AZMEX POLICY 27 FEB 2011
Note: Warning could ruin your day even more. Wonder how things got
to today's situation? Read on. PRI is equivalent to cook county
democrats.
Ref:
AZMEX POLICY 26 FEB 2011
AZMEX UPDATE 25 FEB 2011 Policy
AZMEX UPDATE 24 FEB 2011
The crime took power because the government made a pact: Vázquez Mota
The deputy said that the statements of former governor and former PRI
deputy, Socrates Rizzo, exposed the methods of negotiation
Notimex
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&id_nota=717995
MEXICO CITY, February 27, 2011 .- The statements of former governor
of Nuevo Leon and former federal deputy of the Partido Revolucionario
Institucional (PRI), Socrates Rizzo, exposed the reality of Old
Mexico, said the federal MP PAN Josefina Vazquez Mota.
For years, he said, Mexicans perceive that in many parts of the
country areas where governments terrible scourges such as corruption,
complicity or conspiracy with the crime, impunity and irresponsibility.
In the editorial of the magazine Semana, the official organ of the
PAN parliamentary group, pointed out that this caused that specific
sites on the territory without any restrictions to operate brothels,
smuggling or drug dealers.
In addition to the mafia bosses and intermediaries or other illegal
activities which sometimes disturbed the peace of our towns and
cities, he said.
And the question was: Why, if everybody knows where the offenders and
where they operate, the government does nothing? Why do these people
tolerate their illegal activities without anyone bother? "During
the PRI regimes, the president had strong control of trafficking
routes, which would have prevented attacks on the population and the
violence that Mexico faces now," the text.
However, noted that the former governor of Nuevo León acknowledged
that "somehow had resolved the conflict of traffic in drugs, do not
know how other governments have resolved, but there was a control,"
he said. "There was a strong state and a strong president and a
strong attorney and had a tight control of Army and then somehow
said, you go through here, you here, but do not touch me there in
these places."
In this regard, there is more to say than a confession of a party,
relay test, he said.
Legislator by the National Action Party (PAN) held that the
confession of former Gov. Garcia Rizzo is not only clear and
convincing, but expressed knowingly and with full use of his mental
faculties.
When it is revealed in some PRI voice the truth of the immorality and
corruption in their governments, immediately some other of his own
party question the mental abilities of those who once were "the best
men of the party" he said.
As happened to former President Miguel de la Madrid, who said that
during the presidency of former President Salinas was president's
corruption and ties to drug his brother Raul, said.
What is clear, he added, is that organized crime was becoming more
and more power, because the authorities made a deal with the
criminals operating outside the law in exchange for keeping an
alleged, expensive, corrupt and ultimately non-existent peace.
During the PAN government of Fernando Canales, Nuevo Leon, between
1997 and 2003, was the first time a direct fight against drug
trafficking, he said.
Then here, he said, PRI governments turned to tolerance that
ultimately collapsed, with the age of narcobloqueos, violent clashes
and the challenge to the authority by youth groups mobilized by
organized crime.
He stressed that it should be rejected outright the suggestion of a
pact with the crime in exchange for a fictitious peace because it is
a condition required to strengthen the rule of law.
Furthermore, it should prevent governments once again kneel before
the perverse interests of individuals willing to kill or poison our
children for profit, he added.
We need to fully support the vision of the state regarding its role
in this case, where security depends on effective action by the
police and law enforcement and not to keep "pacified" the criminals.
Vazquez Mota said that non-negotiable support for the strategy to
combat organized crime front.
We can not afford the temptation to return to the inexcusable
negligence and complicity of the past denounced by Socrates Rizzo he
said.
Nor, added the lawmaker for the party-white, we can make way for the
simulation of a discursive "social peace" that really hides the
governments or the police acting as part of the crime.
For Governments National Action is indispensable confront organized
crime and thus restore the rule of law and the protection and
security for all citizens, he said.
The alleged complicity by Socrates Rizzo, said that was added since
then a justice system weaknesses and areas of discretion that ended
the impunity and strengthen the advancement of organized crime.
The weakness of institutions, the justice delivery system and absent
or foreign laws to deal with crime, ended up placing us in
circumstances we know today, he said.
