8/2 News from South of the Border

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OVER THE WEEKEND: MAJOR BLOW AGAINST SINALOA CARTEL; THREAT TEMPORARILY CLOSES U.S. CONSULATE

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The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) extracts and condenses the material that follows from Mexican and Central and South American on-line media sources on a daily basis. You are free to disseminate this information, but we request that you credit NAFBPO as being the provider.

Saturday 7/31/10

El Universal (Mexico City) 7/30/10

Devastating blow to Sinaloa drug cartel

The death of narco-boss Igancio (Ignacio?) 'Nacho' Coronel was described as a devastating blow that will affect the operational ability of the Sinaloa drug cartel, according to the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Coronel was killed in his luxury home in Zapopan, Jalisco, in a shootout with Mexican Army troops in which the leader of the military operation was killed and another wounded. Coronel was described as the right-hand man of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, head of the powerful cartel and top of Mexico's most wanted. According to Mexican authorities, Coronel's death will alter the flow of cocaine and methamphetamine to the US.

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/698728.html

[ Map of Azpopan, Jalisco below: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl ]
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Frontera (Tijuana, Baja California) 7/30/10

Probable successor to 'Nacho' Coronel dies

The Mexican Army delivered yet another blow to the Sinaloa drug cartel by taking down a nephew of Ignacio Coronel, killed last Thursday [above story]. Mario Carrasco Coronel, "El Gallo," was located Friday in Guadalajara, Jalisco, in another military operation and, when resisting arrest by firing at the soldiers, was promptly killed. "El Gallo" was considered to be a probable replacement for his uncle 'Nacho' whose life ended the same way the day before.

http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Nacional/30072010/461079.aspx

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U.S. Border Patrol rescues six migrants

The US Border Patrol rescued a total of six undocumented illegal crossers in the desert west of Calexico, California, July 25, saving five of them from possible heat strokes. The group had become lost after crossing. One of them showed serious signs of disorientation and required medical attention. The Border Patrol gave him first aid until medical help arrived. [There was only one reader comment. It noted that no one else had made any comments and pointed out in rather salty language that if the story had been about the Patrol doing something bad, the readers would be spewing hate at the gringos.]

http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/30072010/461065.aspx

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El Nuevo Diario (Managua, Nicaragua) 7/30/10

US Ambassador: "Arizona violates US Constitution"

US Ambassador to Nicaragua, Robert Callahan, described the controversial Arizona law as "unconstitutional and a violation of human rights." Callahan explained his personal opinion: "I am completely in agreement with my president because our Constitution has an article that speaks to equal treatment under the law and, for me, the Arizona law is a violation of this article." The Ambassador stated that next year, the US government will be dedicated to working on an immigration reform for the purpose that immigrants enter the country legally, since they represent a major part of the economy and culture of his country. "We do have laws concerning legal immigration to the US, but we don't apply the laws. There is almost complete chaos in our immigration policy. It is then necessary for [Congress to pass] a clear, just law that we can use to assure that immigrants who want to go to the United States can go, but in a legal way," the Ambassador said.

http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/nacionales/80020

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El Sol de Mexico (Mexico City) 7/30/10

A day without the US

Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua - The US Consulate in Cd. Juarez closed last Thursday for an indefinite period due to unspecified threats. The US Department of State said that it is evaluating the threats while the office is closed. On Friday, an estimated 300 people seeking visa applications and other services were left stranded outside the building wondering what to do. A State Department spokesman, P.J. Crowley, said there was certain information about threats that they were evaluating and that it was difficult to determine if the threats were directed at the area or the consulate itself. Many of those having appointments for consular services had traveled long distances and complained about the inconvenience of the sudden closing. "What kind of help is this?" asked one of them. The governor of the state of Chihuahua offered security support to re-open the consulate due to the volume of Mexicans who need services to cross into the US.

http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldemexico/notas/n1727314.htm

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Sunday 8/1/10

El Universal (Mexico City) 7/31/10

Ransom for kidnapped journalists: publicity

Last week, four journalists, three from TV stations and one from a newspaper, were kidnapped by elements of organized crime in Gomez Palacio, Durango. Today (Saturday), the Mexican Secretary of Federal Public Security, Genaro Garcia Luna, reported that the Sinaloa drug cartel, headed by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman orchestrated the kidnappings for publicity about the criminal organization. All four journalists have been released with stories of negotiations in which their companies yielded to demands by "El Chapo" to broadcast information about his criminal activities.

