to run into their home.
They were able to do so and ICE left.
The ICE agent had an administrative warrant.
While that does allow ICE to detain someone,
it doesn't allow ICE to forcibly remove someone from their home or vehicle.
There were metro police officers at the scene.
They were not trying to assist in the arrest, but simply there to have a presence.
Several people near the vehicle broadcasted on Facebook Live during the event.
According to a WTVF reporter on the scene, no arrest was made by ICE today.
They left after neighbors helped the two people involved in the stop into their home.
This story was originally published by Catlin Bogard and Jesse Knutson on WTVF .
END
More:
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/ice-agents-involved-in-a-traffic-stop-in-hemitage
https://www.wsmv.com/news/ice-attempts-to-serve-administrative-warrant-to-hermitage-man/article_e0da36ca-aca6-11e9-8fe5-bfd899913bfc.html
End
Comment: Way past time to end the bureaucratic BS and let ICE do their job.
Also need to bring federal charges on the "neighbors"
Thx
ICE attempted to bring a Tennessee man into custody. His neighbors formed a human chain
Posted: 10:20 AM, Jul 22, 2019 Updated: 10:28 AM, Jul 22, 2019
By: WTVF Staff
https://www.abc15.com/news/national/ice-attempted-to-bring-a-tennessee-man-into-custody-his-neighbors-formed-a-human-chain
NASVHILLE — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent tried to bring a man in Hermitage, Tennessee,
into custody, but neighbors formed a human chain to allow the man and his son to get home.
This happened Monday morning in the area of Brooke Valley Drive and Forest Ridge Drive.
The man had entered into his van with his son when an ICE vehicle blocked him in.
Over the next few hours, neighbors came out to support their neighbor,
bringing with them water, gas and wet rags so they could stay in their van.
Eventually, after about four hours, the neighbors created a chain to allow the father and son to run into their home.
They were able to do so and ICE left.
The ICE agent had an administrative warrant.
While that does allow ICE to detain someone,
it doesn't allow ICE to forcibly remove someone from their home or vehicle.
There were metro police officers at the scene.
They were not trying to assist in the arrest, but simply there to have a presence.
Several people near the vehicle broadcasted on Facebook Live during the event.
According to a WTVF reporter on the scene, no arrest was made by ICE today.
They left after neighbors helped the two people involved in the stop into their home.
This story was originally published by Catlin Bogard and Jesse Knutson on WTVF .
END
More:
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/ice-agents-involved-in-a-traffic-stop-in-hemitage
https://www.wsmv.com/news/ice-attempts-to-serve-administrative-warrant-to-hermitage-man/article_e0da36ca-aca6-11e9-8fe5-bfd899913bfc.html
End
Saturday, July 20, 2019
AZMEX I3 20-7-19
AZMEX I3 20 JUL 2019
Border agents use tear gas to stop nearly 50 undocumented migrants who stormed Rio Grande bridge
By Robert Gearty, Samuel Chamberlain | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/us/cbp-uses-tear-gas-to-stop-nearly-50-illegal-immigrants-who-stormed-border-crossing-bridge
Violence erupts at the southern border
Border Patrol agents assaulted by immigrants attempting to rush a Texas port of entry.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents had to use tear gas and pepper spray early Saturday
to stop nearly 50 "undocumented individuals" from illegally entering the U.S.
after they stormed a port of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, officials said.
The incident at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge took place at around 4 a.m.
The bridge is closed between midnight at 6 a.m.,
but CBP has had to construct temporary barriers in the middle of the span due to the large influx of migrants using the bridge at night.
A CBP official told Fox News the group attempted to rush across the bridge in three waves.
( Comrade )Schumer: What we saw at border facilities was unbearable, inhumane, heartbreakingVideo
"Ignoring commands to stop, the group suddenly rushed the temporary barricades,
bent metal poles and disabled the concertina wire affixed to the barrier," the official said.
CBP officers, Border Patrol agents, Pharr police and members of the Texas Department of Public Safety
were called upon to prevent the group's entry, according to the official.
BORDER DEATHS DECLINED IN TRUMP'S FIRST TWO YEARS IN OFFICE, DATA SHOWS
"Several males in the group disregarded commands to stop and physically pushed through the barriers," the official said.
"When confronted by CBP officers, the combative individuals began assaulting the officers
by punching, kicking, and attempting to grab the officers' protective devices."
Two individuals were charged with interference and federal charges are pending against
14 others who were apprehended, the official said,
adding that Mexican officials removed the remaining individuals from the bridge.
National Border Patrol Council official says Rep. Cummings is 'not telling the truth' about migrant facilitiesVideo
The bridge opened to commercial traffic at 8 a.m. after a two-hour delay.
The Trump administration has mandated that asylum seekers remain in Mexico while their cases are heard
in an effort to slow the flow of mostly Central American migrants to the southern border.
The White House also said this week it was banning migrants from seeking U.S. protections
if they pass through another country first, though that rule has been challenged in court.
Those policies and others that make it hard to seek asylum have led some migrants to cross the border illegally out of desperation
The Mexican government announced plans this week to spend millions of dollars to improve migrant shelters
and detention centers that house families, but in southern Mexico, far from the U.S. border.
End
ALSO:
http://bridge.pharr-tx.gov
http://bridge.pharr-tx.gov/live-bridge-camera/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharr,_Texas
COMMENT: "some migrants "?
As mentioned several times before, with the exception of Costa Rica,
the CA countries have a very long history and culture
of corruption, disfunction and violence.
END
Border agents use tear gas to stop nearly 50 undocumented migrants who stormed Rio Grande bridge
By Robert Gearty, Samuel Chamberlain | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/us/cbp-uses-tear-gas-to-stop-nearly-50-illegal-immigrants-who-stormed-border-crossing-bridge
Violence erupts at the southern border
Border Patrol agents assaulted by immigrants attempting to rush a Texas port of entry.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents had to use tear gas and pepper spray early Saturday
to stop nearly 50 "undocumented individuals" from illegally entering the U.S.
after they stormed a port of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, officials said.
The incident at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge took place at around 4 a.m.
The bridge is closed between midnight at 6 a.m.,
but CBP has had to construct temporary barriers in the middle of the span due to the large influx of migrants using the bridge at night.
A CBP official told Fox News the group attempted to rush across the bridge in three waves.
( Comrade )Schumer: What we saw at border facilities was unbearable, inhumane, heartbreakingVideo
"Ignoring commands to stop, the group suddenly rushed the temporary barricades,
bent metal poles and disabled the concertina wire affixed to the barrier," the official said.
CBP officers, Border Patrol agents, Pharr police and members of the Texas Department of Public Safety
were called upon to prevent the group's entry, according to the official.
BORDER DEATHS DECLINED IN TRUMP'S FIRST TWO YEARS IN OFFICE, DATA SHOWS
"Several males in the group disregarded commands to stop and physically pushed through the barriers," the official said.
"When confronted by CBP officers, the combative individuals began assaulting the officers
by punching, kicking, and attempting to grab the officers' protective devices."
Two individuals were charged with interference and federal charges are pending against
14 others who were apprehended, the official said,
adding that Mexican officials removed the remaining individuals from the bridge.
National Border Patrol Council official says Rep. Cummings is 'not telling the truth' about migrant facilitiesVideo
The bridge opened to commercial traffic at 8 a.m. after a two-hour delay.
The Trump administration has mandated that asylum seekers remain in Mexico while their cases are heard
in an effort to slow the flow of mostly Central American migrants to the southern border.
The White House also said this week it was banning migrants from seeking U.S. protections
if they pass through another country first, though that rule has been challenged in court.
Those policies and others that make it hard to seek asylum have led some migrants to cross the border illegally out of desperation
The Mexican government announced plans this week to spend millions of dollars to improve migrant shelters
and detention centers that house families, but in southern Mexico, far from the U.S. border.
End
ALSO:
http://bridge.pharr-tx.gov
http://bridge.pharr-tx.gov/live-bridge-camera/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharr,_Texas
COMMENT: "some migrants "?
As mentioned several times before, with the exception of Costa Rica,
the CA countries have a very long history and culture
of corruption, disfunction and violence.
END
AZMEX El Presidente AMLO exposed
Note: Comrade Presidente AMLO with fellow comrades in 1994.
Photo & text, in spanish
gracias
https://www.elimparcial.com/mexico/AMLO-muestra-fotografia-con-el-Subcomandante-Marcos-20190707-0058.html
http://www.elfronterizo.com.mx/noticia/113236/amlo-comparte-foto-de-1994-con-el-subcomandante-marcos
EZLN ? A whitewashed version. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapatista_Army_of_National_Liberation
AMLO shows photograph with Subcomandante Marcos
The president points out that the photo dates from 1994.
By El Universal
July 07
'A picture is worth a thousand words' commented López Obrador. | @lopezobrador_
MEXICO CITY.- President Andrés Manuel López Obrador uploaded a 1994 photograph to his social networks
with the then Subcomandante Marcos, leader of the EZLN, in Las Margaritas, Chiapas.
"Yesterday they gave me this picture that was taken in 1994 in Guadalupe Tepeyac, Las Margaritas, Chiapas.
On that occasion, the theme was to achieve peace. I just remember that "an image is worth a thousand words",
reads a message from his official Twitter account.
Andrés Manuel
✔
@lopezobrador_
Yesterday they gave me this photo that was taken in 1994 in Guadalupe Tepeyac, Las Margaritas, Chiapas.
On that occasion, the theme was to achieve peace. I only remember that "a picture is worth a thousand words".
11:30 - July 7 2019
Yesterday, the President visited that same community and called on the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN)
to leave behind the differences, to no longer fight with his government and to work in unity.
In the cradle of the Zapatista movement, during a tour of hospitals and rural clinics of the IMSS,
the President expressed his respect for the EZLN and recalled that this movement by arming
served so that at the time he turned to see the reality of the indigenous peoples.
The activist Rosario Ibarra de Piedra is also present in the image; the founder of the PRD,
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, and his son Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Batel.
AMLO muestra fotografÃa con el Subcomandante Marcos
El mandatario señala que la foto data de 1994.
Por El Universal
07 de Julio
'Una imagen vale más de mil palabras' comentó López Obrador. | @lopezobrador_
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO.- El presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador subió a sus redes sociales una fotografÃa de 1994 con el entonces Subcomandante Marcos, lÃder del EZLN, en Las Margaritas, Chiapas.
FIN
Photo & text, in spanish
gracias
https://www.elimparcial.com/mexico/AMLO-muestra-fotografia-con-el-Subcomandante-Marcos-20190707-0058.html
http://www.elfronterizo.com.mx/noticia/113236/amlo-comparte-foto-de-1994-con-el-subcomandante-marcos
EZLN ? A whitewashed version. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapatista_Army_of_National_Liberation
AMLO shows photograph with Subcomandante Marcos
The president points out that the photo dates from 1994.
By El Universal
July 07
'A picture is worth a thousand words' commented López Obrador. | @lopezobrador_
MEXICO CITY.- President Andrés Manuel López Obrador uploaded a 1994 photograph to his social networks
with the then Subcomandante Marcos, leader of the EZLN, in Las Margaritas, Chiapas.
"Yesterday they gave me this picture that was taken in 1994 in Guadalupe Tepeyac, Las Margaritas, Chiapas.
On that occasion, the theme was to achieve peace. I just remember that "an image is worth a thousand words",
reads a message from his official Twitter account.
Andrés Manuel
✔
@lopezobrador_
Yesterday they gave me this photo that was taken in 1994 in Guadalupe Tepeyac, Las Margaritas, Chiapas.
On that occasion, the theme was to achieve peace. I only remember that "a picture is worth a thousand words".
11:30 - July 7 2019
Yesterday, the President visited that same community and called on the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN)
to leave behind the differences, to no longer fight with his government and to work in unity.
In the cradle of the Zapatista movement, during a tour of hospitals and rural clinics of the IMSS,
the President expressed his respect for the EZLN and recalled that this movement by arming
served so that at the time he turned to see the reality of the indigenous peoples.
The activist Rosario Ibarra de Piedra is also present in the image; the founder of the PRD,
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, and his son Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Batel.
AMLO muestra fotografÃa con el Subcomandante Marcos
El mandatario señala que la foto data de 1994.
Por El Universal
07 de Julio
'Una imagen vale más de mil palabras' comentó López Obrador. | @lopezobrador_
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO.- El presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador subió a sus redes sociales una fotografÃa de 1994 con el entonces Subcomandante Marcos, lÃder del EZLN, en Las Margaritas, Chiapas.
FIN
Friday, July 19, 2019
AZMEX SPECIAL 19-7-19
AZMEX SPECIAL 19 JUL 2019
Note: photos, etc. at link:
Friday, July 19, 2019
Guerrero: Tourists Assassinated at Check Point Near Petatlán
Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: SPDNoticias
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2019/07/guerrero-tourists-assassinated-at-check.html#more
Guerrero: A couple of tourists was killed for passing a checkpoint installed by the community police
in the municipality of Petatlán at dawn on Thursday, July 18.
When arriving at the scene, the state police found two people dead, a man and a woman lying on their backs,
both with gunshots to the head;
one wore knee-length denim trousers and a red shirt,
and the woman wore a tank top and black pants with orange tennis shoes.
