Tuesday, June 18, 2013

AZMEX ACTIVITY 18-6-13

AZMEX ACTIVITY 18 JUN 2013   

06/06/13 - 0000~2400hrs - 20 Groups - 57 Bodies -   Heat taking it toll - 911 calls, Bailout, "46" packers on ATVs

5 minutes of condensed audio  (click on link below) 


Groups of:  3,1,3P,2-ATV-P,3P,4,1B,,1,1,1,2,P,1,3,1,3,2,1,15,3x"911"

(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, U= UltraLight Sighting, LV= Load Vehicle, B=Bailout. FTY= Failure to Yield)


Significant Events in audio:

-- There were MANY groups being worked during this 24 hour period where the size of the group could not be determined.

-- 0500 - 2 ATVs carrying "46" drugs NE of Fresnal Hill on the Tohono O'odham reservation.
-- 1300 - "911" call - IA suffering from heat exhaustion near Interstate 8, MP 140
-- 2300 - "911" call- 3 IAs in distress south of Interstate 8 on the gasline road in the Vekol Vally.  Subsequence search produced
               negative results... deemed possible bogus/ decoy call. 

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06/07/13 - 0000~2400hrs - 19 Groups - 68 Bodies -  IA wounded by gunshot, multiple "911" rescues, "10-7" dead body

8 minutes of condensed audio  (click on link below) 


Groups of:  6,2,7,3,shooting,6P,"911"x15,"10-7" death, 4,3,1,2,2,1,7,2,1,2,1

(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, U= UltraLight Sighting, LV= Load Vehicle, B=Bailout. FTY= Failure to Yield)

Significant Events in audio:

-- There were MANY groups being worked during this 24 hour period where the size of the group could not be determined.

-- Note: excessive temperatures in the desert today resulted in multiple 911 distress calls from Illegal aliens 
             suffering from dehydration. One instance resulted in the death of one of the IAs. 

1200 - Blackhawk helicopter and Borstar EMT agents dispatched to assist an IA with a gunshot wound to the leg, 6 miles
          north of the border, NW of  the POE @ Sasabe, AZ in the Baboquivari mountains. The IAs was transported by
          the Blackhawk helicopter to the University Medical Center in Tucson. ($$$).  No further details. 
1300 - "911" call-  group of 15 IAs were transported to the hospital in Sells on the Tohono O'Odham Reservation and treated for
           dehydration
1400 - "911" call - IAs in distress from dehydration - 1 IA "10-7" death.  Location unknown. 

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06/08/13 - 0000~2400hrs - 17 Groups - 74 Bodies -  Multiple "911" calls, BP checkpoint closed due to manpower limitations

6 minutes of condensed audio  (click on link below) 


Groups of:  8,15,5P,2,"911"x2,4,8,5,1,2,"911"x1,1,13,1,1,5

(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, U= UltraLight Sighting, LV= Load Vehicle, B=Bailout. FTY= Failure to Yield)

Significant Events in audio:

-- There were MANY groups being worked during this 24 hour period where the size of the group could not be determined.

-- Note: excessive temperatures in the desert continue to result in multiple 911 distress calls from Illegal aliens 
             suffering from dehydration. The Border Patrol stated priority mission in the summer time is Search & Rescue, with 
             enforcement taking a secondary role. 

-- 0500 - BP Checkpoint on SR 286, MP 26 south of Three Points closed due to manpower limitations
-- 0700 - Citizens Call - 2 IAs asking for water off of Manville Road north of Three Points... some 60 mile north of the border
-- 0700 - 2 "911" calls in progress - IAs in distress - location & disposition unknown.
-- 1200 - "911" call -  IA in distress near Sunland Gin Road south of I-10/Arizona City... some 82 miles north of the border 

END



06/09/13 - 0000~2400hrs - 27 Groups - 122 Bodies - 2 "Bailouts" on I-19/armed subjects, "911" call/SR86,  Load-up on I-19

7 minutes of condensed audio  (click on link below) 


Groups of:  5,6,1,4,7P,2,2,10,4,4,4,10+,4,4,26,1,"Bailout"-A,1,2,"911",1-LV,4,5,2P,2,4,5

(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, U= UltraLight Sighting, LV= Load Vehicle, B=Bailout. FTY= Failure to Yield)


Significant Events in audio:

-- There were MANY groups being worked during this 24 hour period where the size of the group could not be determined.

-- Note: excessive temperatures in the desert continue to result in multiple 911 distress calls from Illegal aliens 
             suffering from dehydration. The Border Patrol stated priority mission in the summer time is Search & Rescue, with 
             enforcement taking a secondary role. 

-- 1300 - "Bailout" - Interstate 19, Kilometer Post 73 north of Nogales, AZ - armed subject fleeing, 3 in custody
-- 1700 - "911" call - SR 86, MP101 on the Tohono O'odham Reservation - location and disposition unknown
-- 1700 - Citizens report - Bodies loading into a black Excursion near Interstate 19, Kilometer post 55.  Subsequent
             chase by Border Patrol led to a "bailout" near I-19 & Abrego. 


