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Archive for category News
Expert: Mexico’s Kidnapping Industry Extremely Lucrative – not Likely to End
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 7/Oct/2010 20:27
“Kidnapping, one of the crimes that concerns Mexicans the most, is such a lucrative industry for criminals and police that there is little likelihood of seeing it reduced, journalist and writer Humberto Padgett says in his new book “Jauria.â€
“Everybody makes money, except the family that sees its daily life fatally interrupted,†the journalist, who spent two years investigating kidnappers and police, as well as speaking with victims, said.
Nearly three kidnappings per day, according to official figures, are committed in Mexico.
A total of 1,181 kidnapping cases were reported last year, up 40 percent from 2008 and nearly double the level in 2006.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/10/expert-mexicos-kidnapping-industry-so.html
Double Homicide in Brownsville, Texas: Mexican drug cartel Executions
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 7/Oct/2010 20:23
The Brownsville Herald
“Authorities have linked Thursday’s double homicide on FM 511 in the northwest outskirts of Brownsville. Texas, to Mexican drug cartels and are investigating the killings as spillover violence from the Tamaulipas war between the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas.
The bodies of Omar Castillo Flores “El Omarcilloâ€, 25, and Jose Guadalupe Lopez Perez, 38, were found inside a gray Dodge Ram pickup that was riddled with bullets, police spokesman Eddie Garcia said Friday. He said the truck had a Mexican license plate on the back bumper, and he identified both men as residents of Mexico.
At the crime scene, police recovered numerous shell casings of an unknown caliber. The Border Enforcement Security Task Force, a multi-agency group led by U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, assisted police in the investigation but deferred all comment to Brownsville police as the lead agency in the case.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/10/two-zetas-executed-in-brownsville-texas.html
Jaoquin “El Chapo” Guzman will bring war to Tijuana
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 7/Oct/2010 20:17
Tijuana– Headed by Fernando Sanchez Arellano (member of the Arellano Felix dynasty), the Tijuana cartel is recovering territories and markets it had previously lost. They kill, kidnap and offer drugs on a massive scale to a state that is already flooded with them, the ministerial police have been corrupted and are now considered the armed wing of the cartel.
People who live in the city recognize that the violence has diminished, but there are still murders and decapitations, kidnappings and shootouts which are largely ignored by the central government in Mexico City.
There is also suspicion in Tijuana that there is some type of pact between the state government, local business leaders, and the news media to collectively turn a blind eye to these actions.
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/10/el-chapo-will-bring-war-to-tijuana.html
Death toll in Juarez and other parts of Mexico increases on a daily basis.
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 7/Oct/2010 20:14
“Drug cartels in Mexico are fighting and often shoot anyone in their path — and one local family said they lost a relative because of it.
According to some reports, more than 1,000 people have been killed in Chihuahua, Mexico since the beginning of this year. Now, the violence has hit home for one Duke City family.
“My brother was the joker of the family. He was really happy all the time,” the victim’s sister, Carmen Alcantar, said.
Alcantar said her brother, Miguel, had a girlfriend and a 2-year-old daughter in Chihuahua. Despite warnings from his family, Miguel went to see them last week.
“We’ve always told him not to go down there and that he should perhaps get his family here,” Alcantar said.
“Two cars drove up beside him and there were two others with him in the vehicle. They took out their machine guns and they were masked men,” Alcantar said.
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/10/new-mexico-family-loses-relative-to.html
University of Texas-Brownsville freshman murdered in Mexico
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 7/Oct/2010 20:10
Jonathon William Torres Cazares
“UTB-TSC is mourning the death of an 18-year-old freshman who was shot and killed just outside Ciudad Mante in the southern part of Tamaulipas, allegedly by members of Mexican organized crime.
University officials said Jonathon William Torres Cazares died on Sept. 30 while traveling to visit family.
He is believed to be one of two people killed after the bus he was riding in was hijacked, according to a U.S. official who declined to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/10/university-of-texas-brownsville.html
Blood keeps flowing in Ciudad Juarez
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 7/Oct/2010 20:07
“Nine persons, among them a Municipal Police captain, were shot yesterday afternoon, and during the morning another five Juarenses (read: Juarez residents) were deprived of life violently, so that Tuesday’s total number of victims reaches 14.â€
http://www.diario.com.mx/notas.php?f=2010/10/06&id=7cc077f509708ba32b81580aca04b285
Is reining in rampant illegal immigration “xenophobia†and “racism”?
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 7/Oct/2010 20:06
“Jorge Bustamante, a Mexican “UN special spokesman for immigrants’ human rights,†said that the “atmosphere of xenophobia†in various parts of the United States is bringing about abuses of immigrants, despite the suspension of parts of the Arizona law.
“In the interim, situations are occurring derived from that ambience of xenophobia that predominates in the state of Arizona and in other parts of the United States, and which lead to vulnerable conditions for the immigrants and lead to abuses.â€
Bustamante labeled the law as “racist†because it gives the police the right to detain and expel persons “on the basis of their appearance, and the main appearance is the color of the skin.â€
On the other hand, he defended the sovereign right of nations to decide about their immigration laws, and deemed that the concept of universal citizenship is practically impossible to bring about.”
Response: No, the concern of American citizens about illegal immigration has nothing to do with “xenophobia†and “racism”. Accusing Americans of those attitudes is simply a way of diverting attention from the issue.
Are Americans protesting legal immigration? No. We openly accept immigrants from all over the world. No xenophobia there.
We also embrace and accept legal immigrants from all kinds of races. Any race of legal immigrant is welcome. No racism there.
If you come here, willing to work, willing to contribute, willing to show loyalty to the United States, most Americans will give you the benefit of the doubt, will be open minded.
