Laura Zuniga stripped of crown – PGR granted 40 days detention rights by Mexican Judge

Dec 272008
 
 27/12/2008  Posted by PMC at 15:46 on 27/12/2008 Comments Off
Laura Zuniga stripped of crown - PGR granted 40 days detention rights by Mexican Judge

Laura Zuniga, 23, detained on suspicion of drug and weapons violations has been stripped of her crown in the Hispanoamerican Queen pageant, contest organizers said Saturday. Zuniga was stripped of first-place honors for “failure to comply with the regulations of the title she represents,” Bolivia-based pageant organizing company Gloria Promociones said in a statement. She beat more than 19 contestants from Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States to win the title in October. Runner-up Vivian Noronha of Brazil will receive the crown.

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

Arms cache in Miguel Aleman, biggest seizure in decades

Feb 092008
 
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Arms cache in Miguel Aleman, biggest seizure in decades

MONTERREY, Mexico — A huge weapons cache found in a ranch building near the Texas border this week was the nation’s single largest weapons bust in 20 years, said the federal attorney general’s office, or PGR, in a statement Friday. A Mexican army unit found the stockpile, which included 89 assault rifles and more than 83,000 rounds of ammunition, on Thursday near Miguel Alemán, a border city just south of Roma, authorities said. Soldiers also seized about 9 metric tons of marijuana and arrested five people at the ranch, called “El Mezquitito,” the Defense Ministry said in a brief statement. ….Read More

Mexico extradites corrupt former US Border Patrol Agent!

Jan 312008
 
 31/01/2008  Posted by PMC at 17:17 on 31/01/2008 Comments Off
Mexico extradites corrupt former US Border Patrol Agent!

MEXICO CITY .- The government of Mexico extradited to the United States, an agent of the United States Border Patrol, accused of collaborating with drug traffickers for the entry of Mexican drug shipments into the United States through El Paso, Texas. With the surrender of former CBP agent Arturo Arzate Jr.. aka “Tury”, this brings to 103, the number suspects extradited abroad, of which 99 have been handed over to the American authorities, to date during the Presidency of Felipe Calderon. The Attorney General of the Republic (PGR) announced the extradition of this border officer, who will be brought to ….Read More

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