The situation in Mexico has serious consequences for our Rights, and even our lives here in AZ and all along the Mexican border. We cannot emphasize enough how much it is in our interest to have a free, safe and prosperous Mexico as our neighbor. Many of us have family, friends there and they are our neighbor.

We strongly support the Human Rights of the Mexican people to be able to defend themselves. That means the Mexican people should once again have the rights and resources to possess, bear and use modern and effective firearms. As over 70 years of corrupt federal government and it's attending gun control have shown, the bumper sticker is so true. "If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns". Mexico is a textbook example of the failures of gun control. While some very limited firearms are permitted on paper, and in practice, the real effect has been to disarm the good people of Mexico.
That was done by the very corrupt political party that ran a country rich in natural resources and people, into the ground to prevent a revolution, not to "control crime" as was the pretense.

As the archived reports will show, the defenseless people of Mexico have suffered way too much. They deserve much better. We need to help.

Given the gravity of the ongoing drug war in Mexico our neighbor to the south, ASR&PA has been working to monitor the border situation and it's many effects on our state and our members:

Including drug and human trafficking, with related issues of murders, kidnappings, home invasions, extortion, destruction of wildlife habitat, illegal immigration, white slavery, money laundering, expenses of incarceration and medical treatments, the list goes on and on. Also de facto cession of areas of the state to the DTO's; fugitives, cash, firearms and ammunition running south. Most of these issues could be significantly reduced by simply securing the border.

To get it out of the way, ASR&PA does support legal immigration, trade, and travel between our countries. Especially so that we and our Mexican neighbors can once again freely and safely travel to our neighboring countries for competition, training, hunting and just enjoy good company.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

AZMEX UPDATE 21-2-11

AZMEX UPDATE 21 FEB 2011 Over 119,000 weapons and thousands of

grenades.

Note: Very large amount of weapons ( 119,000 ) with some more
interesting admissions, also photo of some grenades seized. Weapons
"lost" totally bogus number of "156 handguns and 97
rifles" (Grenades: OD, with partial markings: FRAG DELAY K75
EC-85E605-031 )

Sedena (Defense Dept. ) has provided these weapons to Zacatecas,
Guerrero, Coahuila and Yucatan
Donate grenades to 4 states to combat narco gangs
In the past two years the agency has received requests from other
entities to acquire nearly 6,000 grenades, on the waiting list are
Aguascalientes, Baja California, Chihuahua, Jalisco, Guanajuato and
Veracruz.
21/02/2011 • M.P.
http://impreso.milenio.com/node/8915315

Artifacts seized by federal forces in Michoacan, in January. Photo:
Special
The state governments want to face the drug with high-powered
weapons. And to make grenades have asked the Army to its officers.

Aguascalientes, Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Guerrero,
Jalisco, Guanajuato, Veracruz and Zacatecas have asked the Ministry
of National Defense (SEDENA) permission to give their local police
grenades to balance forces with drug cartels .

Trades Marketing Directorate of Armament and Ammunition of the
Department of Defense, MILLENNIUM obtained through the Federal Law of
Transparency, reveal that the Army has given this type of explosive
to several states and studies to spread to more to reduce the
disparity in fire power to organized crime.

Since 2009 the police have gotten in Zacatecas, which has 100,
Guerrero, with 180, and Coahuila, with 150, also in Yucatan, a state
that started the trend to assemble with heavy explosives to their
local security forces.

Other entities are waiting to have these weapons. The records of the
National Defense listed in the last two years has received requests
for the acquisition of 5,972 fragmentation grenades, Guanajuato, who
asked 400, Jalisco, 220, and Veracruz, 156, among others.

But there are also risks in allowing high-powered weapons to pass
from the federation to the states. A documentary investigation of
this newspaper realizes that the National Defense faces the dilemma
of equipping the state police (of which it distrusts), knowing that
the weapons can finish in the black market and into the hands of
assassins.

On the one hand, the governors want larger caliber rifles, more
bullets and grenades now to tackle crime. On the other, dozens of
weapons to the police in the states, bought with public funds are
missing and disappeared from police arsenals in recent years to
complete, allegedly at the hands of organized crime.