The victims were identified as the American Paul Nielsen of 48 years
and his wife Janeth Vázquez of 43 years,
originally from San Lorenzo Almecatla in Puebla,
in addition to a 12-year-old boy and son of both, who was injured by the gunshots of fire .
The assault on the family would have occurred at 3:30 in the morning in the checkpoint held by the community police
between the town of Santa Rosa and the community of Juluchuca, where a state police base is based.
The family was traveling in a compact car from the port of Acapulco towards Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
located on the Costa Grande of the state of Guerrero .
Son of tourists survives attack in Petatlan:
Reports indicate that the assaulted family refused to stop at the community police checkpoint , which then initiated an armed persuit.
The persecution occurred from Santa Rosa to Juluchuca, where the community intercepted the family,
took the couple out of their car to shoot them
and took the vehicle,
leaving the child in the vicinity of the Technological University of the Costa Grande.
The State Police lifted the bodies of the tourists to transfer them to a funeral home that became a Forensic Medical Service (Semefo)
and took the child to Zihuatanejo where he gave his statement to the ministerial authorities.
The minor was also treated by Red Cross personnel in Petatlán for his injuries
and because he suffered a nervous breakdown after the incident.
So far, no authority has ruled on the events of early this morning.
end
Note: photos, etc. at link:
Friday, July 19, 2019
Guerrero: Tourists Assassinated at Check Point Near Petatlán
Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: SPDNoticias
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2019/07/guerrero-tourists-assassinated-at-check.html#more
Guerrero: A couple of tourists was killed for passing a checkpoint installed by the community police
in the municipality of Petatlán at dawn on Thursday, July 18.
When arriving at the scene, the state police found two people dead, a man and a woman lying on their backs,
both with gunshots to the head;
one wore knee-length denim trousers and a red shirt,
and the woman wore a tank top and black pants with orange tennis shoes.
The victims were identified as the American Paul Nielsen of 48 years
and his wife Janeth Vázquez of 43 years,
originally from San Lorenzo Almecatla in Puebla,
in addition to a 12-year-old boy and son of both, who was injured by the gunshots of fire .
The assault on the family would have occurred at 3:30 in the morning in the checkpoint held by the community police
between the town of Santa Rosa and the community of Juluchuca, where a state police base is based.
The family was traveling in a compact car from the port of Acapulco towards Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
located on the Costa Grande of the state of Guerrero .
Son of tourists survives attack in Petatlan:
Reports indicate that the assaulted family refused to stop at the community police checkpoint , which then initiated an armed persuit.
The persecution occurred from Santa Rosa to Juluchuca, where the community intercepted the family,
took the couple out of their car to shoot them
and took the vehicle,
leaving the child in the vicinity of the Technological University of the Costa Grande.
The State Police lifted the bodies of the tourists to transfer them to a funeral home that became a Forensic Medical Service (Semefo)
and took the child to Zihuatanejo where he gave his statement to the ministerial authorities.
The minor was also treated by Red Cross personnel in Petatlán for his injuries
and because he suffered a nervous breakdown after the incident.
So far, no authority has ruled on the events of early this morning.
end
AZMEX POLICY 19-7-19
AZMEX POLICY 19 JUL 2019
Comment: yet another corrupt, socialist El Presidente?
Photos, videos, etc. at link.
Gracias
Mexico's President Lopez Obrador calls El Chapo's life term 'inhumane'
after the drug lord is flown to US Supermax prison within hours of sentencing
Mexican President called El Chapo's jail conditions 'inhumane' after sentencing
Lopez Obrador said such a sentence made life no longer worth living
Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman flown to supermax prison hours after sentencing
The Mexican drug lord received life behind bars in federal court in Brooklyn
A government helicopter flew him to the highest security prison hours later
The judge wanted to allow him to stay in New York to help him launch an appeal
But after a plan to break him free was discovered he was immediately rushed out
By SOPHIE TANNO FOR MAILONLINE and JOSH SAUNDERS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and REUTERS
PUBLISHED: 05:24 EDT, 19 July 2019 | UPDATED: 12:27 EDT, 19 July 2019
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7264211/Mexican-president-calls-El-Chapos-life-term-inhumane.html
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday called the jail conditions of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman 'inhumane',
after the drug lord was rushed out of New York within hours of receiving life sentence.
Lopez Obrador said at his regular morning conference that sentences like the one for El Chapo
- 'a sentence for life in a hostile jail, hard, inhumane' - made a life no longer worth living.
The convicted Mexican drug lord was forced to immediately depart for the highest security prison in the U.S. to serve his term, his lawyer confirmed on Thursday.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday called the jail conditions of drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman inhumane,
after he was rushed out of New York within hours of receiving life sentence
On of the most recent photographs of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman in 2017 when he was was walked from a plane
to a waiting caravan of SUVs at Long Island MacArthur Airport, in New York.
He was convicted in February 2019 on multiple conspiracy counts in an epic drug-trafficking case,
was sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, on Wednesday
Mexican president calls El Chapo's life term 'inhumane'
As well as his concern for the infamous kingpin's wellbeing, Lopez Obrador criticized the violence he wrought over his long career,
and said society needed moral reforms.
'I also have many victims in mind,' he added. 'It's something very painful.'
Lopez Obrador has created a new militarized police force to bring down violence
that has spiraled as cartels splinter and smaller groups fight for territory.
Last year, violence cost a record 33,000 lives.
Those numbers continued surging in the first six months of Lopez Obrador's term in office, which began in December.
When asked whether he expected violence to rise further over coming weeks following the sentencing of El Chapo,
Lopez Obrador said: 'No, on the contrary. We think that bit by bit the number of criminal incidents will decline.'
'We will continue to create a better society, supported by values,
that is not based on accumulating material wealth, money or luxury,' Lopez Obrador said. ( i.e. socialism )
Guzman was rushed by government helicopter to United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility (above),
also known as the ADX or 'Supermax', in Florence, Colorado, after a plan to break him free again was discovered
Guzman has broken free from two Mexican high security prisons in the past.
Here he is pictured being escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City in 2014
Prosecutors on El Chapo sentence 'justice was done today'
Following Guzman's sentencing, a government helicopter took the narco,
notorious known for his daring jail breaks, away from the federal court in Brooklyn.
Defense Attorney Jeffrey Lichtman was informed that his client was en-route to the supermax facility in Florence, Colorado.
For most defendants, there's a break between sentencing and a decision by the Bureau of Prisons on where to house them.
In the case of Guzman, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan agreed to a recommendation that the drug lord
should remain in federal jail in Manhattan for an additional two months to help his lawyers mount an appeal.
But that changed after it became clear that behind the scenes there already was a plan in place
'to get him out of the city as soon as possible,' Lichtman said.
Prison officials and prosecutors wouldn't talk about Guzman's whereabouts on Thursday.
The 62-year-old Guzman had been the subject of extreme security measures carrying an untold cost
ever since his extradition to the U.S. in 2017 to face drug-trafficking charges.
Authorities were determined to prevent any repeat of Guzman's legendary jailbreaks in Mexico,
including the one in 2015 involving a mile-long (1.6 kilometer-long) tunnel dug to the shower in his cell.
Ted Cruz says government should spend 'every penny' of El...
Officers find 500 makeshift weapons, 120 grams of drugs, 26...
Guzman was put in solitary confinement in a high-security wing of the Manhattan jail that has housed terrorists and mobsters.
'I drink unsanitary water, no air or sunlight, and the air pumped in makes my ears and throat hurt,' he said at sentencing.
'This has been psychological, emotional and mental torture 24 hours a day.'
For pretrial hearings in Brooklyn, authorities transporting Guzman to and from jail shut down the Brooklyn Bridge
to make way for a police motorcade that includes a SWAT team and an ambulance, all tracked by helicopters.
Once the trial started, they secretly kept him locked up in the bowels of the courthouse during the week to make the logistics less arduous.
The apparent next - and last - stop for Guzman: a prison sometimes called the 'Alcatraz of the Rockies.'
Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Sept. 11
conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui and Oklahoma City bombing accomplice Terry Nichols are among those who call it home.
Drug kingpin El Chapo sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years
U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan (above) recommended that Guzman be held in New York upon sentencing +7
But after a plan to break him free was discovered he was immediately flown to Supermax in Colorado,
according defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman (above) +7
U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan (left) recommended that Guzman be held in New York upon sentencing.
But after a plan to break him free was discovered he was immediately flown to Supermax in Colorado, according defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman (right)
Guzman aka 'El Chapo' (center), being escorted by marines as he is presented to the press on February 22, 2014 in Mexico City
Drug kingpin El Chapo sentenced to life in prison
end
also:
https://nypost.com/2019/07/18/mexican-president-calls-el-chapos-life-sentence-inhumane/
https://nypost.com/2019/07/19/el-chapo-seen-for-last-time-before-heading-to-supermax-in-colorado/
End
COMMENT: still more federal judiciary corruption? Can't have a US business do the right thing.
Thx
Judge to give Motel 6 settlement preliminary nod in suit
Posted: 4:47 PM, Jul 19, 2019 Updated: 4:48 PM, Jul 19, 2019
By: Associated Press
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/judge-to-give-motel-6-settlement-preliminary-nod-in-suit
PHOENIX (AP) - A federal judge told Motel 6 and civil rights attorneys Friday he plans to give his preliminary nod
to a settlement in the case involving thousands of guests said to have had their privacy violated
when the national chain gave their information to immigration authorities.
Judge David Campbell told attorneys for Motel 6 and the rights group Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
he would approve the preliminary settlement by month's end if minor changes are made in the document.
Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of the civil rights group,
said he hoped the judge's decision would send a message to other companies that had considered assisting immigration authorities.
Several major hotel companies, including Marriott and Choice Hotels in recent days,
have said they will not let Immigration and Customs Enforcement use rooms as detention facilities.
"We hope this decision deters any company thinking of lending a hand to immigration officials," Saenz said.
"It's just bad business, which you can see by looking at the settlement."
The settlement proposes to make $10 million available for claims by members of the class action lawsuit.
A class member could get $75 if that person was a registered guest;
up to $10,000 if the person was placed in deportation proceedings as a result of having his or her information shared;
and as much as $200,000 if a person incurred legal fees to defend his or her presence in the United States.
The proposed settlement also expands the class to include guests at Motel 6 between February 2015 and June 2019.
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund sued Motel 6 in January 2018,
saying that giving guests' information to immigration agents without a warrant violated privacy and civil rights laws.
The chain's owner, G6 Hospitality LLC in Carrollton, Texas, said it later issued a directive banning the practice.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich earlier this year asked U.S. District Court Judge David Campbel
l not to approve the earlier version of the agreement between the two sides,
saying that only a fraction of the thousands of people directly connected to the case would benefit
because most of the money would have gone to migrant advocacy groups.
Campbell denied Brnovich's request because the sides had told the court they were renegotiating the agreement.
End
Comment: yet another corrupt, socialist El Presidente?
Photos, videos, etc. at link.
Gracias
Mexico's President Lopez Obrador calls El Chapo's life term 'inhumane'
after the drug lord is flown to US Supermax prison within hours of sentencing
Mexican President called El Chapo's jail conditions 'inhumane' after sentencing
Lopez Obrador said such a sentence made life no longer worth living
Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman flown to supermax prison hours after sentencing
The Mexican drug lord received life behind bars in federal court in Brooklyn
A government helicopter flew him to the highest security prison hours later
The judge wanted to allow him to stay in New York to help him launch an appeal
But after a plan to break him free was discovered he was immediately rushed out
By SOPHIE TANNO FOR MAILONLINE and JOSH SAUNDERS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and REUTERS
PUBLISHED: 05:24 EDT, 19 July 2019 | UPDATED: 12:27 EDT, 19 July 2019
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7264211/Mexican-president-calls-El-Chapos-life-term-inhumane.html
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday called the jail conditions of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman 'inhumane',
after the drug lord was rushed out of New York within hours of receiving life sentence.
Lopez Obrador said at his regular morning conference that sentences like the one for El Chapo
- 'a sentence for life in a hostile jail, hard, inhumane' - made a life no longer worth living.
The convicted Mexican drug lord was forced to immediately depart for the highest security prison in the U.S. to serve his term, his lawyer confirmed on Thursday.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday called the jail conditions of drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman inhumane,
after he was rushed out of New York within hours of receiving life sentence
On of the most recent photographs of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman in 2017 when he was was walked from a plane
to a waiting caravan of SUVs at Long Island MacArthur Airport, in New York.
He was convicted in February 2019 on multiple conspiracy counts in an epic drug-trafficking case,
was sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, on Wednesday
Mexican president calls El Chapo's life term 'inhumane'
As well as his concern for the infamous kingpin's wellbeing, Lopez Obrador criticized the violence he wrought over his long career,
and said society needed moral reforms.
'I also have many victims in mind,' he added. 'It's something very painful.'
Lopez Obrador has created a new militarized police force to bring down violence
that has spiraled as cartels splinter and smaller groups fight for territory.
Last year, violence cost a record 33,000 lives.
Those numbers continued surging in the first six months of Lopez Obrador's term in office, which began in December.
