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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

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

Mexican Army patrol confiscates 1 ton of Marijuana near Miguel Aleman

Aug 222008

22/08/2008 Posted by PMC at 11:15 on 22/08/2008 Comments Off

Mexican Army patrol confiscates 1 ton of Marijuana near Miguel Aleman

Tuesday, the 75th Infantry Battalion was on patrol between Los Angeles and Miguel Aleman, . They found a 1991 Black Ford Grand Marquis with Minnesota plates, containing 31 packages of what appeared to be marijuana wrapped in brown tape and plastic. While searching for the owner of the vehicles, soldiers discovered 160 more packages, wrapped in the same manner and containing marijuana, but could not locate the owner of the car. Both the vehicle and the contraband were seized and turned over to agents of the Federal Attorney Generals Office. The weight of the seizure totaled of 909 kilograms with ….Read More

Viagra Vigilantes claim “softer side”!

Aug 192008

19/08/2008 Posted by PMC at 18:58 on 19/08/2008 4 Responses »

Vigilantes on U.S. border say they’re compassionate, even save illegal immigrants’ lives The “Viagra Vigilantes” aka The Minutemen want you to know they are humanitarians, and they can be quite persuasive. They say they are not vigilantes or racists. They understand the impulse to come to America, to feed a family. They might do it themselves if they were Mexican. Dr. Eugene Cafarelli wants you to know. He is Arizona state director of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, which has 1,500 state members and 10,000 nationwide, according to Cafarelli. For several years, the Viagra Vigilantes have gathered at spots like ….Read More

Army units seize 3 tons of marijuana in Camargo Tamaulipas

Jun 122008

12/06/2008 Posted by PMC at 06:17 on 12/06/2008 Comments Off

NUEVO LAREDO (MTNS) Almost 3 tons of marijuana was seized Monday outside the town of Camargo by units of the First Motorized Calvary, on routine patroi. Military units discovered two SUV’s abandoned next to a canal on a ranch close to town and upon investigation, found they contained 276 packages of marijuana wieghing 2,852 kilograms .It appeared the vehicles and their contents had been abandoned and no arrests were made. The drugs and vehicles were truned over to the AFI for further investigation. To date, as part of operations on the border to combat narcotics, the First Motorized Calvary stationed ….Read More

Mexico’s besieged police put to the test

May 172008

17/05/2008 Posted by PMC at 00:38 on 17/05/2008 Comments Off

Mexico's besieged police put to the test

Calderon vows to press war on cartels despite the body count MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s security forces have been swept into the eye of the storm since President Felipe Calderon decided to get tough on the country’s drug-smuggling gangs. Once-untouchable federal officials have been assassinated in the streets. Out-gunned soldiers and police have battled gangsters armed with grenades and bazookas. Local police chiefs have resigned, a few fleeing to the United States for safety. Hundreds of police and soldiers have been sent early to their graves. Amid a fierce counteroffensive by the drug cartels, the question becomes: How long can, ….Read More

Qualcomm wins contract to put OmniTRACS system in U.S. and Mexican trucks in open-border program

Nov 072007

07/11/2007 Posted by PMC at 22:02 on 07/11/2007 Comments Off

Qualcomm wins contract to put OmniTRACS system in U.S. and Mexican trucks in open-border program

WASHINGTON – Qualcomm has won a federal contract to provide a satellite-based tracking system for U.S. and Mexican trucks participating in a contentious experiment that opens the border to long-haul commercial traffic. Federal officials said yesterday that the San Diego-based company’s OmniTRACS system will allow the U.S. government to closely monitor trucks from both countries, including compliance with regulations that prohibit truckers from driving more than 11 hours per day. Although Qualcomm is best-known for its prominent role as a chip-maker in the wireless industry, the company also is a major designer of satellite tracking systems for vehicles. Qualcomm will ….Read More

Drug Run to the Border

Nov 032007

03/11/2007 Posted by PMC at 09:28 on 03/11/2007 Comments Off

In states bordering Mexico and Canada, it is common practice for people to buy their medications in the countries with the best pricing-which is not the United States. In my own case, even though I have USA medicare, I get almost all medical care in Mexico. However, with frequent trips back to Phoenix, I sometimes overstay my supply of prescription medications from my Mexican doctors. I was back in Phoenix , recently, doing rehab on my wife’s rental house and maintenance on our own home. As work progressed slower than anticipated, I told mi esposa that I had to make ….Read More

Transportistas de Nuevo Laredo piden frenar las presiones

Oct 092007

09/10/2007 Posted by PMC at 06:57 on 09/10/2007 Comments Off

Transportistas de Nuevo Laredo pide al DOT de Estados Unidos frenar las presiones hacia los transfers por no saber hablar inglés NUEVO LAREDO.- Transportistas de Nuevo Laredo pide al DOT de Estados Unidos frenar las presiones hacia los transfers por no saber hablar inglés, porque advierten que podrían suspender las operaciones. “Nos habían dicho que ya no iban a insistir en los warnings(advertencias), que era por un tiempo. Sin embargo, siguen presionando a los transfers(chóferes de camiones) y nos parece mal. Si siguen así pues entonces a ver quién les cruza la mercancía”, expresó el transportista Gerardo Madrazo O. quien ….Read More

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