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- United States warns of the potential of CJNG and Los Cunis
- 2015 Mexico Peace Index
- Armed robbers steal $8.5 million in gold from Mexican
- Public shootouts return to Tijuana
| United States warns of the potential of CJNG and Los Cunis Posted: 08 Apr 2015 11:47 PM PDT Translated for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana article by Otis B Fly-Wheel United States warns of the potential of Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion and Los Cunis.
Zeta Redaction and Cortesia This Wednesday the Government of the United States added to its list of narco trafficker Bosses the leaders of the CJNG, Nemesio Osegura Cervantes "El Mencho" amd Abigael Gonzalez Valencia, who heads the criminal organisation of "Los Cunis". The Treasury department, through the Office of Control of Foreign Assets (OFAC) warned that both Mexican drug Cartels and their leaders play an important role in international drug trafficking. Because of this, the US Authorities determined to freeze any assets held by the suspected drug traffickers in that country and banned its nationals to transact with the aforementioned. John E Smith, Director of OFAC, said that in the last few years, we have seen an increase in the erosion of the historically powerful cartels next to the emergence of new organizations of drug trafficking like the CJNG and their close allies "Los Cunis".
The decision to incorporate Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes and Abigael Gonzalez Valencia to the list of heads of narco trafficking organisations was taken by OFAC in coordination with the Division of Los Angeles Drug Control Administration, demonstrates our determination to reverse this trend and to disrupt significantly the activities of their leaders, reiterated John E Smith. The North American communication details that CJNG emerged five years ago from what was the Milenio Cartel, dismantled after the capture of its leader Armando Valencia Cornelius and his successors. Since then the organization has expanded its dominion further than Jalisco to other States of Mexico, including Michoacán and Colima. CJNG developed links with other criminal organizations in all of the world, including the United States, Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. A big part of this expansion is its impact on rival groups of criminals like the Knights Templar and Los Zetas, through the elimination of their territory and market share, which has resulted in violent clashes. With more territory, add the Americans, the Jalisco Cartel has been able to increase its drug trade, wealth and influence. About their leader, Nemesio or Ruben Oseguera Cervantes "El Mencho", has been involved in a significant manner in drug trafficking since the decade of the 1990's. "El Mencho", was imprisoned in the United States for three years, where he was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute heroin in the Federal District Court of North California in 1994. After he was put at liberty, Oseguera Cervantes returned to Mexico to continue his drug trafficking activities. As for "Los Cunis", this group emerged for the first time in 1990 as a faction of the Milenio Cartel and is engaged in the trafficking of cocaine and methamphetamine. The close alliance between the CJNG and "Los Cunis" is related to Abigael Gonzalez Valencia, who is the brother in law of Oseguera Cervantes. Gonzalez Valencia also has participated in a significant manner to the trafficking of drugs, principally methamphetamine. "El Cuini" was detained at the end of February 2015 by Mexican Authorities. In March of 2014, a grand jury in Federal District Court for the District of Colombia accused Oseguera Cervantes and Gonzalez Valencia under charges of to be the leaders of criminal enterprises among other crimes. Original article in Spanish at Zetatijuana  | ||||
| Posted: 08 Apr 2015 08:47 PM PDT  "The Mexico Peace Index, produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace, provides a comprehensive measure of peacefulness in Mexico from 2003 to 2014. This report aims to deepen the understanding of the trends, patterns and drivers of peace in Mexico while highlighting the important economic benefits that will flow from a more peaceful society."  Highlights
