AZMEX SPECIAL 22 MAY 2019
Note: as China continues to gain control of strategic minerals.
Thx
Chinese company will invest in Sonora Lithium project
Details Published on Wednesday, May 22, 2019,
Written by Writing / The Journal
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=129488
Hermosillo, Son
Bacanora Lithium announced that the Chinese company Ganfeng Lithium acquired 29.9%
for the project in Sonora, Mexico, said Jorge Vidal Ahumada.
The economy secretary said that the mining company pointed to Ganfeng Lithium
as one of the largest lithium producers in the world,
and they were looking for a supply chain in Mexico, and it is specifically in Sonora, where they want to invest.
A few days ago, Vidal Ahumada met with businessmen from Bacanora Lithium,
who informed him of the intention of the Chinese company to invest in the Sonora Lithium project,
from which several products of this strategic mineral of high demand for modern life will be obtained.
"The trust generated by the government of Claudia Pavlovich Arellano allows more foreign investors
to turn to Sonora to land their projects," said the Minister of Economy.
The state official added that this project will position Sonora as the first producing state of Lithium in Mexico,
and it is estimated that by the year 2020 the entity will appear on the world map of lithium producers.
He recalled that in the first stage of the company Sonora Lithium will invest 420 million dollars,
generating one thousand 200 jobs in its construction and 260 in its operation.
Within its plans for the expansion stage, contemplated for 2021,
an additional investment of 380 million dollars is projected, in addition to increasing to 490 employees, he added.
Currently they make adjustments to the construction budgets between Bacanora Lithium
and the company ICA Flour, contracted as EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Costruction),
for the construction of the plant 10 kilometers from the town of Bacadéhuachi.
The Secretary of Economy said that 95% of the workforce of this mine will be Sonoran,
because they recognize the high degree of specialization of human capital in the technical development, he said.
This investment project brings as a main market the automotive industry of electric cars
that are manufactured in Arizona, he said.
END
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Monday, May 20, 2019
AZMEX UPDATE 18-5-19
AZMEX UPDATE 18 MAY 2019
Health Secretariat detects 900 cases of scabies in Sonora
Details Published on Friday, May 17, 2019,
Written by Ángel Lozano
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=129278
Hermosillo, Son
So far this year, around 900 cases of scabies have been detected in Sonora, informed the head of the Ministry of Health.
Enrique Claussen Iberri indicated that according to the Directorate of Epidemiology
most of the cases have been presented in the southern municipalities of the state
such as Navojoa, Etchojoa and Huatabampo.
He pointed out that although this year the cases of scabies, better known as mange,
has been widespread in the population, has predominated in children and older adults.
He explained that in order to combat this disease, the Ministry of Health,
in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Culture (SEC),
has intensified prevention and detection sessions in schools.
"We have been working with the SEC to detect cases of scabies in each of the schools
in the municipalities where this disease has occurred," he said.
He specified that this disease is a parasitic problem in the skin that generates itching and redness
and can be transmitted from person to person.
End
Also video: https://www.elimparcial.com/asesinan_a_agente_de_la_amic_en_hermosillo-vf20190517mp4.html
End
Health Secretariat detects 900 cases of scabies in Sonora
Details Published on Friday, May 17, 2019,
Written by Ángel Lozano
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=129278
Hermosillo, Son
So far this year, around 900 cases of scabies have been detected in Sonora, informed the head of the Ministry of Health.
Enrique Claussen Iberri indicated that according to the Directorate of Epidemiology
most of the cases have been presented in the southern municipalities of the state
such as Navojoa, Etchojoa and Huatabampo.
He pointed out that although this year the cases of scabies, better known as mange,
has been widespread in the population, has predominated in children and older adults.
He explained that in order to combat this disease, the Ministry of Health,
in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Culture (SEC),
has intensified prevention and detection sessions in schools.
"We have been working with the SEC to detect cases of scabies in each of the schools
in the municipalities where this disease has occurred," he said.
He specified that this disease is a parasitic problem in the skin that generates itching and redness
and can be transmitted from person to person.
End
Also video: https://www.elimparcial.com/asesinan_a_agente_de_la_amic_en_hermosillo-vf20190517mp4.html
End
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
AZMEX I3 14-5-19
AZMEX I3 14 MAY 2019
Note: the bridge is on the border between McAllen and Weslaco, TX
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Tamaulipas: the Rio Bravo-Donna international bridge closed as migrants forcibly attempt to break into the U.S.
Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat VXT
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2019/05/tamaulipas-rio-bravo-donna.html#more
TAMAULIPAS.- The Rio Bravo-Donna International Bridge was abruptly closed on Sunday, May 12,
after a contingent of migrants tried to break into US territory by force.
This situation caused the closing of passage from the North American side,
only venting the vehicular traffic that was already in line, allowing the passage only by groups of four vehicles.
The incident was recorded at 7:30 p.m. and was also reported via social networks,
generating even slower traffic for those who were already in line to the United States.
Due to the prolonged wait, until resumed after the US agents took measures to repel the undocumented incursion,
motorists had to turn off and descend from their units.
The incident only allowed part of the traffic that was on the bi national structure to be unloaded, while on the Mexican side,
the passage to more units was restricted until the closing of the crossing at 21:45 hours.
Borderland Beat Reporter Chivis Posted at 9:11 AM
END
Note: the bridge is on the border between McAllen and Weslaco, TX
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Tamaulipas: the Rio Bravo-Donna international bridge closed as migrants forcibly attempt to break into the U.S.
Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat VXT
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2019/05/tamaulipas-rio-bravo-donna.html#more
TAMAULIPAS.- The Rio Bravo-Donna International Bridge was abruptly closed on Sunday, May 12,
after a contingent of migrants tried to break into US territory by force.
This situation caused the closing of passage from the North American side,
only venting the vehicular traffic that was already in line, allowing the passage only by groups of four vehicles.
The incident was recorded at 7:30 p.m. and was also reported via social networks,
generating even slower traffic for those who were already in line to the United States.
Due to the prolonged wait, until resumed after the US agents took measures to repel the undocumented incursion,
motorists had to turn off and descend from their units.
The incident only allowed part of the traffic that was on the bi national structure to be unloaded, while on the Mexican side,
the passage to more units was restricted until the closing of the crossing at 21:45 hours.
Borderland Beat Reporter Chivis Posted at 9:11 AM
END
AZMEX SPECIAL 14-5-19
AZMEX SPECIAL 14 MAY 2019
Note: San Luis Rio Colorado, Son. is just south of Yuma, AZ.
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2019
https://www.tribunadesanluis.com.mx/local/saturan-centros-de-adictos-en-sl-3617712.html
Addicts fill centers in SLRC
In SLRC there is a population of 1 thousand 600 addicts in treatment, who occupy almost all rehabilitation centers
Most recovering addicts confess to being victims of the drug known as crystal.
/ Courtesy. Luis Carlos Bravo
The majority of rehabilitation centers in San Luis Río Colorado are full, with people seeking freedom from addiction to illicit drugs,
mostly crystal and heroin, said Rogelio Ramírez Monroy.
The president of the Union of Rehabilitation and Treatment Centers of San Luis Río Colorado,
said that the majority of the approximately 20 enclosures of this type has reached the installed capacity
indicated by Standard 028 for Rehabilitation Centers under the regime of the Secretary of Health of Sonora.
Ramírez Monroy said that unlike in past years in this same range of months,
the arrival of a significant number of addicts who auto-alternate to mitigate the climate inside a refrigerated space was expected,
which has been replaced by the entry of victims. of crystal addiction, followed by heroin
"We have noticed a lot of crystal consumption and greater facility to get this drug in the streets of San Luis Río Colorado,
at least that is what patients express in their stage of reintegration in the centers," he said.
He added that, given the lack of spaces to serve addicts in the city, family members interested in recruiting someone
are invited to take them to the centers in Mexicali, Baja California.
They come from the US
Part of the patients who are currently in the SLRC Rehabilitation Center are residents of Yuma County,
due to the use of substances such as fentanyl
End
Note: San Luis Rio Colorado, Son. is just south of Yuma, AZ.
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2019
https://www.tribunadesanluis.com.mx/local/saturan-centros-de-adictos-en-sl-3617712.html
Addicts fill centers in SLRC
In SLRC there is a population of 1 thousand 600 addicts in treatment, who occupy almost all rehabilitation centers
Most recovering addicts confess to being victims of the drug known as crystal.
/ Courtesy. Luis Carlos Bravo
The majority of rehabilitation centers in San Luis Río Colorado are full, with people seeking freedom from addiction to illicit drugs,
mostly crystal and heroin, said Rogelio Ramírez Monroy.
The president of the Union of Rehabilitation and Treatment Centers of San Luis Río Colorado,
said that the majority of the approximately 20 enclosures of this type has reached the installed capacity
indicated by Standard 028 for Rehabilitation Centers under the regime of the Secretary of Health of Sonora.
Ramírez Monroy said that unlike in past years in this same range of months,
the arrival of a significant number of addicts who auto-alternate to mitigate the climate inside a refrigerated space was expected,
which has been replaced by the entry of victims. of crystal addiction, followed by heroin
"We have noticed a lot of crystal consumption and greater facility to get this drug in the streets of San Luis Río Colorado,
at least that is what patients express in their stage of reintegration in the centers," he said.
He added that, given the lack of spaces to serve addicts in the city, family members interested in recruiting someone
are invited to take them to the centers in Mexicali, Baja California.
They come from the US
Part of the patients who are currently in the SLRC Rehabilitation Center are residents of Yuma County,
due to the use of substances such as fentanyl
End
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
AZMEX UPDATE 14-5-19
AZMEX UPDATE 14 MAY 2019
Officials consider reopening private prison to hold migrants
by Associated PressTuesday, May 14th 2019
https://cbs4local.com/news/local/officials-consider-reopening-private-prison-to-hold-migrants
ESTANCIA, N.M. (AP) — Officials are considering reopening a private prison in New Mexico
to hold immigrants being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Torrance County commissioners are set to vote Wednesday on whether to sign an agreement with ICE
to open the rural county detention facility owned by a Nashville, Tennessee-based private prison operator CoreCivic,
the Albuquerque Journal reported .
The prison southeast of Albuquerque closed in October 2017 because of a consistently low number of inmates,
county manager Wayne Johnson said.
The prison was a large employer for Estancia, so its closure was a blow to the area's economy and the county's tax base, he said.
"Having that 900-bed facility stand empty didn't make sense for anyone involved," Johnson said.
County officials expect the reopened prison to provide more than 200 jobs and house over 700 immigrant detainees
as well as some local inmates.
Under the proposed contract, the federal agency would pay the county nearly $2 million per month during the first year of prison use.
The price would increase in future years.
ICE would pay a fixed rate for up to 714 immigrant detainees, according to the proposed contract.
It would pay extra for each additional person housed in the facility.
The county would then sign a separate agreement with CoreCivic for it to run the facility and hire staff.
The facility would only house men, and the immigrant detainees
would be housed separately from other inmates, Johnson said.
Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com
END
Officials consider reopening private prison to hold migrants
by Associated PressTuesday, May 14th 2019
https://cbs4local.com/news/local/officials-consider-reopening-private-prison-to-hold-migrants
ESTANCIA, N.M. (AP) — Officials are considering reopening a private prison in New Mexico
to hold immigrants being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Torrance County commissioners are set to vote Wednesday on whether to sign an agreement with ICE
to open the rural county detention facility owned by a Nashville, Tennessee-based private prison operator CoreCivic,
the Albuquerque Journal reported .
The prison southeast of Albuquerque closed in October 2017 because of a consistently low number of inmates,
county manager Wayne Johnson said.
The prison was a large employer for Estancia, so its closure was a blow to the area's economy and the county's tax base, he said.
"Having that 900-bed facility stand empty didn't make sense for anyone involved," Johnson said.
County officials expect the reopened prison to provide more than 200 jobs and house over 700 immigrant detainees
as well as some local inmates.
Under the proposed contract, the federal agency would pay the county nearly $2 million per month during the first year of prison use.
The price would increase in future years.
ICE would pay a fixed rate for up to 714 immigrant detainees, according to the proposed contract.
It would pay extra for each additional person housed in the facility.
The county would then sign a separate agreement with CoreCivic for it to run the facility and hire staff.
The facility would only house men, and the immigrant detainees
would be housed separately from other inmates, Johnson said.
Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com
END
AZMEX I3 11-5-19
AZMEX I3 11 MAY 2019
High school student detained by Border Patrol shares his story
Posted: 7:43 PM, May 11, 2019 Updated: 8:27 PM, May 11, 2019
By: Brandi Walker
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/high-school-student-detained-by-border-patrol-shares-his-story
TUCSON, Ariz - Thomas Torres, a Desert View High School senior who was detained by Border Patrol on May 2
, is sharing how the incident went down, from his perspective.
Torres says things escalated with a Pima County Sheriff's Deputy when he could not produce a valid form of identification during a traffic stop.
He was taken into custody by sheriff's deputies and turned over to Border Patrol.
In a Skype interview, Torres said when the deputy asked him for a social security number,
he gave the deputy a fake number because he was scared.
When the deputy looked up that number and it didn't belong to Torres, Torres said the deputy asked him to come clean.
Torres says that's when he told the deputy he does not have a social security number
and he was brought to the U.S. when he was five with a visa that has since expired. (?)
His classmates at Desert View staged a march on Monday, demanding his release from Border Patrol.
On Wednesday, Sunnyside Unified School District spokesman Victor Mercado told us Torres was free from federal custody.
Torres says now he is working with a lawyer.
He says people think he's a bad kid, but he says he's a good kid who made some bad decisions.
Torres says he wants to get his residency and citizenship so he can stay in the U.S.
He says he's originally from Mexico, but doesn't have memories of living there, and his life is here now.
He says his two sisters are U.S. citizens, born in Tucson.
Torres says he was accepted to Pima Community College,
and hopes to become a chiropractor.
He has a court appearance on May 22, the same day he's supposed to graduate high school.
END
High school student detained by Border Patrol shares his story
Posted: 7:43 PM, May 11, 2019 Updated: 8:27 PM, May 11, 2019
By: Brandi Walker
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/high-school-student-detained-by-border-patrol-shares-his-story
TUCSON, Ariz - Thomas Torres, a Desert View High School senior who was detained by Border Patrol on May 2
, is sharing how the incident went down, from his perspective.
Torres says things escalated with a Pima County Sheriff's Deputy when he could not produce a valid form of identification during a traffic stop.
He was taken into custody by sheriff's deputies and turned over to Border Patrol.
In a Skype interview, Torres said when the deputy asked him for a social security number,
he gave the deputy a fake number because he was scared.
When the deputy looked up that number and it didn't belong to Torres, Torres said the deputy asked him to come clean.
Torres says that's when he told the deputy he does not have a social security number
and he was brought to the U.S. when he was five with a visa that has since expired. (?)
His classmates at Desert View staged a march on Monday, demanding his release from Border Patrol.
On Wednesday, Sunnyside Unified School District spokesman Victor Mercado told us Torres was free from federal custody.
Torres says now he is working with a lawyer.
He says people think he's a bad kid, but he says he's a good kid who made some bad decisions.
Torres says he wants to get his residency and citizenship so he can stay in the U.S.
He says he's originally from Mexico, but doesn't have memories of living there, and his life is here now.
He says his two sisters are U.S. citizens, born in Tucson.
Torres says he was accepted to Pima Community College,
and hopes to become a chiropractor.
He has a court appearance on May 22, the same day he's supposed to graduate high school.
END
Monday, May 13, 2019
AZMEX POLICY 12-5-19
AZMEX POLICY 12 MAY 2019
Navy and Army were misused: AMLO
'Now there is going to be public security, now the citizens will be taken care of', said the president
Reforma
Sunday, May 12, 2019 | 19:20
https://diario.mx/nacional/semar-y-sedena-eran-desaprovechados-amlo-20190512-1514309/
Mexico City - Before the creation of the National Guard was approved to deal with public security,
the Army and the Navy were misused, said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
"They could be assaulting, kidnapping, a citizen in front of a barracks and could not, according to the Constitution,
the sailors, the soldiers, intervene and did not have elements to guarantee the safety of the people,"
he said in a speech at this Mexican Pacific port.
López Obrador, a profound critic of the strategy initiated by former President Felipe Calderón
to get the army to fight crime, presented as an advance the constitutional reform to create the Guard with the military,
a measure that has been criticized by human rights organizations and by the UN
due to the high rate of Human Rights violations reported by the Army,
the fragile controls of accountability and because it follows the same path of combatting crime
that Calderón initiated and that has not worked.
"Do you know how many troops the President has to face the most serious problem of insecurity and violence?
Ten thousand elements throughout the country,
that was the Federal Police and only the Government, to take care of its facilities,
had to hire 50 thousand elements of the private police,
while the Army has 230 thousand elements, with facilities, with barracks, with discipline, with experience, with professionalism,
the Navy, 65 thousand elements,
"said López Obrador when making a summary of what he called
" his achievements "at the beginning of his Government in the Military Area of Vallarta.
"Now that a constitutional reform has been achieved to create the National Guard
and unite the Army, the Navy, the Federal Police to take care of the people,
now there will be public security, now the citizens will be taken care of. important,
that this progress was achieved, "said the President.
