See there is no problem along the Border !
If those rotten Border Patrol agents would just stop being so mean , then they would have never been shot at !
Noe move along .
Foxnews
SAN ANTONIO -- U.S. Border Patrol agents fired gunshots into Mexico after coming under attack during a half-ton drug bust and giving chase to a truck along the Rio Grande, U.S. authorities said Monday.
No Border Patrol agents were hurt during the "fire fight" early Saturday in Mission, agency spokeswoman Rosalinda Huey said. She did not say whether Border Patrol gunfire hit anyone, citing the ongoing investigation.
"The firing they received came from the Mexican side," Huey said...
It was at least the second time in three months that Border Patrol agents in Texas have fired into Mexico. In June, a Border Patrol agent fatally shot a 15-year-old Mexican boy after authorities say a group trying to illegally enter Texas threw rocks at officers near downtown El Paso.
Reports of bullets whizzing across the border from Mexico also are on the rise. At least eight bullets have been fired into El Paso in the last few weeks from the rising violence in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, where drug violence has killed more than 4,000 people since 2009, making it one of the deadliest cities in the world.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
U.S. Border Patrol Agents in 'Firefight' With Mexican Gang
Monday, August 16, 2010
23 people slain along Mexico-US border
Just another day In Jaurez !
AFP
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Twenty-three people were killed in about 24 hours in Chihuahua state plagued by drug violence on the US border, authorities said Saturday.
Between late Friday and Saturday 13 people were killed in Ciudad Juarez, across from the US city of El Paso, Texas, Chihuahua state prosecutors said.
One of the incidents in which the murders took place involved a car theft, and a couple was killed in a violent assault at a shopping mall, officials said.
Another 10 people were murdered in other locations around Chihuahua state, prosecutors added.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Boy killed by Border Patrol agents had several arrests for smuggling immigrants
Agents are generally permitted to use lethal force against rock throwers.
Border Patrol officials have said the agent told the rock throwers to stop and back off, but they persisted and he fired several times.
A federal official familiar with the investigation said Friday there is evidence that Hernandez was throwing rocks at the agent at the time of the shooting.
Case closed ? Probably not , though it should be , but to hear some people talk the Border patrol Agent should be sent to prison nevermind any of the facts of what this kid was doing .
Foxnews
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A 15-year-old Mexican boy shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent was among El Paso's most wanted juvenile immigrant smugglers, according to federal arrest records reviewed by The Associated Press.
The records show Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca had been arrested at least four times since 2008 and twice in the same week in February 2009 on suspicion of smuggling illegal immigrants across the U.S.-Mexico border. Hernandez was repeatedly arrested along the U.S. side of the border near downtown El Paso, not far from where he was killed, but was never charged with a crime by federal prosecutors.
A Border Patrol agent shot and killed Hernandez June 7 while trying to arrest illegal immigrants crossing the muddy bed of the Rio Grande. Some witnesses said a group of people on the Mexican side were throwing rocks at the agents. Agents are generally permitted to use lethal force against rock throwers.
The records show that in at least one case Hernandez was to be paid $50 a person for smuggling four people into the U.S.
The records also show that in one case, federal prosecutors declined to charge Hernandez because there were no "extenuating circumstances or endangerment."
Friday, June 11, 2010
Mexico gunmen 'kill 19' in rehab centre raid
The Cartels have a thing for killing people in rehab , They always claim that they were Snitches or Criminals , I think they do it because the people are trying to kick their drug dependency in rehab !
BBC
Gunmen have stormed a rehabilitation centre in a Mexican city, shooting dead 19 people and wounding at least four others, police say.
The killings happened in the northern city of Chihuahua, about 210 miles (350km) south of Ciudad Juarez and the border with El Paso, Texas...
One report said up to 30 gunmen were involved in the attack.
Chihuahua state police spokesman Fidel Banuelos said the attackers had left messages accusing the victims of being criminals.
The attack took place on Thursday night, but has only just been reported.
An unnamed police official told AFP news agency that "more than 30 gunmen arrived aboard six trucks".
They moved to the second floor of the Templo Cristiano Fe y Vida (Christian Faith and Life Temple) and fired large-calibre weapons at patients and employees before fleeing, the official said.
