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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Mexican Drug War Update

ol AgeUpdate bythe Former Border Patr

El Informador (Guadalajara, Jalisco) 2/12/09

The Chief of Customs at Guadalajara’s International Airport was abducted and held for several hours Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Cecilia Antillan Rosas and her driver, an active AFI [equiv. FBI ] agent were intercepted and abducted by armed men in two vehicles with license plates from the state of Colima. They were driven around for about three hours before being released at the Chief’s home. During those hours, she was threatened by at least eight armed men for the purpose of persuading her to “allow cargo” or there would be reprisals against her. In recent days, important seizures of drugs have been made at the airport.

  1. News Summary The Former Border Patrol Agents Association

(Monterrey, Nuevo Leon) 2/12/09

The Chief of homicide investigations for the Nuevo Leon State Police was assassinated while on duty in an official vehicle by several gunmen in Monterrey. He was hit by more than 14 impacts from firearms. The detective was in charge of a number of investigations into organized crime.
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Novedades de Quintana Roo (Cancun, QR) 2/12/09

A federal judge ordered the ex-secretary of Public Security of Cancun, Francisco Velasco Delgado, alias “El Vikingo,” to be placed under arrest for his possible participation in the murders of retired Army General Mauro Enrique Tello Quiñones and two of his escorts.

The murders, February 3, were presumably carried out by Los Zetas. ”El Vikingo” is suspected of long association with organized crime in the area and giving protection to Los Zetas.
According to SIEDO [equiv. DEA], Los Zetas have the mission to assassinate any members of the Armed Forces believed to be obstructing the activities of the cartel.
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El Porvenir (Monterrey, Nuevo Leon) 2/12/09

The Chief of homicide investigations for the Nuevo Leon State Police was assassinated while on duty in an official vehicle by several gunmen in Monterrey. He was hit by more than 14 impacts from firearms. The detective was in charge of a number of investigations into organized crime

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Mexican News Update

++ Four the fourth consecutive day dozens of people wearing face masks and armed with sticks and stones and firecrackers took over the Fidel Velázquez avenue in Monterrey, Nuevo León, to demand the Army withdraw from the area.

++ Federal Preventive Police commissioner Rodrigo Esparza accepted that drug trafficking cartels are operating out of municipalities in the State of Mexico near the Federal District

.++ A judge indicted former Federal Preventive Police regional security chief Javier Herrera Valles… He will organized crime and drug trafficking charges for having allegedly offered protection to organized crime in Tamaulipas.

Mas from the Mexico Today Blog

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