Aftermath of Hurricane Alex and the floods of 2010

Aug 062010
 
 06/08/2010  Posted by PMC at 23:04 on 06/08/2010 1 Response »
Aftermath of Hurricane Alex and the floods of 2010

It’s been a helluva month here on the border in the aftermath of Hurricane Alex and the several tropical storms that followed. At one point, all roads between Nuevo Laredo and Monterrey were closed for several days resulting in a backup of an estimated 11-22,000 trucks. Parts of Reynosa are still underwater as the Rio Grande is slow in returning to normal there. Laredo Texas looks as if a tsunami hit the banks of the Rio Grande where at one point, the water was lapping at the side beams of the international bridge, 60 feet above the river. Freight in ….Read More

Deputies seize $45 million in drugs in Rancho Cucamonga California

Jun 282010
 
 28/06/2010  Posted by PMC at 01:31 on 28/06/2010 2 Responses »
Deputies seize $45 million in drugs in Rancho Cucamonga California

Sheriff’s deputies found a tractor trailer packed with $45 million in drugs during a routine traffic stop in Rancho Cucamonga on Wednesday. The bust was one of the largest ever made in San Bernardino County, and included thousands of pounds of marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine, San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials said. The sheriff’s Hi-Intensity Criminal Interdiction Unit stopped a big rig on the eastbound 10 Freeway for a traffic violation at 11 a.m. The driver, Fernando Luevano, 32, of Los Angeles, did not have proper paperwork for his load. He gave deputies permission to search the trailer. When deputies opened ….Read More

American trucker busted with 48 illegals in trailer

Jun 182010
 
 18/06/2010  Posted by PMC at 15:45 on 18/06/2010 Comments Off
American trucker busted with 48 illegals in trailer

LAREDO — Border agents found 48 illegal immigrants in the back of a tractor trailer during a routine stop at a checkpoint in south Texas. The trailer was refrigerated, according to the driver’s attorney, and all of those in the trailer declined medical treatment, immigration officials said. The driver, Wayne West of Balch Springs, was charged with transporting illegal immigrants, according to court documents filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Laredo. He’s scheduled for a detention hearing on Friday. His attorney, Russell Jordan, said he couldn’t say much about the case because the investigation is still being done, but ….Read More

Some truckers plan boycott over Arizona immigration law SB-1070

Apr 242010
 
 24/04/2010  Posted by PMC at 19:35 on 24/04/2010 6 Responses »
Some truckers plan boycott over Arizona immigration law SB-1070

WASHINGTON — Two or three times a week, truck driver Jesus Serrano hauls loads of Mexican-grown produce from warehouses in Nogales, Ariz. , which is just across the U.S.- Mexico border, to distribution centers in Los Angeles . Serrano plans to stop making the trip now that Arizona Republican Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a stringent anti-illegal immigration bill into law, however, and he’s recruited other truckers to join him. Serrano, the independent owner-operator of a Los Angeles -based trucking company, said that about 70 drivers based in California and Arizona had agreed to stop moving loads into or out ….Read More

US – Mexico Joint effort targets border crime

Feb 192010
 
 19/02/2010  Posted by PMC at 08:28 on 19/02/2010 Comments Off
US - Mexico Joint effort targets border crime

In a politically sensitive operation at the Arizona- Mexico border, U.S. Border Patrol agents and Mexican federal police officers are training together, sharing intelligence and coordinating patrols for the first time. The goal of the historic partnership: a systematic joint attack on northbound flows of drugs and migrants, and southbound shipments of guns and cash. It is part of a major, unannounced crackdown started in recent months involving hundreds of U.S. and Mexican officers in the border’s busiest smuggling corridor. The initiative appears likely to expand. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Mexican Public Safety Secretary Genaro Garcia Luna will ….Read More

Along the Border – Immeasurable fear overrules reality

Jan 312010
 
 31/01/2010  Posted by PMC at 16:12 on 31/01/2010 1 Response »
Along the Border - Immeasurable fear overrules reality

MATAMOROS — Violence in this border city, residents say, is often left unreported by authorities yet exaggerated when caught on tape by the media, making it difficult to measure. But if there is some certainty in the muddle of misinformation, many say it is this: Fear is ravaging the public perception of Matamoros. People no longer cross as frequently into the Mexican border city as they did in the past, and its retail businesses and restaurants are hurting. “It is not to say that there have not been dangerous incidents, but we can say the same for this side of ….Read More

Arturo Beltran Leyva, Cartel “Boss of Bosses”, killed by Mexican Navy

Dec 182009
 
 18/12/2009  Posted by PMC at 07:22 on 18/12/2009 1 Response »
Arturo Beltran Leyva, Cartel "Boss of Bosses", killed by Mexican Navy

MEXICO CITY — Mexican troops acting on information from U.S. officials took out drug kingpin Arturo Beltran Leyva in an assault that provided a rare victory for President Felipe Calderon but left a power vacuum that could lead to more violence. In a carefully executed attack, heavily armed Mexican marines quietly evacuated an upscale apartment complex in Cuernavaca Wednesday before some 200 troops stormed the building and demanded the surrender of Beltran Leyva, one of the world’s most brutal drug lords. Gunmen fired on the marines who then launched an attack that lasted nearly two hours. Nicknamed the “boss of ….Read More

Immigration Debate: Border Fence Provision Cut From Bill

Oct 172009
 
 17/10/2009  Posted by PMC at 23:13 on 17/10/2009 Comments Off
Immigration Debate: Border Fence Provision Cut From Bill

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, says a provision to build more fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border was cut out of a federal spending bill. The Houston Chronicle reported Thursday the provision, which would have added 300 miles to current border fencing, is no longer part of a $42.8 billion spending bill for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Canadian Truck Driver Arrested with $3 Million in Cocaine at Pacific Highway Crossing

Oct 172009
 
 17/10/2009  Posted by PMC at 22:37 on 17/10/2009 2 Responses »
Canadian Truck Driver Arrested with $3 Million in Cocaine at Pacific Highway Crossing

Blaine, Wash. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a 43-year-old Surrey, British Columbia, man on October 10 for allegedly attempting to export 192 pounds of cocaine, worth more than $3 million. Sukhvinder Shoker, a Canadian citizen, was originally en route to Canada driving a commercial shipment of household goods when he was encountered by CBP officers of the Blaine Anti-Terrorism Contraband Enforcement Team working in concert with agents of the Border Enforcement Security Task Force at the Pacific Highway port of entry. A narcotic detector dog named “Mac” was used to search the truck and trailer and gave ….Read More

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