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AZMEX I3 18-6-13

AZMEX I3 18 JUN 2013

http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/migrants-from-india-follow-familiar-patterns/article_83ae4896-d82d-11e2-aeae-001a4bcf887a.html



Migrants from India follow familiar patterns

Cesar Barron
Migrants from India

These citizens of India, ages 16, 17, 18, 20, 21 and 43, were detained in Nogales, Sonora in March as they reportedly waited to be smuggled into the United States.
Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 8:41 am | Updated: 8:57 am, Tue Jun 18, 2013.
By Jonathan Clark
Nogales International | 0 comments


A recent spate of detentions of undocumented Indian migrants in the Ambos Nogales area coincides with a reported rise in the number of Central Americans crossing the border illegally into Arizona – and the two trends are likely related.
What's more, the fact that some are requesting political asylum from the United States is consistent with the tactics used by Indian migrants who arrived in large numbers to South Texas starting in 2010-11.
Like the United States, Mexico and Guatemala require visas for visitors from India. However, the governments of Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua do not, which makes them an inviting jumping-off point for Indians hoping to make an undocumented entry into the United States.
Eleanor Sohnen, an analyst with the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank that studies the movement of people worldwide, said evidence suggests that Indians are entering Central American countries by way of Cuba, Ecuador or Brazil, "and traveling along some of the same routes, paying some of the same people who can help them get here… just employing some of the same tools that undocumented Central Americans are using."
"It seems that smugglers are bundling groups of people together, and that's increasingly including Indians," she said.
Sometimes Indian migrants are caught by Mexican authorities after crossing Mexico's porous southern border with Guatemala, as was the case on Friday when the National Migration Institute (INM) announced that it had detained 24 undocumented Indians packed into a smuggler's truck in Chiapas.
Others manage to reach Mexico's northern border with the United States, only to be caught there – as was the case on June 10 when authorities in Nogales, Sonora discovered six undocumented Indian migrants in a safe house, along with 51 Guatemalans and a Honduran. According to local media, the arrests brought to 16 the number of undocumented Indians detained in Nogales, Sonora since March.
Still others make it to the United States only to be detained by U.S. authorities. If they are caught in Santa Cruz County, they might end up at the county jail, which has an agreement with the U.S. Marshal to house federal prisoners.
According to Sheriff Antonio Estrada, 24 Indian citizens were booked into the county jail from June 9-11. Another 11 were booked on Saturday and Sunday, according to jail staff.
"This is totally new. A few would pop up here and there, but never in these numbers," Estrada said. "I hadn't seen that in my 20 years as sheriff, and in my 45 years in law enforcement it's also a rarity."
The Border Patrol's Tucson Sector could not immediately provide numbers of Indian citizens its agents have detained of late in Arizona. However, nationwide data and estimates suggest that illegal immigration from India has risen sharply in the past decade.
Previously released Border Patrol data showed that the agency apprehended 1,221 undocumented Indians in fiscal year 2010, up from 235 in FY 2005. And a Department of Homeland Security report estimated that there were 240,000 undocumented Indians living in the county in January 2011, a two-fold increase from 120,000 in 2000.
Judith Gans, manager of the immigration policy program at the University of Arizona's Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, said there are several possible explanations for the uptick in undocumented entries by Indians.
U.S. consular officials in India might have raised the bar for visa applicants, or the increased number of undocumented Indian immigrants in the United States could be creating better information flows and social networks that attract even more migrants, Gans wrote in an email.
"Another possibility is that, as India's economy has grown, the capacity to emigrate has increased so that more people are trying – either legally or illegally – to leave India," she wrote.
Detour route
In late 2010 and early 2011, authorities in South Texas began to sound the alarm over a sudden jump in undocumented migrants from India. It's an area that has traditionally been a crossing point for migrants from Central America.
"It's closer for people coming from Central America, and, until recently, there has not been as much of an official presence in that area of the border," Sohnen said.
But as factors such as a slowly improving U.S. economy, lack of opportunity and high levels of violence and gang activity at home continue to push Central Americans to migrate along those routes, an increasing number appear to be attempting border crossings through Arizona as well.
Organizations that work with migrants in Nogales, Sonora have reported seeing more Central Americans, and Estrada said he's been housing more at the county jail in Nogales. Citing data from the Border Patrol, the Spanish news agency EFE reported last week that the agency's Tucson Sector arrested 14,198 undocumented Central Americans from Oct. 1, 2012 to May 1, an increase of 2,873 over the same period the previous year. (A Tucson Sector spokesman was not immediately able to confirm those numbers for the NI on Monday.)
The EFE story cited Maria Jimena Diaz Gonzalez, consul general for Guatemala in Arizona, as saying that recent kidnappings and murders of Central American migrants in northeast Mexico may be pushing more of the flow through Sonora to Arizona.
Sohnen said she couldn't comment on that possibility, but said that "relative enforcement priorities on U.S. side" often play a key role in determining border-crossing patterns.
"The migrants themselves don't often have a choice about where they're crossing," she said. "If they're relying on smugglers, they go the way the smugglers want them to go. So smugglers might be reacting to different forces as well."
'Credible fear'
Some of the Indians held recently at the county jail turned themselves in to U.S. authorities and requested an asylum hearing, citing a "credible fear" of persecution if they are repatriated to India, Estrada said.
Maria Elena Upson, spokeswoman for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), said her agency could not discuss the specifics of the asylum requests, or even confirm that they had been filed. "Asylum applications are confidential under immigration law, and we may not discuss information regarding whether an individual has or has not filed an application," she wrote in an email.
But Aseema Sinha, an expert on Indian politics at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif., was skeptical that many Indians could credibly claim persecution.
"India is a democratic country and very few groups can rightfully make arguments for asylum, especially at this moment as many ethnic conflicts have abated," she said.
Religious Sikhs could have made legitimate claims of persecution in the 1980s, she said, but that is no longer the case, especially since Punjab, the state where many Sikhs live, is now governed by a Sikh-based party called the Akali Dal.
The Indian inmates now at the Santa Cruz County jail specified their religion as either Hindu – the country's dominant religion – or "other," a jail staffer said.
Reports by the Los Angeles Times and Associated Press on the 2011 influx of Indian migrants to South Texas found that many were Sikhs who sought asylum hearings on the grounds that they suffered religious persecution, or members of opposition political parties who said they were targeted for violence by the ruling National Congress Party. Some were able to convince immigration judges to grant bond during the fact-finding period of their cases, and then have a family member or friend in the U.S. post the bond.
"Then they melt into American society and skip subsequent court dates," the AP wrote. "Immigration courts eventually order them deported, but only in absentia."
According to the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review, U.S. immigration judges have granted between 244 and 282 asylum requests from Indians each fiscal year from 2008 to 2012, a small percentage of the approximately 11,000 to 12,000 total requests granted each year to citizens of all countries.
However, while the number of asylum requests granted to Indian citizens has remained stable, the number of applications jumped from 1,040 in 2008 to 2,622 in 2011, before dipping to 1,703 in 2012.
According to USCIS, which reviews asylum requests before they go to a immigration judge, it has received 485 "credible fear" asylum referrals from Indian nationals through the first half of the current fiscal year – already more than the 426 it received in all of 2012.
However, those numbers are still well short of those from 2010 and 2011, when Indians made 735 and 1,940 credible fear asylum requests, respectively.



