M3 Report from the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers:

Why Truce with Mexico Criminals Is Just Not Practical; Sinaloa Cartel Operatives Arrested in Utah

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 10:28 PM PDT

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERS
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The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) extracts and condenses the material that follows from Mexican, Central and South American and U.S. on-line media sources on a daily basis. You are free to disseminate this information, but we request that you do so in its entirety and credit NAFBPO as being the provider.

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Blog Del Narco (http://www.blogdelnarco.com/)

**Asterisk denotes death involving a police officer or a member of the military serving in that capacity.

MONTERREY, NUEVO LEÓN

A nine year state police officer has been arrested for his involvement in the attack on the Casino Royale, in which over 60 people died.

CHIHUAHUA, CHIHUAHUA

A federal employee with the Federal Electricity Commission was shot and killed Friday morning.
TORREON, COAHUILA

It was a bloody Thursday in Torreon, with a total of eleven killed. In two separate incidents, burning vehicles led to the discovery of the homicides. More than one was beheaded and either left in the street or in one of the cars.

REYNOSA, TAMAULIPAS

Two bodies were found in a vehicle along the highway to Monterrey. One was Eloy García Lerma, an active agent of the Bureau of the Ministerial Police. The other man was Samuel Flores Borrego, better known as El Metro Three and / or M3, in charge of Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas for the Gulf Cartel. He was also a police agent some years ago, and the partner of Eloy, and they had remained friends.

TEPIC, NAYARIT

At about 4 pm Friday afternoon, a man was hung from a bridge in plain view of dozens of witnesses. He had been tortured and shot multiple times. A narco message was left with a warning to women and taxi driver ‘hawks’, which are cartel lookouts.

HIDALGO

The state police announced in a press conference that 31 Zetas had been arrested. Of the 31 arrested, 14 were police officers for various municipal departments throughout the state. The officers admitted to being paid 8,000 pesos a month (about US$641) to provide protection.

ACAPULCO, GUERRERO

On Saturday, several gunmen came to a well known fish market near the port, entered and opened fire on customers and merchants like. Two men and a woman were killed, and three were injured, one a 14 year girl.

ZAPOPAN, JALISCO

Gunmen were in the process of cutting the head off a man when he jumped up and ran outside. One of the gunmen shot and killed him, and then they all fled. Inside the house, police found pools of blood, torture utensils and the tool with which they tried to saw off his head. A vehicle at the scene was also seized.

ACAPULCO, GUERRERO

On Friday, three banners were hung around the city. They appeared to be from citizens and asked President Calderon for help to end the “wave of violence that is sweeping our beautiful harbor and the nightlife of it, upon which the livelihoods of thousands of families” depends. It was signed by Acapulco United Families.

MONTERREY, NUEVO LEÓN

Federal police captured three Zetas that worked for the arrested leader ‘El Chihuas’ that took part in the casino attack. When arrested, the three were driving a stolen vehicle, had a firearm, radio equipment, phones, and other things. PHOTO

CIUDAD VICTORIA, TAMAULIPAS

The Zetas butchered two men, and left them on the sidewalk in the heart of the city. The body parts were in black plastic trash bags. A narcomessage was left, signed by the Zetas, saying the men were part of the Gulf cartel. With the message was a flower pot.

GARCIA, NUEVO LEÓN

Jaime Rodríguez Calderón, Mayor of Garcia, has begun a program aimed at citizens who are in possession of a weapon to learn how to use it.

CADAREYTA, NUEVO LEÓN

A Mexican army patrol spotted a vehicle, and as they approached, the four men inside opened fire. A chase ensued, and resulted in a shootout and four bad guys dead. Seized inside the car were rifles, handguns, magazines, cartridges, powder cocaine, crack cocaine, torture boards, tactical equipment, among other things.

SAN PABLO MOCHOBAMPO, SINALOA

The Mexican military engaged in a shootout with gunmen, and captured 3 of them. They also found a narcolab with nine rifles, one handgun, five grenades, 69 magazines, a thousand 700 cartridges, 40 kilograms of cocaine, 5.5 liters of liquid cocaine, 500 milliliters of liquid methamphetamine, 9 kilograms of marijuana, chemicals, five vehicles, and other things.

TORREON, COAHUILA

Shortly after 8 pm Sunday, municipal police and gunmen engaged in a shootout when the gunmen opened fire. As a result six people died: 3 bad guys, two innocents painting nearby, and an arrested man inside the patrol car.

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Juárez police coordinator killed driving to work* 

This is the 49th municipal officer killed since last October.Narcomessages were left with his body.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_18805049?source=pkg

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Narco Armored Vehicle Threats and Countermeasures

http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/mexican-cartel-tactical-note-3-0

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Calderon: Mexico will have clean cops, federal attorneys by end of presidential term

http://www.startribune.com/world/129089823.html

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Female journalists beaten to death in Mexico City

http://tinyurl.com/3ta6evm

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Why a Truce with Mexico Criminals Is Just Not Practical

http://tinyurl.com/452qjz9

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FARC leader captured, 13 guerillas killed: Santos

(Santos is Colombia’s President.)

http://tinyurl.com/3g9tdsh

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‘Chapo’ Guzman in Bolivia?

http://tinyurl.com/43a9bvf

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Mexico detains state cop in deadly casino arson

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_18812268

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Mexico Massacre Suspects: We Only Wanted to Scare Casino Owners

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=421057&CategoryId=10718

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Mexican officials report slaying of high-ranking Gulf Cartel leader

http://www.themonitor.com/articles/cartel-54401-leader-mexican.html

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Mexico: 16 cops, 15 others helped Zetas drug gang

http://tinyurl.com/4ydnz5j

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Mexico Criminal Gangs Are Rational Actors

http://tinyurl.com/3dcaxcy

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Mexican journalist’s political asylum case could be start of new trend

http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_18808771?source=pkg

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Brazil wildfires rage in 17 protected reserves

http://tinyurl.com/3flox6e

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Colombian Police Seize 2 Tons of Cocaine

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=421554&CategoryId=12393

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Brazil denies terrorists operate within borders

http://tinyurl.com/3r42fq6

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Mexico City’s once crazy, crowded markets languish

http://tinyurl.com/3e5wmw7

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Relocate or Die: Mexican Entrepreneurs Migrate to the Interior Fleeing Violence, Insecurity

http://tinyurl.com/3jecdtp

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Domestic News – United States

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U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter August 25-August 31

http://tinyurl.com/3nw79fq

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Arizonans question CBP commissioner’s rosy view of border

http://tinyurl.com/3ukrvoc

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Mexican military flies over South Texas

Chopper program is 2-way deal. History of cooperation dates to 1987 work.

http://tinyurl.com/437v4p9

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Border towns struggle with post-9/11 security measures

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1048571

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Evidence Suggests Cover-Up in ATF Scandal, as More Guns Appear at Crime Scenes

http://tinyurl.com/3cs3new

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ATF Gunwalker: Who at the White House knew?

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20101042-10391695.html

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E-Mails Show Three Officials Were Informed of Gun Inquiry

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/03/us/03guns.html?_r=1

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CBS nails ATF coverup attempt on guns found at Brian Terry’s murder scene

http://tinyurl.com/3gozboj

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Local ATF agent says resignations aren’t enough

http://www.kvoa.com/news/local-atf-agent-says-resignations-aren-t-enough/

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TEXAS

U.S. Border Patrol Agents at RGV Seize More than $12.3 Million Worth of Narcotics

8200 lbs pot and 180 lbs cocaine

http://tinyurl.com/3sd2f5h

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Suspected Sinaloa Operatives Arrested in Utah

http://tinyurl.com/3r3pvga

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Illegal Workers Used Tax Credit to Pocket $4.2 Billion, Audit Shows

http://tinyurl.com/3pakjqc

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Ontario man held in New Mexico drug bust

(The driver is a Canadian citizen from Ontario.)

http://tinyurl.com/3k3q7tr

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Former Arizona Army National Guard Member Charged with Participating in Bribery and Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/September/11-crm-1130.html

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Medicare fugitives being tracked beyond U.S. borders

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011109020437

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So-called “Dreamers” show how they really feel about this country (w/video)
Good read

http://tinyurl.com/4453d5h

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New Jersey family searches for lost relative

http://www.themonitor.com/articles/mcallen-54426-new-relative.html

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CONNECTICUTT

Illegal Aliens deface War Memorial…… again

http://youtu.be/zk15u2ySRlw

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CIUDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA

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Posted: 20 Aug 2011 10:39 PM PDT

Agents bust Iraqi-Sinaloa cartel drug smuggling/explosive ring; Mexico in ‘civil war’ with drug gangs

 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERS
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The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) extracts and condenses the material that follows from Mexican, Central and South American and U.S. on-line media sources on a daily basis. You are free to disseminate this information, but we request that you do so in its entirety and credit NAFBPO as being the provider.

