President Calderon announces arrest in bombing of US Consulate in Monterrey

Mar 202009
 
 20/03/2009  Posted by PMC at 19:54 on 20/03/2009

felipe_calder_n2Los Pino – Mexican President Felipe Calderón just announced the arrest and detention of Sigifrido Nájera Talamantes, alias “El Canicón”, who is identified as responsible for attacks against U.S. Consulate in Monterrey, the grenade attack against the facilities at Televisa and for being responsible for the torture and death of nine soldiers in the State of Nuevo Leon, where Monterrey is located.

The information was released during a speech by José Luis Soberanes, head of the National Commission on Human Rights, held at the official residence of Los Pinos.

President Calderon said that the arrest took place in Saltillo, Coahuila, by units of the Mexican military

Calderon said that Nájera Talamantes is the leader of a gang that has committed terrorist attacks against Mexican Civil and Political institutions.

Calderon said that the arrest would not have been possible without the valuable assistance of the Army. “I do not deny that we have a serious security problem we face with determination, but we want to put it in it’s proper dimension. ”

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  • Seth

    I don't agree with you that the cross border program is good for America.

    I am an over the road truck driver and have worked for a major company that has a sister company in Mexico.

    This company pays it's drivers sub standard wages compared to it's american or canadian drivers. So it benefits the company to have mexican drivers hauling freight outside of the trade zone.

    Also, the Mexican carriers have shown that they do not supply qualified drivers to haul the freight within the borders of the U.S.

    The drivers are not required to provide proof of a clean drug test, they DO NOT read or speak english fluently enough to communicate with DOT, the trucking community and or the general public.

    I have had personal experience where a mexican driver could not speak english and only because of my limited spanish speaking skills from growing up in North Texas and also taken spanish in college was I able to communicate enough with the driver at the truck stop to help him get his weight on his axle's right.

    When Mexico provides a data base of all drivers, requires them to meet the same strict medical and hours of service standards that american and canadian drivers must comply by is when another Cross Border program should be considered. Trade embargo's and tariff increases will do nothing but further the fire between countries.

    • http://mexicotrucker.com PMC

      Seth,

      Thanks for the comment, but I am going to have to disagree with you on many of your points, simply because the facts prove otherwise.

      I never said that the Cross Border Program was good or bad for America. Actually, it has no impact on this country. I am ambivalent to the issue. The reason I put this site together was to expose and debunk the lies the opposition has used to fuel the animosity towards the Mexican drivers.

      From the majority of your comment, I see you are using the tired, worn out and untrue talking points of OOIDA and others. Let's look at them.

      1. The wages paid to Mexican drivers is of no concern to us. It does not effect our wages in the least. For Mexico, a driver earning the equivalent of $.13 to $.15 cents per mile, including the legally mandated per diem of $200 pesos per day, the legally mandated employer contribution into the IMSS fund which gives him retirement benefits and free or reduced cost health care for himself and his family, puts him in the upper middle class status in Mexico. Then you also have the payment mandated by law, to all employees in Mexico of 2 to 4 weeks salary paid around Christmas.

      The trucking company, in addition to these expenses, must purchase expensive US coverage to be compliant, additional to the coverage the law requires in Mexico. The carrier must also pay road use taxes under IFTA, pay registration fees in Mexico which are extreme, IVA (Value Added Tax) on equipment purchases. In other words, it's a wash. Their costs of operation are very close to ours, if not more. And we won't even get into the cost of money to finance equipment in Mexico, whcih can run from 15-24% for the loan, generally 3 years.

      The pay may seem sub standard to us, by our economic standards, but it is not in Mexico.

      2. The Mexican carriers have indeed shown they can and do supply qualified drivers to haul the freight within the US. The DOT OIG Final report proves that. ZERO accidents and ZERO major safety violations in addition to lower OOS rates for both drivers and vehicles.

      3. Again, you are incorrect about the drug test and English proficiency. The drug testing is integrated into the licensing application in Mexico. It is done in a government facility, by government lab techs. They also undergo physical and psychological exams in the same facility. These exams are the same type as airline pilots worldwide are required to pass. That is just to obtain their Licencia Federal. They also have to submit to background checks, provide proof of 40 hours training at a government certified and approved truck driving school (initial application) as well as several other requirements that are not required of US and Canadian drivers.

      4. You know, I've lived in Mexico and traveled this country extensively for the past 15 years. My Spanish sucks! But I can communicate. I can also read the language as far as signage and other travel requirements go. The Mexican drivers are tested AT THE BORDER for English proficiency and some are denied entry when they fail. Road signs are road signs, whether they are in Mexico, Canada or the US! Universal signage and it doesn't take an Einstein to figure out what they say.