"The Mexico Peace Index (MPI) derives from the work of the Global Peace Index, a leading global measure of peacefulness that has been produced by IEP annually since 2007. The Index follows a similar methodology to the United Kingdom Peace Index and the United States Peace Index, also produced by IEP, and defines peace as 'the absence of violence or fear of violence'. The MPI measures peace at the state level in Mexico. A key reason for choosing this unit of analysis is that, similar to the United States, Mexico's state governments have wide-ranging powers allowing them to have a significant impact on the level of violence, therefore the response to violence may differ significantly from state to state." The Index is composed of the following seven indicators: 1. HOMICIDE — Homicide rate per 100,000 people Source: Executive Secretary of the National System for Public Security (SESNSP)—cases being investigated by the State Prosecution Authorities 2. VIOLENT CRIME — Violent crime rate per 100,000 people Source: SESNSP 3. WEAPONS CRIME — Weapons crime rate per 100,000 people Source: SESNSP 4. INCARCERATION — Number of people sent to prison per year, per 100,000 people Source: National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) 5. POLICE FUNDING — Federal Government funding to States for the Public Security Contribution Fund per 100,000 people Source: Secretaria de Hacienda y Crédito Publico (SHCP) 6. ORGANIZED CRIME — The number of extortions, drug-trade related crimes, organized crime offenses, and kidnapping per 100,000 Source: SESNSP 7. EFFICIENCY OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM — Proportion of convictions for homicide to total homicides Source: INEGI "All indicators are scored between 1 and 5, with 1 being the most peaceful score, and 5 the least peaceful. After the score for each indicator has been calculated, weights are applied to each of the indicators in order to calculate the final score."
Most and Least Peaceful States With a few exceptions, states in the southern and eastern regions of Mexico are more peaceful than the western, central, and northern regions. Of the ten most peaceful states, only two, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí, are not from the south or the east, while Guerrero is the only southern or eastern state amongst the ten least peaceful. In the last two years, the most peaceful states, while decreasing very slightly in peacefulness, have had only small changes in rank. There has been a much higher degree of variance amongst the least peaceful states. Guanajuato and Michoacán have steadily declined to now be amongst the five least peaceful states. Juxtaposed to this, many of the least peaceful states have recorded large reductions in homicides and violent crime over the last two years. Tables 2 and 3 show the scores and ranks for the most and least peaceful states, both for the overall index, and each of its seven indicators.   | ||||
| Armed robbers steal $8.5 million in gold from Mexican Posted: 08 Apr 2015 05:13 PM PDT Borderland Beat posted by DD with material from National Post DD: While many of the individuals that we see in the news reports of their arrest appear to be stupid, as business entities the cartels in general are far from being stupid. When FBI agents asked 1930's gangster Willie Sutton why he robbed banks, he replied "Because that is where the money is".  While cartels have been stealing iron ore (or entire mines) and oil and gas from pipelines for a long time stealing gold from a gold mining company is much easier and more profitable. It takes a hell of a lot of big trucks and tankers to haul enough iron ore or oil to add up to $8,500,000, which is what this latest heist from a Canadian gold mining company yielded. Willie Sutton didn't rob homes or gas stations or church collection plates, he robbed banks "because there is where the money is" - meaning a lot of it and concentrated in one small place. If you asked the thieves in this case why they robbed the gold mining company, they might have looked at you as if you were crazy for asking and answered the same as Willie Sutton did "its where the money is". The gold was in the form of gold bearing concentrate weighing about 900 (approx. 2000 lbs) kilograms that contained about 7000 ounces of gold.and could be transported in a pickup.  McEwen Mining Inc. says the theft occurred Tuesday at it's refinery at the El Gallo 1 mine in Western Sinaloa state. While McEwen is insured, its policy won't be enough to cover the entire expected loss. "The crime is being vigorously investigated by the Mexican authorities," the company's statement read. No one was injured and mining operations were not affected, McEwan Mining said. But the statement did not provide any more details about the robbery. The Toronto-based company has operations in Mexico, Nevada and Argentina. As we have reported on Borderland Beat, this isn't the first violent incident affecting Canadian mining companies in Mexico this year. Last month, four Goldcorp Inc. workers in the troubled Guerrero state went missing in an apparent kidnapping, while contractors and an employee of Torex Gold Resources in the same region were kidnapped in February. Karma There are many people that live in the areas that are being mined (and that is a good part of central and southern Mexico) are probably laughing at the loss of the 8 1/2 million