To subscribe, click here

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CAUTION

There are graphic photographs that accompany some articles in the body of this report. It is not our intention to sensationalize. We include these photos in order to give to you, the American public, a clearer understanding of the seriousness of the situation in Mexico and Central America.

La Jornada Editorial 7/7/11

Washington: Unreliable Ally

According to the information provided yesterday by Darrel Issa, chairman of the legislative committee examining the scope of Operation Fast and Furious, by which the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) allowed delivery of thousands of high-powered weapons to Mexican cartels, besides officials at different levels of the agency aforementioned, the FBI and DEA also participated in the operation. According to Issa, the illegal movement of weapons which, supposedly, was to “monitor” the supply of U.S.-origin weapons to Mexican drug trafficking organizations was carried out by means of paying smugglers to act as informants for the DEA and the FBI.

In previous weeks, Issa-led investigations established that the highest officials of the ATF, including its acting director, Kenneth Melson, received weekly reports of the development of fast and furious, allowing illegal entry to our country of about 2,000 assault rifles, fifty sniper rifles and an undetermined amount of ammunition.

It seems unlikely that the Attorney General of the neighboring country, Eric Holder, had not been aware of the participation of three police and security agencies of such importance to the U.S. government and therefore, the allegations in his favor made by President Barack Obama seem not very plausible. If Fast and Furious was a government decision, it would be extremely serious for the White House to hide it. On the other hand, if the highest echelons of U.S. public power had no idea of these illegal activities of the ATF, DEA and FBI, that ignorance would suggest an egregious lack of control in Washington’s actions against drug trafficking.

With regard to Mexico, it is clear that the U.S. government can not be considered a reliable partner in fighting crime and public safety, much less as a solicitor of coordination by Mexican security forces, a function violating the Constitution, and that, nevertheless, has emerged as a result of the dissemination of diplomatic cables obtained from the State Department by WikiLeaks and released in Mexico by this newspaper.

By itself, the costs of the war declared by the Calderón government since its inception — and continued and accentuated, according to the information available, by U.S. pressure — cast extremely asymmetric and unjust costs for both countries: while ours has been the loss of more than 40 000 lives; the social fabric and the economy of entire regions has been destroyed; civil and military institutions show inevitable breakdown, and in many institutions there has been a true collapse of public security and the rule of law, the conflict has brought the United States a vast market in which to place its production of arms, a great quantity of money laundering which reports astronomical earnings for financial institutions in the neighboring country and, last but not least, a good excuse to multiply and deepen its interventionist actions in our country.

In this context, the fact that three police and security agencies of the neighboring country have participated in the supply of weapons to cartels which they are trying to defeat constitutes an intolerable fact that should lead to radical questioning of bilateral cooperation in the matter and a thorough review of the implications this has for Mexico. At present, the Fast and the Furious operation should lead the Mexican legislature to demand a profound reformulation of the Merida Initiative, the North American Alliance for Security and Prosperity and other bilateral instruments on matters of security and fighting crime.

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2011/07/07/edito

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REYNOSA, MEXICO

The Red Cross has announced that it will soon have telephone service and free medical care available for repatriates being returned across the border from the U.S. The service will allow them to communicate with family within Mexico and Central America. The spokeswoman said that over 3000 are repatriated monthly just at this location. The highest number of Mexicans come from the states of Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Michoacan, Chiapas, Oaxaca and from Mexico City. -Economista (http://tinyurl.com/3toarkc)

MEXICO CITY

Police have announced there ill be 3, 950 uniformed police on duty Monday, the first day of school. Although there will be primary focus on traffic, they will also be active in community policing and school safety, supported by helicopters and 4,000 surveillance cameras.-Milenio
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Blog Del Narco (http://www.blogdelnarco.com/)

**Asterisk denotes death involving a police officer or a member of the military serving in that capacity.

MONTERREY, NUEVO LEÓN

In late afternoon, 4 truck loads of gunmen dropped a man on a street, forced him to stand in front of a wall, and in front of dozens of people on the scene, shot him.

CIUDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA

During the day Thursday, five bodies were found in different parts of the city in the space of one hour. All had been tortured before being executed.

ACAPULCO, GUERRERO***

The headline of the report says ‘Gunmen continue to kill policemen in Acapulco. In separate attacks, three state policemen were executed, two kidnapped but one escaped. With two of the three, the gunmen also stole their handgun.

CAPULA, MICHOACÁN

Three young men were found executed and dumped along the highway, along with a narco message from LFM.

CADEREYTA, NUEVO LEÓN

Three young men were shot and killed, and a girl survived although her condition remains very delicate. (Note: Many of the victims in these incidents may indeed be innocent victims and simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, witnessed something, revenge against family members, or mistaken identity.)

ACAPULCO, GUERRERO

Early Thursday morning, walkers notified authorities of two black plastics bags with blood coming from them. The Municipal Police found a man inside, butchered with the trunk in one and the remainder in the other. There was no identification. A narco message was left with the body. (It’s customary not to have ID; that is one of the reasons police release the gruesome photos, hoping someone will recognize the person.)

ACAPULCO, GUERRERO

Gunmen are continuing to attack bus drivers in the city. Three drivers have been killed within the past 2 days, and another wounded but survived.

CHIHUAHUA, CHIHUAHUA

Two more were executed and found Thursday added to the list of dead that seems endless with the struggle between the rival cartels.

ACAPULCO, GUERRERO

Gunman made a macabre tour of Acapulco on Wednesday. First, coolers were left near the entrance to the main Cici Water Park containing a head, an arm and a foot. This was witnessed by panicky tourists. Hours later, three coolers left in the center of the city contained the abdomen, leg and other pieces of the body. There was no identification.

BENITO JUÁREZ, NUEVO LEÓN

Thursday, police were notified of the finding of a human skull in the garden of a kindergarten. There were no students or teachers present.

CHIHUAHUA, CHIHUAHUA

Blankets with messages to President Calderón were hung throughout the city. They were signed by ‘The People’.

AGUALEGUAS, NUEVO LEÓN

There was a shootout between the military and gunmen who fought to the death. This was the result of an anonymous tip of gunmen living at a certain house. On arrival, the military was met with gunfire and returned it during an hour long gunfight. The shootout resulted in 10 bad guys being killed, and 20 managed to escape. Seized were 10 rifles, one handgun, two thousand bullets, about 100 magazines, one grenade fragmentation, eight 40 mm caliber shells, 40 grenades, marijuana, ammo holders, bulletproof vests, military-style uniforms, four radios, two mobile devices, five vehicles, among other things.

ACAPULCO, GUERRERO

Antonio Valenzuela, head of the State Ministerial Police of Guerrero, raided a home and arrested nine gunmen, and seizing rifles, handguns, cartridges , boots, knives , machetes , cartridge belts, bulletproof vests , tactical equipment, radio equipment, cell phones , among other things.

ACAPULCO, GUERRERO*

Sergio Justo Flores , a 33 year old state police officer, was blocked at an intersection by gunmen, forced to get out of his car and then executed.

ACAPULCO, GUERRERO

On Friday, a group of gunmen shot and killed four taxi drivers at a taxi stand during the day. Three other bystanders were wounded and hospitalized. (The photo shows a complete lack of crime scene integrity, which IMO, demonstrates a lack of resolve by authorities to even investigate these homicides. The people sitting in the photo beside the bodies are completely inured to them it appears.)

CULIACAN, SINALOA

Gunmen entered the general hospital and located a young man that was being treated for gunshot wounds. After killing him with four shots, they threatened the staff and patients and fled.

CIUDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA

At about 630 am Saturday, a married couple and doctors who both worked for the government, were attacked as they left home. Both were shot and killed.