Monday, June 7, 2010
US-Mexico border isn't so dangerous
Whoever did this study needs to live down by the border for a couple years , say maybe in El Paso , directly across from Jaurez !
El Paso Times
MEXICO CITY-It's one of the safest parts of America, and it's getting safer.
It's the U.S.-Mexico border, and even as politicians say more federal troops are needed to fight rising violence, government data obtained by The Associated Press show it actually isn't so dangerous after all.
The top four big cities in America with the lowest rates of violent crime are all in border states: San Diego, Phoenix, El Paso and Austin, according to a new FBI report. And an in-house Customs and Border Protection report shows that Border Patrol agents face far less danger than street cops in most U.S. cities.
The Customs and Border Protection study, obtained with a Freedom of Information Act request, shows 3 percent of Border Patrol agents and officers were assaulted last year, mostly when assailants threw rocks at them. That compares with 11 percent of police officers and sheriff's deputies assaulted during the same period, usually with guns or knives.
In addition, violent attacks against agents declined in 2009 along most of the border for the first time in seven years. So far this year assaults are slightly up, but data is incomplete.
"The border is safer now than it's ever been," said U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Lloyd Easterling.
He said one factor is that with fewer jobs available amid the U.S. recession, illegal immigration has dropped. And responding to security concerns after 9-11, the Border Patrol has doubled the number of agents in the region since 2004.
Nonetheless, border lawmakers and governors say their region is under siege and needs more troops.
"Violence in the vicinity of the U.S.-Mexico border continues to increase at an alarming rate. We believe that this violence represents a serious threat to the national security of the United States as well as a serious threat to U.S. citizens that live along the 1,969-mile long border," a dozen bipartisan members of Congress from border states wrote President Obama..
Monday, May 24, 2010
Juárez hits 1,000 homicides for year; 16 slain Saturday
Not even halfway through the year and 1000 murders so far !
Yes the Violence has tapered a little Bit , I say it is because the Cartels are taking a little Vacation time , you know a siesta , that and maybe a lack of Victims to kill !
I'm sure things will heat up again and Jaurez will pass last years record !
El Paso Times
Mexican federal police were attacked in a drive-by shooting during the weekend as Juárez surpassed 1,000 homicides for the year.
Three or four officers were wounded by gunmen who shot a patrol truck Sunday morning outside a medical clinic on Avenida López Mateos, the Norte newspaper reported on its website. No official information had been released.
The homicide toll jumped on Saturday with 16 deaths, including one during a confrontation in which federal police reportedly used an armored vehicle to ram down the walls of a house in the village of Guadalupe in the Valley of Juárez.
Federal police had not released details about Saturday's incident, described by Mexican news media as a shootout lasting more than an hour during the rescue of a kidnapping victim. An armored police vehicle was used to ram the walls of a house where the alleged kidnappers were bunkered.
Chihuahua state police confirmed that an unidentified man was killed when he was shot multiple times in Guadalupe and that there were about 500 rounds fired.
There was other violence Saturday morning in the farming communities of the Valley of Juárez, located across the border from the San Elizario-Fort Hancock area.
State police reported an unidentified man in a Chevrolet Suburban was fatally shot late Saturday morning by gunmen with AK-47s in the community of Barreal. And, two unidentified men were also found shot to death in the back seat of a car in the village of San Isidro.
There were also killings throughout Juárez, including a quadruple murder.
Four men in a red Chevrolet Trail Blazer were shot and killed on Saturday afternoon in colonia Torreón in west Juárez. Police identified the victims as Gabriel Calderon Olvera, 30, Andres Molina Santos, 27, Osvaldo Zubia Calderon, 17, and an unidentified man about 25 years old.
More than 5,260 people have been killed in the Juárez area since a drug cartel war began in 2008.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Legalizing pot could help Juárez, officials say
I'm Not Against the legalization of Marijuana , But Legalizing it will not Curtail the Drug wars !
There is to much money to be made on BOTH sides of the Border , From so many other drugs And Goods coming into this country illegally , that Marijuana really is not that big of a Deal !
