The McAllen Monitor: "Federal authorities arrested a Tamaulipas State Police commander and cousin of the state's former governor on federal drug charges filed in the District of Columbia.
Gilberto Lerma Plata, 50, was arrested as he attempted to cross the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge late Friday night, a former federal agent confirmed Tuesday.
Lerma, who has U.S. citizenship, is not formally tied to any Mexican drug cartel in a federal indictment unsealed Monday. But he reportedly has had ties to the Gulf Cartel at least since 2002, when a Mexican newspaper quoted Mexican intelligence reports that stated he provided criminals with information on police movements." read more
The MexicoBlog of the CIP Americas Program monitors and analyzes international press on Mexico with a focus on the US-backed War on Drugs in Mexico and the struggle in Mexico to strengthen the rule of law, justice and protection of human rights. Relevant political developments in both countries are also covered.
Showing posts with label Reynosa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reynosa. Show all posts
Nov 9, 2011
Immigration Realities: Mexican Deportees Strain Cities South Of The Border
NPR: "For many Mexican migrants who've just been deported from the United States, the border city Reynosa is where the American Dream dies. Maria Nidelia Avila Basurto is a Catholic nun who heads a church-run shelter for deportees in Reynosa, in the northeast corner of Mexico, just across from McAllen, Texas. "Many of them arrive with nothing," she says. "We have to give them everything — clothes, shoes, everything."
Last year, the U.S. deported a record number of immigrants. Almost 400,000 people who were in the country illegally were arrested and sent back to their home countries. The vast majority were Mexicans, and many were released into dangerous cities like Reynosa. The city is struggling to deal with the thousands of deportees who arrive each month and are vulnerable to violent thugs, drug gangs and corrupt officials.
... Migrant advocates here say that roughly 30 percent of the deportees immediately turn around and head north. They'd rather take their chances with the U.S. Border Patrol than venture out into an environment where they could get beaten, robbed, kidnapped or worse." read more
Last year, the U.S. deported a record number of immigrants. Almost 400,000 people who were in the country illegally were arrested and sent back to their home countries. The vast majority were Mexicans, and many were released into dangerous cities like Reynosa. The city is struggling to deal with the thousands of deportees who arrive each month and are vulnerable to violent thugs, drug gangs and corrupt officials.
... Migrant advocates here say that roughly 30 percent of the deportees immediately turn around and head north. They'd rather take their chances with the U.S. Border Patrol than venture out into an environment where they could get beaten, robbed, kidnapped or worse." read more
May 22, 2011
Whack-a-mole: How Gulf Cartel plaza boss' arrest may affect Miguel Alemán unclear
A report from the border city of McAllen, Texas on recent events just across the river, in Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Mexican federal police captured Gilberto “El Tocayo” Barragan Balderas at his birthday party Friday afternoon at a ranch near Reynosa.
Authorities say Barragan, 41, allegedly was the head of the cartel’s plaza in Miguel Alemán, across the border from Roma, and was tasked with defending “territory in Tamaulipas against attacks by the rival Zetas,” Mexican federal police said in a statement.
Miguel Alemán has marked a loose dividing line between territory controlled by the Gulf Cartel and the Zetas, their former allies until a split in early 2010 unleashed turf battles across Tamaulipas state and northeast Mexico.
Several businesses in the city, including car dealerships and retailers, suffered severe damage after enforcers with the Zetas unleashed a rampage across the town of 27,000 in late April.
Despite that attack, the Zetas did not retake control over the area.
Whether the Gulf Cartel will maintain control over Miguel Alemán after losing Barragan “could depend on how their hierarchy is set up,” said Will Glaspy, who heads the McAllen office of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration."
May 21, 2011
Whack-a-mole drug war: Mexican police catch Gulf drug cartel leader
The Associated Press: Mexican police catch Gulf drug cartel leader: "Mexican federal police captured a leading member of the Gulf drug cartel Friday at what appeared to have been his birthday party, authorities said.
Gilberto Barragan Balderas 'is considered one of the main leaders of the Gulf Cartel' and is the subject of a $5 million reward by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, said Ramon Pequeno, head of anti-drug operations for the federal police.
Barragan Balderas was allegedly in charge of the cartel's operations in Miguel Aleman, across the border from Roma, Texas. Police captured him at a party at a ranch near another border city, Reynosa, which is across from McAllen, Texas."
Gilberto Barragan Balderas 'is considered one of the main leaders of the Gulf Cartel' and is the subject of a $5 million reward by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, said Ramon Pequeno, head of anti-drug operations for the federal police.
Barragan Balderas was allegedly in charge of the cartel's operations in Miguel Aleman, across the border from Roma, Texas. Police captured him at a party at a ranch near another border city, Reynosa, which is across from McAllen, Texas."
Apr 11, 2011
Collateral Damage: Survival Courses for Journalists Covering the Drug War
Survival Courses for Journalists Covering the Drug War - Fox News Latino: "Raymundo Arellano wears a pair of dog tags around his neck. His name, blood type and next of kin have been indented on the silver plates.
“My greatest fear is that I’ll be killed and they’ll bury me somewhere and no one will recognize my remains,” he says. Arellano is a Mexican television reporter trying to do his job in a country wracked by drug-related violence. ...
“My greatest fear is that I’ll be killed and they’ll bury me somewhere and no one will recognize my remains,” he says. Arellano is a Mexican television reporter trying to do his job in a country wracked by drug-related violence. ...
Speaking to a classroom of fellow journalists taking a survival and first aid course last weekend, Arellano described how he was kidnapped a year ago in the northern city of Reynosa in the state of Tamaulipas. He and a colleague were picked up by armed members of an organized crime network while researching a report on drug-related violence there. They were beaten up and threatened before being let go. Arellano is one of the lucky one. He survived."
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