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• Iguala mayor's wife charged with organized crime offenses
• Rurales Commander, 'El Americano', charged with aggravated murder
• Don't vote for PRI they have a pact with La Tuta : Padre Goyo

Iguala mayor's wife charged with organized crime offenses Posted: 05 Jan 2015 07:22 PM PST By Lucio using information from AP and Borderland Beat archives The wife of the ex-mayor of Iguala, the Mexican city where 43 college students went missing in September, has been ordered jailed indefinitely for organized crime, prosecutors said Monday. Maria de los Angeles Pineda had been held under provisional arrest until now, in the case which has rocked Mexico. The 43 are feared dead. Today, a judge issued a warrant for her pretrial detention "for her likely role in committing organized crime ... and operations with funds of illicit origin," said Tomas Zeron, who leads the criminal investigation unit of the prosecutor's office. The students went missing September 26, in a massacre by a police-backed gang that sparked nationwide protests and caused a crisis for President Enrique Pena Nieto. Confessions made during the investigation have indicated that the ex mayor, Jose Luis Abarca, ordered police to crack down on the students to stop them from protesting at a public event his wife was to lead.                                                Maria Pineda's family including her parents Authorities say the aspiring teachers vanished after narco-linked police attacked their buses in the city of Iguala, allegedly under orders from the mayor and his wife in a night of terror that left seven other people dead.   Among the other seven murder victims,  were a 15 year old soccer player killed as police open fired on the team bus on that hellish night, and a young father Julio Mondragon, a normalista whose body was discovered on the morning of the 27th.  His face had been flayed Pineda's family, including her parents, are members of Guerreros Unidos Cartel, with a long history of being a part of organized crime, initially with BLO.  All family members, with the exception of Maria, have been incarcerated at least once, for organized crime activities.  Two of Pineda's brothers were killed on the order of Arturo Beltrán Leyva.  Maria's mother was kidnapped and interviewed by her captors.  In the video she was asked about the killings of her sons, and she said they were killed because of a betrayal to BLO. The police then delivered the young men to members of the Guerreros Unidos cartel  who told investigators they took them in two trucks to a landfill, killed them, burned their bodies and dumped them in a river. For now, only one of the students has been positively identified from charred remains, which leaves little hope of finding the 42 others.

Rurales Commander, 'El Americano', charged with aggravated murder Posted: 05 Jan 2015 07:22 PM PST by Lucio The First Criminal Court in Morelia issued a formal arrest warrant forLuis Antonio Torres,alias  "el Americano". At 4:30PM Judge Consuelo López read her decision, charging El Americano and the 9 men who turned themselves in,  of aggravated murder, citing the group of  being responsible for 10 of the 11 deaths. She ordered formal imprisonment for Americano and his group. Judge López, reported that not only was Americano at the scene, but he was a participant in the shootout and fired a weapon.  He also tested positive for gunshot residue on his right hand.   Only a fraction of persons from Americano's group have turned themselves in,  there is a total of 15 others who had warrants issued against them, they remain at large. She said that it had not yet been determined who began the conflict.

Don't vote for PRI they have a pact with La Tuta : Padre Goyo Posted: 05 Jan 2015 07:26 PM PST Translated for Borderland Beat from a Michoacán 3.0 article Padre "Goyo" Morelia , Michoacán, not one vote for the PRI, its the party of the devil, it keeps alliances with criminal organisations, and keeps a pact it made with La Tuta since the last elections , said Padre Gregorio Lopez of Apatzingan after seeing the warrant that was issued for the arrest of Hipolito Mora and his followers. But its not unique proof that the PRI is in alliance with La Tuta , the more convincing proof is in the form of the incarcerated 240 auto-defensas , imprisoned using false proof and sown evidence. They were even arrested a day before the end of the disarmament period , denounced the priest. Other proof of the alliance with the PRI with criminal groups , are Los Viagra. A delinquent group that love Alfred Castillo , they are committing a series of crimes in Apatzingan and the Tierra Caliente Region. They have protection from the Municipal Presidency. Los Viagras are assassins, they have " disappeared 16 youths , the proof is that they have not been arrested. They know where the bodies are but the institutions of Michoacán are lost , they are colluding with criminal organizations. He explained that if the clandestine graves that exist in Tierra Caliente were opened up they would find more than 500 bodies , but the PRI does not want to dig them up because they are covering up for the criminals. "We believe that there will not be elections , as that will ensure the Presidency of the IEM because there are simply no conditions and because the party of the devil follows in alliance with criminals, but if there are elections , we exhort all Michoacanos to vote PRD or PAN , they are the larger parties and will give less votes to PRI said Padre "Goyo". This was all said in a brief interview that he gave to the media close to Francisco J Muijica prison, where this Saturday he ate with the imprisoned autodefensas and heard from everyone about their living conditions. Their stories are sad , because these noble folk , hard working , are the principal bread winners for their families , their families have been plunged into poverty because their men-folk cannot work the fields, many of their families are migrating because they have been threatened and don't even have food, explained father Gregorio. He also denounced that many of the vehicles used by Los Viagra , were stolen and are the property of the auto-defensas, but were stolen from them by Los Viagras after the arrest of the auto-defensas. They didn't want to steal only the vehicles, but stole a lot of other property of the auto-defensas , leaving their families in misery , said the priest. For all of this , we are already working to request the intervention of Amnesty International , because there are an infinite number of violations of human rights being perpetrated by the State itself, and they are responsible for abuses of the auto-defensas and their families. Spike : Padre "Goyo" telling it like it is. In his" no fear" style, you have to admire the bravery of the man. I rate him in the same esteem that I hold Don Alejo. Original article in Spanishhttp://michoacantrespuntocero.com  

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