Such serious allegations that the current president remembered the
routes that each group of drug trafficking within the country should
take, as saying that it just had a strong president, a strong state,
he said.
However, again we can not allow the deception of those who boast
about their experiences in government, but actually intended to
restore times of corruption, appeasement and surrender to government
the power of the criminals he concluded.
JRL
2011-02-27 14:42:00
El crimen adquirió poder porque los gobiernos lo pactaron: Vázquez Mota
La diputada dijo que las declaraciones del ex gobernador y ex
diputado del PRI, Sócrates Rizzo, dejaron al descubierto los métodos
de negociación
Notimex
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&id_nota=717995
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 27 de febrero de 2011.- Las declaraciones del ex
gobernador de Nuevo León y ex diputado federal del Partido
Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), Sócrates Rizzo, dejaron al
descubierto la realidad del México de antaño, señaló la diputada
federal del PAN Josefina Vázquez Mota.
Durante años, expresó, los mexicanos percibimos que en muchos lugares
del país campeaban en los gobiernos lacras terribles como la
corrupción, la complicidad o el contubernio con la delincuencia, la
impunidad y la irresponsabilidad.
En el editorial de la revista Semana, órgano oficial del grupo
parlamentario del PAN, señaló que lo anterior provocaba que en
lugares específicos del territorio operaran sin restricción alguna
prostíbulos, distribuidores de contrabando o drogas.
Además de las mafias de intermediarios o caciques y demás actividades
ilegales que en ocasiones perturbaban la tranquilidad de nuestros
pueblos y ciudades, destacó.
Y la pregunta era: ¿Por qué si todo mundo sabe dónde están los
delincuentes y dónde operan, el gobierno no hace nada? ¿Por qué se
tolera que esta gente realice sus actividades ilegales sin que nadie
la moleste?
"Durante los regímenes priistas, el presidente tenía un fuerte
control de las rutas del narcotráfico, lo que impedía que hubiera
ataques a la población y la violencia que hoy vive México", precisó
el texto.
Sin embargo, resaltó que el ex gobernador de Nuevo León reconoció que
"de alguna manera se tenía resuelto el conflicto del tránsito de
drogas, no sé cómo lo hayan resuelto otros gobiernos, pero había un
control', dijo.
'Había un Estado fuerte y un presidente fuerte y una Procuraduría
fuerte y había un control férreo del Ejército y entonces de alguna
manera decían: tú pasas por aquí, tú por aquí, pero no me toques aquí
estos lugares".
Al respecto, no hay más que decir que a confesión de parte, relevo de
prueba, remarcó.
La legisladora por el Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) sostuvo que esta
confesión del ex gobernador Rizzo García no sólo es clara y
contundente, sino expresada con conocimiento de causa y con pleno uso
de sus facultades mentales.
Cuando se va revelando en voz de algunos priistas la verdad de la
inmoralidad y la corrupción existente durante sus gobiernos, de
inmediato algunos otros de su mismo partido ponen en duda las
capacidades mentales de aquellos que en su momento fueron "los
mejores hombres del partido", puntualizó.
Como le ocurrió al ex presidente Miguel de la Madrid, quien aseveró
que durante el sexenio del ex presidente Salinas hubo corrupción del
mandatario y nexos con el narcotráfico de su hermano Raúl, recordó.
Lo que queda claro, abundó, es que el crimen organizado fue
adquiriendo cada vez mayor poder, porque las autoridades pactaron con
los criminales operar al margen de la ley a cambio de mantener una
supuesta, costosa y corrupta y al final de cuentas inexistente
tranquilidad.
Durante el gobierno panista de Fernando Canales Clariond, en Nuevo
León, entre 1997 y 2003, se tuvo por primera vez un combate directo
contra el narcotráfico, resaltó.
De entonces para acá, dijo, con los gobiernos del PRI se volvió a la
tolerancia que finalmente colapsó, con la era de los narcobloqueos,
los enfrentamientos violentos y el desafío a la autoridad por grupos
de jóvenes movilizados por el crimen organizado.
Destacó que se debe rechazar tajantemente la mera sugerencia de
pactar con la delincuencia a cambio de una ficticia paz, porque ésta
es condición obligada para fortalecer el Estado de derecho.
