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- Ex-Daughter-in-Law of Vincente Fox Kidnapped
- Medina, killer of "El Gato" walks free from prison
- Drug violence in Juarez and its history
- Rodrigo "El Gerber" Vallejo loses injunction, but remains free because "it's not a serious crime"
- 2 Dead in Aizona Desert in deadly drug dispute
| Ex-Daughter-in-Law of Vincente Fox Kidnapped Posted: 01 May 2015 12:42 AM PDT Borderland Beat by DD with material from Reforma, el Universal, and Borderland Beat archives  Maycotte Monica Jurado, former daughter in law of Vicente Fox, was kidnapped Wednesday morning (Wed. 4/29) in San Miguel de Allende, federal security sources confirmed on Thursday. Early reports indicate that the abduction occurred after she left her daughters at the school José Vasconcelos, in that municipality. Monica, ex-wife of Manuel Bribiesca, son of Marta Sahagun and stepson of former President Fox, was traveling in a van and was intercepted by another vehicle while driving down the street Camino Real de Queretaro. Federal and Guanajuato government sources said the kidnapping might have involved a well-organized high level.gang. One hypothesis is that it would be the same group that kidnapped Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, in May 2010, in the State of Queretaro and businessman Eduardo Garcia Valseca, in 2007, also in San Miguel de Allende. There are not many other details available at this point. The first press reports of the kidnapping were published early today in smaller regional news media. We searched for more details and later in the day the major media outlets started reporting it, but basically the exact same story above. There was one report that her ex-husband said he had asked the PGR to join the state police in investigating her abduction. There are no reports or explanations who posited or why the hypothesis that the kidnappers might be the same group that in 2010 kidnapped Diego Fernandez, a high ranking PAN politician and former Presidential candidate or the kidnapping of Eduardo Garcia Valseca in 2007. Those were probably the highest profile kidnapping cases in Mexico until the abduction of the 43 students in Iguala last Sept. If it is in fact the same group, there is a good possibility that Monica will be returned alive after a ransom is paid. But she probably faces a long grueling ordeal until then. Readers of Borderland Beat are familiar with the kidnapping of the 43 students from Igual, but may not be so familiar with the other 2 high profile kidnappings referred to above. So here is a quick look at them.  Borderland Beat covered the kidnapping and release of Diego Fernandez de Cevallos in several stories. From his disappearance to his release. He was held for 7 months until his family paid a ransom of $30 million dollars. His captors were never caught and "el jefe Diego" never released any information about his captors. In fact after his release he said; ""As far as the kidnappers are concerned, as a man of faith I have forgiven (them)," he said, looking fit as he stood in a gray sweat shirt and pants outside his luxurious Mexico City home. "As a citizen, I think that the authorities have some work to do."  The kidnappers had demanded 100 million dollars ransom, but Diego handled the negotiations him self and got them to agree to $30 Million A week after he was taken, his family released a statement to the news media asking authorities to "stay out of this process in order to help the negotiation." After that there was very little hard news on Diego's kidnapping until he was released.  There were a lot of theories and rumors that abounded, ranging from a report that Zapatistas EZLN were responsible to a claim that the Sinaloa cadrtel and Chapo Guzman were responsible. That claim was based on a rumor that Nacho Coronel had been arrested by federal authorities (this was before Nacho was killed in July 2010) and they wanted to use "el Jefe Diego" in a swap to get Coronel released.  The case rocked Mexico. Calderon delayed his trip to Spain trying to analyze and figure out what to do with the disappearance of Diego Fernandez Cevallos EPN left the country on a trip to England shortly after the 43 students were kidnapped. The kidnapping of Eduardo Valseca was in 2007, before Borderland Beat was created by Buggs, so we have no stories in our archives about him. But the Washington Post has an excellent long story by David Montgomery about that horrible ordeal.  Valseca was the son of a Mexico newspaper baron. He and his wife (from Bethesda Md.) and their 3 kids lived on a ranch outside the picturesque Mexican town of San Miguel de Allende. On a June morning in 2007, they had just dropped the kids off at the bilingual Waldorf school they had founded and were returning to the ranch on the narrow dirt leading to their home.This normal day ends and another kind of Mexican normal intrudes. It takes seconds, a precision routine perfected in recent years. A white SUV appears in front of the jeep, going in the same direction on the narrow lane. Its driver slams on the brakes. A blue pickup behind the jeep rams it into the SUV. Men with handguns swarm the jeep, smashing the windows, hauling the couple out. Eduardo gets cracked on the head and bleeds.  Jayne, now 49, was freed that first morning. Eduardo, now 66, spent 7 1/2 months in a tiny, filthy box. The couple decline to say exactly how much ransom was paid, for fear of future extortion attempts. They say it was less than $1 million. The kidnappers had demanded $8 million. Eduardo weighed about 160 pounds when he was kidnapped. He came home weighing about 90, with two gunshot wounds, three broken ribs and other ailments. He didn't talk about his experience for over a year, then agreed to meet with the reporter with the Washington Post Eduardo had assembled the 30 e-mails sent by the kidnappers, the handwritten notes scrawled by Eduardo to Jayne, the photos of Eduardo, emaciated and bleeding in his cell, which the kidnappers e-mailed to Jayne.  It's the first time Eduardo has seen the pictures, read the e-mails. He pores over the images with a magnifying glass, searching for hidden clues, deeper meaning. He sees a stranger, a man with no hope. "It looks like a dead person," he says The bloody bullet holes in his left arm and leg are easy to see. The kidnappers told him in advance which days he would be shot, and they were punctual. They would drape the cell in white sheets like a photo studio.The photos were used to prompt the payment of the ransom by his family.