Requests for entities

According to data from the Department of Arms and Ammunition
Marketing, since 2009 the state governments have asked the Army a
record number of permits to acquire more than 100,000 automatic
weapons, including assault rifles, machine guns and pistols. The aim
is to equip its officers with heavy weapons and reduce the
disadvantage they have against organized crime.

The State of Mexico leads the list with 11,305 rifles to the National
Defense requested. They are Puebla with 9,559, Guanajuato, with
8,629, and Jalisco, with 8,032. States are also affected by the war
and against the drug cartels, like Michoacan, with 7,562; Tamaulipas,
with 7,377; Sinaloa, with 5,813, and Chihuahua, with 4,818.

In total, banks have asked the federal government 119,000 rifles and
high powered guns. However, according to the agency's response to the
request for transparency 0000700182110 conducted by this newspaper,
the Army discovered that the ministries of Public Security,
prosecutors and police from thirty states and municipalities have
reported the "loss" of weapons were delivered to combat crime.

Only in 2010 the following state police reported the loss or theft of
weapons: Oaxaca, 2 handguns and three long stolen, Veracruz, two
short, Puebla, seven short and four long, Guanajuato, three short,
Chiapas, four short, New León, 12 short and two long, Guerrero, 10
short and six long, Hidalgo, two short, Michoacán, two short and
three long, Nayarit, two short and a long, Tabasco, a short and long,
and Sonora, two short and a long, among others.

Special mention should Chihuahua-hua. Last year, military
investigators found that the SSP of the state lost 93 weapons. A
total of 36 guns and 57 high-powered rifles, which were handed over
to police Chihuahua by the Mexican army simply melted away.

State corporations not only have lost arms. The PGR reported the
disappearance of 10 handguns and an assault rifle in their arsenals,
while the Federal Police would "steal" two pistols and two rifles
squad Heckler& Koch high power.

In summary, the National Defense has a record of that 156 handguns
and 97 rifles assigned to state corporations, which were acquired
weapons to confront the crisis of insecurity in the country, "are
lost", allegedly at the hands of those who should have been fought
with them: organized crime.

Controversial initiative

• • • The decision to allow state police officers equipped with
weapons for the exclusive use of the Army and Air Force dates back to
2008. It was one of the most controversial agreements reached at the
National Public Security Council that year project aimed at first to
reduce the "gap gauge" between criminals and local forces.

Only Ivonne Ortega government decided to request boot Yucatan
grenades. The project was criticized at the time by specialists
(MILLENNIUM 01/09/09), considering that represent a high risk of
being diverted to the black market and collateral damage.

"They are instruments of war used in a clash between two armies, so
use them in fighting crime into question the democracy of a state,"
then said Georgina Sanchez Lopez, director of the Collective Security
Analysis with Democracy.

The researcher warned that the power of these weapons "no respect" to
people outside of a confrontation. "It could be an accident and
injure civilians, there is a risk of mistakes, why are not the best
form of attack (the criminals)," he said .. (Mexico • Victor Hugo
Michel)

Note: law enforcement has more than it's fair share of idiot
management on both sides of border.
This guy just an idiot or on the take? Many Mex police murdered on
way to or from work. Much more convenient for gangs if the police
are unarmed. Policies such as this make it so hard to choose between
offers of "silver" or "lead".

Carrying of weapons does not guarantee 24-hour police security:
Rivera Breton
BY: LAREDO | 21-FEB-2011 13:58
http://www.elfronterizo.com.mx/noticias/portacion-de-armas-las-24-
horas-no-garantiza-seguridad-de-policias-rivera-breton/

It is a constant demand of the elements of the Unfied State Police
they want to remain armed after their working hours as a
precautionary measure against possible aggression against them,
considering that lately there have been murders of police can do
nothing to defend.

The director of the agency, Julian David Rivera Breton said that
carrying arms for 24 hours a day does not guarantee the officers that
their life is safe, as they may be attacked unexpectedly and
obviously have no way to repel armed aggression even going armed.

