Mother's day dawns and with it, the discovery of 49 bodies dumped at the entrance to San Juan NL
Sunday morning, Mother’s Day in the US, 49 bodies, most decapitated, some missing limbs and others in an advanced state of decomposition, were found on a highway east of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, according to various news sources.
The grisly find was made at Kilometer 47 on Mexico Federal Highway 40,which leads to Reynosa, Tamaulipas. Police were dispatched to the area based on a telephone call. Mexican Policia Federal agents were the first on the scene and found several black garbage bags containing the remains of 49 individuals. The actual location is 10 kilometers east of Cadereyta, near the village of San Juan. Cadereyta itself is about seven kilometers east of Monterrey.
It is being reported that six women and 43 men were among the dead. Some reports have said a narcomanta was left at the scene but had been removed, reportedly said “100 percent Zetas”
At this point in time, authorities still don’t know who the victims are and rumors are flying. Some are saying that the victims were migrants heading to the United States because some of the victims had the facial features of individuals from South America. The report also said the narcomanta had the symbol of Los Zetas only, probably the letter Z, suggesting Los Zetas likely committed the crime.
Jorge Domene, spokesman for the Nuevo Leon state Secretaria de Seguridad Pública (SSP)
Jorge Domene, spokesman for the Nuevo Leon state Secretaria de Seguridad Pública (SSP), also that some of the victims had gang tattoos, suggesting the deaths were a settling of accounts between gangs. He also said that most of the victims had been killed two days prior to their discovery. Due to the arrangement of the bodies, it appears the bodies were transported and dumped by a large dump truck in the early dawn hours when traffic was light.
Mexico Highway 40 is the “free road” used by motorist and truckers that want to avoid the toll road between Monterrey and Reynosa.
Let’s keep in mind as we explore this story, that very little official information is forthcoming from the agencies investigating this crime due to the blackout on releases from government agencies during the 90 days prior to the voting July 1, for Mexico’s next President. However, due to the nature of this crime, the large number of victims, some in government are ignoring the mandate of Article 41, and speaking out, such as Jorge DOmene. Last night, the government of Mexico announced a $30,000,000.00 mxn reward for information leading to the capture of those responsible. In US dollars, that comes to $2,201,446.12. (Hell for that amount of money, I’d turn my own mother in and give them a map showing where she’s buried.)
Anyone having information on this crime and possible claim the reward can do so by calling 01 800 831 3196 or by email denunciapgr@pgr.gob.mx
People are assuming that members of Los Zetas are responsible for this because of grafitti featuring the letter “Z” found on the gateway into the city and the narco banners which were removed. Others are saying the victims are in fact members of Los Zetas, murdered by the Sinoloa TCO. And some are also saying it could be retaliation against the government for their recent arrest of Marco Jesus Hernandez Rodriguez aka Jesus Ruiz Marcos Rodriguez, nicknamed “El Chilango”, jefe of sicarios (boss of Zetas’s assassins), who is credited with masterminding the kidnapping, torture and killing at least four Mexican Marines on April 18, 2012. For those of you who are not aware, Mexican Marines are the baddest of the bad in this country, and like our Special Forces troops, they take care of their own.
Personally, I think the scenario that this was a planned statement by Los Zetas for Mother’s Day is more believable as reported by Borderland Beat.
It just makes sense. Whatever it is, it’s a scouring of the gene pool from the bottom up.
There’s several reasons I’m writing this on a blog that generally has to do with trucking. First of all, James P. Hoffa’s Teamsters are using this as yet another reason that Mexican trucks should not be allowed into the US. Although no American’s were involved nor truckers, either Mexican or US, the truth doesn’t matter to Hoffa in the least.
In an article titled “49 more reasons not to open the border to Mexican trucks” an unidentified Teamster, thought to be Hoffa himself writes;
Trade deals are supposed to be two-way streets. The U.S. is supposed to give Mexican truckers access to our highways, Mexico is supposed to give U.S. truckers access to its highways.
But if the Mexican government can’t guarantee the safety of U.S. citizens, then Mexico isn’t giving the U.S. equal access to its highways. Mexico isn’t living up to its part of the deal.
The good news is that only a handful of Mexican carriers are allowed to travel beyond the border zone as part of the second cross-border trucking pilot program. And even fewer trucks are actually using our highways.
How sad is it that people like James P. Hoffa feel the need to use the deaths of 49 individual human beings to continue to push their isolationist agenda.