When asked whether he expected violence to rise further over coming weeks following the sentencing of El Chapo,
Lopez Obrador said: 'No, on the contrary. We think that bit by bit the number of criminal incidents will decline.'
'We will continue to create a better society, supported by values,
that is not based on accumulating material wealth, money or luxury,' Lopez Obrador said. ( i.e. socialism )
Guzman was rushed by government helicopter to United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility (above),
also known as the ADX or 'Supermax', in Florence, Colorado, after a plan to break him free again was discovered
Guzman has broken free from two Mexican high security prisons in the past.
Here he is pictured being escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City in 2014
Prosecutors on El Chapo sentence 'justice was done today'
Following Guzman's sentencing, a government helicopter took the narco,
notorious known for his daring jail breaks, away from the federal court in Brooklyn.
Defense Attorney Jeffrey Lichtman was informed that his client was en-route to the supermax facility in Florence, Colorado.
For most defendants, there's a break between sentencing and a decision by the Bureau of Prisons on where to house them.
In the case of Guzman, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan agreed to a recommendation that the drug lord
should remain in federal jail in Manhattan for an additional two months to help his lawyers mount an appeal.
But that changed after it became clear that behind the scenes there already was a plan in place
'to get him out of the city as soon as possible,' Lichtman said.
Prison officials and prosecutors wouldn't talk about Guzman's whereabouts on Thursday.
The 62-year-old Guzman had been the subject of extreme security measures carrying an untold cost
ever since his extradition to the U.S. in 2017 to face drug-trafficking charges.
Authorities were determined to prevent any repeat of Guzman's legendary jailbreaks in Mexico,
including the one in 2015 involving a mile-long (1.6 kilometer-long) tunnel dug to the shower in his cell.
Ted Cruz says government should spend 'every penny' of El...
Officers find 500 makeshift weapons, 120 grams of drugs, 26...
Guzman was put in solitary confinement in a high-security wing of the Manhattan jail that has housed terrorists and mobsters.
'I drink unsanitary water, no air or sunlight, and the air pumped in makes my ears and throat hurt,' he said at sentencing.
'This has been psychological, emotional and mental torture 24 hours a day.'
For pretrial hearings in Brooklyn, authorities transporting Guzman to and from jail shut down the Brooklyn Bridge
to make way for a police motorcade that includes a SWAT team and an ambulance, all tracked by helicopters.
Once the trial started, they secretly kept him locked up in the bowels of the courthouse during the week to make the logistics less arduous.
The apparent next - and last - stop for Guzman: a prison sometimes called the 'Alcatraz of the Rockies.'
Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Sept. 11
conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui and Oklahoma City bombing accomplice Terry Nichols are among those who call it home.
Drug kingpin El Chapo sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years
U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan (above) recommended that Guzman be held in New York upon sentencing +7
But after a plan to break him free was discovered he was immediately flown to Supermax in Colorado,
according defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman (above) +7
U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan (left) recommended that Guzman be held in New York upon sentencing.
But after a plan to break him free was discovered he was immediately flown to Supermax in Colorado, according defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman (right)
Guzman aka 'El Chapo' (center), being escorted by marines as he is presented to the press on February 22, 2014 in Mexico City
Drug kingpin El Chapo sentenced to life in prison
end
also:
https://nypost.com/2019/07/18/mexican-president-calls-el-chapos-life-sentence-inhumane/
https://nypost.com/2019/07/19/el-chapo-seen-for-last-time-before-heading-to-supermax-in-colorado/
End
COMMENT: still more federal judiciary corruption? Can't have a US business do the right thing.
Thx
Judge to give Motel 6 settlement preliminary nod in suit
Posted: 4:47 PM, Jul 19, 2019 Updated: 4:48 PM, Jul 19, 2019
By: Associated Press
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/judge-to-give-motel-6-settlement-preliminary-nod-in-suit
PHOENIX (AP) - A federal judge told Motel 6 and civil rights attorneys Friday he plans to give his preliminary nod
to a settlement in the case involving thousands of guests said to have had their privacy violated
when the national chain gave their information to immigration authorities.
Judge David Campbell told attorneys for Motel 6 and the rights group Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
he would approve the preliminary settlement by month's end if minor changes are made in the document.
Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of the civil rights group,
said he hoped the judge's decision would send a message to other companies that had considered assisting immigration authorities.
Several major hotel companies, including Marriott and Choice Hotels in recent days,
have said they will not let Immigration and Customs Enforcement use rooms as detention facilities.
"We hope this decision deters any company thinking of lending a hand to immigration officials," Saenz said.
"It's just bad business, which you can see by looking at the settlement."
The settlement proposes to make $10 million available for claims by members of the class action lawsuit.
A class member could get $75 if that person was a registered guest;
up to $10,000 if the person was placed in deportation proceedings as a result of having his or her information shared;
and as much as $200,000 if a person incurred legal fees to defend his or her presence in the United States.
The proposed settlement also expands the class to include guests at Motel 6 between February 2015 and June 2019.
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund sued Motel 6 in January 2018,
saying that giving guests' information to immigration agents without a warrant violated privacy and civil rights laws.
The chain's owner, G6 Hospitality LLC in Carrollton, Texas, said it later issued a directive banning the practice.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich earlier this year asked U.S. District Court Judge David Campbel
l not to approve the earlier version of the agreement between the two sides,
saying that only a fraction of the thousands of people directly connected to the case would benefit
because most of the money would have gone to migrant advocacy groups.
Campbell denied Brnovich's request because the sides had told the court they were renegotiating the agreement.
End
AZMEX POLICY 19-7-19
AZMEX POLICY 19 JUL 2019
Comment: yet another corrupt, socialist El Presidente?
Photos, videos, etc. at link.
Gracias
Mexico's President Lopez Obrador calls El Chapo's life term 'inhumane' after the drug lord is flown to US Supermax prison within hours of sentencing
Mexican President called El Chapo's jail conditions 'inhumane' after sentencing
Lopez Obrador said such a sentence made life no longer worth living
Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman flown to supermax prison hours after sentencing
The Mexican drug lord received life behind bars in federal court in Brooklyn
A government helicopter flew him to the highest security prison hours later
The judge wanted to allow him to stay in New York to help him launch an appeal
But after a plan to break him free was discovered he was immediately rushed out
By SOPHIE TANNO FOR MAILONLINE and JOSH SAUNDERS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and REUTERS
PUBLISHED: 05:24 EDT, 19 July 2019 | UPDATED: 12:27 EDT, 19 July 2019
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7264211/Mexican-president-calls-El-Chapos-life-term-inhumane.html
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday called the jail conditions of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman
'inhumane', after the drug lord was rushed out of New York within hours of receiving life sentence.
Lopez Obrador said at his regular morning conference that sentences like the one for El Chapo
- 'a sentence for life in a hostile jail, hard, inhumane' - made a life no longer worth living.
The convicted Mexican drug lord was forced to immediately depart for the highest security prison in the U.S. to serve his term,
his lawyer confirmed on Thursday.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday called the jail conditions of drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman inhumane,
after he was rushed out of New York within hours of receiving life sentence
On of the most recent photographs of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman in 2017 when he was was walked from a plane
to a waiting caravan of SUVs at Long Island MacArthur Airport, in New York.
He was convicted in February 2019 on multiple conspiracy counts in an epic drug-trafficking case,
was sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, on Wednesday
Mexican president calls El Chapo's life term 'inhumane'
As well as his concern for the infamous kingpin's wellbeing, Lopez Obrador criticized the violence he wrought over his long career,
and said society needed moral reforms.
'I also have many victims in mind,' he added. 'It's something very painful.'
Lopez Obrador has created a new militarized police force to bring down violence that has spiraled as cartels splinter and smaller groups fight for territory.
Last year, violence cost a record 33,000 lives.
Those numbers continued surging in the first six months of Lopez Obrador's term in office, which began in December.
When asked whether he expected violence to rise further over coming weeks following the sentencing of El Chapo,
Lopez Obrador said: 'No, on the contrary. We think that bit by bit the number of criminal incidents will decline.'
'We will continue to create a better society, supported by values, that is not based on accumulating material wealth, money or luxury,' Lopez Obrador said.
Guzman was rushed by government helicopter to United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility (above),
also known as the ADX or 'Supermax', in Florence, Colorado, after a plan to break him free again was discovered
Guzman has broken free from two Mexican high security prisons in the past.
Here he is pictured being escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City in 2014
Prosecutors on El Chapo sentence 'justice was done today'
Following Guzman's sentencing, a government helicopter took the narco, notorious known for his daring jail breaks,
away from the federal court in Brooklyn.
Defense Attorney Jeffrey Lichtman was informed that his client was en-route to the supermax facility in Florence, Colorado.
For most defendants, there's a break between sentencing and a decision by the Bureau of Prisons on where to house them.
In the case of Guzman, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan agreed to a recommendation that the drug lord should remain in federal jail in Manhattan for an additional two months to help his lawyers mount an appeal.
But that changed after it became clear that behind the scenes there already was a plan in place 'to get him out of the city as soon as possible,' Lichtman said.
Prison officials and prosecutors wouldn't talk about Guzman's whereabouts on Thursday.
The 62-year-old Guzman had been the subject of extreme security measures carrying an untold cost
ever since his extradition to the U.S. in 2017 to face drug-trafficking charges.
Authorities were determined to prevent any repeat of Guzman's legendary jailbreaks in Mexico,
including the one in 2015 involving a mile-long (1.6 kilometer-long) tunnel dug to the shower in his cell.
Ted Cruz says government should spend 'every penny' of El...
Officers find 500 makeshift weapons, 120 grams of drugs, 26...
Guzman was put in solitary confinement in a high-security wing of the Manhattan jail that has housed terrorists and mobsters.
'I drink unsanitary water, no air or sunlight, and the air pumped in makes my ears and throat hurt,' he said at sentencing.
'This has been psychological, emotional and mental torture 24 hours a day.'
For pretrial hearings in Brooklyn, authorities transporting Guzman to and from jail shut down the Brooklyn Bridge
to make way for a police motorcade that includes a SWAT team and an ambulance, all tracked by helicopters.
Once the trial started, they secretly kept him locked up in the bowels of the courthouse during the week to make the logistics less arduous.
The apparent next - and last - stop for Guzman: a prison sometimes called the 'Alcatraz of the Rockies.'
Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui
and Oklahoma City bombing accomplice Terry Nichols are among those who call it home.
Drug kingpin El Chapo sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years
U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan (above) recommended that Guzman be held in New York upon sentencing +7
U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan (left) recommended that Guzman be held in New York upon sentencing.
But after a plan to break him free was discovered he was immediately flown to Supermax in Colorado, according defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman (right)
Guzman aka 'El Chapo' (center), being escorted by marines as he is presented to the press on February 22, 2014 in Mexico City
Drug kingpin El Chapo sentenced to life in prison
end
also:
https://nypost.com/2019/07/18/mexican-president-calls-el-chapos-life-sentence-inhumane/
https://nypost.com/2019/07/19/el-chapo-seen-for-last-time-before-heading-to-supermax-in-colorado/
End
Comment: yet another corrupt, socialist El Presidente?
Photos, videos, etc. at link.
Gracias
Mexico's President Lopez Obrador calls El Chapo's life term 'inhumane' after the drug lord is flown to US Supermax prison within hours of sentencing
Mexican President called El Chapo's jail conditions 'inhumane' after sentencing
Lopez Obrador said such a sentence made life no longer worth living
Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman flown to supermax prison hours after sentencing
The Mexican drug lord received life behind bars in federal court in Brooklyn
A government helicopter flew him to the highest security prison hours later
The judge wanted to allow him to stay in New York to help him launch an appeal
But after a plan to break him free was discovered he was immediately rushed out
By SOPHIE TANNO FOR MAILONLINE and JOSH SAUNDERS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and REUTERS
PUBLISHED: 05:24 EDT, 19 July 2019 | UPDATED: 12:27 EDT, 19 July 2019
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7264211/Mexican-president-calls-El-Chapos-life-term-inhumane.html
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday called the jail conditions of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman
'inhumane', after the drug lord was rushed out of New York within hours of receiving life sentence.
Lopez Obrador said at his regular morning conference that sentences like the one for El Chapo
- 'a sentence for life in a hostile jail, hard, inhumane' - made a life no longer worth living.
The convicted Mexican drug lord was forced to immediately depart for the highest security prison in the U.S. to serve his term,
his lawyer confirmed on Thursday.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday called the jail conditions of drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman inhumane,
after he was rushed out of New York within hours of receiving life sentence
On of the most recent photographs of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman in 2017 when he was was walked from a plane
to a waiting caravan of SUVs at Long Island MacArthur Airport, in New York.
He was convicted in February 2019 on multiple conspiracy counts in an epic drug-trafficking case,
was sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, on Wednesday
Mexican president calls El Chapo's life term 'inhumane'
As well as his concern for the infamous kingpin's wellbeing, Lopez Obrador criticized the violence he wrought over his long career,
and said society needed moral reforms.
'I also have many victims in mind,' he added. 'It's something very painful.'
Lopez Obrador has created a new militarized police force to bring down violence that has spiraled as cartels splinter and smaller groups fight for territory.
