AZMEX EXTRA 13 FEB 2018
Note: This in southern Mexico. They are not believed to be with BATFE.
Thx
Army detains 2 Americans in Tenosique with AR15's
Miguel 'N' and Jeremy 'N were traveling in an Acura RDX-type truck ( SUV ) with Texas license plates when they were intercepted in the Sueño de Oro ejido; they had three rifles and a pistol.
12/02/2018 14:00 FABIOLA XICOTENCATL // PHOTOS: COURTESY OF THE TABASCO DIARY TODAY
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2018/02/12/1219792.
VILLAHERMOSA
Elements of the Mexican Army stopped this morning in a review post of the Sueño de Oro ejido, Tenosique, in Tabasco, -distance to about 10 kilometers from the border between Guatemala and Mexico-, to two foreigners of American origin who were transporting four large-caliber weapons. a truck: three AR-15 rifles and a pistol.
According to a police report, Miguel 'N' and Jeremy 'N were traveling in an Acura RDX-type truck, with license plates from Texas, and when they passed the Sueño de Oro checkpoint around 7:00 am, the military directed him to the side, to which the drivers refused so the chase began.
The occupants of the van stopped a few kilometers in front of the customs post.
When making an inspection inside the car, the soldiers located three assault rifles known as AR-15 and a
.40 cal. Pistol. (From the photo, a .40 cal. Pistol, two AR-15 type pistols, and a AR-15 rifle.)
Both drivers identified themselves and said they were originally from the United States.
SEDENA presumes that the two men arrested are part of a band of arms traffickers in the Mexican southeast, who transport them from Guatemala to the interior of the country, via Tenosique, so both, along with the arms, were made available of the Prosecutor of the Public Ministry of the Federation.
END
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
AZMEX POLICY 11-2-18
AZMEX POLICY 11 FEB 2018
Mexican consulate, state court officials discuss collaboration
By Terri Jo Neff /For the Herald/Review Feb 9, 2018
http://www.douglasdispatch.com/news/mexican-consulate-state-court-officials-discuss-collaboration/article_bc25250c-0dbe-11e8-a426-9781896e45cf.html
Mexican consulate, state court officials discuss collaboration
Cochise County District 1 Supervisor Ann English interacts with Counsul of Mexico member Jorge Ernesto Espejel Montes and Director General of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations Jacob Prado (right) at Thursday's visit to Douglas.
HERALD/REVIEW STAFF PHOTO BY MARK LEVY
Mexican consulate, state court officials discuss collaboration
Director General of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations Jacob Prado addresses the Arizona Association of Court Administrators during their annual meeting in Douglas.
HERALD/REVIEW STAFF PHOTO BY MARK LEVY
DOUGLAS – A Feb. 1 discussion between two Mexican consulate officials and several Arizona court administrators addressed ways to collaborate in safeguarding the rights of Mexican nationals who appear in Cochise County Superior Court and other state courts.
Jacob Prado Gonzalez and Jorge Ernesto Espejel Montes spoke with members of the Arizona Association of Superior Court Administrators who were in Douglas for a quarterly meeting.
Prado is director general of the Consular Protection for Mexicans Abroad which is part of Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while Espejel is consul for the Consulate of Mexico in Douglas.
"One of the primary functions of the Mexican State is to guarantee the integrity of the people under its territory and to protect its nationals wherever they may be," Prado explained to the group.
Assistance from the Consular Protection for Mexicans Abroad is available for nationals, organizations, and corporations who request help with a variety of issues that arise while they are in the U.S.
Last year, Consular Protection received nearly 190,000 requests for assistance, said Prado. Of that, more than 38,000 were handled by the four consulates in Arizona within the consulates in Douglas, Nogales, Tucson and Phoenix.
Consular Protection assistance often involves the U.S. legal system, whether it be immigration, criminal, civil, family, or labor matters. Consulate personnel have contact with court staff across the U.S. on a daily basis, said Prado.
Such involvement, he explained, is mandated by the U.S. Constitution, the Vienna Convention, and various bilateral treaties, and that Americans involved with the Mexican court system are provided the same assistance from U.S. officials.
Collaboration
The discussion included the need to ensure the courts provide "culturally competent" legal representation and that competent interpreters are used so that parties understand what is taking place in court.
"We must provide language interpretation but sometimes we have difficulty arranging for interpreters of indigenous languages," said Bob James of the Maricopa County Superior Court.
Prado acknowledged that complications may arise with those Mexicans who speak native dialects instead of Spanish.
"As a result of the meeting, the Consul's office agreed to provide us assistance in finding qualified interpreters," said Eric Silverberg, administrator of the Cochise County Superior Court who coordinated the discussion.
The discussion also touched on ways to collaborate when state court officials need help locating an American child's relatives who live in Mexico and how to coordinate placement of a child with a family member in Mexico.
"Many Arizona families have family members who live on both sides of the border," said Silverberg, "The consular officials offered to provide documents and information and facilitate access to other Mexican authorities that would help resolve cases that cross the border."
Consulate notification
Prado also provided information on U.S. State Department rules related to the arrest or detention of a foreign national.
"If a foreign national is arrested, law enforcement must inform them that they may have their consular officer notified of the arrest or detention," Prado said, pointing out that if notification is requested, it is to occur within 24 to 72 hours of the initial arrest. "Law enforcement should document the response and the notification in the event that there are any questions later."
Consular Protection is also involved when a Mexican national is ordered deported from the U.S.
"We have local reparation arrangements in place between our consulates and U.S. officials," Prado said. "These ensure individuals are deported to areas where the Mexican government can provide assistance."
END
Mexican consulate, state court officials discuss collaboration
By Terri Jo Neff /For the Herald/Review Feb 9, 2018
http://www.douglasdispatch.com/news/mexican-consulate-state-court-officials-discuss-collaboration/article_bc25250c-0dbe-11e8-a426-9781896e45cf.html
Mexican consulate, state court officials discuss collaboration
Cochise County District 1 Supervisor Ann English interacts with Counsul of Mexico member Jorge Ernesto Espejel Montes and Director General of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations Jacob Prado (right) at Thursday's visit to Douglas.
HERALD/REVIEW STAFF PHOTO BY MARK LEVY
Mexican consulate, state court officials discuss collaboration
Director General of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations Jacob Prado addresses the Arizona Association of Court Administrators during their annual meeting in Douglas.
HERALD/REVIEW STAFF PHOTO BY MARK LEVY
DOUGLAS – A Feb. 1 discussion between two Mexican consulate officials and several Arizona court administrators addressed ways to collaborate in safeguarding the rights of Mexican nationals who appear in Cochise County Superior Court and other state courts.
Jacob Prado Gonzalez and Jorge Ernesto Espejel Montes spoke with members of the Arizona Association of Superior Court Administrators who were in Douglas for a quarterly meeting.
Prado is director general of the Consular Protection for Mexicans Abroad which is part of Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while Espejel is consul for the Consulate of Mexico in Douglas.
"One of the primary functions of the Mexican State is to guarantee the integrity of the people under its territory and to protect its nationals wherever they may be," Prado explained to the group.
Assistance from the Consular Protection for Mexicans Abroad is available for nationals, organizations, and corporations who request help with a variety of issues that arise while they are in the U.S.
Last year, Consular Protection received nearly 190,000 requests for assistance, said Prado. Of that, more than 38,000 were handled by the four consulates in Arizona within the consulates in Douglas, Nogales, Tucson and Phoenix.
Consular Protection assistance often involves the U.S. legal system, whether it be immigration, criminal, civil, family, or labor matters. Consulate personnel have contact with court staff across the U.S. on a daily basis, said Prado.
Such involvement, he explained, is mandated by the U.S. Constitution, the Vienna Convention, and various bilateral treaties, and that Americans involved with the Mexican court system are provided the same assistance from U.S. officials.
Collaboration
The discussion included the need to ensure the courts provide "culturally competent" legal representation and that competent interpreters are used so that parties understand what is taking place in court.
"We must provide language interpretation but sometimes we have difficulty arranging for interpreters of indigenous languages," said Bob James of the Maricopa County Superior Court.
Prado acknowledged that complications may arise with those Mexicans who speak native dialects instead of Spanish.
"As a result of the meeting, the Consul's office agreed to provide us assistance in finding qualified interpreters," said Eric Silverberg, administrator of the Cochise County Superior Court who coordinated the discussion.
The discussion also touched on ways to collaborate when state court officials need help locating an American child's relatives who live in Mexico and how to coordinate placement of a child with a family member in Mexico.
"Many Arizona families have family members who live on both sides of the border," said Silverberg, "The consular officials offered to provide documents and information and facilitate access to other Mexican authorities that would help resolve cases that cross the border."
Consulate notification
Prado also provided information on U.S. State Department rules related to the arrest or detention of a foreign national.
"If a foreign national is arrested, law enforcement must inform them that they may have their consular officer notified of the arrest or detention," Prado said, pointing out that if notification is requested, it is to occur within 24 to 72 hours of the initial arrest. "Law enforcement should document the response and the notification in the event that there are any questions later."
Consular Protection is also involved when a Mexican national is ordered deported from the U.S.
"We have local reparation arrangements in place between our consulates and U.S. officials," Prado said. "These ensure individuals are deported to areas where the Mexican government can provide assistance."
END
Monday, February 12, 2018
AZMEX POLICY 8-2-18
AZMEX POLICY 8 FEB 2018
Note: should he get elected, we can look forward to a Venezuela type disaster on our border.
BTW, word is that both Brazil and Columbia are possibly closing their borders to those fleeing Venezuela.
thx
AMLO: intolerance to criticism
Reasons
JORGE FERNÁNDEZ MENÉNDEZ
February 07, 2018
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/opinion/jorge-fernandez-menendez/2018/02/07/1218646
I do not believe in the AMLove versions because Morena's. ( new socialist political party )
candidate has been demonstrating for too many years that he is an irascible and intolerant man.
His inability to accept criticism is known by all those who have worked with him:
Andrés Manuel orders, he does not ask,
he never accepts an interview with a critic because the mere fact of being so turns him into an enemy;
if he comes to an agreement with a medium, for example, and a columnist or communicator criticizes him,
he claims to the owners that they violated the agreements they had reached
(and more than once, he has asked, I do not know if achieved, that his critics will leave that means).
He can admit among his own all those he accused in the past of being corrupt (and many were and are) simply because they approached him,
but he can not accept a fluid dialogue with someone who contradicts him.
He does not usually accept, either, conversations with someone who has not been previously "filtered" by one of his children, especially Andrés.
Even one of the main dissidents of the PRD that went for a candidacy to Morena privately recognizes that for many months he could not see Andrés Manuel
because he did not receive it and that the only contact with the leader was via Andrés.
For nobody is a secret that I have important differences with López Obrador for years, but it was not always like this:
when Andrés Manuel was president of the PRD I had, like many others, an intense and public professional relationship with him.
When he won the Head of Government of Mexico City, he granted me (I worked, then, in MVS and Milenio) one of the first, perhaps the first, interviews since he had taken office.
It was very cordial, of more than an hour, it was transmitted by MVS without any cut. All, apparently, we were very satisfied.
But Andrés Manuel did not like it. I never knew why, I do not remember if it was César Yáñez who communicated it to me, more as a comment than as a warning.
But since that day, which must have been on December 8 or 9, 2000, López Obrador has never given me an interview again, which I have asked countless times.
I was very critical during his tenure, especially when he betrayed Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
(a man with whom you can have disagreements, but who is a paradigm of verticality and respect)
and Rosario Robles, and when they finished exhibiting the corrupt acts of their closest collaborators,
such as René Bejarano and Gustavo Ponce Meléndez.
All of us who asked then what the head of government knew about the activities of two of his closest collaborators became part of the mafia of power.
A few years later I published a text that I continue to consider, absolutely legitimate, that was entitled De qué vive López Obrador.
He ended up circulating for years in the network and half the world has added things of his harvest,
but in the original, we simply wondered how he lived, a legitimate question for who for five years had not had any paid productive activity
(and that since the end of the 1980s until now, except for his period at the head of the capital government, he had not had one either).
The wrath of Andrés Manuel and his friends was unleashed for having dared to ask that question that anyone could have answered calmly.
We said, then, that you could not have an active and active political life, keep your children in private universities and abroad,
have formed another family, have a small child, without income.
We asked where they came from, because Andrés Manuel insisted that he never earned more than 60,000 pesos a month from his party.
No one has ever seen his tax return, his declaration of assets says nothing.
He assured, many years later, that he lived on the royalties of his books, something that we have published and we know that it can not be true in Mexico.
Knowing what a candidate lives for, a politician, is a question as legitimate as asking now what Marcelo Ebrard lived for the past five years in Paris, New York and Houston,
since he did not work during that entire period.
So we arrive today where Lopez Obrador willingly accepts Alfonso Durazo, Gaby Cuevas, the family of Elba Esther, Greg Sánchez and his family, Cuauhtémoc Blanco
and many others who until a few days ago were part of the mafia of power.
But it was enough that Jesús Silva-Herzog Márquez, who no one can qualify as a defender of the current government,
criticized in a text, absolutely respectful those incorporations saying that they had led Morena to "opportunism", to get the sentence from the heights
and Lopez Obrador placed Jesus and Enrique Krauze in the car of the corrupt and mafiosi of power.
Impossible to have a debate with him, impossible to have a difference.
There, when he loses control, it is when he shows his true face.
The one that scares and worries.
And that will not change until Andrés Manuel agrees to talk with his critics, not only his unconditional ones.
And let's not talk about the supreme idiocy of one of his ideologues, John Ackerman, insulting everyone who saw the Super Bowl on Sunday, a "capitalist sport" (sic).
END
Note: should he get elected, we can look forward to a Venezuela type disaster on our border.
BTW, word is that both Brazil and Columbia are possibly closing their borders to those fleeing Venezuela.
thx
AMLO: intolerance to criticism
Reasons
JORGE FERNÁNDEZ MENÉNDEZ
February 07, 2018
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/opinion/jorge-fernandez-menendez/2018/02/07/1218646
I do not believe in the AMLove versions because Morena's. ( new socialist political party )
candidate has been demonstrating for too many years that he is an irascible and intolerant man.
His inability to accept criticism is known by all those who have worked with him:
Andrés Manuel orders, he does not ask,
he never accepts an interview with a critic because the mere fact of being so turns him into an enemy;
if he comes to an agreement with a medium, for example, and a columnist or communicator criticizes him,
he claims to the owners that they violated the agreements they had reached
(and more than once, he has asked, I do not know if achieved, that his critics will leave that means).
He can admit among his own all those he accused in the past of being corrupt (and many were and are) simply because they approached him,
but he can not accept a fluid dialogue with someone who contradicts him.
He does not usually accept, either, conversations with someone who has not been previously "filtered" by one of his children, especially Andrés.
Even one of the main dissidents of the PRD that went for a candidacy to Morena privately recognizes that for many months he could not see Andrés Manuel
because he did not receive it and that the only contact with the leader was via Andrés.
For nobody is a secret that I have important differences with López Obrador for years, but it was not always like this:
when Andrés Manuel was president of the PRD I had, like many others, an intense and public professional relationship with him.
When he won the Head of Government of Mexico City, he granted me (I worked, then, in MVS and Milenio) one of the first, perhaps the first, interviews since he had taken office.
It was very cordial, of more than an hour, it was transmitted by MVS without any cut. All, apparently, we were very satisfied.
But Andrés Manuel did not like it. I never knew why, I do not remember if it was César Yáñez who communicated it to me, more as a comment than as a warning.
But since that day, which must have been on December 8 or 9, 2000, López Obrador has never given me an interview again, which I have asked countless times.
I was very critical during his tenure, especially when he betrayed Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
(a man with whom you can have disagreements, but who is a paradigm of verticality and respect)
and Rosario Robles, and when they finished exhibiting the corrupt acts of their closest collaborators,
such as René Bejarano and Gustavo Ponce Meléndez.
All of us who asked then what the head of government knew about the activities of two of his closest collaborators became part of the mafia of power.
A few years later I published a text that I continue to consider, absolutely legitimate, that was entitled De qué vive López Obrador.
He ended up circulating for years in the network and half the world has added things of his harvest,
but in the original, we simply wondered how he lived, a legitimate question for who for five years had not had any paid productive activity
(and that since the end of the 1980s until now, except for his period at the head of the capital government, he had not had one either).
The wrath of Andrés Manuel and his friends was unleashed for having dared to ask that question that anyone could have answered calmly.
We said, then, that you could not have an active and active political life, keep your children in private universities and abroad,
have formed another family, have a small child, without income.
We asked where they came from, because Andrés Manuel insisted that he never earned more than 60,000 pesos a month from his party.
No one has ever seen his tax return, his declaration of assets says nothing.
He assured, many years later, that he lived on the royalties of his books, something that we have published and we know that it can not be true in Mexico.
Knowing what a candidate lives for, a politician, is a question as legitimate as asking now what Marcelo Ebrard lived for the past five years in Paris, New York and Houston,
since he did not work during that entire period.
So we arrive today where Lopez Obrador willingly accepts Alfonso Durazo, Gaby Cuevas, the family of Elba Esther, Greg Sánchez and his family, Cuauhtémoc Blanco
and many others who until a few days ago were part of the mafia of power.
But it was enough that Jesús Silva-Herzog Márquez, who no one can qualify as a defender of the current government,
criticized in a text, absolutely respectful those incorporations saying that they had led Morena to "opportunism", to get the sentence from the heights
and Lopez Obrador placed Jesus and Enrique Krauze in the car of the corrupt and mafiosi of power.
Impossible to have a debate with him, impossible to have a difference.
There, when he loses control, it is when he shows his true face.
The one that scares and worries.
And that will not change until Andrés Manuel agrees to talk with his critics, not only his unconditional ones.
And let's not talk about the supreme idiocy of one of his ideologues, John Ackerman, insulting everyone who saw the Super Bowl on Sunday, a "capitalist sport" (sic).
END
Thursday, February 8, 2018
AZMEX SPECIAL 8-2-18
AZMEX SPECIAL 8 FEB 2018
Note: Local interest
U. S. Customs and Border Protection Announces New Hours of Operation for the Port of Sasabe
Release Date: February 8, 2018
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/u-s-customs-and-border-protection-announces-new-hours-operation-port.