      5. Was your experience with a Mexican driver or a Mexican American driver and do you no the difference? The company I am with has more than 150 drivers and 99% of them are Mexican American. About half of those won't or can't speak English worth a damn, yet they are capable of running 130,000+ miles a year safely.

      6. Mexico has a database of it's commercial drivers. A Federal database. The US and Mexico have a combined database of Mexico licensed drivers called, what else MDLIS (Mexican Drivers License Information System) similar to CDLIS here. Mexico's medical standards exceed ours at the moment, although if the combining of the CDL and DOT Medical card happens as proposed, we'll be on track with Mexico. As far as HOS standards. Canadian HOS standards are more liberal than ours. Mexico's HOS standards are much more restrictive. But when Mexican and Canadian drivers cross our borders, they operate under our rules, our regs and our HOS rules. There are no exceptions.

      All the "what if's" and other assumptions and accusations being made about Mexican drivers, without substantive proof, can also be made about the Canadians. And if you are a driver, as I am, then you know as well as anybody, that the best enforcement of HOS is ones own body! I still do 1000 miles days on occasion, and pay for it the rest of the week, but we can't run without sleep or rest like some assume.

      In the end, there is relatively little difference between you and me, our Canadian and Mexican brothers. We're doing a job that's not fun any more with all the anal bullshit coming from FMCSA and other enforcement agencies and we all just want to get out, get the job done and get home to our families. I'm sure we can agree with one another on that.

      • Julacho

        No all Quebequas(French Canadians) speak English, they dont have to take English classes to drive in the US or anglo Canada, they drive freely in the whole US, come on guys don't put the language as a rule…

        Who do you think negotiate(good or bad) the wages in the USA and Canada??? the corporations??? ARE THE TRADE UNIONS, Canada has even better wages than the US cause their Unions are stronger.

        We need as simple as that CONTINENTAL TRADE UNIONS to move freely in the whole continent, in the same way that Corporations are already doing since 20 years ago.

        Who do you think will protect your interest as a citizen? Wall Street? if you think that I recommend you to go and check your retirement savings and pension…

  • Julacho

    What we HAVE to do in NAFTA is push the 3 governments to allow UNIONS to fully operate in the 3 countries, since this is one market them we should have NORTH AMERICAN UNIONS.

    That will fix any issues with the Mexican lower wages, that will stop massive immigration from Mexico, and more important than anything, this UNION with out borders will increase the wages of Mexicans and multiply their purchase power to import more from the US and Canada, increasing the exports and trade.

    WE SHOULD CREATE a Labor Union between the 3 countries. Otherwise "we" the citizens of North America will be left down again and again. We should not be on the hands of the corporations who can move freely with out restrictions.

  • Kelly Scruggs

    So you've provided weak evidence that Mexico has the driver qualification standards that the US has. Big deal. You also provided evidence that these rules are not being enforced. You run 1000 mile days? Congrats on running illegal there bud. Just what the US needs.

  • http://mexicotrucker.com PMC

    Actually Kelly, I think I have provided strong and substantive evidence to back up what I say.

    Considering OOIDA and Jimmy Hoffa have shown us absolutely nothing in the way of facts to back up the position they have been pushing for the past 16 years.

    I didn't produce any evidence of rules not being enforced. After 35 years in the business, you learn to do what you gotta do! Of course JJ Keller makes it oh so easy!

  • http://USA tom

    Today in mexico land of rules and regulations and deep regard for life, a prison bus was attacked. Also read mexican drug violence spills into U.S. and also about the high birth rate of illegals. Yeah so much to offer Americans..

  • http://mexicotrucker.com PMC

    Yes, you're right, and 8 heroic police officers lost their life, but they didn't lose their prisoner.

    10 years ago, the prisoner, a high level drug lord would have escaped and all the officers would have been murdered, even after releasing their prisoner.

    The birth rate of illegals is not substantially different than those of other races of the Catholic faith. That's a bad argument you try to start here no doubt using debunked data from such noted hate groups as FAIR and others.

    The so called "Mexican Drug Violence" is nothing new. The only thing new about it is people are hanging that tag on it all of a sudden

    The drug violence happening in Mexico right now is no different from the days of Al Capone in the 20's, La Cosa Nostra in the 40's – 70's or the Cuban Cocaine wars in south Florida in the 70's. Same shit, different group and techniques is all.

    And of course since the national pastime seems to be Mexican bashing these days, well, figure it out for yourself.

    I crossed the border this afternoon after leaving work, stopped in Nuevo Laredo to attend a few things and drove to Monterrey. No different from driving from Houston to San Antonio except no DPS out fucking with you.

   

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