Last year, violence cost a record 33,000 lives.
Those numbers continued surging in the first six months of Lopez Obrador's term in office, which began in December.
When asked whether he expected violence to rise further over coming weeks following the sentencing of El Chapo,
Lopez Obrador said: 'No, on the contrary. We think that bit by bit the number of criminal incidents will decline.'
'We will continue to create a better society, supported by values, that is not based on accumulating material wealth, money or luxury,' Lopez Obrador said.
Guzman was rushed by government helicopter to United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility (above),
also known as the ADX or 'Supermax', in Florence, Colorado, after a plan to break him free again was discovered
Guzman has broken free from two Mexican high security prisons in the past.
Here he is pictured being escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City in 2014
Prosecutors on El Chapo sentence 'justice was done today'
Following Guzman's sentencing, a government helicopter took the narco, notorious known for his daring jail breaks,
away from the federal court in Brooklyn.
Defense Attorney Jeffrey Lichtman was informed that his client was en-route to the supermax facility in Florence, Colorado.
For most defendants, there's a break between sentencing and a decision by the Bureau of Prisons on where to house them.
In the case of Guzman, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan agreed to a recommendation that the drug lord should remain in federal jail in Manhattan for an additional two months to help his lawyers mount an appeal.
But that changed after it became clear that behind the scenes there already was a plan in place 'to get him out of the city as soon as possible,' Lichtman said.
Prison officials and prosecutors wouldn't talk about Guzman's whereabouts on Thursday.
The 62-year-old Guzman had been the subject of extreme security measures carrying an untold cost
ever since his extradition to the U.S. in 2017 to face drug-trafficking charges.
Authorities were determined to prevent any repeat of Guzman's legendary jailbreaks in Mexico,
including the one in 2015 involving a mile-long (1.6 kilometer-long) tunnel dug to the shower in his cell.
Ted Cruz says government should spend 'every penny' of El...
Officers find 500 makeshift weapons, 120 grams of drugs, 26...
Guzman was put in solitary confinement in a high-security wing of the Manhattan jail that has housed terrorists and mobsters.
'I drink unsanitary water, no air or sunlight, and the air pumped in makes my ears and throat hurt,' he said at sentencing.
'This has been psychological, emotional and mental torture 24 hours a day.'
For pretrial hearings in Brooklyn, authorities transporting Guzman to and from jail shut down the Brooklyn Bridge
to make way for a police motorcade that includes a SWAT team and an ambulance, all tracked by helicopters.
Once the trial started, they secretly kept him locked up in the bowels of the courthouse during the week to make the logistics less arduous.
The apparent next - and last - stop for Guzman: a prison sometimes called the 'Alcatraz of the Rockies.'
Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui
and Oklahoma City bombing accomplice Terry Nichols are among those who call it home.
Drug kingpin El Chapo sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years
U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan (above) recommended that Guzman be held in New York upon sentencing +7
U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan (left) recommended that Guzman be held in New York upon sentencing.
But after a plan to break him free was discovered he was immediately flown to Supermax in Colorado, according defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman (right)
Guzman aka 'El Chapo' (center), being escorted by marines as he is presented to the press on February 22, 2014 in Mexico City
Drug kingpin El Chapo sentenced to life in prison
end
also:
https://nypost.com/2019/07/18/mexican-president-calls-el-chapos-life-sentence-inhumane/
https://nypost.com/2019/07/19/el-chapo-seen-for-last-time-before-heading-to-supermax-in-colorado/
End
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
AZMEX I3-2 13-7-19
AZMEX I3-2 13 JUL 2019
Note: as always, "immigrants" means illegal immigrants.
Comment: aiding and abetting illegal immigration and drug smuggling should be a crime.
Thx
Judge orders records in border activist Scott Warren's arrest unsealed
Arizona border activist Scott Warren. (Source: Source; KOLD News 13)
July 12, 2019 at 3:05 PM MST - Updated July 12 at 3:39 PM
https://www.kold.com/2019/07/12/judge-orders-records-border-activist-scott-warrens-arrest-unsealed/
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the government to unseal text messages between agents involved
in the arrest of an Arizona border activist who was tried on charges of immigrant harboring and conspiracy.
The judge on Thursday ruled in favor of a coalition of news organizations, including The Associated Press, to unseal the records.
The judge said the public has a right to know and the government didn't show a compelling reason for keeping them secret.
A jury was deadlocked on charges against Scott Warren in the Tucson trial in June.
Prosecutors who said the immigrants Warren helped weren't in distress said they will try Warren again on just a harboring charge.
Warren has claimed he was fulfilling his duty to help others when he encountered two migrants near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Warren, a volunteer for "No More Deaths," was arrested in early 2018.
The arrest came only hours after the group released video of Border Patrol agents kicking over water jugs meant for immigrants.
Warren was one of nine volunteers who left food and water for border crossers in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.
The eight others from the group were sentenced on misdemeanor charges.
End
Tin Otoch attends to 20 migrant children
Details Published on Saturday, July 13, 2019,
Written by Ángel Lozano
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=132266
Hermosillo, Son
Determine the start of the repatriation process or the request for refuge in Mexico of unaccompanied minors
A total of 20 unaccompanied migrant minors are now in the Tin Otoch shelter, according to the
Deputy Attorney for the Defense of Children and Adolescents of DIF Sonora.
Wenceslao Cota Amador indicated that these are young people of Central American origin who,
based on the Higher Interest of Children, will determine the start of the repatriation process,
or the request for refuge in Mexico.
He indicated that the refugee application is requested when it is detected that the minor may be at risk or vulnerable
if he returns to his country of origin.
"Part of our work is an accompanying interview with the area of psychology and
depending on the stories these children may have
in coordination with the INM we request the quality of refuge," he said.
The Deputy Attorney for the Defense of Children and Adolescents
specified that the process of repatriation is carried out by the National Migration Institute (INM)
in coordination with state agencies and that the process lasts between 10 and 15 days.
He explained that based on what Unicef establishes once the representation process ends,
minors must return to their place of origin by air and with the company of consular authorities.
End
Note: as always, "immigrants" means illegal immigrants.
Comment: aiding and abetting illegal immigration and drug smuggling should be a crime.
Thx
Judge orders records in border activist Scott Warren's arrest unsealed
Arizona border activist Scott Warren. (Source: Source; KOLD News 13)
July 12, 2019 at 3:05 PM MST - Updated July 12 at 3:39 PM
https://www.kold.com/2019/07/12/judge-orders-records-border-activist-scott-warrens-arrest-unsealed/
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the government to unseal text messages between agents involved
in the arrest of an Arizona border activist who was tried on charges of immigrant harboring and conspiracy.
The judge on Thursday ruled in favor of a coalition of news organizations, including The Associated Press, to unseal the records.
The judge said the public has a right to know and the government didn't show a compelling reason for keeping them secret.
A jury was deadlocked on charges against Scott Warren in the Tucson trial in June.
Prosecutors who said the immigrants Warren helped weren't in distress said they will try Warren again on just a harboring charge.
Warren has claimed he was fulfilling his duty to help others when he encountered two migrants near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Warren, a volunteer for "No More Deaths," was arrested in early 2018.
The arrest came only hours after the group released video of Border Patrol agents kicking over water jugs meant for immigrants.
Warren was one of nine volunteers who left food and water for border crossers in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.
The eight others from the group were sentenced on misdemeanor charges.
End
Tin Otoch attends to 20 migrant children
Details Published on Saturday, July 13, 2019,
Written by Ángel Lozano
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=132266
Hermosillo, Son
Determine the start of the repatriation process or the request for refuge in Mexico of unaccompanied minors
A total of 20 unaccompanied migrant minors are now in the Tin Otoch shelter, according to the
Deputy Attorney for the Defense of Children and Adolescents of DIF Sonora.
Wenceslao Cota Amador indicated that these are young people of Central American origin who,
based on the Higher Interest of Children, will determine the start of the repatriation process,
or the request for refuge in Mexico.
He indicated that the refugee application is requested when it is detected that the minor may be at risk or vulnerable
if he returns to his country of origin.
"Part of our work is an accompanying interview with the area of psychology and
depending on the stories these children may have
in coordination with the INM we request the quality of refuge," he said.
The Deputy Attorney for the Defense of Children and Adolescents
specified that the process of repatriation is carried out by the National Migration Institute (INM)
in coordination with state agencies and that the process lasts between 10 and 15 days.
He explained that based on what Unicef establishes once the representation process ends,
minors must return to their place of origin by air and with the company of consular authorities.
End
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
AZMEX I3-3 16-7-19
AZMEX I3-3 16 JUL 2019
Note: it never ends.
Border
Some migrants allowed to cross from Juarez on 1st day of Trump's new asylum policy
By: Associated Press
Posted: Jul 16, 2019 01:18 PM MDT
Updated: Jul 16, 2019 01:18 PM MDT
https://www.kvia.com/news/border/some-migrants-allowed-to-cross-from-juarez-on-1st-day-of-trump-s-new-asylum-policy/1096088453
Some migrants allowed to cross from Juarez on 1st day of Trump's new asylum policy
The Paso Del Norte Port of Entry from Jaurez is seen in this file photo.
Related story:
Trump moves to effectively end asylum at Mexico border
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico - Nearly two dozen immigrants were allowed to cross the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum on Tuesday,
the day the Trump administration planned to launch a drastic policy change designed to end asylum protections
for most migrants who travel through another country to reach the United States.
The administration announced the plans a day earlier, reversing decades of U.S. policy in its most forceful attempt yet
to slash the number of people seeking asylum in America. The new rule would cover countless would-be refugees,
many of them fleeing violence and poverty in Central America. It is certain to face legal challenges.
At the crossing in Juarez, 10 Cuban asylum seekers were called by Mexican officials and led across the Paso Del Norte Bridge to El Paso,
where they were handed over to Customs and Border Protection officers, who began to process them.
They were taken to a room where their possessions were searched, laid out on a table and bagged.
At the crossing in Tijuana, two asylum seekers who work closely with Mexican authorities called 12 people
whose numbers were first on a waiting list to enter the through a San Diego border crossing.
They were escorted behind a metal gate to a white van that left minutes later to turn them over to US authorities.
The few people who were allowed to cross were picked from many more immigrants who lined up at crossings.
It's unclear how officials will process their asylum claims under the new system.
Lawyers who represent Cuban migrants say that they are not deportable because Cuba will not accept them.
"I'd rather be in prison the rest of my life than go back to Cuba," said Dileber Urrista Sanchez,
who had hoped his number would be called Tuesday, but he was further down the list.
Sanchez, 35, has waited with his wife in Juarez for the past two months,
renting a room with money his mother sends him from Las Vegas.
He said his mother left Cuba years ago because she was part of an opposition party.
In retaliation, he said, the government took away his job as a chauffeur,
and he and his wife had been imprisoned for days at a time for being "untrustworthy."
He criticized the Trump administration's new policy, pointing out that the first country he was able to reach after leaving Cuba was Nicaragua.
"How are we going to apply for asylum in Nicaragua when it's just as communist?" he said.
Derek Mbi of Cameroon was among nearly 50 migrants who gathered in Tijuana. He arrived there about a month ago,
and more than 8,100 people were ahead of him on the waiting list.
Processing new arrivals has ground to a virtual halt to in recent days, down from an average of about 40 names a day.
Mbi, 29, joined a wave of Cameroonians who fled fierce government oppression against their country's English-speaking minority
by flying to Ecuador, which does not require a visa.
From there, he traveled for months by bus and on foot through seven other countries to reach Tijuana.
Mbi learned about the new policy but mistakenly believed that it applied only to Central and South Americans.
He hopes to settle with a friend in Texas.
For now, he is sharing a one-bedroom apartment with 13 Cameroonians in Tijuana and scraping by with odd jobs,
like peeling tomatoes at open-air markets. He said many companies refused to hire him
because his short-term transit permit in Mexico does not allow him to work.
Mbi declined to discuss why he fled Cameroon.
According to the plan published in the Federal Register, migrants who pass through another country — in this case, Mexico —
on their way to the U.S. will be ineligible for asylum. The rule also applies to children who have crossed the border alone.
The vast majority of people affected by the rule are from Central America.
But sometimes migrants from Africa, Cuba or Haiti and other countries also try to come through the border.
There are some exceptions, including for victims of human trafficking and asylum-seekers who were denied protection in another country.
If the country the migrant passed through did not sign one of the major international treaties governing how refugees are managed
(though most Western countries signed them), a migrant could still apply for U.S. asylum.
Trump administration officials say the changes are meant to close the gap between the initial asylum screening
that most people pass and the final decision on asylum, which most people are denied.
But immigrant rights groups, religious leaders and humanitarian groups have said the policies amount to a cruel effort to keep immigrants out.
Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are poor countries, often wracked by violence.
( Comment: Countries with a very long history of corruption, disfunction and violence.
Seen first hand over the years. No mention of who is doing the violence - the Russians? The Chinese ? The Swedes?
Or, maybe the natives of those countries? )
The new rule also will apply to the initial asylum screening, known as a "credible fear" interview,
at which migrants must prove they have credible fears of returning to their home country.
It applies to migrants who are arriving to the U.S., not those who are already in the country.
