Mexican Army Recognized for their Battle against Narco Traffic
Wednesday, 26 March 2008

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The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) extracts and condenses the material that follows from Mexican and Central and South American on-line media sources on a daily basis. You are free to disseminate this information, but we request that you credit NAFBPO as being the provider.

El Porvenir (Monterrey, Nuevo Leon) 3/26/08

1. The National Defense Committee of the Mexican House of Representatives passed an agreement congratulating the Armed Forces for their patriotic fight against narco traffic, paying homage to the fallen soldiers and expressing their solidarity with their families. The members of the legislature agreed in that the Armed Forces of Mexico have undertaken the combating of organized crime as a fundamental task.

2. A federal judge has granted the Attorney General authority to hold Raul Hernandez, "Flander 1," in custody for 90 days while his trial is prepared. Hernandez, on the Attorney General's most wanted list, was captured last Friday. He is believed to be one of the founders of Los Zetas, the hired killers of the Gulf Cartel. He had been an active member of the Mexican Army, but deserted in 1999 to join organized crime.
Milenio (Mexico City) 3/26/08

The Attorney General's office is now saying the failed bombing against the Mexico City office on February 15 was not the work of narcotics organizations. The investigation concluded that the unstable, crudely devised bomb that detonated prematurely killing the man carrying it and wounding another, lacked the sophistication, materials and planning available to organized crime. (At the time of this report, there appears to be some official contesting of that finding. Perhaps later on this.)

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Excelsior (Mexico City) 3/26/08

Units of the Mexican Army patrolling the downtown streets of Mier, Tamaulipas examined an abandoned vehicle and discovered 390 pounds of marihuana wrapped in packs. In the nearby town of Reynosa, the federal police arrested a man in possession of 102 packets of cocaine and a sack of marihuana. The article pointed out the effectiveness of the preventive operations in the area.

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El Diario de Coahuila (Saltillo, Coahuilla) 3/26/08

1. In a story from Guatemala City, Guatemala the Mexican news agency Notimex reports that at least 10 people, among them 2 Mexicans were killed in a clash between two narco traffic groups. The gun battle took place in Zacapa, east of Guatemala City. Security police captured six of the survivors, among them 3 other Mexicans. There were indications, yet unconfirmed, that one of the dead might be the well-known Mexican narco traffic boss, Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman.

2. According to state criminal data from the first trimester of 2008, the cities of Torreon, Saltillo and Cd. Acuña have the greatest crime problems in Coahuila. Torreon registered 27 violent homicides during the period due to the greater presence of organized crime.

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La Cronica de Hoy (Mexico City) 3/26/08

Five people were executed last night in Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua. The investigation reveals the dead were connected to narco traffic. In another incident in Paloma, a man was killed by bursts of gunfire from high-powered rifles and his body was then tossed into a garbage container.

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Ensenada.net (Ensenada, Baja California) 3/26/08

Robert Carlos Cruz, 26, was captured by state police through liaison with U.S. enforcement agencies. Cruz is on the FBI's most wanted list for having escaped from jail in Blythe, California in 2006 while charged with 5 homicides in California.

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