Units from Mexico Federal Police seal of crime scene where 49 bodies were discovered outside of Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon
The second and perhaps most important reason, for me anyhow, is that this story is being picked up internationally, and some in the mainstream media, thousands of miles from Mexico continue to portray Mexico as a crime ridden wild west 24/7 shootout which of course it’s not. Only a small fractions of Mexico’s municipalites (counties) have been effected by the ongoing was between the TCO’s (Trans-National Criminal Organizations) And civilians for the most part, are not the targets. Most of the victims in this period of violence have been found to have some connection, however minor to the bad guys.
A heightened presence of military units is seen in Cadereyta after the Mother's Day massacre that claimed 49 lives
People in the locales where the violence has been occurring continue with their lives as usual. What else is there to do. In Cadereyta, where the latest occurred, people haven’t lost faith in the military or the belief that their city and country will return to the safety it has known in the past.
One day after the slaughter which shocked this town and the nation, the main square of Cadereyta lived another day.
The park opposite the town hall was full of people, couples with their children enjoying a snack from street vendors or just talking.
Street vendors, clothing store owners, elderly people and even the street sweepers talk of the fear they feel about the violence.
Still others said nothing, just calmly observing the movement of people and vehicles around the main square of Cadereyta.
Because of this latest incident and others, the army has stepped up its presence in and around Cadereyta, with military patrols more frequently patroling the outskirts of the city.
And on Monday, the military took up positions opposite the town hall and around the square, watching and giving the citizens a feeling of security with their presence
Some of the troops got down from from their units and entered some of the businesses to interact with the owners and make purchases. Just another day as life continues in Mexico as it has for a 1000 years.
I was listening to Eric “Bubba Bo” Boulanger the other night on XM Radio talking about Cinco de Mayo and how it was Mexico’s Independence Day (or something like that) and realized that most people don’t realize what Cinco de Mayo is about. To most, it’s about a night of drinking and listening to Americanized Tex-Mex music and partying until the bars close.
Our friend who publishes the website MEXFILES.NET and an acclaimed author and editor in his own right, found an obscure article from the New York Times dated June 13, 1863
Richard writes;
Normally I wouldn’t steal an entire articles from a newspaper, but I’ll make an exception this once. Notice how long it took to get the news in those days — and that the New York Times, always a conservative paper when it comes to spelling and word usage, still used British spelling in the 1860s.
Besides just the surprise of the crappy, ad-hoc Mexican army beating what was then considered the best military force in the world, there was another reason Cinco de Mayo was a BFD in the United States long before it was “discovered” by beer distributors and politicians pandering for the Hispanic vote: the United States was in the middle of a large-scale organized insurgency seeking to create a break-away southern republic. Some claim Zaragoza and his army saved the Union.
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Double trailer such as this example are now prohibited in Mexico by a recent SCT rule change followings protests by Mexican truckers
US truckers could take a lesson from their cousins south of the border in Mexico. Nationwide protests and blockades by Mexican truckers against the use of double 53″ trailers and 80 metric ton weight limits was heard by the government in Mexico City.
The Mexican government said Friday it will tighten inspections and lower maximum allowed weights for big rigs after Independent truckers partially blocked highways leading into Mexico City to protest rules allowing extremely heavy and very long trucks, something they say displaces them from hauling jobs and pressures them to overload their own rigs.
Mexico law currently allows trucks to access two-lane roads with loads of up to 80 metric tons and lengths exceeding 100 feet, compared to a U.S. limit of is 80,000 pounds (40 tons) on interstate highways.
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UPS Inc. has launched an integrated ground shipping and brokerage service for heavy freight shipments between the United States and Mexico
by Mark Soloman - DC Velocity
UPS Inc. said today it has launched an integrated ground shipping and brokerage service for heavy freight shipments between the United States and Mexico that offers faster door-to-door transit times than currently provided by less-than-truckload (LTL) operations.
The bi-directional service, called “UPS CrossBorder Connect,” will utilize the trucking network that supports the Atlanta-based company’s North American airfreight service and will link with selected Mexican carriers along eight U.S. cities on the Mexican border, UPS said. Five of the cities are in Texas, two are in California, and one in Arizona.
UPS said shippers using the service would get their goods to market within three to four days of pickup. Karen Cole, a UPS spokeswoman, said LTL transit times would vary but added the new service will provide a more expedited delivery option for companies operating in the cross-border trade.
“Our research clearly revealed the gaps in service options that exist for today’s customers,” said Steve Flowers, president of UPS Global Freight Forwarding, in a statement. “With this product, we’ve improved visibility and predictability, as well as reliability on one of the largest and most important U.S. trade lanes.”
