Mexican narco-traffickers imitating the Medellin Cartel
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Milenio (Mexico City) 5/15/08
The Bogota, Colombia, daily El Tiempo today editorialized that the
Mexican drug gangs have copied the tactics used 20 years ago by the
late Colombian narco-trafficker Pablo Escobar. The Medellin Cartel
aimed to "intimidate society and blackmail the State by means of
vehicle bombs and indiscriminate terrorism" and this is what the
Mexican criminals aim to do. It added "The government of Felipe
Calderon confronts a war ever so more tenacious against the drug
cartels". It pointed out that the United States "proposes the
design of a type of Plan Colombia to help Mexico in its fight which
also affects the border and illegal immigration." (Continuing to
quote from the Colombian paper) "No one argues that economic and
technical assistance is needed. But, as long as the illegal
narcotraffic business continues to be the world's most lucrative,
the present war strategy against drugs has been shown to be
ineffectual."
"The recent and hard Colombian experience evidences this and the
tragedy which Mexico is undergoing today confirms it. There are
more than enough candidates to replace each and every drug boss who
falls."
It commented that "the large cartels are dismembered but others
appear, more mobile, relentless and sophisticated. Which confirms
the urgency of seeking new forms of confronting this phenomenon and
weakening its economic base and its capacity to generate violence
and corruption." "As happens with the coca, marihuana or poppy
plantations, the illegal economic activity and the violence
associated with this crime move from place to place. So much so,
that in Peru they are alarmed by the presence of money and weapons
coming from the north. But they don't call in Colombianization but
Mexicanization."
According to the paper, the war being fought by President Calderon
against the mafias has found a reply by the narcotraffickers and
mainly in the Gulf and Sinaloa Cartels."
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Cuarto Poder (Tuxtla, Chiapas) 5/15/08
In the state of Chiapas 15,856 illegal aliens have been detected
and detained from January to April of this year. Although the great
majority were from Central American countries, principally
Guatemala, there were also 45 Ethiopians, 52 Somalis and 91
Eritreans.
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El Diario de Yucatan (Merida, Yucatan) 5/15/08
Two ****pboard containers destined to Lebanon "disappeared" while in
transit through the Customs facility in Belize. One of them was
said to be loaded with firearms.
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El Debate (Culiacan Sinaloa) 5/15/08
Yesterday Mex. federal police seized three tons of marihuana from a
house in Culiacan.
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El Diario de Coahuila (Saltillo, Coah.) 5/15/08
- In a pre-dawn attack yesterday a group of forty armed men
dressed in black destroyed the Ministerial Police facility at
Guamuchil, Sinaloa, with assault rifle fire and fragmentation
grenades. This, just hours after the federal government had
announced the start of its operations in Culiacan and Navolato.
Three private residences were also attacked by the same group.
Guamuchil is 100 kms. north of Culiacan.
- In Torreon, Coahuila, an armed commando kidnapped eight members
of the same family. Local police answering a related re****t were
met with gunfire and two of the police officers were killed; two
others were wounded by shrapnel from exploding grenades. The A.G.
for Coahuila attributed this resurgence of violence there to a
"rearrangement of the cartels' crime forces" and foresaw that
Torreon and Durango will once again be disputed by the criminals.
Later, at least two of the kidnapped persons were rescued from a
safe house and two thugs were arrested.
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El Diario (Chihuahua) ( El Paso edition) 5/15/08
Jesus Miguel Huizar, who is a naturalized citizen from Mexico and a
Border Patrol Agent, was arrested Tuesday for allowing the passage
of illegal aliens through a highway checkpoint for $500 each. His
accomplices, Emeterio Sigala Favela and Luis Carlos Chacon Rubio
were also arrested. The charges against Huizar could result in
imprisonment for up to 30 years, the seizure of his house (which
was used to tem****arily house illegal aliens and where two such
were found) plus also a fine of half a million dollars. The
checkpoint in question is located near Las Cruces, NM. Huizar's
operation re****tedly started in 2005.
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La Cronica (Mexicali, Baja Calif.) 5/15/08
Jose Magana, a Customs and Border Protection inspector, was
arrested Monday. He is being charged with allowing the crossing of
undo***ented persons into the United States at the San Luis, AZ
border crossing in exchange for money. Two accomplices were also
arrested and two others are at large.
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Reforma (Mexico City) 5/15/08
Mexico's 2009 federal public security budget will increase 440% to
2 billion 650 million pesos. One of the major items under this
increase is the establishment of new base stations for the federal
police around the country to permit their more rapid deployment.
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El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) 5/15/08
(Main front section item): The Honduras Embassy in Wa****ngton D.C.
will today (Thurs.) receive instructions from the Chancery to
investigate whether the de****tees from the United States have been
drugged. An investigation by The Wa****ng Post affirms that U.S.
immigration authorities use psychotropic medications on some
de****tees who do not evidence any mental illness.
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