Colombian Designer Rolls Out Bullet-Proof Clothing for U.S. Schoolchildren; Hezbollah's Cocaine Jihad; Border Patrol Opens Unmanned Crossing on Border

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**Asterisk denotes death involving a police officer or a member of the military serving in that capacity. Some items may be from notirex.com, lapoliciaca.com or historiasdelnarco.com. Some incidents of violence may not be included here due to the large number of death reports.

TORREON, COAHUILA
About 945pm Wednesday, January 2, gunmen entered a bar here and opened fire. The Red Cross received a call requesting aid for 4 people shot, including one woman. All were transported to the hospital. Another man was reported to have been taken in a private vehicle to a different hospital.

SOMBRERETE, ZACATECAS**
A chase and shootout between an armed group and the Army drew in reinforcements from the Mexican Marines and federal police. The confrontation ended in the town of Garcia Salinas with two military and 12 bad guys dead.

NUEVO LEON
A 33 yo man was executed outside a bar Thursday night. He assisted customers with parking.

SINALOA
Narcobanners were hung demanding an investigation into the shooting of Miss Sinaloa during a shootout between gunmen and the Mexican Army. Later the Army removed a total of 37 banners.

DURANGO
Organized crime is making its presence felt more, particularly in 6 municipalities, leading to accusations of Governor Jorge Herrera Caldera being linked with narco groups operating in the state. In recent days, violence in the state has been resurgence in attacks on government offices, including the offices of the Attorney General’s Office (FGE) and some private sector companies. In the first three days of the year, the FEG reported the death of six people whose bodies were found in the municipalities of Gómez Palacio and Súchil. According to a spokesman of the EGF, Raymundo Enriquez Partida, just yesterday morning the Army Mexican found three bodies in the hamlet La Parida, Súchil Township. So far none of the victims have been identified.

Hezbollah’s Cocaine Jihad

http://tinyurl.com/at86ffg

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Mexico police to be fired after refusing to work

http://tinyurl.com/ayyvsft

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Gunmen storm into ‘quinceanera’ party in Mexico, kill man, injure 11 others
(A quinceanera is a girl’s 15th birthday event.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinceañera
)

http://tinyurl.com/adp5yo5

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Use of torture by authorities has risen in Mexico, groups say

http://tinyurl.com/awnxr9u

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Armoured Car Sales Rise 10% in Mexico

http://tinyurl.com/afh9ykr

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Mexican policy shift seen as push for sovereignty

http://tinyurl.com/azhw6xx

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Nine Dead in Sinaloa Christmas Eve Massacre

http://tinyurl.com/csa4mmy

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Documentary Looks at Mexico’s 25K People Missing

http://tinyurl.com/bhavhtg

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New Labor Law in Mexico

http://tinyurl.com/aspwkkc

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Ret.io, A Crowdsourced Answer To Corruption In Mexico

http://tinyurl.com/c22owvs

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Drugwar Dilemma: Fighting to Improve Security AND Boost Tourism in Acapulco, Mexico

http://tinyurl.com/cp88j7k

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Mexico’s Kidnapping Cases Rise Dramatically in 2012: NGO

http://tinyurl.com/cyogehf

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Narcolimosnas – alms from drug cartels infect the Mexican Catholic church

http://tinyurl.com/bwkyu8t

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Mexico Bishop Raul Vera Inspires, Infuriates With Activism

http://tinyurl.com/bnod8pr

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Slim’s Pensioners Burned as Funds Sink to Bottom: Mexico Credit

http://tinyurl.com/azb2v6l

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In Mexico, 1,000-year-old mummified dog begs for attention

http://tinyurl.com/c547pzs

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The remnants of tunnels under El Paso’s streets tell the origins of human smuggling

http://tinyurl.com/d2dge36

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Analysis: Most U.S. funds missed Mexico gains, Brazil drop in 2012

http://tinyurl.com/bypxo24

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Chihuahua officials want to get rid of “No More Weapons” billboard at Juárez international bridge

http://tinyurl.com/9wdgya2

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Mexico troops kill 12 in gun fight in Zacatecas state

http://tinyurl.com/a3wdor6

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Woman, baby and 12 boys caught with drugs, guns

http://tinyurl.com/afn22t2

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Juvenile arms and drug gang arrested in Mexico

http://tinyurl.com/b7yqyhk

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Thirteen killed in Mexico ‘gang shootout’

http://tinyurl.com/bhrzk8e

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Prisons in Mexico on Verge of Collapse

http://tinyurl.com/ar2gq5d

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Traffickers Arrested in Mexico with 22,000 Turtle Eggs

http://tinyurl.com/a9oxx26

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Radio Documentary – Communities in the Crosshairs: The Drug War in Guatemala

http://tinyurl.com/a4tvgqf

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Costa Rica Exporting Cocaine to 4 Continents

http://tinyurl.com/ahb299p

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Honduras Destroyed up to 80 ‘Narco’ Airstrips in 2012