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/698853.html

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/698902.html

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Cuarto Poder (Chiapas state) 7/31/10

Racist terrorism against Mexicans in Arizona

[Opinion columnist Mario Ruiz Redondo in a column titled as above writes in part:]

The pack of white power hounds has been set loose in full force this Thursday, July 29, in Arizona, United States, against 600,000 dark-skinned Mexicans -- nine percent of the state's population -- who have entered illegally into this extremely racist space of the so-called American Union, bordering Sonora. Upon enactment of law SB 1070, introduced by Governor Janice K. Brewer, the full force of local and federal anti-immigration police [will be] to eliminate all presence of undesirable Mexicas [referring to native Mexicans] found undocumented on US soil in search of the dream that has now become a nightmare.

[The column continues at length in this vein with accusations of xenophobia, hate, injustice, Nazi tactics and an historical reference to Arizona being a part of Mexico that was "given" to the US by then President Santa Anna. It concludes with what might be considered a travel advisory: ] Governor Brewer forgets that, with her attitude, she can incite more than one Mexican, who in solidarity with his compatriots (can) implement similar systems of violent aggression on US nationals in our country, with all the terrorist and racial overtones that she has introduced. Something like reviving that slogan of an eye for an eye ...

http://www.cuarto-poder.com.mx/PagPrincipal_Noticia.aspx?idNoticia=7840&idNoticia
Seccion=8&idNoticiaSubseccion=28

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Monday 8/2/10

Prensa Libre (Guatemala City, Guatemala) 8/1/10

Texas leads in Guatemalan alien arrests

A study by the Guatemalan Human Rights Agency (PDH) regarding deportations of Guatemalans from the US showed that, of arrests of undocumented Guatemalan aliens during the first part of this year, 25% were made in Texas. Other states were Florida with 11%; Nebraska, 7%; Georgia, 6%; New York and Ohio, 5% each, and North Carolina, Mississippi and New Jersey each with 4%.
The study also revealed that 35.5% of the deportees had from one to five years in the US, while 27.2% had from six to ten years residence. In addition, 70% of those interviewed said they left families behind in the US.

http://www.prensalibre.com/noticias/Texas-captura-migrantes_0_308969121.html

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La Cronica De Hoy (Mexico City) 8-2-10

Four people freed from kidnapping

Monterrey, N. L. – State authorities reported that this morning, elements from a reaction force freed four victims of a kidnapping found in a house in Colonia Sierra Ventana in the southern part of this city.

Responding to an anonymous tip, elements of the military, federal and state authorities raided a house and found the four victims, all men, who had been beaten all about the body, with hands and feet tied and blindfolded.

http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=522922

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Commandant of State Police murdered

Hermosillo, Sonora – The Commandant of the State Investigative Police, Jesus Fernando de la Cruz Rojo, was killed by gunfire as he walked in a park with his family.

At least three men got out of a Jeep Cherokee and fired 9mm and 38 Super rounds into the Chief.

http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=522928

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Correo (Leon, Guanajuato) 8-2-10

More than 400,000 Mexicans in Arizona are without papers

Mexico, D.F. (7-30-10) – A full 88.6 percent of the Hispanic population of the state (Arizona) was born in Mexico.

Between 400,000 and 530,000 residents of Arizona are residing without documents, according to the Secretary of Foreign Relations (SRE). One million, eight hundred thousand Arizonans are of Mexican origin.

Officially responding to the implication of SB-1070, SRE states that 88.6% of the Hispanic population is originally from Mexico.

As of this date, there have been 7 requests for injunctions against the law. Included are requests from the Department of Justice, ACLU and MALDEF.

The Secretary of Foreign Relations reports that between January and June of this year, 1,047 unaccompanied minors were deported from Arizona to Mexico.

Authorities in Arizona, such as Sheriff Joe Arpaio, are continuing operations against Mexicans although SB-1070 has been stopped.

Many of our countrymen have decided to leave jobs, to abandon homes they are paying for, and to leave the lives they have in the American Union.

