19-05-2009, 01:49 AM
This will perhaps be my last post on this subject. We have been pulled back from the border and the Task Force has been called back to Ft. Huchuca. The Mexican Army is being slowly pulled back, 1000 to go back to Mexico City next week and 3000 out by Sept.... The cartels have moved back into the old huants and have won this battle along the border. Homeland Security has their head in the sand.
Who cares? It does not effect us Americans. Right?
Fm,..TF 7 Intel Report... one of the last for me... disgusted at apathy... same ole' same ole'..
in Juarez this weekend: classified Task Force field report and recap xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxx Compare this to the flu outbreak.....
".... A very violent weekend across the border with at least 2 dozen homicides reported.
[size=12]O[/SIZE]ur Juarez media partner Channel 44 tells us there were 13 homicides across the river on Friday alone , two of those murders involved beheadings, police say the bodies of two men were found handcuffed , their heads laying on the ground near by, the gruesome discovery was in the small town of Porfirio Parra in the Juarez lower valley across from Fabens, on Saturday six persons were gunned down in Juarez , the six homicides included the shooting death of a 15 yr old Coronado High School student. On Sunday another 5 persons were found shot dead in different parts of Juarez. Big question is what happened to the Mexican army presence being a deterrent?
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NOW FOR THE REST OF MEXICO:
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MEXICO SECURITY MEMO: MAY 18, 2009
Zacatecas Prison Break
More than 50 inmates were freed from a prison in Cieneguillas, Zacatecas state, in the early morning of May 16. The inmates reportedly were serving sentences for crimes relating to organized crime, and some of their identities were released as police released public safety bulletins during the ensuing manhunt. Several government officials stated that the group behind the prison break could be linked to the Gulf cartel or Los Zetas, though the basis for that assertion remains unclear.
Based on available information, the rescue occurred at 5 a.m. local time, lasted less than 10 minutes and did not involve a single shot being fired. It began when a group of armed men — some reportedly dressed as federal police officers — arrived at the prison in some 15 vehicles. According to one report, a helicopter also was involved in the rescue. Authorities said these and other details of the rescue suggest that prison officials were complicit in the escape, and nearly all prison guards and directors on duty at the time are in custody. That the prison officials appear to have been bought off also raises questions regarding the accuracy of their description of the rescue.
Though by no means the first such prison break in Mexico, this particular prison break is certainly noteworthy in terms of the coordination involved and the number of prisoners rescued at one time, as well as the fact that a helicopter may have been involved in the rescue (though it is unclear exactly what role it played). Regardless, prison breaks such as this one are an inevitable symptom of Mexico’s rampant corruption and weak judicial system, and can be expected to continue to play a role in the country’s cartel war.
ERPI: A Guerrilla Group's Re-emergence?
Reports surfaced this past week about the May 9-10 appearance of Comandante Ramiro (aka Omar Guerrero Solis), leader of the People’s Insurgent Revolutionary Army (ERPI), a left-wing guerrilla group based in Guerrero state. Ramiro appeared with some 30 ERPI comrades in a remote location in Guerrero, where he gave an interview to several journalists brought there by ERPI members to cover his statements and take photographs. It was Ramiro’s first such public appearance since his 2001 escape from prison.
In his statements, Ramiro accused the governor of Guerrero and the leader of the state’s cattle ranching union of creating paramilitary organizations to fight insurgents like those of ERPI. He claimed that ERPI for several years has battled these paramilitaries along with organized criminal groups, and he provided details of specific engagements as corroboration. These engagements already were well known, though Ramiro said authorities always described them as involving drug traffickers or organized crime, not insurgents. Ramiro also sought to distance himself from organized criminal groups such as drug-trafficking organizations, and accused President Felipe Calderon of protecting Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera — a common assertion among El Chapo’s enemies.
Based on these statements, very little appears to have changed in ERPI’s ideology, especially compared with the online communiques the group often releases. ERPI shares a similar ideology with the more well-known left-wing guerrilla group the Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR), from which its leaders split in 1998. While both groups carried out small-arms and sniper attacks on police and soldiers in the 1990s, EPR has more recently shifted its tactics to bomb attacks on buildings and infrastructure designed to limit the possibility of casualties. ERPI, on the other hand, claims to have continued using the same tactics to kill its enemies.