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in conjunction with Mexican Border Service Agencies, wish to inform the public of the new hours of operation
for the Port of Sasabe starting February 26, 2018.
Acting Director of Field Operations Guadalupe Ramirez met with the local community Wednesday to announce the new hours of operation
and to address any stakeholder concerns.
Starting February 26, new hours for the Port of Sasabe will be:
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Monday
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Tuesday
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Wednesday
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Thursday
8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Friday
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Saturday
8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Sunday
The new hours are based on current and historical vehicle data crossing.
End
Note: Local interest
U. S. Customs and Border Protection Announces New Hours of Operation for the Port of Sasabe
Release Date: February 8, 2018
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/u-s-customs-and-border-protection-announces-new-hours-operation-port.
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in conjunction with Mexican Border Service Agencies, wish to inform the public of the new hours of operation
for the Port of Sasabe starting February 26, 2018.
Acting Director of Field Operations Guadalupe Ramirez met with the local community Wednesday to announce the new hours of operation
and to address any stakeholder concerns.
Starting February 26, new hours for the Port of Sasabe will be:
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Monday
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Tuesday
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Wednesday
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Thursday
8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Friday
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Saturday
8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Sunday
The new hours are based on current and historical vehicle data crossing.
End
AZMEX UPDATE 8-2-18
AZMEX UPDATE 8 FEB 2018
Mexican national wanted for child molestation in Seattle arrested in Arizona
Posted: Feb 08, 2018 10:45 AM MST
Updated: Feb 08, 2018 10:54 AM MST
By The Associated Press
http://www.azfamily.com/story/37460324/mexican-national-wanted-in-seattle-arrested-in-arizona?autostart=true
Rey Guzman-Vidals (Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
TUCSON, AZ (AP) -
A Mexican man wanted in Washington state for child molestation has been arrested at the border in Arizona.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say 44-year-old Rey Guzman-Vidals was found entering the country illegally Monday near the city of Ajo.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents say a records check revealed Guzman had a warrant issued by the King County Sheriff's Office in Seattle.
He is being processed for immigration violations and will then be transported to Seattle for prosecution.
Border agents say this is the second arrest in this sector in the past week of a fugitive wanted for child molestation.
End
Note: No info on immigration status if any.
Thx
Fentanyl dealer sentenced to 3 years in prison
Posted: Feb 07, 2018 4:27 PM MST
Updated: Feb 07, 2018 4:27 PM MST
https://www.azag.gov/press-release/fentanyl-dealer-sentenced-3-years-prison
Manuel Pulido-Cebreros (Source: Arizona Attorney General's Office
Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Manuel Pulido-Cebreros was sentenced to 3 years in prison for possession of 2,000 opioid pills laced with Fentanyl.
In November 2017, Manuel Pulido-Cebreros was arrested during an opioid drug seizure operation by Arizona's High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force or HIDTA.
Pulido-Cebreros was reportedly carrying approximately 1,000 pills laced with Fentanyl. The pills were blue and stamped with "M" and "30."
Police also searched Pulido-Cebreros' car, where they found an additional 1,000 pills of the drug.
In January 2018, Pulido-Cebreros pleaded guilty to possessing the narcotic drug, and admitted that he was trying to sell the pills.
Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid drug approximately 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin.
In recent years, Fentanyl has become more widely available in the United States and grown as a threat to public safety.
It only takes a very small amount of Fentanyl, which can be inhaled or absorbed through the skin, to result in serious adverse reactions and even death.
END
VIOLENCE IN MEXICO
Navolato is the tenth 'most violent' municipality in Mexico, says ong
The cities that have a higher rate of violence are Manzanillo, Chilapa, Acapulco and Tijuana
northwest.com
02/07/2018 | 4:21 PM
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones/view/navolato-es-el-decimo-municipio-mas-violento-de-mexico-asegura-ong-1117175
Navolato, in Sinaloa, is the tenth most violent municipality in the country, according to the "Municipal Violence Index 2017", of the Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice (CCSPJP),
a non-governmental organization that since 2012 has been carrying out this type of listings, which measure the homicides that occur in 250 Mexican cities with more than 100 thousand inhabitants.
In the ranking of the civil association, the municipality of Tecomán, in the state of Colima, obtained 103.83 points, the highest municipal index in all of Mexico, equivalent to four times the national average of violence.
"It should be noted that in 2015, Tecomán was ranked 85th in the Municipal Violence Index, with 20.46 points,"
said José Antonio Ortega Sánchez, president of the association, when presenting the Index, which indicated that Mexico's second most violent city is Manzanillo, also in Colima,
followed by Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero.
To the first three sites, they are followed by the municipalities of
Acapulco, Guerrero; Tijuana and Playas de Rosarito, in Baja California; Los Cabos, in Baja California Sura; Apatzingán, in Michoacán; Chilpancingo, in Guerrero;
Navolato, in Sinaloa; Zihuatanejo, also in Guerrero; and Colima, capital of the homonymous state.
They complete the list of the 20 most violent cities in the country: Iguala, in Guerrero; Tlalnepantla, in the State of Mexico; Zacatecas, in the same state; La Paz, in BCS;
Fresnillo, also in Zacatecas; Guadalupe, in Nuevo León; Center (Villahermosa), in Tabasco; and Victoria, in Tamaulipas.
In order to elaborate the Index, the Citizen Council took into account the municipal rates of the crimes of intentional homicide, kidnapping, rape, malicious injuries, robberies with violence and extortion.
Ortega Sánchez affirmed that the criminal statistics show not only the absence of forceful strategies against crime, but the lack of political will and strong local police.
Ortega Sánchez also indicated that the "most dramatic" change in the reconfiguration of violence is the inclusion of three municipalities of Colima
(Tecomán, Manzanillo, and the city of the same name) among the 20 most violent localities.
"In the case of Colima we see a very clear dispute between two groups, Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación [CJNG] and the Sinaloa Group, which are fighting for control and that's where the violence is taking place,"
said the president of the CCSPJP.
"Today the authority is not doing what it should do, something is missing, political will, and that political will must be reflected in lowering these horrific figures of violence," said Ortega Sánchez.
"We Mexicans do not deserve this Country, we do not want this Country,
we want a Country in peace for our families, for our people with whom we work, for all of society, we need and need peace to live peacefully," said the president of the CCSPJP .
End
Note: Navolato ?
Homicides given a rest in January; indicator went from red to yellow
There are 90 murders in Sinaloa in the first month of the year, a figure below the 103 that Semáforo Delictivo marks as average
José Abraham Sanz
02/07/2018 | 09:07 AM
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones/view/homicidios-dan-descanso-en-enero-indicador-paso-de-rojo-a-amarillo-1117129
Although the year began with fewer murders in Sinaloa, Culiacán remains one of the red hot spots in this crime.
For the first time in 18 months, Sinaloa reached the yellow color in the crime of homicide, according to the Traffic Light.
The murders registered in January, 90 in total, are below the 103 that this tool indicates as an average and was placed at 13 units below the target.
To make matters better, most of the municipalities of Sinaloa changed from yellow to green; Culiacán and El Fuerte are the only ones in red, with 52 and 5 crimes this month; Ahome with seven and Salvador Alvarado with two, are in yellow; and all the others in green.
Another of the most prominent movements was Mazatlan, which went from yellow to green, with nine incidents.
"To continue improving we need to have one of the best police forces in Mexico and that is what we are working on together with society and government," said Javier Llausás Magaña, who is part of the State Public Safety Council.
The other reported crimes that are in yellow in Sinaloa are extortion, with seven incidents in the state; family violence, with 126 incidents, and business theft with 74.
End
Mexican national wanted for child molestation in Seattle arrested in Arizona
Posted: Feb 08, 2018 10:45 AM MST
Updated: Feb 08, 2018 10:54 AM MST
By The Associated Press
http://www.azfamily.com/story/37460324/mexican-national-wanted-in-seattle-arrested-in-arizona?autostart=true
Rey Guzman-Vidals (Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
TUCSON, AZ (AP) -
A Mexican man wanted in Washington state for child molestation has been arrested at the border in Arizona.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say 44-year-old Rey Guzman-Vidals was found entering the country illegally Monday near the city of Ajo.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents say a records check revealed Guzman had a warrant issued by the King County Sheriff's Office in Seattle.
He is being processed for immigration violations and will then be transported to Seattle for prosecution.
Border agents say this is the second arrest in this sector in the past week of a fugitive wanted for child molestation.
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Note: No info on immigration status if any.
Thx
Fentanyl dealer sentenced to 3 years in prison
Posted: Feb 07, 2018 4:27 PM MST
Updated: Feb 07, 2018 4:27 PM MST
https://www.azag.gov/press-release/fentanyl-dealer-sentenced-3-years-prison
Manuel Pulido-Cebreros (Source: Arizona Attorney General's Office
Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Manuel Pulido-Cebreros was sentenced to 3 years in prison for possession of 2,000 opioid pills laced with Fentanyl.
In November 2017, Manuel Pulido-Cebreros was arrested during an opioid drug seizure operation by Arizona's High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force or HIDTA.
Pulido-Cebreros was reportedly carrying approximately 1,000 pills laced with Fentanyl. The pills were blue and stamped with "M" and "30."
Police also searched Pulido-Cebreros' car, where they found an additional 1,000 pills of the drug.
In January 2018, Pulido-Cebreros pleaded guilty to possessing the narcotic drug, and admitted that he was trying to sell the pills.
Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid drug approximately 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin.
In recent years, Fentanyl has become more widely available in the United States and grown as a threat to public safety.
It only takes a very small amount of Fentanyl, which can be inhaled or absorbed through the skin, to result in serious adverse reactions and even death.
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VIOLENCE IN MEXICO
Navolato is the tenth 'most violent' municipality in Mexico, says ong
The cities that have a higher rate of violence are Manzanillo, Chilapa, Acapulco and Tijuana
northwest.com
02/07/2018 | 4:21 PM
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones/view/navolato-es-el-decimo-municipio-mas-violento-de-mexico-asegura-ong-1117175
Navolato, in Sinaloa, is the tenth most violent municipality in the country, according to the "Municipal Violence Index 2017", of the Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice (CCSPJP),
a non-governmental organization that since 2012 has been carrying out this type of listings, which measure the homicides that occur in 250 Mexican cities with more than 100 thousand inhabitants.
In the ranking of the civil association, the municipality of Tecomán, in the state of Colima, obtained 103.83 points, the highest municipal index in all of Mexico, equivalent to four times the national average of violence.
"It should be noted that in 2015, Tecomán was ranked 85th in the Municipal Violence Index, with 20.46 points,"
said José Antonio Ortega Sánchez, president of the association, when presenting the Index, which indicated that Mexico's second most violent city is Manzanillo, also in Colima,
followed by Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero.
To the first three sites, they are followed by the municipalities of
Acapulco, Guerrero; Tijuana and Playas de Rosarito, in Baja California; Los Cabos, in Baja California Sura; Apatzingán, in Michoacán; Chilpancingo, in Guerrero;
Navolato, in Sinaloa; Zihuatanejo, also in Guerrero; and Colima, capital of the homonymous state.
They complete the list of the 20 most violent cities in the country: Iguala, in Guerrero; Tlalnepantla, in the State of Mexico; Zacatecas, in the same state; La Paz, in BCS;
Fresnillo, also in Zacatecas; Guadalupe, in Nuevo León; Center (Villahermosa), in Tabasco; and Victoria, in Tamaulipas.
In order to elaborate the Index, the Citizen Council took into account the municipal rates of the crimes of intentional homicide, kidnapping, rape, malicious injuries, robberies with violence and extortion.
Ortega Sánchez affirmed that the criminal statistics show not only the absence of forceful strategies against crime, but the lack of political will and strong local police.
Ortega Sánchez also indicated that the "most dramatic" change in the reconfiguration of violence is the inclusion of three municipalities of Colima
(Tecomán, Manzanillo, and the city of the same name) among the 20 most violent localities.
"In the case of Colima we see a very clear dispute between two groups, Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación [CJNG] and the Sinaloa Group, which are fighting for control and that's where the violence is taking place,"
said the president of the CCSPJP.
"Today the authority is not doing what it should do, something is missing, political will, and that political will must be reflected in lowering these horrific figures of violence," said Ortega Sánchez.
"We Mexicans do not deserve this Country, we do not want this Country,
we want a Country in peace for our families, for our people with whom we work, for all of society, we need and need peace to live peacefully," said the president of the CCSPJP .
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Note: Navolato ?
Homicides given a rest in January; indicator went from red to yellow
There are 90 murders in Sinaloa in the first month of the year, a figure below the 103 that Semáforo Delictivo marks as average
José Abraham Sanz
02/07/2018 | 09:07 AM
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones/view/homicidios-dan-descanso-en-enero-indicador-paso-de-rojo-a-amarillo-1117129
Although the year began with fewer murders in Sinaloa, Culiacán remains one of the red hot spots in this crime.
For the first time in 18 months, Sinaloa reached the yellow color in the crime of homicide, according to the Traffic Light.
The murders registered in January, 90 in total, are below the 103 that this tool indicates as an average and was placed at 13 units below the target.
To make matters better, most of the municipalities of Sinaloa changed from yellow to green; Culiacán and El Fuerte are the only ones in red, with 52 and 5 crimes this month; Ahome with seven and Salvador Alvarado with two, are in yellow; and all the others in green.
Another of the most prominent movements was Mazatlan, which went from yellow to green, with nine incidents.
"To continue improving we need to have one of the best police forces in Mexico and that is what we are working on together with society and government," said Javier Llausás Magaña, who is part of the State Public Safety Council.
The other reported crimes that are in yellow in Sinaloa are extortion, with seven incidents in the state; family violence, with 126 incidents, and business theft with 74.
End
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
AZMEX EXTRA 7-2-18
AZMEX EXTRA 7 FEB 2017
NOTE: No, did not make this up. As usual, many of the numbers suspect.
Mesa, AZ has a very high rate of "civilian" firearms ownership, but very little violent crime.
¿Por Que?
Who is "WOLA? https://www.wola.org
Gracias
Every year 213 thousand weapons arrive from Mexico from the USA
The Center for American Progress warned that the "unbridled" trafficking of weapons is a key factor in the figures of homicides in the country
02/06/2018 15:31 NOTIMEX
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2018/02/06/1218550
In August of last year, in Military Camp Number 1, elements of the Sedena (Mex. Army) destroyed firearms seized from members of criminal groups. Photo: Cuartoscuro
MEXICO CITY
The Center for American Progress warned that every year about 213,000 firearms arrive in Mexico from the United States, which has been a key factor in the figures of homicides in the Latin American country.
In the study: "Beyond our borders. How mild US laws on firearms contribute to violent crime abroad ", the center draws attention to the export of lethal violence to other countries.
He reports that, according to the US Government Accountability Office, almost half of the US-origin firearms recovered in Mexico are long guns, and include high-caliber semiautomatic rifles, such as AK and AR-15 variants.
This is a concern for Mexican law enforcement officials, who have reported that assault rifles have become the weapons preferred by Mexican drug trafficking organizations, in part because they can easily become automatic rifles, "he noted.
In that regard, the Center underscored that the impact of unrestrained arms trafficking from the United States to Mexico has been devastating.
You may be interested: Mexico responds to WOLA and asks to review arms trafficking in the US
In 2017, he added, Mexico reached its highest level of homicides in the last 20 years, with a rate of 20.5 per 100,000 people, and where access to firearms has been a key factor in the increase of this crime .
In 1997, 15% of homicides in Mexico were committed with a firearm, however, in 2017 that percentage increased to approximately 66%, he said.
The Center for American Progress notes that much of the discussion of armed violence in the United States focuses almost exclusively on the scope and scale of armed violence in that country.
However, he stressed that this conversation often does not consider how the confluence of high levels of arms manufacturing and gun ownership in the United States, together with the numerous gaps and weaknesses in gun laws, results in the export of lethal violence to other countries.
It may interest you: WOLA: continues arms trafficking to Mexico
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2015/04/17/1019238.
(Seems to be no mention of the Obama regime "Fast & Furious" which shipped many weapons to Mexican drug cartels during this time period. But then Mexican Lives didn't Matter)
Therefore, he stressed that lawmakers in the United States have a moral obligation to take measures to strengthen the gun laws in an effort to improve public safety inside and outside the borders of the USA.
The Center for American Progress reports that, since the early days of his presidential campaign, a constant refrain by Donald Trump has been the need to protect the United States from foreign threats, particularly violent crime that he falsely (?) claims that (illegal) immigrants in this country have committed with high rates.
However, the degree to which the export of violence goes in another direction, that is, from the United States to other countries, and, in particular, the substantial role of that nation in the supply of violence, is often overlooked in this debate. weapons that are used in lethal violence in other nations, he concluded.
* amgl
NOTE: No, did not make this up. As usual, many of the numbers suspect.
Mesa, AZ has a very high rate of "civilian" firearms ownership, but very little violent crime.
¿Por Que?
Who is "WOLA? https://www.wola.org
Gracias
Every year 213 thousand weapons arrive from Mexico from the USA
The Center for American Progress warned that the "unbridled" trafficking of weapons is a key factor in the figures of homicides in the country
02/06/2018 15:31 NOTIMEX
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2018/02/06/1218550
In August of last year, in Military Camp Number 1, elements of the Sedena (Mex. Army) destroyed firearms seized from members of criminal groups. Photo: Cuartoscuro
MEXICO CITY
The Center for American Progress warned that every year about 213,000 firearms arrive in Mexico from the United States, which has been a key factor in the figures of homicides in the Latin American country.
In the study: "Beyond our borders. How mild US laws on firearms contribute to violent crime abroad ", the center draws attention to the export of lethal violence to other countries.
He reports that, according to the US Government Accountability Office, almost half of the US-origin firearms recovered in Mexico are long guns, and include high-caliber semiautomatic rifles, such as AK and AR-15 variants.
This is a concern for Mexican law enforcement officials, who have reported that assault rifles have become the weapons preferred by Mexican drug trafficking organizations, in part because they can easily become automatic rifles, "he noted.
In that regard, the Center underscored that the impact of unrestrained arms trafficking from the United States to Mexico has been devastating.
