http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/palomas/ en-us Sat, 5 Apr 2008 09:10:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997088/posts Alleged gun smuggling leader arrested in TucsonBy: The Associated Press Updated at: 04/04/2008 02:16:41 PM PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona authorities have arrested a Tucson man accused of being the leader of a gun smuggling network that supplied a Mexican drug cartel with weapons. Authorities on Thursday announced the arrest of 23-year-old Victor Manuel Varela Jr., who is accused of supplying the Juarez cartel in Palomas, Mexico with rifles and guns. Tom Mangan, a spokesman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, says Varela’s network illegally bought the firearms in Arizona, transported them to New Mexico and then took... KOB http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997088/posts#comment Sat, 5 Apr 2008 09:10:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992751/posts CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico – The government of Mexican President Felipe Calderón on Thursday announced a military surge of more than 2,000 soldiers in this besieged border community – caught in the crossfire between two warring drug cartels. "Operation Chihuahua," named after Mexico's biggest state, nestled against New Mexico and Texas, is aimed at restoring law and order in a region that many say has grown lawless. Since Jan. 1, nearly 200 people have been killed in this city of 1.2 million. "In this fight, Chihuahua is not alone," said Mexico's interior secretary Juan Camilo Muriño, who was accompanied by the... The Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992751/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:17:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990451/posts EL PASO, Texas -- The killings in Juarez have spread outside of city limits and into other Mexican cities. This after police said 4 cops were found dead and burned in the city of Palomas, Mexico, Friday. The owner of the “Los Lamenots” ranch found the bodies and made the call to authorities. The violence has gotten so bad, officials have advised for no one to enter the city. KFOX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990451/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:24:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989639/posts Mexican Police Chief Requests US Asylum Mar 21 07:26 PM US/Eastern By MARK EVANS Associated Press Writer ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The police chief of a Mexican border town racked by smuggling-related violence fled to the U.S. seeking asylum after his deputies abandoned him, federal officials said Friday. Emilio Perez, the chief of Palomas, Mexico, showed up at the international port of entry in Columbus, N.M., late Tuesday, saying his two deputies had left the department and that he now needed protection, too, according to Doug Mosier, a U.S. Border Patrol spokesman in El Paso. Perez was taken in and... Brietbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989639/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:41:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989523/posts DEMING, N.M. (AP) - The police chief of a Mexican border town has requested asylum in the United States, where he told authorities his two officers have fled and he does not know their whereabouts. The Luna County Sheriff’s Department and the U.S. Border Patrol say Emilio Perez of Palomas came to the port of entry at Columbus late Tuesday night, requesting political asylum. The agent-in-charge of the Border Patrol station in Deming, Rick Moody, says Perez is in the protection of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Authorities have reported an increase in drug-related violence in Palomas, where at... KOB.com/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989523/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:46:44 GMT