Along with the administration's recent effort to send asylum seekers back over the border,
Trump has tried to deny asylum to anyone crossing the border illegally and restrict who can claim asylum.
The attorney general recently tried to keep thousands of asylum seekers detained while their cases play out.
Nearly all of those efforts have been blocked by ( Comment: corrupt ) courts.
End
Note: it never ends.
Border
Some migrants allowed to cross from Juarez on 1st day of Trump's new asylum policy
By: Associated Press
Posted: Jul 16, 2019 01:18 PM MDT
Updated: Jul 16, 2019 01:18 PM MDT
https://www.kvia.com/news/border/some-migrants-allowed-to-cross-from-juarez-on-1st-day-of-trump-s-new-asylum-policy/1096088453
Some migrants allowed to cross from Juarez on 1st day of Trump's new asylum policy
The Paso Del Norte Port of Entry from Jaurez is seen in this file photo.
Related story:
Trump moves to effectively end asylum at Mexico border
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico - Nearly two dozen immigrants were allowed to cross the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum on Tuesday,
the day the Trump administration planned to launch a drastic policy change designed to end asylum protections
for most migrants who travel through another country to reach the United States.
The administration announced the plans a day earlier, reversing decades of U.S. policy in its most forceful attempt yet
to slash the number of people seeking asylum in America. The new rule would cover countless would-be refugees,
many of them fleeing violence and poverty in Central America. It is certain to face legal challenges.
At the crossing in Juarez, 10 Cuban asylum seekers were called by Mexican officials and led across the Paso Del Norte Bridge to El Paso,
where they were handed over to Customs and Border Protection officers, who began to process them.
They were taken to a room where their possessions were searched, laid out on a table and bagged.
At the crossing in Tijuana, two asylum seekers who work closely with Mexican authorities called 12 people
whose numbers were first on a waiting list to enter the through a San Diego border crossing.
They were escorted behind a metal gate to a white van that left minutes later to turn them over to US authorities.
The few people who were allowed to cross were picked from many more immigrants who lined up at crossings.
It's unclear how officials will process their asylum claims under the new system.
Lawyers who represent Cuban migrants say that they are not deportable because Cuba will not accept them.
"I'd rather be in prison the rest of my life than go back to Cuba," said Dileber Urrista Sanchez,
who had hoped his number would be called Tuesday, but he was further down the list.
Sanchez, 35, has waited with his wife in Juarez for the past two months,
renting a room with money his mother sends him from Las Vegas.
He said his mother left Cuba years ago because she was part of an opposition party.
In retaliation, he said, the government took away his job as a chauffeur,
and he and his wife had been imprisoned for days at a time for being "untrustworthy."
He criticized the Trump administration's new policy, pointing out that the first country he was able to reach after leaving Cuba was Nicaragua.
"How are we going to apply for asylum in Nicaragua when it's just as communist?" he said.
Derek Mbi of Cameroon was among nearly 50 migrants who gathered in Tijuana. He arrived there about a month ago,
and more than 8,100 people were ahead of him on the waiting list.
Processing new arrivals has ground to a virtual halt to in recent days, down from an average of about 40 names a day.
Mbi, 29, joined a wave of Cameroonians who fled fierce government oppression against their country's English-speaking minority
by flying to Ecuador, which does not require a visa.
From there, he traveled for months by bus and on foot through seven other countries to reach Tijuana.
Mbi learned about the new policy but mistakenly believed that it applied only to Central and South Americans.
He hopes to settle with a friend in Texas.
For now, he is sharing a one-bedroom apartment with 13 Cameroonians in Tijuana and scraping by with odd jobs,
like peeling tomatoes at open-air markets. He said many companies refused to hire him
because his short-term transit permit in Mexico does not allow him to work.
Mbi declined to discuss why he fled Cameroon.
According to the plan published in the Federal Register, migrants who pass through another country — in this case, Mexico —
on their way to the U.S. will be ineligible for asylum. The rule also applies to children who have crossed the border alone.
The vast majority of people affected by the rule are from Central America.
But sometimes migrants from Africa, Cuba or Haiti and other countries also try to come through the border.
There are some exceptions, including for victims of human trafficking and asylum-seekers who were denied protection in another country.
If the country the migrant passed through did not sign one of the major international treaties governing how refugees are managed
(though most Western countries signed them), a migrant could still apply for U.S. asylum.
Trump administration officials say the changes are meant to close the gap between the initial asylum screening
that most people pass and the final decision on asylum, which most people are denied.
But immigrant rights groups, religious leaders and humanitarian groups have said the policies amount to a cruel effort to keep immigrants out.
Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are poor countries, often wracked by violence.
( Comment: Countries with a very long history of corruption, disfunction and violence.
Seen first hand over the years. No mention of who is doing the violence - the Russians? The Chinese ? The Swedes?
Or, maybe the natives of those countries? )
The new rule also will apply to the initial asylum screening, known as a "credible fear" interview,
at which migrants must prove they have credible fears of returning to their home country.
It applies to migrants who are arriving to the U.S., not those who are already in the country.
Along with the administration's recent effort to send asylum seekers back over the border,
Trump has tried to deny asylum to anyone crossing the border illegally and restrict who can claim asylum.
The attorney general recently tried to keep thousands of asylum seekers detained while their cases play out.
Nearly all of those efforts have been blocked by ( Comment: corrupt ) courts.
End
AZMEX I3-2 16-7-19
AZMEX I3-2 16 JUL 2019
Note: Tamaulipas just south of Brownsville, TX.
They send Central Americans from Tamaulipas to Tijuana
They say they spent a week in a detention center in Texas before being transferred to San Diego.
By Khennia Reyes
July 16th
https://www.elimparcial.com/tijuana/tijuana/Envian-a-centroamericanos-de-Tamaulipas-a-Tijuana-20190716-0012.html
The migrants were returned from San Diego to Tijuana.
More than 30 Central Americans who began their asylum process in the United States in Tamaulipas arrived in Tijuana that morning.
They commented that they spent a week in a detention center in Texas,
from where they were transferred to San Diego, California.
The house El Puente (The Bridge), which is also supported by activists from Tijuana and the United States;
It is located in Colonia Amparo Sánchez
TIJUANA
Central American migrants will provide their own shelter
The 28-year-old Estuar 'N' Guatemalan said that the transfer was by plane, in which the migration agents played a joke to them
making them believe that they had already achieved the American dream.
In San Diego there were three days and today they were returned to Tijuana to wait until September or December
to hear whether or not they will be granted asylum.
ALSO:
Hostel ready for 3 thousand Central Americans
The delegate of the INM in the State said that they plan to start operations in two weeks.
By Glenn Sánchez
July 16th
https://www.elimparcial.com/tijuana/tijuana/Alistan-albergue-para-3-mil-centroamericanos-20190716-0004.html
TIJUANA.- In about two weeks, the shelter will be opened by the Federal Government to receive returned
Central American migrants from the United States.
The delegate of the National Institute of Migration (INM) in Baja California, Manuel Marín Salazar,
reported that at the moment there are 7,000 migrants returning to Tijuana and Mexicali.
"It is in planning, I believe that more information could be given around a week or a week and a half; is not in charge of the INM,
we know because we participate in the planning, "he said.
This new space will be able to house up to 3,000 returned Central Americans, he said, and it will be the federation that will operate it.
"Within the program that has shelter, is contemplated the possibility that these Central Americans can work in Mexico
during the period they were received in the United States for their next appointment," he added.
They are ready
Regarding the possible raids that could be generated in the neighboring country, (USA)
the federal official said that at the moment they have not detected a rebound in the deportations of returnees.
"It remains in the same number, we are monitoring," he said, "this weekend did not increase,
it continued with the same numbers and we are prepared for a possibility of these."
He recalled that in the repatriation center carry support from food, phone calls, and even return to their home states.
Currently, the daily average of repatriates is from 80 to 90 in Tijuana, while in Mexicali it is from 70 to 80;
this figure in years ago was up to 40% more, so he reiterated that they are prepared for any eventuality.
Even with the Mexican consulates in the neighboring country, they will serve to provide information about their rights.
END
Note: Tamaulipas just south of Brownsville, TX.
They send Central Americans from Tamaulipas to Tijuana
They say they spent a week in a detention center in Texas before being transferred to San Diego.
By Khennia Reyes
July 16th
https://www.elimparcial.com/tijuana/tijuana/Envian-a-centroamericanos-de-Tamaulipas-a-Tijuana-20190716-0012.html
The migrants were returned from San Diego to Tijuana.
More than 30 Central Americans who began their asylum process in the United States in Tamaulipas arrived in Tijuana that morning.
They commented that they spent a week in a detention center in Texas,
from where they were transferred to San Diego, California.
The house El Puente (The Bridge), which is also supported by activists from Tijuana and the United States;
It is located in Colonia Amparo Sánchez
TIJUANA
Central American migrants will provide their own shelter
The 28-year-old Estuar 'N' Guatemalan said that the transfer was by plane, in which the migration agents played a joke to them
making them believe that they had already achieved the American dream.
In San Diego there were three days and today they were returned to Tijuana to wait until September or December
to hear whether or not they will be granted asylum.
ALSO:
Hostel ready for 3 thousand Central Americans
The delegate of the INM in the State said that they plan to start operations in two weeks.
By Glenn Sánchez
July 16th
https://www.elimparcial.com/tijuana/tijuana/Alistan-albergue-para-3-mil-centroamericanos-20190716-0004.html
TIJUANA.- In about two weeks, the shelter will be opened by the Federal Government to receive returned
Central American migrants from the United States.
The delegate of the National Institute of Migration (INM) in Baja California, Manuel Marín Salazar,
reported that at the moment there are 7,000 migrants returning to Tijuana and Mexicali.
"It is in planning, I believe that more information could be given around a week or a week and a half; is not in charge of the INM,
we know because we participate in the planning, "he said.
This new space will be able to house up to 3,000 returned Central Americans, he said, and it will be the federation that will operate it.
"Within the program that has shelter, is contemplated the possibility that these Central Americans can work in Mexico
during the period they were received in the United States for their next appointment," he added.
They are ready
Regarding the possible raids that could be generated in the neighboring country, (USA)
the federal official said that at the moment they have not detected a rebound in the deportations of returnees.
"It remains in the same number, we are monitoring," he said, "this weekend did not increase,
it continued with the same numbers and we are prepared for a possibility of these."
He recalled that in the repatriation center carry support from food, phone calls, and even return to their home states.
Currently, the daily average of repatriates is from 80 to 90 in Tijuana, while in Mexicali it is from 70 to 80;
this figure in years ago was up to 40% more, so he reiterated that they are prepared for any eventuality.
Even with the Mexican consulates in the neighboring country, they will serve to provide information about their rights.
END
AZMEX I3 16-7-19
AZMEX I3 16 JUL 2019
NOTE: Bringing ebola with them?
African migrants seek to reach the US through Mexico
Details Published on Tuesday, July 16, 2019,
Written by Associated Press
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=132366
Portland (ME?)
Hundreds of Africans who escape violence and poverty have decided to avoid Europe
and try a new, longer, equally dangerous route: to reach the United States through South America and Mexico.
When an armed conflict broke out in their village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Blaise Matshieba Nduluyele decided to escape to the butcher shop.
Hundreds of people, including some relatives, were killed.
His family, however, continued to rub shoulders with death along a tour of South America to the United States.
They slept on roads or in the jungle. They got sick and almost starved. They found corpses on the road.
"I thought we would not survive. It was really scary, "says Nduluyele,
who is in a Maine shelter today with his wife and three children.
Hundreds of Africans who escape the violence and poverty in their countries have decided to avoid Europe
and try a longer, equally dangerous road to the United States through South America.
They opt for this route after seeing that Africans are being rejected in their march towards Europe,
drowning in the Mediterranean or confronting racism.
"When we talk about democracy, we think about the United States.
I believe that in the United States I can express myself freely. I have security and protection.
That is the reason why we chose the United States, "he said.
Before the killing, Nduluyele, who is 34 years old, worked as a seller in a market.
He had to suspend studies in the field of medicine for lack of money.
Speaking in French, he said he had no choice but to leave Yumbi,
on the banks of the Congo River, 300 kilometers from the capital Kinshasa.
More than 500 people were killed during three days of fighting after the death of a tribal chief,
according to the United Nations.
"Suddenly a group with machetes and weapons appeared and they began to kill everyone.
You had to leave, "said Nduluyele.
The long road to the EU
Then began a long road to the United States. He was accompanied by his wife, 24 years old
and their children of six and three years, and an 11 month old baby.
They traveled first by plane, bus and boats.
When they ran out of money, they did it on foot.
The family flew from Angola to Ecuador.
There began a tortuous four-month journey through
Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico.
Hundreds of Africans opted for the same route, adding to the thousands of Central Americans
who also try to reach the United States.
Recently 500 Africans were found walking in different groups after crossing the Rio Grande
(Grande for Americans) and entering Texas.
The dangers of crossing are visible in a photo of a man and his daughter who drowned dragged by the waters.
The image generated a stir around the world.
Things got complicated for the Nduluyele family in the Darien Gap in Panama,
a jungle full of vipers, bandits and other dangers.