It's pretty cheap down here anyway !
El Paso Times
EL PASO -- A new drug war, this one over whether marijuana legalization would help or hinder Juárez, got under way Monday.
City Reps. Beto O'Rourke and Susie Byrd called a news conference to say they believe reforming drug laws and legalizing marijuana would help reduce violence in Mexico.
O'Rourke and Byrd, joined at the Paso del Norte Bridge by fellow city Reps. Steve Ortega and Ann Morgan Lilly, displayed a declaration in support of Juárez.
Oscar J. Martinez, a history professor and border expert at the University of Arizona, read from the group's resolution.
"Those who think they have the moral high ground by supporting prohibition are not giving proper attention to the disastrous consequences of that tragically misguided policy," said Martinez, a native of Juárez.
"The cure has been much more deadly than the disease itself. The price of prohibition - turning cities like Juárez into killing fields of massive proportions - is totally unacceptable and morally repugnant."
Others in public life disagreed with the City Council members, describing their idea as counterproductive.
"Legalizing marijuana in the U.S. will make things worse in Mexico," said Jaime O. Perez, El Paso County chief of staff and the Republican candidate for county judge. "The violence will increase in Juárez. Even the smaller cartels will try to get into the business, and they will try to control the drug-trafficking corridors and kill more people.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Mexicans slam Arizona immigration law, but how do they treat their migrants?
So , Being Raped and Beaten and having your money stolen from you , along with the Constant fear of deportation ( And being killed ," Not in the Report " ) Is O.K. ?
Especially when you are A Citizen of Mexico Doing it to immigrants trying to enter Mexico From their Southern Border .
But the State of Arizona Passing a Law that States " You Must have proof of Identification " , Is not O.K. !
A Common Law " Have some form of Identification Stating who you Are "
Well Mexico And it's citizens that live here ! You all are a bunch of Hypocrites !
Boycott Arizona If you Like ! We of the United States Can Boycott too !
Arizona is just the Beginning !
IMO , If you don't like it here , you Can Leave ! No one asked you to come here !
El Paso Times
Mexico City - As Mexicans decry the Arizona immigration law and launch boycotts of Arizona, Amnesty International released a scathing new report urging Mexicans to look in the mirror.
"Invisible Victims: Migrants on the Move in Mexico" details the abuse faced by Central American migrants, who cross the southern border between Guatemala and Mexico, usually en route to the US.
Each year, tens of thousands of migrants make the trip.
Many lose limbs from accidents on trains they board to head northward. Women and girls report sexual violence. And - far worse than asking suspected illegal immigrants about their US immigration status, as the new Arizona law will require police to do - many Central American migrants to Mexico accuse Mexican officials of demanding bribes or flat-out stealing their cash.
"Migrants in Mexico are facing a major human rights crisis leaving them with virtually no access to justice, fearing reprisals and deportation if they complain of abuses," Rupert Knox, Mexico Researcher at Amnesty International, said. "Persistent failure by the authorities to tackle abuses carried out against irregular migrants has made their journey through Mexico one of the most dangerous in the world."
Monday, April 26, 2010
Federales vow to fight back after deadly attack
The agents were gunned down when they stopped to assist a vendor who had flagged them down about noon Friday. When they stopped, a group of gunmen arrived and opened fire with AK-47s, high-powered rifles and handguns. The agents tried to repel the attackers, but fell victim in the shootout.
Officials said more than 300 shots were fired.
From last weekend .
As the drug wars continue to escalate they may also be taking a nasty turn for the worse .
on Friday 6 Federal agents were ambushed and killed in a Daylight attack that was witnessed by several people , also a policewoman and another bystander were killed
EL PASO Times
The ambush Friday in Juárez in which eight people were killed -- including six federal agents and a police officer -- may signal a new wave of intimidation against authorities, officials and experts said Saturday.
The attack, carried out in broad daylight by a group of hit men, solidified the resolve of Mexican federal police to fight back even though it was one of the deadliest attacks on authorities in the city since President Felipe Calderón launched the war on drug cartels.
Juárez officials said that the ambush will not deter them and that they will not be intimidated by the calculated and ruthless attack.