Until now, heavyweight freight shipping options in the U.S.-Mexico market were limited to costly airfreight deliveries or less expensive but slower LTL movements, UPS said. As a result, shippers had no “middle ground” between the two services, the company added.
Mexican trucks such as these two are the targeted obsession of Teamsters, OOIDA and their allies whose lawsuit against allowing them legally required access has now been consolidated by the DC Court of Appeals
Today, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters responded to the FMCSA’s response to the Teamster’s frivolous lawsuit with a totally bizarre brief, full of spin and out and out lies. Nothing we haven’t come to expect from the opponents of Mexican trucks and of America fulfilling the promises we made to our southern neighbor.
The irrelevant little man who is President of Teamsters stated;
“The FMCSA makes the bizarre argument that our members aren’t harmed by a program that opens the border to low-paid truck drivers and dangerous, dirty trucks. Try telling that to our members.
U.S. commercial truck drivers must follow all U.S. safety regulations while Mexican drivers only need to follow selected Mexican regulations. The government is flat-out wrong to say Mexican trucks and drivers meet equivalent standards.”
So Hoffa begins his latest tirade with two well worn out lies, which have been totally debunked, proven false time and time again. Mexican trucks and their drivers MUST follow the same rules and regulations as US and Canadian drivers when operating in this country.
Dissecting the TEAMSTERS brief
The brief filed yesterday by the Teamsters doesn’t present any new arguments, instead reveals how the opponents of Mexican truck access are reduced to “grasping at straws” in their continuing failure to stop this legal obligation this country has under the rules of NAFTA.
In response to FMCSA’s claim that Teamsters and OOIDA do not have “standing” to file these actions in Federal Court, since they cannot prove “harm” to plaintiffs, TEAMSTERS have of course come up with TWO PEOPLE who have been IRREPARABLY HARMED, by the presence of an additional 3 Mexican drivers and 2 Mexican trucks in the US. The brief states;
Petitioners declarations establish that the safety of drivers and trucks disproportionatelyaffects IBT members, particularly members, such as declarants Deane Allen and Jack Cawood ,who drive in the west, southwest, and south – where much pilot-program activity will occur.
IBT members are not just any citizens, but those most likely to beharmed by highway safety problems
Opening Br. 19. Finally, FMCSA concedes that two IBT members have submitted declarations that “suggest injury or risk of injury” from pollution.
An IBT member whose asthma is aggravated by diesel exhaust from trucks regularly travels on a highway with significant trucking traffic from the border zone. Cawood Dec., ¶¶3, 8. He – and the many other IBT members who drive trucks in the west, southwest, and south (Kimball Dec., ¶7) – will be particularly harmed by the pollution the pilot program causes. That is enough to satisfy the requirement that NEPA petitioners show that they are “uniquely susceptible to injury.”
Petitioners have submitted detailed declarations from IBTmembers who live and drive in the area the pilot program will most affect and who are subject to the safety and environmental effects FMCSA has ignoredSo Mr. Caewood, a TEAMSTER, who has asthma, and who drives a diesel truck, would be “harmed” by the addition of a few more Mexican trucks on the nations highways? We don’t think so!
The Teamsters brief erroneously claims the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration breaks the following laws:
- It waives a law that trucks must display certain proof that they meet federal safety standards.
They are of course referring to the requirement to display a decal certifying compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (“FMVSSs”). 49 U.S.C. §§30112(a), 30115(a). Considering these are the same types and brands of trucks US companies operate, and considering the fact that most of these trucks utilized by the Mexican carriers are purchased in the US, this argument is moot.
- It breaks the law requiring the pilot program to achieve an equivalent level of safety because Mexican drivers don’t have to meet the same physical requirements as U.S. drivers.
This is perhaps the biggest stretch. Mexican medical standards require a driver to recognize only the color “RED” while US medical requirements require recognition of “RED, YELLOW and GREEN”, the colors present in STOP LIGHTS. However, Stoplights are the same in Mexico and the US and Canada. Furthermore, Mexico’s medical standards are much tougher than the US standards inasmuch as they include a disqualifiers such as a BMI in excess of 35 as an example. Again, the opposition is merely grasping at straws.
- It breaks the law that Mexico must provide simultaneous and comparable access to U.S. trucks. Mexico cannot do so because of the limited availability of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel in Mexico.
Teamsters are using this weak argument despite evidence to the contrary and they are assuming that US trucks would be in country to the point they would need to purchase Mexican fuel. ultra Low Sulphur Diesel is indeed widely available in the major metropolitan areas and the border region should US carriers need to purchase fuel in Mexico. However, with trucks averaging 6.5 miles per gallon and fuel capacity of 300 gallons, the need to purchase would not be there. Furthermore, nothing in NAFTA specifies this type of fuel be available and the FMCSA has no authority to demand it as a condition of participation in the program.
