Mexican city police chief resigns amid threats »
Posted By RedRiverJ 8 months, 3 weeks ago in NewsCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – The police chief of Mexico's largest border city has stepped down after criminal gangs threatened to kill more cops if he didn't resign.Roberto OrdunaRoberto Orduna
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RedRiverJ8 months, 3 weeks ago
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The slayings were a chilling sign that criminal gangs are determined to control the police force of the biggest Mexican border city, with a population of 1.3 million people across from El Paso, Texas.
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This is a situation that seems to be ignored by our government. If these drug czar's and criminals take over there will be a huge influx of people into the USA. With our economy teetering on very uncertain times, this situation could be detrimental to the USA.-
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nostalgia8 months, 3 weeks ago
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Red it's coming and the government knows it
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This isn't receiving much national attention:
Texas crafts plan for Mexico collapse
Texas officials are working on a plan to respond to a potential collapse of the Mexican government and the specter of thousands fleeing north in fear for their lives after recent reports indicated the country could be on the verge of chaos.
"You hope for the best, plan for the worst," Katherine Cesinger, spokeswoman for Gov. Rick Perry, said last week. "At this point, we've got a contingency plan that's in development."
Late last year the U.S. Department of Defense issued a report that listed Pakistan and Mexico as countries that could rapidly collapse. The report came after similar alarms sounded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and former U.S. drug czar Barry McCaffrey.
"I think their fears are well-grounded," Texas Home land Security Director Steve McCraw told lawmakers recently at a border security briefing.
http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_11655113?source=most...
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nostalgia8 months, 3 weeks ago
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Some other stories which have not received much national attention:
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Reporters Without Borders did an investigative report into what was happening in Ciudad Juárez
More 4,000 people were killed as a result of the government offensive and attacks by drug trafficking cartels in Mexico in 2008. More than a quarter of these deaths, 1,456, occurred in Ciudad Juárez alone. "We are sick with fear, we know that if they want to kill you, they will kill you and no one is there to protect you," a journalist told the delegation. "We scared because of what we know, not because of what we publish," another said.
Eight Ciudad Juárez journalists received threatening mobile phone messages claiming to come from a drug cartel in January 2008. The messages all said, "Don't get mixed up with the wrong people," or something very similar. Armando Rodríguez Carreón was one of the journalists. When he reported the threat to the Chihuahua state prosecutor's office, he was told he should leave town as there was no way of guaranteeing his safety.-
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nostalgia8 months, 3 weeks ago
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This is part of an interview with a US journalist from El Paso who has been covering stories in Mexico for years:
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A Local TV Journalist's Tips for Covering Mexican Border Stories
Al Tompkins: How bad is the violence across the border? How has the situation changed in the last year?
Angela Kocherga: It's the worst I've seen, and I've covered Mexico and the border my entire career. Just in Ciudad Juarez there were 1,600 killings last year. And the bloodbath continues. Last week we saw beheadings in a small border town on the outskirts of Juarez. The killers brazenly left the head of the police chief in an ice chest on the doorstep of the small police station. And it's not just drug traffickers fighting one another for turf. Kidnappings for ransom, extortion and robberies of every kind are rampant. Juarez is really bordering on lawlessness.
How difficult is it for you, as a journalist, to do your job in Mexico? I assume journalists feel constantly threatened as they cover stories about killings and crime.
Kocherga: First I want to point out that the Mexican journalists who live in Juarez and other conflict zones are most at risk. Some journalists have disappeared, and others have been killed over the past few years while covering the drug story. Attackers have targeted both newspaper and TV station offices in Mexico. Most recently, anchors at a Televisa station in Monterrey, Mexico, asked for help on the air when someone threw a grenade at the station during a newscast.
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stephen-johnson8 months, 3 weeks ago
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Really scary that the drug gangs have that much power in Mexico.
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Criminal gangs of illegal aliens here have turned Phoenix into the kidnapping capital of this country. They don't have the power to intimidate our law enforcement - yet. But given the PC mindset of too many politicians, this could change in the future.-
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nostalgia8 months, 2 weeks ago
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I'm hearing lots of things from friends in Tucson:
The chief of police in Phoenix doesn't really want his police officers to have long guns? They aren't even asking for automatics but the chief is dragging his feet - is that true?
What did Napolitano do about all of this when she was governor - anything?
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GehlLady8 months, 3 weeks ago
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FTA:
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"Homeland Security officials have said they will bring in the military if the violence continues to grow and threatens the U.S. border region.
"The violence is spreading like wildfire across the Rio Grande," said George Grayson, a Mexico expert at the College of William & Mary in Virginia. "It's a major national security problem for us that is much more important than Iraq and Afghanistan."
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Wolfie20078 months, 2 weeks ago
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"Homeland Security officials have said they will bring in the military if the violence continues to grow and threatens the U.S. border region."
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How long or how large does this problem have to grow before Homeland Security thinks it needs attention?.
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nostalgia8 months, 2 weeks ago
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"What would happen to their power if the drugs were decriminalized?"
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Seems to be a question that is often asked BUT what do you decriminalize? Everything?
Just a few weeks ado a shipment of drugs from across the border was stopped. Along with the typical drugs that immediately come to mind there was also a large quantity of a drug that vets use to euthanize animals
Upon questioning the officials learned that this drug is currently being used in the US as a date rape drug
How long before we see some women dead because of an overdose of this stuff?