ESCOBEDO, NUEVO LEÓN

Municipal Police located a group of men in three vehicles in the parking lot of a convenience store. As the police approached, they were met with gunfire which led to a shootout. One bad guy was killed, one injured and captured, and a minor was also caught. Police seized cash, guns, marijuana, cocaine, the vehicle and other things. The report notes the subjects were narco distributors.

APODACA, NUEVO LEÓN

More narco banners appeared in Nuevo Leon on Saturday in the early morning. A main street in Monterrey was blocked with a large truck, and then about 80 shots fired by a group of 25 gunmen that placed the banner, causing a panic among witnesses. These were addressed to Calderon and the state governor, and complained of a leak at the Topo Chico prison, because an inmate named ‘El Fito’ comes and goes as he wants. The banner goes on to say there is a warrant for him in the U.S. as a cocaine dealer working for a Zeta leader. A banner was also placed in Santiago, NL.

AJUCHITLÁN DEL PROGRESO, GUERRERO**

Two young soldiers were on their day off and arrived at the home of one of them. They were attacked and executed.

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Mexico now in ‘undeclared civil war’ with drug gangs- death toll tops 50,000

http://tinyurl.com/3fllpv9

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Mexico: March Against Drug War Rejects “National Security Law”, Calls for “Citizen Security”

http://tinyurl.com/3kfs8zy

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Mexico’s splintering drug gangs pose new risks

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44166524/ns/world_news-americas/

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Row escalates over CIA operatives in Mexico

http://tinyurl.com/3pa46ol

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Traffickers taunt police with body parts in Mexico

http://tinyurl.com/3f8d4uk

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A walk across Mexico’s murder capital: brave, foolhardy or neither? An American visitor finds out

http://tinyurl.com/3bmzl6c

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Activist’s Relative Kidnapped in Northern Mexico

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=417644&CategoryId=14091

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Murder and poor mental health in the most dangerous city of the world

http://tinyurl.com/3n9rc5e

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Mexico’s Youth Slips into Drug Violence

http://tinyurl.com/3lrkhod

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5 Decapitated Bodies Found in Acapulco

http://tinyurl.com/3e3yoyf

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Domestic News – United States

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U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter  August 11 – August 17

http://tinyurl.com/3p8qolz

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DEA Agents bust Iraqi-Sinaloa cartel drug smuggling/explosive ring in San Diego
( The compelling question now becomes what the u. s. government will do with the Iraqi’s. Will it be just a slap on the wrist and then release them back into society, or will they be formally deported as should be done?)

http://tinyurl.com/3cby9eb

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Tragedy on the Border

Please watch this well done video. There MUST be justice and full closure for Brian’s family,  friends, and fellow Agents. Honor First.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1118950286001/tragedy-on-the-border/

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Issa, Grassley tell Holder ‘word games’ won’t do

http://tinyurl.com/3n66ect

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NORTH DAKOTA

Border Patrol Agent Assaulted During Flood Relief Operations

http://tinyurl.com/42g8emr

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The Buffer Between Mexican Cartels and the U.S. Government-Stratfor

http://tinyurl.com/3ldm2fh

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Drug cartel carries out brutal home invasion assault in Texas

http://tinyurl.com/3ev3b4r

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Border patrol in Texas arrests Illinois man on warrant

http://tinyurl.com/3t3nzuj

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MICHIGAN

Massive pot bust linked to Mexican drug cartel

http://tinyurl.com/3urjvfw

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Texas DPS targets drug traffickers on the border

http://www.kvue.com/news/128130648.html

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American police to train Mexican state, local cops

http://tinyurl.com/3r9t6ro

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8th Border Security Conference examines benefits and dangers along the U.S.-Mexico borderline

http://tinyurl.com/44ej8xc

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Getting High for Less: Easier Access to Better, Cheaper Heroin Cripples Small Towns

http://tinyurl.com/3m5ccjk

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WASHINGTON STATE

Border Patrol Captures Man With Drugs, Guns Near Sumas

http://kgmi.com/Border-Patrol-Captures-Man-With-Drugs–Guns-Near-S/10663081

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Immigration: Homeland Security hit with flurry of immigration lawsuits

http://tinyurl.com/3qx2hgt

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ARIZONA

Border agents find drug tunnel in Nogales

http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/article_26648a8c-c92b-11e0-99c8-001cc4c03286.html

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MICHIGAN

Border Patrol agents and police arrest sex offender

http://tinyurl.com/3j75hes

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Anti-Corruption Agreement Signed Between CBP and DHS Inspector General

http://www.fedagent.com/current_e-report.php#889

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Texas judge throws out suit in Mexican boy’s death

http://tinyurl.com/3cxb4q5

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TEXAS

Suit dismissed in shooting death of Juárez boy by Border Patrol agent

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_18702055?source=most_viewed

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ARIZONA

Pinal County Sheriff’s deputies and Border Patrol agents catch high speed chase suspect

http://tinyurl.com/3wc4hru

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CALIFORNIA

Police: Illegal immigrant stole girl’s identity

http://tinyurl.com/3txjnvk

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TEXAS

Border Patrol Seizes Five-Ton Marijuana Load At Checkpoint

http://tinyurl.com/3j6gwa7

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49% Concerned Efforts To Identify Illegal Immigrants Will Violate Civil Rights

http://tinyurl.com/45y45gq

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TEXAS

Illegal immigrant gets 10 years for assault, drugs

http://tinyurl.com/3glf7zd

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NEW JERSEY

Man wanted in NJ attempted homicide case caught at Mexican border

http://tinyurl.com/3oob49z

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ARIZONA

2 suspected human smugglers arrested by feds

http://tinyurl.com/3uwzuwc

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M3 Report from the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers:

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:49 AM PDT

Police Chief Finished Off in Ambulance; Man Accused Of Girl’s Death Jumped US Border

 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERS
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The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) extracts and condenses the material that follows from Mexican, Central and South American and U.S. on-line media sources on a daily basis. You are free to disseminate this information, but we request that you do so in its entirety and credit NAFBPO as being the provider.

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**Asterisk denotes death involving a police officer or a member of the military serving in that capacity

VERACRUZ, VERACRUZ

The Mexican military on patrol in this port city was attacked by gunmen Saturday afternoon. During the shootout, three bad guys were killed.   Seized were four rifles, 23 magazines, 467 cartridges, and a vehicle.

ZITACUARO, MICHOACAN

Federal Police are making more effort to capture members of the Knights Templar. Cristina Guadalupe Iniestra Medina, alias La Cris, who was in charge of handling money for the Knights Templar, was captured by Federal Police through intelligence work. The authorities said her intent was to flee. When caught, she had a pistol, two magazines, 16 cartridges, 46 doses of Crystal , about 1 kilo of cocaine, various documents, and a vehicle reported as stolen. The 27 year old woman was immediately moved to Mexico City. (Note: With the somewhat regular take down of Knights Templar people, it bears out the reports statement as to more effort being made on Knights Templar.)

TEPIC, NAYARIT

On Saturday, there were numerous victims in the cartel turf fight. Later, another dismembered victim was found at the entrance to the industrial area. Some parts of the body were inside plastic bags, with other parts beside the bags.

HUIXQUILUCAN, STATE OF MEXICO

Early Monday morning, residents and authorities found a headless, shirtless man hanging upside down from a bridge. The head had been left on the bridge with a narcomessage directed to Alfredo Castillo Cervantes, Mexico State Attorney, which police tried to hide. The message was from the group La Mano con Ojos, although the Attorney General denied that the group still exists. Municipal Police hung a large tarp to block the sight from the public during the initial crime scene work up.

GUAMUCHIL, SINALOA

A handicapped 35 year old man was near the location where he sold newspapers daily on Monday morning, when gunmen shot and killed him from a car.

ACAPULCO, GUERRERO

During the daytime Monday, an armed group parked in two vans and opened fire on the police facilities. Municipal, state and federal police along with Mexican Army and Marines quickly mobilized and maintained a strong guard. The attack resulted in property damage and one injured good guy, along with one captured bad guy.

CHIHUAHUA, CHIHUAHUA

Tuesday morning, a cooler was left near a monument along with a narco message. Inside the cooler was the head of a pig. The message was signed by La Linea, and charged the US DEA with being nosy. (Please see item 4 in the domestic section below.)