You may be interested: Mexico responds to WOLA and asks to review arms trafficking in the US
In 2017, he added, Mexico reached its highest level of homicides in the last 20 years, with a rate of 20.5 per 100,000 people, and where access to firearms has been a key factor in the increase of this crime .
In 1997, 15% of homicides in Mexico were committed with a firearm, however, in 2017 that percentage increased to approximately 66%, he said.
The Center for American Progress notes that much of the discussion of armed violence in the United States focuses almost exclusively on the scope and scale of armed violence in that country.
However, he stressed that this conversation often does not consider how the confluence of high levels of arms manufacturing and gun ownership in the United States, together with the numerous gaps and weaknesses in gun laws, results in the export of lethal violence to other countries.
It may interest you: WOLA: continues arms trafficking to Mexico
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2015/04/17/1019238.
(Seems to be no mention of the Obama regime "Fast & Furious" which shipped many weapons to Mexican drug cartels during this time period. But then Mexican Lives didn't Matter)
Therefore, he stressed that lawmakers in the United States have a moral obligation to take measures to strengthen the gun laws in an effort to improve public safety inside and outside the borders of the USA.
The Center for American Progress reports that, since the early days of his presidential campaign, a constant refrain by Donald Trump has been the need to protect the United States from foreign threats, particularly violent crime that he falsely (?) claims that (illegal) immigrants in this country have committed with high rates.
However, the degree to which the export of violence goes in another direction, that is, from the United States to other countries, and, in particular, the substantial role of that nation in the supply of violence, is often overlooked in this debate. weapons that are used in lethal violence in other nations, he concluded.
* amgl
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
AZMEX UPDATE 6-2-18
AZMEX UPDATE 6 FEB 2018
MS-13 gang member arrested near Lukeville
Posted: Feb 06, 2018 5:36 PM MST
Updated: Feb 06, 2018 5:36 PM MST
Written By Abby Friedemann.
http://www.kvoa.com/story/37443454/ms-13-gang-member-arrested-near-lukeville
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/ajo-agents-arrest-honduran-ms-13-gang-member
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a MS-13 gang member west of Lukeville, on Friday.
Oscar Moreno-Mejia, a Honduran national, was one of six people arrested for illegally entering the United States, according to Customs and Border Protection.
During processing, agents learned Moreno-Mejia had previously had a criminal record in California and had previously been deported, according to a news release.
Records state Moreno-Mejia was convicted of distrusting (?) cocaine in San Francisco back in 2001. He was sentenced to four years in prison. Documents also indicate he later severed (?) three years in prison for grand theft auto in 2008.
Moreno-Mejia will remain in federal custody while he awaits prosecution.
End. (¿ Cronkite grad ?)
Man wanted by MN authorities arrested near Naco
Monday, February 5th 2018, 8:24 pm MST
Monday, February 5th 2018, 8:24 pm MST
By Special for Tucson News Now
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/37433963/man-wanted-by-mn-authorities-arrested-near-naco
Leonel Flores-Pacheco (Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
COCHISE COUNTY, AZ (Tucson News Now) -
Border Patrol agents assigned to the Brian A. Terry Station arrested two Mexican nationals east of Naco on Friday evening, Feb. 2 for being in the United States illegally.
During processing, a records check identified Leonel Flores-Pacheco, 42, as being wanted in Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for rape and felony sexual misconduct.
Flores was processed for immigration violations and turned over to the Cochise County Sheriff's Office for extradition to Minnesota. The other Mexican national was processed for immigration violations.
All persons apprehended by the Border Patrol undergo criminal history checks using biometrics to ensure illegal immigrants with criminal histories are positively identified.
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Tucson woman arrested for 111 bricks of marijuana
Posted: Feb 06, 2018 1:41 PM MST
Updated: Feb 06, 2018 1:41 PM MST
Written By Donald Jordan
http://www.kvoa.com/story/37441435/tucson-woman-arrested-for-111-bricks-of-marijuana
A Tucson woman was arrested Friday evening, at the immigration checkpoint on State Route 80, near Tombstone.
Border Patrol agents from the Willcox Station conducted a secondary inspection on her vehicle. A canine alerted agents to an odor. They found 111 bricks of marijuana, weighing approximately 123 pounds.
The 29-year-old woman was traveling with her minor aged daughter.
She has been arrested for narcotics smuggling. The Department of Child Protective Services placed the child with a family member.
END
Border Patrol agents find heroin under woman's clothes
Posted: Feb 06, 2018 5:40 PM MST
Updated: Feb 06, 2018 5:43 PM MST
Written By Abby Friedemann.
http://www.kvoa.com/story/37443473/border-patrol-agents-find-heroin-under-womans-clothes
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/phoenix-woman-arrested-smuggling-heroin
A Phoenix woman was arrested over the weekend after Border Patrol agents found more than 10 ounces of heroin hidden under her clothes, according to Customs and Border Protection.
It happened on Saturday at an immigration checkpoint on Interstate 19.
According to CBP, agents and a canine were conducting a secondary inspection search on the 29-year-old's Nissan Sentra.
Agents said that's when they found a brown bag of heroin hidden under the woman's clothing.
The drugs are estimated to be worth about $7,800, according to CBP.
The woman was arrested and faces smuggling charges. Her vehicle and heroin were seized.
End
CBP arrests Tucson man for human smuggling
Brooke Long
4:22 PM, Feb 6, 2018
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/cbp-arrests-tucson-man-for-human-smuggling
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/tucson-man-arrested-smuggling-6-aliens
THREE POINTS, Ariz. - Border Patrol agents have arrested a Tucson man for attempting to smuggle six people across the border. It happened Saturday near Three Points.
Agents stopped the Chevy Malibu that had two visible passengers and found five more people trying to hide in the back seat. The six passengers in the car were all illegal immigrants, five from Guatemala and one from Mexico.
The 25-year-old driver is facing six counts of human smuggling, and all of his passengers are facing prosecution for immigration violations. Border Patrol agents said the driver also had a loaded pistol hidden under the driver's seat.
Tohono O'odham police assisted Border Patrol with the arrest.
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MS-13 gang member arrested near Lukeville
Posted: Feb 06, 2018 5:36 PM MST
Updated: Feb 06, 2018 5:36 PM MST
Written By Abby Friedemann.
http://www.kvoa.com/story/37443454/ms-13-gang-member-arrested-near-lukeville
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/ajo-agents-arrest-honduran-ms-13-gang-member
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a MS-13 gang member west of Lukeville, on Friday.
Oscar Moreno-Mejia, a Honduran national, was one of six people arrested for illegally entering the United States, according to Customs and Border Protection.
During processing, agents learned Moreno-Mejia had previously had a criminal record in California and had previously been deported, according to a news release.
Records state Moreno-Mejia was convicted of distrusting (?) cocaine in San Francisco back in 2001. He was sentenced to four years in prison. Documents also indicate he later severed (?) three years in prison for grand theft auto in 2008.
Moreno-Mejia will remain in federal custody while he awaits prosecution.
End. (¿ Cronkite grad ?)
Man wanted by MN authorities arrested near Naco
Monday, February 5th 2018, 8:24 pm MST
Monday, February 5th 2018, 8:24 pm MST
By Special for Tucson News Now
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/37433963/man-wanted-by-mn-authorities-arrested-near-naco
Leonel Flores-Pacheco (Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
COCHISE COUNTY, AZ (Tucson News Now) -
Border Patrol agents assigned to the Brian A. Terry Station arrested two Mexican nationals east of Naco on Friday evening, Feb. 2 for being in the United States illegally.
During processing, a records check identified Leonel Flores-Pacheco, 42, as being wanted in Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for rape and felony sexual misconduct.
Flores was processed for immigration violations and turned over to the Cochise County Sheriff's Office for extradition to Minnesota. The other Mexican national was processed for immigration violations.
All persons apprehended by the Border Patrol undergo criminal history checks using biometrics to ensure illegal immigrants with criminal histories are positively identified.
End
Tucson woman arrested for 111 bricks of marijuana
Posted: Feb 06, 2018 1:41 PM MST
Updated: Feb 06, 2018 1:41 PM MST
Written By Donald Jordan
http://www.kvoa.com/story/37441435/tucson-woman-arrested-for-111-bricks-of-marijuana
A Tucson woman was arrested Friday evening, at the immigration checkpoint on State Route 80, near Tombstone.
Border Patrol agents from the Willcox Station conducted a secondary inspection on her vehicle. A canine alerted agents to an odor. They found 111 bricks of marijuana, weighing approximately 123 pounds.
The 29-year-old woman was traveling with her minor aged daughter.
She has been arrested for narcotics smuggling. The Department of Child Protective Services placed the child with a family member.
END
Border Patrol agents find heroin under woman's clothes
Posted: Feb 06, 2018 5:40 PM MST
Updated: Feb 06, 2018 5:43 PM MST
Written By Abby Friedemann.
http://www.kvoa.com/story/37443473/border-patrol-agents-find-heroin-under-womans-clothes
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/phoenix-woman-arrested-smuggling-heroin
A Phoenix woman was arrested over the weekend after Border Patrol agents found more than 10 ounces of heroin hidden under her clothes, according to Customs and Border Protection.
It happened on Saturday at an immigration checkpoint on Interstate 19.
According to CBP, agents and a canine were conducting a secondary inspection search on the 29-year-old's Nissan Sentra.
Agents said that's when they found a brown bag of heroin hidden under the woman's clothing.
The drugs are estimated to be worth about $7,800, according to CBP.
The woman was arrested and faces smuggling charges. Her vehicle and heroin were seized.
End
CBP arrests Tucson man for human smuggling
Brooke Long
4:22 PM, Feb 6, 2018
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/cbp-arrests-tucson-man-for-human-smuggling
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/tucson-man-arrested-smuggling-6-aliens
THREE POINTS, Ariz. - Border Patrol agents have arrested a Tucson man for attempting to smuggle six people across the border. It happened Saturday near Three Points.
Agents stopped the Chevy Malibu that had two visible passengers and found five more people trying to hide in the back seat. The six passengers in the car were all illegal immigrants, five from Guatemala and one from Mexico.
The 25-year-old driver is facing six counts of human smuggling, and all of his passengers are facing prosecution for immigration violations. Border Patrol agents said the driver also had a loaded pistol hidden under the driver's seat.
Tohono O'odham police assisted Border Patrol with the arrest.
End
Saturday, February 3, 2018
AZMEX POLICY 3-2-18
AZMEX POLICY 3 FEB 2018
Note: Very interesting.
Videgaray: the relationship with the USA better than with Obama.
Luis Videgaray acknowledged that there are differences with the northern neighbor, but work is being done to fix them
03/02/2018 06:17 JORGE RAMOS
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2018/02/03/1217903.
The bilateral relationship between Mexico and the United States is closer and more fluid with the administration of Donald Trump than with that of Barack Obama, said Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray.
At a press conference along with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, he said that Mexico is committed to having close communication with the Trump administration.
That has proven to be an impressive benefit for our relationship, I believe that today it is more fluid, closer than with the previous administration; some people do not believe it, but it's a fact, "Videgaray said.
He clarified that Mexico and the US have differences, as with any other country, but both nations have been working closely on many issues to strengthen the bilateral relationship.
In answering questions about the meeting he held with his counterparts in the United States and Canada, he said that one of the great agreements is the fight against transnational criminal organizations.
One of the issues for the dismantling of the business model has to do with the illegal trafficking of weapons, weapons that come illegally from the US to Mexico and is one of the elements that must be dismantled. "
(Remember the Obama regime F&F? Weapons sent to Mex. drug cartels. Mexican Lives didn't Matter)
Regarding the US proposal to raise armed agents to cross-border flights, Videgaray said that the Mexican government is analyzing its legal and operational viability, but there is no agreement.
He said they did not talk about the dreamers or the wall, which "is not an issue on the bilateral agenda."
On Venezuela, he confirmed that our country will continue collaborating through all diplomatic channels to restore constitutional order in that nation.
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Note: Very interesting.
Videgaray: the relationship with the USA better than with Obama.
Luis Videgaray acknowledged that there are differences with the northern neighbor, but work is being done to fix them
03/02/2018 06:17 JORGE RAMOS
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2018/02/03/1217903.
The bilateral relationship between Mexico and the United States is closer and more fluid with the administration of Donald Trump than with that of Barack Obama, said Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray.
At a press conference along with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, he said that Mexico is committed to having close communication with the Trump administration.
That has proven to be an impressive benefit for our relationship, I believe that today it is more fluid, closer than with the previous administration; some people do not believe it, but it's a fact, "Videgaray said.
He clarified that Mexico and the US have differences, as with any other country, but both nations have been working closely on many issues to strengthen the bilateral relationship.
In answering questions about the meeting he held with his counterparts in the United States and Canada, he said that one of the great agreements is the fight against transnational criminal organizations.
One of the issues for the dismantling of the business model has to do with the illegal trafficking of weapons, weapons that come illegally from the US to Mexico and is one of the elements that must be dismantled. "
(Remember the Obama regime F&F? Weapons sent to Mex. drug cartels. Mexican Lives didn't Matter)
Regarding the US proposal to raise armed agents to cross-border flights, Videgaray said that the Mexican government is analyzing its legal and operational viability, but there is no agreement.
He said they did not talk about the dreamers or the wall, which "is not an issue on the bilateral agenda."
On Venezuela, he confirmed that our country will continue collaborating through all diplomatic channels to restore constitutional order in that nation.
End
Friday, February 2, 2018
AZMEX SPECIAL 1-2-18
AZMEX SPECIAL 1 FEB 2018
Note: Interesting piece from SEDENA
Chimaltlalli International Competition 2018.
The Secretariat of National Defense will hold the International Competition "Chimaltlalli 2018" from February 17 to 27, 2018.
Chimaltlalli International Competition 2018. Chimaltlalli International Competition 2018.
Secretary of National Defense
Publication date
January 31, 2018
https://www.gob.mx/sedena/articulos/competencia-internacional-chimaltlalli-2018?idiom=en
Competition "Chimaltlalli", a Nahuatl word whose meaning in Spanish is "Battlefield", in which teams of cadets of military schools of the following countries will participate:
Brazil, Canada, Chile, El Salvador, USA, Honduras,
The Heroic Naval Military School (Mex) and Russia.
Its objective is to develop and strengthen the skills and abilities of the participating personnel.
The competition promotes cultural exchange, as well as mutual experiences in the military field to strengthen the bonds of friendship between the Armed Forces of the participating nations.
END
Note: Interesting piece from SEDENA
Chimaltlalli International Competition 2018.
The Secretariat of National Defense will hold the International Competition "Chimaltlalli 2018" from February 17 to 27, 2018.
Chimaltlalli International Competition 2018. Chimaltlalli International Competition 2018.
Secretary of National Defense
Publication date
January 31, 2018
https://www.gob.mx/sedena/articulos/competencia-internacional-chimaltlalli-2018?idiom=en
Competition "Chimaltlalli", a Nahuatl word whose meaning in Spanish is "Battlefield", in which teams of cadets of military schools of the following countries will participate:
Brazil, Canada, Chile, El Salvador, USA, Honduras,
The Heroic Naval Military School (Mex) and Russia.
Its objective is to develop and strengthen the skills and abilities of the participating personnel.
The competition promotes cultural exchange, as well as mutual experiences in the military field to strengthen the bonds of friendship between the Armed Forces of the participating nations.
END
AZMEX I3 1-2-18
AZMEX I3 1 FEB 2018
Note: Keep in mind that Santa Cruz county be so tuff on crime.
Thx
14-year-old Nogales boy accused of human smuggling attempt
Posted: Feb 01, 2018 7:16 AM MST
Updated: Feb 01, 2018 9:29 AM MST
By The Associated Press
http://www.azfamily.com/story/37403441/14-year-old-nogales-boy-accused-of-human-smuggling-attempt?autostart=true
Border Patrol agents say a 14-year-old Nogales (AZ?) boy was at the wheel of a van concealing a dozen Mexican citizens that crashed during a pursuit. (Source: U.S. Customs and Border Patrol)
TUCSON, AZ (AP) -
Border Patrol agents say a 14-year-old Nogales boy was at the wheel of a van concealing a dozen Mexican citizens that crashed during a pursuit.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials released details Wednesday of the Jan. 21 incident, which occurred east of Nogales.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents tried to stop the Dodge Caravan but the driver sped away.
Agents followed the vehicle until the juvenile driver lost control of the van.
Authorities say the teen tried to flee on foot but was promptly arrested.
They discovered 12 Mexican nationals, ranging from age 15 to 45, inside the car. They were arrested on immigration violations.
The teen was booked on a felony charge of unlawful flight from a law enforcement vehicle and will be prosecuted in Santa Cruz County.
End
Also: http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/year-old-human-smuggler-crashes-van-after-chase/article_613ac4c6-06de-11e8-bc33-8bbac3afef5c.html
Agents arrest DACA recipient on human smuggling charges
Posted: Feb 01, 2018 12:20 PM MST
Updated: Feb 01, 2018 12:22 PM MST
http://www.kvoa.com/story/37406283/agents-arrest-daca-recipient-on-human-smuggling-charges
YUMA, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities arrested a Mexican national in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program after he was caught allegedly attempting to smuggle four other Mexican nationals into the country in a truck.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says Border Patrol agents stationed Monday at the Yuma Sector arrested a 26-year-old Mexican immigrant.
Agents spotted footprints of four people near the Colorado River in a rural area south of Yuma.
Other agents followed the group to the truck and arrested them as they drove.
The vehicle was seized for forfeiture.
President Donald Trump announced last year the DACA program would end in March, calling on Congress to find a permanent solution for the immigrants.
End
Don't forget:
Luis Videgaray: Mexico decides who enters our country
Posted on Friday March 10, 2017,
"the decisions of who enters Mexico, are made by Mexico and only Mexico"
Luis Videgaray Caso, Mexican Foreign Minister
10 March, 2017
Note: Keep in mind that Santa Cruz county be so tuff on crime.