In the event where he was accompanied by the Governor of Jalisco, Enrique Alfaro,
the President urged to make more changes like this as quickly as possible, since he will not accept re-election.
"We are going to transform Mexico for us and for those who come after us, our children, our grandchildren,
and we have to hurry because in my case I do not accept re-election,
I am a Maderista: effective suffrage, not reelection," he assured.
END
Navy and Army were misused: AMLO
'Now there is going to be public security, now the citizens will be taken care of', said the president
Reforma
Sunday, May 12, 2019 | 19:20
https://diario.mx/nacional/semar-y-sedena-eran-desaprovechados-amlo-20190512-1514309/
Mexico City - Before the creation of the National Guard was approved to deal with public security,
the Army and the Navy were misused, said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
"They could be assaulting, kidnapping, a citizen in front of a barracks and could not, according to the Constitution,
the sailors, the soldiers, intervene and did not have elements to guarantee the safety of the people,"
he said in a speech at this Mexican Pacific port.
López Obrador, a profound critic of the strategy initiated by former President Felipe Calderón
to get the army to fight crime, presented as an advance the constitutional reform to create the Guard with the military,
a measure that has been criticized by human rights organizations and by the UN
due to the high rate of Human Rights violations reported by the Army,
the fragile controls of accountability and because it follows the same path of combatting crime
that Calderón initiated and that has not worked.
"Do you know how many troops the President has to face the most serious problem of insecurity and violence?
Ten thousand elements throughout the country,
that was the Federal Police and only the Government, to take care of its facilities,
had to hire 50 thousand elements of the private police,
while the Army has 230 thousand elements, with facilities, with barracks, with discipline, with experience, with professionalism,
the Navy, 65 thousand elements,
"said López Obrador when making a summary of what he called
" his achievements "at the beginning of his Government in the Military Area of Vallarta.
"Now that a constitutional reform has been achieved to create the National Guard
and unite the Army, the Navy, the Federal Police to take care of the people,
now there will be public security, now the citizens will be taken care of. important,
that this progress was achieved, "said the President.
In the event where he was accompanied by the Governor of Jalisco, Enrique Alfaro,
the President urged to make more changes like this as quickly as possible, since he will not accept re-election.
"We are going to transform Mexico for us and for those who come after us, our children, our grandchildren,
and we have to hurry because in my case I do not accept re-election,
I am a Maderista: effective suffrage, not reelection," he assured.
END
Friday, May 10, 2019
AZMEX POLICY2 10-5-19
AZMEX POLICY-2 10 MAY 2019
Joe Biden backs health care for illegal immigrants, says 'we have an obligation' to provide it
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images
By Lukas Mikelionis
Posted May 10 2019 10:30AM MST
Updated May 10 2019 10:34AM MST
http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/us-world-news/joe-biden-backs-health-care-for-illegal-immigrants-says-we-have-an-obligation-to-provide-it
(FOX NEWS) - Leading 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden said this week that the U.S. must provide health care to everyone in the country,
"regardless of whether they are documented or undocumented."
Biden made the remarks while campaigning in Los Angeles, as he fielded questions from the media.
"Look, I think that anyone who is in a situation where they are in need of health care,
regardless of whether they are documented or undocumented, we have an obligation to see that they are cared for,"
Biden said in response to whether illegal immigrants "should be entitled to federal benefits like Medicare, Medicaid."
"By the way, a significant portion of undocumented folks in this country are there because they overstayed their visas,"
the former vice president continued.
"It's not people breaking down gates coming across the border, so the biggest thing we've got to do on this thing is tone down the rhetoric.
We know why it's happening. It's to create fear and concern."
Biden's remarks were likely to somewhat boost his standing among progressive Democrats,
many of whom view his candidacy as a step backward --
especially with Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren also in the running.
The former veep, however, hasn't yet endorsed Medicare-for-all, a rallying cry of most Democrats running for president in 2020.
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During the same campaign stop in California, Biden also accused President Trump
of engaging in fear tactics at the U.S.-Mexico border and not delivering solutions.
"The idea that we are just trying to scare the living devil out of the American public —
'My God, hordes are coming,' the way [Trump] characterizes it — is just simply wrong," Biden said.
He added he will soon release a plan to address the long-running problems at the border.
Part of his proposal would call for a way to quickly determine whether an immigrant is qualified to enter the U.S.
Read more at FoxNews.com.
Fox News' Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
END
Joe Biden backs health care for illegal immigrants, says 'we have an obligation' to provide it
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images
By Lukas Mikelionis
Posted May 10 2019 10:30AM MST
Updated May 10 2019 10:34AM MST
http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/us-world-news/joe-biden-backs-health-care-for-illegal-immigrants-says-we-have-an-obligation-to-provide-it
(FOX NEWS) - Leading 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden said this week that the U.S. must provide health care to everyone in the country,
"regardless of whether they are documented or undocumented."
Biden made the remarks while campaigning in Los Angeles, as he fielded questions from the media.
"Look, I think that anyone who is in a situation where they are in need of health care,
regardless of whether they are documented or undocumented, we have an obligation to see that they are cared for,"
Biden said in response to whether illegal immigrants "should be entitled to federal benefits like Medicare, Medicaid."
"By the way, a significant portion of undocumented folks in this country are there because they overstayed their visas,"
the former vice president continued.
"It's not people breaking down gates coming across the border, so the biggest thing we've got to do on this thing is tone down the rhetoric.
We know why it's happening. It's to create fear and concern."
Biden's remarks were likely to somewhat boost his standing among progressive Democrats,
many of whom view his candidacy as a step backward --
especially with Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren also in the running.
The former veep, however, hasn't yet endorsed Medicare-for-all, a rallying cry of most Democrats running for president in 2020.
Related Headlines
Former Trump campaign advisers say Biden
Biden labels Trump a 'clown' during campaign stop
Jill Biden speaks out on husband's allegations
Biden launches 2020 presidential campaign
During the same campaign stop in California, Biden also accused President Trump
of engaging in fear tactics at the U.S.-Mexico border and not delivering solutions.
"The idea that we are just trying to scare the living devil out of the American public —
'My God, hordes are coming,' the way [Trump] characterizes it — is just simply wrong," Biden said.
He added he will soon release a plan to address the long-running problems at the border.
Part of his proposal would call for a way to quickly determine whether an immigrant is qualified to enter the U.S.
Read more at FoxNews.com.
Fox News' Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
END
AZMEX POLICY 10-5-19
AZMEX POLICY 10 MAY 2019
Comment: the far left outraged as usual. Protect animals, not Americans.
As the "Wall" will impede their ultimate goal of the destruction of the USA.
Thx
ARIZONA NEWS
Environmentalists say wall plan poses threat to Arizona wildlife, waterways
BY KEVIN STONE
MAY 10, 2019 AT 4:05 AM
http://ktar.com/story/2568135/environmentalists-say-wall-plan-poses-threat-to-arizona-wildlife-waterways/
The fence marking the U.S.-Mexico border is seen at sunset on July 22, 2018 in Nogales, Arizona.
At left are seen security cameras mounted over the Mexican side of the border.
President Trump has proposed replacing the fence with a wall. (Getty Images Photo/John Moore)
PHOENIX – Environmental groups fear a plan to beef up border barriers in southern Arizona
would do irreparable harm to wildlife and waterways in the area.
On Monday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a call for public input about a proposal to replace approximately
63 miles of existing fencing and vehicle barriers with new bollard wall.
The proposal addresses multiple sections of barrier, including parts of the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Pima County
and San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge in Cochise County.
According to the Sierra Club, the existing barriers in the proposed areas don't impede the flow of wildlife and water.
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The new wall would be made of concrete-filled steel bollards that are 18-30 feet high and 6 feet in diameter.
The Sierra Club says that design would keep all animals more than 6 inches wide from passing through.
"Animals have been migrating across the continent for tens of thousands of years,"
Myles Traphagen, coordinator of the Wildlands Network's borderlands program, said Wednesday.
"If these walls are built, it will change the evolutionary history of North America."
In addition to the larger barriers, the proposed project includes road construction work and the installation of lighting and other detection technology.
The proposal is seen by environmentalists a threat to endangered species such as the Sonoran pronghorn, Mexican gray wolf and jaguar.
"With a warming and drying climate rapidly accelerating in the Southwest, wildlife need more opportunities,
not less, to move in search of their life-cycle requirements," said Juan Carlos Bravo, Wildlands Network's Mexico program director.
"For over 20 years, jaguars have been re-colonizing the U.S. from Mexico.
Building a border wall in these crucial wildlife corridors will put an end to this natural process."
There are also concerns that the wall would impede the San Pedro River, one of two major rivers that flow from Mexico into the United States.
"Walls don't solve problems," Dan Millis of the Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter Borderlands Program said in a press release.
"They cause flooding and sabotage wildlife protection efforts."
In February, as part of President Donald Trump's border emergency declaration,
the Department of Homeland Security requested Department of Defense assistance for multiple barrier projects
in areas of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas considered drug-smuggling corridors.
The Pentagon authorized up to $1 billion for border wall projects in March.
Last month, DHS issued waivers to environmental laws to build and replace 11 miles of barriers near Yuma and 46 miles in New Mexico.
The projects for which Customs and Border Protection is seeking comment were on the February list of DHS requests.
On Wednesday, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan testified before the Senate Defense Appropriations subcommittee
about transferring Pentagon funds for wall construction. He said there was enough funding to build about 256 miles of barrier.
Without specifying where, he said about 63 miles would go up in the next six months.
Trump's attempts to use defense funds to build border barriers have faced opposition in Congress as well as legal challenges.
Among them is a lawsuit filed in February by the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity
that accuses the president of overstepping his Constitutional powers by appropriating funds without Congressional approval.
"Trump is stooping to a dangerous new low of lawlessness to build his despicable wall,"
said Laiken Jordahl, borderlands campaigner for the organization.
"These plans to bulldoze national monuments, wildlife refuges and wilderness lands should enrage all Arizonans."
Customs and Border Protection will accept public input until July 5.
Comments and questions can be emailed to commentsenv@cbp.dhs.gov with
"Pima and Cochise Counties Border Infrastructure Projects" in the title.
The department said it is also doing environmental impact studies and collecting information from state and local governments,
federal agencies, Native American tribes and landowners who might be impacted.
END
Comment: the far left outraged as usual. Protect animals, not Americans.
As the "Wall" will impede their ultimate goal of the destruction of the USA.
Thx
ARIZONA NEWS
Environmentalists say wall plan poses threat to Arizona wildlife, waterways
BY KEVIN STONE
MAY 10, 2019 AT 4:05 AM
http://ktar.com/story/2568135/environmentalists-say-wall-plan-poses-threat-to-arizona-wildlife-waterways/
The fence marking the U.S.-Mexico border is seen at sunset on July 22, 2018 in Nogales, Arizona.
At left are seen security cameras mounted over the Mexican side of the border.
President Trump has proposed replacing the fence with a wall. (Getty Images Photo/John Moore)
PHOENIX – Environmental groups fear a plan to beef up border barriers in southern Arizona
would do irreparable harm to wildlife and waterways in the area.
On Monday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a call for public input about a proposal to replace approximately
63 miles of existing fencing and vehicle barriers with new bollard wall.
The proposal addresses multiple sections of barrier, including parts of the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Pima County
and San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge in Cochise County.
According to the Sierra Club, the existing barriers in the proposed areas don't impede the flow of wildlife and water.
Related Links
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The new wall would be made of concrete-filled steel bollards that are 18-30 feet high and 6 feet in diameter.
The Sierra Club says that design would keep all animals more than 6 inches wide from passing through.
"Animals have been migrating across the continent for tens of thousands of years,"
Myles Traphagen, coordinator of the Wildlands Network's borderlands program, said Wednesday.
"If these walls are built, it will change the evolutionary history of North America."
In addition to the larger barriers, the proposed project includes road construction work and the installation of lighting and other detection technology.
The proposal is seen by environmentalists a threat to endangered species such as the Sonoran pronghorn, Mexican gray wolf and jaguar.
"With a warming and drying climate rapidly accelerating in the Southwest, wildlife need more opportunities,
not less, to move in search of their life-cycle requirements," said Juan Carlos Bravo, Wildlands Network's Mexico program director.
"For over 20 years, jaguars have been re-colonizing the U.S. from Mexico.
Building a border wall in these crucial wildlife corridors will put an end to this natural process."
There are also concerns that the wall would impede the San Pedro River, one of two major rivers that flow from Mexico into the United States.
"Walls don't solve problems," Dan Millis of the Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter Borderlands Program said in a press release.
"They cause flooding and sabotage wildlife protection efforts."
In February, as part of President Donald Trump's border emergency declaration,
the Department of Homeland Security requested Department of Defense assistance for multiple barrier projects
in areas of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas considered drug-smuggling corridors.
The Pentagon authorized up to $1 billion for border wall projects in March.
Last month, DHS issued waivers to environmental laws to build and replace 11 miles of barriers near Yuma and 46 miles in New Mexico.
The projects for which Customs and Border Protection is seeking comment were on the February list of DHS requests.
On Wednesday, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan testified before the Senate Defense Appropriations subcommittee
about transferring Pentagon funds for wall construction. He said there was enough funding to build about 256 miles of barrier.
Without specifying where, he said about 63 miles would go up in the next six months.
Trump's attempts to use defense funds to build border barriers have faced opposition in Congress as well as legal challenges.
Among them is a lawsuit filed in February by the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity
that accuses the president of overstepping his Constitutional powers by appropriating funds without Congressional approval.
"Trump is stooping to a dangerous new low of lawlessness to build his despicable wall,"
said Laiken Jordahl, borderlands campaigner for the organization.
"These plans to bulldoze national monuments, wildlife refuges and wilderness lands should enrage all Arizonans."
Customs and Border Protection will accept public input until July 5.
Comments and questions can be emailed to commentsenv@cbp.dhs.gov with
"Pima and Cochise Counties Border Infrastructure Projects" in the title.
The department said it is also doing environmental impact studies and collecting information from state and local governments,
federal agencies, Native American tribes and landowners who might be impacted.
END
Monday, May 6, 2019
AZMEX I3 4-5-19
AZMEX I3 4 MAY 2019
Border Patrol says it's close to reaching 1 million migrant apprehensions in Southwest
by Holly Bock Friday, May 3rd 2019
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/border-patrol-says-its-close-to-reaching-1-million-migrant-apprehensions-in-southwest
Border Patrol says it's close to reaching 1 million migrant apprehensions in Southwest<p>{/p}
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Border Patrol is seeing apprehension numbers skyrocket along the southern border.
In the month of March, CBP encountered over 103,000 people on the Southwestern border. This is an increase of 35% over February.
CBP said 30,000 of the border patrol apprehensions were single adults, 8,900 were unaccompanied children
and 53,000 were family units from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
Here at the El Paso sector alone CBP deals with nearly 930 apprehensions daily.
"That is a significantly a lot higher this year. We are seeing an increase of about over 600% increase in total apprehensions,"
Border Patrol Officer Frank Pino said.
Pino said people are coming from everywhere, trying to escape violence in their own countries.
"We have been seeing lately recently a huge number of Cubans and Brazilians that are also coming
and we're thinking maybe now with the crisis in Venezuela that we may even start seeing, even more, come and enter the United States," Pino said.
Border Patrol said its most recent challenge has been securing all areas, including tunnels.
"Since our manpower is so strained a lot of those areas, especially near the tunnels where normally there is an agent present in that area
to help deter or stop people from getting into the tunnels, we now have smugglers with access to them knowing that there's not an agent available.
It's visible and unfortunately the smugglers are going to start pushing these people to these dangerous tunnels and we know,
these tunnels, there are so many hazards down there," Pino said.
"That's just going to add another level of dangers that are out there that Border Patrol agents are having to face."
A new temporary tent facility was put up in northeast El Paso in hopes of bringing immigrants in to process them faster.
"We are hoping it will be able to offer that care that humanitarian side where we can quickly process people and get them turned over," Pino said.
"The capacity of the facility is 500 people total. Separated into four different pods
and it has areas for personal hygiene, processing, recreation, sleeping quarters and kitchen equipment.
This is not a long-term detention facility.
Our goal is to get people in there and get them processed and get them the care that they need and get the people out as quick as possible.
As mean as that might sound, the quicker we can get them processed and get these bodies out where they need to go, that's good."
Pino said if the number of apprehensions continue, the trend will reach unbelievable numbers.
"We are on track of the whole Southwest border to be pretty close to 1 million people
that has been apprehended that have crossed over the border illegally."
End
Border Patrol rescues stranded migrants west of Tucson
Paul Birmingham
4:00 pm
May 3, 2019
https://kvoa.com/news/2019/05/03/border-patrol-rescues-stranded-migrants-west-of-tucson/
TUCSON – U.S. Border Patrol agents have rescued a number of distressed migrants in the desert west of Tucson.
In the first incident at around 11:00 a.m. Thursday, agents rescued two people in a remote canyon in the Ajo Mountains.
A helicopter from the Pinal County Sheriff's Office was called to the scene,
and air-lifted a 35-year-old Honduran man to the hospital after he suffered a bone fracture.
A little later in the day, agents from the Three Points Station were able to locate two men
suffering from severe dehydration and mild hypothermia in the desert.
All those recused will now face federal immigration charges.