He added that is also provided, written and documented that the
police have to leave their gun in at their workplace, except those
who are working, making sure you do not have to invent anything and
that the regulations and is stipulated by law.


Sedena ha entregado ese armamento a Zacatecas, Guerrero, Coahuila y
Yucatán
Dotan a 4 estados de granadas para la lucha antinarco
En los últimos dos años la dependencia recibió solicitudes de otras
entidades para adquirir casi 6 mil artefactos; en ese listado de
espera están Aguascalientes, BC, Chihuahua, Jalisco, Guanajuato y
Veracruz.
2011-02-21•M.P.
http://impreso.milenio.com/node/8915315

Artefactos incautados por las fuerzas federales en Michoacán, en
enero pasado. Foto: Especial
Los gobiernos de los estados quieren enfrentar el narcotráfico con
armas de alto poder. Y para hacerlo han pedido al Ejército granadas
para sus policías.

Aguascalientes, Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Guerrero,
Jalisco, Guanajuato, Veracruz y Zacatecas han solicitado a la
Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Sedena) autorización para dotar a
sus policías locales de granadas de fragmentación para equilibrar
fuerzas con los cárteles de la droga.

Oficios de la Dirección de Comercialización de Armamento y Municiones
de la Sedena, obtenidos por MILENIO mediante la Ley Federal de
Transparencia, revelan que el Ejército ya ha entregado este tipo de
explosivo a varios estados y estudia repartirlo a otros más para
reducir la disparidad en el poder de fuego con el crimen organizado.

Desde 2009 han recibido granadas las policías de Zacatecas, que tiene
100; Guerrero, con 180, y Coahuila, con 150, además de Yucatán,
estado que inició esta tendencia de armar con explosivos pesados a
sus fuerzas de seguridad locales.

Otras entidades están a la espera de tener este armamento. Los
registros de la Defensa Nacional detallan que en los últimos dos años
ha recibido solicitudes para la adquisición de 5 mil 972 granadas de
fragmentación de Guanajuato, que pidió 400, Jalisco, 220, y Veracruz,
156, entre otros.

•••

Pero también hay riesgos al permitir que armas de alto poder pasen de
la Federación a los estados. Una investigación documental de este
diario da cuenta que la Defensa Nacional enfrenta el dilema de
equipar a las policías estatales (de las que desconfía), a sabiendas
de que el equipo puede terminar en el mercado negro y en manos de
sicarios.

Por un lado, los gobernadores quieren rifles de mayor calibre, más
balas y ahora también granadas de fragmentación para hacer frente a
la delincuencia. Por el otro, decenas de armas destinadas a las
policías en los estados, compradas con recursos públicos, se han
perdido y esfumado de los arsenales policiales en los últimos años
para terminar, presuntamente, en manos del crimen organizado.

Peticiones de entidades

De acuerdo con datos de la Dirección de Comercialización de Armamento
y Municiones, desde 2009 los gobiernos estatales han solicitado al
Ejército una cifra récord de permisos para adquirir más de 100 mil
armas automáticas, incluidos rifles de asalto, ametralladoras y
pistolas. El objetivo es equipar a sus policías con armas de grueso
calibre y reducir la desventaja que tienen frente a la delincuencia
organizada.

El Estado de México encabeza la lista con 11 mil 305 armas largas
solicitadas a la Defensa Nacional. Le siguen Puebla, con 9 mil 559;
Guanajuato, con 8 mil 629, y Jalisco, con 8 mil 32. También hay
estados afectados por la guerra entre y contra los cárteles de la
droga, como Michoacán, con 7 mil 562; Tamaulipas, con 7 mil 377;
Sinaloa, con 5 mil 813, y Chihuahua, con 4 mil 818.

En total, las entidades han pedido al gobierno federal 119 mil rifles
y pistolas de alto poder. Sin embargo, según la respuesta de la
dependencia a la solicitud de transparencia 0000700182110 realizada
por este diario, el Ejército descubrió que las secretarías de
Seguridad Pública, procuradurías y policías de una treintena de
estados y municipios han reportado la "pérdida" de las armas que les
fueron entregadas para combatir a la delincuencia.

