Mexico replaces Customs Agents, upgrades border security

Aug 172009
 
 17/08/2009  Posted by PMC at 20:34 on 17/08/2009 1 Response »
Mexico replaces Customs Agents, upgrades border security

Mexico has replaced all 700 of its customs inspectors with agents newly trained to detect contraband, from guns and drugs to TVs and other big-ticket appliances smuggled to avoid import duties. The shake-up — part of a broader effort to root out corruption and improve vigilance at Mexican ports with new technology — doubled the size of Mexico’s customs inspection force. The inspectors were replaced with 1,400 agents who have undergone background checks and months of training, Tax Administration Service spokesman Pedro Canabal said Sunday. He said the previous inspectors were not fired. Instead, government did not rehire them when ….Read More

Border Patrol Weekly Blotter: July 30 – August 5

Aug 062009
 
 06/08/2009  Posted by PMC at 21:53 on 06/08/2009 Comments Off

Trucking related enforcement actions by the CBP. *This overview is compiled from incidents reported to the Office of Border Patrol and is not intended to reflect all Border Patrol enforcement actions. Most arrests and seizures fail to meet the requirements for mandatory reporting to the Office of Border Patrol. Reported on July 30, 2009 El Centro Sector – Border Patrol agents arrested two nationals of Mexico, 35 illegal aliens from Mexico, and seized two 1999 tractor-trailers near Brawley, California. A Border Patrol canine alerted to both vehicles, and agents subsequently discovered 26 subjects locked inside one trailer and nine additional ….Read More

Mexico identifies 12 slain as federal agents

Jul 152009
 
 15/07/2009  Posted by PMC at 09:29 on 15/07/2009 Comments Off
Mexico identifies 12 slain as federal agents

MORELIA, Mexico (AP)— Twelve people tortured and killed in a cartel-plagued Mexican state were federal agents investigating organized crime, the government said Tuesday, marking one of the boldest attacks on federal forces since President Felipe Calderon launched his war on drugs. Mexico’s national security spokesman, Monte Alejandro Rubido, said the 11 men and one woman were off duty when they were ambushed and abducted by members of the La Familia drug cartel in Calderon’s home state of Michoacan, which has been a center of his crackdown on organized crime. Their bodies were found piled up along a mountain highway late ….Read More

President Calderon signs Mexican Border Fence Bill [VIDEO]

Jul 062009
 
 06/07/2009  Posted by PMC at 23:04 on 06/07/2009 1 Response »

Mexico Builds Border Wall To Keep Out US Assholes

GOP & Minutemen honor a coward and felon on the 4th of July

Jul 052009
 
 05/07/2009  Posted by PMC at 19:02 on 05/07/2009 Comments Off
GOP & Minutemen honor a coward and felon on the 4th of July

On Friday, July 3rd, 2009, Jim Gilchrist took a break from slinging mud against his compatriots and along with staff and independent Minutemen and Friends of the Minuteman Project, Inc. attended the Murrieta-Temecula Republican Assembly Dinner meeting honoring Ex Border Patrol Agent and convicted felon Jose Compean. It is truly shameful, that in America today, liars and cowards, such as Ramos and Compean are, are hailed as heroes and Patriots. In the words of Jim Gilchrist, leader of the Minuteman Project and close associate of indicted Minuteman child killer Shawna Forde;

Former Blaine Border Patrol deputy chief pleads guilty to child rape

Jun 232009
 
 23/06/2009  Posted by PMC at 13:09 on 23/06/2009 Comments Off
Former Blaine Border Patrol deputy chief pleads guilty to child rape

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Joseph Giuliano, the former high-ranking Border Patrol official accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl, changed his plea to guilty of third-degree child rape Thursday in Whatcom County Superior Court. Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Mac Setter said he’s recommending Giuliano serve one year in custody of the Whatcom County Jail on work release [, Back at the Border Patrol?!?] and three years of sexual deviancy treatment after that, the Bellingham Herald reported. The paper also said the plea means Giuliano will have to register as a sex offender. Giuliano was the No. 2 man in the ….Read More

[UPDATED] U.S. Border Patrol officer jailed following accusations of rape

Jun 232009
 
 23/06/2009  Posted by PMC at 12:41 on 23/06/2009 Comments Off
[UPDATED] U.S. Border Patrol officer jailed following accusations of rape

A U.S. Border Patrol officer has been jailed in lieu of $1 million this weekend after he was accused of using his job to rape a woman, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said this evening. The officer, Luis Edward Hermosillo, is assigned to the federal agency’s Indio sector. Investigators suspect there may be more victims. “The investigation is still continuing,” said Sgt. Dennis Gutierrez. “The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department believes there may be more victims.” Hermosillo, 41, remains jailed today on charges of kidnapping with intent to commit sexual assault , sexual penetration, and sexual penetration under the color of ….Read More

More delays at the border as US to check cars entering Mexico

Jun 212009
 
 21/06/2009  Posted by PMC at 09:52 on 21/06/2009 Comments Off
More delays at the border as US to check cars entering Mexico

In a “letter of intent” signed Monday between the United States and Mexico, U.S. border agents will start checking vehicles entering Mexico for guns and drug money. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Mexican Finance Minister Agustin Carstens committed their countries to strengthen co-operation in both law enforcement and trade compliance. “Our view is that we can either point fingers at each other or we can work together,” said Napolitano. “People traveling south across the border will see more license-plate scanners and more canine teams in place.” Part of the package includes working towards producing a single customs form ….Read More

Mexico arrests cartel leader in Monterrey

May 192009
 
 19/05/2009  Posted by PMC at 02:07 on 19/05/2009 Comments Off
Mexico arrests cartel leader in Monterrey

Mexican soldiers arrested 13 alleged drug cartel members, including one man who had just arrived on a private plane to take over trafficking operations in the northern city of Monterrey, the Defense Department said. Acting on a tip, soldiers arrested Rodolfo Lopez and several others Monday after they landed at Monterrey’s international airport, the department said in a statement. Several armed men were arrested in the parking lot, where they were waiting to pick Lopez up, it added. The department said Lopez had been chosen to take over trafficking operations for the cartel in the industrial city from Hector Huerta, ….Read More

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