END
Border Patrol says it's close to reaching 1 million migrant apprehensions in Southwest
by Holly Bock Friday, May 3rd 2019
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/border-patrol-says-its-close-to-reaching-1-million-migrant-apprehensions-in-southwest
Border Patrol says it's close to reaching 1 million migrant apprehensions in Southwest<p>{/p}
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Border Patrol is seeing apprehension numbers skyrocket along the southern border.
In the month of March, CBP encountered over 103,000 people on the Southwestern border. This is an increase of 35% over February.
CBP said 30,000 of the border patrol apprehensions were single adults, 8,900 were unaccompanied children
and 53,000 were family units from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
Here at the El Paso sector alone CBP deals with nearly 930 apprehensions daily.
"That is a significantly a lot higher this year. We are seeing an increase of about over 600% increase in total apprehensions,"
Border Patrol Officer Frank Pino said.
Pino said people are coming from everywhere, trying to escape violence in their own countries.
"We have been seeing lately recently a huge number of Cubans and Brazilians that are also coming
and we're thinking maybe now with the crisis in Venezuela that we may even start seeing, even more, come and enter the United States," Pino said.
Border Patrol said its most recent challenge has been securing all areas, including tunnels.
"Since our manpower is so strained a lot of those areas, especially near the tunnels where normally there is an agent present in that area
to help deter or stop people from getting into the tunnels, we now have smugglers with access to them knowing that there's not an agent available.
It's visible and unfortunately the smugglers are going to start pushing these people to these dangerous tunnels and we know,
these tunnels, there are so many hazards down there," Pino said.
"That's just going to add another level of dangers that are out there that Border Patrol agents are having to face."
A new temporary tent facility was put up in northeast El Paso in hopes of bringing immigrants in to process them faster.
"We are hoping it will be able to offer that care that humanitarian side where we can quickly process people and get them turned over," Pino said.
"The capacity of the facility is 500 people total. Separated into four different pods
and it has areas for personal hygiene, processing, recreation, sleeping quarters and kitchen equipment.
This is not a long-term detention facility.
Our goal is to get people in there and get them processed and get them the care that they need and get the people out as quick as possible.
As mean as that might sound, the quicker we can get them processed and get these bodies out where they need to go, that's good."
Pino said if the number of apprehensions continue, the trend will reach unbelievable numbers.
"We are on track of the whole Southwest border to be pretty close to 1 million people
that has been apprehended that have crossed over the border illegally."
End
Border Patrol rescues stranded migrants west of Tucson
Paul Birmingham
4:00 pm
May 3, 2019
https://kvoa.com/news/2019/05/03/border-patrol-rescues-stranded-migrants-west-of-tucson/
TUCSON – U.S. Border Patrol agents have rescued a number of distressed migrants in the desert west of Tucson.
In the first incident at around 11:00 a.m. Thursday, agents rescued two people in a remote canyon in the Ajo Mountains.
A helicopter from the Pinal County Sheriff's Office was called to the scene,
and air-lifted a 35-year-old Honduran man to the hospital after he suffered a bone fracture.
A little later in the day, agents from the Three Points Station were able to locate two men
suffering from severe dehydration and mild hypothermia in the desert.
All those recused will now face federal immigration charges.
END
Friday, May 3, 2019
AZMEX I3 3-5-19
AZMEX I3 3 MAY 2019
Yuma Sector Border Patrol takes in 1,000 migrants in 2 days
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BY PETER SAMORE | MAY 3, 2019 AT 4:35 AM
UPDATED: MAY 3, 2019 AT 7:16 AM
http://ktar.com/story/2560595/yuma-sector-border-patrol-takes-in-1000-migrants-in-2-days/
PHOENIX — One thousand migrants representing nine countries surrendered to Border Patrol agents in Yuma on Tuesday and Wednesday,
likely on their way to claiming asylum.
Most of these migrants came from Guatemala, "but we also had individuals from Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Belize, Cuba,
India and Senegal," Agent Jose Garibay said.
He added that nationals from those last three countries likely joined smuggling cartels in Mexico.
"They may go to the same location and cross together, or those individuals from those countries
may peel off toward the back end of the journey and cross on their own," he said.
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700 illegal aliens surrender themselves to #USBP #YumaSector Border Patrol agents over the course of Tuesday. @CBP #SouthwestBorder
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3:43 PM - May 1, 2019
Most crossed into the U.S. over the Colorado River, and they beat vehicle barriers on the shore.
"(The barriers are) only standing 4 1/2 feet high, and it's relatively easy for (migrants) to go under or over them
because they're not designed to stop people," Garibay said.
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Most migrants traveled with children, meaning U.S. law requires Border Patrol to get them to Immigration and Customs Enforcement
or release them in three days.
Now, Yuma Sector Border Patrol has 1,300 migrants in custody with capacity for only 410.
"So if ICE can't take them, and they're not going to have any bedspace,
then we're forced to release them within our sector to the nearest transportation hubs," Garibay said.
This requirement explains the recent surge in releases into Yuma and Blythe, California.
Garibay said his colleagues must "redecorate" their facilities.
"Rooms that were originally for the storage property, we've had to convert those rooms into temporary holding areas," he said.
"So now, 40-50% of that manpower is not able to be performing that border security
mission in apprehending other people. The whole system is just strained to capacity."
End
Yuma Sector Border Patrol takes in 1,000 migrants in 2 days
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BY PETER SAMORE | MAY 3, 2019 AT 4:35 AM
UPDATED: MAY 3, 2019 AT 7:16 AM
http://ktar.com/story/2560595/yuma-sector-border-patrol-takes-in-1000-migrants-in-2-days/
PHOENIX — One thousand migrants representing nine countries surrendered to Border Patrol agents in Yuma on Tuesday and Wednesday,
likely on their way to claiming asylum.
Most of these migrants came from Guatemala, "but we also had individuals from Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Belize, Cuba,
India and Senegal," Agent Jose Garibay said.
He added that nationals from those last three countries likely joined smuggling cartels in Mexico.
"They may go to the same location and cross together, or those individuals from those countries
may peel off toward the back end of the journey and cross on their own," he said.
Embedded video
CBP Arizona
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@CBPArizona
700 illegal aliens surrender themselves to #USBP #YumaSector Border Patrol agents over the course of Tuesday. @CBP #SouthwestBorder
410
3:43 PM - May 1, 2019
Most crossed into the U.S. over the Colorado River, and they beat vehicle barriers on the shore.
"(The barriers are) only standing 4 1/2 feet high, and it's relatively easy for (migrants) to go under or over them
because they're not designed to stop people," Garibay said.
Related Links
Arizona border chief confident DNA testing will find fake migrant families
DHS to implement DNA test program to detect fake migrant families
Federal agents set up in Arizona border town to weed out fake families
McSally wants Congress to approve $4.5B for migrant help in border towns
Video: ICE releases Central American migrants to Phoenix church group
Most migrants traveled with children, meaning U.S. law requires Border Patrol to get them to Immigration and Customs Enforcement
or release them in three days.
Now, Yuma Sector Border Patrol has 1,300 migrants in custody with capacity for only 410.
"So if ICE can't take them, and they're not going to have any bedspace,
then we're forced to release them within our sector to the nearest transportation hubs," Garibay said.
This requirement explains the recent surge in releases into Yuma and Blythe, California.
Garibay said his colleagues must "redecorate" their facilities.
"Rooms that were originally for the storage property, we've had to convert those rooms into temporary holding areas," he said.
"So now, 40-50% of that manpower is not able to be performing that border security
mission in apprehending other people. The whole system is just strained to capacity."
End
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
AZVEN UPDATE 30-4-19
AZVEN UPDATE 30 APR 2019
Note; could not find it on MSNBC?
Some may remember Comrade Mao's quote -
"All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. "
"The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party."
Mao Zedong
THX
Tuesday, 30 April 2019 15:41
MSNBC: The people in Venezuela have no guns, and so therefore no power Featured
Written by Ed Morrissey
https://www.blabber.buzz/conservative-news/560537-msnbc-the-people-in-venezuela-have-no-guns-and-so-therefore-no-power?utm_source=c-pm&utm_medium=c-pm-email&utm_term=c-pm-AOL
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MSNBC: The people in Venezuela have no guns, and so therefore no power
How long have I lived? Long enough to see a mainstream media outlet other than Fox News
to make a core Second Amendment argument. And guess who it is?
All right, all right, MSNBC didn't know they were making a core Second Amendment argument.
They were just reporting on the captivity of Venezuelans by a socialist regime that made sure to ban gun ownership.
Six of one, half-dozen of another, says the Free Beacon:
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MSNBC Report on Venezuela Makes Case for Second Amendment https://freebeacon.com/issues/msnbc-report-on-venezuela-makes-case-for-second-amendment/ …
10:12 - 30 Apr 2019
MSNBC reporter Kerry Sanders unwittingly made the American case for the Second Amendment
during a report Tuesday on the political upheaval in Venezuela.
Anchor Andrea Mitchell introduced Sanders for his report by commenting on the surprising ability
of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro to stay in power, despite the pressure on him to step down.
"Not only hanging on but he appears to still control the military,"
Sanders said. "You have to understand, in Venezuela gun ownership is not something that's open to everybody.
So if the military have the guns, they have the power and as long as Nicolás Maduro controls the military, he controls the country."
Yes, indeed he does. And it's not just that gun ownership isn't open to everybody, it's that it's not open at all.
The Hugo Chavez regime banned private gun ownership in 2012 after a rapid rise in gun violence, mainly in Caracas.
The ostensible reason for the ban was to respond to public outrage over the increased crime,
but eventually the regime would have found a way to ban people from possessing firearms, with this very day in mind.
People in the US scoff at this argument from gun-rights advocates, mainly because we're not Venezuela
and the threat here is entirely theoretical. And that's a fair point,
although Rep. Eric Swalwell's threat to remind people that the US has nukes makes it seem slightly less theoretical.
However, it's also a chicken-egg argument: do we have a responsive government which poses no threat in spite of gun ownership,
or because of gun ownership? Most days it may seem like the former.
On days like today, with Venezuelans unable to resist tyranny despite having a First World government and economy a little over a decade ago,
it looks a little more like the latter.
Today is about much more than gun control, of course, and be sure to read John's most recent post on today's events in Venezuela.
But as MSNBC itself acknowledges, gun control and seizure by the state
is certainly playing a role in keeping civilians imprisoned by the socialist Maduro regime today.
End
Note; could not find it on MSNBC?
Some may remember Comrade Mao's quote -
"All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. "
"The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party."
Mao Zedong
THX
Tuesday, 30 April 2019 15:41
MSNBC: The people in Venezuela have no guns, and so therefore no power Featured
Written by Ed Morrissey
https://www.blabber.buzz/conservative-news/560537-msnbc-the-people-in-venezuela-have-no-guns-and-so-therefore-no-power?utm_source=c-pm&utm_medium=c-pm-email&utm_term=c-pm-AOL
s
MSNBC: The people in Venezuela have no guns, and so therefore no power
How long have I lived? Long enough to see a mainstream media outlet other than Fox News
to make a core Second Amendment argument. And guess who it is?
All right, all right, MSNBC didn't know they were making a core Second Amendment argument.
They were just reporting on the captivity of Venezuelans by a socialist regime that made sure to ban gun ownership.
Six of one, half-dozen of another, says the Free Beacon:
Embedded video
Free Beacon
@FreeBeacon
MSNBC Report on Venezuela Makes Case for Second Amendment https://freebeacon.com/issues/msnbc-report-on-venezuela-makes-case-for-second-amendment/ …
10:12 - 30 Apr 2019
MSNBC reporter Kerry Sanders unwittingly made the American case for the Second Amendment
during a report Tuesday on the political upheaval in Venezuela.
Anchor Andrea Mitchell introduced Sanders for his report by commenting on the surprising ability
of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro to stay in power, despite the pressure on him to step down.
"Not only hanging on but he appears to still control the military,"
Sanders said. "You have to understand, in Venezuela gun ownership is not something that's open to everybody.
So if the military have the guns, they have the power and as long as Nicolás Maduro controls the military, he controls the country."
Yes, indeed he does. And it's not just that gun ownership isn't open to everybody, it's that it's not open at all.
The Hugo Chavez regime banned private gun ownership in 2012 after a rapid rise in gun violence, mainly in Caracas.
The ostensible reason for the ban was to respond to public outrage over the increased crime,
but eventually the regime would have found a way to ban people from possessing firearms, with this very day in mind.
People in the US scoff at this argument from gun-rights advocates, mainly because we're not Venezuela
and the threat here is entirely theoretical. And that's a fair point,
although Rep. Eric Swalwell's threat to remind people that the US has nukes makes it seem slightly less theoretical.
However, it's also a chicken-egg argument: do we have a responsive government which poses no threat in spite of gun ownership,
or because of gun ownership? Most days it may seem like the former.
On days like today, with Venezuelans unable to resist tyranny despite having a First World government and economy a little over a decade ago,
it looks a little more like the latter.
Today is about much more than gun control, of course, and be sure to read John's most recent post on today's events in Venezuela.
But as MSNBC itself acknowledges, gun control and seizure by the state
is certainly playing a role in keeping civilians imprisoned by the socialist Maduro regime today.
End
AZMEX SPECIAL 30-4-19
AZMEX SPECIAL 30 APR 2019
Investigators rescue kidnapped Arizona couple in Mexico
Associated Press
9:04 am
April 30, 2019
https://kvoa.com/ap-arizona-news/2019/04/30/investigators-rescue-kidnapped-arizona-couple-in-mexico/
TUCSON, Arizona (AP) — An Arizona couple has been rescued by investigators after being kidnapped and held for ransom in Mexico.
News outlets reported Monday that the Tucson couple was rescued by members of the
Sonora Attorney General's Office investigative branch in Nogales, Mexico, and were returned to the U.S. Saturday.
Authorities say the people, who were not named and are aged 38 and 40, were kidnapped April 24.
Family members reported the kidnappers asked for a $15,000 ransom to secure their release.
The U.S. embassy in Mexico City alerted the Sonora attorney general's office,
which located the couple in a house about six miles (10 kilometers) from the Arizona-Mexico border.
Several armed men were guarding them.
Mexican authorities have arrested 22-year-old Luis Alberto and 17-year-old Jesús Esteban on kidnapping charges.
Arizona couple rescued from Mexico after reported kidnapping
END
Investigators rescue kidnapped Arizona couple in Mexico
Associated Press
9:04 am
April 30, 2019
https://kvoa.com/ap-arizona-news/2019/04/30/investigators-rescue-kidnapped-arizona-couple-in-mexico/
TUCSON, Arizona (AP) — An Arizona couple has been rescued by investigators after being kidnapped and held for ransom in Mexico.
News outlets reported Monday that the Tucson couple was rescued by members of the
Sonora Attorney General's Office investigative branch in Nogales, Mexico, and were returned to the U.S. Saturday.
Authorities say the people, who were not named and are aged 38 and 40, were kidnapped April 24.
Family members reported the kidnappers asked for a $15,000 ransom to secure their release.
The U.S. embassy in Mexico City alerted the Sonora attorney general's office,
which located the couple in a house about six miles (10 kilometers) from the Arizona-Mexico border.
Several armed men were guarding them.
Mexican authorities have arrested 22-year-old Luis Alberto and 17-year-old Jesús Esteban on kidnapping charges.
Arizona couple rescued from Mexico after reported kidnapping
END
Monday, April 29, 2019
AZMEX SPECIAL 29-4-19
AZMEX SPECIAL 29 APR 2019
Note: as the far left arms up.
Feds Investigate Armed Antifa Intervention at US-Mexico Border
April 29, 2019
https://www.libertyheadlines.com/armed-antifa-us-mexico-border/
'I'm a revolutionary. A man who believes in his ideals…'
Communist Backed ANTIFA to Hold Uprisings on Nov 4 to Demand Removal of Trump
Photo by oinonio (CC)
(Wendy Fry, The San Diego Union-Tribune)
When federal law enforcement officials last year began collecting dossiers on mostly American journalists, activists and lawyers in Tijuana involved with the migrant caravan, one part of their investigation focused on an alleged plot by a drug cartel to sell guns to protesters, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation report.
A Dec. 18, 2018, document from the FBI, obtained by the Union-Tribune, specifies an alleged plan for activists to purchase guns from a "Mexico-based cartel associate known as Cobra Commander," or Ivan Riebeling.
The protesters wanted to "stage an armed rebellion at the border," the FBI reported to dozens of federal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Mexico.
The unclassified report was provided to the Union-Tribune on the condition the person providing it would not be named, and with the request that the entire document not be shared online because of the ongoing nature of the investigation.
The document warns of "anti-fascist activists" that "planned to disrupt U.S. law enforcement and military security operations at the US/Mexican border."
Two additional law enforcement officials confirmed the investigation is ongoing, although no one has been charged. "Unclassified" means information can be released to people without a security clearance, but the document was also labeled "law enforcement sensitive," which means it was intended to be seen only by those in law enforcement.
"This is an information report, not finally evaluated intelligence," the six-page report states. "Receiving agencies are requested not to take action based on this raw reporting without prior coordination with the FBI."
The FBI sent its report with "priority" to the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Drug Enforcement Agency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Administration, among other agencies.
Two people named in the report, Ivan Riebeling and Evan Duke, said the accusations are untrue and illogical.
