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Posts Tagged Mexico
Mexican who ordered assassinations of U.S. consulate and her husband appears in TX court
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Law, News, Threat Watch on 8/Sep/2010 01:22
Jesus Ernesto Chávez Castillo, known as "El Camello," or the camel,
“Jesus Ernesto Chvez Castillo, who told Mexican authorities that he ordered the assassinations of a a U.S. consulate employee and her husband, appeared in U.S. District Court in San Antonio on Friday after his extradition.
A man suspected of ordering the assassination of a U.S. Consulate worker and her husband in Juárez in March appeared Friday in a San Antonio courtroom under tight security and a shroud of secrecy.
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/09/consulate-slayings-mastermind-in-texas.html
Mexico: Dismembered Bodies Dumped in Front of Children’s Museum
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 8/Sep/2010 01:17
Two dismembered bodies were found by police early Tuesday in front of a children’s museum in Chilpancingo, the capital of the southern Mexican state of Guerrero.State police received a call that two naked bodies with the heads, arms and legs cut off had been dumped in front of the La Avispa Museum.
The dismembered bodies were left near the part of the building that contains two mechanical dinosaurs. The bodies appeared to be men between the ages of 20 to 30 years old.At the scene were two torsos, two heads, one wrapped in duck tape, two complete legs from the femur to the foot, which had tennis shoes with a red stripe around the laces and the other two legs were cut in pieces. There were also four dismembered hands and arms, two of them up to the elbows.
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/09/dismembered-bodies-found-in-front-of.html
WARNING: Graphic, disturbing images
Ciudad Juarez: a murder every three hours.
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 3/Sep/2010 18:55
“Eighteen persons were murdered in Ciudad Juarez on Tuesday, and there have been 336 homicides in that city during the month of August, a new record. Juarez has now had 2,027 such deaths so far this year.
In contrast, the first monthly record kept, which dates to 1995, shows that 34 persons died in August of that year, and that the entire year’s record of homicides then reached 294. Currently, a homicide takes place every three hours.”
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico: They Poured Gasoline on Him and Lit a Match
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 3/Sep/2010 18:40
They Took Him Out of the Vehicle, Poured Gasoline on Him, and Lit a Match
http://www.oem.com.mx/elmexicano/notas/n1762169.htm
While more than 2,030 homicides have taken place in Ciudad Juarez during this year, the state attorney general prosecutors have only been able to find suspects in 67 of those cases, that is, one in every hundred. This is seen as a motivating factor for others to commit crimes, since the local perception is that killing has no consequences here.
Jesus Camarillo, a law professor at the University of Ciudad Juarez, said in an interview that, “In civilized societies, every conflict must be resolved by a third party, which is the State, now practically excluded, and then the conflict is resolved by private vengeance, and that is what we see presently: a state of barbarism, because the state’s presence is totally excluded, since there is no one to challenge crimes, no one to investigate them.â€
In Mexico, Central American Immigrants are a business worth $3 billion dollars per year
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 3/Sep/2010 18:25
Coffins containing the remains of 72 immigrants massacred in Tamaulipas. (AP)
“Immigrants are a business worth $3 billion dollars per year, which is divided up amongst the criminal cartels and corrupt police forces, both in the US and in Mexico. To cross to the other side they pay between $4,000 and $15,000 dollars.
Often, it is only the principle of martyrdom that drives the “American dream,” which has already been achieved by (in addition to tens of millions of Mexicans) a million Hondurans, two million Salvadorans, and three million Guatemalans who send about $10 billion dollars in cash remittances to their families in their countries of origin every year.
Is US Intel Helping in the Capture of Drug Cartel Bosses?
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 3/Sep/2010 18:09
Are US agencies providing intel or direct leadership in helping Mexican Military track down all these Cartel bosses in Mexico?
Video here:
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/08/is-us-intel-helping-in-capture-of-capos.html
Mexican army kills 25 drug cartel gunmen near the US border
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 2/Sep/2010 21:52
“The Mexican army says it has killed 25 suspected drug cartel gunmen in a clash near the US border.
