Hello.... Hola ..... Bienvenido(a) Welcome !
As I begin a new year, I anticipated to expand my knowledge of what I understand is the Border, the issues, the problems that surrounds our brothers and sisters just across the Rio Grande. Or is it the Rio Bravo? The names of the "twin cities," El Paso,Tx and Cd. Juarez Chihuahua, are very unique in history and culture.
For now these next paragrahps are only a glimpse of the news stories that are shared with the world. Please feel free to share your opinions.
zara~
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As I begin a new year, I anticipated to expand my knowledge of what I understand is the Border, the issues, the problems that surrounds our brothers and sisters just across the Rio Grande. Or is it the Rio Bravo? The names of the "twin cities," El Paso,Tx and Cd. Juarez Chihuahua, are very unique in history and culture.
For now these next paragrahps are only a glimpse of the news stories that are shared with the world. Please feel free to share your opinions.
zara~
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Cartoon Reads:
PAN-Your Creation!
PRI-But, You Unleashed it!
The two-main political parties, pointing fingers.... again.....
The massacre of of teenagers killed last saturday in Cd. Juarez, has brought up many more serious concerns with safety and the government's capability to resolve the assassinations with the drug war.
Latest new top stories of the day, today Friday, February 5, 2010...
(where ever you are, I hope you are having a nice one.... )
In other news...
Mientras que en otras noticias...
El Paso Times Reports:
Juárez massacre: Football players, honor student among 16 victims
· By Adriana Gómez Licón and Daniel Borunda / El Paso Times
They were described as good kids, students and athletes. Some played American-style football -- not the typical targets in a drug war.
The massacre of Juárez high school and college students on Saturday created a shock wave that continues to rumble across a city numbed by years of brutal and unstoppable violence.
Two more victims died at a hospital, officials said Monday, raising the death toll to 16, with 12 others still hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Four remain in critical condition.
On Monday, officials said investigators were questioning a suspect and added that the massacre may be linked to a November shooting in which an El Pasoan was killed.
The dead ranged in age from 13 to 42 years old. At least 11 were teenagers. They were shot late Saturday night when gunmen sealed off a block and stormed into a birthday party in a working-class residential neighborhood in southeastern Juárez and began firing with large-caliber handguns and rifles.
"It is a shame that we are losing so much youth," said Fernando Gallegos Esparza, a football coach in Juárez.
Five of the teens who were shot played on an American-style football team coached by Gallegos Esparza. Two of them died.
· By Adriana Gómez Licón and Daniel Borunda / El Paso Times
They were described as good kids, students and athletes. Some played American-style football -- not the typical targets in a drug war.
The massacre of Juárez high school and college students on Saturday created a shock wave that continues to rumble across a city numbed by years of brutal and unstoppable violence.
Two more victims died at a hospital, officials said Monday, raising the death toll to 16, with 12 others still hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Four remain in critical condition.
On Monday, officials said investigators were questioning a suspect and added that the massacre may be linked to a November shooting in which an El Pasoan was killed.
The dead ranged in age from 13 to 42 years old. At least 11 were teenagers. They were shot late Saturday night when gunmen sealed off a block and stormed into a birthday party in a working-class residential neighborhood in southeastern Juárez and began firing with large-caliber handguns and rifles.
"It is a shame that we are losing so much youth," said Fernando Gallegos Esparza, a football coach in Juárez.
Five of the teens who were shot played on an American-style football team coached by Gallegos Esparza. Two of them died.
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‘Queremos justicia, no más mentiras...’
Rocío GallegosEl Diario
“Queremos justicia, no más mentiras”, gritaron al gobernador José Reyes Baeza Terrazas parientes de los jóvenes masacrados en Villas de Salvárcar, mientras el mandatario realizaba un recorrido casa por casa para ofrecer sus condolencias a las familias de los fallecidos.
A voz en cuello, un grupo de personas le exigió al funcionario estatal que encuentre a los verdaderos culpables de la matanza que tiene ahora enlutadas a 16 familias juarenses.
“El que agarraron, los que dicen que son los asesinos no lo son, queremos a los verdaderos culpables”, clamó con evidente coraje Patricia Dávila, tía de los hermanos Marcos y Luis Piña Dávila, en medio de una protesta que realizaron ayer sin importar la lluvia que en esos momentos arreció.
La mujer explicó que su apreciación se basa en el tipo de arma que la autoridad señala como la usada en ese hecho y las heridas recibidas por los fallecidos y lesionados.
‘Queremos justicia, no más mentiras...’
Rocío GallegosEl Diario
“Queremos justicia, no más mentiras”, gritaron al gobernador José Reyes Baeza Terrazas parientes de los jóvenes masacrados en Villas de Salvárcar, mientras el mandatario realizaba un recorrido casa por casa para ofrecer sus condolencias a las familias de los fallecidos.