Ramiro Hernandez, originally from Guanajuato, says that in light of what’s happening, he is thinking of returning to Guanajuato because for the last two years it has been difficult to find work.


http://correo-gto.com.mx/notas.asp?id=174720

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El Debate (Culiacan, Sinaloa) 8-2-10

Culiacan tops the list of women murdered

Culiacan – According to the Sinaloa Institute for Women, as of the 15th of July, there have been 65 women murdered in Sinaloa this year. Culiacan heads the list with 26 homicides of women.

Since 2009, the number of female homicides declined with a total of 73 for the whole year of 2009. The report showed that the ages of the women ranged from 17 to 58 years and that the primary cause of death was from gunshot wounds.

http://www.debate.com.mx/eldebate/Articulos/ArticuloGeneral.asp?IdArt=10075826&IdCat=6087

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Two executed; message left

Los Mochis – The bodies of two executed individuals were found on the side of Mexican Highway 15 approximately one kilometer from Juan Jose Rios.

The bodies were dead from gunshots and are unidentified.

Authorities found a message left at the scene which read, “For robbing convenience stores and gasoline stations.”

http://www.debate.com.mx/eldebate/Articulos/ArticuloPrimera.asp?IdArt=10076478&IdCat=6087

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Police request .50 caliber barrets

Culiacan - The Secretary of the Public Security Police is preparing a new request for arms for seven cities in the struggle against organized crime and violence.

The Director of The Co-ordination of Federal, State and Municipal Law Enforcement Agencies, Luis Alberto Sainz Fierro, asked that police be included in the federal law to allow police to use high caliber arms such as the anti-aircraft Barret .50 Caliber Rifle.

The government official explained that the acquisition of this type of weapon is justified for state special elite forces and reaction groups.

He acknowledged that the law already allows for the purchase of grenades and Barrets but as of this moment has not offered a proposal to obtain these sophisticated arms.

Sainz Fierro stated that the purchase of rifles and pistols is just in the first phase.

http://www.debate.com.mx/eldebate/Articulos/ArticuloGeneral.asp?IdArt=10075936&IdCat=6087

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El Diario De Juarez (Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua) 8-2-10

Remittances down 4.07 percent

Mexico, D. F. –Remittances from Mexicans outside the country declined 4.07 percent in the first half of this year, reported the Central Bank.

Funds sent to Mexico from January to June of this year amounted to 10.627 billion dollars compared to this same period last year which was 11.078 billion dollars, according to a Monday report issued by the Banco de Mexico on its internet site.

The remittances are from all over the United States and the amount of money is second only to the exportation of petroleum.

Mexico is the principal recipient of remittances in Latin America.

http://www.diario.com.mx/nota.php?notaid=1edee8e480453cbdb7fd904740e650ed

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Seeker

3 Bombs for Hawkins
Not sure what day this occurred, beyond "afternoon" (read DAYLIGHT HOURS).

ORIGINAL TEXT

NOGALES, Sonora(PH) Un enfrentamiento armado entre un grupo delictivo y agentes de la Policía Municipal de Nogales, se registró por la tarde cuando los agentes fueron agredidos al patrullar por la colonia Granja.

Se trata de los oficiales Gerardo Márquez Orantes, Jesús Sánchez Olmos y Laura Vitorino Valdez, confirmó personal de la Jefatura de Policía y Tránsito Municipal.

Los agresores no fueron identificados y según información proporcionada por personal de la corporación municipal, se desplazaban en un auto de la marca Jeep, tipo Liberty, color rojo.

La agresión ocurrió alrededor de las 17:20 horas cuando los agentes circulaban a bordo de la patrulla con número económico 802, por las calles Altar y Privada Arizpe.

De pronto se toparon con los sujetos armados, quienes desde el auto les realizaron varias detonaciones impactando en al menos cinco ocasiones la patrulla y alcanzando a herir a los agentes.

Los policías reaccionaron y alcanzaron a repeler la agresión, aunque finalmente los “gatilleros” huyeron.

Los oficiales fueron auxiliados y trasladados por sus compañeros a un hospital donde su estado de salud es catalogado como estable.



THREE ambushed....TWO in hospital, one critical... female was shot in the BUTT!