Duke, an Antifa activist, said he never met Riebeling and that Riebeling was not someone he would have associated with.
Riebeling also said the accusations in the FBI's report are illogical.
"It doesn't make any sense that someone from the United States would purchase guns in Mexico. And the Hondurans certainly didn't bring money to buy guns. It doesn't make any sense; in fact it's extremely absurd to say the Hondurans wanted to attack the United States at the border," said Reibeling.
A few names included in the FBI report overlap with names included in a secret database of people being monitored by Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security Investigations, originally reported by NBC San Diego and Telemundo 20.
However, the database includes many others not included in the FBI's report, and it remains unclear why those people — mostly American journalists, activists and attorneys — were targeted and monitored.
In March, it was discovered that Customs and Border Protection had compiled lists of people it wanted to stop for questioning at the border. Agents questioned or arrested at least 21 of them, according to documents obtained by NBC San Diego. On that list, Reibeling is described as an "instigator," and Duke's name and picture is also included.
CBP said the names on the list are people who were present when violence broke out at the Tijuana border in November and January, when agents deployed tear gas. The agency said people were being questioned so that the agency could learn more about what started the altercations.
Some of the people detained and questioned said they were asked whether anyone was encouraging migrants to rush the border during the two incidents. Several people confirmed they were told they were being questioned as part of a "national security investigation."
The FBI's report says a group of activists in Tijuana supporting the migrant caravan "were encouraged to bring personally owned weapons to the border and the group also intended to purchase weapons from a Mexico-based cartel associate known as Cobra Commander, AKA the Mexican Rambo, and smuggle the weapons into the United States."
Several activists involved with the migrant caravan said the accusation that they would try to purchase weapons in Mexico is especially absurd, given that buying guns in the United States is easy and legal.
"Here I find the government again trying to tie me into some (stuff) I wasn't involved in," said Duke, a U.S. activist who is opposed to President Donald Trump's immigration policies and whose work in Tijuana was monitored by federal authorities.
Duke said Riebeling was not someone he would have associated with because he didn't trust him and because Riebeling had expressed negative views in social media videos about the migrants in the caravan.
"We were warned to look out for him," said Duke. "We took the precaution to find out who he was and where he was, but we never had any contact with him. And we never saw him around the migrant caravan."
Riebeling said he was originally helping an earlier caravan of mostly women and children who arrived in Tijuana, but he quickly decided he "no longer wanted to help Hondurans."
"I can send you several videos of myself attacking the Hondurans because they are my enemies," Riebeling said during a recent interview.
Reibeling said he was never detained or interrogated by the FBI about his involvement with the migrant caravan. He said he took no part in trying to sell guns to anyone and that he's not a cartel member.
"I am not cartel. I don't sell drugs. I don't sell arms," said Riebeling. "I'm a revolutionary. A man who believes in his ideals, and I'm going to defend Mexico."
The unclassified FBI report identifies Riebeling as being "associated with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel," but Riebeling, a Tijuana resident, said he is not.
"If I were selling drugs, or guns, they would kill me," said Riebeling.
Riebeling said he was upset by the accusations in the report.
"The government of the United States knows perfectly well that I am not a member of any cartel," said Riebeling. "I have associates with several of the cartels, yes I do, but I am not a narco-trafficker and they know that."
Riebeling said he became angry with members of the Central American caravan in Tijuana after he discovered some were selling items he brought them for humanitarian relief, like blankets, water and shoes.
"They were exchanging these items for drugs and it made me mad, and I no longer wanted to help them and I was vocal about it," he said.
In a video he posted online, he encouraged members of drug cartels to attack migrants with bats and "hunt down" migrants to take them to Mexican immigration authorities to be deported.
Many members of the migrant caravan were attacked with rocks and tear gas. Two Honduran teenagers were brutally killed.
Duke said he was told to avoid Riebeling because of his negative views about migrants.
"I was warned about him when I arrived in TJ," said Duke. "His name came up to me from a couple different sources to watch out for this guy."
The FBI's report says Duke was working with Riebeling and others not just to procure weapons, but to help set up camps to train activists to become "community defense militias, also known as autodensas."
"Organizers planned for the camps to be used as staging platforms from which five person units would form to train anarchists in fighting, combat, and conducting reconnaissance, and then launch to disrupt U.S. government operations along the border," the report states.
After the report was distributed to dozens of law enforcement agencies, Duke faced intense scrutiny when crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Duke said that along with another activist, he was twice hot-stopped — held at gunpoint by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and detained for hours — as he tried to cross.
In one instance, Duke said, he was driving into San Diego from Tijuana at the San Ysidro Port of Entry after delivering supplies to migrants at shelters in Tijuana.
When he got near the CBP checkpoint, border officials drew their guns and ordered him out of the car, Duke said.
"My first thought was: 'Wow I don't think this is good. This can't be good,'" said Duke. "I overheard their radios and someone was saying, 'You've got so many guns on these guys. You're only supposed to have six guns on them.' I think there were 25 guns on us at that moment."
Based on questions investigators asked him, Duke said he believes it's possible that authorities are acting upon information provided to law enforcement by right-wing conspiracy groups. He said a North Dakota radio talk-show host bragged on the air about reporting him and his colleagues to law enforcement.
In mid-November, Duke and a group of activists began renting a house in Tijuana and hosting about 25 volunteers at a time working to counter what they viewed as the U.S. government's violation of asylum seekers' human rights.
The FBI's report says the rental house in Tijuana was guarded by armed group members.
Riebeling, who also goes by the names Ivan del Campo, Ivan Mariano Martin del Campo and Jose Ivan Reiveling Sierra, has criminal records in Mexico and the United States, according to a Mexican state police document and confirmed by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Riebeling was arrested in 1997 by CBP for allegedly trying to smuggle nine to 10 pounds of marijuana into the United States, but the charges against him were dropped, according to a June 2017 letter from the DEA to Baja California's Policía Estatal Preventiva.
In March 2007, Chula Vista police arrested Riebeling on suspicion of carrying a concealed stolen gun in his car, according to the letter. DEA agents in San Ysidro arrested Riebeling in March 2008, and he was convicted in federal court for kidnapping and robbery. He was sentenced to 48 months in prison but received clemency, the DEA's letter states. ( From who?)
The "Procuraduría de Justicia del Estado de Baja California," which is the equivalent of the attorney general for the state of Baja California, confirmed that Riebeling has at least two criminal records in Mexico for assaulting police officers.
©2019 The San Diego Union-Tribune. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Also:
> Note: Several photos, , videos, etc. at links.
> http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/lemons-gun-totin-left-wingers-demonstrate-trump-rally-bloodshed-on-the-horizon-9192965
https://www.superstation95.com/index.php/world/3551
(Video is embedded)
https://youtu.be/HWpVxtNI2ew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWpVxtNI2ew&feature=youtu.be
(Direct link)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/27/heavily-armed-left-wing-group-tries-to-intimidate-liberal-reporter-filming-them-it-doesnt-work/
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/our_community/mesa-gun-show-finds-more-women-less-urgency-to-purchase/article_553abed4-602f-11e7-9bde-7f4ac7053b17.html
"Haymaker collective"
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5501347307001/?#sp=show-clips
http://www.ktvz.com/news/1000s-of-ammunition-rounds-stolen-at-crater-lake-natl-park/323148761
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/humboldt-park-street-renamed-for-freed-faln-leader/
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/the-watchdogs-gun-shop-burglaries-helping-fuel-chicago-violence/
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/7/knights-for-socialism-hosts-leftist-fight-club-tra/
End
Note: as the far left arms up.
Feds Investigate Armed Antifa Intervention at US-Mexico Border
April 29, 2019
https://www.libertyheadlines.com/armed-antifa-us-mexico-border/
'I'm a revolutionary. A man who believes in his ideals…'
Communist Backed ANTIFA to Hold Uprisings on Nov 4 to Demand Removal of Trump
Photo by oinonio (CC)
(Wendy Fry, The San Diego Union-Tribune)
When federal law enforcement officials last year began collecting dossiers on mostly American journalists, activists and lawyers in Tijuana involved with the migrant caravan, one part of their investigation focused on an alleged plot by a drug cartel to sell guns to protesters, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation report.
A Dec. 18, 2018, document from the FBI, obtained by the Union-Tribune, specifies an alleged plan for activists to purchase guns from a "Mexico-based cartel associate known as Cobra Commander," or Ivan Riebeling.
The protesters wanted to "stage an armed rebellion at the border," the FBI reported to dozens of federal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Mexico.
The unclassified report was provided to the Union-Tribune on the condition the person providing it would not be named, and with the request that the entire document not be shared online because of the ongoing nature of the investigation.
The document warns of "anti-fascist activists" that "planned to disrupt U.S. law enforcement and military security operations at the US/Mexican border."
Two additional law enforcement officials confirmed the investigation is ongoing, although no one has been charged. "Unclassified" means information can be released to people without a security clearance, but the document was also labeled "law enforcement sensitive," which means it was intended to be seen only by those in law enforcement.
"This is an information report, not finally evaluated intelligence," the six-page report states. "Receiving agencies are requested not to take action based on this raw reporting without prior coordination with the FBI."
The FBI sent its report with "priority" to the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Drug Enforcement Agency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Administration, among other agencies.
Two people named in the report, Ivan Riebeling and Evan Duke, said the accusations are untrue and illogical.
Duke, an Antifa activist, said he never met Riebeling and that Riebeling was not someone he would have associated with.
Riebeling also said the accusations in the FBI's report are illogical.
"It doesn't make any sense that someone from the United States would purchase guns in Mexico. And the Hondurans certainly didn't bring money to buy guns. It doesn't make any sense; in fact it's extremely absurd to say the Hondurans wanted to attack the United States at the border," said Reibeling.
A few names included in the FBI report overlap with names included in a secret database of people being monitored by Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security Investigations, originally reported by NBC San Diego and Telemundo 20.
However, the database includes many others not included in the FBI's report, and it remains unclear why those people — mostly American journalists, activists and attorneys — were targeted and monitored.
In March, it was discovered that Customs and Border Protection had compiled lists of people it wanted to stop for questioning at the border. Agents questioned or arrested at least 21 of them, according to documents obtained by NBC San Diego. On that list, Reibeling is described as an "instigator," and Duke's name and picture is also included.
CBP said the names on the list are people who were present when violence broke out at the Tijuana border in November and January, when agents deployed tear gas. The agency said people were being questioned so that the agency could learn more about what started the altercations.
Some of the people detained and questioned said they were asked whether anyone was encouraging migrants to rush the border during the two incidents. Several people confirmed they were told they were being questioned as part of a "national security investigation."
The FBI's report says a group of activists in Tijuana supporting the migrant caravan "were encouraged to bring personally owned weapons to the border and the group also intended to purchase weapons from a Mexico-based cartel associate known as Cobra Commander, AKA the Mexican Rambo, and smuggle the weapons into the United States."
Several activists involved with the migrant caravan said the accusation that they would try to purchase weapons in Mexico is especially absurd, given that buying guns in the United States is easy and legal.
"Here I find the government again trying to tie me into some (stuff) I wasn't involved in," said Duke, a U.S. activist who is opposed to President Donald Trump's immigration policies and whose work in Tijuana was monitored by federal authorities.
Duke said Riebeling was not someone he would have associated with because he didn't trust him and because Riebeling had expressed negative views in social media videos about the migrants in the caravan.
"We were warned to look out for him," said Duke. "We took the precaution to find out who he was and where he was, but we never had any contact with him. And we never saw him around the migrant caravan."
Riebeling said he was originally helping an earlier caravan of mostly women and children who arrived in Tijuana, but he quickly decided he "no longer wanted to help Hondurans."
"I can send you several videos of myself attacking the Hondurans because they are my enemies," Riebeling said during a recent interview.
Reibeling said he was never detained or interrogated by the FBI about his involvement with the migrant caravan. He said he took no part in trying to sell guns to anyone and that he's not a cartel member.
"I am not cartel. I don't sell drugs. I don't sell arms," said Riebeling. "I'm a revolutionary. A man who believes in his ideals, and I'm going to defend Mexico."
The unclassified FBI report identifies Riebeling as being "associated with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel," but Riebeling, a Tijuana resident, said he is not.
"If I were selling drugs, or guns, they would kill me," said Riebeling.
Riebeling said he was upset by the accusations in the report.
"The government of the United States knows perfectly well that I am not a member of any cartel," said Riebeling. "I have associates with several of the cartels, yes I do, but I am not a narco-trafficker and they know that."
Riebeling said he became angry with members of the Central American caravan in Tijuana after he discovered some were selling items he brought them for humanitarian relief, like blankets, water and shoes.
"They were exchanging these items for drugs and it made me mad, and I no longer wanted to help them and I was vocal about it," he said.
In a video he posted online, he encouraged members of drug cartels to attack migrants with bats and "hunt down" migrants to take them to Mexican immigration authorities to be deported.
Many members of the migrant caravan were attacked with rocks and tear gas. Two Honduran teenagers were brutally killed.
Duke said he was told to avoid Riebeling because of his negative views about migrants.
"I was warned about him when I arrived in TJ," said Duke. "His name came up to me from a couple different sources to watch out for this guy."
The FBI's report says Duke was working with Riebeling and others not just to procure weapons, but to help set up camps to train activists to become "community defense militias, also known as autodensas."
"Organizers planned for the camps to be used as staging platforms from which five person units would form to train anarchists in fighting, combat, and conducting reconnaissance, and then launch to disrupt U.S. government operations along the border," the report states.
After the report was distributed to dozens of law enforcement agencies, Duke faced intense scrutiny when crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Duke said that along with another activist, he was twice hot-stopped — held at gunpoint by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and detained for hours — as he tried to cross.
In one instance, Duke said, he was driving into San Diego from Tijuana at the San Ysidro Port of Entry after delivering supplies to migrants at shelters in Tijuana.
When he got near the CBP checkpoint, border officials drew their guns and ordered him out of the car, Duke said.
"My first thought was: 'Wow I don't think this is good. This can't be good,'" said Duke. "I overheard their radios and someone was saying, 'You've got so many guns on these guys. You're only supposed to have six guns on them.' I think there were 25 guns on us at that moment."
Based on questions investigators asked him, Duke said he believes it's possible that authorities are acting upon information provided to law enforcement by right-wing conspiracy groups. He said a North Dakota radio talk-show host bragged on the air about reporting him and his colleagues to law enforcement.
In mid-November, Duke and a group of activists began renting a house in Tijuana and hosting about 25 volunteers at a time working to counter what they viewed as the U.S. government's violation of asylum seekers' human rights.
The FBI's report says the rental house in Tijuana was guarded by armed group members.
Riebeling, who also goes by the names Ivan del Campo, Ivan Mariano Martin del Campo and Jose Ivan Reiveling Sierra, has criminal records in Mexico and the United States, according to a Mexican state police document and confirmed by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Riebeling was arrested in 1997 by CBP for allegedly trying to smuggle nine to 10 pounds of marijuana into the United States, but the charges against him were dropped, according to a June 2017 letter from the DEA to Baja California's Policía Estatal Preventiva.
In March 2007, Chula Vista police arrested Riebeling on suspicion of carrying a concealed stolen gun in his car, according to the letter. DEA agents in San Ysidro arrested Riebeling in March 2008, and he was convicted in federal court for kidnapping and robbery. He was sentenced to 48 months in prison but received clemency, the DEA's letter states. ( From who?)
The "Procuraduría de Justicia del Estado de Baja California," which is the equivalent of the attorney general for the state of Baja California, confirmed that Riebeling has at least two criminal records in Mexico for assaulting police officers.
©2019 The San Diego Union-Tribune. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Also:
> Note: Several photos, , videos, etc. at links.
> http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/lemons-gun-totin-left-wingers-demonstrate-trump-rally-bloodshed-on-the-horizon-9192965
https://www.superstation95.com/index.php/world/3551
(Video is embedded)
https://youtu.be/HWpVxtNI2ew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWpVxtNI2ew&feature=youtu.be
(Direct link)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/27/heavily-armed-left-wing-group-tries-to-intimidate-liberal-reporter-filming-them-it-doesnt-work/
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/our_community/mesa-gun-show-finds-more-women-less-urgency-to-purchase/article_553abed4-602f-11e7-9bde-7f4ac7053b17.html
"Haymaker collective"
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5501347307001/?#sp=show-clips
http://www.ktvz.com/news/1000s-of-ammunition-rounds-stolen-at-crater-lake-natl-park/323148761
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/humboldt-park-street-renamed-for-freed-faln-leader/
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/the-watchdogs-gun-shop-burglaries-helping-fuel-chicago-violence/
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/7/knights-for-socialism-hosts-leftist-fight-club-tra/
End
AZMEX POLICY 27-4-19
AZMEX POLICY 27 APR 2019
Note: long article, but no mention of stopping the drug trade. Have to question why?
Also: will the new "National Guard" be the enforcers for the Morena party?
Gracias
Senate approves the National Public Security Strategy
The legislators approved in general and particular, with 78 votes in favor, four against and 30 abstentions,
the National Strategy of Public Safety of the Federal Executive
04/25/2019 10:00 PM NOTIMEX
https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/senado-aprueba-la-estrategia-nacional-de-seguridad-publica/1309530
The Senate approved in general and particular the National Public Security Strategy of the Federal Executive,
with 78 votes in favor, four against and 30 abstentions. - Photo: @senadomexicano
MEXICO CITY.