A voz en cuello, un grupo de personas le exigió al funcionario estatal que encuentre a los verdaderos culpables de la matanza que tiene ahora enlutadas a 16 familias juarenses.
“El que agarraron, los que dicen que son los asesinos no lo son, queremos a los verdaderos culpables”, clamó con evidente coraje Patricia Dávila, tía de los hermanos Marcos y Luis Piña Dávila, en medio de una protesta que realizaron ayer sin importar la lluvia que en esos momentos arreció.
La mujer explicó que su apreciación se basa en el tipo de arma que la autoridad señala como la usada en ese hecho y las heridas recibidas por los fallecidos y lesionados.
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10 alleged members of drug ring arrested
Daniel Borunda / El Paso Times
Posted: 02/04/2010 12:00:00 AM MST
Mexican authorities arrested 10 members of a drug cell in the Valley of Juárez working for the cartel of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, officials said Wednesday.
The cell, including lookouts at young as 14, is allegedly responsible for killings in a war against the Juárez drug cartel, including three unidentified men found in a narcofosa, or narco-grave, on Monday in the desert near the village of San Isidro.
The cell was allegedly run by Fernando "El Popeye" González Ordaz, 34.
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Tucson (USA), 26 ene (EFE) .- A new pilot program at the Arizona border allows Mexican citizens who traffic in drugs should be tried in his country with the evidence obtained by U.S. authorities.Kevin Kelly's agent in charge of the office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE by its initials in English) in the city of Nogales, Ariz., told Efe that this is the first initiative of its kind on the border between the United . UU. and Mexico and is valid only at the DeConcini port of entry in this city."This program only applies to Mexican citizens, not naturalized persons or persons with legal residence in the U.S.," said federal agent.
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Los Angeles, Jan 28 (EFE) .- A Mexican fugitive was extradited by the authorities of his country to the United States to face trial for the death of a Border Patrol agent, in January 2008, authorities said MondayAccording to the indictment, Jesus Navarro Montes, 24, intentionally ran his Hummer Aguilar, 31, and six as a member of the patrol, when he tried to arrest him on suspicion of drug trafficking near the Calexico-Mexicali border crossings.Representatives of the prosecutors reported today that Navarro was taken to Houston and from there will be transferred to the custody of the Attorney in the Southern District of California.The suspect had been arrested earlier in Mexico, near Mexicali, but was released in June 2008 on the grounds that there was no international arrest warrant, which led the protest of the U.S. authorities.Navarro was recaptured in February 2009 by authorities in Mexico, with the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Prisoner Custody Service (U.S. Marshals).If convicted, the suspect could be sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug trafficking and life imprisonment for the murder of the agent, said prosecution spokeswoman.
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Tucson (Arizona), 30 ene (EFE) .- Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords said in an interview with Efe that is necessary to support existing security programs that are working to stop the flow of migration and drug trafficking. "We know that drug trafficking and illegal immigrants is a multibillion-dollar industry that is increasingly dangerous and violent so I think we should support the resources we already have and make sure we have the necessary funds," he said.According to Democratic Representative District 8, which includes portions of the border with Mexico, it must use "smart security" to secure the border by combining technology, surveillance and enforcement of immigration laws inside the U.S..He argued that last week visited the temporary checkpoint of the Border Patrol on Interstate 19, which the Federal Government has just awarded him $ 1.5 million for its expansion.The Tucson sector Border Patrol, which covers 90 percent of the Arizona border, is the only sector of the federal agency does not have a permanent checkpoint."During the day I visited the Border Patrol had a major drug seizure at the checkpoint, then we realized its effectiveness," he said.But residents of nearby communities are opposed to the temporary checkpoint to be permanent, arguing that affects tourism and create a greater presence of groups of illegal immigrants and traffickers in their fields who seek alternate routes to avoid agents border.The temporary checkpoint has been operating since 2005 and its renewal is expected to be completed next April.But it was not easy to combine different elements to optimize security and border projects like the virtual fence have faced constant problems to function.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expects the system consisting of 17 towers located near the border town of Sasabe, Arizona, began to be operated by the Border Patrol in late 2009.
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Mexico's account of deaths linked to the drug war this year has now exceeded more than one-thousand people, in only 34 days according to the recount published by the local newspaper, El Universal.
México supera barrera de los mil muertos por narcotráfico en lo que va de año
La violencia del crimen organizado en México se ha saldado ya con la muerte de más de mil personas en lo que va de año, cifra que se alcanzó en tan solo 34 días, según un recuento periodístico que publica el diario El Universal.
Cuerpos baleados en la orilla de la carretera en Ciudad Juárez. - EFE Ser guardaespaldas, un negocio en México Jueces, nuevo objetivo de los narcos Narco museo en México
La violencia del crimen organizado en México se ha saldado ya con la muerte de más de mil personas en lo que va de año, cifra que se alcanzó en tan solo 34 días, según un recuento periodístico que publica el diario El Universal.
