Acting head of Mexico’s federal police shot to death

May 082008
 
 08/05/2008  Posted by PMC at 19:33 on 08/05/2008 Comments Off
Acting head of Mexico's federal police shot to death

The acting chief of Mexico’s federal police was shot dead early today outside his home in the capital. The Public Safety Department said Edgar Millan Gomez was shot 10 times and died hours later in a hospital. Two of his bodyguards were wounded. A police official, who was not authorized to give his name, said Millan had been temporarily heading the federal police since his superior was promoted to a deputy Cabinet position on March 1. Police have arrested a suspect with a record of car theft but have not yet determined a motive for the pre-dawn attack today. The ….Read More

Phoenix gun dealer sold to Mexican drug cartels

May 062008
 
 06/05/2008  Posted by PMC at 20:26 on 06/05/2008 5 Responses »

PHOENIX—The arrest of a gun shop owner on Tuesday broke up a suspected firearms trafficking operation that supplied violent Mexican drug cartels, authorities said. Agents raided X Calibur Guns and arrested George Iknadosian after undercover agents bought guns at the store indicating they were to be trafficked to Mexico, said Carlos Baixauli, a special agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Iknadosian, 46, knowingly sold at least 650 firearms, including high-end semiautomatic pistols and assault-style rifles, to drug cartels, the ATF said. The investigation began 11 months ago after some guns involved in crimes in Mexico ….Read More

One dead in gun battle between Military and Narcos in Cd. Mier

May 022008
 
 02/05/2008  Posted by PMC at 10:46 on 02/05/2008 Comments Off
One dead in gun battle between Military and Narcos in Cd. Mier

NUEVO LAREDO – A gunfight between military forces and alleged drug traffickers that lasted more than an hour in the predawn hours Wednesday left one soldier dead and at least three others injured, authorities confirmed Thursday.An unknown number of traffickers also were killed and injured, authorities said. The assault occurred in Ciudad Mier, about 60 miles east of Nuevo Laredo, at about 1 a.m. Wednesday, said Gen. Rigoberto García Cortés, head of the border military forces headquartered in Nuevo Laredo, at a news conference Thursday. The national Defense Department reported that after the gunfight, soldiers searched two sport utility vehicles ….Read More

U.S. bus company owners indicted in drug smuggling conspiracy

Apr 252008
 
 25/04/2008  Posted by PMC at 07:18 on 25/04/2008 Comments Off

Editors Note: Despite what some of the “white trash” right wing blogs, whose mission in life is to trash Mexico is claiming, a US owned bus companies owners and employees came under indictment this week for using company equipment to smuggle drugs from the Rio Grande Valley to points north. Good catch, but why did it take so long? Eighteen persons, including alleged drug traffickers and the owners/operators of commercial bus companies operating from Mexico into the Rio Grande Valley to numerous U.S. cities and their drivers, have been indicted for transporting large loads of marijuana and cocaine in specially ….Read More

Reynosa Police Chief arrested by Federal Authorities

Apr 182008
 
 18/04/2008  Posted by PMC at 06:27 on 18/04/2008 Comments Off

MONTERREY, Mexico — The chief of police of Reynosa, the city across the Rio Grande from McAllen and Hidalgo, was detained by federal police Thursday, according to Mexican media reports and officials.Statements issued by Reynosa’s city hall said Juan José Muñiz Salinas was detained at 1:20 p.m. by federal police officers. City officials said the arresting officers presumably had a warrant requiring Muñiz to appear before federal authorities, but said they did not know about any charges against him. Mexican news media reported Muñiz was arrested on suspicion of collaborating with the Gulf Cartel, the regionally dominant narcotics smuggling organization. ….Read More

Los Zeta’s Recruiting in Nuevo Laredo ? Not likely!

Apr 162008
 
 16/04/2008  Posted by PMC at 16:12 on 16/04/2008 13 Responses »
Los Zeta's Recruiting in Nuevo Laredo ? Not likely!

Hitmen tied to Mexico’s Gulf cartel appear to be boldly seeking recruits by posting help-wanted signs in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, including a giant banner hung across a thoroughfare, a federal anti-drug enforcement official said Monday. The banner appeared over the weekend in Nuevo Laredo near the border with Texas: “Operative group ‘The Zetas’ wants you, soldier or ex-soldier. We offer a good salary, food and benefits for your family. Don’t suffer anymore mistreatment and don’t go hungry.” The Zetas is the enforcement arm of the Gulf cartel and is made up of former Mexican soldiers. Photos of ….Read More

Mexican military seizes 2.5 tons of marijuana in Miguel Aleman

Mar 302008
 
 30/03/2008  Posted by PMC at 16:46 on 30/03/2008 Comments Off
Mexican military seizes 2.5 tons of marijuana in Miguel Aleman

More than 2.5 tons of marijuana was seized in two raids in Miguel Aleman Tamaulipas this week. Units of the First Motorized Calvary Regiment, headquartered in Nuevo Laredo, made the seizures after executing a warrant signed by a Federal Magistrate. A total of 365 packages of marijuana, wrapped in brown paper and duct tape weighing 2, 608.9 kilos, was seized. No word of any arrests or detentions at this time. Military spokesmen reported that, to date, Operation Nuevo Leon-Tamaulipas, an operation to combat the narcotic traffic on the border, has resulted in the seizure of 644 kilos of marijuana, 50.3 ….Read More

Mexican Trucks not the ones smuggling drugs

Mar 192008
 
 19/03/2008  Posted by PMC at 15:37 on 19/03/2008 12 Responses »
Mexican Trucks not the ones smuggling drugs

Mexican trucks, especially the participants in the Cross Border Program, despite what the anti-Mexican crowd would like you to believe, are not the ones trying to smuggle drugs and people into the U.S. And interesting week in Laredo with the seizure of street drugs valued at $3.2 million dollars. A five-day span during which Customs and Border Protection officials in Laredo seized more than $3 million of narcotics illustrates the different techniques drug cartels will use to ensure their operations are successful, CBP officials said.From Wednesday through Sunday, commercial buses, footwear and non-commercial vehicles were used by men and women ….Read More

More Mexican troops to the border

Mar 012008
 
 01/03/2008  Posted by PMC at 19:46 on 01/03/2008 Comments Off
More Mexican troops to the border

A new batch of troops arrived in Nuevo Laredo this weekend to supplement the soldiers already assigned to border security. Although the authorities did not reveal the exact number of agents and soldiers who arrived, , military sources commented this week that between the 26 and the 29 of February, 2600 additional troops would be added to the states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon According to a report of the Secretariat of the National defense (Sedena), the military will be distributed immediately to the municipalities of Nuevo Laredo, Miguel Aleman, Mier, Diaz Ordaz, Reynosa, Bravo River, Matamoros and the coasts ….Read More

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