Google translation

LINK-- http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/02082010/461466.aspx



NOGALES, Sonora (PH)
A shootout between a criminal gang and police officers Municipal de Nogales, occurred in the afternoon when officers were assaulted to patrol the farm colony.

This is the official Orantes Gerardo Marquez, Jesus Sanchez and Laura Olmos Vitorino Valdez, staff confirmed the Traffic Police Headquarters and Municipal.

The attackers were not identified, according to information provided by staff of the municipal corporation, were traveling in a car for the Jeep brand, type Liberty, red.

The attack occurred around 17:20 hours when circulating agents aboard the patrol with economic number 802, on the streets and Private Altar Arizpe.

Suddenly he encountered the gunmen, who made them from the car hitting several shots fired at least five times and reaching the patrol officers hurt.

The police reacted and reached to repel the aggression, but eventually the "gunmen" fled.

The officers were assisted by their peers and taken to a hospital where his health condition is listed as stable
 

Joann

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Thanks for reporting this Seeker. Looks like yesterday's reporting, just wondering if it took place on 8/2 or 8/1. This is in Nogales, Sonora, which is a direct border town about 70 miles from Tucson.
 

Joann

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Grenade Hits Local Televisa Station In Nuevo Laredo
No Injuries, Damage to Building, Vehicles


UPDATED: 3:36 pm CDT July 31, 2010

NUEVO LAREDO, MEXICO -- The blast from a grenade tossed at its front door rocked the local Televisa affiliate in Nuevo Laredo about 7 p.m. Friday; however, no injuries were reported among the estimated 20 people inside the building and studio.

The explosion damaged interior glass doors. Two employee vehicles were also hit by grenade fragments.

The grenade reportedly was tossed from a gray vehicle that sped off seconds later.

Read more here
 

Joann

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LA FAMILIA AND THE ZETAS SEEK CONTROL OF PEMEX THEFTS
Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:45 AM PDT

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La Familia Michoacána and Zetas seeking control

Cambio de Michoacán (Morelia, Michoacán) 8-3-10

Mexico, D.F. – During the last 10 years, scores of government officials heading various departments of Petroleos Mexicanos, (PEMEX) have reported the infiltration of narcotraffickers into the workforce and politics and have robbed the company of around 30 billion dollars annually.

Pemex is the principal business of the government, with revenue totaling around 100 billion dollars annually, and is the third largest oil producer in the world. Criminal organizations steal a third of that, according to company figures.

According to the daily newspaper La Opinion, the former Pemex treasurer, Armando Leal Santa Ana, says that since 2002 criminal organizations with the characteristics of narcotraffickers have used enormous amounts of money to corrupt the supply chain to include transporters, watchmen and directors.

This past July 16th, Federal Police arrested five employees of Pemex who were working with the Zetas to steal petroleum products clandestinely in the State of Veracruz where they had skimmed 45% of the production.

Nonetheless, politicians in various states report that the thefts extend into other regions where they have not occurred before, like the States of Mexico, Tamaulipas, Guanajuato, Michoacan, and Nuevo Leon.

Francisco Guizar, a Pemex worker from 1974 to 1993, has stolen petroleum products for 20 years, the last 5 of which were under the protection of the Zetas in Veracruz and La Familia in Michoacan, each the enemy of the other.

“It was obvious from the first moment that these criminal organizations were involved in a very lucrative enterprise with little risk,” said Samuel Villa, an analyst with the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, “Any other activity would have been more dangerous,” he said.

http://www.cambiodemichoacan.com.mx/vernota.php?id=130734

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The “Little Devil” falls

Morelia – The Secretary of the Public Security Police announced that on the 31st of July, Federal Police arrested and detained Gerardo Armando Jaime Morales Palomino, 34, alias “El Diablito”, who is connected to the criminal organization “La Familia.” He is presumed responsible for the importation of pseudoephedrine and pirated supplies from Asia through the Port of Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan.

At the time of his arrest, he was in possession of a plastic bag containing a white powder, consistent with cocaine, weighing approximately 450 grams,

a .223 caliber rifle, a metallic container, 33 .223 cartridges, a grenade, a 2007 Toyota and communications equipment.

http://www.cambiodemichoacan.com.mx/vernota.php?id=130744

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Michoacán among the top three states with the most crime in Mexico

Morelia – The eighth month of this year started with murders in Michoacán and Chihuahua. July ended with a reported 935 murders related to organized crime, according to a report in El Universal.