"They want to intimidate us. But now we are going to double our efforts to fight them," said José Salinas, spokesman for the federal police in Mexico City.
As a result of the ambush, he said, a new strategy will be used to "avoid similar ambushes."
"We will fight them," he said
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Homeland Security alert: Barrio Azteca may issue 'green light' to kill EP law officers
The Barrio Aztecas , The worst gang in El Paso , The Police have been on these guys ass's for months now , last week 54 were arrested , over the past several months it has been a dozen here , a couple there .
Now they are stepping it up by almost issuing a "Green light" to kill the police .
EL PASO Times
EL PASO -- An alert has been issued warning law enforcement in El Paso to be cautious of possible retaliation by the Barrio Azteca gang because of a gang sweep last week.
The alert out of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security stated that there is uncorroborated information that "the Barrio Azteca gang may issue a 'green light' authorizing the attempted murder of LEOs (law enforcement officers) in the El Paso area."
A "green light" is an approved hit or murder. The possible retaliation is because of the recent arrest of 54 members and associates of the gang during Operation Knock Down, which was in response to the killings of three people linked to the U.S. Consulate in Juárez.
Mexican authorities had said the unsolved killings may have been the work of the Aztecas, who serve as enforcers for the Juárez drug cartel.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Cartel wars gut Juárez, a onetime boom town
And the real sad thing about this is they are all coming here to the States .
It is real sad that the Mexican people that live in the States don't even want to go to Jaurez , the Place is that violently insane !
And even sadder , that some in our Government don't even recognize that there is a problem !
El Paso Times
CIUDAD JUÁREZ - This violent border city is turning into a ghost town.
Bloodshed from Mexico's warring drug cartels has sent those with means fleeing this former boomtown. Restaurants have moved north to Texas. The dentists who served Americans with their cheap procedures have taken their equipment south. Even the music is dying here.
"The musicians haven't left yet, but they do their shows in El Paso now," says Alfonso Quiñones, a Juárez concert promoter who is trying to organize a jazz festival in the city.
No solid number exists for the exodus, a matter of debate among Juárez's leaders. But the city's planning department estimates 116,000 homes are now abandoned. Measured against the average household size of the last census, the population who inhabited the empty homes alone could be as high as 400,000 people, representing one-third of the city before the violence began.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Family: Slain couple knew of risk in Juárez, traveled to party anyway
Smart move !
Especially when the Cartels issued a warning stating that they will attack "Any" Party they come across , Birthday party or whatever .
Talk about upping your Risks !
Why anyone would willingly go to Jaurez Knowing what happens there is beyond comprehension .
El Paso Times
EL PASO -- Arthur Redelfs and Lesley Enriquez knew traveling to Juárez was risky, their relatives said today.
But they went anyway on Saturday to a friend's birthday party because that is the type of friend they were. They didn't want to let their friends down by not going, the family said in a statement given exclusively to the El Paso Times.
"They knew there was so much violence across the border, but their friendships meant so much to them," the statement said. "Both Lesley and Arthur had so many friends on both sides of the border."
Gunmen killed them in Juárez as they drove back toward El Paso. Enriquez, 34, worked at the U.S. consulate in Juárez, casting international attention on the crime.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Corruption cases in U.S. law agencies rise
When I first started this Article I thought it was about U.S. corruption in Law agencies , It did not take long to realize they are pretty much talking about El Paso .
Does it come as a surprise that the one American City that is Directly across the border from the Most Corrupt and Dangerous City in Mexico , Has More than a few corruption charges against it ?
The Border Patrol is Actually being accused of being "Infiltrated" WTF ?
EL PASO -- The change from law enforcer to lawbreaker can begin with a bottle of liquor or a bribe of breakfast and coffee.
In the worst cases, officers entrusted with protecting the border end up switching from public servants to drug smugglers' minions.
Federal officials say the number of corruption investigations involving U.S. law enforcement agencies on the border continues to rise. These include cases in the El Paso Sector, which includes the Texas counties of El Paso, Culberson and Hudspeth and all of New Mexico.
Corruption cases became apparent about the time the Department of Homeland Security carried out large-scale U.S. Border Patrol hirings in 2008. The El Paso sector has grown to about 2,700 agents.