Even though STRATFOR cannot corroborate Ramiro’s claims that it was ERPI members — and not drug traffickers — involved in the firefights he cited, it is nonetheless significant that Ramiro has resurfaced. This development could suggest, for example, that his organization and support network have grown to the point where he is now able to make such appearances without jeopardizing his security. In this context, ERPI warrants a closer look in the coming weeks and months.
May 11
The bodies of two people were found inside a vehicle in Zihuatanejo, Guerrero state, each with several gunshot wounds.
Authorities in Acapulco and Zihuatanejo, Guerrero state, removed several banners hanging from highway overpasses directed at President Felipe Calderon and signed by La Familia.
A group of armed men surrounded and ambushed a patrol, killing three police officers and wounding two in La Huacana, Michoacan state.
May 12
Authorities at Mexico City International Airport seized more than 1,300 pounds of cocaine hidden in cargo on a flight from Colombia.
Two men died after being shot multiple times while driving in Navolato, Sinaloa state.
Soldiers in Ziracuaretiro, Michoacan state, seized more than 8 tons of methamphetamines from a production facility.
May 13
An alleged drug trafficker was wounded during a firefight with soldiers that began after an army patrol came across several men hauling a load of marijuana in Apaxtla de Castrejon, Guerrero state.
A police officer in Mocorito, Sinaloa state, was abducted from his home and later found dead. Police and soldiers responding to the kidnapping exchanged gunfire with the suspects, killing one.
May 14
Several armed men shot and killed a police officer and seven members of his family, including four minors, in Cunduacan, Tabasco state.
Police in Tijuana, Baja California state, identified three people killed May 9 as U.S. citizens. The victims were found wrapped in blankets and bearing signs of torture.
Several men killed a police commander and his bodyguard after opening fire on the pair in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes state.
At least seven people were reported killed in separate organized crime-related violence in Sinaloa state, including a police officer shot dead near Los Mochis.
May 16
At least five people were reported dead in separate incidents in Sinaloa state, including a 74-year-old man found shot dead in Badiraguato.
A federal police officer was wounded after being shot several times while driving in Tarimbaro, Michoacan state.
A high-ranking police official in Tijuana, Baja California state, died after being shot multiple times while driving to work.
Who cares? It does not effect us Americans. Right?
Fm,..TF 7 Intel Report... one of the last for me... disgusted at apathy... same ole' same ole'..
in Juarez this weekend: classified Task Force field report and recap xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxx Compare this to the flu outbreak.....
".... A very violent weekend across the border with at least 2 dozen homicides reported.
[size=12]O[/SIZE]ur Juarez media partner Channel 44 tells us there were 13 homicides across the river on Friday alone , two of those murders involved beheadings, police say the bodies of two men were found handcuffed , their heads laying on the ground near by, the gruesome discovery was in the small town of Porfirio Parra in the Juarez lower valley across from Fabens, on Saturday six persons were gunned down in Juarez , the six homicides included the shooting death of a 15 yr old Coronado High School student. On Sunday another 5 persons were found shot dead in different parts of Juarez. Big question is what happened to the Mexican army presence being a deterrent?
XXXXXXX
NOW FOR THE REST OF MEXICO:
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MEXICO SECURITY MEMO: MAY 18, 2009
Zacatecas Prison Break
More than 50 inmates were freed from a prison in Cieneguillas, Zacatecas state, in the early morning of May 16. The inmates reportedly were serving sentences for crimes relating to organized crime, and some of their identities were released as police released public safety bulletins during the ensuing manhunt. Several government officials stated that the group behind the prison break could be linked to the Gulf cartel or Los Zetas, though the basis for that assertion remains unclear.
Based on available information, the rescue occurred at 5 a.m. local time, lasted less than 10 minutes and did not involve a single shot being fired. It began when a group of armed men — some reportedly dressed as federal police officers — arrived at the prison in some 15 vehicles. According to one report, a helicopter also was involved in the rescue. Authorities said these and other details of the rescue suggest that prison officials were complicit in the escape, and nearly all prison guards and directors on duty at the time are in custody. That the prison officials appear to have been bought off also raises questions regarding the accuracy of their description of the rescue.