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fcsolares8 months, 2 weeks ago
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Thanks Red for all the insight! I my humble opinion, I believe all Americans should be outraged and outspoken about this very serious problem. America is a wonderful country and to think the possibility of these criminals crossing into our land and bringing along drugs, crime and filth is enraging. If nothing can be done let's at least get our guns and do something for this countries future!
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nostalgia8 months, 2 weeks ago
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Violent gangs from Mexico and Central America are in almost every major US city
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Read about the gang warfare that is going on in LA - the Mexican gangs are fighting Black gangs for turf
LA held the second international conference on gangs last year
This is one statement from that conference:
“Though violent crime is down in Los Angeles, the notorious birthplace of many gangs, the city is under siege by the constant threat of gangs, many of whose membership has grown to global proportions,” said Salvador Hernandez, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI in Los Angeles. “The FBI has risen to combat this worldwide crisis through the formation of the National Gang Task Force, and locally, through multi-agency task forces. We continue to see however, the news of shootings, robberies, extortions and innocent childrens’ lives cut short without warning and without sense. By coming together at these international meetings, we are doing more than just discussing the problem; we are helping each other create ways to rid the world of gang-related violence.”
United States Attorney Thomas P. O'Brien stated: "Working together with local law enforcement agencies, we are having an impact on the lives of people who live in gang-infested communities. In just the past few months, we have targeted the 18th Street Gang, MS-13 and other street gangs -- some of which have ties to other countries, some of which threaten to become trans-national.
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PatrioticAmerican8 months, 2 weeks ago
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Heres a crazy idea, If they know who the gangsters are and what they are going to do to police then the police have due cause and lawful right to protect themselves, they need to shoot these gangsters on sight. it would shoow the Gangs that the police are not afraid of them and it would show the public that the police are really trying to do their job and protect them, and if it gets to bad then the police could ask people to evcuate the area temporarily to protect them and then take on the gangs in a fight. but im just a guy who back down from bullies so i might be a little 1 sided on this, i dont look for fights but im glad to be part of 1
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nostalgia8 months, 2 weeks ago
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Want to get really angry???
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Sanctuary Cities are a Threat to Our National Security
“Sanctuary Cities” are replicating disease like throughout the country. These make-shift communities serve as safe havens for illegal immigrants, with sometimes tragic results. Just ask Jamiel Shaw, a 17-year-old Los Angeles resident, who was recklessly gunned down by a 19-year-old "Sanctuary City" resident named Pedro Espinoza. Espinoza, an illegal immigrant and member of the 18th Street gang, murdered Shaw without reason. Even worse, Espinoza was allowed to seek cover for his murder by hiding out in "Sanctuary Cities."
Espinoza’s motive for killing Shaw was imprinted on the two-letter tattoo that stretched across his neck: "BK." The letters are an acronym for “Black Killer.” In Espinoza’s case, the “B” was crossed out. The crossed out “B” means that he has killed black people. For assassins like Espinoza, part of their gang initiation is to go out and randomly gun down someone who is black.
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Wolfie20078 months, 2 weeks ago
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Many say it won't be long before the government in Mexico fails. What happens then? We've have invaded Mexico twice in our country's history both times because of civil unrest there that was threating to spill over into the United States. We might have to do it again.
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orndorffter8 months, 2 weeks ago
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I would not leave the force If I was a man I would be like charles bronson in death wish, they need someone who is not afraid of them drug aditc punks, if they wanted to kill because he wouldnt step down, they should have enough men and everyone they see just blast them away, I Hope Obama sends someone to kick their as.., if he doesnt we are going to have trouble. put off the other and take care of that problem because the us is in just as mush danger. Just Blast em away. I am going to send Obama an Email, because this is scary, and Redriver a very good post.
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SFCGuyW8 months, 2 weeks ago
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This has become a habit in Mex. A gang will kill a few cops and threaten wholesale murder of police officers unless the person in authority who is leading a partially successful campaign against the gangs resigns, thus allowing the gangs to do as they please. In the USA this does not work, instead the police call for state and federal police help and go after the gangs with a fury. Many gangs in the USA have been virtually destroyed when they tried this crap. The Mex. President has sent in the federal police special forces and military in numerous places around the country. Now is the time to do the same along the border. If these states/cities of Mexico collapse to the gangs the USA might send in US special forces to destroy the gangs and secure the border. If the Mex. govt does not want that they need to step up and do their job.
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nostalgia8 months, 2 weeks ago
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It is already affecting US citizens
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Kidnappings of U.S. citizens on rise
Sophisticated Mexican groups plot abductions
Organized, well-financed and violent Mexican kidnapping cells are targeting a growing number of U.S. citizens visiting communities popular with San Diegans and other California residents.
Last year, at least 26 San Diego County residents were kidnapped and held for ransom in Tijuana, Rosarito Beach or Ensenada, local FBI agents overseeing the cases said yesterday. In 2006, at least 11 county residents had been kidnapped in the three communities.
“Some of the 26 were recovered, some were hurt and some were killed,” said agent Alex Horan, who directs the FBI's violent-crime squad in San Diego.
“It's not a pleasant experience. Victims have reported beatings, torture and there have been rapes. . . . Handcuffs and hoods over the head are common,” he said.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/tijuana/...
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