On Sunday, at least four homicides occurred in the cities of Xochitepec and Cuernavaca and another three in Tanhuato and Morelia and yet another five in different parts of Chihuahua.

Three individuals died after being cut off while traveling in their Ford Edge in the State of Puebla. In this location, criminalists picked up at least 300 fired cases from AR-15’s and AK-47’s.

In the town of Ocotepec police found a body wrapped in a blanket with a narcomessage from the Pacific Cartel (CPS) alleging that the victim was an informant.

http://www.cambiodemichoacan.com.mx/vernota.php?id=130716

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El Diario de Juarez (Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua) 8-3-10

Undocumented in Arizona arrested while returning to Mexico

Nogales, Arizona – United States federal officials in Arizona stated today that “illegals” who try to cross into Mexico from the USA are subject to arrest.

According to officials from CBP (Customs Border Protection) in Nogales, the intent is not to discourage immigrants who want to leave the USA but to arrest those who are under criminal charges or smuggling contraband.

As of this moment, some 5000 undocumented have been arrested trying to leave the United States, according to CBP spokeswoman Bonnie Arellano.

The Port Director in Nogales, Guadalupe Ramirez, told El Diario that southbound inspections have been taking place for about a year.

Although, according to the government official, the southbound inspections are to seek arms and money illegally bound for Mexico, there are consequences for people who come to the United States to engage in illegal activities.

“If anyone who comes or goes through our port violates any law, we are going to document it,” said Ramirez. The documentation consists of taking fingerprints and photographs of the migrants to see if there are any federal charges against them.

Ramirez said that it is up to the discretion of the inspectors whether to arrest or deport the migrants.

The President of U.S. Citizens for Legal Immigration, William Green, said that his group asked the Obama Administration for ‘Safe Passage” so that the undocumented who want to return to Mexico can do so without interruption.

Although the organization is openly anti-immigrant, Green said that this should be the only circumstance in which the undocumented should not be detained.

http://www.diario.com.mx/nota.php?notaid=a8211b936534b4939620995d5450ca16

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El Universal (Mexico City) 8-3-10

Update on narco-war

The Mexican Center of Investigation and National Security (Cisen) reports that so far into this presidential term, there have been 963 armed encounters in public areas, such as streets and highways, between organized criminals and federal forces. This is an average of about one firefight per day. The war against crime has left some 28,000 dead.

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/699304.html

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Thursday, 8/5/10

La Prensa (Mexico City) 8/3/10

Sheriff Joe Arpaio: the worst kind of outlaw

Marcelo Ebrard, head of government of Mexico’s Distrito Federal, said that, “Arpaio represents the worst in the United States, the racism, the xenophobia, the violence, the assault.” While heading a ceremony against racism in Arizona, he added that the attitude of the aforementioned official is a return to the time preceding Martin Luther King’s movement, and contrary to the basics and principles of the United States Constitution.

Ebrard stated: “We are going to send him a copy of Thomas Jefferson’s writings, which gave rise to the independence of the United States. I am going to send it to him personally today so that he may read it, and if he doesn’t read it, well, somebody can read it to him, chances are he doesn’t know how to read well.” [Marcelo Ebrard is a leading political figure in Mexico and widely presumed to be a future candidate for the country’s Presidency.]

http://www.oem.com.mx/laprensa/notas/n1731064.htm

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El Diario de Hoy (San Salvador, El Salvador) 8/4/10

Salvadoran youth being brainwashed

The anthem of El Salvador’s young “Pioneers” reflects the class struggle and the hatred for the United States that the extreme left preaches. “Raise your fist, socialist pioneer….against the rich oppressor and the criminal empire” – a classic reference to the United States – says the anthem of El Salvador’s Socialist Pioneers. Despite the fact that they define themselves as an organization similar to the Boy Scouts, their idols are not peace makers such as Baden Powell or Mother Theresa, but instead the Argentine guerrilla “Che” Guevara, Fidel Castro’s right hand man during the Cuban revolution. The hymn that is taught to the children says, “We will be like Che.”

