Attack on Monterrey Casino Royale is DOMESTIC TERRORISM and a “game changer”

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2011/08/27  No Responses »
Aug 272011
 
Attack on Monterrey Casino Royale is DOMESTIC TERRORISM and a "game changer"

The violence that has racked one of Mexico’s largest and richest cities escalated Thursday afternoon when gunmen entered a casino in the San Jaronimo section of San Pedro Nuevo Leon terrorizing the customers and using incendiary grenades and gasoline to turn the building into a blazing inferno, resulting in the deaths of 61 people and numerous more injured, some critically. San Jaronimo is an enclave within the municipality of San Pedro, south of the Santa Catarina River which separates municipal Monterrey and is home to some of Monterrey’s wealthier citizens. This attack is a game changer in President Calderon’s 5 year war against various drug trafficking organizations (DTO’s) sometimes called “cartels” by American media. This cowardly attack against citizens and MORE

Spillover Violence From Mexico’s Drug Cartels: How Real Is It?

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2011/05/27  No Responses »
May 272011
 
Spillover Violence From Mexico’s Drug Cartels: How Real Is It?

BY HERNAN ROZEMBERG & RUXANDRA GUIDI KPBS With every report of drug-related violence in Northern Mexico, comes the fear that the shootouts, the assassinations, and kidnappings will spillover into the United States. But when does a crime along the border become an example of spillover violence? And when is it just a crime? It’s all a matter of local interpretation and, sometimes, political manipulation. Even some media hysteria. “Let me tell you about the kidnapping epidemic that is happening in our own backyard. Phoenix, Arizona, is America’s kidnapping capital. It is the second worst city after Mexico City, in the world!” declared Fox News host Glenn Beck two years ago. He was referring to a rash of kidnappings that were widely used MORE

12 Zetas, 1 Marine killed in Falcon lake Gunbattle, but still no David Hartley nor his Jet Ski

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2011/05/09  8 Responses »
May 092011
 
12 Zetas, 1 Marine killed in Falcon lake Gunbattle, but still no David Hartley nor his Jet Ski

Twelve suspected members of the Zetas drug gang and a member of Mexico’s Navy were killed in a shootout on an island in a lake that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said Monday. The Mexican Navy said the shootout occurred Sunday on Falcon Lake, located between Texas and the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, after troops patrolling the area spotted a camping area on an island. The suspected drug traffickers used the island for storing marijuana to be transported by boat to the United States, the Navy said in a statement. After the shootout, the Navy said it seized guns, ammunition and bullet-proof vests from the island. Falcon Lake drew the attention of law enforcement authorities on both side of the MORE

Feds charge 34 Arizonans for trafficking weapons to Sinaloa cartel

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2011/01/25  3 Responses »
Jan 252011
 
Feds charge 34 Arizonans for trafficking weapons to Sinaloa cartel

From Arizona Republic via Borderland Beat Robert Anglen The Arizona Republic Federal authorities announced charges today against 34 Arizonans accused of buying about 700 guns in gun stores in the state on behalf of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel. The arrests and seizures are proof that Arizona has become an iron highway for guns headed south of the border, according to federal authorities, who say they don’t know how many weapons are being smuggled into Mexico every day. Dozens of AK-47s, and .50 caliber rifles were among the semi-automatic weapons legally purchased in single-day transactions at Arizona gun stores by straw buyers paid by the cartel, said U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke. “This is a huge problem in this state. It is MORE

US guns definitively tied to Mexican cartel violence

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2010/12/18  13 Responses »
Dec 182010
 
US guns definitively tied to Mexican cartel violence

Nativist Mexican basher Tom Tancredo recently made this asinine comment in an article about the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, concerning weapons used by Mexican cartel members. The allegation that the Sinaloa drug cartel obtained those AK-47s from gun shops in the United States is nonsensical. That’s a fairy tale cooked up by the Obama administration and endorsed by the Mexican government because they do not want to admit that the cartels get most of their serious weaponry from the international black market and the Mexican military itself. And as we pointed out, Tancredo and his followers are imbeciles. The truth comes out in this article published at BORDERLAND BEAT. As Mexico Drug Violence Runs Rampant, U.S. Guns MORE