"As the federal government has increased the number of Border Patrol agents on the ground, drug cartels are having greater difficulty smuggling drugs across the border and have had to resort to other tactics, such as bribery and infiltration," said U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas.
Reyes worked for the Border Patrol for 26 years, holding jobs from agent to sector chief.
The Department of Homeland Security's Office of the Inspector General opened 72 criminal cases alleging corruption within the department's agencies between Oct. 1, 2008, and Sept. 30 of this year.
OIG is the lead agency in investigating cases of fraud, abuse and mismanagement.
This year brought the largest number of allegations to investigators in the El Paso office, which has a total of 129 open cases. Some of these cases, though, actually began in 2008.
The number of investigating agents has doubled from five to 10 in the last two years to try to keep pace with the rising number of corruption allegations.
"As we have increased the manpower, we have increased the workload," said Chris Sanchez, assistant special agent with the office.
One of the more recent cases involving a Department of Homeland Security staffer is that of Martha Alicia Garnica, 43. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested her Nov. 18 after raiding her home on El Paso's East Side.
She faces charges of conspiracy to import narcotics, smuggling in undocumented immigrants and bribing a public official. If convicted, a federal judge could sentence her to 10 years to life in prison
Unbelievable.
And the list goes on .
Friday, September 11, 2009
Horizon City man's mutilated body found in Juárez late Tuesday
"People should not get alarmed over this, that violence is spilling over into El Paso. Because if it's drug-related kidnapping, it is not an average person in El Paso being snatched up and taken into Mexico," said Special Agent Andrea Simmons, a spokes woman for the local FBI office.
well damn , That is Comforting ! I can walk around down here and not worry then ?
Sorry... What happens when they start shooting at everyone as they are trying to Kill or Kidnap their next target ?
Many innocent people have been killed while being unfortunate enough to be standing next to a Cartel target !
No thanks , I will remain "Alarmed"
El Paso Times....
HORIZON CITY -- A man who was boldly kidnapped at gunpoint from his home in Horizon City last week was found dead in Juárez -- his mutilated body laid out in a macabre display intended to send a message.
The abduction and slaying of Sergio Saucedo was one of the most blatant examples of drug violence in El Paso since a war between cartels began in Juárez in January 2008.
Saucedo's body was found late Tuesday, his hands chopped off and left resting on his bare chest, a plastic bag stuffed in his mouth and his pants pulled down to his ankles in an apparent attempt to humiliate him. His body was found about 11 p.m. at Camino Viejo San José and Ejército Nacional streets, Chihuahua state police said.
The severed hands signify that the victim was considered a thief, law enforcement agents said.
El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles said Saucedo had ties to one of the Mexican cartels battling for control over the lucrative smuggling routes, but he declined to disclose specific information about the connection.
Court records show that Saucedo, 30, was convicted in 2003 of possession of marijuana over 5 pounds and under 50 pounds. In 2007, he was charged with money laundering. Last year, Saucedo was charged with a probation violation and with criminal negligence for abandoning or endangering a child.
Even though Saucedo's kidnapping and death, and the fatal shooting in May of informant Jose Daniel Gonzalez-Galeana outside his East Side home, have been tied to Mexican drug cartels, officials insist that the violence in Juárez is not spilling into El Paso.
Chihuahua state police are investigation the homicide, and the Sheriff's Office is looking into the abduction.
The FBI had a very small role in the abduction investigation, though the bureau may become more involved.
"People should not get alarmed over this, that violence is spilling over into El Paso. Because if it's drug-related kidnapping, it is not an average person in El Paso being snatched up and taken into Mexico," said Special Agent Andrea Simmons, a spokes woman for the local FBI office.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Drug cartel linked to El Paso killing
The first "confirmed" cartel killing ! Many others have been just suspicious Killings !
el paso times....
EL PASO -- A man shot and killed outside his East Side home was a mid-level member of the Juárez drug cartel, El Paso police said Wednesday afternoon.
The unsolved homicide is the first confirmed drug cartel-related killing in El Paso since a war among drug cartels erupted in Juárez in January 2008.