This group made its public debut on July 25, precisely the anniversary of the day of the 1953 assault on the Moncada garrison in Cuba, thus making clear their affinity with that socialist model and, to boot, their rejection of the United States as underlined in its anthem.

http://www.elsalvador.com/mwedh/nota/nota_completa.asp?idCat=6351&idArt=5025846

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Critica (Hermosillo, Sonora) 8/4/10

Sonora facing wave of violence

The head of the PRI political party in the state of Sonora, Roberto Ruibal Astiazaran, said that Sonora faces a scenario of violence never before seen in the last years, and to pretend otherwise does not help to deal with the issue as urgently as is required. According to that state’s Public Security Dep’t., there have been 338 executions in Sonora in the first six months of this year, while in 2009 there were 221. (Sonora is the only Mexican state bordering on Arizona.)

http://www.critica.com.mx/vernoticias.php?artid=27284&relacion=critica&mas=1

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El Financiero (Mexico City) 8/4/10

The Vatican supports criticism of Arizona law

The Vatican’s Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples echoed the Mexican bishops’ criticism of the Arizona law SB1070 which toughens measures against immigrants. In a press release by its official news agency, Fides, the Congregation cited a communiqué by the Conference of Bishops of Mexico in which the latter expressed their solidarity with their fellow citizens who live in the United States. Fides stated that “It goes against us, and we strongly condemn the selfish and irreparable attitude of some powerful groups who wish to separate, obfuscate and sink innumerable families into the most terrible misery.”

According to Fides, the voice of the Mexican clerics was joined to that of many others in Latin America who have expressed their opposition to the Arizona Law SB1070, such as the prelates of El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru and the United States.

http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/ElFinanciero/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.
cfm?docId=277649&docTipo=1&orderby=docid&sortby=ASC

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El Informador (Guadalajara, Jalisco) 8/4/10

(The following were the leading items in the “Organized Crime” section of this paper):

Seven women and four men executed in Chihuahua
Continuous crimes in Monterrey during the last hours
Seven executed in Sinaloa

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Twenty-eight thousand dead

Since the current administration took over, Mexico’s war against crime has left a trail of 28,000 assassinations and a daily average of one armed confrontation between police and criminals in the entire country.

Other items cited: 6% of Mexico’s population consumes cocaine, a percentage that has doubled between 2002 and 2008. Eighty-four thousand firearms have been seized. There are 34,000 members of the Federal Police, and 59,000 persons linked to “narcotraffic” who have been arrested.

http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico/2010/223209/6/conteo-del-cisen-arroja-28-mil-asesinados.htm

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El Sol de Mexico (Mexico City) 8/4/10

Spanish language in U.S. boosted

Mexico’s Dep’t. of Foreign Relations as well as its Dep’t. of Education are boosting a project titled “Program for Spanish language books for Mexican and Mexican origin children in the United States 2010.” Mexico’s Consulate in San Diego, CA, reported that the program seeks to bring about the learning and improvement of the Spanish language among those children. Further, that “they wish to strengthen the identity of those Mexican or of (Mexican) national origin children and youths who live in the United States.”

http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldemexico/notas/n1732087.htm

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Eight hundred thousand Mexicans migrate to the U.S. yearly

Jorge Carlos Ramirez, the PRI political party’s vice-coordinator in Mexico’s “San Lazaro” (Chamber of Deputies,) said that more than 800,000 Mexicans emigrate to the United States every year, and although 450,000 are deported, they generate a legal income of 53 billion dollars for that country. Further, that removing the more severe aspects of the Arizona law does not mean that justice may have been done, “because we are still facing acts of racism, separatism and xenophobia.” He added that Mexican migrants provide 17% of the labor demands of the U.S. and that according to a bank study they sent 25 billion dollars to Mexico, which represents 50% of the income they generated for the U.S.