One of the children developed a high fever and began to vomit.
The whole group suffered from diarrhea. His wife found it difficult to care for her baby.
They ran out of food. They cooked leaves. They got lost.
A Congolese man died after being bitten by a viper.
Nduluyele tried to encourage his family, but he feared the worst.
"I asked myself if we would survive," he said.
The family was divided and a brother took one of the children of Nduluyele.
He and his wife followed with the other two children. In those ill-fated hours,
Nduluyele wondered if they had made the right decision to undertake this journey.
"I thought about death. I really did not think we would survive, "he said.
Another group left them food leftovers. They also shared some pasta and corn.
They managed to complete a risky crossing of a mountain.
In Costa Rica, the boys received medical assistance, said Nduluyele.
Then they resumed their march and the family suffered a combination of exhaustion
followed by days of boredom at the border crossings.
Somehow, they managed to get to Texas and ask for political asylum.
A bus transported asylum seekers to the processing center of the largest city in the state of Maine.
At one point almost 300 people were staying in a makeshift shelter on a basketball court.
More than $ 800,000 in donations were raised to help immigrants.
Residents organized a celebration on July 4, Independence Day, in a park with a lighthouse.
Africans know that they are not so well received in other communities.
And Nduluyele said he would never recommend to others to make the trip they made.
For now he is glad to be in a safe place, ready to present his case before the courts
End
NOTE: Bringing ebola with them?
African migrants seek to reach the US through Mexico
Details Published on Tuesday, July 16, 2019,
Written by Associated Press
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=132366
Portland (ME?)
Hundreds of Africans who escape violence and poverty have decided to avoid Europe
and try a new, longer, equally dangerous route: to reach the United States through South America and Mexico.
When an armed conflict broke out in their village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Blaise Matshieba Nduluyele decided to escape to the butcher shop.
Hundreds of people, including some relatives, were killed.
His family, however, continued to rub shoulders with death along a tour of South America to the United States.
They slept on roads or in the jungle. They got sick and almost starved. They found corpses on the road.
"I thought we would not survive. It was really scary, "says Nduluyele,
who is in a Maine shelter today with his wife and three children.
Hundreds of Africans who escape the violence and poverty in their countries have decided to avoid Europe
and try a longer, equally dangerous road to the United States through South America.
They opt for this route after seeing that Africans are being rejected in their march towards Europe,
drowning in the Mediterranean or confronting racism.
"When we talk about democracy, we think about the United States.
I believe that in the United States I can express myself freely. I have security and protection.
That is the reason why we chose the United States, "he said.
Before the killing, Nduluyele, who is 34 years old, worked as a seller in a market.
He had to suspend studies in the field of medicine for lack of money.
Speaking in French, he said he had no choice but to leave Yumbi,
on the banks of the Congo River, 300 kilometers from the capital Kinshasa.
More than 500 people were killed during three days of fighting after the death of a tribal chief,
according to the United Nations.
"Suddenly a group with machetes and weapons appeared and they began to kill everyone.
You had to leave, "said Nduluyele.
The long road to the EU
Then began a long road to the United States. He was accompanied by his wife, 24 years old
and their children of six and three years, and an 11 month old baby.
They traveled first by plane, bus and boats.
When they ran out of money, they did it on foot.
The family flew from Angola to Ecuador.
There began a tortuous four-month journey through
Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico.
Hundreds of Africans opted for the same route, adding to the thousands of Central Americans
who also try to reach the United States.
Recently 500 Africans were found walking in different groups after crossing the Rio Grande
(Grande for Americans) and entering Texas.
The dangers of crossing are visible in a photo of a man and his daughter who drowned dragged by the waters.
The image generated a stir around the world.
Things got complicated for the Nduluyele family in the Darien Gap in Panama,
a jungle full of vipers, bandits and other dangers.
One of the children developed a high fever and began to vomit.
The whole group suffered from diarrhea. His wife found it difficult to care for her baby.
They ran out of food. They cooked leaves. They got lost.
A Congolese man died after being bitten by a viper.
Nduluyele tried to encourage his family, but he feared the worst.
"I asked myself if we would survive," he said.
The family was divided and a brother took one of the children of Nduluyele.
He and his wife followed with the other two children. In those ill-fated hours,
Nduluyele wondered if they had made the right decision to undertake this journey.
"I thought about death. I really did not think we would survive, "he said.
Another group left them food leftovers. They also shared some pasta and corn.
They managed to complete a risky crossing of a mountain.
In Costa Rica, the boys received medical assistance, said Nduluyele.
Then they resumed their march and the family suffered a combination of exhaustion
followed by days of boredom at the border crossings.
Somehow, they managed to get to Texas and ask for political asylum.
A bus transported asylum seekers to the processing center of the largest city in the state of Maine.
At one point almost 300 people were staying in a makeshift shelter on a basketball court.
More than $ 800,000 in donations were raised to help immigrants.
Residents organized a celebration on July 4, Independence Day, in a park with a lighthouse.
Africans know that they are not so well received in other communities.
And Nduluyele said he would never recommend to others to make the trip they made.
For now he is glad to be in a safe place, ready to present his case before the courts
End
Monday, July 15, 2019
AZMEX POLICY 15-7-19
AZMEX POLICY 15 JUL 2019
Comment: as the communist party completes the take over of the former democrat party.
Not to forget the ultimate goal is the destruction of the USA.
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Tucson 'sanctuary city' initiative certified to be on November ballot
By Joe Ferguson Arizona Daily Star
Jul 15, 2019 Updated 1 hr ago
https://tucson.com/news/local/tucson-sanctuary-city-initiative-certified-to-be-on-november-ballot/article_4e467140-a754-11e9-baaa-abfa3df26c9c.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
People's Defense Initiative sanctuary
In January, the People's Defense Initiative launched its campaign, Tucson Families Free and Together,
to collect about 9,200 valid signatures from Tucson voters to place the sanctuary initiative on the November ballot.
Photo courtesy of People's Defense Initiative/
An initiative to make Tucson the state's first "sanctuary city" has qualified for the November ballot, officials say.
The Pima County Recorder's office certified the signatures Monday after verifying a random sample of 871 signatures —
about five percent of the roughly 18,000 signatures submitted to the Tucson City Clerk.
Nearly 72 percent of the signatures checked — 625 of them— were valid, Roger Randolph, the city clerk,
said in a letter Monday. Of the 246 signatures that were invalidated,
124 were registered voters who lived outside the city limits.
If the Recorder's Office is accurate, more than 12,400 signatures are valid, said Joel Feinman,
one of the organizers with the group behind the Tucson Families Free & Together ballot initiative.
That's thousands more signatures than the minimum requirement to qualify for the ballot, he said.
Under Arizona law, the only route for a more thorough examination of the submitted signatures would come in the form a formal legal challenge.
The Pima County Republican Party has said it will file a lawsuit challenging the signatures,
but nothing had been filed as of Monday.
In 2012 the city labeled itself an "immigrant-welcoming city."
That generally refers to jurisdictions that don't cooperate with federal immigration officials.
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The Tucson Families Free and Together initiative, supporters argue, would put the force of law behind many guidelines already in place
here about circumstances under which police can ask about immigration status.
It would also add protections for some victims of crime, and prohibit certain collaborations between city
and federal agencies, among other measures.
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Comment: as the communist party completes the take over of the former democrat party.
Not to forget the ultimate goal is the destruction of the USA.
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Tucson 'sanctuary city' initiative certified to be on November ballot
By Joe Ferguson Arizona Daily Star
Jul 15, 2019 Updated 1 hr ago
https://tucson.com/news/local/tucson-sanctuary-city-initiative-certified-to-be-on-november-ballot/article_4e467140-a754-11e9-baaa-abfa3df26c9c.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
People's Defense Initiative sanctuary
In January, the People's Defense Initiative launched its campaign, Tucson Families Free and Together,
to collect about 9,200 valid signatures from Tucson voters to place the sanctuary initiative on the November ballot.
Photo courtesy of People's Defense Initiative/
An initiative to make Tucson the state's first "sanctuary city" has qualified for the November ballot, officials say.
The Pima County Recorder's office certified the signatures Monday after verifying a random sample of 871 signatures —
about five percent of the roughly 18,000 signatures submitted to the Tucson City Clerk.
Nearly 72 percent of the signatures checked — 625 of them— were valid, Roger Randolph, the city clerk,
said in a letter Monday. Of the 246 signatures that were invalidated,
124 were registered voters who lived outside the city limits.
If the Recorder's Office is accurate, more than 12,400 signatures are valid, said Joel Feinman,
one of the organizers with the group behind the Tucson Families Free & Together ballot initiative.
That's thousands more signatures than the minimum requirement to qualify for the ballot, he said.
Under Arizona law, the only route for a more thorough examination of the submitted signatures would come in the form a formal legal challenge.
The Pima County Republican Party has said it will file a lawsuit challenging the signatures,
but nothing had been filed as of Monday.
In 2012 the city labeled itself an "immigrant-welcoming city."
That generally refers to jurisdictions that don't cooperate with federal immigration officials.
* I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy.
The Tucson Families Free and Together initiative, supporters argue, would put the force of law behind many guidelines already in place
here about circumstances under which police can ask about immigration status.
It would also add protections for some victims of crime, and prohibit certain collaborations between city
and federal agencies, among other measures.
End
AZMEX SPECIAL 15-7-19 UPDATE
AZMEX SPECIAL 15 JUL 2019. UPDATE
Bomb threat temporarily shuts down Port of San Luis near Yuma
Posted: 12:14 PM, Jul 15, 2019 Updated: 2:38 PM, Jul 15, 2019
By: Sam Radwany
https://www.kgun9.com/border-watch/cbp-temporarily-shuts-down-port-of-san-luis-near-yuma-citing-safety-concern
CBP
TUCSON, Ariz. — Customs officials suspended operations for several hours at a major border crossing in Arizona Monday afternoon.
A tweet from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) just after 12 p.m. says operations at the Port of San Luis near Yuma
are being suspended due to a "public security concern."
CBP officials later clarified that the shutdown was due to a bomb threat.
The Yuma Marine Corps Air Station's Bomb Detection Team searched the facilities and found nothing of note.
The FBI is investigating the incident.
The CBP reopened the port later Monday afternoon.
end
Bomb threat temporarily shuts down Port of San Luis near Yuma
Posted: 12:14 PM, Jul 15, 2019 Updated: 2:38 PM, Jul 15, 2019
By: Sam Radwany
https://www.kgun9.com/border-watch/cbp-temporarily-shuts-down-port-of-san-luis-near-yuma-citing-safety-concern
CBP
TUCSON, Ariz. — Customs officials suspended operations for several hours at a major border crossing in Arizona Monday afternoon.
A tweet from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) just after 12 p.m. says operations at the Port of San Luis near Yuma
are being suspended due to a "public security concern."
CBP officials later clarified that the shutdown was due to a bomb threat.
The Yuma Marine Corps Air Station's Bomb Detection Team searched the facilities and found nothing of note.
The FBI is investigating the incident.
The CBP reopened the port later Monday afternoon.
end
AZMEX SPECIAL 15-7-19
AZMEX SPECIAL 15 JUL 2019
San Luis Port of Entry closed due to an investigation
By: Sumiko Keil
Posted: Jul 15, 2019 11:06 AM MST
Updated: Jul 15, 2019 12:53 PM MST
https://www.kyma.com/news/san-luis-port-of-entry-closed-due-to-investigation/1095665939
San Luis Port of Entry
SAN LUIS, Ariz. - UPDATE
The Chief of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Justin Winburn, issued a statement regarding the San Luis Port of Entry as followed:
The Port of San Luis has temporarily suspended operations due to a public safety concern. CBP will advise the public when operations resume.
END
San Luis AZ Police Department
2 hours ago
SLPD Notice: Until further notice the downtown U.S. Port of Entry in San Luis, both inbound and outbound
will be closed momentarily due to an ongoing investigation conducted by U.S. Customs & Border Protection.
The SLPD will keep everyone posted via Facebook on any updates of the status. Thank you!
END
San Luis Port of Entry closed due to an investigation
By: Sumiko Keil
Posted: Jul 15, 2019 11:06 AM MST
Updated: Jul 15, 2019 12:53 PM MST
https://www.kyma.com/news/san-luis-port-of-entry-closed-due-to-investigation/1095665939
San Luis Port of Entry
SAN LUIS, Ariz. - UPDATE
The Chief of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Justin Winburn, issued a statement regarding the San Luis Port of Entry as followed:
The Port of San Luis has temporarily suspended operations due to a public safety concern. CBP will advise the public when operations resume.
END
San Luis AZ Police Department
2 hours ago
SLPD Notice: Until further notice the downtown U.S. Port of Entry in San Luis, both inbound and outbound
will be closed momentarily due to an ongoing investigation conducted by U.S. Customs & Border Protection.
The SLPD will keep everyone posted via Facebook on any updates of the status. Thank you!
END
Sunday, July 14, 2019
AZMEX 13 14-7-19
AZMEX I3 14 JUL 2019
Note: the proverbial drop in the bucket.