The Senate approved in general and particular the National Strategy of Public Security of the Federal Executive,
with 78 votes in favor, four against and 30 abstentions.
In a prolonged session, which included the appearance of the secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Alfonso Durazo Montaño,
the legislative body gave the green light to the document presented on February 1 last.
In the debate the senators Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín, of the PRI, and Julen Rementería, of the PAN, questioned the purposes of the Strategy,
while Virginia Meza Guzmán, of Morena, defended it considering that it contemplates the how and why to overthrow violence and insecurity.
In turn, Alejandra del Carmen León Gastélum, of the PT, maintained that the document "seeks to address the security problems from its root",
while, by Movimiento Ciudadano, Dante Delgado Rannauro announced that they will be attentive to the results that the action of the National Guard.
For the PRI, Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín argued that security does not depend on political discourses,
but that there are bodies in the matter that are honest and committed to society. (???)
He considered that the Strategy in the matter is a fundamentally declarative document, with an analysis and political declaration
and "there are no data or figures that allow knowing how the Federal Government understands the situation of insecurity and violence".
He clarified that the PRI members "do not rejoice that the government can not meet their goals" in terms of security,
and insisted that the Strategy is an incomplete document "that by itself will not help us overcome violence and insecurity" .
Julen Rementería del Puerto, of the PAN, clarified that they are not against the "good intention" of achieving peace in the country,
"what we do not see is that this document reaches as a strategy".
When we have a strategy at hand we would be able to approve it, "added the PAN legislator,
who added that the problem of insecurity will not be resolved with acts of good faith or good intentions.
For Morena, Senator Lucia Virginia Meza asked for the vote in favor of this Strategy "that Mexico urgently needs,"
because the country is in great pain because of all that it is living through.
In his opinion, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has not promised that in six months the security problem will be resolved,
but rather that the National Guard will come into operation in that period, underpinning the Strategy .
Within the strategy that was presented before by Durazo Montaño, priority is placed on combating the crimes that most affect society,
including extortion, robbery, kidnapping, homicide, femicide and human trafficking.
Previously, the secretary of Security and Citizen Protection said that it intends to achieve a turning point
in the trend of crime in the first six months of its application.
Achieve reasonable levels of peace and tranquility in the first three years, and take advantage of the remaining three years of the sexennium
to consolidate the results and deliver, in 2024, a stable and peaceful country, "he said.
He explained that not only is the pursuit of criminal objectives pursued, but also to dismantle their structures
based on the million-dollar flow of resources and weapons, which includes the Financial Intelligence Unit
to attack parallel financial schemes and the persecution of leaders of criminal organizations.
In addition, it proposes a radical reform of the public security system and partially reorient the resources of the Armed Forces
to assign them, primarily, to public security.
jcp
Note: long article, but no mention of stopping the drug trade. Have to question why?
Also: will the new "National Guard" be the enforcers for the Morena party?
Gracias
Senate approves the National Public Security Strategy
The legislators approved in general and particular, with 78 votes in favor, four against and 30 abstentions,
the National Strategy of Public Safety of the Federal Executive
04/25/2019 10:00 PM NOTIMEX
https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/senado-aprueba-la-estrategia-nacional-de-seguridad-publica/1309530
The Senate approved in general and particular the National Public Security Strategy of the Federal Executive,
with 78 votes in favor, four against and 30 abstentions. - Photo: @senadomexicano
MEXICO CITY.
The Senate approved in general and particular the National Strategy of Public Security of the Federal Executive,
with 78 votes in favor, four against and 30 abstentions.
In a prolonged session, which included the appearance of the secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Alfonso Durazo Montaño,
the legislative body gave the green light to the document presented on February 1 last.
In the debate the senators Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín, of the PRI, and Julen Rementería, of the PAN, questioned the purposes of the Strategy,
while Virginia Meza Guzmán, of Morena, defended it considering that it contemplates the how and why to overthrow violence and insecurity.
In turn, Alejandra del Carmen León Gastélum, of the PT, maintained that the document "seeks to address the security problems from its root",
while, by Movimiento Ciudadano, Dante Delgado Rannauro announced that they will be attentive to the results that the action of the National Guard.
For the PRI, Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín argued that security does not depend on political discourses,
but that there are bodies in the matter that are honest and committed to society. (???)
He considered that the Strategy in the matter is a fundamentally declarative document, with an analysis and political declaration
and "there are no data or figures that allow knowing how the Federal Government understands the situation of insecurity and violence".
He clarified that the PRI members "do not rejoice that the government can not meet their goals" in terms of security,
and insisted that the Strategy is an incomplete document "that by itself will not help us overcome violence and insecurity" .
Julen Rementería del Puerto, of the PAN, clarified that they are not against the "good intention" of achieving peace in the country,
"what we do not see is that this document reaches as a strategy".
When we have a strategy at hand we would be able to approve it, "added the PAN legislator,
who added that the problem of insecurity will not be resolved with acts of good faith or good intentions.
For Morena, Senator Lucia Virginia Meza asked for the vote in favor of this Strategy "that Mexico urgently needs,"
because the country is in great pain because of all that it is living through.
In his opinion, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has not promised that in six months the security problem will be resolved,
but rather that the National Guard will come into operation in that period, underpinning the Strategy .
Within the strategy that was presented before by Durazo Montaño, priority is placed on combating the crimes that most affect society,
including extortion, robbery, kidnapping, homicide, femicide and human trafficking.
Previously, the secretary of Security and Citizen Protection said that it intends to achieve a turning point
in the trend of crime in the first six months of its application.
Achieve reasonable levels of peace and tranquility in the first three years, and take advantage of the remaining three years of the sexennium
to consolidate the results and deliver, in 2024, a stable and peaceful country, "he said.
He explained that not only is the pursuit of criminal objectives pursued, but also to dismantle their structures
based on the million-dollar flow of resources and weapons, which includes the Financial Intelligence Unit
to attack parallel financial schemes and the persecution of leaders of criminal organizations.
In addition, it proposes a radical reform of the public security system and partially reorient the resources of the Armed Forces
to assign them, primarily, to public security.
jcp
Sunday, April 28, 2019
AZMEX POLICY2 27-4-19
AZMEX POLICY2 27 APR 2019
Pope Francis donates 500 thousand dollars to migrants in Mexico
The Holy See informed that the resources were granted to 26 projects of 16 dioceses and congregations of the Mexican Church.
EFE
Vatican / 27.04.2019 09:42:42
https://www.milenio.com/internacional/papa-francisco-dona-500-mil-dolares-migrantes-mexico
Pope Francis donated half a million dollars so that the Church can continue to help Central American migrants in Mexico,
who are heading to the United States.
We recommend: "It has no heart" who rejects homosexuals: Pope
The Holy See reported that the resources are from the St. Peter's pope, which finances the Vatican's charitable works through donations from the faithful,
after the Mexican Church asked for help "to continue providing shelter, food and basic necessities" migrants
He stressed that half a million dollars (450 thousand euros) will be distributed in 26 projects of 16 dioceses and religious congregations in Mexico.
Thirteen of these projects have already been approved by the dioceses of
Cautitlan, Nogales, Mazatlan, Querétaro, San Andrés Tuxtla, Nuevo Laredo and Tijuana,
and by the congregations of the Scalabrinians, the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary and the Josefinas sisters.
Another fourteen projects to help migrants are still in the assessment phase because, before allocating funds,
Vatican rules demand transparent information on their use.
"Thanks to these projects, to charity and to Christian solidarity,
the Mexican bishops hope to continue helping the brothers and sisters who migrate,"
he says in the Óbolo statement.
In the same it is explained that in recent times thousands of migrants stay in Mexico
after crossing countries such as Honduras, El Sálvador or Guatemala, for "poverty and violence",
because the border of the United States "remains closed for them" .
In 2018 six caravans of migrants, consisting of a total of 75,000 people, entered Mexico.
"All these people have been blocked by not being able to enter the United States, without homes or means."
The Catholic Church welcomes thousands of them in the shelters of dioceses and religious congregations,
giving them what is necessary to live, as a roof. or clothes, "says the Vatican.
However, the Holy See stressed that "media coverage of this emergency has been decreasing and,
as a consequence, aid to immigrants has also been reduced by the Government and by the private sector."
FLC
Pope Francis donates 500 thousand dollars to migrants in Mexico
The Holy See informed that the resources were granted to 26 projects of 16 dioceses and congregations of the Mexican Church.
EFE
Vatican / 27.04.2019 09:42:42
https://www.milenio.com/internacional/papa-francisco-dona-500-mil-dolares-migrantes-mexico
Pope Francis donated half a million dollars so that the Church can continue to help Central American migrants in Mexico,
who are heading to the United States.
We recommend: "It has no heart" who rejects homosexuals: Pope
The Holy See reported that the resources are from the St. Peter's pope, which finances the Vatican's charitable works through donations from the faithful,
after the Mexican Church asked for help "to continue providing shelter, food and basic necessities" migrants
He stressed that half a million dollars (450 thousand euros) will be distributed in 26 projects of 16 dioceses and religious congregations in Mexico.
Thirteen of these projects have already been approved by the dioceses of
Cautitlan, Nogales, Mazatlan, Querétaro, San Andrés Tuxtla, Nuevo Laredo and Tijuana,
and by the congregations of the Scalabrinians, the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary and the Josefinas sisters.
Another fourteen projects to help migrants are still in the assessment phase because, before allocating funds,
Vatican rules demand transparent information on their use.
"Thanks to these projects, to charity and to Christian solidarity,
the Mexican bishops hope to continue helping the brothers and sisters who migrate,"
he says in the Óbolo statement.
In the same it is explained that in recent times thousands of migrants stay in Mexico
after crossing countries such as Honduras, El Sálvador or Guatemala, for "poverty and violence",
because the border of the United States "remains closed for them" .
In 2018 six caravans of migrants, consisting of a total of 75,000 people, entered Mexico.
"All these people have been blocked by not being able to enter the United States, without homes or means."
The Catholic Church welcomes thousands of them in the shelters of dioceses and religious congregations,
giving them what is necessary to live, as a roof. or clothes, "says the Vatican.
However, the Holy See stressed that "media coverage of this emergency has been decreasing and,
as a consequence, aid to immigrants has also been reduced by the Government and by the private sector."
FLC
AZMEX POLICY2 27-4-19
AZMEX POLICY2 27 APR 2019
Pope Francis donates 500 thousand dollars to migrants in Mexico
The Holy See informed that the resources were granted to 26 projects of 16 dioceses and congregations of the Mexican Church.
EFE
Vatican / 27.04.2019 09:42:42
https://www.milenio.com/internacional/papa-francisco-dona-500-mil-dolares-migrantes-mexico
Pope Francis donated half a million dollars so that the Church can continue to help Central American migrants in Mexico,
who are heading to the United States.
We recommend: "It has no heart" who rejects homosexuals: Pope
The Holy See reported that the resources are from the St. Peter's pope, which finances the Vatican's charitable works through donations from the faithful,
after the Mexican Church asked for help "to continue providing shelter, food and basic necessities" migrants
He stressed that half a million dollars (450 thousand euros) will be distributed in 26 projects of 16 dioceses and religious congregations in Mexico.
Thirteen of these projects have already been approved by the dioceses of
Cautitlan, Nogales, Mazatlan, Querétaro, San Andrés Tuxtla, Nuevo Laredo and Tijuana,
and by the congregations of the Scalabrinians, the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary and the Josefinas sisters.
Another fourteen projects to help migrants are still in the assessment phase because, before allocating funds,
Vatican rules demand transparent information on their use.
"Thanks to these projects, to charity and to Christian solidarity,
the Mexican bishops hope to continue helping the brothers and sisters who migrate,"
he says in the Óbolo statement.
In the same it is explained that in recent times thousands of migrants stay in Mexico
after crossing countries such as Honduras, El Sálvador or Guatemala, for "poverty and violence",
because the border of the United States "remains closed for them" .
In 2018 six caravans of migrants, consisting of a total of 75,000 people, entered Mexico.
"All these people have been blocked by not being able to enter the United States, without homes or means."
The Catholic Church welcomes thousands of them in the shelters of dioceses and religious congregations,
giving them what is necessary to live, as a roof. or clothes, "says the Vatican.
However, the Holy See stressed that "media coverage of this emergency has been decreasing and,
as a consequence, aid to immigrants has also been reduced by the Government and by the private sector."
FLC
Pope Francis donates 500 thousand dollars to migrants in Mexico
The Holy See informed that the resources were granted to 26 projects of 16 dioceses and congregations of the Mexican Church.
EFE
Vatican / 27.04.2019 09:42:42
https://www.milenio.com/internacional/papa-francisco-dona-500-mil-dolares-migrantes-mexico
Pope Francis donated half a million dollars so that the Church can continue to help Central American migrants in Mexico,
who are heading to the United States.
We recommend: "It has no heart" who rejects homosexuals: Pope
The Holy See reported that the resources are from the St. Peter's pope, which finances the Vatican's charitable works through donations from the faithful,
after the Mexican Church asked for help "to continue providing shelter, food and basic necessities" migrants
He stressed that half a million dollars (450 thousand euros) will be distributed in 26 projects of 16 dioceses and religious congregations in Mexico.
Thirteen of these projects have already been approved by the dioceses of
Cautitlan, Nogales, Mazatlan, Querétaro, San Andrés Tuxtla, Nuevo Laredo and Tijuana,
and by the congregations of the Scalabrinians, the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary and the Josefinas sisters.
Another fourteen projects to help migrants are still in the assessment phase because, before allocating funds,
Vatican rules demand transparent information on their use.
"Thanks to these projects, to charity and to Christian solidarity,
the Mexican bishops hope to continue helping the brothers and sisters who migrate,"
he says in the Óbolo statement.
In the same it is explained that in recent times thousands of migrants stay in Mexico
after crossing countries such as Honduras, El Sálvador or Guatemala, for "poverty and violence",
because the border of the United States "remains closed for them" .
In 2018 six caravans of migrants, consisting of a total of 75,000 people, entered Mexico.
"All these people have been blocked by not being able to enter the United States, without homes or means."
The Catholic Church welcomes thousands of them in the shelters of dioceses and religious congregations,
giving them what is necessary to live, as a roof. or clothes, "says the Vatican.
However, the Holy See stressed that "media coverage of this emergency has been decreasing and,
as a consequence, aid to immigrants has also been reduced by the Government and by the private sector."
FLC
Friday, April 26, 2019
AZMEX I3 26-4-19
AZMEX I3 26 APR 2019
Mexico City, April 24 .--
https://www.jornada.com.mx/sin-fronteras/2019/04/24/en-tres-meses-han-pasado-por-mexico-unas-300-mil-personas-sg-686.html
Mexico faces an unprecedented behavior of migratory flows with the presence of citizens from
Central America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa
that generates complex scenarios in the southern and northern borders of Mexico,
according to the Secretariats of Foreign Affairs (SRE) and the Ministry of the Interior. (SG),
as well as the National Institute of Migration (INM).
In joint conference of those dependencies, the head of the SG, Olga Sanchez Cordero, indicated:
It is estimated that during the first three months of the year nearly 300,000 migrants have traveled through Mexico
to enter the United States irregularly.
According to information provided by Christopher Gascon -representative in Mexico of the International Organization for Migration,
mid-2018 in the Chamber of Deputies-, between 400 thousand and 600 thousand people cross into the United States without documents,
mainly from Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico.
Sánchez Cordero said that since December there has been unprecedented behavior in the Central American migratory flow,
a notable increase in the number of nationals of Cuba and People from Africa and Asia have arrived in an unusual way.
He explained that there is an unprecedented composition of women and minors in groups of migrants
that cross national territory.
The commissioner of the INM, Tonatiuh Guillén, said that Mexico is experiencing a situation with unusual flows
that have generated a special situation in the southern border region, which is being resolved.
He explained that in Chiapas there are about a thousand Cubans and more than 2,000 in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.
The extra-continental flow, he added, rose dramatically; has at least three years of increasing.
and the result is that in Tapachula, Chiapas, there are approximately 1,300 people in a pop-up shelter.
Thousands of migrants who are in national territory are not in ideal conditions
we would like, said Alejandro Encinas, undersecretary of Human Rights, Migration and Population of the SG.
The main problem is presented by those who do not want to enter the shelters, explained Encinas.
Minimum standards are being met to guarantee all health, epidemiology, food, water and sanitation issues, he added.
The SG affirmed that the federal government is doing everything in its power to assist migrants
and provide them with humanitarian assistance, but "we ask that they contribute with two basic behaviors:
first, respect our laws and our authorities,
and second, accept its registration as a precondition for deciding its migratory status.
Regrettable operative
The operation carried out on Monday in Pijijiapan, Chiapas, in which 367 migrants were arrested,
It was regrettable because of the events that took place, said Tonatiuh Guillén.
END
Mexico City, April 24 .--
https://www.jornada.com.mx/sin-fronteras/2019/04/24/en-tres-meses-han-pasado-por-mexico-unas-300-mil-personas-sg-686.html
Mexico faces an unprecedented behavior of migratory flows with the presence of citizens from
Central America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa
that generates complex scenarios in the southern and northern borders of Mexico,
according to the Secretariats of Foreign Affairs (SRE) and the Ministry of the Interior. (SG),
as well as the National Institute of Migration (INM).