VERACRUZ, VERACRUZ*

About 2 pm Tuesday afternoon, gunmen chased Francisco Ibáñez, Police commander of the Sector IV Intermunicipal Boca del Rio. After being shot and killed, his patrol vehicle crashed with him in the street.

VALLE DE CHALCO, STATE OF MEXICO*

Monday night, the Commander of the state security agency (police) for the area was shot and killed. No other information was given.

LA BANCA, MICHOACAN

The Mexican military and cartel gunmen had an intense shootout when the military encountered three vehicles traveling together. The military killed 8 gunmen from two of the vehicles, with the other vehicle containing a major trafficker succeeding at escape. Seized were seven G-3 and .223 caliber rifles , two handguns, magazines, cartridges, radio equipment, ammo carriers, among other things.

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Mexican Police Chief Finished Off in Ambulance by Gunmen*

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=14091&ArticleId=416830

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Police: 11 people slain in Acapulco, Mexico

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_18679292

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At least 4 Mexico navy personnel (Marines) abducted by gangs

http://tinyurl.com/3goeohr

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Elite troops take sides in Mexican drugs wars

A Guatemalan army unit is waging war on Mexico’s cartels, but some of its soldiers have swapped sides.

http://english.aljazeera.net/video/americas/2011/08/201181554013410344.html

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Guatemala: A narco state?

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/americas/2011/08/14/guatemala-narco-state

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Guatemala battles wave of Mexican drug gangs

http://www.youtube.com/v/mmnw6-sKJUE

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Colombia Arrests 4 Suspects Tied to Violent Mexican Drug Cartel

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=416271&CategoryId=12393

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Italian and Mexican Partners in Crime Seek to Control Cocaine in Europe

http://www.mexidata.info/id3103.html

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Argentina Deports 7 Mexicans Convicted on Drug Charges

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=417106&CategoryId=14093

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Bogota bus explosion leaves 2 dead, 6 injured

http://tinyurl.com/3zx5je2

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Protest march in Mexico City against drug war

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14523605

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Anti-tech group claims Mexico bombs

http://www.homelandsecurityssi.com/ssi/content/view/718/296/

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11 people dead after clash over land in Honduras

http://tinyurl.com/4y2tm6t

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Mexican refugee exodus grows along border

http://tinyurl.com/3zuzsry

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Mexican Panel Finds Law Enforcement Violations in Drug War

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/13/world/americas/13mexico.html?_r=1

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Granted Asylum in U.S., Mexican Reporter Talks of Corruption

http://cis.org/kammer/mexican-reporter-corruption

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Book Review-Death and Drugs in Colombia

http://tinyurl.com/3ndh8th

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Domestic News – United States

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MINOT, ND

U.S. Border Agent injured, suspect arrested

http://tinyurl.com/3us98yu

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ATF’s ‘Fast and Furious’ firearms tracked to at least 11 violent crimes

http://tinyurl.com/3ssvelw

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Border wars Secrets of the U.S. Border Patrol revealed at El Paso museum-USA Today

http://tinyurl.com/3jq2s78

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Obama blows whistle on his own law enforcement agents in Mexico

http://tinyurl.com/3q427t6

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ATF promotes supervisors in controversial gun operation

http://tinyurl.com/3wunkcl

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Senator Blasts ATF’s Reported Promotion of Supervisors in Ill-Fated Gun Operation

http://tinyurl.com/3bchzez

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Drug smugglers, terrorists, and violent migrants flood across our porous borders

https://www.thesocialcontract.com/artman2/publish/tsc_21_4/tsc_21_4_cutler.shtml

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TEXAS
Woman Says She Used To Help Illegals But Now Is Afraid

http://tinyurl.com/3wkesp3

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TEXAS
Border Security Conference continues tomorrow at UTEP

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_18682674?source=most_viewed

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The Exploding Relationship Between Drug Cartels And Islamic Terrorists

http://tinyurl.com/3syehge

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The Arizona Project Documentary

The goal of the Arizona Project is to show that the truth is the exact opposite of the Obama Administration’s very false claims that “the border has never been safer than it is now.” The group was escorted by Sheriff’s Department Deputies as they interviewed and filmed American citizens who live and work near the border. The group went out at night to patrol the isolated areas used by the smugglers and illegals to sneak into this country. They collected factual information and documentary footage to demonstrate the nature and extent of the border problems in Arizona. This film will show you real information about the violence on the border.

http://youtu.be/4zcG2qsGzdM

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Illegal Immigrants Fight Their Eviction One Cab At A Time

http://tinyurl.com/3l8qeot

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WASHINGTON STATE
John McKay Says U.S. Attorney Could Put a Stop to Border Patrol’s Expansionism

http://tinyurl.com/3dj4pwt

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TEXAS
Home Invasion Case Leads to Human Smuggling Investigation

http://tinyurl.com/3eg7hfl

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CALIFORNIA
More than 11 pounds of black tar heroin seized in SUV engine

http://tinyurl.com/422795g

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Border Patrol Leaders Reporting false Numbers of Aliens Crossing

http://tinyurl.com/3ha4u7m

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ARIZONA
8 people arrested for drug trafficking and money laundering in Tucson

http://tinyurl.com/433vk6q

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CALIFORNIA
Border Patrol Agents See Spike in Smuggling

http://tinyurl.com/3wn3rgl

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KENTUCKY
$640K found inside tortilla press machines

http://nky.cincinnati.com/articleAB/20110815/NEWS01/108160306/

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TEXAS
Texas cops find millions of marijuana smuggled in broccoli truck

http://tinyurl.com/3so379j

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Illegal alien charged with raping 9-year-old girl in North Carolina

http://tinyurl.com/3llahpc

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CALIFORNIA
$3 Million In Drugs Seized

http://kxoradio.com/news/local/1708-3-million-in-drugs-seized.html

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Immigration Audits Drive Illegal Workers Underground

http://tinyurl.com/42qthyu

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CALIFORNIA
Illegal immigrant who oversaw abuse at ‘drop house’ gets 20 years

http://tinyurl.com/3cxsuvl

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Undocumented immigrants face checks on Amtrak, Greyhound

http://tinyurl.com/3fpq7t4

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NORTH CAROLINA
Man Accused Of Girl’s Death Jumped US Border

Suspect Had Been Deported In 2009

http://www.wxii12.com/news/28868338/detail.html#ixzz1V8M3X9HQ

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Illegal Aliens Stealing via WIC-News Report

http://youtu.be/PmVHUKMKHA8

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MICHIGAN
Border patrol seizes $104,000 from airport traveler

http://tinyurl.com/3dmghh5

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NORTH CAROLINA
Man facing charge involving 15-year-old girl now in custody of immigration officials

http://www.salisburypost.com/News/081111-court-Rene-Perez-ICE-custody-indecent-liberties-qcd
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TEXAS
South Texas Rancher Trying to Fight Back Against Illegals

http://tinyurl.com/3dtulzb

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WASHINGTON STATE
Abbotsford Police help search for border jumpers

http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/aldergrovestar/news/127792233.html

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NORTH CAROLINA
Deputies bust heroin, cocaine drug ring

http://www.salisburypost.com/News/081111-WEBcopsmanarrestedfordrugs-qcd

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M3 Report from the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers August 13, 2011:

Incomplete Tunnel Found Near Border in Tijuana; Post-9/11 Security Divides Life on Northern Border

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 11:18 PM PDT

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERS
 Visit our website:http://www.nafbpo.org

Foreign News Report

The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) extracts and condenses the material that follows from Mexican, Central and South American and U.S. on-line media sources on a daily basis. You are free to disseminate this information, but we request that you do so in its entirety and credit NAFBPO as being the provider.

To subscribe, click here

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Please click here to read NAFBPO’s
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CAUTION

There are graphic photographs that accompany some articles in the body of this report. It is not our intention to sensationalize. We include these photos in order to give to you, the American public, a clearer understanding of the seriousness of the situation in Mexico and Central America.

Blog Del Narco (http://www.blogdelnarco.com/)

**Asterisk denotes death involving a police officer or a member of the military serving in that capacity.

(There are so many reports of single executions/bodies found that these are not all included, simply because of the extraordinary number.)

ACAPULCO, GUERRERO

Narcobanners signed by El Comando del Diablo, and directed to the Governor Ángel Aguirre Rivero, appeared in different locations beginning at about 4 pm. With one were one leg and one arm tied to the narco banner (used a blanket), and the trunk was in a bag. Several other banners appeared elsewhere. The message accused the Governor of being the cause of the deaths of innocent people, taxi drivers, children and women.