Though by no means the first such prison break in Mexico, this particular prison break is certainly noteworthy in terms of the coordination involved and the number of prisoners rescued at one time, as well as the fact that a helicopter may have been involved in the rescue (though it is unclear exactly what role it played). Regardless, prison breaks such as this one are an inevitable symptom of Mexico’s rampant corruption and weak judicial system, and can be expected to continue to play a role in the country’s cartel war.
ERPI: A Guerrilla Group's Re-emergence?
Reports surfaced this past week about the May 9-10 appearance of Comandante Ramiro (aka Omar Guerrero Solis), leader of the People’s Insurgent Revolutionary Army (ERPI), a left-wing guerrilla group based in Guerrero state. Ramiro appeared with some 30 ERPI comrades in a remote location in Guerrero, where he gave an interview to several journalists brought there by ERPI members to cover his statements and take photographs. It was Ramiro’s first such public appearance since his 2001 escape from prison.
In his statements, Ramiro accused the governor of Guerrero and the leader of the state’s cattle ranching union of creating paramilitary organizations to fight insurgents like those of ERPI. He claimed that ERPI for several years has battled these paramilitaries along with organized criminal groups, and he provided details of specific engagements as corroboration. These engagements already were well known, though Ramiro said authorities always described them as involving drug traffickers or organized crime, not insurgents. Ramiro also sought to distance himself from organized criminal groups such as drug-trafficking organizations, and accused President Felipe Calderon of protecting Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera — a common assertion among El Chapo’s enemies.
Based on these statements, very little appears to have changed in ERPI’s ideology, especially compared with the online communiques the group often releases. ERPI shares a similar ideology with the more well-known left-wing guerrilla group the Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR), from which its leaders split in 1998. While both groups carried out small-arms and sniper attacks on police and soldiers in the 1990s, EPR has more recently shifted its tactics to bomb attacks on buildings and infrastructure designed to limit the possibility of casualties. ERPI, on the other hand, claims to have continued using the same tactics to kill its enemies.
Even though STRATFOR cannot corroborate Ramiro’s claims that it was ERPI members — and not drug traffickers — involved in the firefights he cited, it is nonetheless significant that Ramiro has resurfaced. This development could suggest, for example, that his organization and support network have grown to the point where he is now able to make such appearances without jeopardizing his security. In this context, ERPI warrants a closer look in the coming weeks and months.
May 11
The bodies of two people were found inside a vehicle in Zihuatanejo, Guerrero state, each with several gunshot wounds.
Authorities in Acapulco and Zihuatanejo, Guerrero state, removed several banners hanging from highway overpasses directed at President Felipe Calderon and signed by La Familia.
A group of armed men surrounded and ambushed a patrol, killing three police officers and wounding two in La Huacana, Michoacan state.
May 12
Authorities at Mexico City International Airport seized more than 1,300 pounds of cocaine hidden in cargo on a flight from Colombia.
Two men died after being shot multiple times while driving in Navolato, Sinaloa state.
Soldiers in Ziracuaretiro, Michoacan state, seized more than 8 tons of methamphetamines from a production facility.
May 13
An alleged drug trafficker was wounded during a firefight with soldiers that began after an army patrol came across several men hauling a load of marijuana in Apaxtla de Castrejon, Guerrero state.
A police officer in Mocorito, Sinaloa state, was abducted from his home and later found dead. Police and soldiers responding to the kidnapping exchanged gunfire with the suspects, killing one.
May 14
Several armed men shot and killed a police officer and seven members of his family, including four minors, in Cunduacan, Tabasco state.
Police in Tijuana, Baja California state, identified three people killed May 9 as U.S. citizens. The victims were found wrapped in blankets and bearing signs of torture.
Several men killed a police commander and his bodyguard after opening fire on the pair in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes state.
At least seven people were reported killed in separate organized crime-related violence in Sinaloa state, including a police officer shot dead near Los Mochis.
May 16
At least five people were reported dead in separate incidents in Sinaloa state, including a 74-year-old man found shot dead in Badiraguato.
A federal police officer was wounded after being shot several times while driving in Tarimbaro, Michoacan state.
A high-ranking police official in Tijuana, Baja California state, died after being shot multiple times while driving to work.