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Archive for July, 2010
Mexican Marines Free 8 Captives in Tamaulipas
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 9/Jul/2010 19:59
“Mexican Marines free 8 kidnapped captives, arrest 18 drug traffickers and seize more than seven and a half tons of marijuana, high-powered weapons and vehicles in Tamaulipas”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/07/mexican-marines-free-8-captives-in.html
“El Chachis”: high-level member of the Los Zetas drug cartel captured
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 9/Jul/2010 19:53
Esteban Luna
“A high-level member of the Los Zetas drug cartel was captured by army troops, the Mexican Defense Secretariat said.
Esteban Luna was the cartel’s boss in Monterrey, the capital of the northern state of Nuevo Leon, and was behind several attacks on army troops and a U.S. consulate, the secretariat said.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/07/zeta-el-chachis-falls.html
“Shootout Drills” for Mexican Schools
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 9/Jul/2010 19:49
“MEXICO CITY – Schools across Mexico are teaching students to dive to the floor and cover their heads as urban gunfights between drug gangs multiply in the violence-torn country.
At least nine shootouts have erupted in school zones since mid-October, three of them in the past month. On June 15, soldiers and gunmen battled for an hour just 60 feet from a preschool in the central town of Taxco.
Several Mexican states are now requiring “shootout drills” and are incorporating them into summer teacher-training courses, which begin next week. School ends Friday in most of Mexico.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/07/shootout-drills-for-mexican-schools.html
Three guilty of bomb plot in airline attacks trial
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 9/Jul/2010 19:44
A composite of undated handout images from the Metropolitan Police shows (L-R Top) Umar Islam, Waheed Zaman, Assad Sarwar, Mohammed Gulzar; (L-R Bottom) Arafat Khan, Abdullah Ibrahim Savant, Abdullah Ahmed Ali, and Tanvir Hussain. File photo, The Province
“Britain’s longest terrorist investigation ended on Thursday when three Muslims were convicted of conspiring to become suicide bombers in a plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners.
Ibrahim Savant, Arafat Waheed Khan, and Waheed Zaman made vitriolic suicide videos in which they blamed the West for their actions.
The three men were the “front-line troops” in “a deadly and co-ordinated campaign against the general public”, said Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, during the case.”
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Three+linked+airline+plot+targeting+flights/3250659/story.html
Afghan construction companies accuse American middlemen of reneging on payments
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 8/Jul/2010 01:47
Haji Layeq says an American company failed to pay a construction company he has ties to. - Adam Ferguson for The New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — A number of Afghan construction companies working on contracts for American and NATO military bases in Afghanistan have accused American middlemen of reneging on payments for supplies and services, and in one case of leaving the country owing Afghan companies hundreds of thousands, even millions, of dollars.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/world/asia/08contract.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
UK troops to pull out of Sangin in Helmand province
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 8/Jul/2010 01:40
“British troops in the Sangin area of Afghanistan’s Helmand province are to be replaced by US forces, the UK’s Defence Secretary Liam Fox has said.
The UK has suffered its heaviest losses in the area, with 99 deaths since 2001.
About 1,000 Royal Marines are expected to leave and be redeployed to central Helmand by the end of 2010.
The military insists the move is a redeployment, now there are more US troops on the ground, but the Taliban are certain to portray it as a defeat.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/10533771.stm
Justice Dept. Sues Arizona Over Its Immigration Law
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 7/Jul/2010 22:07
“The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Arizona to challenge a new state law intended to combat illegal immigration, arguing that it would undermine the federal government’s pursuit of terrorists, gang members and other criminal immigrants.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/us/07immig.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Yeah, because the federal government is working really, really hard at pursuing criminal immigrants (maybe this is why they can’t be bothered with pursuing illegal immigrants -Â they’re just way too busy pursuing criminal immigrants)
Hezbollah using Mexican nationals to establish a network in South America
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Threat Watch on 7/Jul/2010 22:00
“Mexico foiled an attempt by Hezbollah to establish a network in South America, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Hezbollah operatives employed Mexican nationals with family ties to Lebanon to set up the network, designed to target Israel and the West, the Al-Seyassah daily said.
Mexican police mounted a surveillance operation on the group’s leader, Jameel Nasr, who traveled frequently to Lebanon to receive information and instructions from Hezbollah commanders there.
Nasr was living in Tijuana, Mexico at the time of his arrest, the report said.
The report follows warnings from the United States that Hezbollah and its backer Iran are stepping up operations in the region.”
