TX: El Paso Slaying suspect taunts police from Juárez

TX: El Paso Slaying suspect taunts police from Juárez...Jorge Landeros has taken to taunting the police from his new home in Mexico. The man accused of killing American University accounting professor Sue Marcum sent an e-mail to an El Paso detective recently to say that he wouldn't come to the U.S. to answer questions. "Of course you are cordially invited to cross the same bridge, in the opposite direction, and meet me at Sanborn's, a great cafe and restaurant here in Juarez, and we can talk shop all you want," Landeros wrote. "It's best if you come on a Sunday. We can have brunch. It will of course be my treat. Yours, Jorge."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/suspect-in-professors-killing-is-out-of-polices-reach-across-mexican-border/2011/06/03/AGo42oTH_story.html

470 Marijuana-Filled Bundles Found Inside Tractor-Trailer from MX

470 Marijuana-Filled Bundles Found Inside Tractor-Trailer from MX.. More than 470 marijuana-filled bundles were discovered inside a tractor-trailer in the commercial cargo facility at the Bridge of the Americas, officials said...U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers made the bust on Saturday when a drug-sniffing dog alerted officials to the drugs, said CBP officials. The seizure collected 531 pounds of marijuana. CBP officers said they arrested the driver, 39-year-old Sergio Hernandez Rascon, of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. He was turned over to ICE-HSI special agents after the case was accepted for federal prosecution. He was booked into the El Paso County Jail and is currently being held without bond.

http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/28148106/detail.html

U.S. Gangs As Foot Soldiers For Drug Traffickers

U.S. Gangs As Foot Soldiers For Drug Traffickers...To transport their drugs inside the U.S., MX drug cartels want a distributor who operates within the black market and is familiar with life on America’s streets. That’s where American gangs step in. The two make a convenient alliance. In exchange for drug money, the gangs do the cartels’ dirty work. They intimidate, kidnap, steal and murder. The cartel pockets the bulk of the profit from the drug trade, while gang members take most of the heat from law enforcement. One of the more notorious gangs with ties to Mexican cartels is the “Barrio Azteca”. The group operates mainly in the U.S.-Mexico border region between El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. It was founded in 1986 inside a Texas prison. One of the gang’s principal recruiting grounds is jails and prisons in the state of Texas.

http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/may/25/us-gangs-foot-soldiers-drug-traffickers/

Mexicans Wish They Had Our 2nd Amendment..Some gun owners in Mexico defy the law to defend themselves

Mexicans Wish They Had Our 2nd Amendment..Some gun owners in Mexico defy the law to defend themselves...more private citizens are arming themselves for protection, even if it means breaking the law. “People are desperate,” said Rogelio “Chief” Bravo, a private investigator in El Paso who has worked for clients just across the border in Ciudad Juarez too. “They’re telling the government, if you can’t protect us, let us protect ourselves.”

http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/Gun-owners-in-Mexico--121814734.html

El Paso, TX: Mexican police officer charged with drug smuggling at U.S. border

El Paso, TX: Mexican police officer charged with drug smuggling at U.S. border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the Bridge of the Americas crossing in El Paso, Texas arrested Juarez traffic officer Carlos Flores Olmos, 42, after a search of his vehicle allegedly yielded 25.1 pounds of cocaine

http://www.examiner.com/drug-cartel-in-national/mexican-police-officer-arrested-at-u-s-border-with-25-pounds-of-cocaine

I’m Pretty Sure the Mexican Drug Cartels Didn’t Get this Stuff from American Gun Shops or Gun Shows

I’m Pretty Sure the Mexican Drug Cartels Didn’t Get this Stuff from American Gun Shops or Gun Shows..Who is the Source of the Arsenal Found in Ciudad Juarez? discovery of an arsenal of weapons found inside a secret room in an upscale home in Ciudad Juarez. A gym in the house had a mirror wall that would open in to the room which was housing an impressive amount of weaponry..No one was detained in the search and the police didn’t reveal the origin of the weapons found.

http://oneoldvet.com/?p=28312

Almost 2,000 Detonators Found on Mexico Border (Ciudad Juárez)

Almost 2,000 Detonators Found on Mexico Border (Ciudad Juárez)...This city just across the border from El Paso, Texas, is the main battleground in a brutal turf war between the Juárez and Sinaloa drug cartels..Police discovered 1,994 detonator cartridges inside a pickup truck...Officers noticed the abandoned vehicle because its headlights were on and it was missing license plates (BUT DON'T WORRY JANET, IT IS SAFE THERE ANYWAY!)

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2011/04/27/2000-detonators-mexico-border/

MX: 23,000 US driver's licenses, license plates stored in Juárez

MX: 23,000 US driver's licenses, license plates stored in Juárez... mostly issued in Texas and New Mexico, in 2010 for traffic violations..They belong to U.S. drivers cited in Juárez who have yet to pay their fines and retrieve their documents

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_17783910

Swine Flu Outbreak in El Paso, USA and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Swine Flu Outbreak in El Paso, USA and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
According to the local media, 25 suspected cases with H1N1 have been reported on the Mexican side of border.
http://topnews.us/content/237666-h1n1-swine-flu-outbreak-el-paso-usa-and-ciudad-juarez-mexico

Mexican governor says new H1N1 outbreak came from US
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Mexican_governor_says_new_H1N1_outbreak_came_from_US_999.html