ZACATECAS

Municipal Police received a report of bodies dumped. On arrival, they found two women’s bodies. The assassins had used green plastic and thrown the bodies partly covered. Nearby was a trash bag containing one of the women’s purses.

MONTERREY, NUEVO LEÓN

After several violent incidents at the Topo Chico prison, the Mexican Army searched the prison using 100 men. During the 2 hour operation, they seized plasma screens , air conditioners, refrigerators, firearms, homemade shivs (knives), doses of cocaine and marijuana , radio equipment, mobile phones , personal computers, bottles of alcoholic drinks, beer, among other things enjoyed by inmates.

VERACRUZ, VERACRUZ

Mexican Marines on patrol were attacked by gunmen, and during an intense gunfight, killed five bad guys. Later, Marines located two suspicious men who opened fire on them when ordered to stop. The Marines repelled the attack, injuring three people and capturing the two gunmen.

SAN ANDRES TUXTLA, VERACRUZ

On Friday, municipal police made a gruesome discovery of a man that had been executed. He had been shot several times, had a cable around his neck and had been burned.

JALISCO

The Jalisco State Police have arrested Zenaido Soto Mojarro, alias La Medusa, 33 years, who confessed to being the nephew of Elpidio Mojarro Juárez, alias El Pilo, leader of La Resistencia. Captured with him was Yeverino Juan Victoriano, 18, ​​a native of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, and a member of Los Zetas. Confiscated was an AR-15 rifle, boots , cartridges, a fragmentation grenade, three fuses to trigger dynamite, and a Toyota truck. According to La Medusa, criminal activity has increased in Jalisco due to an alliance between the Zetas and Resistance. The Resistance had previously had a working pact with the Gulf cartel.

CULIACAN, SINALOA*

Fidel Plascencia Esparza, former director of the Anti-Theft Unit of the State police, and Efrain Ibarra Espinoza, legal director of the Ministerial Police were kidnapped by gunmen. Shortly after, the armed group freed Efrain Ibarra in the city of Guasave. However, Fidel was dead his hands and feet bound. Efrain remains under guard.

CHIHUAHUA, CHIHUAHUA

On Friday afternoon, a group of gunmen entered a house with six people and opened fire. There were five killed immediately, and an 11 year old child was gravely wounded.

CIUDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA

Numerous banners were hung around the city Friday, placed by the Attorney General’s office, offering a reward for Noel Salgueiro Nevárez, better known in the drug world as El Flaco Salgueiro, and leader of the Gente Nueva, part of the Sinaloa cartel. A reward of 15 million pesos or US $1,220,404.50 is being offered for information leading to his capture.

ECATEPEC, STATE OF MEXICO

At bout 530 Friday, a group of gunmen entered a bar and opened fire. Four people were immediately killed, and two others wounded. Reports are that this is not the first time there has been a shooting at this location.

ACAPULCO, GUERRERO

Two men were shot and killed in front of witnesses in broad daylight Friday. Both had been tortured, and were still tied when executed. A narco message was left by ‘The Sweeper’.

CHIHUAHUA, CHIHUAHUA

Another woman was executed on Friday. She was 46 years old, and driving at the time. She was identified by family at the medical examiner’s office.

SALVADOR ALVARADO, SINALOA

The Mexican Army clashed with a group of gunmen. Two of the bad guys were killed and two more captured. Seized were four AK-47 rifles, several handguns, a .50 Caliber rifle, a grenade launcher, Magazines , Cartridges , Radio equipment, cellular phones, Tactical vests, Marijuana , Cocaine, and six trucks.

ACAPULCO, GUERRERO

Four more people were executed Friday here. These were from 2 separate incidents, with a taxi driver found near Atoyac de Alvarez. The three were found near Tecpan de Galeana.

LAZARO CARDENAS, MICHOACAN

Víctor Chávez Gómez, alias El Ruso, who was part of Knights Templar, was arrested by Federal Police. He admitted to participating in the attack on federal police in Apatzingan, Michoacan on July 7th.

TANCÍTARO, MICHOACÁN

On Thursday, the Mexican military was on patrol when gunmen attacked them. One gunman was wounded, and he and two others were captured. They were identified as being affiliated with the Knights Templar. Seized were four assault rifles, six pistols, 180 cartridges for AR -15; 1,010 cartridges for AK-47, 26 magazines , three cartridge carriers, three tactical vests, four late-model trucks, drugs, among other things.

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MEXICO

Incomplete tunnel found near border in TJ

http://tinyurl.com/422tprk

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Brutal drug gang takes over migrant smuggling

http://tinyurl.com/3pxu8qh

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Book Review – To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War\

http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-87286-517-4

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Rights group: Death threats follow Guatemala massacre trial

http://tinyurl.com/3qk96cy

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The Andean Connection: Tracking the Drug War’s Coca Leaves and Failed Policies

http://www.indypendent.org/2011/08/04/the-andean-connection/

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Mexico’s drug cartels have far-reaching influence

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/video?id=8302255

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Mexican Agency Slams Police, Army Illegal Searches

http://tinyurl.com/3cdnw7j

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Ignacio Flores, Former Soccer Player, Killed by Gunmen in Mexico

http://tinyurl.com/3cofh24

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Honduran Police Burn Community to the Ground

http://youtu.be/Oe9pdsZM2MM

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Prospecting the Terrain of Struggle in Guatemala

http://tinyurl.com/4383kx7

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For one man, Mexico is too dangerous

http://tinyurl.com/3tljka7

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Domestic News – United States

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Analyst calls for removal of U.S. attorney over ‘Fast and Furious”

‘Why is it not a conflict of interest for Burke to remain in that job?’

http://tinyurl.com/43yrzny

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Mexican border so porous…Caribbean drug smugglers go out of their way to use it

http://tinyurl.com/3ou3uf4

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Crime-Ridden Mexican Border Fosters Human Trafficking

http://blog.heritage.org/2011/08/11/crime-ridden-mexican-border-fosters-human-trafficking/

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ARIZONA

More officers arrive at San Luis border

http://www.yumasun.com/news/border-72181-san-luis.html

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Journalists and Candidates Suffered From Tunnel Vision at Iowa Republican Presidential Debate

http://tinyurl.com/3e6uxow

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TEXAS

Bowie High School: Juárez gunfire prompts review of campus security

http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_18672805?source=most_viewed

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Wealthy Mexicans fly, don’t drive, to Texas

http://tinyurl.com/447n6an

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Chinese workers could replace Mexican immigrants-Editorial

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/7695428.html

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Illegal immigrants do not have a “right to work” in the United States

http://tinyurl.com/3s3dktd

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MARYLAND

Prince George’s County Teachers Protest Their Deportation

http://tinyurl.com/3spxmo7

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MICHIGAN

Border Patrol Puts Radar Plan for Grosse Pointe Farms Tower on Hold after Objections

http://tinyurl.com/3netx35

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NEVADA

Local Mustangs Join Border Patrol

http://tinyurl.com/3smhzab

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Post-9/11 security divides life on northern border

https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/post-9-11-security-1105675.html

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TEXAS

Border mayors plan inaugural action meeting

http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_18665531

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CALIFORNIA

Pot Thrown From Window in High-Speed Chase

http://temecula.patch.com/articles/pot-thrown-from-window-in-high-speed-chase

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ARIZONA

Agents seize 14 pounds of meth at Yuma checkpoint

http://www.fox11az.com/news/local/127619763.html

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TEXAS

New Texas driver’s license policy to become law

http://tinyurl.com/3vygyk5

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CALIFORNIA

Latino-Indigenous Mexican Divide Stirs California Town

http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=23974

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Immigrants face checks on way back to Mexico

http://tinyurl.com/3vdzm3j

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TEXAS

Cong. Culberson: My Trip to the Border

http://www.texasinsider.org/?p=50597

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Do We Still Need Our Armed Forces When We Don’t Secure Our Own Borders? by Mike Cutler

http://tinyurl.com/3leosf4
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M3 Report from the National Association ofFormer Border Patrol Offices  August 11, 2011:

Drug Cartels Using Social Media to Track Victims; Is Mexico losing drug war?

