Posted on 08/06/2007 3:15:41 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
Accelerating Violence
The violent trend that began several weeks ago in northern Mexico has continued this week and appears to be increasing. Drug-related killings occurred this week in Nuevo Leon, Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua and Durango states -- all cartel battlegrounds. It is important to note, however, that other regions of the country also experience drug-related violence on a regular basis, such as the southern states of Guerrero and Michoacan.
Territorial control in these two states has long been of strategic importance to the Sinaloa cartel because of the port city of Acapulco, an important port of entry for drugs coming from South America. This control is frequently challenged by rival Gulf cartel operatives, who violently attempt to disrupt the Sinaloa cartel's operations. Examples this week of such violence include the killings of a city official's brother and a city police chief.
Two Dead Agents and Zhenli Ye Gon
Authorities confirmed Aug. 1 that two men found dead the day before in Guerrero state were agents of the Federal Investigative Agency. Federal police officers turn up dead nearly every week in Mexico. These two agents, however, were involved in the investigation of Zhenli Ye Gon, a Chinese-Mexican businessman accused by the United States and Mexico of supplying pseudoephedrine to Mexican cartels for manufacturing methamphetamine, a phenomenon discussed in a previous Mexico Security Memo.
Since authorities seized more than $200 million in cash -- comprising more than two tons of $100 bills -- from Ye Gon's Mexico City home earlier this year, the case has gained national attention in Mexico. Speaking at a forum on organized crime in Latin America, a Colombian national police official accused Ye Gon of having links to Chinese organized crime and added that the Chinese mafia has set up illegal casinos and money laundering operations in many....
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If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.
I’d say it’s time to invade, kick out the useless leader, protect the oilfields, go after the terrorists and help them build a democracy.
What? California?
You know what, I’ve got a fantastic idea. Let’s join our national security with that of Mexico, and Canada too while we’re at it. That way we can lower our borders with them and just protect the parimeter of the three nations. Garsh Andy, what do you think?
We’ll Gomer, I’ll give it some thought...
NOT!
And that about wraps up the Mexican weather report
Sounds more like a Deputy Barney Fife idea.
I don’t know, even Barney had his moments. This plan sure doesn’t.
They were arrested and put into a lockup with a couple of dozen illegals. Later the next morning, they were interviewed by the BP. They were told, and I quote, “The area within 50 miles of the border is considered a *DE-CONSTITUTIONALIZED ZONE*.
I thought it was rather interesting the BP and the Sheriff would use this description.
Can you narrow the location a bit? Thanks!
Brackettsville...Uvalde
Of course LEOs are NOT free to decide that some parts of the USA are 'de-constitutionalized'. They've crossed the line with that thinking. The border effects people on both sides in a negative way.
I guess they do whatever they like out there.
“The area within 50 miles of the border is considered a *DE-CONSTITUTIONALIZED ZONE*.”
TITLE 8 > CHAPTER 12 > SUBCHAPTER II > Part IX > § 1357
§ 1357. Powers of immigration officers and employees
(a) Powers without warrant
Any officer or employee of the Service authorized under regulations prescribed by the Attorney General shall have power without warrant—
(1) to interrogate any alien or person believed to be an alien as to his right to be or to remain in the United States;
(2) to arrest any alien who in his presence or view is entering or attempting to enter the United States in violation of any law or regulation made in pursuance of law regulating the admission, exclusion, expulsion, or removal of aliens, or to arrest any alien in the United States, if he has reason to believe that the alien so arrested is in the United States in violation of any such law or regulation and is likely to escape before a warrant can be obtained for his arrest, but the alien arrested shall be taken without unnecessary delay for examination before an officer of the Service having authority to examine aliens as to their right to enter or remain in the United States;
(3) within a reasonable distance from any external boundary of the United States, to board and search for aliens any vessel within the territorial waters of the United States and any railway car, aircraft, conveyance, or vehicle, and within a distance of twenty-five miles from any such external boundary to have access to private lands, but not dwellings, for the purpose of patrolling the border to prevent the illegal entry of aliens into the United States;
(4) to make arrests for felonies which have been committed and which are cognizable under any law of the United States regulating the admission, exclusion, expulsion, or removal of aliens, if he has reason to believe that the person so arrested is guilty of such felony and if there is likelihood of the person escaping before a warrant can be obtained for his arrest, but the person arrested shall be taken without unnecessary delay before the nearest available officer empowered to commit persons charged with offenses against the laws of the United States; and
(5) to make arrests—
(A) for any offense against the United States, if the offense is committed in the officer’s or employee’s presence, or
(B) for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States, if the officer or employee has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such a felony,
if the officer or employee is performing duties relating to the enforcement of the immigration laws at the time of the arrest and if there is a likelihood of the person escaping before a warrant can be obtained for his arrest.....(Except for suspected drug smugglers,)
See #14
Not really, and it's nothing new. Customs authority on the borders clearly exceeds what would be constitutional anywhere else. It's why customs can tear apart a car without a warrant. It's been that way pretty much forever.
If you are believed to have crossed the border, US Customs and US Coast Guard can both do pretty much whatever they want. No warrants, no "probable cause", nuthin.
I'm not saying that's a bad thing, either. It's what makes the job possible. Any lesser powers and there would be no way for them to be effective at all.
“Did it turn out alright for them? What was the little trouble over?”
So far so good. It’ll cost them some cash but, could of been worse.
They were on vacation and got a little stupid. Lets just say the BP dog was fond of them.
“It’s why customs can tear apart a car without a warrant.”
Must be OK for DPS to do the same. 3 times during the 70’s in Waco,TX.
I’ve heard the Game Warden has the greatest latitude.
“I guess they do whatever they like out there.”
It was a proper bust, don’t get me wrong. Friends were stupid that day.
Thanks! Well they have statues backing them up, which may or may not be Constitutional.
I’m not sure a 25 mile buffer zone which gives BP agents the right to walk on your property without a warrent would stand up in court.
Regardless I don’t think I will consider buying land within that zone.
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