Starr County Texas Sheriff Reymundo Guerra resigns – Bond denied!

Oct 202008
 
 20/10/2008  Posted by PMC at 09:13 on 20/10/2008 1 Response »
Starr County Texas Sheriff Reymundo Guerra resigns - Bond denied!

Starr County commissioners this morning, accepted the resignation submitted by Starr County Texas Sheriff Reymundo Guerra over the weekend County Judge Eloy Vera said said the sheriff’s office would for now be under the command of Chief Deputy Rene Fuentes, who is next in the chain of command. Since Guerra was running unopposed in the Nov. 4 election, he effectively starts a new term as sheriff in January, Vera said. It is not yet known whether he plans to withdraw his candidacy. “At that time the topic will come up again,” Vera said. U.S. Magistrate Dorina Ramos had expressed concerns ….Read More

Mexican First Calvary Regiment – Another drug seizure and more in Miguel Aleman

Sep 292008
 
 29/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 15:59 on 29/09/2008 Comments Off
Mexican First Calvary Regiment - Another drug seizure and more in Miguel Aleman

Soldiers attached to the First Mechanized Calvary Regimen enjoyed another successful operation in the border town of Miguel Aleman Tamaulipas. On Saturday, a patrol searching a residence at 450 Huizache in the Colonia Rio Mezquital, They found two people bound and gagged who had apparently been kidnapped. These people were identified as Luis Octavio Garcia Estrada, 30, a native of Miguel Aleman, and Eduardo Cruz Flores Flores, 18, a native of Monterrey NL. Additionally, they discovered 45 packages of various sizes and forms,containing 477 kilos of marijuana and 9 packages of cocaine weighing 9 kilos.

Mexico’s 10 percent plan for guns

Sep 242008
 
 24/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 07:44 on 24/09/2008 Comments Off
Mexico's 10 percent plan for guns

“What’s clear, as we have often told many lawmakers in the U.S. Congress, is that the Second Amendment was not designed to arm criminal groups overseas, as is in fact occurring,” Medina said, referring to the amendment in the U.S. Constitution on the right to bear arms.

Busy Weekend on the border with more than 6500 pounds of pot seized

Sep 162008
 
 16/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 09:09 on 16/09/2008 Comments Off
Busy Weekend on the border with more than 6500 pounds of pot seized

Border Patrol agents seized more than 1,400 pounds of marijuana over the weekend in four separate busts, according to Laredo Sector Border Patrol The most recent seizure occurred Monday at Texas 16 traffic checkpoint. Hebbronville agents observed a white pickup truck heading northbound make an abrupt U-turn prior to reaching the checkpoint. Agents observed the driver of the vehicle pull onto the south side of the road and exit the vehicle. The driver quickly jumped over a barbed wire fence and fled into the brush. Agents saw several bundles of marijuana wrapped in cellophane in plain view inside the passenger ….Read More

Mexican Federal Police in shootout with local cops in Torreon Coahuila

Sep 092008
 
 09/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 23:07 on 09/09/2008 1 Response »
Mexican Federal Police in shootout with local cops in Torreon Coahuila

Federal police opened fire on municipal cops in the northern city of Torreón early Monday, killing at least one and arresting about 30, said the city’s mayor. Mexican news reports characterized the pre-dawn altercation as a firefight between federal and local police officers. Federal authorities had no immediate comment. The incident began when federal police detained two Torreón officers and 28 city patrol vehicles responded to a call for backup, said Mayor José Ángel Pérez by phone Monday afternoon. “It appears (the arrested officers) were discovered mixed up in a problem with a truck that was in an irregular situation,” ….Read More

Cd. Juárez to fire 400 police officers who failed “Confidence Exams”

Sep 032008
 
 03/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 10:41 on 03/09/2008 Comments Off
Cd. Juárez to fire 400 police officers who failed "Confidence Exams"

More than 400 members of the Juárez police department will be dismissed after failing confidence exams done by the Mexico federal Public Safety secretary’s office, Juárez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz said. About 2,000 soldiers arrived in Juárez over the weekend and are expected to begin anti-crime patrols as part of Operation Juárez, the new name of Joint Operation Chihuahua, the local federal offensive against organized crime. “It’s important that citizens know the Mexican army will be doing patrols throughout the city to stop the collateral crimes generated as a result of Joint Operation Chihuahua,” Reyes Ferriz said. The city police ….Read More

Think a border wall will do it? Think again!

Sep 022008
 
 02/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 12:01 on 02/09/2008 Comments Off
Think a border wall will do it? Think again!

Tunnel Found In Mexicali Two Blocks South Of The Border Police arrested eight men Monday afternoon, who are believed to be involved with digging a tunnel that was headed towards Calexico, Ca. The men were found on a corner house located on 134 Callejon Madero, just 2 blocks south of the border. Currently, they are being detained at the local police department in Mexicali, Mexico. At about 2 p.m. police says a concerned citizen called police and said there was suspicious active in the home. Minutes later police moved in to find 8 men digging a tunnel which was headed ….Read More

Border Patrol seizes more than 2 tons of pot in Escobares Texas

Aug 302008
 
 30/08/2008  Posted by PMC at 21:52 on 30/08/2008 Comments Off
Border Patrol seizes more than 2 tons of pot in Escobares Texas

Agents from the U.S. Border Patrol seized more than two and a half tons of marijuana Wednesday. The drugs have a street value of more than $4 million. Agents at the Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station responded to suspicious activity Wednesday afternoon near Escobares in western Starr County. When agents came upon what appeared to be a narcotics packaging operation inside a corrugated metal building, two men attempted to flee the area, but were caught. Agents discovered several large bundles and an overwhelming marijuana odor that saturated the surrounding area. Further investigation revealed hundreds more bundles and packaging materials ….Read More

Lax US Gun Laws arm Mexican Cartels and contribute to the violence

Aug 272008
 
 27/08/2008  Posted by PMC at 13:42 on 27/08/2008 Comments Off
Lax US Gun Laws arm Mexican Cartels and contribute to the violence

A push by U.S. and Mexican authorities to combat the high-powered arms trafficking that fuels Mexico’s bloody drug war is putting increasing numbers of suspected drug smugglers in court. Prosecutions for federal gun law violations are on pace to reach a 20-year high in South Texas as federal agents work to stem the “iron river of guns” that officials estimate supply 90 percent of the weapons used by the cartels. The push is stretching the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ 135 agents along the 2,000-mile border who are tasked with monitoring some 6,700 licensed gun dealers. In ….Read More

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