THIS IS THE SEEDING OF THE RECONQUISTA, JUST AS I SUSPECTED. THEY WILL
SPREAD THEIR VIOLENCE OVER THE BORDER, PERHAPS EVEN CHALLENGE STATE AND
FED FORCES. THE NEXT PHASE IS WHEN THEY REALIZE THAT A BETTER WAY TO
LOOSEN CONTROL OVER THE AREA IS BY AGGREVATING INDENTITY POLITICAL
ISSUES IN THE AREA.
In particular, this is happening in Webb County, which is across the
Rio Grande from Nuevo Laredo, where violence and death have grown to
almost unbearable numbers, said Sheriff Rick Flores.
The violence is spilling into Laredo, Texas, where a number of murders
in his county over the past year may be attributed to the Zetas, he
said. The Zetas are former elite Mexican anti-drug agents who joined
the Gulf Cartel, one of the most powerful drug trafficking
organizations along the border.
"We take it seriously, but we have to take it alone because we can't
get the Department of Homeland Security to back us,'' said Sheriff
Arvin West, with the Hudspeth County Sheriff's Department, who attended
the sheriffs' meeting in El Paso. "I'd like for the general public to
pray for us.''
IT IS THIS KIND OF DENIAL THAT WILL HELP BRING AMERICA INTO IT'S SECOND
CIVIL WAR. I HOPE THEY CONTINUE TO NOT FACE REALITY. ***** AMERICA.
The alert said that on March 15 and 17, a Marfa sector intelligence
unit received information that the nine illegal immigrants lived in the
remote Terlingua/Study Butte area, just west of Big Bend National Park
along the Texas border.
Six of the nine were identified by an informant, but all are being
sought by officers, said a law-enforcement official under condition of
anonymity.
According to the alert: "The identified subjects said that the reason
for the threat is to make a statement 'that it is dangerous' for
law-enforcement officers working in the area.
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Alert tells of Mexican border hit men
By Sara A. Carter, Staff Writer
EL PASO - Texas sheriffs, meeting to discuss border issues Thursday,
got another reminder of just how dangerous the border areas of their
state have become.
A federal safety alert issued earlier this week warned that nine
illegal immigrants in the Big Bend area of Texas have hired Mexican hit
men to assassinate U.S. law-enforcement officers.
News of the threat came in a confidential Homeland Security safety
alert, which the Daily Bulletin obtained. The intelligence officer who
authored the alert said the information came from a reliable source.
The "For Official Office Use Only'' memorandum was released to
law-enforcement officials Monday, according to the alert.
"We take it seriously, but we have to take it alone because we can't
get the Department of Homeland Security to back us,'' said Sheriff
Arvin West, with the Hudspeth County Sheriff's Department, who attended
the sheriffs' meeting in El Paso. "I'd like for the general public to
pray for us.''
The alert said that on March 15 and 17, a Marfa sector intelligence
unit received information that the nine illegal immigrants lived in the
remote Terlingua/Study Butte area, just west of Big Bend National Park
along the Texas border.
Six of the nine were identified by an informant, but all are being
sought by officers, said a law-enforcement official under condition of
anonymity.
According to the alert: "The identified subjects said that the reason
for the threat is to make a statement 'that it is dangerous' for
law-enforcement officers working in the area.''
The alert warned that "agents and all law-enforcement officers
patrolling the Terlingua, Lajitas and Big Bend area should be made
aware of the threat.''
Nearly 50 Texas sheriffs and deputy sheriffs shared this and other
confidential law-enforcement information Thursday in preparation for
today's meeting with sheriffs' officials from all 24 counties along the
U.S.-Mexico border.
Members of the Texas Sheriff's Border Association, an organization of
16 Texas border sheriff's departments that operate as a second line of
defense along the border, are planning to expand their organization in
an attempt to force the federal government to take control of what "is
an out of control'' situation.
"Initially it was just us -- the Texas sheriffs,'' said El Paso County
Sheriff Leo Samaniego, who celebrated his 50th year in law-enforcement
Thursday. "But this is a serious national security issue and it
involves everyone. We are going to work together with sheriffs from as
far away as California to ensure the safety of our borders.
"We are also going to work together toward the passage of the border
security bill which also requires the federal government to take
responsibility for the U.S. borders.''
The Texas group is expected to discuss similar issues with other
sheriffs at today's meeting. The meeting is expected to be the first
step in the formation of a Southern Border Coalition -- which will
include the 24 border counties -- to address growing violence along the
border.
"If we don't control it now, we may be looking at something far worse
in the future,'' said Terry Crawford, from Uvalde County, which is 25
miles from the border and west of San Antonio.
Crawford said his county is a main thoroughfare for drug traffickers
and migrants who make it across the border. "Hopefully we'll make
enough noise that the federal government will do something about these
drug traffickers and protect the people living on both sides of the
border,'' he said.
Information obtained by the Daily Bulletin from members of the
coalition suggests that growing corruption and deadly battles fought by
narcotics traffickers on the south side is spilling across the border.
In particular, this is happening in Webb County, which is across the
Rio Grande from Nuevo Laredo, where violence and death have grown to
almost unbearable numbers, said Sheriff Rick Flores.
The violence is spilling into Laredo, Texas, where a number of murders
in his county over the past year may be attributed to the Zetas, he
said. The Zetas are former elite Mexican anti-drug agents who joined
the Gulf Cartel, one of the most powerful drug trafficking
organizations along the border.
Since January, 55 people have been murdered in Nuevo Laredo. Many of
them were tortured, and almost all the cases lead back to the drug
cartels, Flores said.
If the rate of murders in Nuevo Laredo continues at the same rate since
January, Flores said, the number of deaths is expected to surpass 200
before the end of the year. Last year there were 176 murders.
Continuing threats to news organizations inside Mexico and along the
border have forced Mexican editors to bar reporters from covering
stories, Flores said. Some reporters on the U.S. side of the border are
also fearful of retaliation from the Mexican cartels.
The Gulf Cartel is a "bottomless pit'' of money in Nuevo Laredo with
infinite resources that stretch far into the United States, Flores
added.
"I'm really worried about who the narcotraffickers are smuggling into
the United States,'' Flores said. "Our intelligence suggests that for
the right price, the cartels could be bringing in people with
terrorists ties into this country. This is a national security issue
through and through.''
On Thursday, Nuevo Laredo Police Chief Omar Pimentel, 38, resigned. He
signed a letter of resignation Wednesday, just hours after police found
three charred bodies dumped by the side of a road leading into the
city, said West, who received the information along with other sheriffs
on Thursday.
"I'm surprised he lasted as long as he did,'' West said. "In fact, I'm
surprised he came out alive. Once again, this is an example of the
growing corruption in Mexico. And it is because of the typical denial
from both governments to step in and do what's right.''
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