Además, se debe evitar que una vez más los gobiernos se pongan de
rodillas ante el interés perverso de individuos dispuestos a matar o
envenenar a nuestros niños y jóvenes con fines de lucro, añadió.
Necesitamos respaldar por completo la visión del Estado respecto a su
papel en este asunto, donde la seguridad depende de la acción eficaz
de los cuerpos policiales y de procuración de justicia y no de
mantener "apaciguados" a los delincuentes.
Vázquez Mota destacó que no es negociable el apoyo a la estrategia de
combate frontal al crimen organizado.
No podemos permitirnos la tentación de volver a la imperdonable
negligencia y a la complicidad de antaño denunciada por Sócrates
Rizzo, dijo.
Tampoco, agregó la legisladora por el partido blanquiazul, podemos
dar paso a la simulación de una discursiva "paz social" que esconde
en realidad que los gobiernos o las policías actúan como parte de la
delincuencia.
Para los gobiernos de Acción Nacional es irrenunciable enfrentar al
crimen organizado y restituir con ello el Estado de derecho y la
salvaguarda y seguridad para todos los ciudadanos, remarcó.
A la complicidad denunciada por Sócrates Rizzo, mencionó que se
sumaba ya desde entonces un sistema de justicia con debilidades y
espacios de discrecionalidad que terminaron por fortalecer la
impunidad y el avance del crimen organizado.
La debilidad de instituciones, del sistema de impartición de justicia
y leyes ausentes o ajenas para enfrentar a la delincuencia,
terminaron por colocarnos en las circunstancias que hoy conocemos,
subrayó.
Tan graves las afirmaciones de que el presidente en turno acordaba
las rutas que cada grupo del narcotráfico debía tomar dentro del
país, como afirmar que justo por eso había un presidente fuerte, un
Estado fuerte, consideró.
Sin embargo, no podemos permitir otra vez el engaño de quienes
alardean de sus experiencias en el gobierno, pero que en realidad
pretenden restaurar tiempos de la corrupción, entreguismo y la
rendición de gobiernos ante el poder de los criminales, finalizó.
jrl
2011-02-27 14:42:00
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
AZMEX UPDATE 23-2-11
AZMEX UPDATE 23 FEB 2011 Another day on the border, or many miles north.
Note: a very informative local study of smuggling ops in AZ well worth the time to read.
Part 2
Part 3
Pinal County drug bust nets 102 arrests, 3,200 pounds of potby Lauren Featherstone - Feb. 23, 2011 09:01 AMThe Arizona Republic-12 News Breaking News Team
The Pinal County Sheriff's Office reported Wednesday morning the arrest of 102 suspects and the seizure of 3,200 pounds of marijuana after a four-day operation in the Vekol Valley and Silver Bell Mountain areas.
The multi-agency operation, which targeted drug and human trafficking, began Feb. 16th and ended Saturday. In addition to the arrests and seizure, agencies recovered seven stolen vehicles and confiscated 12 firearms.
The marijuana is worth $2.5 million.
In December, state police and other agencies raided the Vekol Valley and recovered 3,000 pounds of marijuana and took 49 people into custody. Vekol Valley is halfway between Casa Grande and Gila Bend.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Note: usually a tactical move.
Bomb threat closes border for nearly 2 hoursFebruary 22, 2011 4:46 PMFROM STAFF REPORTS
A bomb threat closed the border at San Luis, Ariz., for about two hours Monday night, according U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The border was reopened shortly after 10 p.m. after Cocopah tribal police bomb-sniffing dogs found no bomb at the U.S. Port of Entry at San Luis, said CBP Supervisory Officer Teresa Small.
The bomb threat was called in about 8:10 p.m. to the U.S. port, Small said.
Accused Zeta had US training, report saysBy Diana Washington Valdez \ El Paso TimesPosted: 02/23/2011 02:26:40 AM MST
A retired Mexican army officer and Zetas cartel member accused of plotting to kill a Mexican law official had received U.S. military training, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable.
The cable, "Setting the Record Straight on Zetas and U.S. Military Training," came from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico and was provided by online whistle-blower WikiLeaks.