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Thousand of Mexicans deported from the United States
The Mexican diplomatic corps will focus on trying to delay the proceedings or identify arbitrary arrests
Reforma
Sunday, 14 July 2019 | 15:39
https://diario.mx/nacional/esperan-mil-807-mexicanos-deportacion-en-estados-unidos-20190714-1539416.html
Mexico City.- In the coming days, 1,807 Mexicans detained in the United States could be deported to the country, said Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard.
In a press conference, Ambassador Martha Bárcena explained that up to July 1, in the different detention centers in the United States,
there were 1,807 Mexicans already with deportation orders.
Given this situation,
the Mexican diplomatic corps will focus on trying to delay deportations
or identify arbitrary detentions,
added Alejandro Celorio, legal consultant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE).
Foreign Minister Ebrard assured that Mexico has the capacity to receive all the nationals that may be deported in the coming days.
"What the Ambassador tells us is that what they are going to do is seek to deport those who have a definitive deportation order,
which at the moment is one thousand 807," the official said.
"Until now I'm not worried that we were overtaken by this number, we would not have problems to receive them."
These Mexicans would be the first affected by the Donald Trump raids, as they will be deported to free spaces in the detention centers.
Although so far there are no reports of Mexicans detained in the raids this Sunday, the Foreign Minister said
that depending on what happens in the next few hours, SRE personnel will begin a deployment to the United States.
At first, the legal consultant, the director of Protection for Mexicans Abroad and the head of Consular Services of the Foreign Ministry
would be sent, if the scenario worsens will also be the assistant secretary for North America and the Chancellor himself.
The raids that begin today are aimed at migrants who already have a definitive deportation order issued by US authorities,
which are just over one million 90 thousand people of different nationalities.
However, the consultant Celorio warned that when carrying out this type of operation,
other migrants could be identified and detained in an irregular condition, which he called "collateral arrests".
End
Note: the proverbial drop in the bucket.
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Thousand of Mexicans deported from the United States
The Mexican diplomatic corps will focus on trying to delay the proceedings or identify arbitrary arrests
Reforma
Sunday, 14 July 2019 | 15:39
https://diario.mx/nacional/esperan-mil-807-mexicanos-deportacion-en-estados-unidos-20190714-1539416.html
Mexico City.- In the coming days, 1,807 Mexicans detained in the United States could be deported to the country, said Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard.
In a press conference, Ambassador Martha Bárcena explained that up to July 1, in the different detention centers in the United States,
there were 1,807 Mexicans already with deportation orders.
Given this situation,
the Mexican diplomatic corps will focus on trying to delay deportations
or identify arbitrary detentions,
added Alejandro Celorio, legal consultant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE).
Foreign Minister Ebrard assured that Mexico has the capacity to receive all the nationals that may be deported in the coming days.
"What the Ambassador tells us is that what they are going to do is seek to deport those who have a definitive deportation order,
which at the moment is one thousand 807," the official said.
"Until now I'm not worried that we were overtaken by this number, we would not have problems to receive them."
These Mexicans would be the first affected by the Donald Trump raids, as they will be deported to free spaces in the detention centers.
Although so far there are no reports of Mexicans detained in the raids this Sunday, the Foreign Minister said
that depending on what happens in the next few hours, SRE personnel will begin a deployment to the United States.
At first, the legal consultant, the director of Protection for Mexicans Abroad and the head of Consular Services of the Foreign Ministry
would be sent, if the scenario worsens will also be the assistant secretary for North America and the Chancellor himself.
The raids that begin today are aimed at migrants who already have a definitive deportation order issued by US authorities,
which are just over one million 90 thousand people of different nationalities.
However, the consultant Celorio warned that when carrying out this type of operation,
other migrants could be identified and detained in an irregular condition, which he called "collateral arrests".
End
Saturday, July 13, 2019
AZMEX I3 SPECIAL 13-7-19
AZMEX I3 SPECIAL 13 JUL 2019
Comment: corrupt, dishonest and most of all, disloyal.
Protesters Remove U.S. Flag, Replace It With Mexican Flag Outside ICE Facility In Aurora
July 12, 2019 at 11:59 pm
Filed Under:Aurora News, ICE Raids
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/07/12/protests-ice-aurora-immigration-raids/
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Hundreds of protesters gathered in Aurora on Friday evening to march to the ICE detention facility
where illegal and undocumented immigrants are being housed.
They also removed the U.S. flag, replaced it with a Mexican flag,
and spray painted graffiti on a Blue Lives Matter flag before it was seen flying upside down on the flag pole.
(credit: CBS)
This comes before planned ICE raids in Denver and 10 other cities nationwide.
(credit: CBS)
The protesters say they are demonstrating against the treatment of the people living inside.
The Blue Lives Matter flag was vandalized with "Abolish ICE" in spray paint.
The original flags outside the ICE facility, including the U.S. flag and Colorado flag were placed on the flag poles
after the crowd dispersed.
The Mexican flag and spray painted Blue Lives Matter flag were removed.
The immigration raids are set to happen this weekend.
They were initially ordered by Pres. Donald Trump last month but he delayed the action by two weeks.
(credit: CBS)
Some people in Denver have sought sanctuary in churches to avoid being detained by ICE.
In anticipation of the raids, Denver city officials and immigrant rights groups are sharing information
about the law with people facing deportation orders.
(credit: CBS)
RELATED: 'Great Concern': Gov. Jared Polis Comments On Reports Of ICE Raids
ICE had originally planned to arrest and deport families in 10 cities in late June, according to a senior immigration official.
In addition to Denver, the raids were expected in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York and San Francisco.
Operations are now expected to begin in all of those cities on Sunday
except for New Orleans, which is currently being impacted by tropical storm Barry.
The planned candlelight vigil was called off due to concerns about safety.
End
Comment: corrupt, dishonest and most of all, disloyal.
Protesters Remove U.S. Flag, Replace It With Mexican Flag Outside ICE Facility In Aurora
July 12, 2019 at 11:59 pm
Filed Under:Aurora News, ICE Raids
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/07/12/protests-ice-aurora-immigration-raids/
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Hundreds of protesters gathered in Aurora on Friday evening to march to the ICE detention facility
where illegal and undocumented immigrants are being housed.
They also removed the U.S. flag, replaced it with a Mexican flag,
and spray painted graffiti on a Blue Lives Matter flag before it was seen flying upside down on the flag pole.
(credit: CBS)
This comes before planned ICE raids in Denver and 10 other cities nationwide.
(credit: CBS)
The protesters say they are demonstrating against the treatment of the people living inside.
The Blue Lives Matter flag was vandalized with "Abolish ICE" in spray paint.
The original flags outside the ICE facility, including the U.S. flag and Colorado flag were placed on the flag poles
after the crowd dispersed.
The Mexican flag and spray painted Blue Lives Matter flag were removed.
The immigration raids are set to happen this weekend.
They were initially ordered by Pres. Donald Trump last month but he delayed the action by two weeks.
(credit: CBS)
Some people in Denver have sought sanctuary in churches to avoid being detained by ICE.
In anticipation of the raids, Denver city officials and immigrant rights groups are sharing information
about the law with people facing deportation orders.
(credit: CBS)
RELATED: 'Great Concern': Gov. Jared Polis Comments On Reports Of ICE Raids
ICE had originally planned to arrest and deport families in 10 cities in late June, according to a senior immigration official.
In addition to Denver, the raids were expected in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York and San Francisco.
Operations are now expected to begin in all of those cities on Sunday
except for New Orleans, which is currently being impacted by tropical storm Barry.
The planned candlelight vigil was called off due to concerns about safety.
End
AZMEX I3 13-7-19
AZMEX I3 13 JUL 2019
Note: the far left on the streets. Video, etc. at link.
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16 arrested after downtown Phoenix immigration protest Friday night
Phoenix police say 14 people were arrested for unlawful assembly and obstruction and two more people were charged with aggravated assault of an officer.
Author: 12 News
Published: 10:29 AM MST July 13, 2019
Updated: 11:36 AM MST July 13, 2019
https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/16-arrested-after-downtown-phoenix-immigration-protest-friday-night/75-9f0a1fcf-97c6-4ca3-a7d5-45bf1a04dcb1
PHOENIX - Phoenix police say 16 people were arrested Friday night during a protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in downtown Phoenix ahead of federal roundups expected Sunday.
The protest disrupted road and light rail traffic as protesters blocked Central Avenue.
After police warned that people would be subject to arrest if they stayed in the street and on the light rail tracks,
more than a dozen were arrested for continuing to block traffic.
Police said the majority of protester complied with orders and requests from officers.
RELATED: Trump says nationwide immigration arrests to begin Sunday
A total of 14 people were arrested and booked on charges of unlawful assembly and obstructing a public thoroughfare.
Two suspects allegedly assaulted officers as they were being arrested
and attempted to prevent officers from arresting others.
No injuries to any officers or protesters were reported, police say.
The two suspects arrested on charges of unlawful assembly, obstructing a public thoroughfare
and aggravated assault on an officer were identified as Jakob Beskind, 21, and Jamaar Williams, 34.
beskind and williams
Jakob Beskind (left) and Jamaar Williams (right).
Phoenix PD
Of the 14 others arrested, their ages ranged from 20 to 62 years old.
Protesters chanted against immigration detention under the Trump administration. Similar protests were held in other parts of the country.
Administration officials have said they're targeting about 2,000 people in the national sweep, which would yield about 200 arrests based on previous crackdowns.
Roundups are not expected in Phoenix.
Also: https://www.abc15.com/news/state/dozens-blocked-phoenix-street-in-immigration-protest
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16 arrested after downtown Phoenix immigration protest Friday night
Phoenix police say 14 people were arrested for unlawful assembly and obstruction and two more people were charged with aggravated assault of an officer.
Author: 12 News
Published: 10:29 AM MST July 13, 2019
Updated: 11:36 AM MST July 13, 2019
https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/16-arrested-after-downtown-phoenix-immigration-protest-friday-night/75-9f0a1fcf-97c6-4ca3-a7d5-45bf1a04dcb1
PHOENIX - Phoenix police say 16 people were arrested Friday night during a protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in downtown Phoenix ahead of federal roundups expected Sunday.
The protest disrupted road and light rail traffic as protesters blocked Central Avenue.
After police warned that people would be subject to arrest if they stayed in the street and on the light rail tracks,
more than a dozen were arrested for continuing to block traffic.
Police said the majority of protester complied with orders and requests from officers.
RELATED: Trump says nationwide immigration arrests to begin Sunday
A total of 14 people were arrested and booked on charges of unlawful assembly and obstructing a public thoroughfare.
Two suspects allegedly assaulted officers as they were being arrested
and attempted to prevent officers from arresting others.
No injuries to any officers or protesters were reported, police say.
The two suspects arrested on charges of unlawful assembly, obstructing a public thoroughfare
and aggravated assault on an officer were identified as Jakob Beskind, 21, and Jamaar Williams, 34.
beskind and williams
Jakob Beskind (left) and Jamaar Williams (right).
Phoenix PD
Of the 14 others arrested, their ages ranged from 20 to 62 years old.
Protesters chanted against immigration detention under the Trump administration. Similar protests were held in other parts of the country.
Administration officials have said they're targeting about 2,000 people in the national sweep, which would yield about 200 arrests based on previous crackdowns.
Roundups are not expected in Phoenix.
Also: https://www.abc15.com/news/state/dozens-blocked-phoenix-street-in-immigration-protest
End
Friday, July 12, 2019
AZMEX COFFEE SPECIAL 12
AZMEX COFFEE SPECIAL 12 JUL 2019
Note: Coffee?? Read on. photo, graphics, etc. at link.
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How the 2019 coffee crisis might affect you
By Ritu Prasad
BBC News
11 July 2019
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48631129
In 2019, a latte - foam art and all - costs the average US coffee drinker around $5 (£4). So why are the farmers who grew the beans behind your morning brew abandoning their plantations for different crops, different jobs, or even to seek asylum in a different country?
The world's coffee industry is in crisis. This May, coffee prices fell to their lowest point in over a decade at $0.88 (£0.70) per pound.
The dip is largely due to two years of surplus from Brazil, the world's largest coffee producer, which has had a serious impact on growers around the world by pushing millions of kilograms of beans onto the market. Economic issues in coffee-producing regions like Central America and Africa are also at work.
As of mid-July, market prices have crept up to around $1 - but it's still not far off the lowest price the industry has seen in 10 years.
But in recent years, consumers in the US and UK have seen the price of a latte rise - even though farmers see less than 2% of those profits.
Here's how the crisis is playing out at each link in the coffee chain.
For farmers
Globally, over 21 million families make a living from coffee. Plantations generally see one major harvest per year, so high and low cycles are expected, but the 2018-2019 production year's price has dropped to historic lows, making it much harder for farmers to weather.
To simply break even, most farmers must sell a pound of coffee for over $1.
Coffee prices declining for producers from 2017 to the start of 2019
In October, a number of Central American farmers travelling with the migrant caravan to the US told BBC journalists that the coffee crisis had forced them to abandon their farms and to try to seek asylum in the US.
In the last 10 years, over 60% of coffee farmers in Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Mexico have reported food insecurity during the harvest cycle, according to the Specialty Coffee Association of America.