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Monday, June 17, 2013

AZMEX ACTIVITY 17-6-13

AZMEX ACTIVITY 17 JUN 2013

Note:  Some catch-up when can keep computer in operation.
Local weather conditions significantly affect both BP and cartel ops. 
Again, just groups detected.



06/01/13 - 0000~2400hrs - 22 Groups - 108 Bodies -    The invasion continues.... Illegal Aliens & Drug Smugglers 

6 minutes of condensed audio  (click on link below) 


Groups of:  3P,1,3,6,5P,4,8,7,2,1,10+,1,3,13,3,12,13,1,1,5

(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, U= UltraLight Sighting, LV= Load Vehicle, B=Bailout. FTY= Failure to Yield)


Significant Events in audio:

--  There were MANY groups being worked during this 24 hour period where the size of the group could not be determined.

NAFBPO   (National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers)   
Published on May 26, 2013 


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06/02/13 - 0000~2400hrs -  17 groups - 41 Bodies - High temps= BP prioritizing limited time on SAR (Search & Rescue) 

5  minutes of condensed audio  (click on link below) 


Groups of:  2,3,6,1,1,4,"911",1,2,2,7,1,2-SAR

(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, U= UltraLight, LV= Load Vehicle, B=Bailout. SAR=Search & Rescue)

Significant Events in audio:

--  There were MANY groups being worked during this 24 hour period where the size of the group could not be determined.

-- 0500 - "911" call - IA in distress- Trico pole line north of Three Points  (Turns out he wasn't in distress... just a quitter)
-- 1300 -  2 "SAR" operations going for IAs in distress - location and disposition unknown

(Note: High summer temperatures in the desert traditionally equates to a slowdown in smuggling traffic headed north. Low
           apprehension numbers can also be attributed to the fact that smugglers will travel at night and "layup" in the daytime,      making detection in the daytime more difficult and more dependent on reconnaissance aircraft for detection at night.  

        Thermal imaging detection equipment used by reconnaissance aircraft and ground agents is not as effective in the        summer as objects in the desert remain "hot" longer into  the night,    making it more difficult to discern a "hot" 98.6        degree body from a saguaro cactus.
          
         Furthermore, the Border Patrol's stated primary mission in the summertime is "SAR" (Search and Rescue) with
          a secondary mission of apprehension.  With fuel and flight time limitations placed on Rotary, Fixed & UAV
          Border Patrol Aircraft, no doubt, the effort to detect and apprehend Illegal Aliens and Drug Smugglers is 
          is negatively affected when these limited resources are prioritized in the summertime for Search and Rescue .The      increase in the  number of "911" emergency calls by Illegal Aliens further ties up limited resources, with many calls   being turning out to be "bogus"... used to divert BP resources to an area while smuggling occurs in another area.                       