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14-year-old Nogales boy accused of human smuggling attempt
Posted: Feb 01, 2018 7:16 AM MST
Updated: Feb 01, 2018 9:29 AM MST
By The Associated Press
http://www.azfamily.com/story/37403441/14-year-old-nogales-boy-accused-of-human-smuggling-attempt?autostart=true
Border Patrol agents say a 14-year-old Nogales (AZ?) boy was at the wheel of a van concealing a dozen Mexican citizens that crashed during a pursuit. (Source: U.S. Customs and Border Patrol)
TUCSON, AZ (AP) -
Border Patrol agents say a 14-year-old Nogales boy was at the wheel of a van concealing a dozen Mexican citizens that crashed during a pursuit.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials released details Wednesday of the Jan. 21 incident, which occurred east of Nogales.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents tried to stop the Dodge Caravan but the driver sped away.
Agents followed the vehicle until the juvenile driver lost control of the van.
Authorities say the teen tried to flee on foot but was promptly arrested.
They discovered 12 Mexican nationals, ranging from age 15 to 45, inside the car. They were arrested on immigration violations.
The teen was booked on a felony charge of unlawful flight from a law enforcement vehicle and will be prosecuted in Santa Cruz County.
End
Also: http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/year-old-human-smuggler-crashes-van-after-chase/article_613ac4c6-06de-11e8-bc33-8bbac3afef5c.html
Agents arrest DACA recipient on human smuggling charges
Posted: Feb 01, 2018 12:20 PM MST
Updated: Feb 01, 2018 12:22 PM MST
http://www.kvoa.com/story/37406283/agents-arrest-daca-recipient-on-human-smuggling-charges
YUMA, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities arrested a Mexican national in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program after he was caught allegedly attempting to smuggle four other Mexican nationals into the country in a truck.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says Border Patrol agents stationed Monday at the Yuma Sector arrested a 26-year-old Mexican immigrant.
Agents spotted footprints of four people near the Colorado River in a rural area south of Yuma.
Other agents followed the group to the truck and arrested them as they drove.
The vehicle was seized for forfeiture.
President Donald Trump announced last year the DACA program would end in March, calling on Congress to find a permanent solution for the immigrants.
End
Don't forget:
Luis Videgaray: Mexico decides who enters our country
Posted on Friday March 10, 2017,
"the decisions of who enters Mexico, are made by Mexico and only Mexico"
Luis Videgaray Caso, Mexican Foreign Minister
10 March, 2017
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
AZMEX I3 30-1-18
AZMEX I3 30 JAN 2018
Lawsuit targets New Mexico's two-tier identification system
The Associated Press
January 29, 2018 05:26 PM
http://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/lawsuit-targets-new-mexicos-two-tier-identification-system/4763072/
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico is being accused of illegally denying driver's authorization cards to some residents
after the state adopted a new system in 2016 to meet federal REAL ID Act requirements.
Civil rights and immigrant advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Monday in state district court in Santa Fe.
Under the state's two-tiered system, the Motor Vehicle Division issues two kinds of identification.
One is a driver's license that meets tougher federal security rules
and the other is the authorization card geared toward people who don't have the identity documents needed for a new license,
including immigrants in the country illegally.
Lawsuit targets New Mexico's two-tier identification system
The groups claim the state has failed to fully and correctly implement the driver's license law
and that requiring unnecessary documentation for the driver's authorization card is causing confusion.
END
Lawsuit targets New Mexico's two-tier identification system
The Associated Press
January 29, 2018 05:26 PM
http://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/lawsuit-targets-new-mexicos-two-tier-identification-system/4763072/
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico is being accused of illegally denying driver's authorization cards to some residents
after the state adopted a new system in 2016 to meet federal REAL ID Act requirements.
Civil rights and immigrant advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Monday in state district court in Santa Fe.
Under the state's two-tiered system, the Motor Vehicle Division issues two kinds of identification.
One is a driver's license that meets tougher federal security rules
and the other is the authorization card geared toward people who don't have the identity documents needed for a new license,
including immigrants in the country illegally.
Lawsuit targets New Mexico's two-tier identification system
The groups claim the state has failed to fully and correctly implement the driver's license law
and that requiring unnecessary documentation for the driver's authorization card is causing confusion.
END
Thursday, January 25, 2018
AZMEX I3 25-1-18
AZMEX I3 25 JAN 2018
Note: from the far left Cronkite op. People crossing the border legally don't have to trek across the desert. The group aiding and abetting drug and human trafficking.
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8 Tucson volunteers arrested as group accuses agents of destroying aid
BY LEAH GOLDBERG/CRONKITE NEWS
JANUARY 25, 2018 AT 4:55 AM
http://ktar.com/story/1918498/8-tucson-volunteers-arrested-as-group-accuses-agents-of-destroying-aid/
Tucson Border Patrol says they do not condone or encourage the destruction or tampering of any water or food. (Leah Goldberg/Cronkite News)
NOGALES — Seven humanitarian aid workers with the advocacy group No More Deaths are facing multiple federal misdemeanor charges, while another volunteer has been charged with harboring undocumented immigrants, a felony.
That eighth volunteer is Scott Daniel Warren, who also teaches environmental studies classes online at Arizona State University. The complaint against Warren states he "has been preliminarily charged with a felony involving alien smuggling."
Lee Sandusky, a volunteer with No More Deaths' documentation team and a desert aid worker, stressed that Warren's arrest and that of the other seven individuals are "completely separate instances."
When asked to comment, Warren responded Wednesday via e-mail, writing, "At the time being, I am directing all media inquiries to the No More Deaths media team."
In a statement, an Arizona State spokesperson said Warren "was not acting in his capacity as an ASU employee at the time of the alleged incident, and we have no reason to believe it will impact his ability to fulfill his current duty with the university."
The complaint said that on Jan. 17, the Border Patrol had been conducting surveillance on a building near Ajo known as "the Barn" when they encountered Warren along with Kristian Perez-Villanueva and Jose Arnaldo Sacaria-Goday, two migrants who had crossed undocumented into Arizona.
Warren provided aid, such as food and water, to Perez-Villanueva along with Sacaria-Goday, the complaint said.
Representatives with No More Deaths have called the timing of Warren's arrest "highly suspicious" but recognize it's only speculation to connect Warren's arrest and the recent release by No More Deaths of evidence allegedly implicating Tucson Border Patrol agents in the destruction of humanitarian aid left in the desert for border-crossers.
"Right now, we are just trying to wrap our heads around what the actual legal case is and how best to support Scott," a No More Deaths representative said.
Perez-Villanueva and Sacaria-Goday remain in custody. Authorities released Warren, but his court date has yet to be determined.
The other seven volunteers with No More Deaths are being charged with different federal misdemeanors, including "driving on a wilderness area," "abandonment of property" and "entering a wildlife refuge without a permit" in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.
"The interesting thing about that is that many other people are able to receive permits to drive on those roads," Sandusky said. "Hunters and recreational hikers are able to receive permits. (Wildlife refuge groups) have blocked humanitarian aid providers from receiving these permits. In addition to this, Border Patrol drives with impunity wherever they please on the wildlife refuge."
The Tucson Border Patrol deferred comments regarding the arrests to the U.S. Department of Justice, which declined to respond because the matter is ongoing.
Stephanie Dixon, an agent and spokeswoman with Tucson Border Patrol, said the agency also does what it can to help save lives.
"All of us have the same idea that we don't want anybody to die or get hurt in the desert. We understand the extreme elements that are out there," she said. "These agents are out hiking on a daily basis and we succumb to the elements all the time, so we know the necessity for water,"
Warren's arrest occurred only hours after No More Deaths released evidence in their "Disappeared" report of Tucson Border Patrol allegedly vandalizing humanitarian aid left along the desert from 2012 to 2015.
No More Deaths released evidence Tucson Border Patrol vandalizing humanitarian aid
Stretching for what seems like forever, the U.S.-Mexico border can be both beautiful and deadly.
"Most people out here aren't being shot or breaking a leg and not being able to walk," Sandusky said referring to undocumented migrants attempting to enter Arizona. "They run out of water and they can't continue."
No More Deaths recently released a three year report with photo, video and interview evidence allegedly showing several Tucson Border Patrol agents destroying water jugs left along desert routes for crossing migrants.
The report details incidents that reportedly occurred between 2012 and 2015. During that time, No More Deaths said they distributed more than 31,558 1-gallon jugs of water across the mountainous terrain of southern Arizona.
During those three years, the report said, 86 percent of their plastic jugs were used for the purposes for which they were intended; however, the rest can't be accounted for because the jugs were vandalized and slashed 415 times. This totaled 3,586 gallons lost.
"It is not our claim that the U.S. Border Patrol is exclusively responsible for the vandalism of water supplies," members of No More Deaths said. "We conclude that Border Patrol is responsible for the majority of the destroyed gallons we documented."
Christopher Sullivan, a Border Patrol agent and spokesman for the agency's Tucson sector, said authorities do not tolerate this type of behavior.
"Tucson's sector does not condone or encourage the destruction or tampering with any water or food," he said. "If it does happen, we want to be made aware of it so therefore we can take the corrective actions against the agents that conduct those activities," he said.
Sullivan stressed that it would be easier for Border Patrol to punish agents vandalizing humanitarian aid if this information had been brought to them sooner.
"We don't want a few agents to tarnish what you know most agents do," Sullivan said. "The few agents that destroy or tamper with water like the aid, that is something that we don't support and we want to make that clear."
Wilderness hunters, drug and human traffickers as possible vandals
Before the report came out, Art Del Cueto, president of the Tucson sector for the National Border Patrol Union, said drug smugglers, their scouts and similar groups watch aid workers place supplies in the desert and then retrieve it.
No More Deaths reported an increase in destruction of water jugs during hunting season, but vandalization is consistent when hunting is not permitted.
Group volunteer Lee Sandusky has not seen a Border Patrol agent slash a water jug but has come across "horrible notes left on them" as well as jugs that have been shot.
"I am not sure why the guides or the coyotes would also destroy water they might need," Sandusky said.
Standing under a bent tree surrounded by boulders and thorn bushes that now protect five water jugs and four cans of SunVista pinto beans, Kate Morgan, abuse document coordinator for No More Deaths, recounted interactions she has had with crossing migrants.
"I have met people who have found our water drop sights and told us, 'We found it, but it was slashed, it was destroyed. We really needed it, we were really sad to see that,' " Morgan said.
"I have also met people who have said, 'I found your water drop sight. It has been days since I had food and water and it really made a difference to me.' "
No More Deaths alleges that certain laws, agencies and presidential administrations have turned this land into a "graveyard for the missing."
Its report says at least 6,915 bodies have been recovered in the U.S. borderlands from 1998 to 2016. Sandusky also said that within the three years documented in the No More Deaths report, the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner received the remains of at least 593 border crossers. A majority of these individuals died from extreme weather conditions and dehydration.
No More Deaths said the high death toll is not coincidental but due to "Prevention Through Deterrence," a large scale border enforcement policy that began in 1994. "Prevention Through Deterrence" increased all aspects of surveillance, including the border wall, more armed agents, checkpoints and heightened surveillance technology.
The group alleges the program has put the lives of migrant crossers at risk and pushes them into regions where natural water sources are sparse.
Sullivan, the Border Patrol spokesman, said the agency's intention is not to harm anyone, but agents do have to uphold the law.
"The Border Patrol shares a common goal to preserve human life." Sullivan said. "We don't want anyone to die coming across the border. Every agent of the Tucson Border Patrol is trained to become first responders."
Regardless, groups like No More Deaths say the will continue their humanitarian work as long as people keep trying to cross.
"Like so many border crossers whose lives are lost in this no man's land between nation states, we know very little of these persons," Morgan said. "The details of their life, journey and death are not ours to tell. But still we hope to gather in their honor and demand and end that in no small part led to their deaths in this rugged and remote terrain."
End
Note: from the far left Cronkite op. People crossing the border legally don't have to trek across the desert. The group aiding and abetting drug and human trafficking.
Thx
8 Tucson volunteers arrested as group accuses agents of destroying aid
BY LEAH GOLDBERG/CRONKITE NEWS
JANUARY 25, 2018 AT 4:55 AM
http://ktar.com/story/1918498/8-tucson-volunteers-arrested-as-group-accuses-agents-of-destroying-aid/
Tucson Border Patrol says they do not condone or encourage the destruction or tampering of any water or food. (Leah Goldberg/Cronkite News)
NOGALES — Seven humanitarian aid workers with the advocacy group No More Deaths are facing multiple federal misdemeanor charges, while another volunteer has been charged with harboring undocumented immigrants, a felony.
That eighth volunteer is Scott Daniel Warren, who also teaches environmental studies classes online at Arizona State University. The complaint against Warren states he "has been preliminarily charged with a felony involving alien smuggling."
Lee Sandusky, a volunteer with No More Deaths' documentation team and a desert aid worker, stressed that Warren's arrest and that of the other seven individuals are "completely separate instances."
When asked to comment, Warren responded Wednesday via e-mail, writing, "At the time being, I am directing all media inquiries to the No More Deaths media team."
In a statement, an Arizona State spokesperson said Warren "was not acting in his capacity as an ASU employee at the time of the alleged incident, and we have no reason to believe it will impact his ability to fulfill his current duty with the university."
The complaint said that on Jan. 17, the Border Patrol had been conducting surveillance on a building near Ajo known as "the Barn" when they encountered Warren along with Kristian Perez-Villanueva and Jose Arnaldo Sacaria-Goday, two migrants who had crossed undocumented into Arizona.
Warren provided aid, such as food and water, to Perez-Villanueva along with Sacaria-Goday, the complaint said.
Representatives with No More Deaths have called the timing of Warren's arrest "highly suspicious" but recognize it's only speculation to connect Warren's arrest and the recent release by No More Deaths of evidence allegedly implicating Tucson Border Patrol agents in the destruction of humanitarian aid left in the desert for border-crossers.
"Right now, we are just trying to wrap our heads around what the actual legal case is and how best to support Scott," a No More Deaths representative said.
Perez-Villanueva and Sacaria-Goday remain in custody. Authorities released Warren, but his court date has yet to be determined.
The other seven volunteers with No More Deaths are being charged with different federal misdemeanors, including "driving on a wilderness area," "abandonment of property" and "entering a wildlife refuge without a permit" in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.
"The interesting thing about that is that many other people are able to receive permits to drive on those roads," Sandusky said. "Hunters and recreational hikers are able to receive permits. (Wildlife refuge groups) have blocked humanitarian aid providers from receiving these permits. In addition to this, Border Patrol drives with impunity wherever they please on the wildlife refuge."
The Tucson Border Patrol deferred comments regarding the arrests to the U.S. Department of Justice, which declined to respond because the matter is ongoing.
Stephanie Dixon, an agent and spokeswoman with Tucson Border Patrol, said the agency also does what it can to help save lives.
"All of us have the same idea that we don't want anybody to die or get hurt in the desert. We understand the extreme elements that are out there," she said. "These agents are out hiking on a daily basis and we succumb to the elements all the time, so we know the necessity for water,"
Warren's arrest occurred only hours after No More Deaths released evidence in their "Disappeared" report of Tucson Border Patrol allegedly vandalizing humanitarian aid left along the desert from 2012 to 2015.
No More Deaths released evidence Tucson Border Patrol vandalizing humanitarian aid
Stretching for what seems like forever, the U.S.-Mexico border can be both beautiful and deadly.
"Most people out here aren't being shot or breaking a leg and not being able to walk," Sandusky said referring to undocumented migrants attempting to enter Arizona. "They run out of water and they can't continue."
No More Deaths recently released a three year report with photo, video and interview evidence allegedly showing several Tucson Border Patrol agents destroying water jugs left along desert routes for crossing migrants.
The report details incidents that reportedly occurred between 2012 and 2015. During that time, No More Deaths said they distributed more than 31,558 1-gallon jugs of water across the mountainous terrain of southern Arizona.
During those three years, the report said, 86 percent of their plastic jugs were used for the purposes for which they were intended; however, the rest can't be accounted for because the jugs were vandalized and slashed 415 times. This totaled 3,586 gallons lost.
"It is not our claim that the U.S. Border Patrol is exclusively responsible for the vandalism of water supplies," members of No More Deaths said. "We conclude that Border Patrol is responsible for the majority of the destroyed gallons we documented."
Christopher Sullivan, a Border Patrol agent and spokesman for the agency's Tucson sector, said authorities do not tolerate this type of behavior.
"Tucson's sector does not condone or encourage the destruction or tampering with any water or food," he said. "If it does happen, we want to be made aware of it so therefore we can take the corrective actions against the agents that conduct those activities," he said.
Sullivan stressed that it would be easier for Border Patrol to punish agents vandalizing humanitarian aid if this information had been brought to them sooner.
"We don't want a few agents to tarnish what you know most agents do," Sullivan said. "The few agents that destroy or tamper with water like the aid, that is something that we don't support and we want to make that clear."
Wilderness hunters, drug and human traffickers as possible vandals
Before the report came out, Art Del Cueto, president of the Tucson sector for the National Border Patrol Union, said drug smugglers, their scouts and similar groups watch aid workers place supplies in the desert and then retrieve it.
No More Deaths reported an increase in destruction of water jugs during hunting season, but vandalization is consistent when hunting is not permitted.
Group volunteer Lee Sandusky has not seen a Border Patrol agent slash a water jug but has come across "horrible notes left on them" as well as jugs that have been shot.
"I am not sure why the guides or the coyotes would also destroy water they might need," Sandusky said.
Standing under a bent tree surrounded by boulders and thorn bushes that now protect five water jugs and four cans of SunVista pinto beans, Kate Morgan, abuse document coordinator for No More Deaths, recounted interactions she has had with crossing migrants.
"I have met people who have found our water drop sights and told us, 'We found it, but it was slashed, it was destroyed. We really needed it, we were really sad to see that,' " Morgan said.
"I have also met people who have said, 'I found your water drop sight. It has been days since I had food and water and it really made a difference to me.' "
No More Deaths alleges that certain laws, agencies and presidential administrations have turned this land into a "graveyard for the missing."
Its report says at least 6,915 bodies have been recovered in the U.S. borderlands from 1998 to 2016. Sandusky also said that within the three years documented in the No More Deaths report, the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner received the remains of at least 593 border crossers. A majority of these individuals died from extreme weather conditions and dehydration.