http://tinyurl.com/aj2qwce

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Colombian Designer Rolls Out Bullet-Proof Clothing for U.S. Schoolchildren

http://tinyurl.com/bg3z6aj

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An Uncertain Venezuela Prepares for an End to Chavez’s Rule

http://tinyurl.com/bbzhqww

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Venezuela Drug Bust Points to Nigeria Connection

http://tinyurl.com/a2unc33

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Colombia’s “Widow of the Mafia” Assassinated

http://tinyurl.com/befv6gm

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Former Argentine economy minister sentenced

http://tinyurl.com/cm6qv5t

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Peru Incinerated 41 Tons of Drugs in 2012

http://tinyurl.com/bfcfdo9

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Venezuela with more than 21,600 murders in 2012: NGO

http://tinyurl.com/bg4ljmm

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Lifting the Veil on Colombia’s “Emerald Czar”

http://tinyurl.com/by58pnq

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New Year Massacre Heralds More Violence for Medellin

http://tinyurl.com/aantzoy

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Haiti hits back at strongly worded US travel warning

http://tinyurl.com/auqgxv2

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Police Killings on the Rise in the Dominican Republic

http://tinyurl.com/bbdcbn2

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British victims of Barbados rapes outraged by commissioner’s remarks

http://tinyurl.com/b7gh58j

Border Patrol Opens Unmanned Crossing on U.S.-Mexico Border

http://tinyurl.com/bec2ybx

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DHS to Create a Class of Undocumented Permanent Resident Aliens in 2013

http://tinyurl.com/b4otk74

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White House eases path to residency for some illegal immigrants

http://tinyurl.com/ayhc4cb

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Mexico Asks US to Halt Parts of Arizona’s SB1070 Immigration Law

http://tinyurl.com/c44zukb

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Officials: More illegal immigrants from Central America

http://tinyurl.com/a8bm96h

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Faced with gun-toting drug smugglers, Arizona ranchers demand security at the border
“Sue Chilton says “We have, without any reason or logic to it, decided to cede as much as 15 or 20 miles of the United States to the cartels, and we live in that section that has been ceded,”…Her husband, Jim, who comes from several generations of ranchers, said he has never seen the border as dangerous as it is now.”

http://tinyurl.com/d7zrsv7

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In Drug Fight on Texas Border, Some Officers Play Both Sides

http://tinyurl.com/axk3ssq

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection will now fight against Terrorists

http://tinyurl.com/ctflmp7

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Issa Praises Inclusion of ‘Fast and Furious’ Provisions in 113th Congress Rules Package

http://tinyurl.com/azg3k79

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Illegal aliens must now commit at least three crimes to be deported

http://tinyurl.com/cmbld7d

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USCIS Has No Idea How Many Illegal Aliens Ordered Deported Are In US;  Given Access To Secure Facilities, Driver’s Licenses

http://tinyurl.com/bx95mrp

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U.S. cedes border to drug cartels, Border Patrol moves inland

http://tinyurl.com/bltph5n

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Mexico potato deal hits snag

http://tinyurl.com/ajqa33c

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Illegal alien charged with assaulting woman in Oregon

http://tinyurl.com/aonrzve

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Islamic Illegals Crossing the U.S. Borders Part 1-video
(Older report but very informative.)



Part 2



Part 3



Part 4



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Mexican traffickers plant pot crop in American forests

http://tinyurl.com/cqq3aqs

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Roots of pot cultivation in national forests are hard to trace

http://tinyurl.com/bleu4sn

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Audit: Feds’ immigration check system fails 12 percent of the time-Mike Cutler

http://tinyurl.com/ab3zmd6

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ICE Scraps 287(g) Program That Allowed Local Police to Enforce Immigration Law

http://tinyurl.com/c24bhto

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Many freed criminals avoid deportation, strike again…US prison system for immigrants has quietly released thousands, including killers-Mike Cutler

http://tinyurl.com/cfuxylk

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Poverty and fear of gangs drive young immigrants to U.S.

http://tinyurl.com/dyrdjtt

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PUERTO RICO
HSI, Caribbean Corridor Strike Force seize 2600 pounds of cocaine, arrest 2

http://tinyurl.com/a7mhfdv

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CA
Border Patrol seizes nearly $900K in meth

http://tinyurl.com/ael9gbz

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AZ
Border Patrol Arrests Wanted Murderer

http://tinyurl.com/cc7wze4

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CA
El Centro Sector Border Patrol Prevents Gang Member and Sex Offender from Further Entry into the United States

http://tinyurl.com/btu7l7q

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Circuit Court rules that illegal immigrants have no right to bear arms in U.S.

http://tinyurl.com/d3xdu35

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Media blackout: Shooter kills family members, wounds baby and police officer
(previously deported illegal alien on cocaine)

http://tinyurl.com/cl8rzcy

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CA
Targeted by Gangs and Thieves, Growing Mayan Community Demands Translators

http://tinyurl.com/bs23un2

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