José Sette, executive director of the International Coffee Organization (ICO) - which was founded in 1963 with the support of the United Nations to address sustainability in the coffee commodity market - told the BBC this current low cycle was so concerning to the entire industry precisely because of its "dramatic" effect on growers.
Coffee: Who grows, drinks and pays the most?
World's coffee under threat, say experts
"If farmers are discouraged today and they are not planting, not taking care of their trees…that bodes very ill for the future, since demand is increasing about 2% each year," Mr Sette says. "That's 3m bags more that we need every year to satisfy demand."
Mr Sette adds that while the world coffee industry sees revenues over $200bn each year, only $20bn reaches producing countries and ultimately, less than 10% of that reaches growers.
Graph showing retail prices higher than producer prices
"When we get to the level of prices that we are seeing today, the industry needs to look at itself and try to find ways in a spirit of shared responsibility, to somehow improve the lot of the coffee farmers. Especially the smallest farms."
Across Africa, where the market is largely made up of these smaller, subsistence farms, this cycle is proving exceptionally challenging.
"In Africa we are likely to see a lot more suffering than elsewhere because our yields are quite low," Fred Kawuma, Secretary General of the Inter-African Coffee Organisation (IACO), told the BBC.
"The amount of coffee that a farmer gets out of his farm is so limited compared to, for instance, an Indian or Vietnamese coffee farmer."
This means when coffee prices decline, so does a farmer's already small profit margin, making it impossible to pay for household needs like school and healthcare.
This year, Mr Kawuma says his organisation is seeing many struggling farmers abandoning coffee for other, more lucrative food crops.
"Cote d'Ivoire is one of the countries that right now is having severe consequences - the farmers are not happy," he says. "Togo, smaller producers like Liberia, Sierra Leone - all the smaller countries are doing very badly and are not sure that they can really continue in production."
For roasters and cafes
Chuck Jones knows this industry from both sides: He owns a roastery and cafés in Pasadena, California, but around half of his beans come from his family's farms in Guatemala - one that is his and two owned by his cousins.
But at the end of July, one of his cousins in Guatemala is expected to lose his farm.
"The exporter, who he has a debt with for covering two harvests, is taking over the farm because he hasn't paid," Mr Jones says.
Coffee farmer Andres FahsanImage copyrightCOURTESY CHUCK JONES
Image caption
Chuck Jones' cousin Andres Fahsen at his farm in Guatemala
He says the "boom and bust cycles" of coffee pricing unfairly hurt growers like his cousin, who stand to make money only a few times each decade, especially given the access to cheaper options in the commodity market.
"As a buyer, I can easily replace that [coffee]," he adds. "But it hurts because it's my cousin, and he's losing his source of income. He's middle aged and he's been living off of the farm.
"Even though my cousin is a high quality, specialty coffee producer, he's still going to lose the farm because of the systems in place to prevent him from being able to succeed."
Mr Jones says industry leaders have been pointing out that roasters need to pay more. But to Mr Jones, who operates a business in a city with a high cost of living and high price for labour with a $15 hourly minimum wage, "there's no clear winner in the chain".
Included in his $10 price for wholesale, roasted coffee are numerous shipping and ongoing warehousing expenses, labour, machine upkeep and other financing costs.
For consumers
So how exactly does the price of a latte break down for consumers?
Mr Sette of the ICO explains that the retail price of coffee "is not very linked to the price of the physical growers".
"The amount that reaches the grower is 1-2%, but things like labour and rent, marketing, all of those occupy a big share of the final price."
Mr Jones broke down the price of retail coffee at his Pasadena cafés, and for a $4 latte, only the cost of coffee - 10% - is within Mr Jones' control. Organic milk, labour, cups, lids, sleeves, and coffee condiments all factor in.
"I don't think anybody is laughing their way to the bank," he says.
Latte price breakdown - $2.75 for markup, 60 cents for milk, 50 cents for coffee, 15 cents for condiments
Across the country in New York City, the Think Coffee café chain's Coffee Director Enrique Hernandez told the BBC making a small latte costs the company $0.28, and is sold for $4.25 in order to pay for non-coffee costs.
That price will be going up to $4.50 this year, Mr Hernandez says, due to higher rent and minimum wage expenses.
Looking for solutions
The ICO and other industry organisations are working on changes like diversifying small farm incomes with other sources of revenue, teaching risk-management, streamlining production chains, and combating climate-change by adopting environmentally smart agriculture.
"We need to also promote consumption of coffee in coffee-producing countries, where it is often low," the ICO's Mr Sette adds. "A promising approach for, at least, the specialty coffee sector is to foster direct relationships between growers and roasters."
UK Latte Art Champion Dhan Tamang demonstrates latte art during the London Coffee Festival 2019
Higher end coffee companies like Think Coffee and Intelligentsia are examples of that partnership.
Mr Hernandez visits one of the farms Think Coffee buys from every three months. He says the company focuses on finding "vulnerable" farms rather than just buying from wealthier owners, and spends money towards building better living conditions for the farming families they work with.
Intelligentsia, which has cafes across the country, has similar practices to improve sustainability, including directly sourcing beans from Central and South America and Africa and hosting workshops for farmers.
Others in the industry have also called on big buyers, like Nestle, to pay fairer prices and not flood the market with low-quality, cheap coffees. Nestle told the BBC in a statement that it also offers training for farmers, and as "no one company or organisation can solve this issue", it is working with groups like the ICO "looking for practical and effective collective action".
Speaking at the World Coffee Producers Forum's 2019 conference in Brazil this week, Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs called for the establishment of an annual, United Nations-level, $10bn global coffee fund.
It's a hefty ask considering the global AIDS fund received just over $7bn in contributions from 2017-2019. But as coffee growers are forced to weigh other options simply to survive, the spectre of abandoned plantations around the world could be enough to motivate new changes.
As Mr Sette of the ICO says: "If we don't have the investments today, we might not have sufficient coffee in the future."
Additional reporting by Kelly Rissman
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How the 2019 coffee crisis might affect you
By Ritu Prasad
BBC News
11 July 2019
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48631129
In 2019, a latte - foam art and all - costs the average US coffee drinker around $5 (£4). So why are the farmers who grew the beans behind your morning brew abandoning their plantations for different crops, different jobs, or even to seek asylum in a different country?
The world's coffee industry is in crisis. This May, coffee prices fell to their lowest point in over a decade at $0.88 (£0.70) per pound.
The dip is largely due to two years of surplus from Brazil, the world's largest coffee producer, which has had a serious impact on growers around the world by pushing millions of kilograms of beans onto the market. Economic issues in coffee-producing regions like Central America and Africa are also at work.
As of mid-July, market prices have crept up to around $1 - but it's still not far off the lowest price the industry has seen in 10 years.
But in recent years, consumers in the US and UK have seen the price of a latte rise - even though farmers see less than 2% of those profits.
Here's how the crisis is playing out at each link in the coffee chain.
For farmers
Globally, over 21 million families make a living from coffee. Plantations generally see one major harvest per year, so high and low cycles are expected, but the 2018-2019 production year's price has dropped to historic lows, making it much harder for farmers to weather.
To simply break even, most farmers must sell a pound of coffee for over $1.
Coffee prices declining for producers from 2017 to the start of 2019
In October, a number of Central American farmers travelling with the migrant caravan to the US told BBC journalists that the coffee crisis had forced them to abandon their farms and to try to seek asylum in the US.
In the last 10 years, over 60% of coffee farmers in Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Mexico have reported food insecurity during the harvest cycle, according to the Specialty Coffee Association of America.
José Sette, executive director of the International Coffee Organization (ICO) - which was founded in 1963 with the support of the United Nations to address sustainability in the coffee commodity market - told the BBC this current low cycle was so concerning to the entire industry precisely because of its "dramatic" effect on growers.
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"If farmers are discouraged today and they are not planting, not taking care of their trees…that bodes very ill for the future, since demand is increasing about 2% each year," Mr Sette says. "That's 3m bags more that we need every year to satisfy demand."
Mr Sette adds that while the world coffee industry sees revenues over $200bn each year, only $20bn reaches producing countries and ultimately, less than 10% of that reaches growers.
Graph showing retail prices higher than producer prices
"When we get to the level of prices that we are seeing today, the industry needs to look at itself and try to find ways in a spirit of shared responsibility, to somehow improve the lot of the coffee farmers. Especially the smallest farms."
Across Africa, where the market is largely made up of these smaller, subsistence farms, this cycle is proving exceptionally challenging.
"In Africa we are likely to see a lot more suffering than elsewhere because our yields are quite low," Fred Kawuma, Secretary General of the Inter-African Coffee Organisation (IACO), told the BBC.
"The amount of coffee that a farmer gets out of his farm is so limited compared to, for instance, an Indian or Vietnamese coffee farmer."
This means when coffee prices decline, so does a farmer's already small profit margin, making it impossible to pay for household needs like school and healthcare.
This year, Mr Kawuma says his organisation is seeing many struggling farmers abandoning coffee for other, more lucrative food crops.
"Cote d'Ivoire is one of the countries that right now is having severe consequences - the farmers are not happy," he says. "Togo, smaller producers like Liberia, Sierra Leone - all the smaller countries are doing very badly and are not sure that they can really continue in production."
For roasters and cafes
Chuck Jones knows this industry from both sides: He owns a roastery and cafés in Pasadena, California, but around half of his beans come from his family's farms in Guatemala - one that is his and two owned by his cousins.
But at the end of July, one of his cousins in Guatemala is expected to lose his farm.
"The exporter, who he has a debt with for covering two harvests, is taking over the farm because he hasn't paid," Mr Jones says.
Coffee farmer Andres FahsanImage copyrightCOURTESY CHUCK JONES
Image caption
Chuck Jones' cousin Andres Fahsen at his farm in Guatemala
He says the "boom and bust cycles" of coffee pricing unfairly hurt growers like his cousin, who stand to make money only a few times each decade, especially given the access to cheaper options in the commodity market.
"As a buyer, I can easily replace that [coffee]," he adds. "But it hurts because it's my cousin, and he's losing his source of income. He's middle aged and he's been living off of the farm.
"Even though my cousin is a high quality, specialty coffee producer, he's still going to lose the farm because of the systems in place to prevent him from being able to succeed."
Mr Jones says industry leaders have been pointing out that roasters need to pay more. But to Mr Jones, who operates a business in a city with a high cost of living and high price for labour with a $15 hourly minimum wage, "there's no clear winner in the chain".
Included in his $10 price for wholesale, roasted coffee are numerous shipping and ongoing warehousing expenses, labour, machine upkeep and other financing costs.
For consumers
So how exactly does the price of a latte break down for consumers?
Mr Sette of the ICO explains that the retail price of coffee "is not very linked to the price of the physical growers".
"The amount that reaches the grower is 1-2%, but things like labour and rent, marketing, all of those occupy a big share of the final price."
Mr Jones broke down the price of retail coffee at his Pasadena cafés, and for a $4 latte, only the cost of coffee - 10% - is within Mr Jones' control. Organic milk, labour, cups, lids, sleeves, and coffee condiments all factor in.
"I don't think anybody is laughing their way to the bank," he says.
Latte price breakdown - $2.75 for markup, 60 cents for milk, 50 cents for coffee, 15 cents for condiments
Across the country in New York City, the Think Coffee café chain's Coffee Director Enrique Hernandez told the BBC making a small latte costs the company $0.28, and is sold for $4.25 in order to pay for non-coffee costs.
That price will be going up to $4.50 this year, Mr Hernandez says, due to higher rent and minimum wage expenses.
Looking for solutions
The ICO and other industry organisations are working on changes like diversifying small farm incomes with other sources of revenue, teaching risk-management, streamlining production chains, and combating climate-change by adopting environmentally smart agriculture.
"We need to also promote consumption of coffee in coffee-producing countries, where it is often low," the ICO's Mr Sette adds. "A promising approach for, at least, the specialty coffee sector is to foster direct relationships between growers and roasters."
UK Latte Art Champion Dhan Tamang demonstrates latte art during the London Coffee Festival 2019
Higher end coffee companies like Think Coffee and Intelligentsia are examples of that partnership.
Mr Hernandez visits one of the farms Think Coffee buys from every three months. He says the company focuses on finding "vulnerable" farms rather than just buying from wealthier owners, and spends money towards building better living conditions for the farming families they work with.
Intelligentsia, which has cafes across the country, has similar practices to improve sustainability, including directly sourcing beans from Central and South America and Africa and hosting workshops for farmers.
Others in the industry have also called on big buyers, like Nestle, to pay fairer prices and not flood the market with low-quality, cheap coffees. Nestle told the BBC in a statement that it also offers training for farmers, and as "no one company or organisation can solve this issue", it is working with groups like the ICO "looking for practical and effective collective action".
Speaking at the World Coffee Producers Forum's 2019 conference in Brazil this week, Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs called for the establishment of an annual, United Nations-level, $10bn global coffee fund.
It's a hefty ask considering the global AIDS fund received just over $7bn in contributions from 2017-2019. But as coffee growers are forced to weigh other options simply to survive, the spectre of abandoned plantations around the world could be enough to motivate new changes.
As Mr Sette of the ICO says: "If we don't have the investments today, we might not have sufficient coffee in the future."
Additional reporting by Kelly Rissman
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