7/12 News from south of border=recommend read

[Joann]

Very informative report today, don't miss the last one.

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Saturday 7/10/10

El Financiero (Mexico City) 7/9/10

US extends TPS for Salvadorans

The US extended Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for 217,000 citizens of El Salvador, permitting them to legally work in the country until March 2012. The announcement, published Friday in the Federal Register permits the beneficiaries to reapply for the extension within the following 60 days by paying a fee of $450. The extension does not apply to Salvadorans who entered the US after 13 February 2001. TPS was extended to thousands of Salvadorans for the first time in 2001 after the disastrous earthquakes that occurred in their country that year.

http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/ElFi...cId=272906&docTipo=1&orderby=docid&sortby=ASC

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US increases medical benefits for legal aliens

The US government announced the designation of federal funds to improve access of medical coverage for immigrant children and pregnant women of low income families. The new measure will permit the elimination of the states' Medicaid waiting period of five years before immigrants of low income can receive medical service. The federal funding will include the cost of translation services to surmount language barriers.

http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/ElFi...cId=272898&docTipo=1&orderby=docid&sortby=ASC

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NCLR will dedicate meeting to analysis of SB 1070

The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), one of the largest Hispanic organizations in the US, will dedicate its annual conference this weekend in San Antonio, Texas, to the analysis of the "anti-immigrant" Arizona law, SB 1070. The conference is expected to be attended by more than 20,000 people and two of the speakers will be Texas Governor Rick Perry who is seeking reelection as a Republican candidate and his Democrat opponent, Bill White. Other attendees will be US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Secretary of Housing Shaun Donovan, Senator Robert Menendez [New Jersey] and Mayor Phil Gordon of Phoenix, Arizona, a strong opponent of SB 1070.

http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/ElFi...cId=272971&docTipo=1&orderby=docid&sortby=ASC

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El Sol de Mexico (Mexico City) 7/9/10

Armed men kill five youths in Durango

Unidentified armed men in Gomez Palacio, Durango, fired into a group of youths gathered on one of the city's streets, killing two of them outright and three died later at a hospital. Their ages ranged from 14 to 18 years. Gravely wounded in the shooting were two other youths and a man, 38. The killers fled and no arrests were reported.

http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldemexico/notas/n1701981.htm

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La Frontera (Tijuana, Baja California) 7/9/10

Mexican Senators criticize Arizona law in Germany

The president of the Mexican Senate, Carlos Navarrete, traveled to Germany with a group of fellow senators where he denounced the Arizona law, SB 1070. Before the offense against migrants in the US by Arizona's law, Navarrete said the only way for Mexico not to continue "expelling" their people abroad would be the generation of jobs and economic development to improve the quality of life of their people. "We are facing a very difficult situation with the intent of a US state (Arizona) to legislate very aggressive anti-immigrant policies," he said.

http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Nacional/09072010/457705.aspx

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More than half in US reject suit against Arizona

Mexico is taking note of a Gallup poll that indicates that 80% of Republicans oppose the suit brought by the US Department of Justice against Arizona's SB 1070 while 56% of Democrats are in favor of it. Independents are 56% against it. As a whole, 50% of the US population oppose the government's action, 33% are in favor and 17% are undecided.

http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Internacional/09072010/457649.aspx

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Novedades de Quintana Roo (Culiacan, QR) 7/9/10

Overkill

The body of a man found in Cancun had received 18 gunshots in his upper torso and head, mainly from a .223 caliber weapon [likely an AK-47]. Medical examiners concluded his death was caused by the bullet wounds.

http://www.sipse.com/noticias/55310-recibio-18-balazos-ejecutado-227.html

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La Estrella (Panama) 7/9/10

Drug seizure in Panama

Panamanian officials seized more than 700 kilos of cocaine off the Atlantic coast. The drug was found in an abandoned fast boat, which authorities had towed towed into port before discovering the cargo hidden under a false deck.