- It breaks the law that the pilot program must include enough participants to be statistically valid. The FMCSA’s proposal ensures that only the best Mexican trucks participate, which would allow it to justify letting any Mexican truck over the border in the future.
The lies, delaying tactics, corrupt politicians in the pocket of the Teamsters and OOIDA, up to this point, have assured that there will not be enough participants to provide a “statistically valid sample”, however, with the program being in it’s first six months and FMCSA taking extra care in approving participants, this will most likely change when the Mexican carriers can see the potential for a return on their investment. This is really an invalid argument until such a time as all interested carriers pass their PASA and are admitted to the program.
- It doesn’t comply with the environment requirement of the National Environmental Policy Act.
Perhaps the weakest of their arguments and the most disingenuous, is this argument. The Supreme Court ruled in 2004 that FMCSA does not have reason to conduct these reviews, although they were later done as required by FMCSA. Simply because the results do not satisfy the opposition, does not mean that FMCSA is not in compliance with something they are not required to comply with.
It’s the same old shit, different day, that will eventually be tossed by the Appeals Court.
However, should they somehow prevail, then expect the LEGAL TARIFFS to come roaring back with a vengeance. We don’t think that will happen though seeing the lack of interest in this issue by Congress and the toady politicians in the pocket of the TEAMSTERS and OOIDA.
Oral arguments on this are tentatively scheduled for April 2012 and a decision could be coming in summer
The federal government established the One Stop Shop as a tool to send electronic information only once to a single entity, to comply with all requirements of foreign trade.
About a year ago, Mexican President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa signed a decree for the implementation of the Single Window of Foreign Trade, or “Ventanilla Unico” to streamline and consolidate Mexican Customs clearances. The new system is currently undergoing extensive testing which began last November. According to Alfonso Rojas Gonzalez de Castilla, president of the Confederation of Customs Brokers Associations of Mexico (CAAAREM), plans are for the system to be fully implemented by March.
“It is an excellent tool to simplify procedures, reduce waiting times and this will mean that the clearance of goods will be more agile and efficient,” said Alfonso Rojas Gonzalez.
This is nothing new. The United States has a similar system called ACE on the northern border with Canada. Other countries such as Germany, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Finland, Mauritius, Japan, Hong Kong, Guatemala, Ghana, Paraguay, Malaysia, Colombia and others, already have this procedure in place and are profiting from the benefits and reduced redundancy.
But what is the Single Window or Ventanila Unico?
Single Window should drastically reduce waiting times and traffic jams such as this one at Laredo Texas
It is a tool that allows brokers, carriers and other import export professionals to send electronic information only once to a single entity, to be able comply with all requirements of foreign trade, through simplification, standardization and automation of management processes.
Currently Mexico processes a total of over 37,000 export permits, more than 1,000,000 import permits and more than 10 million inquiries, from more than 55 000 active participants in foreign trade, according to figures released recently by the Ministry of Economy.
Under the present system, more than 40 documents and 165 tramites need to be completed to cross one load of freight. The new system will result in a reduction in paper, provide flexibility in the often anal procedures of the Mexican customs system and provide more transparency of the process and provide more legal certainty among other issues.
The new system should also result in a time savings of more 90% in dealing with Mexican Customs, 11% reduction in the need for inspections by the Mexican taxing authorities and a gain of more than 50% productivity for the cross border drayage carriers who often have to wait for hours in line to cross into the US.
Not everyone supports Single Window though.
New Mexican immigration and Customs booths south of Nuevo Laredo on Mx 85
Proving that the Mexican transportation industry isn’t much different from ours, Customs agents and employees of import/export agencies don’t have much confidence in the new system. Others are looking at nothing but negatives. Think actions like Teamsters and OOIDA.
Comments taken from the pages of El Manana eerily echo comments made about Mexican trucking in this country and other issues targeted by those in the US resistant to change.
One reader wrote;
“Pure lies, from the name of Single Window are only adding another link in the chain of ‘requirements’ for import and export procedures, those who work in agencies know what I mean.
And another commenter calling himself “Pepe” had this to add;
“Now they will have to capture and validate all the bills and then recaptured in the motion, benefiting those who sold electronic equipment, big business at the expense of the people,”
Where have we heard those words “big Business” bantered around?
Others are doing the right thing and taking a “wait and see” attitude. These include workers at the agencies that will be effected who talked on condition of anonymity.
