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- Iguala: Four Clandestine Graves found, evidence points to missing students, Mayor is a fugitive
- Former Tamaulipas governor's brother-in-law indicted in US for money laundering
- "Commander Polimenso" succumbs to injuries sustained in shootout
| Iguala: Four Clandestine Graves found, evidence points to missing students, Mayor is a fugitive Posted: 04 Oct 2014 05:26 PM PDT Borderland Beat Posted by Lala and Pepe sources-proceso and sinenbargo  The bodies found in four mass graves located yesterday near Iguala, Guerrero, correspond to the normalistas missing since Friday, September 26.A detainee gave authorities the information on where to search. Sources close to the investigation confirmed this afternoon to Sinembargo that there is sufficient evidence to believe the bodies are of the missing student teachers, but the authorities prefer to wait for the DNA tests to fully confirm it. The sources preferred to wait for state and federal authorities to announce it on their own terms. This could happen in the following hours. The sources did not announce the conditions under which the bodies were found. The Attorney General of Guerrero, Blanco Iñaki Cabrera, confirmed the location of the graves as they searched for the student teachers that are officially still missing. The four mass graves were found Friday in the town of Iguala, Guerrero. In the Iguala colonias of Parota, Pueblo Viejo and Jardines del Sol, elements of State Civil Protection, Federal Police and State Police are working. So far it is not known how many bodies are in the graves, so we can not confirm that they contain all the 43 missing normalistas. Friday night, September 26, three students from the Normal Ayotzinapa were killed and at least 43 were reported missing after being arrested and taken into city police cars. At first there was talk of 57 missing students. However, in past days it was confirmed that 14 students were located. Leaving 43 unaccounted for. But that is the governments tally, the student group says it is 38. The discrepancy exemplifies the government is not working with the parents and student group.  Mayor wanted for murder and has fled (in photo at right) The Guerrero Attorney General of Justice (PGJ) has identified the suspects in the killing of six students of Ayotzinapa , that transpired on September 26 in Iguala. In press conference, Guerrero Attorney Iñaki Blanco Cabrera, announced that today the names of the alleged perpetrators will be announced. At the same time, the Governor Ángel Aguirre Rivero, reported that he will request to the local Congress, a trial to remove immunity for the Mayor of Iguala, José Luis Abarca (PRD), for his alleged responsibility in the disappearance of 43 students of Ayotzinapa and the violent events in which six people were killed and 17 more were injured. The Mayor is accused of homicide, injuries and abuse of authority, arising from acts of violence reported last weekend, in which six people died. That operation, he said, involves elements of the army, Navy and Federal Police, State and 1,800 bureaucrats who joined this Thursday, October 2. He also indicated that he will request an order of apprehension against the Secretary of local public security, Felipe Flores. However, both officials are fugitives from justice. While looking for additional information I found that in 2014 at least 3 other fosas have been discovered in Iguala in previous mass killings, each grave containing 8-15 bodies. Up until yesterday the PGR has refused to become involved, citing "it is a local matter".
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| Former Tamaulipas governor's brother-in-law indicted in US for money laundering Posted: 04 Oct 2014 10:43 AM PDT Borderland Beat republished from My San Antonio Express By Guillermo Contreras and Jason Buch  Oscar Gomez Guerra, 43, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Corpus Christi on charges of conspiring to launder monetary instruments and aiding and abetting the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business, Kenneth Magidson, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas, said Friday. Gomez is married to the sister of former Tamaulipas Gov. Eugenio Hernández Flores, who served from 2005 to 2010. [governor is in photo above and below with EPN] Gomez, who's currently a fugitive, said in a statement sent to Mexican media that his properties in the U.S. were bought with the proceeds of his Mexican business. He said U.S. authorities never tried to contact him about his business, "which was conducted legitimately and in conformity with Mexican laws." He also added that whatever transactions are in question have nothing to do with the former governor. Hernández has not been formally charged — though prosecutors have accused him of taking bribes from the Zetas so the cartel could operate freely in Tamaulipas, which borders Texas. Hernández also denies the allegations. The indictment alleges Gomez conspired to commit international money laundering starting about January 2008 and aided and abetted the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business run by a Mexican businessman who lived part-time in San Antonio. The businessman, Guillermo Flores Cordero, is in jail in Corpus Christi and was set to be sentenced there this week, but his hearing was postponed until February.  