For the rest of the story, go to the link above for the full Washington Post story There are some similarities to Monica's kidnapping and both of the above. She is from a high profile political family similar to Diego. She was kidnapped after dropping her kids off at school. But until more facts surface about he kidnapping, I think it is to early to say it was the same kidnapping gang. There are other aspects of her life that need further investigation. Her ex-husband Manuel Bribiesca was investigated in 2005 and 2006 for influence peddling in the Ocianic scandal. He and his brother Jorge Alberto Bribiesca Sahagun, were allegedly serving as "coyotes" of Oceanography to win contracts from Pemex , Pemex entered into agreements with the shipping company for about $345 million during the administration of Fox. Monica ended her marriage to Manuel Bribiesca in Feb. 2006 because the storm that was then brewing over the scandal concerning his alleged influence peddling in the Oceanic scandal. Her atty said the divorce did not involve "patrimonial" (who gets what), but how to distance herself from her husbands business and the investigation. Her name was shown as a partner on the charter of 2 of his companies. But she said she had nothing to do with the business and the atty said when he asked her why papers she signed, she said "no se". Like a good Mexican wife, she didn't question her husband when he gave her papers to sign and told her "its just business". A court later found there was no evidence to support the potential charges against Manuel. Although there is no evidence that Manuel Bribiesca's younger brother, Fernando Bribiesca, was involved in the Oceanic scandal and he was not investigated for wrongdoing, he is now the current candidate for the PRI-Green-New Partnership for mayor of Celaya. Ironically he, as the candidate of the PRI-Green-Honeycomb, Fernando Bribiesca, accuses the mayor Ismael Perez of giving public works and service contracts to friends and family. Alejandro Gonzalez Salazar, member of the Youth Network for Mexico's PRI and the campaign of the candidate of the PRI-Green-Honeycomb mayor of Celaya, Fernando Bribiesca, has been missing since April 11th he Municipal Police Juventino Rosas found charred vehicle Alejandro Gonzalez Salazar, 28,  The car, a Volkswagen Jetta, was found Wednesday afternoon on the outskirts of El Romerillo community, officials of the Attorney General of the State under Zone . After examining the wreckage, it was determined Jetta with GMT-1704 boards on which was last seen González Salazar who continues as disappeared. On the night of April 11, Alexander attended a party in which he left Villagrán unknown destination; his family and friends have not seen. I hope we don't have to wait 7 months to see Monica again (as with Diego and Eduardo), but we may never know if the kidnapping was just for money, politically motivated or a vendetta against the Fox family. PS I apologize for not having a photo of Monica. I must have looked at a 1000 photos of Fox and Family, did photo searches in her name and could not find one that I was comfortable in saying it was her. If a reader finds one, send it to me by email at Borderland Beat or to Chivis and we will post it  | ||
| Medina, killer of "El Gato" walks free from prison Posted: 30 Apr 2015 11:38 PM PDT Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana article and El Mexicano [Subject Matter: Zeta Magazine, Victoriano Medina, Hector Felix Miranda Recommendation: Some knowledge of the original killing would be advantageous]  Reporter: Christian Torres Cruz At 12:08 hours of Thursday 30th of April, Victoriano Medina was released early from a 27 year sentence in CEFERESO "El Hongo", for the killing of Journalist Hector Felix Miranda, Co-director and founder of Zeta Magazine. Medina who left prison dressed in prison uniform, affirms to be innocent of the crime committed against "El Gato", in which he always had the support of his boss Jorge Hank Rohn.  Update tomorrow. For the Spanish speakers there is short press conference with Victoriano Medina outside "El Hongo". Quality is not so good, due to wind noise. Original article in Spanish at Zetatijuana and from El Mexicano At liberty now are the two ex employees of Jorge Hank Rhon, convicted of the killing of the Sinaloan Journalist Hector "El Gato" Felix. The journalist and founder of ZETA magazine, killed in Tijuana on 20th of April 1988.