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 09:30 PM PDT

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERS
 Visit our website:http://www.nafbpo.org

Foreign News Report

The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) extracts and condenses the material that follows from Mexican, Central and South American and U.S. on-line media sources on a daily basis. You are free to disseminate this information, but we request that you do so in its entirety and credit NAFBPO as being the provider.

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**Asterisk denotes death involving a police officer or a member of the military serving in that capacity.

MONTERREY, NUEVO LEÓN

Tuesday afternoon, a group of gunmen came to the front gate of the Topo Chico prison and after taking control of guards, entered the facility. They opened fire, and on locating an inmate due to testify, executed him. Prison guards returned fire, and killed one of the gunmen. Another gunman was caught, and seven guards were detained for investigation. A subsequent report says that 18 people have been arrested, 5 state police officers and 13 prison guards. And yet another update late Thurs. afternoon says that there is a lot of tension inside the prison. Relatives of the prisoners are demanding the presence of the Army, saying the police are corrupt and part of the criminal group that attacked. (Note the report does not specifically include the prison guards as police, but in Spanish, the word police is often used for anyone in a position of authority to detain. Thus it could include attorney general investigators, or others in similar positions.)

TIERRA CALIENTE, DURANGO

The decomposed bodies of two young men that disappeared on July 3rd were discovered by a farmer. Identification of the bodies was made by the mother of one of them.

SANTIAGO PAPASQUIARO, DURANGO

A group of officers from the state bureau of investigation were ambushed, causing their vehicle to crash into a hill. They repelled the attack, but 4 agents were wounded, with 3 rushed by helicopter to a hospital.

ACAPULCO, GUERRERO

Two more taxi drivers were killed Tuesday. They were forced to kneel and shot several times in the head. The bodies were claimed by relatives later that day.

PERICOS, SINALOA

A decapitated woman was found along a major highway Tuesday. She was wrapped in a blanket, and a cooler with the head was beside her. Her hands were tied, and the body showed signs of torture.

PORVENIR, NAYARIT

Authorities responded to a report of a body floating in the sewage disposal area. He had been executed and thrown into the pit.

SAN NICOLAS DE LOS GARZA, NUEVO LEÓN

Mexican Marines captured Raúl García Rodríguez, alias El Sureño, and Abril Samanta Morón Díaz. El Sureño s the leader of the Zetas in San Nicolas. The Marines also seized an AK-47 rifle, a 9 mm pistol, four magazines , 200 doses of cocaine, 100 doses of crack cocaine, radio equipment, vehicle, among other things.

CHIHUAHUA, CHIHUAHUA*

Jose Refugio Ruvalcaba Plascencia, Former Police Chief for the Chihuahua Municipal Police, was executed while eating at an Applebee’s restaurant here. He had also served in Ciudad Juarez, Zacatecas, Puebla, and the State of Mexico.

TEPIC, NAYARIT

Four young men were brutally executed, and the bodies dumped along the highway. All showed signs of torture, with two of them shot and the other two killed by beheading.

GENERAL TERAN, NUEVO LEÓN

The remains of a butchered man were dumped in the middle of a roadway. The limbs and head were separate from the rest of the body inside a cloth bag. He has still not been identified.

CHINA, NUEVO LEÓN

State police were summoned to the Los Ahijados bridge, where four bodies were found. Two men had been beheaded and hug from the bridge. There were two women that had been dismembered and the remains left underneath the bridge.

MONTERREY, NUEVO LEÓN

A commercial merchant was gunned down Wed. afternoon, even with his relatives pleading with the gunmen. Other merchants said it was done by Zetas carrying out extortion threats.

ALLENDE, NUEVO LEÓN

A bomb was left in a bin outside the old City Hall, now museum, exploding minutes later. A municipal police officer was injured, and there was damage to the facade.

JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA

A police officer working traffic left in his private vehicle for home. He was attacked by assassins, likely dying instantly. His car over turned in the street.

BRISEÑAS, MICHOACÁN

Municipal police officers responding to a report found a woman’s head beside a river. Nothing else was found.

STATE OF MEXICO

The Attorney General confirmed the capture of Óscar Osvaldo García Montoya, a.k.a. El Compayito, and identified as leader of the group La Mano con Ojos. He was a Mexican Marine and was trained by the Guatemalan kaibiles (special forces commandos), ending up driving for La Barbie. Later he was head of security for El Indio, another main cartel leader, and from that became a personal bodyguard for Arturo Beltran Leyva, one of the four brothers that ran the Beltran Leyva cartel. Arturo was killed by Mexican Marines when they tried to capture him. (More info: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/7693871.html)

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Is Mexico losing drug war?

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8302029

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Marines arrest Zetas cartel boss in northern Mexico

http://tinyurl.com/3j8acwp

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Colombia arrests key Mexico cartel ‘money launderer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14485060

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Mexican Police Seize Suspected 2nd Parcel Bomb

http://tinyurl.com/3qq5rmx

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Mexico’s First Face Implant Performed

http://tinyurl.com/3uv7mhv

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Chavez accuses foes of trying to divide military

http://tinyurl.com/3hcc8dc

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Mexican society and the problem of insecurity

http://oneoldvet.com/?p=31201

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Mexico’s Central Bank Cuts 2011, 2012 GDP Forecasts\

http://tinyurl.com/3ctxt4x

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Ecuador Makes Arrest in Deadly Contaminated-Booze Case

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=414676&CategoryId=14089

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Costa Rica Receives More Than 1 Million Tourists In First Half Of The Year

http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/august/09/costarica11080901.htm

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Brazil moves to prevent ‘massacre’ of Amazon tribe by drug traffickers

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/09/brazil-amazon-tribe-drug-traffickers

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ARGENTINA

Cocaine found in hollowed bolts

http://www.tampabay.com/incoming/cocaine-found-in-hollowed-bolts/1185314

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Delta Invests $65 Million in Mexico’s Leading Airline

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=415324&CategoryId=14091

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Domestic News – United States

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Friday ceremonies to honor Border Patrol agents killed in Arizona

http://tinyurl.com/3ggosly

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ARIZONA

U.S. Attorney in Phoenix adds insult to injury of slain agent’s family

http://tinyurl.com/42dzj6f

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CALIFORNIA
The drug cartel issue in Siskiyou County

http://tinyurl.com/3r6bcvj

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MASSACHUSETTS
Top cops: Illegal alien cons must go

http://tinyurl.com/44x9o22

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ATF’s gun surveillance program showed early signs of failure

http://tinyurl.com/3u5g6hw

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Was CIA behind Operation Fast and Furious?

http://tinyurl.com/3vkl27p

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U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter August 4 – August 10

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/border_patrol/weekly_blotter/0804_0810.xml

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U.S. rep’s abducted grandsons found in Tijuana

http://tinyurl.com/3fogsz5

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TEXAS
Selling the High Price of Border Security

http://tinyurl.com/3u5d45h

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CALIFORNIA
Teenager Accused Of Smuggling 27 Pounds Of Cocaine

http://www.kesq.com/news/28828227/detail.html

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ARIZONA
Border Patrol wrapup: Men injured by lightning strike

http://tinyurl.com/4454c79

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TEXAS
Drug Cartels Using Social Media to Track Victims

http://tinyurl.com/3gh3koq

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States introduced record number of immigration bills this year

http://tinyurl.com/3dzgv8k

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ARIZONA
Man assaults Willcox Border Patrol agent in Sunizona

http://www.willcoxrangenews.com/articles/2011/08/10/news/news06.txt

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They’re not all here to work

http://tinyurl.com/3b7sxp3

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Immigration court backlog at record high, report says

http://tinyurl.com/3fhfjlj

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WASHINGTON STATE
Border resident gets two months in prison

http://tinyurl.com/3uq2gjd

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TEXAS
Mexican Mafia Members Charged In Hondo

http://www.ksat.com/news/28816261/detail.html

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Los Angeles City Council votes to make August “Immigrant Pride Month”

http://tinyurl.com/3dyw9yz

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The War on Senator Pearce

http://tinyurl.com/4xy73ka

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WASHINGTON STATE
Border Patrol Finally Addresses Forks City Council

http://tinyurl.com/3t8sshs

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TEXAS
Austinite caught with millions in drugs

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/crime/austinite-caught-with-millions-in-drugs

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M3 Report from the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers:

More Police Slain in Mexico; Sun, Confusion Causes of Fatal Border Patrol Crash

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 10:01 PM PDT

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The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) extracts and condenses the material that follows from Mexican, Central and South American and U.S. on-line media sources on a daily basis. You are free to disseminate this information, but we request that you do so in its entirety and credit NAFBPO as being the provider.