Cuerpos baleados en la orilla de la carretera en Ciudad Juárez. - EFE Ser guardaespaldas, un negocio en México Jueces, nuevo objetivo de los narcos Narco museo en México
México, (EFE).- La cifra de un millar de asesinados se obtuvo más rápido que en años anteriores, ya que en 2009 se alcanzó en 51 días, en 2008 en 113, 2007 en 134, 2006 en 181, y 2005 en 254, de acuerdo con los datos no oficiales que proporciona ese periódico todos los días.
En Ciudad Juárez, matar es una profesión
En México ninguna autoridad ofrece con oportunidad y regularidad cifras sobre el número total de muertes violentas que ocurren en el país, y tampoco se discriminan las que pueden haber sido ocasionadas por la acción del crimen organizado.
Sólo el Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (Inegi) entrega una vez al año datos de homicidios anuales pero con varios meses de retraso, razón por la cual algunos diarios mexicanos cuentan el tipo de muertes que cada uno considera pudieron haber sido ocasionadas por el narcotráfico.
De acuerdo con El Universal, hasta el jueves en México habían sido asesinadas 1.015 personas, de las cuales el 24,3% murieron en el norteño estado de Chihuahua, seguido de Sinaloa (22,5%), Baja California (11,5%), Durango (8,2%) y Guerrero (7,8%).
Según estos cálculos independientes, en México cada 48 minutos una persona pierde la vida en un crimen relacionado con la operación de las organizaciones delictivas y narcotraficantes.
De acuerdo con datos de la fiscalía federal, en los primeros tres años de Gobierno del presidente mexicano, Felipe Calderón, quien asumió el poder en diciembre de 2006, murieron en el país unas 15.000 personas por estos delitos, aunque los periódicos aseguran que la cifra supera los 17.000.
En México operan varias organizaciones narcotraficantes, la mayoría enfrentadas entre sí, entre las que se cuentan los carteles de las drogas de Sinaloa, Golfo, La Familia, Los Zetas, Tijuana y Juárez, entre otros.
Terra/EFE
En Ciudad Juárez, matar es una profesión
En México ninguna autoridad ofrece con oportunidad y regularidad cifras sobre el número total de muertes violentas que ocurren en el país, y tampoco se discriminan las que pueden haber sido ocasionadas por la acción del crimen organizado.
Sólo el Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (Inegi) entrega una vez al año datos de homicidios anuales pero con varios meses de retraso, razón por la cual algunos diarios mexicanos cuentan el tipo de muertes que cada uno considera pudieron haber sido ocasionadas por el narcotráfico.
De acuerdo con El Universal, hasta el jueves en México habían sido asesinadas 1.015 personas, de las cuales el 24,3% murieron en el norteño estado de Chihuahua, seguido de Sinaloa (22,5%), Baja California (11,5%), Durango (8,2%) y Guerrero (7,8%).
Según estos cálculos independientes, en México cada 48 minutos una persona pierde la vida en un crimen relacionado con la operación de las organizaciones delictivas y narcotraficantes.
De acuerdo con datos de la fiscalía federal, en los primeros tres años de Gobierno del presidente mexicano, Felipe Calderón, quien asumió el poder en diciembre de 2006, murieron en el país unas 15.000 personas por estos delitos, aunque los periódicos aseguran que la cifra supera los 17.000.
En México operan varias organizaciones narcotraficantes, la mayoría enfrentadas entre sí, entre las que se cuentan los carteles de las drogas de Sinaloa, Golfo, La Familia, Los Zetas, Tijuana y Juárez, entre otros.
Terra/EFE
I wonder how effective that permanent fence is really going to be! I posted an article similar to that relating to the delays it is having. But it really does nothing for what's happening in Juarez right now, does it? The CNN video I posted for my second day on the blog talks about controlling things "leaving" the U.S. which I think is also a good idea. I remember going into Agua Prieta for the first time and no one did anything to stop us-we just walked in and nothing happened. Also, on the way back, I can't tell you how many bottles of liquor (beyond the recommended amount) came into the U.S. when we left Mexico! Interesting articles, thanks!
ReplyDeleteI do not know who knows about this but days after the shootings of the teenagers that nobody knew what happened, there was a telephone conference with the government on which people could call in and give opinions and this lady called and asked one of the politicians, I havent heard anything been said about the possibility of these kids to be mistaken with the "doble A". Since this football team was named doble A because it was a varsity team, the junior varsity was named A. This lady was the mother of a child who played for the junior varsity team and she said that maybe these kids got confused with the doble A, and that the "narcos" who shot them could of thought that the party that was going on was for the real doble A.
ReplyDeleteWendy R. De la Torre