No More Deaths said the high death toll is not coincidental but due to "Prevention Through Deterrence," a large scale border enforcement policy that began in 1994. "Prevention Through Deterrence" increased all aspects of surveillance, including the border wall, more armed agents, checkpoints and heightened surveillance technology.
The group alleges the program has put the lives of migrant crossers at risk and pushes them into regions where natural water sources are sparse.
Sullivan, the Border Patrol spokesman, said the agency's intention is not to harm anyone, but agents do have to uphold the law.
"The Border Patrol shares a common goal to preserve human life." Sullivan said. "We don't want anyone to die coming across the border. Every agent of the Tucson Border Patrol is trained to become first responders."
Regardless, groups like No More Deaths say the will continue their humanitarian work as long as people keep trying to cross.
"Like so many border crossers whose lives are lost in this no man's land between nation states, we know very little of these persons," Morgan said. "The details of their life, journey and death are not ours to tell. But still we hope to gather in their honor and demand and end that in no small part led to their deaths in this rugged and remote terrain."
End
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
AZMEX UPDATE 23-1-18
AZMEX UPDATE 23 JAN 2018
Note: A "humanitarian" group facilitating drug & human trafficking.
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Border Patrol arrests volunteer with humanitarian group
Associated Press
1:34 PM, Jan 22, 2018
43 mins ago
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/border-patrol-arrests-volunteer-with-humanitarian-group
PHOENIX (AP) - A volunteer for group that offers aid to (illegal) immigrants crossing the desert has been arrested in southern Arizona.
The arrest of Scott Daniel Warren on a federal harboring charge came several hours after the group No More Deaths released videos last week showing some Border Patrol agents kicking over water bottles left for (illegal) immigrants.
Group volunteer Caitlin Deighan stopped short of calling the arrest retaliation, but says she believes it looks suspicious to have charged Warren so close to the release of the videos.
The Border Patrol didn't immediately respond to an email seeking comment on Deighan's claim that the timing of the arrest was suspicious.
Warren was arrested Wednesday after agents conducted surveillance on a building in Ajo where two (illegal) immigrants were given food, water, beds and clean clothes.
End
PESP seizes more than 13 thousand doses of drugs in the State in a week
Hermosillo, Sonora; to January 21, 2018.-
http://www.elregionaldesonora.com.mx/noticia/72123
In combat to crimes, the State Public Security Police (PESP) reinforces its operational strategy and manages to secure and remove from the streets of Sonora about 13,600 doses of drugs, mainly of marijuana and crystal, in a week.
From January 13 to 19, PESP officials also managed to recover 18 vehicles with a report of theft, 17 of them in Hermosillo and one in Villa Juarez, securing two firearms and carrying out the arrest of 39 people for various crimes, one by order of apprehension and 137 for administrative faults and made available to the judge.
Of the arrests for crime, 35 people were placed at the disposal of the Public Ministry of the Common Jurisdiction and 4 to the Federal Jurisdiction, to continue with the due processes.
CAJEME RESULTS (from January 13 to 19)
- 12 people arrested for various crimes.
- 88 people arrested for administrative offenses.
- 2 firearms secured.
- 12,800 doses of herb known as marijuana.
- 154 doses of "crystal"
The PESP continues in permanent operations in different municipalities of the state of Sonora and citizens are invited to make anonymous denunciations to 089 and reports of incidents to 911.
END
Note: Santa Cruz County be so tuff on crime.
Five years probation for repeat stolen car driver
Nogales International 11 hrs ago
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/five-years-probation-for-repeat-stolen-car-driver/article_9ec4e4be-ffd8-11e7-a9ad-db2e4b661357.html
A Phoenix woman who admitted to crossing multiple stolen vehicles into Mexico was sentenced at Santa Cruz County Superior Court last month to five years of probation.
As part of her sentence for a Class 3 felony conviction, Kenia Cristina Gonzalez, 34, was also ordered by Judge Pro-Tem Denneen Peterson to spend 120 days in jail, with credit for 25 days already served.
The judge gave her another 30 days of deferred jail time pending her compliance with the Project SAFE anti-substance abuse program, and ordered her to pay at least $13,350 in total restitution to two of her victims.
According to her pre-sentence report, Gonzalez was arrested Aug. 24, 2016 when she tried to drive a stolen 2004 Ford F-350 pickup into Mexico through the Mariposa Port of Entry.
Gonzalez initially told an investigating state police officer that her uncle from Nogales, Sonora had called her at her home in Phoenix and offered her $100 to drive a friend's truck to Mexico to pick up some furniture. She claimed to be unaware that it was stolen, despite the truck having Alaska plates and a key that looked "weird."
She changed her story, however, when the investigator suggested that information on her cell phone might contradict her claims of innocence.
Gonzalez reportedly admitted that she had also crossed crossed a stolen Jeep through the Mariposa port two days earlier and taken photos of it with her phone. She said she was paid $170 for the job.
In all, she said, she had successfully crossed six stolen vehicles into Mexico through the ports at Nogales and Lukeville.
End
Note: interesting, but confusing?
Daughter of el Chapo was registered in Tijuana
by: Antonio Heras / La Jornada on March 7, 2016
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http://riodoce.mx/narcotrafico-2/chapo-guzman/hija-del-chapo-fue-registrada-en-tijuana
The birth certificate is in an office in the eastern part of the city, with resident witnesses of Mariano and Agua Caliente
Mexicali, March 7.- The daughter of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, Rosa Isela Guzmán Ortiz, was registered in the eastern area of Tijuana, according to a birth certificate found in the archives of the Registry Office Municipal Civil
This woman who resides in the United States, was born on November 23, 1976 in the town of El Zapote, municipality of Zapopan in Jalisco.
Guzmán Ortiz denounced last week that her father was betrayed by Mexican politicians whom he helped in their political campaigns. She also noted that during the time he was a fugitive after his escape from the maximum security prison in El Altiplano, he crossed the border to visit her.
The statements provoked annoyance in Emma Coronel, wife of "El Chapo" Guzmán, who did not know any family relationship with the Sinaloan and asked for a DNA test to be applied to Rosa Isela.
Act 526 states that this woman is the daughter of Archivaldo Guzmán, whose habitual domicile is Guadalajara, and of María Luisa Ortiz Vergara, who lives in Tijuana. The witnesses are María de la Luz García Benitez and Eduardo Carlos Maravilla Gómez, residents of the Agua Caliente subdivision and the Mariano Matamoros neighborhood, respectively.
End
Note: A "humanitarian" group facilitating drug & human trafficking.
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Border Patrol arrests volunteer with humanitarian group
Associated Press
1:34 PM, Jan 22, 2018
43 mins ago
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/border-patrol-arrests-volunteer-with-humanitarian-group
PHOENIX (AP) - A volunteer for group that offers aid to (illegal) immigrants crossing the desert has been arrested in southern Arizona.
The arrest of Scott Daniel Warren on a federal harboring charge came several hours after the group No More Deaths released videos last week showing some Border Patrol agents kicking over water bottles left for (illegal) immigrants.
Group volunteer Caitlin Deighan stopped short of calling the arrest retaliation, but says she believes it looks suspicious to have charged Warren so close to the release of the videos.
The Border Patrol didn't immediately respond to an email seeking comment on Deighan's claim that the timing of the arrest was suspicious.
Warren was arrested Wednesday after agents conducted surveillance on a building in Ajo where two (illegal) immigrants were given food, water, beds and clean clothes.
End
PESP seizes more than 13 thousand doses of drugs in the State in a week
Hermosillo, Sonora; to January 21, 2018.-
http://www.elregionaldesonora.com.mx/noticia/72123
In combat to crimes, the State Public Security Police (PESP) reinforces its operational strategy and manages to secure and remove from the streets of Sonora about 13,600 doses of drugs, mainly of marijuana and crystal, in a week.
From January 13 to 19, PESP officials also managed to recover 18 vehicles with a report of theft, 17 of them in Hermosillo and one in Villa Juarez, securing two firearms and carrying out the arrest of 39 people for various crimes, one by order of apprehension and 137 for administrative faults and made available to the judge.
Of the arrests for crime, 35 people were placed at the disposal of the Public Ministry of the Common Jurisdiction and 4 to the Federal Jurisdiction, to continue with the due processes.
CAJEME RESULTS (from January 13 to 19)
- 12 people arrested for various crimes.
- 88 people arrested for administrative offenses.
- 2 firearms secured.
- 12,800 doses of herb known as marijuana.
- 154 doses of "crystal"
The PESP continues in permanent operations in different municipalities of the state of Sonora and citizens are invited to make anonymous denunciations to 089 and reports of incidents to 911.
END
Note: Santa Cruz County be so tuff on crime.
Five years probation for repeat stolen car driver
Nogales International 11 hrs ago
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/five-years-probation-for-repeat-stolen-car-driver/article_9ec4e4be-ffd8-11e7-a9ad-db2e4b661357.html
A Phoenix woman who admitted to crossing multiple stolen vehicles into Mexico was sentenced at Santa Cruz County Superior Court last month to five years of probation.
As part of her sentence for a Class 3 felony conviction, Kenia Cristina Gonzalez, 34, was also ordered by Judge Pro-Tem Denneen Peterson to spend 120 days in jail, with credit for 25 days already served.
The judge gave her another 30 days of deferred jail time pending her compliance with the Project SAFE anti-substance abuse program, and ordered her to pay at least $13,350 in total restitution to two of her victims.
According to her pre-sentence report, Gonzalez was arrested Aug. 24, 2016 when she tried to drive a stolen 2004 Ford F-350 pickup into Mexico through the Mariposa Port of Entry.
Gonzalez initially told an investigating state police officer that her uncle from Nogales, Sonora had called her at her home in Phoenix and offered her $100 to drive a friend's truck to Mexico to pick up some furniture. She claimed to be unaware that it was stolen, despite the truck having Alaska plates and a key that looked "weird."
She changed her story, however, when the investigator suggested that information on her cell phone might contradict her claims of innocence.
Gonzalez reportedly admitted that she had also crossed crossed a stolen Jeep through the Mariposa port two days earlier and taken photos of it with her phone. She said she was paid $170 for the job.
In all, she said, she had successfully crossed six stolen vehicles into Mexico through the ports at Nogales and Lukeville.
End
Note: interesting, but confusing?
Daughter of el Chapo was registered in Tijuana
by: Antonio Heras / La Jornada on March 7, 2016
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http://riodoce.mx/narcotrafico-2/chapo-guzman/hija-del-chapo-fue-registrada-en-tijuana
The birth certificate is in an office in the eastern part of the city, with resident witnesses of Mariano and Agua Caliente
Mexicali, March 7.- The daughter of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, Rosa Isela Guzmán Ortiz, was registered in the eastern area of Tijuana, according to a birth certificate found in the archives of the Registry Office Municipal Civil
This woman who resides in the United States, was born on November 23, 1976 in the town of El Zapote, municipality of Zapopan in Jalisco.
Guzmán Ortiz denounced last week that her father was betrayed by Mexican politicians whom he helped in their political campaigns. She also noted that during the time he was a fugitive after his escape from the maximum security prison in El Altiplano, he crossed the border to visit her.
The statements provoked annoyance in Emma Coronel, wife of "El Chapo" Guzmán, who did not know any family relationship with the Sinaloan and asked for a DNA test to be applied to Rosa Isela.
Act 526 states that this woman is the daughter of Archivaldo Guzmán, whose habitual domicile is Guadalajara, and of María Luisa Ortiz Vergara, who lives in Tijuana. The witnesses are María de la Luz García Benitez and Eduardo Carlos Maravilla Gómez, residents of the Agua Caliente subdivision and the Mariano Matamoros neighborhood, respectively.
End
Monday, January 22, 2018
AZMEX UPDATE 20-1-18
AZMEX UPDATE 20 JAN 2018
With 25,339 murders in 2017, Mexico suffers record homicide tally
Reuters ReutersJanuary 21, 2018
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/25-339-murders-2017-mexico-suffers-record-homicide-184202989.html
FILE PHOTO - A police cordon reading "Danger" is pictured at a crime scene where unknown assailants gunned down people at a garage in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, January 4, 2018. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - There were more than 25,000 murders across drug-ravaged Mexico in 2017, the highest annual tally since modern records began, government data showed.
Investigators opened 25,339 murder probes last year, up nearly 25 percent from the 2016 tally, interior ministry data released on Saturday showed. It was the highest annual total since the government began counting murders in 1997.
Mexico has struggled with years of violence as the government has battled vicious drug cartels that have increasingly splintered into smaller, more bloodthirsty, gangs.
Violence is a central issue in July's presidential election. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto faces an uphill battle to keep his ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party in office.
There were 40 percent more murder investigations opened last year compared with 2013, Pena Nieto's first full year in office.
Mexico on Thursday dismissed a claim by U.S. President Donald Trump that it was the most dangerous country in the world.
(Reporting by Gabriel Stargardter; Editing by Daniel Wallis)
With 25,339 murders in 2017, Mexico suffers record homicide tally
Reuters ReutersJanuary 21, 2018
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/25-339-murders-2017-mexico-suffers-record-homicide-184202989.html
FILE PHOTO - A police cordon reading "Danger" is pictured at a crime scene where unknown assailants gunned down people at a garage in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, January 4, 2018. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - There were more than 25,000 murders across drug-ravaged Mexico in 2017, the highest annual tally since modern records began, government data showed.
Investigators opened 25,339 murder probes last year, up nearly 25 percent from the 2016 tally, interior ministry data released on Saturday showed. It was the highest annual total since the government began counting murders in 1997.
Mexico has struggled with years of violence as the government has battled vicious drug cartels that have increasingly splintered into smaller, more bloodthirsty, gangs.
Violence is a central issue in July's presidential election. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto faces an uphill battle to keep his ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party in office.
There were 40 percent more murder investigations opened last year compared with 2013, Pena Nieto's first full year in office.
Mexico on Thursday dismissed a claim by U.S. President Donald Trump that it was the most dangerous country in the world.
(Reporting by Gabriel Stargardter; Editing by Daniel Wallis)
Friday, January 19, 2018
AZMEX UPDATE2 18-1-18
AZMEX UPDATE2 18 JAN 2018
Comment: More on these people aiding and abetting drug & human trafficking. "No more deaths"? The epidemic of opioid deaths from drugs coming across the border doesn't seem to bother these people at all. If the feds won't act? Perhaps if your family or a friends family has lost someone to the opioids coming in, maybe time to get a lawyer and start a lawsuit against them? Group and individually? Class action?
(Your correspondent is not a lawyer)
Thx
Arizona group: Border agents have ruined migrant provisions
Posted: Jan 17, 2018 4:25 PM MST
Updated: Jan 18, 2018 5:50 PM MST
By Anita Snow, Associated Press
http://www.azfamily.com/story/37288960/arizona-group-border-agents-has-ruined-migrant-provisions?autostart=true
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PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -
Some Border Patrol agents have slashed and emptied the water bottles that a humanitarian aid group leaves at a desert camp for migrants illegally crossing the border, potentially putting the travelers' lives in danger, the organization said Wednesday.
A spokesman for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which oversees the agents, countered that the agency does not condone such actions and investigates reports of misconduct against its officers. But he would not specifically say whether the agents shown destroying water bottles and other aid on videos made public by the No More Deaths humanitarian group would be investigated.
[VIDEO: Humanitarian group says Border agents destroyed water supplies meant for migrants]
"Border Patrol agents are directed by our leadership to not tamper with humanitarian aid," insisted Border Patrol Agent Christopher Sullivan, a spokesman for the agency's Tucson Sector. "The U.S. Border Patrol is committed to enforcing federal laws to secure our nation's borders while ensuring the safety and security of all individuals."
"If that's true, that directive should be made public. And it should be enforced," said Mary Ada Vallet, a spokeswoman for No More Deaths. The group on Wednesday revived its allegations against the border agency during a news conference near the Arizona-Mexico border.
The group gave media a series of videos taken between 2010 and 2017, mostly by motion-activated cameras at its desert camp. One of a male agent pouring water out of a plastic carton onto the ground was taken by a volunteer for No More Deaths, said Vallet. She said another of a female agent kicking over a plastic jug was taken by a motion-activated camera.
Attorney Billy Peard of the ACLU in Tucson said Customs and Border Protection is tight-lipped about internal investigations, but he added that he doesn't believe anyone has been fired or otherwise sanctioned for tampering with humanitarian aid.
Longtime South Arizona activist John Fife, a No More Deaths co-founder, said the group and the Border Patrol reached an agreement in 2014 that said officials would not tamper with the humanitarian aid the organization left at its desert camp, mostly jugs of water and medical supplies. Fife is a former Presbyterian minister who was active in the sanctuary movement that provided shelter to Central Americans fleeing civil war in the 1980s.
But he said that understanding fell apart last summer when the agency raided the camp while volunteers were providing medical aid to four migrants and arrested the men who had entered the United States illegally.
Even if people enter the U.S. illegally, "there are international standards that must be respected when it comes to human rights and humanitarian aid," Fife said.
End
Comment: More on these people aiding and abetting drug & human trafficking. "No more deaths"? The epidemic of opioid deaths from drugs coming across the border doesn't seem to bother these people at all. If the feds won't act? Perhaps if your family or a friends family has lost someone to the opioids coming in, maybe time to get a lawyer and start a lawsuit against them? Group and individually? Class action?
(Your correspondent is not a lawyer)
Thx
Arizona group: Border agents have ruined migrant provisions
Posted: Jan 17, 2018 4:25 PM MST
Updated: Jan 18, 2018 5:50 PM MST
By Anita Snow, Associated Press
http://www.azfamily.com/story/37288960/arizona-group-border-agents-has-ruined-migrant-provisions?autostart=true
VIDEO: Controversial video of border agents
00:57VIDEO: Group: Border Patrol is ruining aid for border crossers
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PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -
Some Border Patrol agents have slashed and emptied the water bottles that a humanitarian aid group leaves at a desert camp for migrants illegally crossing the border, potentially putting the travelers' lives in danger, the organization said Wednesday.
A spokesman for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which oversees the agents, countered that the agency does not condone such actions and investigates reports of misconduct against its officers. But he would not specifically say whether the agents shown destroying water bottles and other aid on videos made public by the No More Deaths humanitarian group would be investigated.
