Editor Msg; Spring Break 2014: Bahamas Travel Safety; 6 Somali Migrants Abandoned by Traffickers in Mexico; Panama Seizes More Than 2.5 Tons of Cocaine

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A few inquiries causes this note as to spacing between new reports.  I continue to have cardiac tests, and see my cardiologist next month.  Folks, I read every item I post a link for, and refuse to hurry the process.  Planned is a supplement to this report for Friday.  Thank you for your loyalty to this free report.  Hopefully I will get some stamina back which will allow more regular posting.  Please, be kind to one another.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Message for U.S. Citizens: Nassau (Bahamas), Spring Break 2014: Bahamas Travel Safety Tips

Please see the Department of State’s “Top Five Travel Tips For Spring Break 2014”. If you are the victim of a crime abroad (including the loss or theft of a U.S. passport), you should immediately contact the local police (dial “911”). Contact with the Embassy should be made as soon as possible thereafter.

Regularly monitor the State Department’s website, where you can find current Travel Warnings, Travel Alerts, and the Worldwide Caution. Read the Country Specific Information for The Bahamas. For additional information, refer to “A Safe Trip Abroad” on the State Department’s website.

http://tinyurl.com/ns3fcbx (Much more info)
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Diplomatic Security Global Crime Report.
http://tinyurl.com/m5e27td
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Panama 2014 Crime and Safety Report

Panama remains relatively safe when compared to other Central American countries, yet crime rates are higher than one would encounter in most of the United States.
http://tinyurl.com/lqyb5n5 (Much more info/details).
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DOMESTIC

Deportees Attempt Group Crossing at Otay Mesa
http://tinyurl.com/pzudg2k

Border Patrol Chief: Agents can still shoot at rock throwers
http://tinyurl.com/kulvqsw

GovExec: NBPC says agents need to be able to defend themselves against rock throwers
(The NBPC is the Agents’ union)
http://tinyurl.com/nxt9nua

Border Patrol union blasts Homeland Security instructions to ‘run away’ and ‘hide’ from gunmen
http://tinyurl.com/cep6ndy

Mysterious Mexican Army Border Incursion
http://tinyurl.com/mthxurv

Immigration change gives legal status to undocumented relatives of US military
http://tinyurl.com/pgkwq6v

Report Alleges Possible Mexican Military-Drug Cartel Partnership
Possible?
http://tinyurl.com/no7qahh

Florida Man Strangled in Mexico Resort of Cancun
http://tinyurl.com/mngojxk

US Supreme Court Denies Review of States’ Immigration Cases
http://tinyurl.com/p7neqq3

CBS Reporter Active in Covering Benghazi, Fast & Furious Announces Surprise Resignation
http://tinyurl.com/qccafe3

Sequestration Takes Toll On DHS, With Lasting Effects, GAO Audit Says
http://tinyurl.com/mdjuolr

Immigration Reform: Obama Proposes Bed Mandate Reduction, Keeps Program That Deputizes Local And State Law Enforcement
http://tinyurl.com/malwbhb

Amnesty for All, Jobs for None
http://tinyurl.com/ofsljop

Kerlikowske Confirmed As CBP Commissioner
http://tinyurl.com/pmx2qju

The ‘Invisible War:’ Armed border bandits targeting illegal immigrants
http://tinyurl.com/p6drq4n

The recent capture of Mexican drug cartel leader El Chapo was muy importante
http://tinyurl.com/p5hk8zv

“Chapo” Guzman likely had financial help from older drug lords, ex-investigator says
http://tinyurl.com/pzrxdjm

Off-duty border agent involved in fatal shooting in Detroit
http://tinyurl.com/kn6gd59

Bill Supporting Venezuela to be Debated in US Congress on Monday
http://tinyurl.com/pvjrvxn

H.R.4138 – Enforce the Law Act of 2014
On 3/4/2014, Rep. Trey Gowdy of SC introduced this bill, which has 20 co-sponsors.
http://tinyurl.com/m62xyn6

Obama Promises Illegals: Obamacare Sign Up Info Won’t Be Used for Deportation
http://tinyurl.com/lxongzm

CBP awards $145 million border towers contract to Elbit
http://tinyurl.com/o85hzjy

DEA: Drug cartels look to capitalize on legal marijuana laws
http://tinyurl.com/oovwwcy

Inside the Cartel’s Global Meth Ring, From Guangdong to Gulfport
http://tinyurl.com/ntb5ftc

Cartel connection? Senator presses agency on ‘Mexican military’ incursion into US
http://tinyurl.com/nqon3pw

Heroin overdoses pose ‘urgent public health crisis,’ US attorney general says
http://tinyurl.com/ome4bhw