In joint conference of those dependencies, the head of the SG, Olga Sanchez Cordero, indicated:
It is estimated that during the first three months of the year nearly 300,000 migrants have traveled through Mexico
to enter the United States irregularly.
According to information provided by Christopher Gascon -representative in Mexico of the International Organization for Migration,
mid-2018 in the Chamber of Deputies-, between 400 thousand and 600 thousand people cross into the United States without documents,
mainly from Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico.
Sánchez Cordero said that since December there has been unprecedented behavior in the Central American migratory flow,
a notable increase in the number of nationals of Cuba and People from Africa and Asia have arrived in an unusual way.
He explained that there is an unprecedented composition of women and minors in groups of migrants
that cross national territory.
The commissioner of the INM, Tonatiuh Guillén, said that Mexico is experiencing a situation with unusual flows
that have generated a special situation in the southern border region, which is being resolved.
He explained that in Chiapas there are about a thousand Cubans and more than 2,000 in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.
The extra-continental flow, he added, rose dramatically; has at least three years of increasing.
and the result is that in Tapachula, Chiapas, there are approximately 1,300 people in a pop-up shelter.
Thousands of migrants who are in national territory are not in ideal conditions
we would like, said Alejandro Encinas, undersecretary of Human Rights, Migration and Population of the SG.
The main problem is presented by those who do not want to enter the shelters, explained Encinas.
Minimum standards are being met to guarantee all health, epidemiology, food, water and sanitation issues, he added.
The SG affirmed that the federal government is doing everything in its power to assist migrants
and provide them with humanitarian assistance, but "we ask that they contribute with two basic behaviors:
first, respect our laws and our authorities,
and second, accept its registration as a precondition for deciding its migratory status.
Regrettable operative
The operation carried out on Monday in Pijijiapan, Chiapas, in which 367 migrants were arrested,
It was regrettable because of the events that took place, said Tonatiuh Guillén.
END
Thursday, April 25, 2019
AZMEX POLICY 25-4-19
AZMEX POLICY 25 APR 2019
US-Mexico border patrol events are common: SRE
Details Published on Wednesday, April 24, 2019,
Written by EXCELSIOR
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=128172
CDMX
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs minimized the incident in which a group of Mexican soldiers allegedly pointed their weapons
at border guards in the United States on April 13 near the border, without major consequences.
"This type of incident is common, since it is a verification of ordinary patrol,
without consequences for both governments, who maintain permanent and fluid communication.
"On this particular event, they were in direct and timely contact," he said in a statement.
After the message published this morning by President Donald Trump,
the Mexican Foreign Ministry explained that on April 13,
at the Colonia Parcelas, Ciudad Juarez, ( Clint, TX )
a group of Mexican soldiers met with two US soldiers who were carrying out support operations in an unidentified vehicle
that was located south of the border fence, within the territory of the United States,
in an area where the boundary of the border is not clear due to its geography. (?)
He noted that after the corresponding investigation,
it was determined that the vehicle of the military of that country was placed north of the border fence to avoid confusion.
The federal agency said that "Mexico reiterates its willingness to maintain a good bilateral relationship
based on trust and mutual respect."
END
Armed Mexican soldiers confronted US soldiers on US soil near Clint
By: By Associated Press
Posted: Apr 23, 2019 04:26 PM MDT
Updated: Apr 23, 2019 04:26 PM MDT
https://www.kvia.com/news/border/armed-mexican-soldiers-confronted-us-soldiers-on-us-soil-near-clint/1071775505
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two U.S. soldiers in a remote area of Texas were confronted by Mexican soldiers
who thought the Americans had crossed into Mexico, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
The Mexican troops reportedly removed a weapon from the American soldier who was armed.
U.S. Northern Command, which manages military support for Customs and Border Protection,
said the Americans were in a CBP vehicle in a remote area in the vicinity of Clint, Texas.
The incident happened on April 13 and was first reported by Newsweek,
which said one of the Mexican military members removed a service pistol from the hip of one of the Americans
and threw it inside the U.S. government vehicle.
A Northern Command statement to The Associated Press on Tuesday said an inquiry by the Defense Department and CBP
revealed that the Mexican military members believed they were on Mexican territory at the time they confronted the Americans.
The incident happened on a slice of U.S. territory south of the border wall but north of the actual border.
"After a brief discussion between the soldiers from the two nations, the Mexican military members departed the area,"
Northern Command said. "The U.S. soldiers immediately contacted CBP, who responded quickly.
Throughout the incident, the U.S. soldiers followed all established procedures and protocols." It said an inquiry is ongoing.
The U.S. troops are at the border as part of a Trump administration effort to reduce illegal crossings.
End
US-Mexico border patrol events are common: SRE
Details Published on Wednesday, April 24, 2019,
Written by EXCELSIOR
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=128172
CDMX
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs minimized the incident in which a group of Mexican soldiers allegedly pointed their weapons
at border guards in the United States on April 13 near the border, without major consequences.
"This type of incident is common, since it is a verification of ordinary patrol,
without consequences for both governments, who maintain permanent and fluid communication.
"On this particular event, they were in direct and timely contact," he said in a statement.
After the message published this morning by President Donald Trump,
the Mexican Foreign Ministry explained that on April 13,
at the Colonia Parcelas, Ciudad Juarez, ( Clint, TX )
a group of Mexican soldiers met with two US soldiers who were carrying out support operations in an unidentified vehicle
that was located south of the border fence, within the territory of the United States,
in an area where the boundary of the border is not clear due to its geography. (?)
He noted that after the corresponding investigation,
it was determined that the vehicle of the military of that country was placed north of the border fence to avoid confusion.
The federal agency said that "Mexico reiterates its willingness to maintain a good bilateral relationship
based on trust and mutual respect."
END
Armed Mexican soldiers confronted US soldiers on US soil near Clint
By: By Associated Press
Posted: Apr 23, 2019 04:26 PM MDT
Updated: Apr 23, 2019 04:26 PM MDT
https://www.kvia.com/news/border/armed-mexican-soldiers-confronted-us-soldiers-on-us-soil-near-clint/1071775505
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two U.S. soldiers in a remote area of Texas were confronted by Mexican soldiers
who thought the Americans had crossed into Mexico, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
The Mexican troops reportedly removed a weapon from the American soldier who was armed.
U.S. Northern Command, which manages military support for Customs and Border Protection,
said the Americans were in a CBP vehicle in a remote area in the vicinity of Clint, Texas.
The incident happened on April 13 and was first reported by Newsweek,
which said one of the Mexican military members removed a service pistol from the hip of one of the Americans
and threw it inside the U.S. government vehicle.
A Northern Command statement to The Associated Press on Tuesday said an inquiry by the Defense Department and CBP
revealed that the Mexican military members believed they were on Mexican territory at the time they confronted the Americans.
The incident happened on a slice of U.S. territory south of the border wall but north of the actual border.
"After a brief discussion between the soldiers from the two nations, the Mexican military members departed the area,"
Northern Command said. "The U.S. soldiers immediately contacted CBP, who responded quickly.
Throughout the incident, the U.S. soldiers followed all established procedures and protocols." It said an inquiry is ongoing.
The U.S. troops are at the border as part of a Trump administration effort to reduce illegal crossings.
End
AZMEX POLIYC 24-4-19
AZMEX POLICY 24 APR 2019
Mexican Officials Refuse To Sign Accord After 300K Migrants Arrive In 3 Months
OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 6:43 AM PT – Wednesday, April 24, 2019
https://www.oann.com/mexican-officials-refuse-to-sign-accord-after-300k-migrants-arrive-in-3-months/
Mexico's Interior Minister –Olga Sanchez — is shedding light on the state of the migrant crisis.
"It's estimated that in the first three-months of the year around 300,000 migrants have crossed Mexico
to reach the United States in an irregular fashion," she stated.
"Yes, there has been a change in the flow of migrants entering our country on a permanent basis."
President Trump has made it a priority to stem this flow of migrants across the southern border. T
he White House wants asylum seekers who arrive at Mexico's U.S. land border to apply to stay in Mexico or,
in other words, request protection from the first safe country they encounter.
"Throughout all stages of the transition (in the current government), we will not accept an agreement for being a safe third-country,"
announced Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard.
"This is Mexico's clear position and this idea (for such an agreement),
I don't know who planted it, but we will not accept it — we do not agree on that."
The foreign minister has repeatedly expressed opposition to becoming a third-party nation for migrants seeking U.S. asylum,
the majority of which are running from gang violence and poverty.
(Comment: mostly poverty )
Central American migrants wait on the top of a parked train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border
in Ixtepec, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Tuesday, April 23, 2019.
The once large caravan of about 3,000 people was essentially broken up by an immigration raid on Monday,
as migrants fled into the hills, took refuge at shelters and churches or hopped passing freight trains. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
"Let us go in peace.
There is a war, we are suffering with our children for a better future.
It's not fair that our wings are being cut. It's not fair." —
Laura Flores, Honduran migrant
Amidst pressure from Washington,
Mexico's president is backpedaling on his campaign promises of better treatment for Central American migrants.
Government data shows hundreds of migrants have been left stranded in unsanitary camps near the border.
Resources are strained due to the number of new arrivals overwhelming the system.
"It's not just Cubans, but also people from Africa, from Haiti, from Central America, from South America.
Help us find a solution. Mexico's National Immigration Institution cannot continue to violate human rights,
they are being violated.
They (immigration officials) don't give us any information about which stage of the (immigration) process our family members are at."
— Manuel Villanueva, Cuban migrant
Mexico has tightened visa policies and ramped-up migrant detentions in the country's own effort to stem the flow of migrants heading north.
END
Mexican Officials Refuse To Sign Accord After 300K Migrants Arrive In 3 Months
OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 6:43 AM PT – Wednesday, April 24, 2019
https://www.oann.com/mexican-officials-refuse-to-sign-accord-after-300k-migrants-arrive-in-3-months/
Mexico's Interior Minister –Olga Sanchez — is shedding light on the state of the migrant crisis.
"It's estimated that in the first three-months of the year around 300,000 migrants have crossed Mexico
to reach the United States in an irregular fashion," she stated.
"Yes, there has been a change in the flow of migrants entering our country on a permanent basis."
President Trump has made it a priority to stem this flow of migrants across the southern border. T
he White House wants asylum seekers who arrive at Mexico's U.S. land border to apply to stay in Mexico or,
in other words, request protection from the first safe country they encounter.
"Throughout all stages of the transition (in the current government), we will not accept an agreement for being a safe third-country,"
announced Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard.
"This is Mexico's clear position and this idea (for such an agreement),
I don't know who planted it, but we will not accept it — we do not agree on that."
The foreign minister has repeatedly expressed opposition to becoming a third-party nation for migrants seeking U.S. asylum,
the majority of which are running from gang violence and poverty.
(Comment: mostly poverty )
Central American migrants wait on the top of a parked train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border
in Ixtepec, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Tuesday, April 23, 2019.
The once large caravan of about 3,000 people was essentially broken up by an immigration raid on Monday,
as migrants fled into the hills, took refuge at shelters and churches or hopped passing freight trains. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
"Let us go in peace.
There is a war, we are suffering with our children for a better future.
It's not fair that our wings are being cut. It's not fair." —
Laura Flores, Honduran migrant
Amidst pressure from Washington,
Mexico's president is backpedaling on his campaign promises of better treatment for Central American migrants.
Government data shows hundreds of migrants have been left stranded in unsanitary camps near the border.
Resources are strained due to the number of new arrivals overwhelming the system.
"It's not just Cubans, but also people from Africa, from Haiti, from Central America, from South America.
Help us find a solution. Mexico's National Immigration Institution cannot continue to violate human rights,
they are being violated.
They (immigration officials) don't give us any information about which stage of the (immigration) process our family members are at."
— Manuel Villanueva, Cuban migrant
Mexico has tightened visa policies and ramped-up migrant detentions in the country's own effort to stem the flow of migrants heading north.
END
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
AZMEX SPECIAL 24-4-19
AZMEX SPECIAL 24 APR 2019
Note: Clint, TX is on the north-east bank of the Rio Grande River. On Tx Hwy 20 between El Paso and Fabens TX
Note also the usual spin from AP.
Thx
Trump threatens more troops to border after Mexico incident
Evan Vucci
President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks about the deployment of 5G technology in the United States during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, April 12, 2019, in Washington.
Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 2:40 pm
Associated Press
https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/elections/trump-threatens-more-troops-to-border-after-mexico-incident/article_22c880fe-3465-5d60-99fb-9819292f06b6.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump renewed his threat Wednesday to send more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border following an incident in which Mexican soldiers confronted U.S. personnel. Mexico blamed the incident on confusion, and said it was not looking for confrontation with the U.S.
In morning tweets, Trump said, "Mexico's Soldiers recently pulled guns on our National Guard Soldiers," claiming, without evidence, that it was done "probably as a diversionary tactic for drug smugglers on the Border."
"Better not happen again!" he added. "We are now sending ARMED SOLDIERS to the Border. Mexico is not doing nearly enough in apprehending & returning!"
Trump last year dispatched U.S. troops to the border to assist border personnel in response to several caravans of Central American migrants traveling through Mexico in hopes of reaching the U.S. Many are already armed.
Earlier this month, two U.S. soldiers in a remote area of Texas were confronted by Mexican soldiers who thought the Americans had crossed into Mexico. The Mexican troops reportedly removed a weapon from one of the American soldiers. U.S. Northern Command, which manages military support for Customs and Border Protection, said the Americans were in a CBP vehicle in a remote area of U.S. territory south of the border wall but north of the actual border.
"After a brief discussion between the soldiers from the two nations, the Mexican military members departed the area," Northern Command said in a statement about the encounter.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador promised to investigate the incident at a Wednesday news conference.
"We are not going to fight with the government of the United States," he said. "The most important thing is that we want a relationship of mutual respect and cooperation for development."
Mexico's foreign relations department characterized the incident as "routine" confusion in an area where the line separating the two countries is unclear. (???)
While not every U.S. service member deployed to the border is armed, many — including those performing the "mobile surveillance camera" mission, like the two confronted by the Mexican soldiers — are armed for self-protection.
Asked whether Trump intended to deploy more troops in response, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said Trump "may" do that, but suggested the tweet was more about putting Mexico on notice.
"I think the president is just making clear, as he always has, that he has many different actions at his disposal to try to stop this humanitarian crisis," she told reporters after an interview on Fox News Channel.
The Department of Homeland Security already has been expected to ask the Pentagon for additional military assistance, and defense officials have said this likely will result in the deployment of 300 to 500 additional troops to provide various kinds of support to Customs and Border Protection. Such a move would not represent a major boost in troop strength or a change in the mission, however.
Trump's tweets come two days after Mexican police and immigration agents detained hundreds of Central American migrants in the largest single raid on a migrant caravan since the groups started moving through the country last year.
Police targeted isolated groups at the tail end of a caravan of about 3,000 migrants who were making their way through the southern state of Chiapas with hopes of reaching the U.S. border. The group subsequently dissolved as people hopped on cargo trains heading north or fled into the countryside to avoid police.
In recent days, there have been about 8,000 Central American migrants moving through southern Mexico in various groups.
Trump greatly exaggerated that number in his tweets, claiming, "A very big Caravan of over 20,000 people" had "started up through Mexico."
Attention to the recent caravans soared in late March, when Mexican Interior Secretary Olga Sánchez Cordero met with then-Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and told her "the mother of all caravans" was forming, with more than 20,000 people expected to join. That never materialized.
Trump has previously threatened to seal the southern border, but backed off earlier this month, citing stepped-up Mexican efforts to stop the migrant flow. But he has continued to criticize the country nonetheless.
He said Wednesday at an event in Atlanta that "Mexico is starting to detain" and send people "back to their country, where they came from," but said too many drugs are still coming across the border.
———
Associated Press writers Robert Burns in Washington and Maria Verza and Peter Orsi in Mexico City contributed to this report.
END
Note: Clint, TX is on the north-east bank of the Rio Grande River. On Tx Hwy 20 between El Paso and Fabens TX
Note also the usual spin from AP.
Thx
Trump threatens more troops to border after Mexico incident
Evan Vucci
President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks about the deployment of 5G technology in the United States during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, April 12, 2019, in Washington.
Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 2:40 pm
Associated Press
https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/elections/trump-threatens-more-troops-to-border-after-mexico-incident/article_22c880fe-3465-5d60-99fb-9819292f06b6.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump renewed his threat Wednesday to send more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border following an incident in which Mexican soldiers confronted U.S. personnel. Mexico blamed the incident on confusion, and said it was not looking for confrontation with the U.S.
In morning tweets, Trump said, "Mexico's Soldiers recently pulled guns on our National Guard Soldiers," claiming, without evidence, that it was done "probably as a diversionary tactic for drug smugglers on the Border."
"Better not happen again!" he added. "We are now sending ARMED SOLDIERS to the Border. Mexico is not doing nearly enough in apprehending & returning!"
Trump last year dispatched U.S. troops to the border to assist border personnel in response to several caravans of Central American migrants traveling through Mexico in hopes of reaching the U.S. Many are already armed.