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LAW ENFORCEMENT Alert: On August 5th, EPIC put out an Officer Safety bulletin on cartels. Law enforcement that have not received or seen this is highly encouraged to do so ASAP.

Recommendation: Highly recommend that readers check out this site. Mexodus is a student reporting project that documents the flight of middle class families, professionals and businesses to safer areas due to cartel violence and widespread petty crime in border cities such as Ciudad Juárez. U.S. and Mexican college students have produced extraordinary work guided by five professors. We can’t fully understand the geopolitical conditions south of us without knowing the effects of the violence on those living in the midst of it. How it affects them may be how it will end up also affecting us.

http://mexodus.borderzine.com/
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**Asterisk denotes death involving a police officer or a member of the military serving in that capacity.

ACAPULCO, GUERRERO

Several gunmen walked into Las Chalupas Bar in Acapulco, and shot two waitresses. One was killed outright and the other very gravely wounded.

PESQUERÍA, NUEVO LEON

State police received an anonymous report of three tortured and executed bodies dumped along side a roadway. The remains were in an advance state of decomposition, where they remain unidentified.

TUXPAN, MICHOACAN

Federal police and cartel gunmen had an intense shootout late Friday, resulting from an attack by the gunmen on the feds during routing patrol. The shootout lasted about an hour and left 7 bad guys dead. Weapons and equipment were seized.

MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON

Two people were executed separately on Sunday, a man and a woman. One of them had a narco message left, an ice pick used to stick it to the body. Investigators did not release the message.

EL ALTO DEL COYOTE, SINALOA

The decaying body of a man was found floating in the Humaya canal near this agricultural town. Handcuffs with rust were still in place on the body, and he remains unidentified.

MEXICO CITY, DISTRITO FEDERAL

Two extortionists that had been getting large amounts of money from merchants have been arrested. They claim to be part of LFM. The arrests were the result of detailed investigation.

LAGOS DE MORENO, JALISCO

Three of the Zetas were arrested here, one of them a 13 year old girl who admitted to being a halcon (hawk meaning lookout) for them. Seized were a machete with traces of blood, six AK47’s, two AR 15’s, a pistol, ammunition, boots, tactical vests, radio equipment, crack cocaine, cocaine in powder, two trucks, a car and a motorcycle.

VERACRUZ

Saturday the Mexican military was attacked while on patrol near the port. The soldiers repelled the attack and killed 4 gunmen. They also seized 4 rifles, 25 magazines, 585 cartridges, a frag grenade, and their vehicle.

PARÁCUARO, MICHOACÁN

Children in an orchard on the banks of the Tepalcatepec River discovered the body of a man. The unidentified man was reported to be about 30 years old.

CHIHUAHUA, CHIHUAHUA

Two men and a child were in a business when gunmen opened fire on them. The me were killed outright and the child died at the hospital.

GUADALUPE, NUEVO LEON

About 10 pm Monday night, witnesses reported gunmen in several luxury SUV’s dropped a man from a bridge. They then shot and killed him in front of multiple witnesses.

TORREON, COAHUILA

Three unidentified men were executed while sitting in the shade Monday afternoon.

ACAPULCO, GUERRERO

A young couple had just arrived home when gunmen arrived, burst into the home and riddled both of them with dozens of rounds in front of their family.

TUXPAN, VERACRUZ

At about 9 am Tuesday, a group arrived at the Mayor’s office and threw an explosive device, which exploded outside. Present were Mexican Marines, state and municipal police at the time. A woman walking by was injured in the leg only.

MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON

Shortly after 7 am Tuesday, police received a report of the dismembered-disembowelled remains of a man were found in front of a stationery store and butcher shop. The remains were in three plastic bags, and more were located in a blanket. The military stood guard while the medical examiner collected all of the remains.

MEXICO CITY, DISTRITO FEDERAL

A man was found executed in the popular neighborhood of Tepito. His eye had been gouged out, and he also had multiple stab wounds. (Readers may note that there are few reports such as this in the area around the capital. Whether this is media being managed by government, or there actually are fewer incidents compared to other locales is not being speculated on by any of the sources followed for these reports.)

LA CEIBA, VERACRUZ

Monday there was another shootout between the military and heavily armed gunmen. During the gun battle, three gunmen were killed. Seized were 9 rifles, one pistol, 102 magazines, 2,850 cartridges and four vehicles.

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US recession fears loom over Mexico

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/08/mexico-economy-idUSN1E7770Y720110808

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Police officers found slain in western Mexico****

http://tinyurl.com/3apekjz

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Mexico says immigration outflow drops to “almost nothing”

http://tinyurl.com/3lmfdbx

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Mexico peso hits 7-month low on US economy fears

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/08/markets-mexico-peso-idUSN1E77717V20110808

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U.S. debt crisis threatens Costa Rica, Latin America

http://tinyurl.com/3nzfhhg

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Girl, 13, helps Mexico’s killers for 650 dollars a month

http://tinyurl.com/43kdfz4

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Package bomb injures 2 Mexico college professors

http://tinyurl.com/3pj6ofp

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Are the Zetas the Most Dangerous Drug Gang in Mexico?

http://tinyurl.com/44gwd8x

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Is violence in Mexico affecting foreign investment? No, say recent reports.

http://tinyurl.com/3khnhch

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Remote Brazilian tribe threatened by ‘drug dealers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14451878

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Mexico suspends anti-crime grants to 172 towns

http://tinyurl.com/3wgf8te

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Mexico detains gang that threatened with pig heads

http://tinyurl.com/3bvk36b

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Surviving Jurez: Besieged residents, businesses devise strategies to stay safe

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_18633132

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Relocate or die: Mexican entrepreneurs migrate to the interior fleeing violence, insecurity

http://tinyurl.com/3zgm2j5

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MEXICO

Military raid yields 6.3 tons of pot in Tijuana

http://tinyurl.com/4487ffx

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MEXICO

Reynosa police officers indicted in kidnappings

http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/articles/police-129701-reynosa-indicted.html

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Asylum for journalists under attack in Mexico

http://tinyurl.com/44wsnms

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MEXICO
Customs Agents Arrest 2 Foreigners Carrying $3.7 Million in Mexico

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=414674&CategoryId=14091

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Domestic News – United States

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Periodic Report Highlights Drug Violence, Killings Of Law Enforcement South Of The Border

http://tinyurl.com/3p6k43g

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“Fast and Furious” Goes All the Way to the White House

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=45398

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ATF operation focused on man who bought more than 700 guns

http://tinyurl.com/3w95fb2

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TEXAS
Border Partrol agent attacked

http://www.laredosun.us/notas.asp?id=17767

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CALIFORNIA
Illegal Immigrant Interns at State Capitol

http://tinyurl.com/3kd456q

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U.S. Sends CIA Operatives To Mexico To Escalate War Against Drug Cartels

http://tinyurl.com/3vpkhyk

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Report: Mexican drug cartels adopting military tactics

http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_18632455?source=most_viewed

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Documents: Feds allegedly allowed Sinaloa cartel to move cocaine into U.S. for information

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_18608410

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ARIZONA
Sun, confusion causes of fatal Border Patrol crash

http://tinyurl.com/3haag8l

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What Changes in Mexico Mean for U.S. Immigration Policy

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/08/mexico_immigration.html

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FLORIDA
2 Mexicans Plead Guilty To Sex Trafficking In Miami

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=14091&ArticleId=414779

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TEXAS
Agents Seize Vehicles, Boat, Ton Of Pot

http://www.ksat.com/news/28813259/detail.html

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Homeland Security cancels immigration agreements with states

http://tinyurl.com/3srpnya

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CALIFORNIA
Mexican Smugglers Nearly Interrupt California Surf Contest

http://tinyurl.com/3tgc9vh

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OHIO
Border patrol agents take custody of 13 illegal aliens who stopped in Valley

http://tinyurl.com/3zswh6d

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FLORIDA
Smugglers Turning to Snail Mail to Ship Drugs

http://tinyurl.com/3qzlxa7

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ARIZONA
Border Patrol finds almost 2 tons of pot abandoned near Lukeville

http://tinyurl.com/44a9cew

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CALIFORNIA
Border Patrol agents uncover methamphetamine

http://tinyurl.com/4xbfnma

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FLORIDA
Florida detention center caught in illegal immigration controversy

http://tinyurl.com/3z66z4m

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CALIFORNIA

Possible Smuggling Boat Capsized Off Rancho Palos Verdes 

http://tinyurl.com/3no9zyv

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Arizona border agents arrest 3 illegal immigrants with ‘serious’ criminal histories (in the US)

http://tinyurl.com/3pfm96t

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M3 Report from the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers: 

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 06:50 PM PDT

Half a Million Troops Could Seal the Southwest Border, Says Border Protection Chief; Mexico Elbows Into U.S. Meth Trade

 

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**Asterisk denotes death involving a police officer or a member of the military serving in that capacity.

