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- CDG Matamoros: dismembered remains identified as Joselyn Niño, "La Flaca"
- CJNG Inundates Guadalajara with narco banners
- Constantino Morales Warned He Could Be Killed If He Was Deported. Then He Was.
- Peeved Mexicans: “U.S. Agents will be armed as though they own the place”
| CDG Matamoros: dismembered remains identified as Joselyn Niño, "La Flaca" Posted: 14 Apr 2015 10:57 PM PDT Lucio R. Borderland Beat information and photos from Valor por Tamaulipas  In the parking lot of a Soriana in colonia Lauro Villar, Matamoros, a gruesome discovery was made inside an abandoned truck. The dismembered remains of three persons were found in coolers, one identified as Joselyn Alejandra Niño, a sicaria operating in Rio Bravo. The two others were a male and female, all three were reported as being sicarios (hitmen). They were killed because they worked for a rival group-Los Ciclones. Photographs after the killing, obviously prior to dismemberment, were sent out with a message from "65", who claimed responsibility for the killings, and said that what happened to these three, will happen to all that support Los Ciclones. Warning: Graphic photos on following page    | ||||
| CJNG Inundates Guadalajara with narco banners Posted: 14 Apr 2015 08:54 PM PDT Lucio R. Borderland Beat- Posted by "Pepe", material from Guadalajara Follow andProceso  Early this morning members of CJNG hung dozens of narcomantas (banners) from pedestrian bridges and other points along the main highways and avenues leading into and out of the greater metropolitan Guadalajara area, with messages apologizing to the local citizens for the recent violent incidents in the state. (perhaps the apology is in other banners as it is not included in the one below) The mantas state that their (CJNG) fight is against the Caballeros Templarios (Knights Templar) cartel, the Los Zetas cartel, and abusive and corrupt authorities. One of the banners read: "With great respect to the citizenry, we are the CJNG. We want you to know that the problem is not with you, we are here to support you and support local businesses from the criminals and kidnappers, like the Zetas, the Knights Templars and abusive and corrupt authorities. We will defend Jalisco and other states, as we're now doing, even if we have to shed the blood of our own people," The hanging of the narcomantas immediately activated a security operation in the city's central area. Security agents began the immediate removal of the banners.  Other messages were located outside the urban area, in the direction of Tonala and at the entrance to the Guadalajara-La Barca highway. The offices of the Local Police Commission and other government buildings state government buildings were guarded by the Fuerza Única (FU). An increase in patrols by both the FU and federal authorities in different streets and avenues of the capital city was also implemented, including patrols in black patrol vehicles and even private vehicles, in which heavily armed police officials were seen. These incidents occurred eight days after an attack on members of the FU in the town of San Sebastián del Oeste, where 15 policemen were killed and five others were seriously injured after an ambush at kilometer 55-56, heading toward Potrero de Abajo, and near the intersection with Soyatán.  | ||||
| Constantino Morales Warned He Could Be Killed If He Was Deported. Then He Was. Posted: 14 Apr 2015 06:22 PM PDT Borderland Beat posted by DD republished from Think Progress
"If I am sent back, I will face more violence and I could lose my life," Morales said at a meeting with Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA) in August 2013, according to an Iowa-based, immigration advocacy group Citizens for Community Improvement's (CCI) Facebook page. "We are in severe need of fair immigration reform and a pathway to citizenship. We don't want any excuses; we know you can make this happen." CCI explained in a public Facebook message that Morales was "a former police officer in Mexico who publicly stood up against drug trafficking. After many attempts on his life, he came to the US in search of asylum and an opportunity to continue to work to support his family. He was a kind man. He never let his legal status limit his advocacy for immigrant rights."