http://www.laestrella.com.pa/mensual/2010/07/09/contenido/255530.asp

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El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) 7/9/10

Honduran children return home

Some 1,300 Honduran children have been repatriated from Mexico after trying to cross the border en route to the "American dream." The Honduran government this week entered into an agreement to protect minors who migrate to the US. Many of them travel with their parents, but others go alone or with with friends. Many are 6 and 7 years old and travel alone, according to a Honduran official who wants a program of awareness for parents.

http://www.elheraldo.hn/País/Edicio...s/Ninos-hondurenos-detras-del-sueno-americano

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Sunday 7/11/10

El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) and El Diario de Hoy (San Salvador, El Salvador) 7/10/10

Hondurans resume tough trip toward the US

Arriaga, Chiapas, Mexico - With fear and uncertainty, a little more than 800 migrants board the train to continue their trip to the US. They have been delayed by the torrential rains in the area that have suspended operations of the rail lines. To avoid the abuses and humiliations against such migrants, their trip has been monitored by a group of agencies that includes the Salvadoran Consulate, who will observe their trip up to the state line of Oaxaca. Before leaving Chiapas, the governor ordered water, food and medicine for the stranded travelers. Central Americans' trip through Mexico is fraught with dangers of kidnappings, robberies, beatings and other abuses, noted a local priest in charge of their temporary shelter. [Photo relates.]


http://www.elheraldo.hn/Sucesos/Edi.../Hondurenos-reanudan-viaje-de-dolor-hacia-EUA

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El Financiero (Mexico City) 7/10/10

Seventh law suit against anti-immigration law filed

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) filed a suit against the "anti-immigrant" law SB 1070 of Arizona, the seventh one filed against the legislation. In the suit filed Friday, LULAC argues that the material used by the government of Arizona to train police how to apply the law is drafted in vague terms and lends itself to any interpretation. As an example, LULAC cites that police are instructed not to base immigration inquiries on ethnic characteristics, but accepts as one criterion that a suspect is not proficient in English. On the other hand, those in favor of the law say they have raised some $500,000 in its defense.

http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/ElFi...cId=273074&docTipo=1&orderby=docid&sortby=ASC

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El Debate (Sinaloa state) 7/10/10

Navolato police uninspired

Only four policemen reported for duty in the city of Navolato, Sinaloa, yesterday. Police units went unused. The complaint: "There are four of us for the first shift. There are only two each for the other two shifts. We are stressed and without inclination to go out on patrol." Six other communities are without police, while in another, some agents are considering resigning. After the recent murder of one of the commanders, 12 officers have asked to resign. Those left say they will continue as long as fear permits because they need the salary, even though their families don't want them to continue. Those who resign are given 50,000 pesos [about $3,900] severance pay.

http://www.debate.com.mx/eldebate/Articulos/ArticuloGeneral.asp?IdArt=10015252&IdCat=6112

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Monday 7/12/10

El Diario de Hoy (San Salvador, El Salvador) and Prensa Libre (Guatemala) 7/11/10

Narco-submarine intercepted off Guatemalan coast

The Guatemalan Navy intercepted a narco-submarine off the Pacific coast carrying a cargo of at least five tons of cocaine en route to the US. The Navy, in conjunction with the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) intercepted the boat, measuring 17 meters in length, and arrested the four-man crew. A spokesman for the Guatemalan military said the boat had a sleeping compartment, an engine room and cargo space. It was similar to another boat located in October 2009 about 110 miles off the Guatemalan coast loaded with 10 tons of cocaine.

http://www.prensalibre.com/noticias/droga-narcosubmarino_0_296370476.html

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La Prensa (Managua, Nicaragua) 7/11/10

Costa Rica will strengthen border security

Costa Rica will strengthen migratory control and anti-drug enforcement along their border with Nicaragua, reported their Minister of Public Safety. In a visit along the Costa Rica-Nicaraguan border, the Costa Rican official expressed an interest in increasing the fight against drug trafficking.

