It’s harvest time in Mexico and Ultralight flights are the new method to haul drugs

Feb 172009
 
 17/02/2009  Posted by PMC at 08:16 on 17/02/2009 Comments Off
It's harvest time in Mexico and Ultralight flights are the new method to haul drugs

Craft can evade radar along border, feds say NOGALES, Ariz. – On Oct. 10, Jesus Iriarte hauled a load of pot from Sonora across the U.S. border. The Mexican national was like hundreds of other drug couriers except for one important distinction: He transported the marijuana by strapping it to a motorized hang glider, something that looks like a lawn mower in the sky. Federal customs agents say radar-dodging ultralights may be an emerging trend among drug smugglers looking for new ways to outwit increased surveillance. But the planes aren’t the safest strategy. In the past four months, three of ….Read More

The fallacy of Mexico as a failing state

Feb 012009
 
 01/02/2009  Posted by PMC at 23:34 on 01/02/2009 Comments Off

Yann Kerevel writes at Allterdestiny; f anyone has been following headline’s in the U.S. press about Mexico in the last month or two, you might have noticed a lot of alarmist and sensationalist garbage being thrown around suggesting that Mexico is coming close to collapse, is a “failed state” or a “narco state.” Fox news has been spreading this message, along with a number of political commentators on the Sunday morning talk shows, and even Rolling Stone. The violence in Mexico is worrying, and cause for concern, but the rhetoric seems to lead the uninformed to think Mexico is more ….Read More

ICE Agents find immigrants hidden in Wal-Mart truck

Nov 182008
 
 18/11/2008  Posted by PMC at 16:02 on 18/11/2008 Comments Off
ICE Agents find immigrants hidden in Wal-Mart truck

A Wal-Mart truck driver will face federal charges for allegedly trying to sneak illegal immigrants into the country in a company tractor-trailer. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Alejandro Hernandez, 50, after finding four Mexican nationals locked in the back of his 18-wheeler, according to court filings obtained Monday. Investigators believe Hernandez made at least five similar smuggling trips through the Falfurrias checkpoint in the last year and was working with another known coyote. “At Wal-Mart we expect our associates to conduct themselves in a lawful and ethical manner,” company spokesman Don Fogleman said. “This situation is of deep ….Read More

U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspector indicted for smuggling

Oct 072008
 
 07/10/2008  Posted by PMC at 10:37 on 07/10/2008 Comments Off

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspector at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry has been indicted in San Antonio for trying to smuggle marijuana and cocaine through a Border Patrol checkpoint north of Del Rio. Alex Moses Jr., 28, was indicted Wednesday on one count of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute it and with one count of importation of cocaine. According to a probable cause affidavit on file in the U.S. District Clerk’s Office here, Moses was arrested at the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint on U.S. Highway 277 about 30 miles north of Del Rio on Sunday, ….Read More

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

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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