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Posts Tagged Mexico
Sinaloa, Mexico: Police being killed at soaring rates
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 15/Oct/2010 16:15
“Twenty-five law enforcement personnel were murdered in the state of Sinaloa in 2007, but this year that number has grown more than threefold and has reached 90.
The highest yearly number so far was in 2008, when 112 agents of various law enforcement agencies fell victim to organized crime.”
http://www.debate.com.mx/eldebate/Articulos/ArticuloGeneral.asp?IdArt=10288392&IdCat=6087
Monterrey, Mexico: Mexico’s richest city a battleground in bloody drug war
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 15/Oct/2010 16:14
A family walks past soldiers and federal policemen guarding a crime scene after a shooting between rival gangs in Monterrey October 5, 2010. (Reuters/Tomas Bravo)
“Monterrey, Mexico – Once an oasis of calm, Mexico’s richest city has become a central battleground in the country’s increasingly bloody drug war as cartels open fire on city streets and throw grenades onto busy highways.
Escalating violence in Monterrey, one of Latin America’s most affluent cities and seen as a symbol of Mexico’s economic prowess, is arguably the most dramatic development in Mexico’s four-year campaign against powerful drug cartels.
Firefights are spilling into leafy suburbs, putting ordinary Mexicans and foreigners at risk and raising the stakes for President Felipe Calderon as he faces pressure to protect a city generating 8 percent of Mexico’s gross domestic product.”
TIjuana: 18 Dead Since Sunday
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 15/Oct/2010 16:06
There are 18 the confirmed deaths since a wave of violence that began last weekend.
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/10/tijuana-violence-18-dead-since-sunday.html
Texas: Falcon Lake Killing Blamed on Blunder by Cartel lower-level Operatives
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 15/Oct/2010 16:03
Members of the Mexican military search for David Hartley's body in Falcon Lake.
“BROWNSVILLE — A global intelligence company Wednesday said the death of U.S. citizen David Michael Hartley on Falcon Lake was a case of mistaken identity in a turf war between rival drug cartels.
Hartley, who was shot during a Sept. 30 sightseeing trip to the Mexican side of the binational reservoir, was shot by Zeta cartel enforcers because he was mistaken for a spy of the rival Gulf Cartel, according to the report by STRATFOR, and Austin-based think tank specializing in intelligence and international issues.
The report goes on to say Hartley’s body likely was destroyed as Los Zetas went into “damage control†mode and that the lower-level operatives responsible for the unauthorized strike against him now are on the Zetas’ hit list.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/10/falcon-lake-killing-blamed-on-blunder.html
Jalisco, Mexico: Mexican Troops Seize Cartel Arsenal
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 15/Oct/2010 15:30
“Army troops confiscated drugs and an arsenal including rocket-launchers from a house in the western state of Jalisco, Mexico’s defense department said.Soldiers discovered the weapons after receiving a tip about the presence of armed men at the home in the Agua Blanca neighborhood of the city of Zapopan.
The cache included 51 rifles and 49 handguns, two rocket-launchers, 20 grenades and nearly 38,000 rounds of ammunition, the defense department said.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/10/mexican-troops-seize-cartel-arsenal.html
Chihuahua, Mexico: Ambush Kills 6 Prison Task Force Officers
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 15/Oct/2010 15:27
“CHIHUAHUA, Chihuahua – Six members of the prison system’s Immediate Reaction Task Force (CERESO’s Grupo Especial de Reacción Inmediata), including the commander, José Miguel GarcÃa de la Cruz, were ambushed & killed next to the Omnibus station at Pistolas Meneses park on the north side of Chihuahua City.
The ambush began around 7:20 Wednesday morning just after the officers left the home of a fellow member they had picked up to begin their daily duties.
Two officers died in the cab of the truck & another in the bed of the PU, while three officers managed to get out of the PU bed & tried to run for cover, but were gunned down several meters away in the street.
The attackers drove a blue Dodge Durango, a white Dodge Nitro & a maroon Ford Expedition. At least 10 gunmen opened fire on the officers. More than 300 rounds of .223 & 7.62mm ammunition were fired at the scene.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/
Severed head of Investigator “delivered to military in suitcaseâ€
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 14/Oct/2010 11:44
Tiffany Hartley with husband David, who has been missing since September 30. The lead Mexican investigator in his case has been beheaded Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1319997/Severed-head-Mexican-police-officer-Rolando-Armando-Flores-Villegas.html?ito=feeds-newsxml#ixzz12LuGglMR
Lead Mexican investigator Rolando Armando Flores Villegas was hunting for the men who killed a U.S. citizen, a Texas man who was jet-skiing on Falcon Lake, in Texas.
The Investigator’s decapitation is a ‘message to White House’: Mexican drug cartels are declaring that the U.S. ‘no longer controls border’.
“The lead Mexican investigator hunting for an American man who disappeared after he and his wife were ambushed on Falcon Lake has been beheaded, a Texas lawmaker claimed today.
The severed head of Rolando Armando Flores Villegas was delivered to the Mexican military in a suitcase, Aaron Pena said today.