El Paso police detectives are looking into a possible drug link in the death of Jose Daniel Gonzalez Galeana, 37, who was killed the night of May 15 when while walking up to his home in the 1300 block of Pony Trail Drive, a police spokesman said.
Police had said Gonzalez may have been approached by another man and shot with a handgun. Neighbors in the area reported hearing at least three gunshots shortly after 10 p.m.
The shooter may have had an accomplice, police said.
Gonzalez was shot eight times with the lethal wound to the chest along with wounds to his left thigh and several grazing wounds, the El Paso County chief medical examiner.
He was dead on arrival at Thomason Hospital.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Space shuttle Atlantis lands at Biggs Army Airfield
Last time The shuttle came through El Paso , I only was able to see it fly overhead , today I got a little closer , but not much ! They park this thing way back from everything !
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ElPasoTimes
EL PASO -- U.S. space shuttle Atlantis, riding atop a modified 747 shuttle carrier aircraft, landed at Biggs Army Airfield shortly after 11:15 a.m. Monday.
Atlantis, which landed May 24 at Edwards Air Force Base in California after a 5.3 million mile journey in space, is headed to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
"The pair will fly to Biggs Army Airfield in El Paso, Texas and spend the night there before resuming the cross-country trip tomorrow," according to a NASA news release.
NASA officials said that while in the region, Atlantis will conduct a flyover of the White Sands test facility.
The astronauts aboard the shuttle recently finished a 13-day trip in space to repair the Hubble space telescope.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Mexico to send more troops to besieged city
Law and order in Ciudad Juarez is close to collapse as Guzman's hitmen seek to destroy the Juarez cartel's entire operation
A big pissing match is really what this is all about ! "Shorty" wants to be the big boy on the block (The only big boy) and Vicente Carrillo Fuentes will not give up !
I don't Know who is in the lead for Murdering the most "Employees" of either side ?
But the military is suffering some Numbers in the Total body count !
The big losers are the People of Mexico ( As Usual ) with the threatening and Kidnapping and Murdering picking up the Pace , A lot of them are becoming Prisoners in their own Homes !!!
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico is sending up to 5,000 new troops and federal police to the country's most violent city, where law and order is on the brink of collapse in a war between gangs supplying drugs to the United States.
The army said on Thursday the deployment could take the number of soldiers and federal police to over 7,000 in Ciudad Juarez, which is across the U.S. border from El Paso, Texas.
This month alone, drug hitmen killed 250 people in Juarez, where a meeting of cabinet members on Wednesday was rattled by three bomb scares, forcing soldiers to briefly shut the city's international airport.
"In yesterday's meeting (government officials) talked about sending 5,000 troops and police to Ciudad Juarez," said army spokesman Enrique Torres. "They are expected to arrive in the next few weeks."
At the heavily guarded meeting on Wednesday, Interior Minister Fernando Gomez Mont had said the troop reinforcements would be "notable" but declined to give more details.
Torres said there were 2,020 troops and 425 federal police in Ciudad Juarez, a city of around 1.6 million people.
Drug trade analysts say Mexico's most-wanted fugitive, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, who leads a cartel from the Pacific state of Sinaloa, wants control of Ciudad Juarez, currently in the hands of local drug lord Vicente Carrillo Fuentes.
Law and order in Ciudad Juarez is close to collapse as Guzman's hitmen seek to destroy the Juarez cartel's entire operation, drug experts say, and kidnappings and extortions of business people are rampant.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Bush commutes sentences of former US border agents
Glad to see these two guy's getting out of Jail !!! sure they messed up A little , messing with evidence , O.K. , A stupid thing to do ! But these men never should have seen The inside of a prison !
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In his final acts of clemency, President George W. Bush on Monday granted early prison releases to two former U.S. Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer fueled the national debate over illegal immigration.
Bush, responding to heavy pressure from Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike, commuted the prison sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. The two guards from El Paso, Texas, each were sentenced to more than 10 years for the shooting, which they tried to cover up. They will be released within two months.
Opposition to their convictions, sentencing and firings has simmered ever since the shooting occurred in 2005.
It's About EFing Time !!!!!!