dollars by the Gold Mining Company. They feel like the government and the mining companies have stolen the land the land they are mining. In Mexico, underground mineral deposits are considered property of the federal government, and their authority to grant mining concessions supersedes, in theory, the rights of those who possess private and communal property on the surface. For decades the residents of the areas that are being mined have fought the government opposing the mining concessions on their land. A provision in the constitution complicates the issue of the government issuing concessions to whoever and where ever they want. The constitution recognizes Indigenous peoples descended from populations which inhabited the country before the formation of the state. As such, their law is above the State. Though the Indigenous population has been the best organized opposition to mining concessions, other residents have joined their protests against mining because they claim it pollutes their water supply and degrades the surface in such a way that it will never be usable. The locals are almost never consulted prior to the issuance of a concession. The mining companies are sometimes so confident they could get a concession from the government that they don't even bother to do it. The rights of the locals, mostly poor and uneducated have been ignored for long they don't bother consulting with them or carry out a environmental impact study. They just show up and start mining. But crazy things do happen. Sometimes the good guys (the people) win a battle. As reported in Mex Files story : If you pick it up, put it back…Ejido El Bajio, in Caborca, Sonora, was robbed!For several years, the ejido has "hosted" (in the sense of being the source of sustenance for a parasite) a Minera Penmont operation which somehow "neglected" to ever get permission to mine. The ejidarios sued in Agrarian courts in 2010, and — in a partial victory — won their suit in June 2014, which only called for the restoration of damages between the commencement of the suit and the court ruling.  However, the court (Tribunal Unitario Agrario, Distrito 28) issued an injunction (amparo) on restitution, under the argument that the company needed to assess the mine, and recover their own equipment. Although the injunction was lifted on December, to date, the company has yet to publish the ruling … mostly because of the likely impact on its stock prices. And, apparently, is still mining. And, the Ejido El Bajio is waiting for not just land reclamation… the company owes them nine tons of gold and four tons of silver… though the Ejido will probably take a check made out for $350,000,000 (US)… as long as its good..  | ||||
| Public shootouts return to Tijuana Posted: 08 Apr 2015 05:01 PM PDT Borderland Beat  Last night a shootout took place in Tijuana when a group of criminals tried to "pick up" a young man whose name hasn't been revealed but has been identified as a 25 year old business owner who has previously been target of attacks against his life. One of the attackers dies in the shootout and 3 more where arrested by the Municipal Police. This shootout happens days after several banners were left in the city allegedly by CJNG and CTNG in which they complain of the rampant kidnappings and warn of attacks against "La Gente del Tomate y sus aliados"(The people from El Tomate and their allies, Tijuano´s note: My guess is they mean Sinaloans as La Gente del Tomate and not a former Teo lieutenant nicknamed El Tomate who was a low rank member). According to Miguel Angel Guerrero Castro, member of the State´s Attorney General Office (PGJE), the young man had just arrived from Mexico City and had been victim of previous attacks: "He knew they wanted to kill him". He denied this was a failed kidnapping and called this a "Direct attack". The names of those arrested are: Marcos Diaz Arreola, Daniel Perez Eugenio and Carlos Ray Flores, all of them with previous criminal records and one of them is wanted in the US for homicide.  The shootout took place last night at about 11:00PM local time when the 25 year old victim, apparently the owner of several junkyards and a barber shop in Tijuana travelled with his bodyguards in the upper class neighborhood of Lomas de Aguacaliente. The criminals caught up with him and began the attack against him and his bodyguards, according to ZETA one of them was armed and was able to shoot back apparently killing one of the attackers, the others tried to escape in a taxicab but were arrested by the local police, 3 AR-15 rifles and 2 handguns were seized. The attackers were using bulletproof vest too. The crashed vehicle of the attackers was left were another AR-15 was seized along the dead body of one of them. SOURCES: AFNTijuana ZETA Tijuana El-Mexicano.com.mx  |
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