He ended by saying, “Whatever it takes, a technological effort is necessary, even the specific creation of an organism in charge of studying, analyzing and proposing a reform that may solve the problem we are dealing with: go to the United States, work, generate more there and, likewise, generate income for their family here in Mexico, to return and have a family life that any person protected by our laws yearns for.”

http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldemexico/notas/n1731575.htm

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El Universal (Mexico City) 8/4/10

Reynosa under siege

On Tuesday afternoon, the city of Reynosa, state of Tamaulipas, became a war zone for several hours because of various confrontations between Mexican soldiers and organized crime members. Major streets were blocked and fear paralyzed the city while detonations from grenades and firearms continued to be heard. Preliminary, unofficial reports said that five persons had died. (Reynosa is right across the Rio Grande River from McAllen, Texas.)

Meanwhile, the mayor of Nuevo Laredo (upriver from Reynosa) condemned the weekend violence in his city, including a grenade attack against a local TV station and another one at the international crossing bridge. (Typically, these events were not reported by local newspapers but were found in others elsewhere in Mexico.)

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/77229.html

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The News (Mexico City) 8/4/10

Drug legalization on the table

(The link below will take you to an English language article regarding President Felipe Calderon’s proposal to consider legalization of drugs in Mexico)

http://thenews.com.mx/articulo/drug-legality-on-table-1084

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La Cronica (Mexicali, Baja Calif.) 8/4/10

Tijuana: four in 24 hrs.

Four armed attacks were reported in Tijuana within the last 24 hours; they resulted in 4 persons dead and five wounded.

http://www.lacronica.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/04082010/
461668.aspx

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Joann

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From El Paso Times:

Expert says violence by cartels may intensify

By Diana Washington Valdez and Daniel Borunda \ El Paso Times
Posted: 08/05/2010 12:00:00 AM MDT

More than 28,000 people have been killed in Mexico's drug wars. It could get bloodier.

"The grenades, the car bombings in Mexico is just a preview of the worse to come. The collateral damage is nothing now in what can happen to the future," said Phil Jordan, former director of the federal anti-drug El Paso Intelligence Center, or EPIC.

Grenades have been increasingly used in attacks in Juárez and other parts of Chihuahua. Last month, Mexican federal police and rescuers were ambushed with a car bomb on a downtown Juárez street.

The Juárez drug cartel has been targeting federal police because the cartel claims the police are working for the rival Sinaloa cartel. The Juárez cartel, known as La Linea, has said it has more car bombs.

The rival cartels and their allied gangs have been fighting for control of the plaza, or territory, and lucrative smuggling routes to the United States.
Mexico's top intelligence chief said about 28,000 people have been killed in drug violence since a government crackdown began in 2006.

In Juárez, about 1,700 people have been slain this year, and about 6,000 people have been killed since 2008 when a war erupted in the region between the Juárez and Sinaloa drug cartels.

Guillermo Valdes, director of the Centro de Investigación y Seguridad Nacional (CISEN), or National Security and Investigation Center, said at a news conference Tuesday that drug abuse also is on the rise in Mexico.

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Joann

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Some of these listing are comical ...

Sorry, I had to make a couple of editorial snips in brackets on the second listing: They can shoot you for not carrying your papers. After I thought about it, think the author is doing us a favor by scaring the shat out of his readers, but you think that will stop them coming ... nope.

From: http://www.nafbpo.org
Friday, 8/6/10

El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) & Tiempo (San Pedro Sula, Honduras) 8/5/10

Very large shipment of cocaine seized

A joint operation between the U.S. Coast Guard and Honduran agents resulted in the seizure of a load of 3,200 kilos of cocaine. The reports did not provide the date of the event, but did state the drug was aboard a Honduran flag fishing vessel from Islas de la Bahia, and that it had sailed from Colombia. Further investigation was still being carried out. The drug was variously said to be worth 80 to 120 million dollars, and to be the largest load seized in the last six years. The interception was on the Atlantic (Caribbean) coast of Honduras. Five crewmen were detained.

http://www.elheraldo.hn/Sucesos/Ediciones/2010/08/05/Noticias/Incautan-3-200-kilos-de-cocaina

http://www.tiempo.hn/web2/secciones...an-3200-kilos-de-cocaina-en-el-atlantico.html

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El Nuevo Diario (Managua, Nicaragua) 8/5/10

They can shoot you for not carrying your papers :xpnd:
Any minor transgression by those who have Latin appearance can end up with orange colored shackles and electric bracelets meant to locate them. And the law applies not only in Arizona but in the entire United States. Separation of families, unjustified detentions due to a Latin aspect, uniforms and shackles like criminals, and even freedom to shoot the migrants for not carrying their legal documentation are some of the realities for those who cross the border in search of the “American dream.” [UFB=joann comment]