“They talk about benefits and streamlining of procedures, we hope so and there are no problems while we get used to this new system, which should improve the system greatly.”
Time will tell as to how successful the new system is. But nobody can argue that Mexico needs an overhaul of its antiquated customs system.
Operators of taxis, city bus and other public conveyances are being tested for new certifications to give better confidence to the daily rider.
NUEVO LAREDO .- Eduardo Cuellar Bridges, deputy representative of public transport in Nuevo Laredo, said that there have been 300 drug tests administered under a new anti doping regimen and so far only one operator tested positive out of a total of 6,900 public service operators who drive city buses, taxis and other public conveyances.
“We are contracted with a certified laboratory in Monterey, which immediately reports to the Delegation when positive results are obtained” Cuellar said Bridges.
The tests began on Monday, with a goal to finish by Friday with 500 tests remaining in addition to refresher driving and safety tests.
The cost for this test is 150 pesos, paid by the operator, which is turned over to the Red Cross of Mexico. the State government paid for the testing so the fee is donated to the Red Cross
Five substances are detected in this analysis: marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, and PHP.
“Those that pass the tests will be issued new identity cards, some who haven’t been reissued in more than 14 years” Cuellar Bridges explained.
“Today we are beginning tighter control of operators of public transit within the delegation and Under-Secretary of State.” With these measures, the Delegation of Transportation has better control of the operators, since they are the cornerstone of public transportion, and to show they are of the ability to perform their work in a safe and professional manner and to show the public that the person driving the city bus or taxi has the capacity and skills necessary.
“We hope that within 18 days and all operators will have been tested for drugs and their driving skills reconfirmed,” the official said.
Cuellar Bridges also stated the next step in the reorganization of the city transport delegation will be to have all operators permits digitized for instant availability to inspectors and law enforcement.
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Alipac President William Gheen using the Mexican truck issue to scam the unwary out of money to fund his little organization
Once again, ALIPAC President William Potter Gheen III is using a current event in his pathetic attempt to defraud American’s elderly population into donating to his nativist hate group, wrongfully called “Americans for Legal Immigration”.
That’s right folks, Gheen, in the midst of his third attempt this year to scam unsuspecting old folks and others who are scared to death of a mythical “Mexican invasion” using the issue of Mexican trucks.
As my readers already know, one carefully inspected and closely monitored Mexican carrier has been given authority to operate in the United States under the recent Cross Border Pilot Program with Mexico. At the moment, there are another 14 Mexican carriers undergoing the security and background checks and Pre-Authority Safety Audits, (PASA) required under the rules for the pilot program.
But as is normal for this piece of pond scum, Gheen is spreading the hysteria.
Her writes;
After fighting them back for more than ten years, Americans now face a crushing blow.
Unless Americans on the left and the right unite to stop the Mexican Truck program authorized by NAFTA, over 150,000 unsafe Mexican trucks loaded with drugs and illegal aliens will roll into every state and community!
If this happens, and without a strong response from you it will, then over 100,000 American truckers will lose their jobs.
Border level drug and illegal alien interdiction efforts will become completely moot as the designers of this ‘North American Integration’ treason desire.
Untold numbers of innocent Americans will perish at the hands of unqualified Mexican truck drivers who are inexperienced at driving on 1st world roadway systems, unsafe Mexican trucks, and the increased amount of deadly addictive drugs and illegal immigrant invaders brought into our American communities. The organized crime syndicates will have a new powerful tool in the stripping down of America if this planned trucking integration happens.
This is even more radical than anything Teamsters President James P. Hoffa or OOIDA Vice President Todd Spencer could ever come up with, and the sad thing is, the elderly who he constantly targets, the bigots and racists whom he courts and the other fringes of American society who embrace his hateful rhetoric will swallow this kool aid hook, line and sinker!
But as usual, this assklown is a day later and a dollar short.
Gheen uses an article from the Latin American Times which allegedly quote an official with CANACAR, Mexico’s transport union as claiming 150,000 Mexican trucks are awaiting clearance to enter the country. We contacted CANACAR in Nuevo Laredo Tamps, and advised us they knew nothing of the person, Luis Moreno, listed as “Vice President” of the association.
But that doesn’t stop Gheen from continuing with his lies and fearmongering but fortunately, people are wising up to his scams and schemes, except for the elderly who continue to fall victim to his fraud.
Gheen claims his small organization has a membership of 40,000 or more. The truth is he has perhaps 35 hard core followers and a mailing list of about 35,000 who he spams regularly with his appeals for donations.
Buyer beware!
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