So what are Americans upset about? We are sick and tired of foreigners breaking our laws, showing disrespect for our nation, being a drain on our resources and social services without contributing taxes, then sending money they earn working here back to the country they left, and bad-mouthing the United States to boot.
I have personally seen protest marchers carrying Mexican flags and signs saying “We are not Criminals”. Well, if you broke the law to get here then yes, you are. And if you are going to stay here, how about showing a little respect and gratitude for the country that is giving you work and educating your children?
Proud of your heritage? Great. But don’t come here illegally and then brag about how great Mexico is. If it’s so great, may we suggest you consider going back? Permanently would be fine.
Or, get in line with all the others wishing to immigrate to the US and do it legally.
Americans don’t object to immigrants. We object to illegal immigrants.
Soldiers work with Scientists towards Solving Bee Die-Off Mystery
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 7/Oct/2010 19:37
“Since 2006, 20 to 40 percent of the bee colonies in the United States alone have suffered “colony collapse.†Suspected culprits ranged from pesticides to genetically modified food.
Now, a unique partnership — of military scientists and entomologists — appears to have achieved a major breakthrough: identifying a new suspect, or two.
…researchers on both sides say that colony collapse may be the first time that the defense machinery of the post-Sept. 11 Homeland Security Department and academia have teamed up to address a problem that both sides say they might never have solved on their own.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/science/07bees.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Soldier who Died Saving His Comrades Is Awarded the Medal of Honor
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 7/Oct/2010 19:17
“Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller’s unit was ambushed on Jan. 25, 2008, during a predawn reconnaissance mission in Gowardesh by enemy fighters who assaulted them from above. Under withering fire, Sergeant Miller charged forward and drew fire away from his fellow soldiers. Even after he was shot, he continued returning fire to allow his team to pull back.
Ultimately, according to a Pentagon account of the seven-hour battle in Kunar Province, Sergeant Miller killed at least 10 insurgents while saving the lives of 7 American and 15 Afghan soldiers.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/us/07medal.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Terrorism, Vigilance and the Limits of the War on Terror
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 5/Oct/2010 15:51
Terrorism, Vigilance and the Limits of the War on Terror is republished with permission of STRATFOR.
By George Friedman
The U.S. government issued a warning Oct. 3 advising Americans traveling to Europe to be “vigilant.†U.S. intelligence apparently has acquired information indicating that al Qaeda is planning to carry out attacks in European cities similar to those carried out in Mumbai, India, in November 2008. In Mumbai, attackers armed with firearms, grenades and small, timed explosive devices targeted hotels frequented by Western tourists and other buildings in an attack that took three days to put down.
European security forces are far better trained and prepared than their Indian counterparts, and such an attack would be unlikely to last for hours, much less days, in a European country. Still, armed assaults conducted by suicide operatives could be expected to cause many casualties and certainly create a dramatic disruption to economic and social life.
The first question to ask about the Oct. 3 warning, which lacked specific and actionable intelligence, is how someone can be vigilant against such an attack. There are some specific steps that people can and should take to practice good situational awareness as well as some common-sense travel-security precautions. But if you find yourself sleeping in a hotel room as gunmen attack the building, rush to your floor and start entering rooms, a government warning simply to be vigilant would have very little meaning. Read the rest of this entry »
Iran unveils their new bomb: the “Ritard”
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 5/Oct/2010 14:24
“Lots of dictatorships love to parade their military might once a year. But this year’s Iranian “Sacred Defense Week 2010 Military Parade†hosted some of the weirdest-looking weaponry outside of a bad 60’s spy movie. Honestly, when you wheel a bomb marked “Ritard†past the reviewing stand, you’re pretty much guaranteed to be the laughing stock of the rest of the civilized world.”
http://photofind.com/featured-photo/ritard-bomb-from-iran
I would not want to be the Iranian guy who recommended this name.
“Everybody salute, here comes the Ritard.”
US navy to battle swarms of Iranian ‘stealth’ WIG-ships with Laser energy cannons
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 5/Oct/2010 01:41
“The US military-industrial complex has unveiled its answer to the much-vaunted “swarm” tactics of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard naval forces, which might see squadrons of “stealth” flying boats and attack craft overwhelming the defences of US warships in the Persian Gulf.
The US Navy will deal with this, apparently, using rapid-firing laser raygun cannons to sweep their swarming enemies from the seas and skies around them.”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/04/northrop_mld_and_bavar/
Third Attack on NATO Supply Trucks – Four Killed
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 5/Oct/2010 01:34
“The destruction of NATO Supply trucks inside Afghanistan continues. One major supply route is blocked by Pakistan.
Monday morning, a NATO convoy delivering fuel to U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, was attacked for the third time. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and vowed to continue these attacks until all resupply through Pakistan is stopped.
The attack occurred near a border crossing that had been closed by Pakistan in retaliation of a NATO helicopter attack inside Pakistan, which killed three.”
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/third-attack-nato-supply-trucks-four-killed
PRT Zabul Begins Process to Renovate School in Mizan District, Afghanistan
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 5/Oct/2010 01:31
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U.S. Army Pfc. Joshua Murphy, rifleman for Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul and New Brighton, Pa., native, measures a rooftop of a school near Combat Outpost Mizan, Zabul Province, Aug. 14. PRT Zabul is working to renovate the school as part of an ongoing effort to improve Mizan District. Photo by Senior Airman Nathanael Callon
Police Academy student decapitated
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 5/Oct/2010 01:29
La Prensa Grafica (San Salvador, El Salvador) 10/2/10
The head of a student of El Salvador’s national police academy (ANSP) was found in a suitcase along a highway near the capital city of San Salvador.
The grim find was accompanied by a message that authorities did not reveal. The body of the youthful student, who was to have joined the police force in six months, has not been located.