http://www.laprensa.com.ni/2010/07/11/nacionales/31165

[Personal note from Joann: Another reference to the subject of increased anti-drug enforcement, without specifically mentioning US warships, helicopters, and marines.]
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[Joann]

From the second listed article "US increases medical benefits for legal aliens:
below is the translated article from mexican news sources. Interesting how we now must go to foreign press to see real news and not what Lohan and Gibson are up to. Google translation

U.S. increases health insurance funds for legal migrants
International - Friday, 9 July (14:20 hrs.)


Reports the government to be devoted to improving access to health coverage for pregnant women and low-income children
The new measure will eliminate the waiting period of five years for states can offer services

The online Financial

Washington, July 9 .- The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama today announced the appointment of federal funds to improve access to health coverage for pregnant women and low-income legal immigrants.

The new measure will eliminate the waiting period of five years for states may offer medical services to children and pregnant women legal immigrants under Medicaid programs (for low-income people) or CHIP (child safety).

It also includes federal support to states to provide translation and interpretation services, in order to reduce the problems that arise due to language barriers.

"We have issued two different guides to give the states new tools to cover uninsured people, particularly vulnerable," he said at a news conference Cindy Mann, deputy administrator of Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS).

Medicare is a government program of medical service for the elderly, while Medicaid is for poor people.

Mann pointed out that 30 percent of legal immigrant children have poor medical coverage, which corresponds to twice the infants low-income Americans who lack health services.

He added that four of every 10 uninsured immigrant children do not speak English, indicating that, according to official estimates, one million immigrant children are eligible for medical service.

Mann reported that for every $ 100 invested in a state to provide translation services during medical consultations, the federal government will cover $ 75 of costs in the Medicaid program, an amount that could be higher in the case of CHIP.

"Hopefully this will make it easier for states to ensure that people without easy for English can access the program you are eligible and can obtain care (medical) quality," he said.

The official said, however, that state coverage is optional, which means that the federal government has no legal power to force state authorities to provide these services.

He also explained that it is a right of states to decide whether to extend coverage to children, pregnant women or both.

Mann said that new policies are part of a series of improvements to the Obama administration to medical coverage, provided by the Reauthorization Act's Health Insurance Program for Children, 2009 (Cyprus, for its acronym in English).

(With information from Notimex / and v)

 

[Joann]

Anger in Costa Rica over deal to ‘invite’ 46 US warships | Raw Story

By Daniel Tencer
Sunday, July 11th, 2010 -- 3:40 pm

Costa Ricans suspect 'ulterior motive' in permitting large numbers of US troops

Opposition leaders in Costa Rica are up in arms over an agreement between the country and the United States that reportedly allows 46 US warships and 7,000 US Marines to enter the country as part of an anti-drug effort.

According to several Costa Rican news sources, the government there signed an agreement with the US last week to extend an 11-year-old cooperative program aimed at eradicating the maritime drug trade.

But opponents say this year's deal differs from previous ones in that it allows US warships to enter the country. Previously, opponents say, only US Coast Guard vessels were allowed to enter Costa Rican territory. The new agreement expires on December 31 of this year.

A committee of the People's Movement political party said the deal turns Costa Rica into a "US protectorate" and brings the country into "a new phase of military occupation," according to the Costa Rican newspaper El Pais.


Costa Rica's Nacion newspaper reported last week that the new agreement will see 7,000 US Marines, supported by 200 helicopters and 46 warships, "enter and leave the country at will." The paper also cited a June 2 letter from Costa Rica to the US declaring that US troops will have "the right to carry out the activities it deems necessary in carrying out its mission."

Inside Costa Rica reports that opposition leaders see the US military force as disproportionately large compared to the problem of Central American drug-running.