All the preceding was shared with us by Heydi Gonzalez, coordinator of the Nicaraguan Network of the Migration Civil Society, who added that the law which recently came into effect criminalizes irregular migration and legalizes violations of human rights. Gonzalez deems that the immigration law’s focus on security violates peoples’ human rights, “Starting because the entrance procedures are excessive and expensive, (and) these force persons to use irregular means, almost always turning to networks of people traffickers. Thus, women end up as victims during that trip, raped, and men die under different circumstances trying to reach the United States border, but who is pursuing the terrible “Z’s” (and) the smuggling networks?”

Gonzalez also said, “Migrants keep going to the United States despite all these controls and the militarization of the borders. Something that will continue to happen as long as conditions and opportunities are not improved in our countries.”

http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/nacionales/80488

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La Hora (Guatemala City, Guatemala) 8/5/10

Guatemalan immigration agency charged with corruption

Juan Fidel Pacheco was a union member and employed by Guatemala’s Direccion General de Migracion. Two weeks ago he delivered some documents to the Partido Patriota (PP) (a political party) denouncing the existence of a network of people traffickers inside that agency and questioning its director, Enrique Degehart, for not taking action. Juan Pacheco was murdered inside his home last Saturday.

The information Pacheco furnished involves other union members employed by the agency, and supervisors and personnel who work at Guatemala City’s international airport. It discloses the granting of residence and work permits in three days to Chinese and Korean citizens, while the normal procedural time takes up to two years for Europeans.

Yesterday, during a meeting with Guatemalan congressional members of the PP, Degehart’s extremely brief replies triggered the congressmens’ call for his resignation. Degehart admitted that the use of the armored vehicle he uses costs 4,000 Quetzals daily (the equivalent of 490 dollars), and that he also has a ten person security escort. Likewise, it was disclosed that he has no prior experience relating to security and immigration, and that his background was as business manager for a soccer team.

http://www.prensalibre.com/noticias/Denuncian-red-trafico-personas-Migracion_0_311368894.html

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El Informador (Guadalajara, Jalisco) 8/5/10

Record chemical precursor seizure

A joint report by Mexico’s naval and customs officials revealed that more than 200 tons of chemical precursor used for the manufacture of synthetic drugs have been seized at the port of Manzanillo, state of Colima. The chemicals, phenyl ethyl acetate, were found inside 18 shipboard containers that had come from China and Korea. Mexican officials are said to be investigating all aspects surrounding the documentation of these shipments and their importers.

http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico...as-de-precursores-de-drogas-en-manzanillo.htm

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Frontera (Tijuana, Baja Calif.) 8/5/10

Homicides don’t end

The wave of violence has not stopped in Tijuana since the weekend, and ten homicides have been recorded up until Wednesday in various parts of the city. According to witnesses, two of these victims were found wrapped in blankets and were also wearing police style uniforms. All the deceased had multiple gunshot wounds.

But a later report tells about the finding early this morning of the “95% burned bodies” of a woman and a man inside the trunk of a car.

http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/05082010/461867.aspx

http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/05082010/461944.aspx

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Noticias (Oaxaca) 8/5/10

Eighty illegals detained

Control operations by Mexico’s immigration agency in the area of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec resumed for the first time since the end of March. [Operations had ceased at that time because of allegations of brutality and theft by federal officials against illegal aliens riding trains in that area.] Aboard a train coming from Arriaga, Chiapas, they found 80 migrants “of diverse nationalities from countries of Central America.”

http://www.noticiasnet.mx/portal/principal/redada-del-inm-contra-migrantes

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Diario Rotativo (Queretaro, Qro.) 8/5/10

Seventy-nine “undocumented” found

Mexican federal police intercepted 79 “undocumented” Central Americans who were traveling in two passenger buses in the state of Oaxaca. They included 49 men and 6 women from Guatemala, 9 men & 4 women from Honduras, and 6 men and one woman from El Salvador.

http://rotativo.com.mx/migracion/in...9-indocumentados-centroamericanos/36748/html/

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