CBP officers seize $1.8 million in drugs

Feb 202008
 
 20/02/2008  Posted by PMC at 08:57 on 20/02/2008 Comments Off
CBP officers seize $1.8 million in drugs

LAREDO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized $1.8 million in cocaine and marijuana in three separate incidents recently, according to a news release from the agency. The largest seizure occurred Feb. 17, at the Lincoln-Juarez Bridge when a drug dog reacted to the odor of narcotics emanating from the rear rocker panel area of a 2007 Toyota Camry. Officers found nearly 42 pounds of cocaine. A passenger in the car, Darrell Wayne Phillips, 43, of Clewiston, Fla., was arrested. The cocaine has an estimated street value of $1.3 million. On Feb. 15, at 6:40 p.m. at the Gateway ….Read More

Mexico gunrunning to be probed

Feb 082008
 
 08/02/2008  Posted by PMC at 20:03 on 08/02/2008 Comments Off

WASHINGTON — A congressional review of U.S. law enforcement efforts to halt gun trafficking into Mexico was ordered Thursday by a House panel overseeing a $1.4 billion Bush administration plan to fight international narcotics cartels. The review of U.S. law enforcement efforts to stop gun running along the 2,000-mile border, particularly in high-traffic corridors of Laredo; Nogales, Ariz.; and San Diego, Calif., was ordered by the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. The panel heard testimony from U.S. law enforcement officials that 6,700 licensed gun dealers are located along the Southwest border, with only 100 Bureau of Alcohol, ….Read More

Mexican police still patrolling without guns

Jan 292008
 
 29/01/2008  Posted by PMC at 12:12 on 29/01/2008 Comments Off
Mexican police still patrolling without guns

CIUDAD MIGUEL ALEMÁN, MEXICO — Police in five Tamaulipas border cities continued to patrol the streets Monday without service weapons, nearly a week after military forces confiscated them in a series of surprise raids. But officers in Reynosa, Rio Bravo, Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo and Valle Hermoso have managed to maintain the peace armed only with nightsticks and batons, officials from each city said. “We don’t know when our weapons will be returned,” Rio Bravo police Chief Adan Nava Correa said in Spanish on Monday. “But until then, we are working normally.” Weapons permits must be renewed annually according to Antonio ….Read More

Mexican cartels feeling the pressure

Jan 272008
 
 27/01/2008  Posted by PMC at 08:40 on 27/01/2008 Comments Off
Mexican cartels feeling the pressure

“There will be no retreat. We are not going to take a step back. The fight against crime is going to to be permanent, systematic.”

Mexico Crackdown – Federal forces in control of border

Jan 232008
 
 23/01/2008  Posted by PMC at 10:00 on 23/01/2008 Comments Off
Mexico Crackdown - Federal forces in control of border

They have us (stunned). If they know who to take, then they should fulfill their responsibility,” said one officer, who asked not to be identified. “They have lists. They have been working for some time on gathering intelligence and they know the bad officers.”

History of Mexican Special Forces (GAFES)

Jan 222008
 
 22/01/2008  Posted by PMC at 20:19 on 22/01/2008 1 Response »
History of Mexican Special Forces (GAFES)

With the occupation of the northern frontier of Mexico by the Mexican military, I thought it would be interesting to see just who these guys are. What I found was a very proud, highly trained and specialized force that could stand shoulder to shoulder with any Army unit in the world. The Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (Special Forces Airmobile Group, GAFE) is a very powerful special forces unit of the Mexican Army’s Special Forces Corps, trained by the world’s special forces. There are a total of nine battalions, one High Command GAFE unit and one other group is assigned ….Read More

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