"Separate sensitive collateral reporting indicates that Rogelio Lopez Villafana, a former Mexican infantry lieutenant who retired from the Mexican elite special forces, was forcibly recruited into Los Zetas," the cable classified secret said. "Lopez was later arrested and implicated in a plan to assassinate the former Deputy Attorney General for Legal and International Affairs, Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, in January 2008."
The cable said Lopez received counter-narcotics operations training at Fort Bragg, N.C., and retired from the Mexican army in 2007.
Vasconcelos had collaborated with U.S. officials in El Paso on previous investigations of the Carrillo Fuentes drug cartel. He was a prosecutor who also investigated the women's murders and cartel-related kidnappings in Juárez. He died in a 2008 plane crash in Mexico City that also killed another Mexican official.
The U.S. Embassy's electronic database, which dates back only to 1996, indicated that the U.S. government trained nearly 5,000 Mexican military members, including 422 elite special forces soldiers. "Critics of U.S. military training and conspiracy theorists have long speculated that members of the notoriously violent cartel Los Zetas once received U.S.-funded special forces training," the cable said. "Since we cannot know the name of every Mexican soldier who has joined Los Zetas, we cannot irrefutably reject this possibility."
The Zetas, who are fighting the Gulf cartel for control of drug-trafficking lanes in eastern Mexico, are suspects in the Feb. 15 shooting attack that killed one ICE agent and wounded another in Mexico.
Diana Washington Valdez may be reached at dvaldez@elpasotimes.com; 546-6140.
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.
AZMEX EXTRA 3-3-11
AZMEX EXTRA 3 MAR 2011
Note: We in no way responsible for the "writing". "AGENTS USED
BEANBAGS AGAINST MIGRANTS, WHO REPLIED WITH GUNFIRE"
Records detail deadly Border Patrol shooting in Arizona
Mar. 3, 2011 02:20 PM
Associated Press
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/03/03/20110303arizona-
border-agent-death-details-records.html
TUCSON - Records show Border Patrol agents shot beanbags at a group
of suspected bandits in southern Arizona before the men returned fire
and killed an agent late last year.
The Arizona Daily Star says it obtained documents from the case that
were filed in U.S. District Court in Tucson.
The documents provide the most detailed version yet of what happened
in the Dec. 14 gun battle northwest of Nogales. The documents say
the group of illegal border entrants refused commands to drop their
weapons after agents confronted them.
Two agents fired beanbags at the migrants, who responded with
gunfire. Two agents returned fire, but agent Brian Terry was mortally
wounded in the shootout.
Border Patrol officials declined to answer questions about protocol
for use of force, citing the ongoing investigation.
FILES ADD SOME CLARITY TO TERRY'S DEATH; AGENTS USED BEANBAGS AGAINST
MIGRANTS, WHO REPLIED WITH GUNFIRE
Records show agents fired beanbags in fatal border gunfight
Brady McCombs Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Thursday, March 3, 2011
12:00 am
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/
article_681d29cf-845a-5aea-9f34-3837d70b8a31.html
Border Patrol agents shot beanbags at a group of suspected bandits
before the men returned fire during a confrontation in a remote
canyon, killing agent Brian Terry with a single gunshot, records show.
And an illegal immigrant wounded in the gunbattle who is now the only
person in custody linked to the slaying contends he never fired a
shot, according to FBI search warrant requests filed in the U.S.
District Court in Tucson.
The documents provide the most detailed version yet of what happened
in the deadly gunbattle Dec. 14 in Peck Canyon, northwest of Nogales.
The documents say the group of illegal border entrants refused
commands to drop their weapons after agents confronted them at about
11:15 p.m. Two agents fired beanbags at the migrants, who responded
with gunfire. Two agents returned fire, one with a long gun and one
with a pistol, but Terry was mortally wounded in the gunfight.
Border Patrol officials declined to answer questions about protocol
for use of force, citing the ongoing investigation.
But Terry's brother, Kent Terry, said the other agents who were there
that night told him that they were instructed to use the non-lethal
beanbags first. It's a policy that doesn't make sense to Kent Terry.