Pinal County Deputy Louis Puroll suspended – Threatened Phoenix New Times Reporter

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2010/12/02  Comments Off
Dec 022010
 
Pinal County Deputy Louis Puroll suspended - Threatened Phoenix New Times Reporter

Ya’ll remember Pinal County Deputy Louie Puroll? He’s the “hero” deputy sheriff in Arizona who allegedly was wounded in a gun battle with “cartel members? When he finally decided to cooperate with investigators, Puroll the told investigators he was following a group of smugglers carrying bales of marijuana when he was ambushed by men firing AK-47 rifles about 50 miles south of Phoenix on April 30. In what Puroll described as a running gunbattle, he was grazed by a bullet in the back. Paul Rubin writing for Phoenix New Times, questioned Puroll’s story and wounds, as did those of us who write for Immigration Clearinhouse. In the article “Pinalcchio”, Rubins presents evidence from noted forensic scientists that disputes Puroll’s story MORE

Los Tucanes de Tijuana investigated for links to cartelistas

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2010/11/19  Comments Off
Nov 192010
 
Los Tucanes de Tijuana investigated for links to cartelistas

Tijuana Municipal Public Security Secretary , Leyzaola Julian Perez, confirmed the a criminal investigation against members of Los Tucanes de Tijuana and its representative, Mario Quintero, was underway for alleged criminal links to the Tijuana Cartel led by Arellano Felix and his brothers. The groups came to the attention of authorities during the investigation of an attack in November 2009 which cartel members cartel members used trucks cloned to resemble those of the Mexican Army. Leyzaola Julian Perez explained that the investigation began when authorities found a videotape featuring the group, famous for it’s “narco corridos” or songs glorifying the cartels, which was taken in the same place where cloned military trucks were located cloned that were used in the MORE

Heavy fighting in and around Cd. Mier – Mexican military – It’s payback time

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2010/11/19  Comments Off
Nov 192010
 
Heavy fighting in and around Cd. Mier - Mexican military - It's payback time

A new Mexican troop buildup in Cd. Mier has to do with five Mexican Army soldiers captured by the Zetas. The Zetas didn’t just capture those soldiers on Monday that we reported on, but they also killed four more soldiers. The Mexican military went into Cd. Mier last night partly as payback. Heavy fighting between drug cartel gunmen and the Mexican military broke out in the Tamaulipas towns of Nuevo Guerrero and Miguel Aleman this week, prompting the two international bridges linking both towns to Starr County,Texas to go on high alert to guard against spillover violence crossing into Texas. Two international crossings in Starr County, the Falcon Dam crossing and the Starr County bridge, were put on alert Wednesday MORE

Mexican Drug Cartels working hand in hand with U.S. White Supremacists

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2010/11/18  2 Responses »
Nov 182010
 
Mexican Drug Cartels working hand in hand with U.S. White Supremacists

The activities of white supremacist groups in the United States could be financed by Mexican drug cartels as a result of ties between the two groups, experts say. Members of the supremacist gang Aryan Brotherhood are collaborating with organized crime groups the Mexican Mafia and the Tijuana Cartel to smuggle illegal drugs both in state and federal prisons, and on the California-Mexico market. “The cartels are looking for partners, bridges, to connect their activities inside the United States, and the supremacists have become an important force on the streets and inside prisons,” according to Larry Gaines, gang expert and president of the criminal justice department at San Bernardino State University.

First Casualties reported in “La Frontera Chica” offensive

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2010/11/15  Comments Off
Nov 152010
 
First Casualties reported in "La Frontera Chica" offensive

Reports coming from the National Defense Secretariat that military units on routine patrol in the abandoned town of Cd. Mier came under attack by armed gunman believed to belong to Los Zetas. 4 soldiers were killed and 8 sicarios lost their lives in the confrontation. There were unconfirmed rumors that some military members were kidnapped by Los Zetas. The army recovered 7 AK-47′s, several pistols, 39 magazines and 650 rounds of ammunition of various calibers.

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