NAFBPO   (National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers)   
Published on May 26, 2013 


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06/04/13 - 0000~2400hrs - 29 Groups - 143 Bodies -   Predator UAV aircraft spots IAs "kneeling at sun-up" near Patagonia, AZ

6 minutes of condensed audio  (click on link below) 


Groups of:  2,1,26,8,1,5,7,4,4,5,1,2,4,4,13,2,1,1,1,7,6,5,10,7,8,2,4

(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, U= UltraLight Sighting, LV= Load Vehicle, B=Bailout. FTY= Failure to Yield)


Significant Events in audio:

--  There were MANY groups being worked during this 24 hour period where the size of the group could not be determined.

-- 0200 -  BP group of 8 IA near Patagonia, AZ ... Surveillance aircraft reports observation of "kneeling" by targets at "sun-up"


This 1:24  minute short version condensed audio clip covers a time span starting at 06/04/13 - 0200 thru 06/04/13 - 0700.


Omaha 25 (Predator) aircraft starts tracking a group of  Illegal Aliens on 06/04/13 @ about 0200  @ N31 33.250, W110 42.70.
This location is 2.6 miles NE of  Patagonia,AZ .... 1/4 mile north of Red Rock Road and 15 miles north of the US/Mexico border, southeast of Tucson in southern Arizona  (see map below).

The group was tracked to a location 2.3 miles SE of  the original coordinates at approximately 0700.

At the 1:16 minute mark in the audio clip (@ approximately 0750)  the Omaha 25 operator makes the following statement:

"...uh.... be advised.... uh  ... replay the tape shows.... uh.... about sun-up, there was some kneeling going on....."

Transmissions from Omaha 25 after the above statement concerning this incident continued for an additional 45 seconds with one final set of coordinates. After that,  no further transmissions from Omaha 25 or any other transmissions concerning this incident or its disposition were discerned.

Come to your own conclusions. 

(Note: Predator UAV aircraft are flown from some remote location.  Some of the Predators in Arizona are being flown remotely by "pilots" based in North Dakota.  Most, if not all of these pilots are current or previous military "drone" pilots who have had a lot of experience in flying drones remotely in Islamic countries.  The  one sentence observation made by the done pilot would be as result of behavior of targets he has seen in the past in Islamic countries.....unusual here in the United States but not unusual in Iraq, Pakistan or Afghanistan.  After 5 hours of recorded audio for this event, it is significant that  drone pilot "replayed the tape"  in order to recount something that had previously caught his attention while observing the event "real time".  Also significant is that 45 seconds after the statement  was broadcast, there was no further communication concerning  disposition of this incident on the un-secure radio channel being monitored. Someone does not want the implication of this event to become public knowledge. )

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06/05/13 - 0000~2400hrs - 24 Groups - 101 Bodies -   IAs & Rattlesnakes

5 minutes of condensed audio  (click on link below) 


Groups of:  3,2,10,5,4,8,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,7,1,4,7,2,10,2,6,8,7,3,3,2

(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, U= UltraLight Sighting, LV= Load Vehicle, B=Bailout. FTY= Failure to Yield)


Significant Events in audio:

-- There were MANY groups being worked during this 24 hour period where the size of the group could not be determined.

-- 0700 - Agent observes numerous rattlesnakes in the area 


         

 
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Saturday, June 15, 2013

AZMEX F&F EXTRA 15-6-13

Note:  Hope to do some catch-up in next few days.


AZMEX F&F EXTRA 15 JUN 2013
Tim Steller: Public locked out of trial in former ATF agent Jay Dobyns' suit
We have an interest in knowing if, how feds abandoned Dobyns
June 14, 2013 12:00 am  •  Tim Steller Arizona Daily Star
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/tim-steller-public-locked-out-of-trial-in-former-atf/article_5943c5fd-3fbf-58e7-a9fe-2e85935941c3.html  