On the 1st of May, Antonio Vera Palestina will get the same benefit he indicated. This last person is imprisoned in CEFERSO No. 1 "Altiplano", located in the State of Mexico. The judicial processes of both, were carried out in common law jurisdiction. Vera Palestina is a friend of Jorge Hank Rhon. The children of the detainee, George and Geronimo Vera Ayala have worked with the Mayor of Tijuana. But since three years ago Jorge Vera ex chief of bodyguards of his godfather, is a fugitive accused by the PGR of having relations to organised crime. Original article in Spanish at El Mexicano  | ||
| Drug violence in Juarez and its history Posted: 30 Apr 2015 07:41 PM PDT Posted on Borderland Beat by Otis B Fly-Wheel, from youtube Jose Reyes Ferriz ex Mayor of Juarez discusses the history of drug violence in Juarez from the 1950,s to 2010. Video shot at Texas University in English. Otis: this was originally reported by Buggs in 2010 see link, but I considered it well worth a repost, for newcomers and seasoned veterans of the narco war in Mexico, the history of Juarez is fascinating as told by Mayor Ferriz.  | ||
| Rodrigo "El Gerber" Vallejo loses injunction, but remains free because "it's not a serious crime" Posted: 30 Apr 2015 07:48 PM PDT Lucio R Borderland Beat material from EJE, and Reforma
A federal court denied an injunction to Rodrigo Vallejo Mora and confirmed the detention order issued against him for the crime of concealment. Judge Herlinda Velasco Villavicencio of The Fifth Tribunal Unitary Criminal court of DF considered that there are sufficient grounds to continue the process against Vallejo for allegedly concealment with respect to Servando Gómez alias "La Tuta", the leader of Caballeros Templarios. The judicial authority, (court) ruled that the pictures taken from the videos and transcripts of the audible parts, are sufficient to establish Vallejo's meetings with the criminal leader. On August 1, 2014, Vallejo was retained after he attended a meeting with SEIDO to give his declaration. Vallejo was retained by the ministerial authority because he refused to give information about the locations where he met with "La Tuta". Days later he was imprisoned in the state prison of Santiaguito, in the State of Mexico, where he was imprisoned until April 11th, when the Eighth Collegiate Criminal Court of the Federal District ordered bail because the crime of concealment is not serious crime. PGR has yet to announce any additional charges of "serious" crimes, such as organized crime conspiracy.  | ||
| 2 Dead in Aizona Desert in deadly drug dispute Posted: 30 Apr 2015 08:11 AM PDT Lucio R Borderland Beat republished from KPHO AZ Thanks goes out to the reader who sent in the story "One of my concerns about the violence is the fact that may spill over to this big metropolitan area of Phoenix and other places" The search continued for several suspects who shot and killed two men and wounded two others in a gun battle six miles east of Gila Bend. The shootings occurred a high-traffic corridor known for human and drug smuggling. The bodies of the two men were found by Maricopa County sheriff's investigators in a cave about six miles east of Gila Bend Monday afternoon. Two other men who were seriously hurt were airlifted to the West Valley Hospital in Goodyear. "We're hoping one will be able to talk and give us more information," Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. The names and ages of the dead and wounded were not released. Semi-automatic weapons and other evidence found in the cave were seized.
One of the wounded men called 911 around 12:30 p.m. Monday reporting he and three others had been shot, according to Arpaio. The caller said the incident had occurred one hour earlier and it was unclear why he had delayed calling. Arpaio said sheriff's SWAT officers located the area and set up a perimeter to protect the investigators from any threat. No suspects were located. "We have an intensive investigation going on to identify the shooters," Arpaio said. A number of bales of marijuana were found in the area but they've not been linked to the shooting scene. "One of my concerns about the violence is the fact that may spill over to this big metropolitan area of Phoenix and other places," Arpaio said. Last week, MCSO, working with border patrol agents, made three significant seizures of drugs near Gila Bend. A total of 12 people were arrested and more than $500,000 worth of drugs were seized.  |
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