[VIDEO: Humanitarian group says Border agents destroyed water supplies meant for migrants]
"Border Patrol agents are directed by our leadership to not tamper with humanitarian aid," insisted Border Patrol Agent Christopher Sullivan, a spokesman for the agency's Tucson Sector. "The U.S. Border Patrol is committed to enforcing federal laws to secure our nation's borders while ensuring the safety and security of all individuals."
"If that's true, that directive should be made public. And it should be enforced," said Mary Ada Vallet, a spokeswoman for No More Deaths. The group on Wednesday revived its allegations against the border agency during a news conference near the Arizona-Mexico border.
The group gave media a series of videos taken between 2010 and 2017, mostly by motion-activated cameras at its desert camp. One of a male agent pouring water out of a plastic carton onto the ground was taken by a volunteer for No More Deaths, said Vallet. She said another of a female agent kicking over a plastic jug was taken by a motion-activated camera.
Attorney Billy Peard of the ACLU in Tucson said Customs and Border Protection is tight-lipped about internal investigations, but he added that he doesn't believe anyone has been fired or otherwise sanctioned for tampering with humanitarian aid.
Longtime South Arizona activist John Fife, a No More Deaths co-founder, said the group and the Border Patrol reached an agreement in 2014 that said officials would not tamper with the humanitarian aid the organization left at its desert camp, mostly jugs of water and medical supplies. Fife is a former Presbyterian minister who was active in the sanctuary movement that provided shelter to Central Americans fleeing civil war in the 1980s.
But he said that understanding fell apart last summer when the agency raided the camp while volunteers were providing medical aid to four migrants and arrested the men who had entered the United States illegally.
Even if people enter the U.S. illegally, "there are international standards that must be respected when it comes to human rights and humanitarian aid," Fife said.
End
Thursday, January 18, 2018
AZMEX UPDATE 18-1-18
AZMEX UPDATE 18 JAN 2018
Note: "regardless of their criminal history". The so-called "humanitarian" groups deliberately facilitating drug and human trafficking. They should be indicted, tried, convicted and sent to prison.
Thx
Aid group accuses Border Patrol of breaking policy and endangering lives
Posted: Jan 17, 2018 7:15 PM MST
Updated: Jan 17, 2018 10:59 PM MST
Written By Sam Salzwedel
http://www.kvoa.com/story/37289838/aid-group-accuses-border-patrol-of-breaking-policy-and-endangering-lives
TUCSON – Volunteers for a humanitarian aid group are accusing Border Patrol agents of breaking policy and sabotaging thousands of gallons of water.
No More Deaths operates out of private property near Arivaca. They plant water, food and other supplies to help (illegal) border crossers throughout the region. They captured trail camera video that appears to show agents slashing water jugs and removing other aid last year.
Caitlin Deighan has been volunteering for the group more than 2 years.
"It can be very shocking, the thought of somebody stabbing water and destroying a water source," she said. "To me that's explicitly a murderous action."
Agent Christopher Sullivan works in Border Patrol's public affairs office and said agents have been ordered not to tamper with aid items.
"We just leave it as it is," Sullivan said, "as it could be life-saving for someone."
He said people should notify the agency if they see any violations of the policy, so they can take the proper corrective action.
"It's on a case by case basis," Sullivan said, "depending on the circumstances, every case is different."
No More Deaths has been documenting their water supplies the past 3 years. Volunteers say 3,586 jugs were vandalized. They say other people are responsible, but Border Patrol agents cause most of the damage.
Sullivan said drug smugglers often use the supplies, and other migrants could end up in worse situations if the aid gives them the ability to travel farther north.
"We are also a humanitarian agency," Sullivan said. "If someone needs help, regardless what country of citizenship they are from, regardless of their criminal history, we're going to do our job to make sure that person receives proper medical care."
End
Also:
Destruye Patrulla Fronteriza ayuda para migrantes
Detalles Publicado el Miercoles 17 de Enero de 2018,
Escrito por Marco A. Flores
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=104676
END
Note: "regardless of their criminal history". The so-called "humanitarian" groups deliberately facilitating drug and human trafficking. They should be indicted, tried, convicted and sent to prison.
Thx
Aid group accuses Border Patrol of breaking policy and endangering lives
Posted: Jan 17, 2018 7:15 PM MST
Updated: Jan 17, 2018 10:59 PM MST
Written By Sam Salzwedel
http://www.kvoa.com/story/37289838/aid-group-accuses-border-patrol-of-breaking-policy-and-endangering-lives
TUCSON – Volunteers for a humanitarian aid group are accusing Border Patrol agents of breaking policy and sabotaging thousands of gallons of water.
No More Deaths operates out of private property near Arivaca. They plant water, food and other supplies to help (illegal) border crossers throughout the region. They captured trail camera video that appears to show agents slashing water jugs and removing other aid last year.
Caitlin Deighan has been volunteering for the group more than 2 years.
"It can be very shocking, the thought of somebody stabbing water and destroying a water source," she said. "To me that's explicitly a murderous action."
Agent Christopher Sullivan works in Border Patrol's public affairs office and said agents have been ordered not to tamper with aid items.
"We just leave it as it is," Sullivan said, "as it could be life-saving for someone."
He said people should notify the agency if they see any violations of the policy, so they can take the proper corrective action.
"It's on a case by case basis," Sullivan said, "depending on the circumstances, every case is different."
No More Deaths has been documenting their water supplies the past 3 years. Volunteers say 3,586 jugs were vandalized. They say other people are responsible, but Border Patrol agents cause most of the damage.
Sullivan said drug smugglers often use the supplies, and other migrants could end up in worse situations if the aid gives them the ability to travel farther north.
"We are also a humanitarian agency," Sullivan said. "If someone needs help, regardless what country of citizenship they are from, regardless of their criminal history, we're going to do our job to make sure that person receives proper medical care."
End
Also:
Destruye Patrulla Fronteriza ayuda para migrantes
Detalles Publicado el Miercoles 17 de Enero de 2018,
Escrito por Marco A. Flores
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=104676
END
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
AZMEX UPDATE 17-1-18
AZMEX UPDATE 17 JAN 2017
Note: "companies that profit from essentially the death of people," Unless, of course, it is the Mexican drug cartels? Putzova a Russian?
Gracias / Спасибо
Flagstaff city leaders vote to not do business with border-wall contractors
BY JIM CROSS
JANUARY 17, 2018 AT 9:31 AM
http://ktar.com/story/1907251/flagstaff-city-leaders-vote-to-not-do-business-with-border-wall-contractors/
PHOENIX — The Flagstaff City Council passed a resolution to oppose a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and to not do business with companies that design, finance and construct a border wall.
Hundreds of miles away from the border, Councilmember Eva Putzova authored the action during Tuesday night's council meeting. The council approved the resolution on a 7-2 vote.
"There's nothing ethical about procuring services from companies that profit from essentially the death of people," Putzova said at the meeting. "Speak with our money but at the end of the day we're not going to resolve the underlying problem. Why this wall is being built?"
Putznova had tweeted out Monday that the council would be passing the agenda item.
At a council meeting two weeks ago, councilmen Charlie Odegaard and Scott Overton opposed going ahead with the resolution.
The Arizona Daily Sun reported that the president of the Arizona Chapter of the Associated General Contractors wrote the council and described the move as unconstitutional, limited competition and could cost taxpayers more money.
A year ago, the group disapproved of a similar measure passed in Tucson.
The Tempe City Council was expected to vote on adopting an anti-border wall resolution at Thursday's meeting.
End
75.5% of the people of Hermosillo feel insecure in the city says the Inegi
Photo: Illustrative
By: Editorial EL IMPARCIAL y SUN | 1/17/2018 10:21 AM
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Policiaca/17012018/1300250-El-755-de-los-hermosillenses-se-siente-inseguro-en-la-ciudad-dice-el-Inegi.html
HERMOSILLO, Sonora (GH)
The perception of public insecurity in Hermosillo increased slightly between September and December of last year, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), an organization that today revealed the National Survey of Urban Public Safety.
While in September almost 74.1 of every 100 people felt unsafe in the state capital, the month of December reached almost 75.5 out of 100, that is, more citizens feel insecure.
With respect to December, of 2016, the perception of insecurity increased significantly in the Sonoran capital from 68.6 to 75.5%.
However, the perception of insecurity in Hermosillo is about to reach the national average that amounts to 75.9%.
On this day the Inegi said that 75.9% of the population aged 18 and over considers that living in their city is unsafe.
According to the results released this morning, the cities with the highest perception of insecurity were Reynosa, Chilpancingo, Fresnillo, Villahermosa, Coatzacoalcos and the North zone of Mexico City.
In contrast, the localities with the least perception of insecurity were: Mérida, Puerto Vallarta, Saltillo, Piedras Negras, San Francisco de Campeche and Durango, with 29.1, 31.5, 36.6, 41.1, 46.6 and 52.3%, respectively.
ATMs are still the places where citizens feel most insecure, since 82.3% of the population said so; 72.9% said that while using public transport, 69.2% in the bank and 68.2% in the streets they usually use.
End
And then this one:
Political bombshell, in a few days Luis Videgaray will arrive as the new general coordinator of the Meade campaign!
http://www.elregionaldesonora.com.mx/noticia/72025
* The first replacements begin in the campaign of the PRI candidate for the presidency of the republic, Aurelio Nuño did not improve anything, as Meade is still very low in the polls.
By Jose "Pepe" Alvarado
Hermosillo, Son.- And we get very reliable information from Mexico City that already in the campaign for presidency of the republic there is much concern because and its (PRI) candidate Jose Antonio Meade has not elevated his candidacy and time is passing, for all this the president of the republic apparently already made the decision to first relieve the general coordinator of campaign Aurelio Nuño and instead appoint the still secretary of foreign relations Luis Videgaray as replacement of Aurelio Nuño.
And the gossips say that all this is a great move of the boss in Mexico because if in a few days Meade does not rise and continues below in the polls, Luis Videgaray could be the replacement candidate for Meade, so they could be the relays that the Lord in Mexico is preparing, in case the current candidate does not rise in the polls in the coming days, so could get Luis Videgaray first as general campaign coordinator and then as the new candidate of the PRI to the presidency of the republic.
End
Videgaray?
Luis Videgaray: Mexico decides who enters our country
Posted on Friday March 10, 2017,
"the decisions of who enters Mexico, are made by Mexico and only Mexico"
Luis Videgaray Caso, Mexican Foreign Minister
10 March, 2017
Luis Videgaray: México decide quién entra a nuestro país
Detalles Publicado el Viernes 10 de marzo de 2017
Http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=87134
Luis Videgaray, titular de la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, destacó que en su reunión con personal de la Casa Blanca dejó claro que "las decisiones de quién entra a México, las toma México y solamente Mexico.
End
Note: "companies that profit from essentially the death of people," Unless, of course, it is the Mexican drug cartels? Putzova a Russian?
Gracias / Спасибо
Flagstaff city leaders vote to not do business with border-wall contractors
BY JIM CROSS
JANUARY 17, 2018 AT 9:31 AM
http://ktar.com/story/1907251/flagstaff-city-leaders-vote-to-not-do-business-with-border-wall-contractors/
PHOENIX — The Flagstaff City Council passed a resolution to oppose a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and to not do business with companies that design, finance and construct a border wall.
Hundreds of miles away from the border, Councilmember Eva Putzova authored the action during Tuesday night's council meeting. The council approved the resolution on a 7-2 vote.
"There's nothing ethical about procuring services from companies that profit from essentially the death of people," Putzova said at the meeting. "Speak with our money but at the end of the day we're not going to resolve the underlying problem. Why this wall is being built?"
Putznova had tweeted out Monday that the council would be passing the agenda item.
At a council meeting two weeks ago, councilmen Charlie Odegaard and Scott Overton opposed going ahead with the resolution.
The Arizona Daily Sun reported that the president of the Arizona Chapter of the Associated General Contractors wrote the council and described the move as unconstitutional, limited competition and could cost taxpayers more money.
A year ago, the group disapproved of a similar measure passed in Tucson.
The Tempe City Council was expected to vote on adopting an anti-border wall resolution at Thursday's meeting.
End
75.5% of the people of Hermosillo feel insecure in the city says the Inegi
Photo: Illustrative
By: Editorial EL IMPARCIAL y SUN | 1/17/2018 10:21 AM
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Policiaca/17012018/1300250-El-755-de-los-hermosillenses-se-siente-inseguro-en-la-ciudad-dice-el-Inegi.html
HERMOSILLO, Sonora (GH)
The perception of public insecurity in Hermosillo increased slightly between September and December of last year, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), an organization that today revealed the National Survey of Urban Public Safety.
While in September almost 74.1 of every 100 people felt unsafe in the state capital, the month of December reached almost 75.5 out of 100, that is, more citizens feel insecure.
With respect to December, of 2016, the perception of insecurity increased significantly in the Sonoran capital from 68.6 to 75.5%.
However, the perception of insecurity in Hermosillo is about to reach the national average that amounts to 75.9%.
On this day the Inegi said that 75.9% of the population aged 18 and over considers that living in their city is unsafe.
According to the results released this morning, the cities with the highest perception of insecurity were Reynosa, Chilpancingo, Fresnillo, Villahermosa, Coatzacoalcos and the North zone of Mexico City.
In contrast, the localities with the least perception of insecurity were: Mérida, Puerto Vallarta, Saltillo, Piedras Negras, San Francisco de Campeche and Durango, with 29.1, 31.5, 36.6, 41.1, 46.6 and 52.3%, respectively.
ATMs are still the places where citizens feel most insecure, since 82.3% of the population said so; 72.9% said that while using public transport, 69.2% in the bank and 68.2% in the streets they usually use.
End
And then this one:
Political bombshell, in a few days Luis Videgaray will arrive as the new general coordinator of the Meade campaign!
http://www.elregionaldesonora.com.mx/noticia/72025
* The first replacements begin in the campaign of the PRI candidate for the presidency of the republic, Aurelio Nuño did not improve anything, as Meade is still very low in the polls.
By Jose "Pepe" Alvarado
Hermosillo, Son.- And we get very reliable information from Mexico City that already in the campaign for presidency of the republic there is much concern because and its (PRI) candidate Jose Antonio Meade has not elevated his candidacy and time is passing, for all this the president of the republic apparently already made the decision to first relieve the general coordinator of campaign Aurelio Nuño and instead appoint the still secretary of foreign relations Luis Videgaray as replacement of Aurelio Nuño.
And the gossips say that all this is a great move of the boss in Mexico because if in a few days Meade does not rise and continues below in the polls, Luis Videgaray could be the replacement candidate for Meade, so they could be the relays that the Lord in Mexico is preparing, in case the current candidate does not rise in the polls in the coming days, so could get Luis Videgaray first as general campaign coordinator and then as the new candidate of the PRI to the presidency of the republic.
End
Videgaray?
Luis Videgaray: Mexico decides who enters our country
Posted on Friday March 10, 2017,
"the decisions of who enters Mexico, are made by Mexico and only Mexico"
Luis Videgaray Caso, Mexican Foreign Minister
10 March, 2017
Luis Videgaray: México decide quién entra a nuestro país
Detalles Publicado el Viernes 10 de marzo de 2017
Http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=87134
Luis Videgaray, titular de la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, destacó que en su reunión con personal de la Casa Blanca dejó claro que "las decisiones de quién entra a México, las toma México y solamente Mexico.
End
AZMEX I3 17-1-18
AZMEX I3 17 JAN 2018
Note: " sentenced to one year in prison" ?
They detain man deported just last week
MANUEL POSTED ON 01/17/2018
Omar Chiquete
http://nuevodia.com.mx/2018/01/17/detienen-a-deportado-apenas-la-semana-pasada/
New Day / Nogales, Arizona
Agents of the Border Patrol of the Tucson Sector assigned to the Nogales Station, arrested a Mexican previously deported on Saturday afternoon and discovered that he was convicted and imprisoned for raping a minor in the State of Washington, in 2016 .
Agents patrolling East Nogales arrested 33-year-old René Maldonado Alvarado for being illegally present in the United States. During the arrest, the agents conducted a Maldonado record check that revealed that he was convicted in Adams County, Washington, for "Rape of a minor in the third degree" and sentenced to one year in prison.
Maldonado will remain in federal custody pending prosecution for immigration violations related to the re-entry of an aggravated offender.
All persons detained by the Border Patrol are subjected to criminal background checks using biometric data to ensure that illegal immigrants with criminal records are positively identified.
End
Honduran family would be deported: INM
Details Published on Tuesday, January 16, 2018,
Written by César Barragán / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=104593
Nogales, Son
The Delegate of the National Institute of Migration in Sonora, Juan Manuel Hurtado Monreal, reported that the couple of Hondurans who lost their baby when arriving in Nogales, in their attempt to illegals cross into the United States, to give themselves up they will be deported.
"The National Institute of Migration can receive them, that is, they are voluntarily handed over to the delegation to be detained and begin their deportation process to Honduras.
"In case the couple wants to take the body of their son back, that issue would have to be arranged with their consulate," he explained.
He also mentioned that the INM does not have any scheme to give them humanitarian support to stay in Mexico, since their legal status is that they are undocumented in the country.
He stressed that at the time the INM has some field work, that is to say operatives in search of illegals, they will be located and deported to their country, in accordance with the law.
The public official argued that he could not say what agency or national or international organization can help these people.
I point out again that if you want to return to your country, you can turn yourself in at the Nogales offices where you will be detained and deported.
Finally he explained that they will not go looking for this family since they do not even know where they are exactly, they would only proceed in the event of a field operation.
Red Cross continues its assistance
Around this case the staff of the Red Cross of Nogales, continues to help this young couple and their youngest son who lives with them, as part of the RCF program.
The base commander Guadalupe Guadalupe Busio, explained that since the day on which this tragedy occurred, his State Delegate Carlos Freaner Figueroa, has been on the lookout and ordered not to be left alone and even if there is an economic need for the Red Cross will cover it.
Family appreciates support
On the other hand, the Hernández Carrasco family thanked all the support shown by the people of Nogales, including people from the neighboring country, who are surprised at the great heart of this people who, without knowing them, have given them so much time. Number for help them personally is 631 13 78600.
End
Note: " sentenced to one year in prison" ?