Sólo en 2010 las siguientes policías estatales reportaron la pérdida
y robo de armas: Oaxaca, con 2 armas cortas y tres largas robadas;
Veracruz, dos cortas; Puebla, siete cortas y cuatro largas;
Guanajuato, tres cortas; Chiapas, cuatro cortas; Nuevo León, 12
cortas y dos largas; Guerrero, 10 cortas y seis largas; Hidalgo, dos
cortas; Michoacán, dos cortas y tres largas; Nayarit, dos cortas y
una larga; Tabasco, una corta y una larga, y Sonora, dos cortas y una
larga, entre otros.

Mención aparte merece Chihua-hua. El año pasado investigadores
militares descubrieron que la SSP del estado perdió 93 armas. Un
total de 36 pistolas y 57 rifles de alto poder, que le fueron
entregados a policías chihuahuenses por el Ejército mexicano,
simplemente se desvanecieron.

No sólo las corporaciones estatales han perdido armamento. La PGR
reportó la desaparición de 10 pistolas y un rifle de asalto de sus
arsenales, mientras que a la Policía Federal le "robaron" dos
pistolas escuadra y dos rifles Heckler& Koch de alto poder.

En resumen, la Defensa Nacional tiene registro de que 156 pistolas y
97 rifles asignados a corporaciones estatales, armas que fueron
adquiridas para enfrentar la crisis de inseguridad del país, "están
perdidas", presuntamente en manos de quien debía haber sido combatido
con ellas: el crimen organizado.

Iniciativa polémica

••• La decisión de permitir a policías estatales equiparse con armas
de uso exclusivo del Ejército y la Fuerza Aérea data de 2008. Fue uno
de los acuerdos más polémicos alcanzados en el Consejo Nacional de
Seguridad Pública de ese año, proyecto encaminado en un principio a
reducir la "brecha de calibres" entre criminales y fuerzas locales.

Sólo el gobierno de Ivonne Ortega en Yucatán decidió solicitar de
arranque las granadas. El proyecto fue criticado en su momento por
especialistas (MILENIO 01/09/09), al considerar que representan un
altísimo riesgo de ser desviadas al mercado negro y generar daños
colaterales.

"Son instrumentos de guerra utilizados en un enfrentamiento entre dos
ejércitos, por lo que usarlos en el combate a la delincuencia
cuestiona la democracia de un Estado", aseguró entonces Georgina
Sánchez López, directora del Colectivo de Análisis de la Seguridad
con Democracia.

La investigadora alertó que el poder de estas armas "no respeta" a
las personas ajenas a un enfrentamiento. "Podría ocurrir un accidente
y dañar a civiles; hay riesgo de equivocaciones, por eso no son la
mejor forma de atacar (al hampa)", dijo.. (México • Víctor Hugo Michel)


Portación de armas las 24 horas no garantiza seguridad de policías:
Rivera Bretón
POR: REDACCION | 21-FEB-2011 13:58
http://www.elfronterizo.com.mx/noticias/portacion-de-armas-las-24-
horas-no-garantiza-seguridad-de-policias-rivera-breton/

Es constante la exigencia de los elementos de la Policía Única
estatal de permanecer armados después de su jornada laboral como
medida preventiva ante una posible agresión en su contra, tomando en
cuenta que últimamente se han presentado asesinatos de policías sin
que puedan hacer nada por defenderse.

El director de dicha corporación, Julián David Rivera Bretón, aseguró
que la portación de armas durante las 24 horas del día no les
garantiza a los elementos que su vida esté a salvo, ya que pueden ser
atacados inesperadamente y obviamente no tienen manera de repeler la
agresión aun andando armados.

Agregó que además está estipulado, escrito y documentado que los
policías tiene que dejar su arma en su centro de trabajo, salvo
aquéllos que vayan a trabajar durante todo el día, por lo cual
aseguró que no se tiene que inventar nada y que la normatividad ya
está estipulada por ley.

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