Luis Fishman, head of the Christian Social Unity Party, said the deal amounts to a "blank check" for US forces in Costa Rica. "We cannot support the illegal; we cannot allow our Constitution to be trampled," he said, as quoted by ICR.

Inside Costa Rica reports:

FA legislator José María Villalta questioned the conditions under which the permission was granted, since US personnel "will enjoy freedom of movement and the right to carry out the activities needed to fulfill their mission".

The FA also urged consideration of the geopolitical situation in which naval forces will be allowed to enter a region considered by Washington as part of its sphere of influence.

The legislator recalled that the US applies in the region a "strategy of complete dominance", which includes offensive actions such as the coup d'etat in Honduras and the installation of military bases in Colombia.

Writing at Inside Costa Rica, John Holtz says the fact that the deal allows such a large US troop presence, allows warships rather than Coast Guard vehicles, and expires rapidly at the end of this year, has made many Costa Ricans suspicious of the US and Costa Rican governments' motives.

"This story is not going away and for sure the pro–con arguments will grow exponentially as will the theories and hidden agenda accusations. A military presence of this magnitude on foreign soil with what amounts to be a 'blank check' is serious stuff and fodder for speculation," he writes.

The US State Department says the US-Costa Rica Maritime Cooperation Agreement, first signed in 1999, "facilitates cooperation between the Coast Guard of Costa Rica and the US Coast Guard."

It says the program "has resulted in a growing number of narcotics seizures, illegal migrant rescues, illegal fishing seizures, and search-and-rescue missions."

 

[Volleyball Granny]

Sooo...it's OK for Costa Rica to beef up their borders (and use U.S. resources to do it), but it's not OK for us.

Let La Raza burn in hell, for they are Satan's child.

Pity on the policemen, their families, and their towns as they are intimidated into not upholding the law. If we don't close our borders, we'll see the same in our border states.

The El Salvadorans fleeing from their country, through the dangerous bowels of Mexico, must be really desperate--but they still need to follow immigration law.

 

[Joann]

Sooo...it's OK for Costa Rica to beef up their borders (and use U.S. resources to do it), but it's not OK for us.

Let La Raza burn in hell, for they are Satan's child.

Pity on the policemen, their families, and their towns as they are intimidated into not upholding the law. If we don't close our borders, we'll see the same in our border states.

The El Salvadorans fleeing from their country, through the dangerous bowels of Mexico, must be really desperate--but they still need to follow immigration law.

Well said VG, as usual.

 

[lectrickitty]

The president of the Mexican Senate, Carlos Navarrete, said"We are facing a very difficult situation with the intent of a US state (Arizona) to legislate very aggressive anti-immigrant policies."

He has an obvious problem understanding that there is a difference between immigration and invasion. We have no problem with LEGAL immigration, but we do have a problem with an illegal invasion.

Maybe Arizona should cut that money they are spending to care for the illegals and invest it in an ad campaign advertising LEGAL immigration policies that explain LEGAL immigration.

 

[Joann]

He has an obvious problem understanding that there is a difference between immigration and invasion. We have no problem with LEGAL immigration, but we do have a problem with an illegal invasion.

Maybe Arizona should cut that money they are spending to care for the illegals and invest it in an ad campaign advertising LEGAL immigration policies that explain LEGAL immigration.

That their meme lectrickitty, thesis vs. anti-thesis. Wear down with two opposites pov, until there is a resolution in the middle. Then start the process all over again till they gain what they want. It's call Dialectical Materialism, which is:

"The Marxist theory (adopted as the official philosophy of the Soviet communists) that political and historical events result from the conflict of social forces and are interpretable as a series of contradictions and their solutions. The conflict is believed to be caused by material needs."

 

[Joann]

From today's report 7/13:

Cambio de Michoacán (Morelia, Michoacán) 7-12-10

Cocaine sold in Michoacán diluted with talcum powder and flour

Talcum and flour are part of the ingredients contained in cocaine consumed in this state, according to the Department of Chemical and Genetic Forensics in the State Attorney’s General’s Office.