They detain man deported just last week
MANUEL POSTED ON 01/17/2018
Omar Chiquete
http://nuevodia.com.mx/2018/01/17/detienen-a-deportado-apenas-la-semana-pasada/
New Day / Nogales, Arizona
Agents of the Border Patrol of the Tucson Sector assigned to the Nogales Station, arrested a Mexican previously deported on Saturday afternoon and discovered that he was convicted and imprisoned for raping a minor in the State of Washington, in 2016 .
Agents patrolling East Nogales arrested 33-year-old René Maldonado Alvarado for being illegally present in the United States. During the arrest, the agents conducted a Maldonado record check that revealed that he was convicted in Adams County, Washington, for "Rape of a minor in the third degree" and sentenced to one year in prison.
Maldonado will remain in federal custody pending prosecution for immigration violations related to the re-entry of an aggravated offender.
All persons detained by the Border Patrol are subjected to criminal background checks using biometric data to ensure that illegal immigrants with criminal records are positively identified.
End
Honduran family would be deported: INM
Details Published on Tuesday, January 16, 2018,
Written by César Barragán / El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=104593
Nogales, Son
The Delegate of the National Institute of Migration in Sonora, Juan Manuel Hurtado Monreal, reported that the couple of Hondurans who lost their baby when arriving in Nogales, in their attempt to illegals cross into the United States, to give themselves up they will be deported.
"The National Institute of Migration can receive them, that is, they are voluntarily handed over to the delegation to be detained and begin their deportation process to Honduras.
"In case the couple wants to take the body of their son back, that issue would have to be arranged with their consulate," he explained.
He also mentioned that the INM does not have any scheme to give them humanitarian support to stay in Mexico, since their legal status is that they are undocumented in the country.
He stressed that at the time the INM has some field work, that is to say operatives in search of illegals, they will be located and deported to their country, in accordance with the law.
The public official argued that he could not say what agency or national or international organization can help these people.
I point out again that if you want to return to your country, you can turn yourself in at the Nogales offices where you will be detained and deported.
Finally he explained that they will not go looking for this family since they do not even know where they are exactly, they would only proceed in the event of a field operation.
Red Cross continues its assistance
Around this case the staff of the Red Cross of Nogales, continues to help this young couple and their youngest son who lives with them, as part of the RCF program.
The base commander Guadalupe Guadalupe Busio, explained that since the day on which this tragedy occurred, his State Delegate Carlos Freaner Figueroa, has been on the lookout and ordered not to be left alone and even if there is an economic need for the Red Cross will cover it.
Family appreciates support
On the other hand, the Hernández Carrasco family thanked all the support shown by the people of Nogales, including people from the neighboring country, who are surprised at the great heart of this people who, without knowing them, have given them so much time. Number for help them personally is 631 13 78600.
End
Sunday, January 14, 2018
AZMEX UPDATE 14-1-18
AZMEX UPDATE 14 JAN 2018
Note: more interesting than the usual. Know of any other county who helps it's citizens get citizenship in another country?
Gracias
Consulate General of Mexico prepares a citizenship workshop
Details Published on Saturday January 13, 2018,
Written by Marco A. Flores
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=104444
Nogales, Son
Next Thursday, January 18, will begin the new cycle of workshops for the preparation of citizenship in the United States, (USA) according to the consul Ricardo Santana Velazquez, of the Consulate General of Mexico in Nogales, Arizona.
He added that the classes will be taught in coordination with the Mariposa Clinic, in the "Bicentennial Room" within the facilities of the General Consulate located at 135 W. Cardwell Street, from 8:30 am to 10:30 am morning.
"The workshop is free and is aimed at people who are going to request their naturalization in the United States so that they have prior preparation for the exam," he said.
The Consul added that the workshop will last seven weeks in which citizenship classes in the United States will take place, with a review of questions in English and Spanish for the citizenship test.
They will also exhibit the documentary "Llévate mis Amores"
On the other hand, the consul Santana Velázquez informes that the Consulate, in coordination with the Border Community Alliance and the Art and Culture Committee of Nogales, Arizona, organize the exhibition of the Mexican documentary "Llévate mis Amores", directed by Arturo González Villaseñor.
The film shows the history of the "Patronas", a group of women from southern Mexico who feed the migrants who travel on the train "the beast" and will be exhibited at the United Methodist Church in Green Valley, on Tuesday, the 16th. 9:00 am and at The Tin Shed Theater, on Wednesday 17 at 6:00 p.m.
end
Note: "migrants" entering AZ legally do not usually get lost in the desert.
Thx
Volunteers dedicated to find stranded migrants near U.S.-Mexico border
http://ktar.com/story/1903791/volunteers-dedicated-find-stranded-migrants-us-mexico-border/
BY KTAR.COM
JANUARY 13, 2018 AT 6:02 PM
This Sunday, April 2, 2017 file photo made with a drone, shows the U.S. Mexico border fence as it cuts through the two downtowns of Nogales. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff, File)
A small group of volunteers has made it their mission to help minimize the deaths of migrants crossing the border.
A search-and-rescue group called the Armadillos travels to the U.S.-Mexico border in southern Arizona twice a month
to scour the desert for migrants who have become stranded.
In some circumstances, they are contacted by family members of those who have gone missing while attempting to cross into the U.S.
The group consists of about 15 volunteers who hold fundraisers for water, food and other necessities needed to survive in the desert.
Vice News recently followed the group of search-and-rescuers into the desert, capturing their efforts on video.
The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol reported that a total of 294 deaths were recorded between Oct. 2016 and Sept. 2017.
In the Tucson and Yuma sectors, 74 deaths were reported.
During the summer months in Arizona, temperatures in the Sonoran Desert can soar to above 120 degrees fahrenheit,
causing dangerous conditions for migrants attempting to cross. ( Illegally )
END
Note: more interesting than the usual. Know of any other county who helps it's citizens get citizenship in another country?
Gracias
Consulate General of Mexico prepares a citizenship workshop
Details Published on Saturday January 13, 2018,
Written by Marco A. Flores
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=104444
Nogales, Son
Next Thursday, January 18, will begin the new cycle of workshops for the preparation of citizenship in the United States, (USA) according to the consul Ricardo Santana Velazquez, of the Consulate General of Mexico in Nogales, Arizona.
He added that the classes will be taught in coordination with the Mariposa Clinic, in the "Bicentennial Room" within the facilities of the General Consulate located at 135 W. Cardwell Street, from 8:30 am to 10:30 am morning.
"The workshop is free and is aimed at people who are going to request their naturalization in the United States so that they have prior preparation for the exam," he said.
The Consul added that the workshop will last seven weeks in which citizenship classes in the United States will take place, with a review of questions in English and Spanish for the citizenship test.
They will also exhibit the documentary "Llévate mis Amores"
On the other hand, the consul Santana Velázquez informes that the Consulate, in coordination with the Border Community Alliance and the Art and Culture Committee of Nogales, Arizona, organize the exhibition of the Mexican documentary "Llévate mis Amores", directed by Arturo González Villaseñor.
The film shows the history of the "Patronas", a group of women from southern Mexico who feed the migrants who travel on the train "the beast" and will be exhibited at the United Methodist Church in Green Valley, on Tuesday, the 16th. 9:00 am and at The Tin Shed Theater, on Wednesday 17 at 6:00 p.m.
end
Note: "migrants" entering AZ legally do not usually get lost in the desert.
Thx
Volunteers dedicated to find stranded migrants near U.S.-Mexico border
http://ktar.com/story/1903791/volunteers-dedicated-find-stranded-migrants-us-mexico-border/
BY KTAR.COM
JANUARY 13, 2018 AT 6:02 PM
This Sunday, April 2, 2017 file photo made with a drone, shows the U.S. Mexico border fence as it cuts through the two downtowns of Nogales. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff, File)
A small group of volunteers has made it their mission to help minimize the deaths of migrants crossing the border.
A search-and-rescue group called the Armadillos travels to the U.S.-Mexico border in southern Arizona twice a month
to scour the desert for migrants who have become stranded.
In some circumstances, they are contacted by family members of those who have gone missing while attempting to cross into the U.S.
The group consists of about 15 volunteers who hold fundraisers for water, food and other necessities needed to survive in the desert.
Vice News recently followed the group of search-and-rescuers into the desert, capturing their efforts on video.
The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol reported that a total of 294 deaths were recorded between Oct. 2016 and Sept. 2017.
In the Tucson and Yuma sectors, 74 deaths were reported.
During the summer months in Arizona, temperatures in the Sonoran Desert can soar to above 120 degrees fahrenheit,
causing dangerous conditions for migrants attempting to cross. ( Illegally )
END
Friday, January 12, 2018
AZMEX EXTRA 28-11-16
AZMEX EXTRA 28 NOV 2016
Note: From 2016. The same bogus arguments we faced in AZ many years ago. We have to ask how is it that "Hispanics", "Latinos", Mexican-Americans, and Arizonans in general, can safely and responsibly carry firearms in AZ, but not in Mexico? Currently 295,000 Concealed Weapon permits active in AZ.
Gracias
"Shoot" controversy: Allow or not to carry guns?
"We have campaigns of de-mystification, war toy, Citizen Shield to prevent, plus extra curricular matters that we are going to implement together with the Secretary of Education and Health," he said. Photo: ElImparcial Newsroom
By: Eliana Alvarado | 11/28/2016 7:42
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Sonora/28112016/1153506-Dispara-controversia-Permitir-o-no-portar-armas-de-fuego.html
HERMOSILLO, Sonora (GH)
While some citizens are in agreement with the initiative raised at the federal level to allow the carrying of weapons outside the homes, authorities and specialists warn of an increase in violence from this modification of the laws.
On November 1, PAN Senator Jorge Luis Preciado ratified his proposal presented on October 6th on some amendments to the Firearms and Explosives Law so that people can carry these devices and thus counteract a possible attack.
According to some experts consulted, the idea of legalizing arms in citizenship for use in sites such as businesses and vehicles, if only in self-defense, can be considered a setback in public safety.
In contrast, in a survey carried out in the state capital, several people gave their approval to the initiative, with crime as the main argument to allow the extension of firearms beyond homes.
In favor of the proposal.
Also the Mexican Association of Users of Firearms (Amauf A.C.), a recently created citizen project, is in favor of making this option available to the citizenship in the face of insecurity.
For Arturo Ruiz Salguero, representative of this group in Sonora, the stigma that weighs on the use of arms in citizens is due more to ignorance.
In favor of possessing weapons to protect himself is shown Professor Gabriel Núñez Kosterlitzky, resident of the Pimentel colony who exposed his position after the case of a neighbor who was murdered in his home by an assailant.
He explained that Article 10 of the Mexican Constitution indicates the right of the inhabitants to own weapons in their home to protect themselves.
According to a 2014 report from the Center for Social Studies and Public Opinion of the Chamber of Deputies, it is estimated that 85% of Mexico's 15 million arms are illegal.
In disagreement
Germán Palafox Moyers, counselor of the Observatory Citizen of Coexistence and Security of the State of Sonora, considered the proposal unfeasible because it would only generate an increase in violence in the streets of the country.
"From our point of view we do not agree that the use of weapons in Mexican families is encouraged and regulated ... violence has other origins, has other factors, is generated and measured by other variables," he said.
For Lorenzo Ramos Felix, a constitutional lawyer, to approve this initiative would be to step back and even imply not only the amendment to a law, but the need to issue a new legal framework in accordance with the requirements.
He pointed out that to have legislation with these characteristics would also require protocols and training to shoot, because the chances that the shot is wrong when you are in a situation of risk are very high.
Neither the presence of the Army in the streets nor the armed population, argued the lawyer, are fundamental solutions to the problem of insecurity, the result of a rebase in the police corporations.
Jorge Pesqueira Leal, a lawyer specializing in public security and criminology, stated that a discussion on this initiative is not even relevant at this time because the results of the New Criminal Justice System must first be analyzed.
It is also a proposal not viable for implementation because, said Pesqueira Leal, the character and culture of the Mexican make it unlikely to react cognitively to a situation of stress.
State Public Security Secretary Adolfo García Morales said he was in complete disagreement with the federal law proposal because "violence generates more violence."
He said that work is being done on prevention through programs in schools and public places, and the elements of the State Police of Public Security apply filters for checking and carrying weapons.
"We have campaigns of demolition of toy weapons, Citizen Shield to prevent, plus extra curricular matters that we are going to implement together with the Secretary of Education and Health," he said.
END
Note: From 2016. The same bogus arguments we faced in AZ many years ago. We have to ask how is it that "Hispanics", "Latinos", Mexican-Americans, and Arizonans in general, can safely and responsibly carry firearms in AZ, but not in Mexico? Currently 295,000 Concealed Weapon permits active in AZ.
Gracias
"Shoot" controversy: Allow or not to carry guns?
"We have campaigns of de-mystification, war toy, Citizen Shield to prevent, plus extra curricular matters that we are going to implement together with the Secretary of Education and Health," he said. Photo: ElImparcial Newsroom
By: Eliana Alvarado | 11/28/2016 7:42
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Sonora/28112016/1153506-Dispara-controversia-Permitir-o-no-portar-armas-de-fuego.html
HERMOSILLO, Sonora (GH)
While some citizens are in agreement with the initiative raised at the federal level to allow the carrying of weapons outside the homes, authorities and specialists warn of an increase in violence from this modification of the laws.
On November 1, PAN Senator Jorge Luis Preciado ratified his proposal presented on October 6th on some amendments to the Firearms and Explosives Law so that people can carry these devices and thus counteract a possible attack.
According to some experts consulted, the idea of legalizing arms in citizenship for use in sites such as businesses and vehicles, if only in self-defense, can be considered a setback in public safety.
In contrast, in a survey carried out in the state capital, several people gave their approval to the initiative, with crime as the main argument to allow the extension of firearms beyond homes.
In favor of the proposal.
Also the Mexican Association of Users of Firearms (Amauf A.C.), a recently created citizen project, is in favor of making this option available to the citizenship in the face of insecurity.
For Arturo Ruiz Salguero, representative of this group in Sonora, the stigma that weighs on the use of arms in citizens is due more to ignorance.
In favor of possessing weapons to protect himself is shown Professor Gabriel Núñez Kosterlitzky, resident of the Pimentel colony who exposed his position after the case of a neighbor who was murdered in his home by an assailant.
He explained that Article 10 of the Mexican Constitution indicates the right of the inhabitants to own weapons in their home to protect themselves.
According to a 2014 report from the Center for Social Studies and Public Opinion of the Chamber of Deputies, it is estimated that 85% of Mexico's 15 million arms are illegal.
In disagreement
Germán Palafox Moyers, counselor of the Observatory Citizen of Coexistence and Security of the State of Sonora, considered the proposal unfeasible because it would only generate an increase in violence in the streets of the country.
"From our point of view we do not agree that the use of weapons in Mexican families is encouraged and regulated ... violence has other origins, has other factors, is generated and measured by other variables," he said.
For Lorenzo Ramos Felix, a constitutional lawyer, to approve this initiative would be to step back and even imply not only the amendment to a law, but the need to issue a new legal framework in accordance with the requirements.
He pointed out that to have legislation with these characteristics would also require protocols and training to shoot, because the chances that the shot is wrong when you are in a situation of risk are very high.
Neither the presence of the Army in the streets nor the armed population, argued the lawyer, are fundamental solutions to the problem of insecurity, the result of a rebase in the police corporations.
Jorge Pesqueira Leal, a lawyer specializing in public security and criminology, stated that a discussion on this initiative is not even relevant at this time because the results of the New Criminal Justice System must first be analyzed.
It is also a proposal not viable for implementation because, said Pesqueira Leal, the character and culture of the Mexican make it unlikely to react cognitively to a situation of stress.
State Public Security Secretary Adolfo García Morales said he was in complete disagreement with the federal law proposal because "violence generates more violence."
He said that work is being done on prevention through programs in schools and public places, and the elements of the State Police of Public Security apply filters for checking and carrying weapons.
"We have campaigns of demolition of toy weapons, Citizen Shield to prevent, plus extra curricular matters that we are going to implement together with the Secretary of Education and Health," he said.
END
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
AZMEX I3 6-1-18
AZMEX I3 6 JAN 2018
Note: From the good folks at AZ Border Defenders
Thx
ICE confirms that deadly CA fires were set by illegal alien arrested & released 5 times by sanctuary city cops, ignoring ICE detainer requests each time
January 1, 2018 - AZBD News
http://azborderdefenders.org/ice-confirms-that-deadly-ca-fires-were-set-by-illegal-alien-arrested-released-5-times-by-sanctuary-city-cops-ignoring-ice-detainer-requests-each-time/
AZBD NOTE: This article is a bit dated but still relevant. Looks like the citizens of this "Sanctuary" State would have a legal cause to pursue. I wonder if they even know of this situation, or even care. After all he was just a misunderstood "imigrant" trying to make a living for his family.
BY THOMAS MADISON OCTOBER 20, 2017 ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
Liberalism kills! The insane immigration policies of the sanctuary state of California have turned tragic once again.
The acting director of ICE has confirmed that not only is the individual responsible for setting many of the fires consuming California an illegal alien, he has been arrested by local Sonoma County police at least five times.
ICE submitted detainer requests to arrest and deport the individual, Jesus Fabian Gonzalez, all five times. All five times the detainer requests were ignored by local police, Gonzalez being released to set more fires and kill more people without so much as a phone call to ICE to honor its detainer requests.
As tragic as the case of Kate Steinle was, this avoidable disaster is even greater, as at last count, at least 40 innocent people have perished in the catastrophic and deadly inferno raging across California. Dozens more are still missing.
Governor Moonbeam Jerry Brown should be sued for this by the families of those who died in the massive California wildfires and by those who lost all they own.
From Breitbart
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Tom Homan confirmed on Thursday that a man arrested in connection with setting a fire in Sonoma County Wine Country is an illegal alien from Mexico who has been twice returned to his "home country."
Homan also confirmed that ICE has issued detainer requests for Jesus Fabian Gonzalez five times now in the past year alone, including the one issued on October 16 in relation to his most recent arrest on suspicion of arson. All of the arrests were made "by Sonoma County on various felony and misdemeanor charges," according to Homan.