Decapitated Victim Left on Mexican Mayoral Candidate’s Doorstep
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 7/Jul/2010 21:27
“In another act of terrorism directed at the electoral process in Mexico a decapitated body was placed yards away from a home belonging to Héctor “Teto†MurguÃa Lardizábal, the PRI candidate for Mayor of Ciudad Juarez.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/06/ciudad-juarez-mayoral-candidate-greeted.html
Mexican killers disquised themselves as Mexican Marines(Graphic Content)
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 7/Jul/2010 21:19
Three vehicles recovered in the murder of Rodolfo Torre Cantú, candidate for governor, were altered to look like military vehicles.
Here’s a news flash: Americans living in border states are not mean-spirited bigots with racist hatred of anyone with brown skin.
They are good, hardworking people who do not want this kind of violence spilling across the border into their back yards, and who object to people showing complete disregard to the laws of the United States.
“Sources close to the investigation carried out by the Attorney General of Tamaulipas and the PGR report that sicarios were disguied as Mexican Marines who apparently had inside information of the PRI candidate [Rodolfo Torre Cantú], and managed to execute the ambush in full military precision.
According to information published by the newspaper Reforma, witnesses report that the candidate’s convoy was passed by a truck that suddenly started traveling at low speed and a a few feet ahead of the the road was tractor trailer that was used to block the road.
Once the procession was forced to stop, two cloned trucks, made to look like military vehicles, came from behind and from inside numerous men that appeared to be wearing marine uniforms got out of their vehicles.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/07/cloned-marines-responsible-for.html
Gun battle 12 miles south Sasabe, Arizona – unofficial death toll: 29
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 7/Jul/2010 21:07
“The unofficial death toll for Thursday morning’s battle between rival organized criminal groups has reached 29 according to reports coming out of the Nogales, Sonora area.
The shootout occurred approximately 12 miles south of the little used border crossing point in the town of Sasabe, Arizona, located in Pima County.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/07/29-gunmen-dead-in-shootout-12-miles.html
Mexico: Two Cops, Five Others Murdered
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 7/Jul/2010 21:02
“At least seven people, including two police officers, were murdered over the weekend in different parts of Mexico, state officials said.
The bodies of four men were found hanging off bridges early Sunday in Chihuahua city, the capital of the like-named state.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/07/two-cops-five-others-murdered.html
Arizona: trouble’s been brewing for a long time
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 7/Jul/2010 20:57
There have been many voices howling in objection to Arizona’s tough stance on illegal immigrants.
Wherever you stand on the subject keep this in mind: Arizona citizens have been frustrated, concerned and alarmed about this problem of illegal immigrants for a long time. For example, this story from March of this year:
“Krentz’s body, and his badly injured dog, were discovered shortly before midnight Saturday by a helicopter search crew after he failed to show up at a prearranged meeting with his brother. No suspect has been identified, but footprints tracked by Border Patrol agents, deputies and Arizona Department of Corrections dog chase teams led 20 miles south to the Mexican border.
While many ranchers in Arizona grew furious about property damage and trash left behind by illegal immigrants who crossed through the state’s southeast corner on the way north, Krentz, several people said, was still willing to help those in need.
“He’s a kind and gentle man. He’s the last person who would ever be confrontational,” Cowan said. “If someone needed help, he would go help them. All he wanted was to raise his family and raise his livestock and have a peaceful life.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/03/ranchers-big-fear-realized.html
Border violence spills onto Mexican ranches and farms
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 7/Jul/2010 20:46
“The drug violence along the U.S.-Mexico border is now spilling into the region’s agriculture, threatening the safety of ranchers and farmers, slowing down what was expected to be the best harvest in years, and raising the risk that some crops will rot in the fields.
Ranchers like Gutierrez have trouble getting their animals to market. Farmers who once toiled long hours in the fields now fear being attacked in the dark. Some are even being forced to pay protection money to keep from being kidnapped or having their harvest stolen.
A woman who exports aloe vera said her father pays protection money just to be allowed to conduct business.
“Everyone does,” the woman said in an interview at a sprawling produce warehouse complex in McAllen, Texas.”
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/07/4632112-border-violence-spills-onto-mexican-ranches-farms
Using culturally familiar strategies to make progress in Afghanistan
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 7/Jul/2010 17:41
“Panjwayi, Afghanistan: As reports circulate that insurgents may have attacked a nearby unit with rocket-propelled grenades, a Canadian Army sergeant major lets out several profanities. He’s just realized that his soldiers forgot to bring paper plates for the snacks they were going to serve the Afghans.
Rather than helping with the fighting, his unit here in southern Kandahar Province has been tasked with organizing a shura, a meeting of village elders…”