Maria [last name withheld], a close family friend, mournfully told ThinkProgress that Morales came to the attention of immigration officials after the police pulled him over for a traffic violation and found out that he didn't have a driver's license. According to his asylum application, Morales was pulled over and let go twice, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) later showed up at his workplace "saying I had to go with them." " The police stopped [him] one time and the police [said]…you don't have any driver's license," Maria said. "He had to go to court, when he go [sic] to the court, they found out he don't [sic] have documentation. That's why ICE be [sic] involved in the case." Although Morales didn't have a license, Iowa state law prohibits certain undocumented immigrants from receiving driver's licenses. Snyders said that Morales applied for asylum twice, with an immigration judge denying his application both times. Morales was ordered to leave by September 2, 2014. In a Facebook post, CCI stated that over 200 calls and hundreds of postcards and letters were sent to ICE to petition against Morales' deportation. "I had never felt this kind of support and care from my community. I am very grateful to all of you, and very proud to be a member of CCI," Morales said in July 2014. "I'm really sad because he's… kind of my family," Maria said, reflecting on Morales' death. She said that Morales worked in construction after he went back to Mexico to support his family. "He's really poor. He no [sic] have any kind of support, so they live day to day. … He's really afraid to stay in the country because in [Mexico], the police or the government doesn't have security for the people." Morales left behind his six kids, a wife, four siblings, and mother. Editors Note: that Morales had two children and a brother, figures provided by Maria. Morales' asylum application stated that he had six children. His asylum application also indicated that ICE officials came to his workplace to take him in. Deported immigrants face a variety of challenges, including death. One Mexican domestic violence victim was found dead in a burnt-out car five days after she was deported in 2013. And in Latin American countries that have high rates of violence, at least five Central American kids turned up at a morgue in San Pedro Sula, Honduras last year. A Human Rights Watch report on deported Central Americans found that those deported "had fear so acute that they were living in hiding, afraid to go out in public." Asylum seekers from Latin America have a difficult time being approved for asylum in the United States based on a credible fear that they are being persecuted or feel threatened in their home countries. Between 2011 and 2012, only 0.1 percent of Mexican asylum-seekers were referred to a credible or reasonable fear interview by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency, a preliminary step to determine whether an individual qualifies for asylum. Still, a State Department travel warning advisory stated that the "state of Guerrero was the most violent state in Mexico in 2013, with 2,087 homicides and 207 reported cases of kidnapping." Last month, a mayoral candidate was decapitated in Guerrero with a note found next to her body threatening any politicians who don't "fall in line," Reuters reported at the time.  | ||||
| Peeved Mexicans: “U.S. Agents will be armed as though they own the place” Posted: 14 Apr 2015 12:36 PM PDT By Lucio R. Borderland Beat- some material used from Luengas Noticias and WSJ  A then president elect, Enrique Peña Nieto took a firm position of not allowing armed foreign agents. At the time he said; "I resolutely do not support the presence of armed U.S. agents in Mexico, but would consider allowing the United States to instruct Mexico's military training in counterinsurgency tactics." That was then. Now, the Mexican Senate has approved the "initiative"of President Enrique Peña Nieto, that would allow foreign agents to carry weapons within the territory of Mexico, arguing they contribute to tourism and immigration and customs control. The representatives of the PRI political party, along with the PAN and PVEM (green party), gave the green light to the legislation, which senators of the PRD and PT (labor party) opposed. Mexican Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade defended the measure, arguing that will contribute to greater integration of the region of North America. However many Mexican's and leaders alike, are not only leery about the initiative, some are damn right peeved and outraged. Like Senator Manuel Bartlett. Taking the floor the senator's prophecy is that the names of the senators who make up this term will go down in history "as an abject Senate that fulfilled the commands of the neighboring foreign power to flood our country of armed foreign agents".
U.S. Agents disguising themselves as Mexican Navy personnel In a Wall Street Journal article published in 2013 and updated in November 2014, there was the following: "U.S. Justice Department personnel are disguising themselves as Mexican Marines to take part in armed raids against drug suspects in Mexico, according to people familiar with the matter, an escalation of American involvement in battling drug cartels that carries significant risk to U.S. personnel. Both the U.S. and Mexican governments have acknowledged in the past that American law-enforcement agencies operate in Mexico providing intelligence support to Mexican military units battling the cartels. The countries have described the U.S. role as a supporting one only. In reality, said the people familiar with the work, about four times a year the U.S. Marshals Service sends a handful of specialists into Mexico who take up local uniforms and weapons to hide their role hunting suspects, including some who aren't on a U.S. wanted list. They said agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration play a supporting role, in similarly small numbers." The attack "The risks became clear on July 11, 2012 when Mexican Marines and a handful of U.S. Marshals personnel dressed as Mexican Marines were fired on as they walked through a remote field in Sinaloa state. One American was shot and wounded, and in the gunfight that followed, more than a half-dozen suspected cartel soldiers were killed, according to people familiar with the incident. It is unclear whether U.S. Marshals personnel shot anyone. A handful of Marshals specialists dressed themselves as Mexican Marines and took Marines weapons. As they and the Mexican Marines set off on foot, a small plane flown by a U.S. Marshals employee kept an eye on the target site, advising colleagues on the ground who in turn guided those on foot. DEA and FBI personnel remained a mile or so away in an armored vehicle, observing and advising. After the firefight, the wounded American was airlifted to a hospital in Culiacán, where he was kept under guard until he could be moved to a hospital in San Antonio." Read the full WSJreport by Devlin Bartlett link here  |
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