I walked into a "sealed" courtroom in downtown Tucson Thursday afternoon and saw something interesting: six Justice Department staffers at one table, two plaintiffs' advocates at the other.
The case would perhaps be the trial of the year in Tucson if the courtroom weren't closed to the public. I got in for a couple of minutes because the judge hadn't arrived yet for the afternoon session.
Inside, Jay Dobyns, his attorney and a paralegal are pressing his case that his employer, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, breached his contract. Dobyns is well-known in Tucson - a local son who played wide receiver for the University of Arizona in the 1980s before becoming an ATF agent and, in the early 2000s, infiltrating the Hells Angels.
The way Dobyns claims the ATF breached his contract is what makes the case so interesting: He says that for years after the Hells Angels operation ended in 2003, the agency failed to protect him and his family from violent threats, then failed to adequately investigate an arson fire at his house on Tucson's east side in August 2008.
His own agency initially accused him of setting the fire, Dobyns says. The case eventually was transferred to the FBI: It remains theirs - and unresolved - today.
"There's no reason for us to be here," Dobyns told me Thursday at lunchtime. "My case is overwhelming."
Dobyns accuses the Justice Department, of which ATF is an agency, of trying to make an example of him, punishing someone who complained publicly about what he considered mistreatment by his agency.
"I called their baby ugly, and I did it in a national way: Fox, CNN, Newsweek, the Washington Post," Dobyns said.
The Justice Department made a counterclaim against Dobyns, accusing him of wrongly profiting from his position by publishing a book about his experiences in the Hells Angels investigation, "No Angel: My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels." Dobyns knew the procedure for getting approval for writing such a book and selling movie rights, but he didn't follow it, the department says.
Court of Claims Judge Francis Allegra is hearing both complaints in the trial, which began this week in Tucson but ends next month in Washington, D.C.
Dobyns has gained legions of supporters from his book and his public criticisms in recent years of the ATF's Operation Fast and Furious. For me, one of the most persuasive parts of his case is that some of the same ATF managers he's accusing of malfeasance were also behind the notorious Fast and Furious gun-smuggling investigation.
Also, how is it possible the arson of his home remains unsolved? If Dobyns actually did it, the government needs to put him behind bars. If not, someone tried to kill a federal agent's family, which should have made it an urgent case to solve.
There is also a set of doubters who find Dobyns self-promoting.
I understand their perspective to an extent: In describing his situation Thursday, Dobyns told me U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder seems to have it in for him because of the way the Justice Department is fighting him. With all that Eric Holder is dealing with, it struck me as doubtful he cares about Dobyns.
But minutes after that conversation I walked into the courtroom and had to ask myself, what explains the six people at the Justice Department table? As I understand it, four were attorneys and two paralegals - a serious outlay of legal talent.
We the people, especially the people of Tucson, have interests at each table. At Dobyns' table, we have an interest in our federal law enforcement agents being protected from criminals and treated fairly by their employer. At the Justice Department table, we have an interest in making sure agents are doing their jobs and not winning damages - taxpayer money - over nothing.
That makes it especially unfortunate that the public is prohibited from attending the trial.
For almost three years, secrecy has marked the case, which Dobyns first filed in October 2008, two months after his home burned. In October 2010, Allegra issued a protective order sealing materials in the case related to how the ATF handles threats against agents, personnel matters potentially covered by the Privacy Act and materials related to ongoing or sensitive law-enforcement activities.
Since then, at least half of the filings in the case have been sealed. Still, the trial itself could have been open to the public: Allegra said during a May 22 hearing that if both sides agree, the trial could be open.
Surprisingly, it was Dobyns' side that nixed the idea. In a May 23 email to Justice Department attorney David Harrington, Dobyns' attorney, James Reed, said it would be too complicated to open the courtroom.
"I have talked with my client," Reed wrote, "and each witness we question has either obvious or potential testimony regarding confidential information as defined by the amended protective order."
Wednesday night, Reed told me, "Logistically, it's just unmanageable."
"When you are talking with witnesses, you don't know where a line of questioning is going to go," he said.
The judge would have to decide what testimony is protected, then clear the courtroom whenever it is, Reed said.
It's too bad, because besides the fascinating details of the case, there is a real public interest in knowing if, how and why the ATF abandoned this star agent. As it stands, it seems we'll be left with simply knowing Allegra's final decision when the trial ends.
Dobyns told me he plans to leave the case at that.
"I've pretty much lost faith in everything except this," he said, gesturing at the federal courthouse. "I'll live with what the judge says."

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Sunday, June 2, 2013

AZMEX UPDATE 1-6-13

AZMEX UPDATE 1 JUN 2013



Deputies seize 17 pounds of meth
May 31, 2013 11:26 PM
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Deputies with the Yuma County Sheriff's Office seized 17.7 pounds of
methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $150,450 Friday
afternoon in Gadsden.

At about 5:20 p.m., deputies began investigating a suspicious
abandoned vehicle in the area of Highway 95 and 1st Avenue. The make
and model of the vehicle have not been released to the public due to
the sensitive nature of the investigation.

A working dog, brought to the location to inspect the vehicle,
indicated the possible presence of contraband within the vehicle,
prompting the deputies to search the interior, leading to the
discovery of the meth.

Read more: http://www.yumasun.com/articles/vehicle-87844-deputies-
avenue.html#ixzz2UzgVqK1e


Yuma Border Patrol arrests seven, seizes 269 pounds of marijuana
May 30, 2013 10:26 PM
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BY JAMES GILBERT @YSJamesGilbert
According to Kyle Estes of the Yuma Sector Communications Division,
agents assigned to the area discovered footprints crossing the Camino
Del Diablo road about two miles east of Papago Well.

Agents then began tracking the group, and with the assistance of an
Air Interdiction agent aboard a Customs and Border Protection
helicopter, they were able to apprehend seven Mexican nationals who
were carrying backpacks filled with marijuana.