Silvia Morelia Gutierrez and Martha Guzman Castaneda, of the Department of Chemical and Genetic Forensics, found that cocaine seized by state authorities is not 100 percent pure but is diluted with a variety of other substances such as talcum and flour and is highly dangerous to the health of consumers.

Also the Department of Chemical and Genetic Forensics found that the marijuana drug market also utilizes processes that use and sell all of the plant which diminishes the quality, potency and value of the product. For example, selective consumers prefer to smoke just the flower of the plant, but the more common consumers smoke the stems, leaves and seeds.

http://www.cambiodemichoacan.com.mx/vernota.php?id=129065

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Correo (Leon, Guanajuato) 7-12-10

In search of a peaceful home

Porvenir, Chihuahua – It has been 100 years since the Revolution expelled

many Mexicans and now thousands flee the narcotraffickers. A house with blue walls, but no roof, welcomes whoever arrives at Porvenir, Chihuahua. Until recently, the house was occupied but now looks like a blacksmith’s shop, only with doors and windows.

This isn’t the only building like this one. In this town in the Juarez Valley, burned homes predominate. Residents left their furniture, clothing and their history. They left out of fear. Those that remain seldom leave their homes. For them, the town has changed to a place of sadness and desolation. One gazes at Porvenir with trembling.

The burned homes form a stark image. They stand silent. The people were displaced by violence--that violence employed by narcotraffickers. It has changed the face of many regions.

People and entire families have been kidnapped and extorted. Confrontations between cartels and protective forces have caught society in a cross-fire in zones controlled by criminals.

In the area of Ciudad Juarez and the entire Juarez Valley, there is talk of more or less 100,000 displaced persons, according to Defender of Human Rights-Gustavo de la Rosa Hickerson.

Statistics of the El Paso, Texas, Police Department, indicate that around 30,000 Mexicans have crossed the border into the United States in the last few years because of the violence.

The Juarez Valley, a rural area east of Ciudad Juarez, is one of the areas where displacement due to violence is most evident. In 2007 there were nearly 22,000 residents. Now there are few.

Rodolfo Rubio Salas, Investigator from the Colegio de la Frontera Norte, says, “It is very difficult to say. We have found many abandoned homes. In some villages, 40% to 50% of the people have gone.”

Felix Velez Fernandez, of the National Population Council (Conapo), says there has not been a massive displacement caused by narcotraffick. He said, “I don’t believe the number of displaced persons is significant.”

This is not the first time Mexicans have been displaced because of a war. One can imagine what is happening now in the Juarez Valley, also has been seen in many communities across the country; for example, 100 years ago in the Revolution that left empty houses, burned homes and abandoned fields.

But this is not a revolution that expels people. It is criminal organizations that have provoked the exodus.

http://correo-gto.com.mx/notas.asp?id=171213

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El Mundo (San Salvador, El Salvador) 7/12/10

Ten Africans detained in El Salvador

A Salvadorian was detained yesterday when he was caught guiding a group of 10 Africans on the Pan American Highway near the town of Verapaz.

David Reyes Larios, 35, was charged with the crime of Human Trafficking.

The National Civil Police confirmed that Reyes Larios was apprehended at a police checkpoint.

The Africans were traveling in a microbus. Among them were four from Somalia, five from Eritrea and one from Nigeria. The Police said all of them presented personal identification.

Police Investigators determined that Reyes is part of an international human trafficking operation.

The Africans were destined to the United States.

http://www.elmundo.com.sv/nacionales-/1026-la-policia-captura-a-diez-africanos-indocumentados.html

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El Debate (Culiacan, Sinaloa) 7-12-10

Nine cartel members arrested for murder of federales

Iztapalapa, Nayarit – Nine presumed members of the Sinaloa Cartel were arrested today for the murders of two Federal Agents in a confrontation in Nayarit.