Sonoma County is considered a sanctuary jurisdiction and does not fully cooperate with federal immigration officials. That includes not honoring ICE detainer requests. "ICE was never notified of Mr. Gonzalez' various releases," Homan wrote in the statement regarding Gonzalez.
There were several fires in the region, and it is not clear what role the fires Gonzales allegedly set played in the overall disaster.
Homan's public statement highlights the lack of cooperation from Sonoma County officials and the devastating wildfires that have ravaged the region:
"Once again, a non-cooperative jurisdiction has left their community vulnerable to dangerous individuals and preventable crimes.
ICE lodged a detainer against Jesus Gonzalez with Sonoma County jail officials on October 16, following his arrest on felony charges for maliciously setting fire to a property. This is especially troubling in light of the massive wildfires already devastating the region.
Over the past year, ICE has lodged detainers against Mr. Gonzalez after four separate arrests by Sonoma County on various felony and misdemeanor charges. ICE was never notified of Mr. Gonzalez' various releases.
Additionally, Mr. Gonzales has been returned to his home country of Mexico on two separate occasions. The residents of Sonoma County, and the state of California, deserve better than policies that expose them to avoidable dangers.
Non-cooperation policies – now enshrined in California state law – ensure only one thing: criminals who would otherwise be deported will be released and left free to reoffend as they please."
California Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed into law a bill that makes California a sanctuary state.
https://powderedwigsociety.com/deadly-ca-sanctuary/
end
Note: From the good folks at AZ Border Defenders
Thx
ICE confirms that deadly CA fires were set by illegal alien arrested & released 5 times by sanctuary city cops, ignoring ICE detainer requests each time
January 1, 2018 - AZBD News
http://azborderdefenders.org/ice-confirms-that-deadly-ca-fires-were-set-by-illegal-alien-arrested-released-5-times-by-sanctuary-city-cops-ignoring-ice-detainer-requests-each-time/
AZBD NOTE: This article is a bit dated but still relevant. Looks like the citizens of this "Sanctuary" State would have a legal cause to pursue. I wonder if they even know of this situation, or even care. After all he was just a misunderstood "imigrant" trying to make a living for his family.
BY THOMAS MADISON OCTOBER 20, 2017 ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
Liberalism kills! The insane immigration policies of the sanctuary state of California have turned tragic once again.
The acting director of ICE has confirmed that not only is the individual responsible for setting many of the fires consuming California an illegal alien, he has been arrested by local Sonoma County police at least five times.
ICE submitted detainer requests to arrest and deport the individual, Jesus Fabian Gonzalez, all five times. All five times the detainer requests were ignored by local police, Gonzalez being released to set more fires and kill more people without so much as a phone call to ICE to honor its detainer requests.
As tragic as the case of Kate Steinle was, this avoidable disaster is even greater, as at last count, at least 40 innocent people have perished in the catastrophic and deadly inferno raging across California. Dozens more are still missing.
Governor Moonbeam Jerry Brown should be sued for this by the families of those who died in the massive California wildfires and by those who lost all they own.
From Breitbart
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Tom Homan confirmed on Thursday that a man arrested in connection with setting a fire in Sonoma County Wine Country is an illegal alien from Mexico who has been twice returned to his "home country."
Homan also confirmed that ICE has issued detainer requests for Jesus Fabian Gonzalez five times now in the past year alone, including the one issued on October 16 in relation to his most recent arrest on suspicion of arson. All of the arrests were made "by Sonoma County on various felony and misdemeanor charges," according to Homan.
Sonoma County is considered a sanctuary jurisdiction and does not fully cooperate with federal immigration officials. That includes not honoring ICE detainer requests. "ICE was never notified of Mr. Gonzalez' various releases," Homan wrote in the statement regarding Gonzalez.
There were several fires in the region, and it is not clear what role the fires Gonzales allegedly set played in the overall disaster.
Homan's public statement highlights the lack of cooperation from Sonoma County officials and the devastating wildfires that have ravaged the region:
"Once again, a non-cooperative jurisdiction has left their community vulnerable to dangerous individuals and preventable crimes.
ICE lodged a detainer against Jesus Gonzalez with Sonoma County jail officials on October 16, following his arrest on felony charges for maliciously setting fire to a property. This is especially troubling in light of the massive wildfires already devastating the region.
Over the past year, ICE has lodged detainers against Mr. Gonzalez after four separate arrests by Sonoma County on various felony and misdemeanor charges. ICE was never notified of Mr. Gonzalez' various releases.
Additionally, Mr. Gonzales has been returned to his home country of Mexico on two separate occasions. The residents of Sonoma County, and the state of California, deserve better than policies that expose them to avoidable dangers.
Non-cooperation policies – now enshrined in California state law – ensure only one thing: criminals who would otherwise be deported will be released and left free to reoffend as they please."
California Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed into law a bill that makes California a sanctuary state.
https://powderedwigsociety.com/deadly-ca-sanctuary/
end
Monday, January 8, 2018
AZMEX EXTRA 6-1-18
AAZMEX EXTRA 6 JAN 2018
Note: Photos at links Santa Ana at junction of highways 2 & 150 about 60 miles south of Nogales, Son.
Discover car in Santa Ana with 10 grenades, weapons and cartridges
By: SUN | 05/01/2018 12:37
SANTA ANA (SUN)
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Policiaca/05012018/1296189-Descubren-carro-en-Santa-Ana-con-10-granadas-armas-y-cartuchos.html
The National Security Commission, in coordination with the Secretariat of National Defense, seized in Sonora a vehicle in which grenades and heavy weapons were transported.
After receiving a citizen complaint warning of armed persons in Ejido El Claro, municipality of Santa Ana, elements of the Regional Security Division deployed an operation, according to official information.
At the place, personnel of the Federal Police and of the National Defense located a vehicle in apparent state of abandonment.
When the inspection was carried out, 10 grenades were located, two heavy weapons of large caliber, and three handguns.
Also 268 cartridges of different calibers, 20 magazines for firearms of different calibers,
26 portable radios, converters for long weapon of shot to burst, as well as wrappers that contained green grass with the characteristics of marijuana.
In order to follow up on the corresponding investigations, the objects were placed at the disposal of the Agent of the Public Ministry of the Federation, who will carry out the corresponding inquiries.
END
Note: Wonder where your Hummer went? Santa Cruz just a few miles south, between Nogales & Agua Prieta. (Douglas)
They seize Hummer vehicles with weapons, cartridges and drugs, in Santa Cruz
By: Drafting / GH | 05/01/2018 16:25
SANTA CRUZ, Sonora (GH)
/Sonora/05012018/1296227-Aseguran-vehiculos-tipo-Hummer-with-armas-cartuchos-y-drogas-en-Santa-Cruz.html
Two Hummer-type vehicles with a theft reports were seized with weapons, magazines, cartridges, radios, drugs and other combat devices in the municipality of Santa Cruz, Sonora.
According to a report by the Federal Police, it was at 7:30 am on coordinated patrols with elements of the 45th Military zone when they detected two abandoned vehicles on the dirt road between Nogales and Santa Cruz.
It was two Hummers, of recent model and black color that when verified in the database it was proved that both had a report of theft in the United States.
The military forces and federal agents located inside dozens of cartridges for weapons of different calibers, as well as seven magazines for AK-47 rifles and an offensive-type grenade.
They were also secured in the car eleven Kenwood radios, two transmitters of the so-called 'walkie talkie', seven cell phones, a radio transmitter charger and three phone batteries.
In addition to the above, the authorities found two bulletproof vests, a gas mask, a "piernera" for a firearm and two plastic bags containing marijuana.
The vehicles as well as the drugs, weapons, cartridges, loaders and other insured attachments were taken to the Attorney General's Office (PGR) in Nogales for the corresponding preliminary investigation.
END
And:
US will sell missiles and torpedoes to Mexico to fight against drug trafficking
The package of weapons that will arrive in Mexico has a value of 98.4 million dollars; in 2016 EU approved the sale of weapons worth 686.08 million
05/01/2018 19:00 EFE
WASHINGTON
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2018/01/05/1211805
The US Department of State today approved the sale of a package of arms to Mexico worth 98.4 million dollars to strengthen its security by supporting a "strategic partner."
The operation, which must still be approved by the United States Congress, includes the sale of 6 Harpoon Block II surface missiles, 23 Block II Rolling Airframe tactical missiles, and 6 lightweight torpedoes.
(RGM-84L Harpoon Block II surface launched missiles, Block II Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) tactical missiles and MK 54 Mod 0 lightweight torpedoes )
The proposed sale will strengthen our policy on foreign affairs, as well as the national security of the United States, by supporting a strategic partner, "the State Department said in a statement today.
According to the note, Mexico could use this weaponry to fight against drug trafficking organizations by strengthening the capacity of its armed forces.
According to the latest official data released by the Government of the United States, in 2016, Congress approved the sale of weapons to Mexico worth 686.08 million dollars.
That same year, Washington granted Mexico $ 100 million in aid to fight drug trafficking.
end
Note: Photos at links Santa Ana at junction of highways 2 & 150 about 60 miles south of Nogales, Son.
Discover car in Santa Ana with 10 grenades, weapons and cartridges
By: SUN | 05/01/2018 12:37
SANTA ANA (SUN)
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Policiaca/05012018/1296189-Descubren-carro-en-Santa-Ana-con-10-granadas-armas-y-cartuchos.html
The National Security Commission, in coordination with the Secretariat of National Defense, seized in Sonora a vehicle in which grenades and heavy weapons were transported.
After receiving a citizen complaint warning of armed persons in Ejido El Claro, municipality of Santa Ana, elements of the Regional Security Division deployed an operation, according to official information.
At the place, personnel of the Federal Police and of the National Defense located a vehicle in apparent state of abandonment.
When the inspection was carried out, 10 grenades were located, two heavy weapons of large caliber, and three handguns.
Also 268 cartridges of different calibers, 20 magazines for firearms of different calibers,
26 portable radios, converters for long weapon of shot to burst, as well as wrappers that contained green grass with the characteristics of marijuana.
In order to follow up on the corresponding investigations, the objects were placed at the disposal of the Agent of the Public Ministry of the Federation, who will carry out the corresponding inquiries.
END
Note: Wonder where your Hummer went? Santa Cruz just a few miles south, between Nogales & Agua Prieta. (Douglas)
They seize Hummer vehicles with weapons, cartridges and drugs, in Santa Cruz
By: Drafting / GH | 05/01/2018 16:25
SANTA CRUZ, Sonora (GH)
/Sonora/05012018/1296227-Aseguran-vehiculos-tipo-Hummer-with-armas-cartuchos-y-drogas-en-Santa-Cruz.html
Two Hummer-type vehicles with a theft reports were seized with weapons, magazines, cartridges, radios, drugs and other combat devices in the municipality of Santa Cruz, Sonora.
According to a report by the Federal Police, it was at 7:30 am on coordinated patrols with elements of the 45th Military zone when they detected two abandoned vehicles on the dirt road between Nogales and Santa Cruz.
It was two Hummers, of recent model and black color that when verified in the database it was proved that both had a report of theft in the United States.
The military forces and federal agents located inside dozens of cartridges for weapons of different calibers, as well as seven magazines for AK-47 rifles and an offensive-type grenade.
They were also secured in the car eleven Kenwood radios, two transmitters of the so-called 'walkie talkie', seven cell phones, a radio transmitter charger and three phone batteries.
In addition to the above, the authorities found two bulletproof vests, a gas mask, a "piernera" for a firearm and two plastic bags containing marijuana.
The vehicles as well as the drugs, weapons, cartridges, loaders and other insured attachments were taken to the Attorney General's Office (PGR) in Nogales for the corresponding preliminary investigation.
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And:
US will sell missiles and torpedoes to Mexico to fight against drug trafficking
The package of weapons that will arrive in Mexico has a value of 98.4 million dollars; in 2016 EU approved the sale of weapons worth 686.08 million
05/01/2018 19:00 EFE
WASHINGTON
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2018/01/05/1211805
The US Department of State today approved the sale of a package of arms to Mexico worth 98.4 million dollars to strengthen its security by supporting a "strategic partner."
The operation, which must still be approved by the United States Congress, includes the sale of 6 Harpoon Block II surface missiles, 23 Block II Rolling Airframe tactical missiles, and 6 lightweight torpedoes.
(RGM-84L Harpoon Block II surface launched missiles, Block II Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) tactical missiles and MK 54 Mod 0 lightweight torpedoes )
The proposed sale will strengthen our policy on foreign affairs, as well as the national security of the United States, by supporting a strategic partner, "the State Department said in a statement today.
According to the note, Mexico could use this weaponry to fight against drug trafficking organizations by strengthening the capacity of its armed forces.
According to the latest official data released by the Government of the United States, in 2016, Congress approved the sale of weapons to Mexico worth 686.08 million dollars.
That same year, Washington granted Mexico $ 100 million in aid to fight drug trafficking.
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Wednesday, January 3, 2018
AZMEX I3 3-1-18
AZMEX I3 3 JAN 2017
Note: A ineffective exercise in futility? A unsecured border of course, has nothing to do with the problem.
No, nothing.
thx
Arizona State Capitol dome will shine blue for anti-human trafficking
BY KTAR.COM
JANUARY 3, 2018 AT 8:35 AM
http://ktar.com/story/1890395/arizona-state-capitol-dome-will-shine-blue-for-anti-human-trafficking/
PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has declared January as Human Trafficking Prevention Month and said the State Capitol's dome will be lit blue to promote awareness.
Ducey's proclamation said the state was committed to protecting victims' right and ensuring zero tolerance of any form of human trafficking, describing it as a form of modern-day slavery.
Across the country, the month has been dedicated to anti-trafficking efforts, that include raising perception and recognition of the illegal multibillion dollar trade.
Detective Scott Carpenter with the Scottsdale Police Department told the Scottsdale Independent in December that, "Commercial sex trafficking occurs in Scottsdale daily but is not readily visible to the average citizen."
He also said between 2012 and 2016, the number of reported cases in Arizona had increased 146 percent.
The majority of human trafficking victims, numbering over 20 million, are women, children and poor. They are forced into labor or commercial sexual exploitation.
The Arizona Human Trafficking Council serves as a state and national leader in responding to human trafficking and facilitating systemic change.
Ducey has worked closely with the council, co-chaired by Cindy McCain, wife of U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
The council has partnered with the Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family on a campaign for social media and through several state and community groups.
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Then we have this from the far left.
But then socialism has always been about slavery on a massive scale.
Following gives a good reason for your winter guests not to stay at any Phoenix Motel 6.
thx
Washington official: Motel 6 gave info to federal immigration officials
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS | JANUARY 3, 2018 AT 1:07 PM
UPDATED: JANUARY 3, 2018 AT 1:54 PM
http://ktar.com/story/1890731/washington-official-motel-6-gave-info-to-feds/
This photo shows a Motel 6 in Phoenix on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Motel 6 says its employees in Phoenix will no longer work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents following news reports that its workers were reporting on guests they believed were in the United States illegally. (AP Photo/Anita Snow)
SEATTLE — Washington's attorney general is suing Motel 6, saying the budget hotel disclosed the personal information of thousands of guests to federal immigration authorities in violation of state law.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Wednesday that Motel 6's "actions are disturbing and they are unlawful." He says the motel divulged to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement the names, dates of birth, license plate numbers and room numbers of more than 9,000 guests at six locations throughout the state. He says at least six guests were detained.
Ferguson says the company's actions violated the state's consumer protection law.
Motel 6 said in September that its employees in Phoenix would no longer work with ICE, but Ferguson says management knew employees in Washington were trained to give authorities information. Motel 6 did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
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Note: A ineffective exercise in futility? A unsecured border of course, has nothing to do with the problem.
No, nothing.
thx
Arizona State Capitol dome will shine blue for anti-human trafficking
BY KTAR.COM
JANUARY 3, 2018 AT 8:35 AM
http://ktar.com/story/1890395/arizona-state-capitol-dome-will-shine-blue-for-anti-human-trafficking/
PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has declared January as Human Trafficking Prevention Month and said the State Capitol's dome will be lit blue to promote awareness.
Ducey's proclamation said the state was committed to protecting victims' right and ensuring zero tolerance of any form of human trafficking, describing it as a form of modern-day slavery.
Across the country, the month has been dedicated to anti-trafficking efforts, that include raising perception and recognition of the illegal multibillion dollar trade.
Detective Scott Carpenter with the Scottsdale Police Department told the Scottsdale Independent in December that, "Commercial sex trafficking occurs in Scottsdale daily but is not readily visible to the average citizen."
He also said between 2012 and 2016, the number of reported cases in Arizona had increased 146 percent.
The majority of human trafficking victims, numbering over 20 million, are women, children and poor. They are forced into labor or commercial sexual exploitation.
The Arizona Human Trafficking Council serves as a state and national leader in responding to human trafficking and facilitating systemic change.
Ducey has worked closely with the council, co-chaired by Cindy McCain, wife of U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
The council has partnered with the Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family on a campaign for social media and through several state and community groups.
end
Then we have this from the far left.
But then socialism has always been about slavery on a massive scale.
Following gives a good reason for your winter guests not to stay at any Phoenix Motel 6.
thx
Washington official: Motel 6 gave info to federal immigration officials
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS | JANUARY 3, 2018 AT 1:07 PM
UPDATED: JANUARY 3, 2018 AT 1:54 PM
http://ktar.com/story/1890731/washington-official-motel-6-gave-info-to-feds/
This photo shows a Motel 6 in Phoenix on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Motel 6 says its employees in Phoenix will no longer work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents following news reports that its workers were reporting on guests they believed were in the United States illegally. (AP Photo/Anita Snow)
SEATTLE — Washington's attorney general is suing Motel 6, saying the budget hotel disclosed the personal information of thousands of guests to federal immigration authorities in violation of state law.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Wednesday that Motel 6's "actions are disturbing and they are unlawful." He says the motel divulged to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement the names, dates of birth, license plate numbers and room numbers of more than 9,000 guests at six locations throughout the state. He says at least six guests were detained.
Ferguson says the company's actions violated the state's consumer protection law.
Motel 6 said in September that its employees in Phoenix would no longer work with ICE, but Ferguson says management knew employees in Washington were trained to give authorities information. Motel 6 did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
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