The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
Showing posts with label Mexico security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mexico security. Show all posts
Mar 10, 2015
Arming U.S. Covert Agents in Mexico is Integration Run Amok
La Jornada (Translated by WorldMeets.Us) The United States wants to legitimize its long-running intervention in Mexico. Over the past 60 years, through so-called bilateral integration, Washington has penetrated the security and intelligence agencies of the Mexican government. Now it wants thousands of undercover U.S. agents operating on our national territory to be permitted to legally carry firearms. The vehicle for consummating this above-said demand is the new PRI [Institutional Revolutionary Party] of Enrique Peña Nieto. The U.S. started with softening his stance, and now, as it was with [former presidents] Salinas, Zedillo, Fox and Calderón, Peña is the one proposing that U.S. agents carry firearms in Mexico. Read more.
Jan 2, 2015
Signs of new cartel in State of Mexico
El Universal: A new cartel appears to be setting itself up in the State of Mexico, according to security officials, which could mean more violence brought on by disputes over control of the territory.
Recent events point to the creation of La Empresa, or The Company, in the south of the state, where at the same time La Familia Michoacana appears to be undergoing a regrouping. But that cartel suffered a bit of a setback two weeks ago when its leader, Bulmaro “El Negro” Salazar Blas, was killed in Tejupilco.
A message left by his body indicates that the new cartel was responsible. “La Empresa,” it read, “does not condone either kidnappings or robberies. Residents of Tejupilco can now be calm.”
El Negro was one of Mexico’s most wanted: in July the state attorney general put up a reward of 300,000 pesos for information leading to his arrest.
Other La Familia members were picked up by police this week. At a press conference, security chief Damían Canales Mena revealed that four suspected members of La Familia were arrested while riding in a taxi and carrying 30,000 pesos, believed to be extortion money charged in Tejupilco, a municipality of 71,000 people situated 100 kilometers southwest of Toluca.
The bills had been packaged and labeled with the names of hitmen and other gang members, said Canales Mena.
One of those arrested was Adolfo “El Diablo” Patiño Arias, 28, who was involved in a shoot-out with police in Ixtapan del Oro in January, and is believed to have been assigned to take control of the area for the cartel.
Translation by Mexico News Daily
Recent events point to the creation of La Empresa, or The Company, in the south of the state, where at the same time La Familia Michoacana appears to be undergoing a regrouping. But that cartel suffered a bit of a setback two weeks ago when its leader, Bulmaro “El Negro” Salazar Blas, was killed in Tejupilco.
A message left by his body indicates that the new cartel was responsible. “La Empresa,” it read, “does not condone either kidnappings or robberies. Residents of Tejupilco can now be calm.”
El Negro was one of Mexico’s most wanted: in July the state attorney general put up a reward of 300,000 pesos for information leading to his arrest.
Other La Familia members were picked up by police this week. At a press conference, security chief Damían Canales Mena revealed that four suspected members of La Familia were arrested while riding in a taxi and carrying 30,000 pesos, believed to be extortion money charged in Tejupilco, a municipality of 71,000 people situated 100 kilometers southwest of Toluca.
The bills had been packaged and labeled with the names of hitmen and other gang members, said Canales Mena.
One of those arrested was Adolfo “El Diablo” Patiño Arias, 28, who was involved in a shoot-out with police in Ixtapan del Oro in January, and is believed to have been assigned to take control of the area for the cartel.
Translation by Mexico News Daily
Dec 11, 2014
Mexico's Security Dilemma: The Rise of Michoacan's Militias
InSightCrime: Volunteer community policing has been a tradition in indigenous communities across Southern Mexico for centuries. Though controversial, advocates argue the practice is supported by international law and has been codified in the 1917 constitution that permits local frameworks for "the regulation and solution of internal conflicts."[1] These volunteer police forces vary in size and function, depending on the communities they serve. Their main job is to keep "internal" order, targeting petty thieves and, in the worse case scenario, rapists. In almost all areas, they are directly under the control of community elders rather than state or federal officials. In Guerrero, the state bordering Michoacan to the east, community police were given official recognition by the governor in the mid 1990s to calm unrest related to a crime wave and police repression in indigenous communities. Read more.
Dec 5, 2014
Federal Police assume municipal security in Guerrero: Rubido
Translated by Americas Program
Excelsior: National Security commissioner, Monte Alejandro Rubido García announced a security crackdown in Tierra Caliente, where he said the federal olice will assume control over several municipalities in Guerrero.
As of today, federal police and members of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), will assume control of Tierra Caliente, Acapulco and Guerrero.
Excelsior: National Security commissioner, Monte Alejandro Rubido García announced a security crackdown in Tierra Caliente, where he said the federal olice will assume control over several municipalities in Guerrero.
As of today, federal police and members of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), will assume control of Tierra Caliente, Acapulco and Guerrero.
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