NUEVO LAREDO, TAMAULIPAS

Authorities have now confirmed that the Zeta leader for the Nuevo Laredo plaza, Jorge Luis de la Peña Brizuela, alias El Pompín, was killed in Tuesday’s shootout with the Mexican military.

IXTLÁN DE LOS HERVORES, MICHOACÁN

Municipal police here received an anonymous call of a body hanging near an abandoned water wheel. Officers found a teen boy, tortured and executed. He had been missing since July 31.

EL TAMARINDO, SINALOA

The bodies of three men were found along a dirt road. Their eyes were covered with duct tape. They had been tortured and then shot, making sure that in doing so, they face was blown away. (This is common in drug-related executions to hinder identification.)

TEPANTITLÁN, GUERRERO

Municipal police received a report of a dead man near this community. His body was taken into the town to see if residents could identify him.

CARÁCUARO, MICHOACAN

An intense shootout between assassins in a gray Hummer and Mexican military resulted in four bad guys dead. Two rifles, magazines, cartridges and the vehicle were seized.

MONTERREY, NUEVO LEÓN

Shortly after 7 pm, gunmen attacked the Topo Chico detention and the Judicial building with grenades and rifles. Early reports are the gunmen intended to enter the prison to break prisoners out. Four civilians and two police officers were injured and were transported to the hospital. A patrol vehicle and an anti riot special vehicle were damaged.

TAPALPA, JALISCO

The Mexican army located a training camp for La Resistencia. It had a range for firearms training, an obstacle course, rest area, and bathrooms.

TORREON, COAHUILA**

Two municipal police officers were attacked and killed on duty around 7 pm Friday. Dozens of local residents watched as they tried to defend themselves from the attack. One of the gunmen was also killed, and left behind by the others.  Beside the body was gun.

ACAPULCO, GUERRERO*

An off duty Mexican soldier was killed as he left a local bar last night.

NAVOLATO, SINALOA

Four human bodies were found cut up and placed into at least 10 black plastic bags behind a high school.

MONTERREY, NUEVO LEÓN

A decapitated woman was left at a business named Brougham Apparel. The body was wrapped in a tarp, and the head was in a plastic bag. The company representatives said they did not recognize or know who the woman was. A narco message was left, but the wording has been guarded by the authorities.

MONTEMORELOS, NUEVO LEÓN

Gunmen attacked a federal police patrol unit yesterday outside of a convenience store. Three agents were wounded and are in a nearby hospital.

SAN NICOLÁS DE LOS GARZA, NUEVO LEÓN

Near dawn today an armed group drove up to five men, and without a word, shot and killed all.

IXTAPA, CHIAPAS

A new criminal group has appeared in Ixtapa. Two young men were kidnapped, and because the ransom was not paid, they were executed. A message was left saying ‘thanks for nonpayment’ and signed El Cartel de la Calle’ (Cartel of the Street).

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One Juarez officer killed, another injured after attack near international bridge*

(Early this morning.  The dead officer was the right hand man of the Chief.)

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_18627336\

More: http://www.kvia.com/news/28788657/detail.html

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9 bodies found near schools in 2 Mexican states

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/topstory/7686186.html#ixzz1UIQ2FmHf

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Chile police, students clash in banned protests

“I think the government has committed a grave mistake,” (a student spokesperson) said. “They wanted to wipe out and make invisible this demonstration. With this the people will only come out in greater force because there’s huge discontent.”

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/04/501364/main20088455.shtml

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Mexico Elbows Into U.S. Meth Trade

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904292504576482194165785506.html

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El Salvador Gang Linked to Zetas: Police

El Salvador remains one of the most violent countries in the world, estimated to have some 20,000 gang members.

http://tinyurl.com/3jb87s9

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Mexico Should Cut Hype Over Drug Gang Arrests

http://tinyurl.com/3wpde5p

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Dole Signs Collective Bargaining Agreement with Ecuadorian Banana Union

http://tinyurl.com/3bz7vql

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Bolivia Busts Narco-Lab in Santa Cruz

http://tinyurl.com/3gk4bbk

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Honduras Normalizes Relations With Nicaragua

http://tinyurl.com/3kfkxha

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In Tijuana, deported migrants struggle to survive

http://tinyurl.com/3tfnlga

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Unrelenting violence and lawlessness forces thousands of middle-class Mexicans to relocate seeking safety in the U.S. and in more peaceful regions in México

http://tinyurl.com/3rtpbg6

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Mexico’s narcocorridos turn drug violence to music

(And some of the musicians end up executed for those songs.)

http://en.tengrinews.kz/cinema_and_music/3667/

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Guatemala court orders US couple to return allegedly stolen child

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44014559/ns/world_news-americas/

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Bolivia to Buy Up Excess Coca Production

http://tinyurl.com/3t5njsa

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Bolivia’s Economic Troubles-17 minute audio

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Podcasts/Detail/?id=131493

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Domestic News – United States

ATF gun tracers loaded with responsibility

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/7683835.html

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A furiously bungled sting-Editorial

https://www.standard.net/stories/2011/08/04/our-view-furiously-bungled-sting

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Southwest Border Safer Than Ever: Think Tank Report

http://tinyurl.com/3nba9m7

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TEXAS

Woman Killed After Truck Crashes Through House

(Truck full of illegal immigrants slammed into her home.)

http://www.kztv10.com/news/woman-killed-after-truck-crashes-through-house/

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ARIZONA

Border Patrol wrapup: Agent rescues woman trapped in car

http://tinyurl.com/3vegrj7

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KENTUCKY

New state policy makes registering a vehicle more difficult for immigrants

http://tinyurl.com/43mudcy

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FLORIDA

46 pounds of marijuana found in Florida pilot’s plane at Alexandria airport

http://tinyurl.com/3jr4rx5

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CALIFORNIA

Border Patrol Busts Net Nearly $850K in Illicit Drugs 

http://tinyurl.com/3omzw6c

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Illinois DREAM Act Becomes Law Amid Immigration Reform Debate

http://tinyurl.com/3ec3h5v

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Government of the People, by the People and For the People?

http://tinyurl.com/3omhfbp

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Trafficking defendant: I was a DEA informer

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/7682687.html

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ICE Arrests TX Pawn Shop Employees for Ammo Smuggling into Mexico

http://tinyurl.com/3t7a5o7

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How the feds busted ‘Operation Liquid Dragon’

– biggest ephedrine ring to operate out of Oregon

http://tinyurl.com/3e6nbk8

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Border ‘safer than ever,’ but Arizona still a crossing hot-spot

http://tinyurl.com/3qbuh2s

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Washington Post Got It Wrong on Immigration

http://tinyurl.com/3q64y6

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VIRGINIA

Prince William County sues feds for status of illegal aliens

Fatal DUI accident triggered action

http://tinyurl.com/3tsxmv4

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Ports of entry seizures exceed $9 million in narcotics, $229,000 in currency

http://tinyurl.com/3shkzs3

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Half a Million Troops Could Seal the Southwest Border, Says Border Protection Chief

http://tinyurl.com/3k24wz6

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Poll: Three-fourths of voters want employers punished for hiring illegal aliens

http://tinyurl.com/3zbd3ne

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MISSISSIPPI

Mexican national wanted for raping 87-year-old woman now in custody

http://tinyurl.com/3hxst7y

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Bill targets aircrafts smuggling drugs

The bill would close a loophole in current law that gives smugglers who use ultralights lesser penalties than those who use airplanes or cars.

http://tinyurl.com/43yb4cz

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