"(The Mexican nationals) were apprehended about three miles north of
the Camino Del Diablo," Estes said. "They didn't get much further
past that."

Estes explained that the group was following a known smuggling route
through the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge. He said it is the
same general area portrayed in Luis Alberto Urrea's 2004 book "The
Devil's Highway."

The case will be submitted to the U.S. Attorney's Office for
prosecution. The drugs were seized for destruction.

Yuma County residents can help the Border Patrol and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection by calling 1-866-999-8727 toll-free to report
suspicious activity. Callers can remain anonymous.

Read more: http://www.yumasun.com/articles/border-87806-estes-
yuma.html#ixzz2UzgkB5mb


Officers seize more than 1.7 million in illicit drugs
May 31, 2013 11:26 PM
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BY CHRIS McDANIEL - @YS_CMCDANIEL
Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Luis Port of Entry
seized more than $1.7 million in illicit drugs and arrested three
suspected smugglers Thursday during three separate incidents.

"These three separate hard narcotics seizures underscore the
pervasiveness of the drug threat our officers face on a daily basis,
and the resolve and determination of officers to root out this poison
to help keep our borders safe and secure," said Robert Schroeder,
acting port director.

The first incident happened shortly after midnight when Andy
Camarillo attempted to drive a 2005 Ford Mustang across the border
into the United States. At that time, a working dog indicated the
possible presence of contraband within the vehicle.

During an intensive inspection of the vehicle, officers allegedly
found 46 packages of drugs wrapped in black electrical tape and
cellophane. Ten of the packages, weighing about 30 pounds, tested
positive for heroin. The other 36 packages, weighing about 34 pounds,
tested positive for methamphetamine.

Camarillo was arrested and turned over to U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations for prosecution.

Later in the morning, a 1997 Chevy SUV driven by Maria Parra Reyes
was selected for a secondary inspection after a working dog indicated
the possible presence of contraband in the rear of the vehicle.
During their inspection, officers reportedly found a large trap door
in the rear floor area of the SUV, above the gas tank.

Removal of the trap door revealed a smaller trap door into the gas
tank. Inside a compartment within the fuel tank, officers allegedly
discovered 30 small plastic containers of meth with a combined weight
of 38.6 pounds. Reyes was turned over to ICE-HSI.

On Thursday night, a Border Patrol agent conducting roving
inspections at the port with his working dog selected a 1998 Ford
Ranger for secondary inspection after the K9 indicated the possible
presence of contraband within the truck.

The driver, Perez Leon, was later arrested after the agent and a CBP
officer allegedly found 23 packages of meth hidden in the dashboard
area. The drugs, weighing a total of 15.8 pounds, and vehicle were
seized. Leon was turned over to ICE-HSI.

The combined estimated total of the drugs seized was $1,774,122.

Read more: http://www.yumasun.com/articles/officers-87845-drugs-
pounds.html#ixzz2Uzgy0O55






Termina mayo con 108 crímenes
Se cometen 52 menos que en mayo de 2012; van 3 mil 890 homicidios en
lo que va del Gobierno de Mario López Valdez
IONSA
01-06-2013
http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=872003



CULIACÁN._ Con un total de 108 asesinatos en el estado cerró el mes
de mayo, lo que indica 52 homicidios menos que el mismo mes del año
pasado, en el que se registraron 160 muertes violentas.

A esta misma fecha del 2012 se tenía un registro de 671 homicidios
dolosos en Sinaloa, mientras que en lo que va de este año se tiene un
recuento de 525 muertes, lo que significa 146 ejecuciones menos.

Estadísticas señalan que en lo que va del gobierno de Mario López
Valdez, se han cometido 3 mil 890 asesinatos en toda la entidad.

Según estadísticas proporcionadas por las autoridades y archivos
periodísticos, el mes de mayo estuvo marcado por enfrentamientos
entre las fuerzas policiacas y delincuentes, así como por emboscadas,
en la que se cuenta la muerte de un capitán del Ejército Mexicano y
un municipal.

Indican que el 9 de mayo, en el municipio de Guasave, un grupo de al
menos 100 sujetos armados emboscó e intentó asesinar a Jesús Carrasco
Ruiz, director de la Policía Municipal de Ahome, al momento en que
transitaba por la carretera Internacional México 15, a la altura del
poblado Ruiz Cortines.

Durante la refriega murió un policía municipal de nombre Julián Dimas
Soto, mientras que minutos después fueron abatidos tres presuntos
delincuentes, quienes se enfrentaron a balazos contra agentes de la
Policía Ministerial del Estado.

Para el 18 de mayo, dos sicarios fueron abatidos por elementos
militares, tras un enfrentamiento registrado en un camino de
terracería que comunica el poblado La Vainilla con El Carrizo, en el
municipio de Mocorito.

Sin embargo, el 20 de mayo un capitán del Ejército, adscrito a la
Novena Zona Militar, murió durante una emboscada que perpetraron
sujetos armados a un convoy de soldados que realizaban un recorrido
de vigilancia por un camino del poblado El Guadare, en Pericos,
Mocorito.

