Mexican Federal Police Bust Drugs, Guns in Reynosa House

Aug 122008
 
 12/08/2008  Posted by PMC at 09:07 on 12/08/2008 2 Responses »
Mexican Federal Police Bust Drugs, Guns in Reynosa House

REYNOSA, Mexico – Federal police in Reynosa made a bust at home and now several hundred pounds of drugs and lots of guns are in their custody. An anonymous tip led authorities to the house. No one was home at the time of the raid. But police did find 10 packages of marijuana and several automatic assault rifles. They also took into custody a Dodge truck with Mexican plates and over 30 bullet holes. No arrests have been made in this case. There is a 95-percent chance those assault rifles in Reynosa were bought in the U.S. That’s according to ….Read More

Lucano Bus crashes, 2 dead, 10 injured south of Nuevo Laredo

Jul 052008
 
 05/07/2008  Posted by PMC at 11:08 on 05/07/2008 14 Responses »
Lucano Bus crashes, 2 dead, 10 injured south of Nuevo Laredo

A bus owned by Autobuses Lucano of Dallas Texas, traveling from San Luis Patosi, SLP to Houston Texas crashed 35 miles south of Nuevo Laredo Thursday morning, killing 2, including a pregnant 19 year old woman whose body was found under the bus and injuring 10. The injured were taken to hospitals in Sabinas Hidalgo NL and Cruz Roja in Nuevo Laredo. Juan Carlos Flores Sanchez, Commandander of Federal Police Highways, reported initial investigation and interviews with passengers suggested the driver fell asleep at the wheel shortly before the bus left the highway and overturned. The driver left the scene ….Read More

Up in Smoke – 4 tons of drugs and pirated CD’s destroyed by Federal Authorities

May 182008
 
 18/05/2008  Posted by PMC at 08:31 on 18/05/2008 Comments Off
Up in Smoke - 4 tons of drugs and pirated CD's destroyed by Federal Authorities

Nuevo Laredo. – More than 4 tons of marijuana in addition to other drugs and pirated CD’s,were destroyed yesterday by personnel of the Army in the presence of federal, state and municipal authorities. Operativo Permanente, has resulted in the seizure of enormous amounts of narcotics in Nuevo Laredo, Nuevo Guerrero, Cd. Mier, Miguel Alemán, Díaz Ordaz y Camargo, according to spokesmen from the First Motorized Cavalry regiment, headquartered in Nuevo Laredo. The contraband was turned over to the Military and State and local authorities by the Procuraduría General de la República (PGR), after being used as evidence in administrative and ….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

Mexico’s top cop blames organized crime for killings

May 092008
 
 09/05/2008  Posted by PMC at 22:15 on 09/05/2008 Comments Off

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s top security official blamed organized crime for the brazen killing of an acting federal police chief, saying today his death shows a nationwide crackdown is hurting gangs. Public Safety Secretary General Garcia Luna said authorities would not be deterred by an onslaught of attacks against police as he presided over the funeral of Edgar Gomez Millan and two other federal officers killed this week. Millan, 41, was shot 10 times early Thursday by gunmen who waited for him inside the courtyard of his Mexico City apartment complex. His two bodyguards were wounded. The two other officers ….Read More

Acting head of Mexico’s federal police shot to death

May 082008
 
 08/05/2008  Posted by PMC at 19:33 on 08/05/2008 Comments Off
Acting head of Mexico's federal police shot to death

The acting chief of Mexico’s federal police was shot dead early today outside his home in the capital. The Public Safety Department said Edgar Millan Gomez was shot 10 times and died hours later in a hospital. Two of his bodyguards were wounded. A police official, who was not authorized to give his name, said Millan had been temporarily heading the federal police since his superior was promoted to a deputy Cabinet position on March 1. Police have arrested a suspect with a record of car theft but have not yet determined a motive for the pre-dawn attack today. The ….Read More

U.S. soldier arrested in Mexico with several weapons in car

Apr 242008
 
 24/04/2008  Posted by PMC at 08:58 on 24/04/2008 Comments Off
U.S. soldier arrested in Mexico with several weapons in car

A teary-eyed American soldier accused of illegally driving guns and ammunition into Mexico said Tuesday he was just looking for a place to park so he could walk into Mexico for breakfast after a long night of driving. Instead, Army Spc. Richard R. Medina Torres steered his 1999 Honda Prelude off Interstate 10, over an international bridge, and into Mexico. “It was just an accident, I didn’t mean to drive over here,” Torres said Tuesday afternoon standing in a hallway of the Mexican federal building where he has been jailed since Monday morning. Torres, an Iraq war veteran who was ….Read More

Only 2 out of 1600 Police still under investigation

Jan 272008
 
 27/01/2008  Posted by PMC at 13:51 on 27/01/2008 Comments Off
Only 2 out of 1600 Police still under investigation

Just two of some 1,600 police officers investigated after the army raided police stations in five border cities last week are being subjected to “a criminal process,” the Tamaulipas state government said. Most of the officers were back on the job Saturday. The fate of the two officers was unclear Saturday as city, state and federal authorities were unable to confirm where they were from, if they were under arrest, and what charges, if any, they faced. Tuesday’s coordinated dawn raids by troops and federal agents kept most city police off the streets for days in Matamoros, Reynosa, Ciudad Alemán, ….Read More

Mexican cartels feeling the pressure

Jan 272008
 
 27/01/2008  Posted by PMC at 08:40 on 27/01/2008 Comments Off
Mexican cartels feeling the pressure

“There will be no retreat. We are not going to take a step back. The fight against crime is going to to be permanent, systematic.”

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