The federal government also is seeking a personal money judgment from Gomez in the amount of $10 million. His prosecution is the latest in a series of U.S. money-laundering investigations targeting people close to governors in two states bordering Texas — Coahuila and Tamaulipas. If convicted of the money-laundering conspiracy, Gomez faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $500,000 or twice what was laundered. Operating an unlicensed money transmitting business carries a maximum five years in prison. The feds also have accused Hernández but haven't charged him — or at least unsealed any formal charges against him like they did in Gomez's case — of money laundering activities. Allegations against Hernández first surfaced in a transcript of the Dec. 5 plea hearing of Flores, in which he pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering conspiracy. During the hearing, prosecutors said Flores, who split his time between his homes in Coahuila and San Antonio, had run an unlicensed money-transmitting business. He used shell companies to wire money from Mexico to bank accounts in the Rio Grande Valley on behalf of others to disguise where the funds were coming from, Assistant U.S. Attorney Julie Hampton said. Among Flores' clients, according to the transcript, were Hernández and members of his family. Hernández had good reason to disguise the source of the money, prosecutors contended. "Eugenio Hernández has been identified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as receiving bribes from the Los Zetas drug cartel, a transnational criminal organization, in order for the cartel to have the unfettered ability to operate in Tamaulipas while Mr. Hernández was governor, " Hampton said in the hearing. Hampton said that between 2009 and 2012, Flores used shell companies to wire $30 million into the U.S. for his clients and made $2.5 million in commission. Federal authorities have seized millions of dollars in Flores' U.S. bank accounts and his house in The Dominion in Bexar County. In a statement circulated to Mexican media in July, Hernandez said he "categorically denies" the allegations. "It's a totally false declaration," Hernandez wrote. "I'm clean. I was investigated along with my family exhaustively and with full rigor in Mexico by the past federal administration. ..." Hernández succeeded then-Tamaulipas Gov. Tomás Yarrington Ruvalcaba, who served from 1999 to  The charges also claim he was laundering bribes in South Texas from the Zetas, and that the Gulf Cartel the Zetas once worked for paid him so they could operate in Tamaulipas. Both cases are being investigated by multiple agencies, including the DEA, IRS, FBI and Homeland Security Department. None had additional comment beyond a news release issued by Magidson's office. | ||
| "Commander Polimenso" succumbs to injuries sustained in shootout Posted: 04 Oct 2014 04:14 PM PDT By Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat  Evidently, there was no autopsy because reports state his family had already claimed the body and it was transferred to Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas for memorial services. Also known as "Metro 60", was a former agent of the preventative police in Miguel Aleman and Mier. He was originally a member of Los Zetas cartel and jumped to the Gulf Cartel after the split, working as a sicario and other activities of criminality in Reynosa including, extortion of the University of Valle de México in Reynosa. Originally the news was he died in a shootout confrontation, later the news was updated to state he was in the hospital but in serious or critical condition. His injuries were sustained September 30th, on the following is from the BB post of that event; The Attorney General of Justice of Tamaulipas reported that in the town of Reynosa, three armed men lost their lives after assaulting soldiers; the confrontation was recorded shortly after 04:00. The conflict transpired on Hidalgo boulevard, boulevard near Mil Cumbres and Avenida El Pasito, where armed civilians who were traveling in in a late model Tahoe SUV, encountered Mexican Army soldiers performing tours of surveillance. Realizing the presence of the soldiers, the gunmen opened fire as they attempted to flee, but the driver of the Tahoe lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a lamppost. The gunmen were members of Los Metros, an enforcer group of CDG (Golfo Cartel), including José Ismael Mendoza Falcón, alias "Polimenso" or "Metro 60". Mendoza did not die at the scene and was transferred to a nearby hospital for medical care where he succumbed to his injuries. He had sustained 5 bullet impacts. The other metros died at the scene of the confrontation. Itzli notes a letter that has been making the rounds of social media that contains some interesting information, here is an extraction: Reynosa is fed up with the acts of Los Metros. It taunts the death of the "drug addict" Polimenso and threatens that the same will happen to others since the citizens know where they and their families all live and hide. Note before reading the account below, that the photos taken at the scene depicted a man either dead or unconscious, although they may have been taken before the following occurred, just remember the information given in social media is not confirmed, in Tamaulipas narco news has a virtual blackout since 2010. The notice further claims:  Tachas is said to be in charge of the operations in Reynosa. The notice demandis no more road spikes [ponchallantas], no more shootouts, no more armed patrols, no more using drugs in public, no more drug sales where kids can see, no more killing relatives of cartel members, no more killing of innocent people, no more robbery, no more extortions, no more kidnappings. The warning is one week to change their ways or they will be hunted down, their locations given to the soldiers. It claims that they know it to be true as soldiers have been showing up to houses they thought were previously unknown by authorities.
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