Mexican drug cartels give hit men OK for attacks in U.S.

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Mexican drug cartels give hit men OK for attacks in U.S.

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press

Aug. 25, 2008, 4:01PM

EL PASO — Warring Mexican drug cartels have given their hit men permission to cross into the United States to kill their targets, according to warnings received by U.S. authorities.

Police and federal agents told The Associated Press about the warnings today, and official along the border are beefing up security.

"We received credible information that drug cartels in Mexico have given permission to hit targets on the U.S. side of the border," El Paso Police spokesman Officer Chris Mears said. "One of the first things we did was to notify all officers in our department of the situation."

Mears says authorities learned of the threat last week. U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Border Patrol officers have also been told about the threat and have ramped up security at border crossings.

"We are aware of it and we are addressing it," Chief CBP Officer Rick Lopez said. "CBP is on heightened alert ever since we became aware of the threats in Mexico."

Drug cartel violence has claimed thousands of lives across Mexico this year. Nearly 800 people have been killed this year in Ciudad Juarez, a hard-scrabbled city of about 1.3 million people across the Rio Grande from El Paso.

More than two dozen gunshot victims have been taken across the border for medical treatment in El Paso, prompting security lockdowns at the county hospital and raising concerns in Texas that the violence could spill across the border.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5965004.html

[Ban Hammer 14,295]

and yet we still don't need a fence!

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they are already here...

U.S. turns over Mexican accused in 19 slayings

LOS ANGELES - A Mexican national wanted in connection with the 1998 drug-related massacre of 19 people in the Baja California resort town of Ensenada has been captured and turned over to Mexican authorities, U.S. immigration officials said Sunday.

Officers confronted Jesus Ruben Moncada, 33, at his Los Angeles home Thursday night as he took out the garbage.

Moncada, who did not resist arrest, was taken into custody on administrative immigration violations and was returned under heavy security Friday to Mexico where he faces first degree murder, attempted murder and kidnapping charges.

He was being held at a Tecate, Baja California prison pending court proceedings, according to the Mexican Attorney General's Office.

Moncada told officers he fled to the United States in 1998, illegally crossing the border near San Ysidro, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Prosecutors contend Moncada was a high-ranking member of a Felix Arellano gang, which carried out the killings to prevent the rival gang's marijuana-smuggling operation from becoming too competitive with theirs.

Moncada had been using his real name while living in the U.S., DeMore said.

but WE don't need a fence and the illegals will self-deport...

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Fence to keep the cartel madness contained in Mexico? If you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you.

As long as there is a demand over that fence, people will compete to be the supply. Funny thing about capitalism, it gives us what we want and it never judges.

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Mexican drug cartels give hit men OK for attacks in U.S.

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press

Aug. 25, 2008, 4:01PM

EL PASO — Warring Mexican drug cartels have given their hit men permission to cross into the United States to kill their targets, according to warnings received by U.S. authorities.

Police and federal agents told The Associated Press about the warnings today, and official along the border are beefing up security.

"We received credible information that drug cartels in Mexico have given permission to hit targets on the U.S. side of the border," El Paso Police spokesman Officer Chris Mears said. "One of the first things we did was to notify all officers in our department of the situation."

Mears says authorities learned of the threat last week. U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Border Patrol officers have also been told about the threat and have ramped up security at border crossings.

"We are aware of it and we are addressing it," Chief CBP Officer Rick Lopez said. "CBP is on heightened alert ever since we became aware of the threats in Mexico."

Drug cartel violence has claimed thousands of lives across Mexico this year. Nearly 800 people have been killed this year in Ciudad Juarez, a hard-scrabbled city of about 1.3 million people across the Rio Grande from El Paso.

More than two dozen gunshot victims have been taken across the border for medical treatment in El Paso, prompting security lockdowns at the county hospital and raising concerns in Texas that the violence could spill across the border.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5965004.html

I did see this one on America's Most Wanted.The hit-men are actually teenagers.

Fence to keep the cartel madness contained in Mexico? If you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you.

As long as there is a demand over that fence, people will compete to be the supply. Funny thing about capitalism, it gives us what we want and it never judges.

The so-called war on drugs is a joke.

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The day I "read" my country by peejay's ranting is the day I renounce to live. Thanks for the news though, don't know what my life would be without your copy and paste wisdom

You sure have issues dude.

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but WE don't need a fence and the illegals will self-deport...