An anonymous caller alerted police to the presence of armed people in a building. When police responded they were met by gunfire. Two criminals were killed and 9 were captured.

Police seized three luxury SUVs, 14 radios, 29 cell phones, 8 assault rifles, 3 grenades and a quantity of marijuana.

http://www.debate.com.mx/eldebate/Articulos/ArticuloPrimera.asp?IdArt=10022525&IdCat=6087

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[Joann]

3 bodies found hanging from bridges in Mexico

You will have to view article at site because:

©2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

 

[Joann]

Today's report from 7/13

Churches (must) pay cartels to operate

Cambio de Michoacán (Morelia, Michoacán) 7-13-10

Morelia – The President of the National Fraternity of Evangelical and Christian Churches, Arturo Farela, revealed that various community churches in the State of Michoacán have been threatened by criminal organizations and must pay for the right to operate.

He said says that this is a delicate situation they must get through, not only in Chihuahua, Tamaulipas and Michoacán but in other states as well. There have been threats from different people claiming to be members of organized crime. The churches are told they must pay weekly fees according to the number of members, or the number of seats available or else there will be kidnappings or assassinations of the member or of the member’s family.

The most recent incidents occurred in Michoacán, Cuidad Juarez, Chihuahua City and some in the northern regions of Tamaulipas.

On several occasions, Pastors have told these unidentified persons that Christian Evangelical Churches don’t have the money the persons believe the churches to have but they (the unidentified people) may come and take the tithes and offerings that they do get. The ones threatening the churches must understand that the churches don’t charge for baptisms nor for any church functions or celebrations, and that these denominations administer to the members free of charge.

http://www.cambiodemichoacan.com.mx/vernota.php?id=129191

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Twenty-three percent of young people in Mexico Can’t find work

Morelia – The estimate is that 27% of the young people in Mexico (who are not students) don’t work and that 23% of those young people who are looking for employment can’t find it. The same study found that 88% of those young people abandon their education before their 20th birthday. In Michoacán, the number of people aged 12 to 29 rose to 1,391,705 representing 34% of the total population (of Michoacán).

http://www.cambiodemichoacan.com.mx/vernota.php?id=129194

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El Diario de Juarez (Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua) 7-13-10

Exchange of gunfire on Zaragoza International Bridge

Cd. Juarez – Early Sunday morning occupants of an all-terrain vehicle headed south over the Zaragoza Bridge, fired on U.S. Agents, who returned the fire. The attackers escaped into Cd. Juarez passing right through the Mexican Port of Entry, according to witnesses who were in line to pass into El Paso.

Although U.S. authorities have not confirmed the incident, El Diario found witnesses who were present when the incident occurred.

Last night, the Special Agent in Charge of the El Paso FBI Office, Martha Terrazas said in a written statement, “We cannot confirm that Agents of the CBP have repelled any attacks.”

A man, who agreed to relate his experience anonymously, told us, “We were in line to return to El Paso, after spending the day in Juarez, when we heard gunshots and saw an SUV (sic) travelling at high speed toward Juarez. We were very scared. After about 5 minutes we heard gunshots in Juarez and we were very scared because we had not yet crossed into El Paso.”

He said the gunfire in Mexico lasted for several minutes. “Although we are afraid every time we go to Juarez, we never want to experience this again,” he said.

A spokesman for the Federal Police in Juarez said that he knows nothing about any exchange of gunfire on the International Bridge.

http://www.diario.com.mx/nota.php?notaid=99ca2da05db9bd28284b4425aedde41d

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El Imparcial (Hermosillo, Sonora) 7-13-10

Majority of homicides are the settling of accounts

Guaymas, Sonora – Honest people do not risk their lives living under the atmosphere of violence in this state. “Some 98% of the homicides in this state since January are merely the settling of accounts between organized crime gangs,” said Ernesto Munro Palacios, Secretary of the State Public Security Police. He said that members of society should pay attention to who they associate with and where they go because meeting with people of dubious honor presents a risk.