The army said a patrol came under fire as it approached an apparent training camp that had been spotted during an aerial search.
In his state of the union address on Thursday morning, the president admitted the violence was worsening but defended his approach, saying the cartels were being weakened.
“The capture or killing of important criminal leaders has made the crime organizations more desperate,” Mr Calderon said.
“It is an ever more bloody war between organized crime groups fighting for territory, markets and routes … If we want a safe Mexico for the Mexicans of the future, we must take on the cost of achieving it today,” he said.”
Witch Hunt in Arizona?
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 2/Sep/2010 19:10
AP – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks to the media after learning the U.S. Justice Department is …
PHOENIX – The Justice Department sued the nation’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” on Thursday, calling Joe Arpaio’s defiance of an investigation into his office’s alleged discrimination against Hispanics “unprecedented.”
It’s the first time in decades a lawman has refused to cooperate in one of the agency’s probes, the department said.
“I think they know we have not been racial profiling, so what’s the next step — camouflage the situation, go the courts, and make it look like I’m not cooperating,” Arpaio said Thursday.
Arpaio said he provided “hundreds of thousands” of reports but hasn’t turned over others because the department’s request was too broad.
Arizona Republican Sen. Russell Pearce, author of the new Arizona law, called the Justice Department’s actions against Arpaio a “witch hunt.”
“This is the game that’s played,” he said. “They couldn’t find any violations … that’s why they’re very vague about what they want. It doesn’t take a very high IQ to figure out what’s going on with these folks.”
Mexican President Calderon’s proposed plan to battle cash smuggling and money laundering.
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 31/Aug/2010 19:47
“MEXICO CITY – President Felipe Calderon proposed sweeping new measures Thursday to crack down on the cash smuggling and money laundering that allow Mexican cartels to use billions in U.S. drug profits to enrich their criminal organizations.
Legislation introduced by the Calderon administration would make it illegal to buy real estate in cash.
The new laws would also limit the purchase of vehicles, boats, airplanes and luxury goods to 100,000 pesos in cash, or about $7,700. Violators could be sentenced to five to 15 years in prison.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/08/mexico-targets-money-laundering-with.html
The Roots of Organized Crime in Mexico
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 31/Aug/2010 19:42
Daniel Arizmendi, alias "El Mochaorejas" (ear cutter)
“Organized crime in Mexico today did not form itself in a vacuum, its structure originates from the police and security forces of the Mexican State. That is why this drug war is so bloody and extends to all levels of government and society.
Over the past 30 years, corruption, impunity and the political and discretionary application of justice converted every police officer and every public safety agency into a criminal entity. Whether willing or otherwise, every Mexican police officer, every ministerial (investigative) official, to survive as such, had to break the law and abide by the codes of special privileges granted by the ruling political power, the PRI.
Police were segregated from society and their use in an ideology of political and social repression led to corruption. The political class for decades, and clearly after 1968 and 1971, found in this corruption a vein of gold and overindulged itself on it. The use of laws, rules and regulations for the purpose of extortion was institutionalized.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/08/roots-of-organized-crime.html
State Department Issues Travel Warning For Mexico
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 31/Aug/2010 12:39
Finally the government has recognized there is a problem:
Mexico
August 27, 2010
The Department of State has issued this Travel Warning to inform U.S. citizens traveling to and living in Mexico about the security situation in Mexico. The authorized departure of family members of U.S. government personnel from U.S. Consulates in the northern Mexico border cities of Tijuana, Nogales, Ciudad Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Monterrey and Matamoros remains in place. However, based upon a security review in Monterrey following the August 20, 2010 shooting in front of the American Foundation School in Monterrey and the high incidence of kidnappings in the Monterrey area, U.S. government personnel from the Consulate General in Monterrey have been advised that the immediate, practical and reliable way to reduce the security risks for children of U.S. Government personnel is to remove them from the city. Beginning September 10, 2010, the Consulate General in Monterrey will become a partially unaccompanied post with no minor dependents of U.S. government employees. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Mexico dated July 16, 2010 to note the changing security situation in Monterrey.