Earlier this month, two U.S. soldiers in a remote area of Texas were confronted by Mexican soldiers who thought the Americans had crossed into Mexico. The Mexican troops reportedly removed a weapon from one of the American soldiers. U.S. Northern Command, which manages military support for Customs and Border Protection, said the Americans were in a CBP vehicle in a remote area of U.S. territory south of the border wall but north of the actual border.
"After a brief discussion between the soldiers from the two nations, the Mexican military members departed the area," Northern Command said in a statement about the encounter.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador promised to investigate the incident at a Wednesday news conference.
"We are not going to fight with the government of the United States," he said. "The most important thing is that we want a relationship of mutual respect and cooperation for development."
Mexico's foreign relations department characterized the incident as "routine" confusion in an area where the line separating the two countries is unclear. (???)
While not every U.S. service member deployed to the border is armed, many — including those performing the "mobile surveillance camera" mission, like the two confronted by the Mexican soldiers — are armed for self-protection.
Asked whether Trump intended to deploy more troops in response, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said Trump "may" do that, but suggested the tweet was more about putting Mexico on notice.
"I think the president is just making clear, as he always has, that he has many different actions at his disposal to try to stop this humanitarian crisis," she told reporters after an interview on Fox News Channel.
The Department of Homeland Security already has been expected to ask the Pentagon for additional military assistance, and defense officials have said this likely will result in the deployment of 300 to 500 additional troops to provide various kinds of support to Customs and Border Protection. Such a move would not represent a major boost in troop strength or a change in the mission, however.
Trump's tweets come two days after Mexican police and immigration agents detained hundreds of Central American migrants in the largest single raid on a migrant caravan since the groups started moving through the country last year.
Police targeted isolated groups at the tail end of a caravan of about 3,000 migrants who were making their way through the southern state of Chiapas with hopes of reaching the U.S. border. The group subsequently dissolved as people hopped on cargo trains heading north or fled into the countryside to avoid police.
In recent days, there have been about 8,000 Central American migrants moving through southern Mexico in various groups.
Trump greatly exaggerated that number in his tweets, claiming, "A very big Caravan of over 20,000 people" had "started up through Mexico."
Attention to the recent caravans soared in late March, when Mexican Interior Secretary Olga Sánchez Cordero met with then-Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and told her "the mother of all caravans" was forming, with more than 20,000 people expected to join. That never materialized.
Trump has previously threatened to seal the southern border, but backed off earlier this month, citing stepped-up Mexican efforts to stop the migrant flow. But he has continued to criticize the country nonetheless.
He said Wednesday at an event in Atlanta that "Mexico is starting to detain" and send people "back to their country, where they came from," but said too many drugs are still coming across the border.
———
Associated Press writers Robert Burns in Washington and Maria Verza and Peter Orsi in Mexico City contributed to this report.
END
AZMEX I3 Update 23-4-19
AZMEX I3 Update 23 APR 2019
Fatal Phoenix shootout a glimpse into migrant trafficking
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS | APRIL 23, 2019 AT 7:23 AM
UPDATED: APRIL 23, 2019 AT 11:28 AM
http://ktar.com/story/2543837/fatal-phoenix-shootout-a-glimpse-into-migrant-trafficking/
This undated photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections shows of Warren Earl Jose from an earlier sentence he served in state prison. A recent fatal shootout between federal officers in Arizona and Jose, a suspected migrant smuggler packing an AK-47, has provided an unusual glimpse inside the world of traffickers who sometimes prey on recent border-crossers, even holding them against their will to shake down their families. Jose, the main suspect in the shootout, now faces charges including conspiracy to transport migrants resulting in death and assault on a federal officer. (Arizona Department of Corrections via AP)
PHOENIX — A recent fatal shootout between federal officers in Arizona and a suspected migrant smuggler packing an AK-47 has provided a glimpse inside the brutal tactics of traffickers who sometimes prey on recent border-crossers, even holding them against their will to shake down their families.
Special agents from Homeland Security Investigations were tailing a tan Chevrolet Trailbrazer SUV in Phoenix earlier this month because it was linked to the hostage-taking of migrants in southern Arizona near the border, according to federal court records.
The woman driving the vehicle, Theresa Medina Thomas, 29, was caught in the crossfire and killed April 11 when the agents moved in to arrest Warren Earl Jose, 35, who was sitting in the front passenger seat with the automatic rifle.
Jose is now being held on suspicion of federal charges including conspiracy to transport migrants that resulted in death and assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon. His Tucson-based defense attorney Erin Michelle Carrillo did not respond to a request for comment.
Authorities also arrested a second suspect, Valentina Valenzuela, 23, who sat in the back seat and was apparently a translator for two Spanish-speaking migrants, a man and an adolescent girl. Valenzuela's case was assigned to the federal defender's office in Tucson, which also did not answer emails from The Associated Press.
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1 dead, 8 hospitalized in Phoenix after federal agents, suspects exchange fire
The agents recognized the SUV as being registered to Jose's wife. They were investigating Jose in the hostage-taking of a Mexican migrant who escaped in March from a house in Sells, Arizona, where he was being held against his will.
Jose was driving the SUV earlier when he collected the migrants near the border on the Tohono O'odham reservation. He then picked up U.S. citizens Thomas and Valenzuela and they set off for the hours-long trek to Phoenix.
Somewhere along the way, Jose had Thomas take the wheel while Jose sat in the front passenger seat.
Agents spotted the SUV on Interstate 10 in Phoenix and chased it leaving the freeway. Agents turned on their emergency lights and sirens and the SUV took off, struck several vehicles and caused one agent's vehicle to slam into a wall.
Court records allege Jose then fired at the agents and the officers shot back, killing Thomas.
Four agents were injured and are no longer hospitalized, said Yasmeen Pitts O'Keefe, a spokeswoman for ICE. Phoenix police said Jose, Valenzuela and the migrants also had non-life threatening injuries.
The agents were looking for Jose as the suspected driver of a vehicle that picked up a Mexican migrant named Adrian Hernandez Morales in Sells on March 17.
Hernandez Morales was dehydrated and had blistered feet after crossing the border through the desert and told Jose and several others in the SUV he needed medical treatment. They allegedly told him they would take him to the hospital, but instead drove him to the residence where they took away his cell phone and wallet and asked about his travel plans and family. One man threatened him with a knife.
Hernandez Morales escaped from the home several days later and went to a hospital where he told authorities about his ordeal.
Agents found five more migrants when they went to the home to investigate. They arrested two additional suspects, Johnson Ortiz and Regina Ramona, on suspicion of conspiring to take Hernandez Morales hostage to get his family to pay for his release, as well as transporting and harboring the other migrants.
End
Fatal Phoenix shootout a glimpse into migrant trafficking
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS | APRIL 23, 2019 AT 7:23 AM
UPDATED: APRIL 23, 2019 AT 11:28 AM
http://ktar.com/story/2543837/fatal-phoenix-shootout-a-glimpse-into-migrant-trafficking/
This undated photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections shows of Warren Earl Jose from an earlier sentence he served in state prison. A recent fatal shootout between federal officers in Arizona and Jose, a suspected migrant smuggler packing an AK-47, has provided an unusual glimpse inside the world of traffickers who sometimes prey on recent border-crossers, even holding them against their will to shake down their families. Jose, the main suspect in the shootout, now faces charges including conspiracy to transport migrants resulting in death and assault on a federal officer. (Arizona Department of Corrections via AP)
PHOENIX — A recent fatal shootout between federal officers in Arizona and a suspected migrant smuggler packing an AK-47 has provided a glimpse inside the brutal tactics of traffickers who sometimes prey on recent border-crossers, even holding them against their will to shake down their families.
Special agents from Homeland Security Investigations were tailing a tan Chevrolet Trailbrazer SUV in Phoenix earlier this month because it was linked to the hostage-taking of migrants in southern Arizona near the border, according to federal court records.
The woman driving the vehicle, Theresa Medina Thomas, 29, was caught in the crossfire and killed April 11 when the agents moved in to arrest Warren Earl Jose, 35, who was sitting in the front passenger seat with the automatic rifle.
Jose is now being held on suspicion of federal charges including conspiracy to transport migrants that resulted in death and assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon. His Tucson-based defense attorney Erin Michelle Carrillo did not respond to a request for comment.
Authorities also arrested a second suspect, Valentina Valenzuela, 23, who sat in the back seat and was apparently a translator for two Spanish-speaking migrants, a man and an adolescent girl. Valenzuela's case was assigned to the federal defender's office in Tucson, which also did not answer emails from The Associated Press.
Related Links
1 dead, 8 hospitalized in Phoenix after federal agents, suspects exchange fire
The agents recognized the SUV as being registered to Jose's wife. They were investigating Jose in the hostage-taking of a Mexican migrant who escaped in March from a house in Sells, Arizona, where he was being held against his will.
Jose was driving the SUV earlier when he collected the migrants near the border on the Tohono O'odham reservation. He then picked up U.S. citizens Thomas and Valenzuela and they set off for the hours-long trek to Phoenix.
Somewhere along the way, Jose had Thomas take the wheel while Jose sat in the front passenger seat.
Agents spotted the SUV on Interstate 10 in Phoenix and chased it leaving the freeway. Agents turned on their emergency lights and sirens and the SUV took off, struck several vehicles and caused one agent's vehicle to slam into a wall.
Court records allege Jose then fired at the agents and the officers shot back, killing Thomas.
Four agents were injured and are no longer hospitalized, said Yasmeen Pitts O'Keefe, a spokeswoman for ICE. Phoenix police said Jose, Valenzuela and the migrants also had non-life threatening injuries.
The agents were looking for Jose as the suspected driver of a vehicle that picked up a Mexican migrant named Adrian Hernandez Morales in Sells on March 17.
Hernandez Morales was dehydrated and had blistered feet after crossing the border through the desert and told Jose and several others in the SUV he needed medical treatment. They allegedly told him they would take him to the hospital, but instead drove him to the residence where they took away his cell phone and wallet and asked about his travel plans and family. One man threatened him with a knife.
Hernandez Morales escaped from the home several days later and went to a hospital where he told authorities about his ordeal.
Agents found five more migrants when they went to the home to investigate. They arrested two additional suspects, Johnson Ortiz and Regina Ramona, on suspicion of conspiring to take Hernandez Morales hostage to get his family to pay for his release, as well as transporting and harboring the other migrants.
End
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
AZMEX I3-2 23-4-19
AZMEX I3-2 23 APR 2019
Note: video at link.
Border Patrol: Armed men recorded escorting mother and son to border
Posted: 2:05 PM, Apr 23, 2019 Updated: 2:56 PM, Apr 23, 2019
By: Max Walker
https://www.abc15.com/news/region-central-southern-az/yuma/border-patrol-armed-men-recorded-escorting-mother-and-son-to-border
KNXV Armed Men Escort Migrants to Border 4-23-19
LUKEVILLE, AZ — Federal immigration officers apprehended a mother and her child after a camera recorded them getting an armed escort
to the international boundary near Lukeville earlier this month.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection video shows several men, including at least three armed with assault rifles,
escorting the mother and her 8-year-old son until they crossed the vehicle barrier which separates Mexico from the United States.
The incident happened in the same area where the Border Patrol says smugglers drop off large groups of migrants who enter the country illegally.
Just like the large groups of migrants, authorities say the woman and her son are from Central America.
Immigration officials say families from that region, including Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala,
have been entering the country illegally in record numbers as they hope to seek asylum and escape violence in their home countries.
RELATED: ICE field director for Arizona talks about spike in migrant families crossing the border
From October 2018 (when CBP's fiscal year began) through March 2019 (the most recent month for which data is available),
more than half of those apprehended at the southwest border have been classified as members of family units,
according to statistics published by the agency.
End
Note: video at link.
Border Patrol: Armed men recorded escorting mother and son to border
Posted: 2:05 PM, Apr 23, 2019 Updated: 2:56 PM, Apr 23, 2019
By: Max Walker
https://www.abc15.com/news/region-central-southern-az/yuma/border-patrol-armed-men-recorded-escorting-mother-and-son-to-border
KNXV Armed Men Escort Migrants to Border 4-23-19
LUKEVILLE, AZ — Federal immigration officers apprehended a mother and her child after a camera recorded them getting an armed escort
to the international boundary near Lukeville earlier this month.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection video shows several men, including at least three armed with assault rifles,
escorting the mother and her 8-year-old son until they crossed the vehicle barrier which separates Mexico from the United States.
The incident happened in the same area where the Border Patrol says smugglers drop off large groups of migrants who enter the country illegally.
Just like the large groups of migrants, authorities say the woman and her son are from Central America.
Immigration officials say families from that region, including Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala,
have been entering the country illegally in record numbers as they hope to seek asylum and escape violence in their home countries.
RELATED: ICE field director for Arizona talks about spike in migrant families crossing the border
From October 2018 (when CBP's fiscal year began) through March 2019 (the most recent month for which data is available),
more than half of those apprehended at the southwest border have been classified as members of family units,
according to statistics published by the agency.
End
Monday, April 22, 2019
AZMEX UPDATE 20-4-19
AZMEX UPDATE 20 APR 2019
Note: No info on immigration status if any. Would not be reported anyway. No weapons?
AG: Alleged drug trafficker caught with $107,000 in cash in car
Posted: 9:00 AM, Apr 20, 2019 Updated: 10:26 AM, Apr 20, 2019
By: Joe Enea
Photo by: MCSO
https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/ag-alleged-drug-trafficker-caught-with-107-000-in-cash-in-car
PHOENIX — A suspected drug trafficker was found with $107,000 in cash hidden throughout his car, according to the Attorney General's Office.
Court records show that on April 11 police stopped the car of Juvencio Evlises Castaneda, age 34,
near 27th Avenue and the Carefree Highway.
Investigators say Castaneda had been identified as a trafficker of illegal drugs.
A police K9 allegedly found methamphetamine inside the car.
When police searched the car, they reportedly found 14 bundles of cash hidden throughout the vehicle.
The bundles which were wrapped up in duct tape contained $107,000 in cash.
Castaneda has been charged with multiple offenses including drug possession, conspiracy and money laundering.
END
Border Patrol: Ecuadorian assaulted agent on mountain trail
Posted: 10:09 PM, Apr 19, 2019 Updated: 10:09 PM, Apr 19, 2019
By: Associated Press
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/border-patrol-ecuadorian-assaulted-agent-on-mountain-trail
PATAGONIA, Ariz. (AP) - The U.S. Border Patrol says an Ecuadorian man assaulted an agent on a mountain trail in southern Arizona
after the Ecuadorian and two Mexican men apparently crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
The Border Patrol says neither the agent nor the Ecuadorian required medical attention after being evaluated at a Border Patrol station
after the Wednesday night incident near Patagonia.
According to the Border Patrol, the Ecuadorian hit the agent several times when the agent tried to take him into custody
and that they fought and slid down a hillside before the struggle ended when additional agents helped handcuff the man.
The Border Patrol says the Ecuadorian faces criminal charges of assaulting a federal agent
and that three men remained in custody on suspicion of immigration violations.
No identities were released.
Note: No info on immigration status if any. Would not be reported anyway. No weapons?
AG: Alleged drug trafficker caught with $107,000 in cash in car
Posted: 9:00 AM, Apr 20, 2019 Updated: 10:26 AM, Apr 20, 2019
By: Joe Enea
Photo by: MCSO
https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/ag-alleged-drug-trafficker-caught-with-107-000-in-cash-in-car
PHOENIX — A suspected drug trafficker was found with $107,000 in cash hidden throughout his car, according to the Attorney General's Office.
Court records show that on April 11 police stopped the car of Juvencio Evlises Castaneda, age 34,
near 27th Avenue and the Carefree Highway.
Investigators say Castaneda had been identified as a trafficker of illegal drugs.
A police K9 allegedly found methamphetamine inside the car.
When police searched the car, they reportedly found 14 bundles of cash hidden throughout the vehicle.
The bundles which were wrapped up in duct tape contained $107,000 in cash.
Castaneda has been charged with multiple offenses including drug possession, conspiracy and money laundering.
END
Border Patrol: Ecuadorian assaulted agent on mountain trail
Posted: 10:09 PM, Apr 19, 2019 Updated: 10:09 PM, Apr 19, 2019
By: Associated Press
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/border-patrol-ecuadorian-assaulted-agent-on-mountain-trail
PATAGONIA, Ariz. (AP) - The U.S. Border Patrol says an Ecuadorian man assaulted an agent on a mountain trail in southern Arizona
after the Ecuadorian and two Mexican men apparently crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
The Border Patrol says neither the agent nor the Ecuadorian required medical attention after being evaluated at a Border Patrol station
after the Wednesday night incident near Patagonia.
According to the Border Patrol, the Ecuadorian hit the agent several times when the agent tried to take him into custody
and that they fought and slid down a hillside before the struggle ended when additional agents helped handcuff the man.
The Border Patrol says the Ecuadorian faces criminal charges of assaulting a federal agent
and that three men remained in custody on suspicion of immigration violations.
No identities were released.