His wife Tiffany has told police she and her husband were ambushed by pirates while jet-skiing on the popular lake on September 30.
They shot her husband in the head, she claimed. She tried to rescue him but was forced to abandon his body when the pirates opened fire at her.
His body still has not been found.”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1319997/Severed-head-Mexican-police-officer-Rolando-Armando-Flores-Villegas.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Panic in Social Security clinic in Ciudad Juarez, gunmen kill three
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 11/Oct/2010 18:46
“CIUDAD JUAREZ, October 11 .- An armed group killed three people last night outside the clinic 6 Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), two of whom were shot while trying to enter the emergency area.
North Zone Prosecutors said in a report that the attack occurred about 23:15 pm on Sunday, which caused panic among patients and personal Medical hospital.
Early indications are that the victims were targeted by gunmen and sought refuge in the hospital.”
Citizen Journalists: Courage in Mexico
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 11/Oct/2010 18:37
“A few months ago a blogger and student from the prestigious Tec de Monterrey university penned her account of a nearby shootout between soldiers and drug traffickers that left two graduate students dead. She describes in her blog post how she used Twitter to post her observations and to stay up to date with information from others.What we don’t know is why she stuck around; what compelled her to report, cell phone in hand, when she was clearly putting her life at risk. But what we do know is that she is hardly alone. Regular citizens are becoming increasingly involved in the reporting, distribution, and analysis of information related to organized crime, drug trafficking, and public security.
Violence in Mexico: not simply “a country at war”
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 11/Oct/2010 18:28
“Among all the talk of beheadings, bodies burned in acid, and hangings from bridges, there are a few missing pieces of context. Such as the fact that Mexico’s murder rate in 2009 was actually lower than it was in 1999. Or that the murder rate in Yucatán is comparable to that of Montana and Wyoming. Or that Washington, D.C.’s murder rate is nearly quadruple that of Mexico City’s.
Violence in Mexico is intense, but it is also highly localized along the borders, and in Michoacan, Guerrero, Sinaloa, and Zacatecas. This is because most violence is related to competition among drug gangs for exclusive access to production and transit routes.
But rather than focusing on these causes of violence, most U.S. media simply portray Mexico as a “country at war.†I think that comparisons of Mexico with Pakistan as a country “on the verge of becoming a failed state†are ridiculous. I think that Hillary Clinton’s description of drug cartel violence in Mexico as an “insurgency†is both irresponsible and frightening (in terms of its foreign policy implications).”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/10/citizen-journalism-and-drug-trafficking.html
Mexican citizen: the “War on Drugs” is not our war.
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Opinion on 11/Oct/2010 18:23
“In order for dangerous drugs not not reach your children, President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa (FCH) launched a war against drug traffickers three years ago. Since then, we Mexicans have become convinced that the war we need is another one: a war against crime for those who rob us, who kidnap us, who extort us and who kills us.
The President must have heard something or read our consensus, because he has changed his rhetoric since September of this year, he no longer refers to the “war on drugs” but a “war against crime” and he has called for “this is a struggle to be taken by the entire society.”
At the same time, semantics aside, the response of his war continues to be identical to the ones in the past; it is a response against the drug kingpins but not a response against the crime that deprives us of our heritage, our freedom and of our very own life.
That is why the president’s war continues to be his war [and not ours].
He must change the target of the war: to focus on the safety of citizens as a new target … he must begin to radically clean the police forces, which perhaps can only be achieved for now by replenishing the police with soldiers, until a new generation of officers can be trained and become operational.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/10/why-its-not-our-war.html
9 arrested, weapons cache confiscated in Mexico
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Opinion on 11/Oct/2010 18:14
“It looks like you can get whatever guns you want in Mexico. Face it, if they have the network in place to get drugs from Central America and meth ingredients from Asia, the cartels have the network in place to get whatever weapons they want, from wherever they want.
Maybe if the people of Mexico were armed they wouldn’t have to cower beneath a corrupt government and criminals. Until the people down there are armed you’ll keep licking both of their boots.”
– by Anonymous
In response to a citizen complaint about the presence of armed persons, authorities arrested nine males, and confiscated the following weapons in Amacueca, Jal.:
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/10/recent-military-ops.html
A plea for help from citizens of the city of Monterrey, Mexico
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 8/Oct/2010 21:15
“To whom it may concern:
We, the citizens of the city of Monterrey, Mexico, are tired of the violence created by the drug cartels and the organized crime. We don’t know where or who to ask for help since our governor and president have failed to protect us.
We have been living in fear since February this year and until now we have no answer on how to stop this. The drug cartels and the organized crime have taken our peaceful city along with its citizens prisoners; they have kidnapped men, women and children.
We never asked for this nor support any group or organization that is in connection with them. We never thought that something like this could happen to us and now here we are living a nightmare, our worse nightmare.
Today we are asking for your help. We know that you have the power to communicate and inform people about our real situation. We as good Mexican citizens are imploring for your valuable help. Please, inform the rest of the world about our current situation and let people know that we are pleading for clemency.
If there is an organization out there that can help us to find a solution, we are in the best position to accept the help. We don’t trust our government since our government has failed protecting us and there are no warranties for our lives.”
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