“The executions we encounter in this state are between members of organized crime. We have a peaceful state and we mourn the loss of life which is regrettable and we feel it, but we can’t worry about it because these murders are between people who are dedicated to the criminal lifestyle,” he said.

http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/13072010/458172.aspx
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List of deportable migrants distributed in Utah

A document distributed anonymously in Utah is frightening the Hispanic community there because it contains a list of 1300 Latin migrants and demands their deportation.

The document, distributed by the unknown group “Concerned Citizens of the United States” is dated April 4, 2010, and contains the names, dates of birth, telephone numbers and addresses of these persons. For some of these migrants, the list has their social security numbers and the dates of birth of their children.

“This surpasses everything we have seen in this state. Where did this come from? This stinks. This is terrorism,” said Tony Yapias, Director of the Utah Latino Project. Yapias said that many Utah residents are very frightened that the list may fall into the hands of authorities who will then decide to question them. The activist said that he is working with other pro-immigrant groups to protect the privacy of those on the list.

The document did not provide information by which to contact any individual nor the group “Concerned Citizens of the United States.” The list explains that the group focused on Mexicans and infiltrated certain data bases to extract the information. Various communication media in Salt Lake City fruitlessly tried to determine the origin of the list but verified that some of the information on the list is incorrect.

In a public information release, Virginia Kice, regional spokesperson for ICE, confirmed that her office received the list, but said that her agency receives information from the public on a regular basis.

http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Nacional/13072010/458183.aspx

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[Thunderbird]

Overkill

The body of a man found in Cancun had received 18 gunshots in his upper torso and head, mainly from a .223 caliber weapon [likely an AK-47]. Medical examiners concluded his death was caused by the bullet wounds.

http://www.sipse.com/noticias/55310-...utado-227.html

I do not know where the comment in brackets came from but an AK 47 is NOT a .223 weapon. The rest of this may be creditable but.

 

[Joann]

News from South of the Border/Daily Updates

Thanks for posting that Thunderbird

I remember reading that report the other day, looses continuity in translation.
Here's the google translation: Foreign link translated Original link in spanish

Friday, July 9, 2010. 23:41 SIPSE.COM Quintana Roo

Received 18 bullets on the 227 run
CANCUN, Q. Roo .- The body remains unidentified, therefore suspect that the person was a newcomer to the city.

Editorial / SIPS
CANCUN, Q. Roo .- The Attorney General of the State (PGJE) announced that the body of the subject who was killed early Thursday and found in the region 227, had 18 bullet wounds to the body, Most .223 caliber. Its tracks are already being paid to the AFIS system and Platform Mexico to test for any record.

The unit reported 18 bullet wounds he received this person had exit 17, a splinter lodged in the body of the now deceased.

The results of the autopsy that was performed to show that this person tested positive in drug test for cocaine consumption. Whereas in the rhodizonate sodium was negative.

The cause of death was internal and external bleeding, lesions in the brain, thorax and abdomen caused by a firearm projectile.

The holder of the PGJE, Francisco Alor Quezada, said that this individual has not been identified. Requested the support of the media to spread his face to see if anyone is submitted to the agency to admit it.

His fingerprint AFIS and came to Mexico to see if Platform gives a result so far are waiting for results.

He said there are some hypotheses about the case: an individual is possibly the newcomer to this city, one that is possibly related to drug pushing, for the examination was performed and tested positive for cocaine.

So far he has not been associated as a member of a criminal group. But that situation will determine once the investigation is concluded in the Platform AFIS and Mexico.

With features that have been released, expect it to be early identification, for now remains unknown as Semefo facilities.

Whether the vehicle was found abandoned near the fractionation La Selva have any connection with the execution of this subject, the state attorney said that so far can not determine whether it has any connection with the killing.