Compean and Ramos were convicted of shooting admitted drug smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete Davila in the buttocks as he fled across the Rio Grande, away from an abandoned van load of marijuana. He remains in a low-security prison in Fort Worth, Texas.
The border agents claimed at their trials that they believed the smuggler was armed and that they shot him in self defense. The prosecutor in the case, a U.S. attorney who was appointed by Bush in 2001, said there was no evidence linking the smuggler to the van of marijuana. The prosecutor also said the border agents didn't report the shooting and tampered with evidence by picking up several spent shell casings.
White House officials said Bush didn't pardon the men for their crimes, but commuted their sentences because he believed they were excessive and that they had already suffered the loss of their jobs, freedom and reputations.!!!!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Cartels threaten hits in U.S.
Now if the Cartels start to kill American citizens around here I think that would be a problem ! DHS should get more involved in the situation ,Maybe the Military should start patrolling the border! maybe a real fence, Maybe ,Close the damn border down for a week or so and see what the Mexican Government thinks of that ,A lot of Cargo/Money runs across the Border everyday If it were closed I think there would be a significant change in the way things are going ! El Paso times
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EL PASO -- A new warning that Mexican drug cartels have approved sending hit men into the United States has El Paso law enforcement on alert.
Local and federal law enforcement officials said the intelligence was received last week and does not name specific targets.
"It's not a threat. It's information we received. Nobody has been threatened," police spokesman Officer Chris Mears. The alert was sent to police as a lawenforcement-sensitive advisory so officers "don't take any call for granted," Mears said.
The alert is the latest in a long list of warnings and rumors that have popped up in the borderland this year amid an ongoing war reputed to be linked to drug cartels in Juárez and other parts of the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
The legitimacy of the warning is unknown. Some drug killings have taken place in El Paso in years past. The killings in Juárez this year have mostly targeted those with links to the drug trade, city officials and Mexico experts have said.
"Are there people involved in the drug activity in Juárez living in El Paso? Sure there are. We all know that," Mears said. " ... We are constantly getting intel from other agencies. Some proves out to be true. Some turns out not to be true."
Juárez has had almost 900 homicides this year in an unrelenting wave of street shootings at all times of day, mass
killings and executions of law enforcement officers. But the killings have remained on the Mexican side of the border.
The potential of sicarios (hit men) crossing the border to hit targets in the United States also has El Paso County sheriff's deputies in a higher state of awareness, Deputy Jesse Tovar, spokesman for the Sheriff's Office, said.
Doug Mosier, spokesman for the Border Patrol's El Paso sector, said, "We take it very seriously. We sent out the information to make sure our agents are aware of it."
There were at least 20 homicides in Juárez this past weekend including the fatal shooting of two unidentified men just past midnight Sunday inside the Chamucos nightclub in the ProNaF tourist zone near the Bridge of the Americas.
The shooting in the crowded nightclub wounded three others, identified as Laura Chavira Hernandez, 28, Karina Morales Moreno, 23, and Jose Luis Murillo Marquez, 31, Chihuahua state police said.
On Saturday, Isidro Avila Martinez, a member of the state police's anti-kidnapping unit, was shot to death as he drove up to his home in Juárez.
Also this weekend, two men, whose names were not released, were taken to Thomason Hospital in El Paso to be treated for gunshot wounds received in Mexico, hospital officials said. Thomason Hospital has treated more than 30 victims of violence in Mexico this year. The hospital is not under extra security.
Threats, including chain e-mails and videos posted on the Internet, have been issued earlier this year related to the battle between the Sinaloa and Juárez drug cartels.
In June, a death list with 15 to 20 names was circulated. The list named current or former residents of El Paso, Luna and Doña Ana counties, as well as Albuquerque, among other places. Some were referred to by family name, New Mexico law enforcement officials said.
E-mail threats warning to avoid certain locations have also been distributed. The most notorious being the "bloody weekend" e-mail that shuttered tourism and nightlife in Juárez on May 24-25.
Despite the record-breaking killings in Juárez, El Paso has maintained a low homicide number with 12. None of those are believed to be related to the suspected drug violence that erupted in early January.