Durante el intercambio de balas dejó de existir el efectivo castrense
Víctor Manuel Santiago Sánchez y resultaron lesionados tres soldados
más, los cuales fueron trasladados vía aérea al Hospital Militar de
Mazatlán.

Mayo también estuvo marcado por asesinatos relevantes de civiles,
entre los que destaca el de dos ciudadanos españoles que el día 11
fueron encontrados asesinados a balazos en el interior de un
vehículo, mismo que estaba sumergido en el canal Humaya, a la altura
de la sindicatura de Villa Adolfo López Mateos, "El Tamarindo".

Los extranjeros fueron identificados como José Montoya Lozada, de 50
años; y Fernando Carmona Romero, de 58, ambos originarios de España,
quienes se dijo se dedicaban a la venta de chamarras de piel y
artículos para cocina.

Un total de cuatro jóvenes fueron asesinados el 13 de mayo, tras
discutir con un grupo de sujetos con los que ingerían bebidas
embriagantes en la zona conocida como El Templete, en Sanalona.

Los occisos fueron identificados como Jorge Gregorio Félix
Bustamante; Juan Pablo Torres Contreras; así como los hermanos
Filiberto y Esteban Bustamante Inzunza, todos ellos de entre 17 y 20
años de edad.

Para el 24 de mayo los cuerpos de cinco personas asesinadas por
disparos de proyectil de arma de fuego, fueron localizadas en un
paraje ubicado a unos metros de la carretera Los Mochis-Topolobampo,
en el municipio de Ahome.

Tres de los acribillados fueron identificados como Manuel Antonio
Salas López, de 28 años; José Ángel Moreno Machado; y Sabdiel López
Salas, ambos de 23 años.

La mañana del 30 de mayo en Culiacán, dos jóvenes vecinos de la
capital del estado fueron encontrados asesinados a tiros y con
huellas de tortura, mismos que se encontraban sobre el río Tamazula,
en el poblado de Ayuné.

Ayer por la mañana dos sujetos que viajaban en un automóvil compacto
y uno más que iba en una camioneta fueron acribillados por un grupo
armado que los correteó a balazos por la carretera México 15, entre
la comunidad de Juan José Ríos y Guaypavime, en Guasave.

Dos de los occisos iban en un automóvil Nissan March, color naranja,
con placas de Sinaloa, donde las autoridades encontraron un fusil
AK-47 y una pistolas, indicaron que las víctimas eran Juan Manuel
López Ortiz, de Mazatlán; y Juab Ibarra Ibarra, de Mexicali, Baja
California, mientras que el otro no fue identificado.

Mientras que en Navolato las autoridades encontraron el cuerpo de un
desconocido asesinado a balazos y envuelto en plásticos, al cual le
dejaron un mensaje donde lo señalaban de haber sido ejecutado por
andar con mujeres casadas.

Échele un ojo

Cifras de muerte en el 2013:
- Con 108 asesinatos cerró el mes de mayo
- Van 525 en lo que va del año

- Un total de 3 mil 890 homicidios en el gobierno de Mario López Valdez
Comparativo
- En mayo del 2012 se tuvo un registro de 160 asesinatos
- De enero a mayo de ese mismo año, se habían cometido en Sinaloa 671
homicidios

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AZMEX ACTIVITY2 2-6-13

AZMEX ACTIVITY 2  2 JUN 2013


05/25/13 - 0000~2400hrs - 24 groups - 95 Bodies - Pregnant IA requests hospital transport,  "Zulu" team takes out Cartel  LP/OP  
9 minutes of condensed audio  (click on link below) 


Groups of:  17,2, 16,8P,2,3,1,1,4-scouts,8,1,3P,1,2,1,2,4,3,1,6,2,3,3
(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, U= UltraLight Sighting, LV= Load Vehicle, B=Bailout. OTM= Other Than Mexican)

Significant Events in audio:
--  There were MANY groups being worked during this 24 hour period where the size of the group could not be determined.

-- 0100 - Pregnant female IA in custody request transport to hospital due to her pregnancy.  
            (Note: turns out being pregnant in itself is not a reason for BP to transport an IA to the hospital) 
-- 0600 - Border Patrol "Zulu" tactical team inserted from a Blackhawk helicopter onto a mountain top cartel spotter "LP/OP"    located in a  cave near Johnson's Well ..... some 62 miles north of the US/Mexico border (see map below) -  1 subject in                 custody, 3 absconded. 

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05/25/13 - 0000~2400hrs - 20 groups - 111 Bodies -  More of the same.... IAs & Packers,  possible shooting near Three Points, AZ  
5 minutes of condensed audio  (click on link below) 


Groups of:  3,5,3,4,6,12P,1,2,10,5,17,3LV,1,2,5,2, (possible shooting), 1,2,7
(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, U= UltraLight Sighting, LV= Load Vehicle, B=Bailout. OTM= Other Than Mexican)

Significant Events in audio:
--  There were MANY groups being worked during this 24 hour period where the size of the group could not be determined.
-- 2300 - Possible shooting reported near Three Points, AZ - no details or disposition

END



05/27/13 - 0000~2400hrs -  13 groups - 60 Bodies - More IAs & Packers, DPS reports 4 IAs @ Interstate 8 - MP 139   
4 minutes of condensed audio  (click on link below) 


Groups of:  4,1,11,9,8,12,1,1,4,4,3,2
(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, U= UltraLight Sighting, LV= Load Vehicle, B=Bailout. OTM= Other Than Mexican)


Significant Events in audio:
--  There were MANY groups being worked during this 24 hour period where the size of the group could not be determined.