Implement E-Verify and don't amnesty a single illegal alien. They won't stay if they can't work. 90% will leave. That's a fact, Jack.

I did see this one on America's Most Wanted.The hit-men are actually teenagers.

As if a teenager can't murder and do crimes? Gimme a break! The criminal justice system is full of teenagers...and they do some pretty f*cked up things.

[peejay 327]

The day I "read" my country by peejay's ranting is the day I renounce to live. Thanks for the news though, don't know what my life would be without your copy and paste wisdom

You sure have issues dude.

But you love it, right? You show up every time to throw rocks at me. You guys even dig up my old posts on a slow day. What's up with that?

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and yet we still don't need a fence!

I think that if the cartels have enough money, they can probably buy their matones as much as they want in legal papers to get into the US much like all the other mafias do it... and the rest that are already here in the States working from this side of the fence.

Fence to keep the cartel madness contained in Mexico? If you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you.

As long as there is a demand over that fence, people will compete to be the supply. Funny thing about capitalism, it gives us what we want and it never judges.

Nonsense... we all know that by keeping the illegals out our drug demand problem will *puff* disappear just like that.

The day I "read" my country by peejay's ranting is the day I renounce to live. Thanks for the news though, don't know what my life would be without your copy and paste wisdom

You sure have issues dude.

But you love it, right? You show up every time to throw rocks at me. You guys even dig up my old posts on a slow day. What's up with that?

Old posts or just a summary of the obsession? Search tool is not that difficult. Specially when its used to answer a question.

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The day I "read" my country by peejay's ranting is the day I renounce to live. Thanks for the news though, don't know what my life would be without your copy and paste wisdom

You sure have issues dude.

But you love it, right? You show up every time to throw rocks at me. You guys even dig up my old posts on a slow day. What's up with that?

Old posts or just a summary of the obsession? Search tool is not that difficult. Specially when its used to answer a question.

noticed that too ... this is what ... the third days old (dormant) thread that peejay's fan club have resurrected this week .....

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Nice of you to notice. Sometimes its hard getting by without yet another of brother peejay's Houston Chronicle articles.

[panamania79 2]

The day I "read" my country by peejay's ranting is the day I renounce to live. Thanks for the news though, don't know what my life would be without your copy and paste wisdom

You sure have issues dude.

But you love it, right? You show up every time to throw rocks at me. You guys even dig up my old posts on a slow day. What's up with that?

Old posts or just a summary of the obsession? Search tool is not that difficult. Specially when its used to answer a question.

noticed that too ... this is what ... the third days old (dormant) thread that peejay's fan club have resurrected this week .....

You can just feel the love,can't you ?

[natty bumppo 297]

Nice of you to notice. Sometimes its hard getting by without yet another of brother peejay's Houston Chronicle articles.

easy to notice a thread that was in use days ago ... then magically appears ... it's sort of a deja vu feeling ...

a quick look at the posting dates ... and which of peejays followers posted ... and the rest is ... well ... couldn't let it go could ya?

as for the Houston Chron ... it is the local paper and yet I see more of it on VJ with lots of colorful commentary ...

[Ban Hammer 14,295]

The day I "read" my country by peejay's ranting is the day I renounce to live. Thanks for the news though, don't know what my life would be without your copy and paste wisdom

You sure have issues dude.

But you love it, right? You show up every time to throw rocks at me. You guys even dig up my old posts on a slow day. What's up with that?

see what happens when you don't post a thread every day? people go dig up an old one to talk about!

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Nice of you to notice. Sometimes its hard getting by without yet another of brother peejay's Houston Chronicle articles.

easy to notice a thread that was in use days ago ... then magically appears ... it's sort of a deja vu feeling ...

a quick look at the posting dates ... and which of peejays followers posted ... and the rest is ... well ... couldn't let it go could ya?

as for the Houston Chron ... it is the local paper and yet I see more of it on VJ with lots of colorful commentary ...

Eventually we'll just ignore it. In the meantime, there's the possibility of fun to be had.

The day I "read" my country by peejay's ranting is the day I renounce to live. Thanks for the news though, don't know what my life would be without your copy and paste wisdom

You sure have issues dude.

But you love it, right? You show up every time to throw rocks at me. You guys even dig up my old posts on a slow day. What's up with that?

see what happens when you don't post a thread every day? people go dig up an old one to talk about!

We could talk about science and global warming...