"You go up against a bandit crew that is carrying AKs, and you walk
out there with guns loaded with beanbags - I don't get it," Terry
said in a phone interview from Michigan. "It's like going to the
Iraqi war with one knife. It boggles my mind. ... These guys (Border
Patrol agents) are professionals; they should be able to use their
judgment call on their own."
On the night of the deadly encounter, agents were trying to apprehend
at least five suspected illegal immigrants. One agent, using thermal
binoculars, spotted two men carrying rifles. When the group came
close, at least one agent identified himself as police and ordered
the men to drop their weapons.
Here's how the rest of the events are described in the FBI document:
"When the suspected aliens did not drop their weapons, two Border
Patrol agents deployed 'less than lethal' beanbags at the suspected
aliens. At this time, at least one of the suspected aliens fired at
the Border Patrol agents. Two Border Patrol agents returned fire, one
with his long gun and one with his pistol.
"Border Patrol agent Brian Terry was shot with one bullet and died
shortly after. One of the suspected illegal aliens, later identified
as Manuel Osorio-Arellanes, was also shot."
The search warrants were requested to examine fingerprints and a hair
sample from Osorio-Arellanes, who was one of four men arrested that
night near the shooting scene. The other three arrested, illegal
immigrants from Mexico, have been cleared in connection with the
crime and deported back to their home countries.
Osorio-Arellanes has not been charged in connection with the fatal
shooting. He has been charged only with illegal re-entry after
deportation and is awaiting a May 10 trial. The FBI document
represents the first time his name has been included in a public
document related to the shooting.
Two days after the shooting, Osorio-Arellanes agreed to talk to FBI
agents. He was traveling with four others that night, all of whom
were armed, Osorio-Arellanes told investigators, according to the
document.
"Osorio-Arellanes stated that he had raised his weapon towards the
Border Patrol agents, but he did not fire because he realized that
they were Border Patrol agents," the search warrant says. "At this
time, he was shot."
Two firearms were recovered at the scene that are believed to belong
to the suspects, the documents say. Officials were planning to take
Osorio-Arellanes' fingerprints to compare with those found on the two
weapons.
Officials also recovered five backpacks, three gloves, two sweat
shirts, a pullover, a jacket, a knit hat, a baseball cap and a razor.
The summary provided in the search warrants is only a snapshot and
does not include all facts known by investigators, FBI agents wrote
in the three separate search-warrant requests filed in U.S. District
Court in late December.
Terry, 40, of Michigan, was a member of a specially trained tactical
unit known as Bortac. On the night of the shooting, Terry and his
crew were targeting a "rip crew" that robbed and assaulted drug
runners and illegal immigrants, said Homeland Security Secretary
Janet Napolitano.
This week, the Terry family received the autopsy report, which shows
that Terry was shot once in the lower back, about 29 inches down from
the right shoulder, Kent Terry said. Brian Terry was trying to turn,
likely for cover, when he was shot, Kent Terry said. The bullet found
inside his body was one used with AK-47s, he said.
The report gave the family some closure, and it erased any doubt
about friendly fire being a possibility in the fatal shooting,
because agents don't use AK-47s, Kent Terry said. The FBI announced
in mid-February that it had ruled out friendly fire, but Kent Terry
remained skeptical because he hadn't seen the autopsy.
The Terry family remains upset about allegations that the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives allowed a gun smuggler it
was investigating to purchase and smuggle into Mexico the weapons
used in the shootout in which Terry died. The Justice Department has
denied the allegations, but U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa,
continues to insist on the validity of the claims.
"Your government is telling you to use beanbags, but you are selling
guns back to the Mexicans," Kent Terry said. "There's a lot of
questions that they haven't answered."
The FBI investigation remains ongoing, said agency spokesman Manuel
Johnson. No arrests have been made. The U.S. Attorney's Office in
Arizona said investigators and prosecutors aim to bring criminal
charges against the people responsible for Brian Terry's murder.
Terry, 40, was the 10th agent to die on duty in the Border Patrol's
Tucson Sector since 1926 and the first agent shot to death since
1998. Terry was buried in his hometown of Detroit on Dec. 22, and
hundreds attended his memorial service January in Tucson.
Contact reporter Brady McCombs at 573-4213 or bmccombs@azstarnet.com.
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