AZMEX POLICY 20-4-19
AZMEX POLICY 20 APR 2019
CBP welcomes new Director of Field Operations, Tucson
Oath - DFO Ramirez affirming the Oath of Office (Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
http://www.kold.com/2019/04/19/cbp-welcomes-new-director-field-operations-tucson/
By U.S. Customs and Border Protection | April 19, 2019 at 4:38 PM MST - Updated April 19 at 4:38 PM
TUCSON, AZ (KOLD News 13) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, welcomed its newest Director of Field Operations (DFO) Guadalupe Ramirez Jr. A Change of Command ceremony was held Thursday, April 18 at the El Conquistador Hilton Resort where Randy Howe, Executive Director of Operations (XD), presided over the ceremony that formally recognized Ramirez as the Director in Tucson, Arizona.
DFO Ramirez succeeds William K. Brooks (deceased), the previous Director of Field Operations, who had retired after a long and successful government career.
Guidon - XD Howe transfers command to DFO Ramirez (Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
"It is my honor to be able to serve as the Director of Field Operations for the Tucson Field Office," said Ramirez. "The strength of any operation is its people and I have inherited one of the best teams in field operations. Clearly, this is a direct result of my predecessors and dedication of our personnel."
DFO Ramirez is responsible for all operations and enforcement activities at eight international ports of entry in Arizona.
He manages more than 700 CBP officers, Agriculture Specialists, Import and Mission Support specialists,
and other support staff.
Arizona ports of entry processed 25.2 million travelers, 8.8 million private vehicles, 470,000 commercial conveyances (truck and rail), 6,934 commercial aircraft arrivals, and 3,719 private aircraft arrivals. The Tucson Field Office annually facilitates $23.6 billion in international trade and collects $30 million in revenues.
He brings 30 plus years of federal law enforcement experience. He served since 2016 as the Trade, Assistant Director, where he oversaw Trade and Agriculture operations within the Tucson Field Office. Ramirez previously served as the Area Port Director of Nogales, Arizona from 2009 to 2016.
Ramirez's earlier assignments included: Assistant Port Director at the Port of Laredo in Texas and as the Port Director of Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Earlier assignments included Office of International Affairs, Customs Advisor, Trinidad & Tobago, Customs Advisor, U.S. Embassy in Venezuela and International Trade Specialist, Office of International Trade, Strategic Trade Center, Dallas, Texas.
He began his government career with the U.S. Border Patrol, as an agent in Eagle Pass, Texas in 1985. He joined the legacy U.S. Customs Service as an Inspector at El Paso, Texas in 1987 and was promoted in 1992 to Supervisory Customs Inspector (Instructor) assigned to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, Georgia.
CBP Field Operations in 2008 adopted formal change of command ceremonies as another way to unify the workforce and highlight the agency mission. Since its inception in March 2003, CBP has developed and implemented standards, policies and symbols to advance the internal and external recognition of the agency and to demonstrate the strides the agency has made as the guardians of the nation's borders. The change of command ceremony is designed to meet those goals.
END
CBP welcomes new Director of Field Operations, Tucson
Oath - DFO Ramirez affirming the Oath of Office (Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
http://www.kold.com/2019/04/19/cbp-welcomes-new-director-field-operations-tucson/
By U.S. Customs and Border Protection | April 19, 2019 at 4:38 PM MST - Updated April 19 at 4:38 PM
TUCSON, AZ (KOLD News 13) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, welcomed its newest Director of Field Operations (DFO) Guadalupe Ramirez Jr. A Change of Command ceremony was held Thursday, April 18 at the El Conquistador Hilton Resort where Randy Howe, Executive Director of Operations (XD), presided over the ceremony that formally recognized Ramirez as the Director in Tucson, Arizona.
DFO Ramirez succeeds William K. Brooks (deceased), the previous Director of Field Operations, who had retired after a long and successful government career.
Guidon - XD Howe transfers command to DFO Ramirez (Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
"It is my honor to be able to serve as the Director of Field Operations for the Tucson Field Office," said Ramirez. "The strength of any operation is its people and I have inherited one of the best teams in field operations. Clearly, this is a direct result of my predecessors and dedication of our personnel."
DFO Ramirez is responsible for all operations and enforcement activities at eight international ports of entry in Arizona.
He manages more than 700 CBP officers, Agriculture Specialists, Import and Mission Support specialists,
and other support staff.
Arizona ports of entry processed 25.2 million travelers, 8.8 million private vehicles, 470,000 commercial conveyances (truck and rail), 6,934 commercial aircraft arrivals, and 3,719 private aircraft arrivals. The Tucson Field Office annually facilitates $23.6 billion in international trade and collects $30 million in revenues.
He brings 30 plus years of federal law enforcement experience. He served since 2016 as the Trade, Assistant Director, where he oversaw Trade and Agriculture operations within the Tucson Field Office. Ramirez previously served as the Area Port Director of Nogales, Arizona from 2009 to 2016.
Ramirez's earlier assignments included: Assistant Port Director at the Port of Laredo in Texas and as the Port Director of Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Earlier assignments included Office of International Affairs, Customs Advisor, Trinidad & Tobago, Customs Advisor, U.S. Embassy in Venezuela and International Trade Specialist, Office of International Trade, Strategic Trade Center, Dallas, Texas.
He began his government career with the U.S. Border Patrol, as an agent in Eagle Pass, Texas in 1985. He joined the legacy U.S. Customs Service as an Inspector at El Paso, Texas in 1987 and was promoted in 1992 to Supervisory Customs Inspector (Instructor) assigned to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, Georgia.
CBP Field Operations in 2008 adopted formal change of command ceremonies as another way to unify the workforce and highlight the agency mission. Since its inception in March 2003, CBP has developed and implemented standards, policies and symbols to advance the internal and external recognition of the agency and to demonstrate the strides the agency has made as the guardians of the nation's borders. The change of command ceremony is designed to meet those goals.
END
Saturday, April 20, 2019
AZMEX I3 19-4-19
AZMEX I3 19 APR 2019
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2019
They capture cartels in Puebla to half of the migrants
Next week a caravan of 2 thousand people is expected to arrive
https://www.tribunadesanluis.com.mx/republica/sociedad/carteles-puebla-migrantes-3341211.html
Photo: Notimex
Elena Domínguez
Up to 50 percent of migrants who pass through Puebla are caught by organized crime that extorts money,
uses them to traffic in persons and exploits them for work, denounced Father Gustavo Rodríguez Zárate,
in charge of receiving the caravans in churches of the capital.
In an interview, he explained that we know of large caravans that move through the south of the country,
but to the shelters in Puebla there are a small number of migrants who have reported on the houses in which the travelers are kept.
INM now grants work permits
"They have told us that trailers await them in Esperanza, in Amozoc and those who we thought were going to the shelters
or who were going straight to Mexico City, no, they are captured in some houses in La Libertad, behind the Hidalgo, Soriana
and they put them to work, extort them and release them, "he explained.
Most of the houses, abound, are located in the municipality of Puebla,
but there are also in Tepeaca, Tecamachalco, Acajete, Amozoc, Serdán City (for the route of La Bestia) ( cross Mexico freight train )
and the municipalities that are passing migrants who come from the southern states.
The confirmation of these events occurred from the meetings of the priests of the southern states,
so that migrants are already alerted when they are received in the shelters once they enter the entities.
The pastor mentioned that so far no complaint has been filed because the church can not verify the sayings of the migrants
before the authorities and they do not interpose it because it would take them time to carry out the process
and what they want is to advance towards the United States.
Migrant Caravan is divided into groups in Huixtla, Chiapas
Announced for next week is expected the arrival of a caravan of at least 2 thousand people who will be received in the churches
as hostels, so he called on the people of Puebla not to criminalize migrants and collaborate
with food, water and clothing to serve those who seek the American dream.
Gustavo Zárate Rodríguez mentioned that of the 7,000 migrants that have been served in Puebla
due to the passage of the caravans, it is known that 4,000 were returned and did not manage to cross to the border,
therefore they seek to stay in several states of the country. (Mexico)
END
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2019
They capture cartels in Puebla to half of the migrants
Next week a caravan of 2 thousand people is expected to arrive
https://www.tribunadesanluis.com.mx/republica/sociedad/carteles-puebla-migrantes-3341211.html
Photo: Notimex
Elena Domínguez
Up to 50 percent of migrants who pass through Puebla are caught by organized crime that extorts money,
uses them to traffic in persons and exploits them for work, denounced Father Gustavo Rodríguez Zárate,
in charge of receiving the caravans in churches of the capital.
In an interview, he explained that we know of large caravans that move through the south of the country,
but to the shelters in Puebla there are a small number of migrants who have reported on the houses in which the travelers are kept.
INM now grants work permits
"They have told us that trailers await them in Esperanza, in Amozoc and those who we thought were going to the shelters
or who were going straight to Mexico City, no, they are captured in some houses in La Libertad, behind the Hidalgo, Soriana
and they put them to work, extort them and release them, "he explained.
Most of the houses, abound, are located in the municipality of Puebla,
but there are also in Tepeaca, Tecamachalco, Acajete, Amozoc, Serdán City (for the route of La Bestia) ( cross Mexico freight train )
and the municipalities that are passing migrants who come from the southern states.
The confirmation of these events occurred from the meetings of the priests of the southern states,
so that migrants are already alerted when they are received in the shelters once they enter the entities.
The pastor mentioned that so far no complaint has been filed because the church can not verify the sayings of the migrants
before the authorities and they do not interpose it because it would take them time to carry out the process
and what they want is to advance towards the United States.
Migrant Caravan is divided into groups in Huixtla, Chiapas
Announced for next week is expected the arrival of a caravan of at least 2 thousand people who will be received in the churches
as hostels, so he called on the people of Puebla not to criminalize migrants and collaborate
with food, water and clothing to serve those who seek the American dream.
Gustavo Zárate Rodríguez mentioned that of the 7,000 migrants that have been served in Puebla
due to the passage of the caravans, it is known that 4,000 were returned and did not manage to cross to the border,
therefore they seek to stay in several states of the country. (Mexico)
END
AZMEX I3 20-4-19
AZMEX I3 20 APR 2019
Note: as always "immigrants" means illegals. Video, photos, etc. at link.
Immigrants shelter at Tucson Rec Center
Surge of asylum seekers expanding shelters
Posted: 6:47 PM, Apr 19, 2019 Updated: 9:18 PM, Apr 19, 2019
By: Craig Smith
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/immigrants-shelter-at-tucson-rec-center
TUCSON, Ariz. - A surge in asylum seekers has soaked up shelter space in Tucson -- so now the City of Tucson has opened extra space —
at one of its Parks and Recreation Centers.
The usual recreation's still going on at the Tucson Rec Center but the building also has room for about 120 people living here temporarily.
They are Central Americans who crossed the border without visa, and turned themselves in, seeking safe asylum in the U.S.
Federal immigration authorities released them while their claim for asylum is considered.
Andy Squire from the Tucson City Manager's Office says,
"They released them to their own recognizance, actually, they aren't released to us. We're in no way a detention facility.
This is simply a shelter for these families who would have been released into the community with no connections,
no ability to communicate with anyone and and having in some cases, no knowledge of where they are."
There are so many, there's not enough room at other shelters like the former Benedictine Monastery
so the city worked with faith organizations like Catholic Community Services to house them here.
Organizers say people arrive hungry but the first meal they get may be something light like soup.
They may be so hungry and it may have been so long since they had a good meal they serve them light meals so they don't overeat to the point of being sick.
Volunteers are doing a lot of the work, including helping family members make plans and transportation connections
to reach relatives or sponsors in other parts of the country.
Andy Squire says the city is working to avoid any extra expense to taxpayers.
"So there is no cash being spent, there's no additional money's being spent.
This is being incorporated into the daily functioning of this facility.
We are trying to flex employee schedules so that we allow people to be here overnight without paying overtime,
we may incur a little bit of overtime to make this work.
But we incur overtime, in some cases for a lot of reasons."
And while migrants take a break on the way to the rest of their journey,
the rec center's still open to Tucsonans who need their own chance to relax.
End
Note: Nothing to do with being a border state? More like 11 Million, not 11.
"unauthorized" meaning illegal.
Thx
Report: Arizona leads in deportations than any other US state
By: Blake Keller
Posted: Apr 17, 2019 07:40 AM MST
Updated: Apr 17, 2019 07:40 AM MST
https://www.kyma.com/news/report-arizona-leads-in-deportations-than-any-other-us-state/1069901281
Report: Arizona leads in deportations than any other US state
A report online from data research center, Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse,
found immigration officials deported more individuals from Arizona than any other U.S. state in 2018.
The research center looked at government data through the Freedom of Information Act.
According to the report, Arizona's deportation rate was 2.7 times the national average.
TRAC said more than 11 individuals (???) who are unauthorized are now estimated to be living and working in the United States.
End
Note: as always "immigrants" means illegals. Video, photos, etc. at link.
Immigrants shelter at Tucson Rec Center
Surge of asylum seekers expanding shelters
Posted: 6:47 PM, Apr 19, 2019 Updated: 9:18 PM, Apr 19, 2019
By: Craig Smith
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/immigrants-shelter-at-tucson-rec-center
TUCSON, Ariz. - A surge in asylum seekers has soaked up shelter space in Tucson -- so now the City of Tucson has opened extra space —
at one of its Parks and Recreation Centers.
The usual recreation's still going on at the Tucson Rec Center but the building also has room for about 120 people living here temporarily.
They are Central Americans who crossed the border without visa, and turned themselves in, seeking safe asylum in the U.S.
Federal immigration authorities released them while their claim for asylum is considered.
Andy Squire from the Tucson City Manager's Office says,
"They released them to their own recognizance, actually, they aren't released to us. We're in no way a detention facility.
This is simply a shelter for these families who would have been released into the community with no connections,
no ability to communicate with anyone and and having in some cases, no knowledge of where they are."
There are so many, there's not enough room at other shelters like the former Benedictine Monastery
so the city worked with faith organizations like Catholic Community Services to house them here.
Organizers say people arrive hungry but the first meal they get may be something light like soup.
They may be so hungry and it may have been so long since they had a good meal they serve them light meals so they don't overeat to the point of being sick.
Volunteers are doing a lot of the work, including helping family members make plans and transportation connections
to reach relatives or sponsors in other parts of the country.
Andy Squire says the city is working to avoid any extra expense to taxpayers.
"So there is no cash being spent, there's no additional money's being spent.
This is being incorporated into the daily functioning of this facility.
We are trying to flex employee schedules so that we allow people to be here overnight without paying overtime,
we may incur a little bit of overtime to make this work.
But we incur overtime, in some cases for a lot of reasons."
And while migrants take a break on the way to the rest of their journey,
the rec center's still open to Tucsonans who need their own chance to relax.
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Note: Nothing to do with being a border state? More like 11 Million, not 11.
"unauthorized" meaning illegal.
Thx
Report: Arizona leads in deportations than any other US state
By: Blake Keller
Posted: Apr 17, 2019 07:40 AM MST
Updated: Apr 17, 2019 07:40 AM MST
https://www.kyma.com/news/report-arizona-leads-in-deportations-than-any-other-us-state/1069901281
Report: Arizona leads in deportations than any other US state
A report online from data research center, Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse,
found immigration officials deported more individuals from Arizona than any other U.S. state in 2018.
The research center looked at government data through the Freedom of Information Act.
According to the report, Arizona's deportation rate was 2.7 times the national average.
TRAC said more than 11 individuals (???) who are unauthorized are now estimated to be living and working in the United States.
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AZMEX UPDATE 19-4-19
AZMEX UPDATE 19 APR 2019
FGR incinerates 30 tons of narcotics in Sonora
Details Published on Thursday April 18, 2019,
Written by Ángel Lozano
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=127970
Hermosillo, Son
About 30 tons of narcotics have been incinerated in Sonora so far this year,
informed the delegate of the Attorney General's Office (FGR).
Pável Núñez Moreno indicated that these are different types of drugs, mainly marijuana and crystal,
which have been secured through various home searches and arrests of people.
He pointed out that just over 3 tons of narcotics were destroyed in January,
7 tons in February,
15 tons in March,
and 4.2 tons have been incinerated so far in April.
"We have had important assurances made available and for this has been very useful the coordination
of the Bureau for the Construction of Peace in which the three levels of government intervene," he said.
For different reasons of a criminal nature, the delegate of the FGR in Sonora
explained that they also have narcotics that have not been able to be destroyed
He pointed out that these are inquiry folders that are in process and that the seized drugs is part of the tests and elements of the same investigation.
END
FGR incinerates 30 tons of narcotics in Sonora
Details Published on Thursday April 18, 2019,
Written by Ángel Lozano
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=127970
Hermosillo, Son
About 30 tons of narcotics have been incinerated in Sonora so far this year,
informed the delegate of the Attorney General's Office (FGR).
Pável Núñez Moreno indicated that these are different types of drugs, mainly marijuana and crystal,
which have been secured through various home searches and arrests of people.
He pointed out that just over 3 tons of narcotics were destroyed in January,
7 tons in February,
15 tons in March,
and 4.2 tons have been incinerated so far in April.
"We have had important assurances made available and for this has been very useful the coordination
of the Bureau for the Construction of Peace in which the three levels of government intervene," he said.
For different reasons of a criminal nature, the delegate of the FGR in Sonora
explained that they also have narcotics that have not been able to be destroyed
He pointed out that these are inquiry folders that are in process and that the seized drugs is part of the tests and elements of the same investigation.
END
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