Millions of U.S. citizens safely visit Mexico each year. This includes tens of thousands who cross the border every day for study, tourism or business and at least one million U.S. citizens who live in Mexico. The Mexican government makes a considerable effort to protect U.S. citizens and other visitors to major tourist destinations.  Resort areas and tourist destinations in Mexico do not see the levels of drug-related violence and crime reported in the border region and in areas along major drug trafficking routes. Nevertheless, crime and violence are serious problems. While most victims of violence are Mexican citizens associated with criminal activity, the security situation poses serious risks for U.S. citizens as well.
It is imperative that U.S. citizens understand the risks involved in travel to Mexico, how best to avoid dangerous situations, and who to contact if one becomes a victim of crime or violence.  Common-sense precautions such as visiting only legitimate business and tourist areas during daylight hours, and avoiding areas where criminal activity might occur, can help ensure that travel to Mexico is safe and enjoyable. U.S. citizen victims of crime in Mexico are urged to contact the consular section of the nearest U.S. Consulate or Embassy for advice and assistance. Contact information is provided at the end of this message. Read the rest of this entry »
Violence Rampant in Ciuadad Juarez
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 30/Aug/2010 22:29
Three bodies found among the trash along a road in "Curvas del Perico" executed with multiple gunshots to the head.
“Around-the-clock executions, routine kidnappings, burnings of rural homes, hangings of murder victims from overpasses, scatterings of body parts on public streets, a car bomb, and threats of more violence have all put Ciudad Juarez and the state of Chihuahua on extreme edge.The violence boils as the administration of Chihuahua Governor Jose Reyes Baeza, state legislature and municipal governments enter their last months in office and prepare to hand over political leadership to others from the same Institutional Revolutionary Party.”
3,200 Mexican federal police fired since May
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 30/Aug/2010 19:32
A Mexican federal police officer frisks a man during an anti-narcotics operation in Michoacan.
“Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) — About 3,200 Mexican federal police have been fired since May for failing to do their work or being linked to corruption, Federal Police Commissioner Facundo Rosas said Monday.
Of those, 465 have been charged with crimes.
In addition, Rosas said at a news conference, another 1,020 officers face disciplinary proceedings for failing confidence exams.”
(Cartels announce 3,200 job openings.)
14 Men Executed in Acapulco
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 28/Aug/2010 23:27
Acapulco- Attacks on suspected members of the Cartel del Pacifico Sur headed by Héctor Beltrán Leyva left 14 men dead in execution style slayings in four different locations around the tourist destination of Acapulco, Guerrero during the morning hours of Friday, August 27.
The murders may have been a reprisal for the executions and public display of 4 mutilated bodies of men belonging to Edgar “la Barbie†Valdez Villarreal’s organization in Cuernavaca, Morelos.
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/08/14-executed-in-acapulco.html
According to the state of Guerrero’s Public Security Secretariat, the victims were beaten and tortured before being executed by gunfire from the usual weapons used by organized criminal gangs: .233 (AR-15), 7.62 x 39mm (AK-47) and 9mm calibers.
Three of the victims were identified as municipal policemen and one victim was a state government employee. As of late Friday evening the identities of the other victims had not been released.
Official investigating Mexican Massacre Murdered
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 28/Aug/2010 23:26
The body of an official investigating the massacre of 72 Central and South American migrants killed in a ranch in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas was found today dumped beside a nearby road alongside another unidentified victim, according to local media.
El Universal said the body of Roberto Jaime Suarez was found on a highway. He disappeared two days ago in the town of San Fernando, along with a transit police officer. A second body was found and is thought to be the officer.
The wife of Roberto Suarez told the BBC he had been missing since Wednesday, the day after the migrants were found dead at a ranch in Tamaulipas state. Suarez was involved in the initial investigation of the massacre, which authorities have blamed on the Zetas drug cartel. The federal Attorney General’s Office has since taken the lead in the case.
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/08/mexican-massacre-investigator-found.html