--  1300 DPS report 4 IAs waiting for pickup on Interstate 8, MP 139 .... some 77 miles north of the US/Mexico Border
   
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05/28/13 - 0000~2400hrs -  12 groups - 39 Bodies - BP "Zulu" tactical team takes out Cartel spotter LP/OP up on Interstate 8, MP 148  
4 minutes of condensed audio  (click on link below) 


Groups of:  2,1,3,1,3,2,1,7,1,2,1,15
(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, U= UltraLight Sighting, LV= Load Vehicle, B=Bailout. OTM= Other Than Mexican)

Significant Events in audio:
--  There were MANY groups being worked during this 24 hour period where the size of the group could not be determined.

--  0500 - Border Patrol "Zulu" tactical team inserted by a Blackhawk helicopter onto a mountain top cartel spotter "LP/OP"     located on a hill just north of Interstate 8,  MP 148..... some 79 miles north of the US/Mexico border (see map below) -  
          -  tracking one subject - disposition unknown.
-- 1200 - Omaha aircraft reports another occupied, camouflaged cartel spotter LP/OP - location unknown
   
END


05/29/13 - 0000~2400hrs -  26 groups - 139 Bodies - Cartel possibly using LE radio repeater, Weapon & "46" found in desert 
10  minutes of condensed audio  (click on link below) 


Groups of:  4,16,3,2,3,6,2,4,1,8,6,1,3,20,12,"46" & weapon,3,2,1,1,4,9,4,5,3,15,1
(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, U= UltraLight Sighting, LV= Load Vehicle, B=Bailout. OTM= Other Than Mexican)

Significant Events in audio:
--  There were MANY groups being worked during this 24 hour period where the size of the group could not be determined.

-- 0600 - Border Patrol aircraft reports the possible use of a Law Enforcement radio repeater by smugglers - location unknown
-- 1100 - BP reports finding a weapon & "46" drugs in the desert - location unknown
  
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05/30/13 - 0000~2400hrs -  17 groups - 84 Bodies - Wildfire detected near the border,  multiple "Bailouts"  

10  minutes of condensed audio  (click on link below) 


Groups of:  2,5,3,13,1,5,1,4,6B,1,1P,11B,5,3,10P12
(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, U= UltraLight Sighting, LV= Load Vehicle, B=Bailout. OTM= Other Than Mexican)

Significant Events in audio:
--  There were MANY groups being worked during this 24 hour period where the size of the group could not be determined.

--  Small wildfire spotted by Omaha aircraft neat the border - location and disposition unknown. 
-- 1300 - "Bailout" - SR 86, MM 150, west of Three Points, AZ - Vehicle with Colorado plates, USC driver in custody, rest       absconded.
-- 2000 - "Bailout"  - Duval Mine Road & Abrego, south of Tucson, AZ.-  7 IAs in custody, 4 "gotaways".
 
END



05/31/13 - 0000~2400hrs - 27 groups - 81 Bodies - Breach in Border Fence, FTY- SR83 & I-10, Injured K-9, "911" - paraglider
crash 
16 minutes of condensed audio  (click on link below) 


Groups of:  4,2,7,7,2,5,3,7,2,1, Fence Breach, 1,1,1,3,FTY,7,1,1,2,5,6,4."911,2,6,2,3P
(P= "46" Drug Packers, A= Armed individuals, U= UltraLight Sighting, LV= Load Vehicle, B=Bailout. FTY= Failure to Yield)

Significant Events in audio:
--  There were MANY groups being worked during this 24 hour period where the size of the group could not be determined.

--  1000 - BP agent reports a breach in the "border fence cable" on the Tohono O'odham Reservation (see map below)
--  1500 - "Failure to Yield" pursuit - Interstate 10 westbound from SR83.  Suspected drug load vehicle being pursued at
               a distance by BP gets into traffic in Tucson.  Agent "10-3"s the pursuit and Blackhawk helicopter defers to ground             agents who have the suspect's address in Tucson where a stakeout is set up. - Disposition unknown.
-- 1600 - BP agent reports an injured K-9 with a call for assistance - location & disposition unknown
-- 1800 - Citizen call regarding IAs near SR 86 & Hayhook Road, west of Three points -  BP in custody of 4
-- 2300 - "911" call - BP called for assistance to rescue injured paraglider pilot east of I-19/Green Valley (see map below)
            (Note:  Yes... BP actually DOES participate in "911" calls for assistance from US Citizens !) 


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