Border Patrol Agents Intercept $630,000 Of Narcotics In Temecula
12 lbs of heroin, more
http://tinyurl.com/nkhalfz

Crisis In Ukraine Raises Concern In Guam About Visa Waivers
(Guam is an American territory)
http://tinyurl.com/luvhwwp

Several Caribbean countries named in US money laundering report
http://tinyurl.com/n6gblzt

Gangbangin’ in Syria: Two L.A. gang members in Syria to defend Assad regime
Posted to show the real combat experience of MS 13 (cartel enforcers)
http://tinyurl.com/o8g6na5

Immigrant students see ‘Real Hope’ for financial aid now
http://tinyurl.com/kluuust

Homeland Security Will Not Deport German Christian Homeschoolers the Romeikes
http://tinyurl.com/ktfgbq7

When Will America End Immigration Cash-for-Visas Racket?
http://tinyurl.com/okrl22s

H-1B visas legalize human trafficking
older but good article
http://tinyurl.com/pvwh7qz

Arizona border town sits atop 100 narco-tunnels
http://tinyurl.com/ngxpvaj

Time Warner Cable Includes Mexico in Domestic Calling Plan
http://tinyurl.com/opp75t9

High level of “brain waste” among highly educated immigrants
http://tinyurl.com/ktw55fz

TX
Border Patrol agents help deliver baby
http://tinyurl.com/kaxkfed

TX
Sheriff’s deputies, Border Patrol agents rescue kidnapped immigrants
http://tinyurl.com/qb5nz27

AZ
Border Patrol agents seize 1,171 pounds of pot
http://tinyurl.com/lppz5zc

Immigrant detainees on hunger strike in Washington state
http://tinyurl.com/ok4usb7

TX
14 immigrants flee stash house, seek help at Mission school, authorities say
http://tinyurl.com/m6wkz3n

CA
Man Takes Border Patrol Agents on a Chase
http://tinyurl.com/latjecj

CBP Intercepts Go-Fast Vessel with 38 Bales of Cocaine Off the Southern Coast of Puerto Rico
http://tinyurl.com/mawubul

CA
Suspect in 2000 massacre to be deported to Mexico
http://tinyurl.com/n4r8v5q

TX
Liquid Methamphetamine, Cocaine and Heroin Seized by CBP
http://tinyurl.com/jw6jlxr

AZ
Border Patrol Arrests Sex Offenders
http://tinyurl.com/k7phlhh

TX
Agents Arrest 27 Sex Offenders; 15 Gang Members in February
http://tinyurl.com/kslmhks

U.S. says smuggling down at troubled Akwesasne border crossing
http://tinyurl.com/mjgqwx9

Tons of cocaine seized at sea brought to San Diego
http://tinyurl.com/o586xnq

CA
Four accused of trying to smuggle meth
http://tinyurl.com/oneoge9

Family: New Mexico teen killed in Ciudad Juarez
http://tinyurl.com/nzez5lp

TX
United States Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Over $918,000 In Cocaine at Brownsville Port of Entry
http://tinyurl.com/ps7vjfv

AZ
Border Patrol agents seize vehicle filled with 1136 pounds of marijuana
http://tinyurl.com/o66qbxj
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MEXICO

Police Find 6 Somali Migrants Abandoned by People Traffickers in Mexico
http://tinyurl.com/qe7pdat

Commanders of Mexico’s New Police Force Being Trained in France and Colombia
http://tinyurl.com/n9t5rwv

Behind the fall of El Chapo, Mexico’s most notorious druglord
http://tinyurl.com/l23x83n

Soldiers Rescue 4 Kidnapping Victims in Northeast Mexico
http://tinyurl.com/q5mawtw

Day Laborers
http://tinyurl.com/oykzdsk

Aeromexico and Delta Open Maintenance Facility in Central Mexico
http://tinyurl.com/mo54a2p

Mexican troops kill 6 gunmen, rescue 3 kidnapping victims in San Fernando
http://tinyurl.com/ps7o9p6

Notorious Mexican cartel leader Nazario Moreno dead — again
http://tinyurl.com/mlb97g6

Cartel Boss Used Reports of His Death as Cover to Operate in Mexico
http://tinyurl.com/pctax6a

Mexico seizes 6 planes in Sinaloa cartel’s base
http://tinyurl.com/pnj2a3a

State Dept.: MX & Central America Top Caribbean As Drug Trafficking Conduit Into U.S.
http://tinyurl.com/pokfhk3

Attorney Calls for Pressure on Mexico to Prosecute Crimes Against Women
http://tinyurl.com/ppd56c6

New Poll: More Than Half Of Mexicans Think Drug Lord El Chapo Guzmán Is More Powerful Than The Mexican Government
http://tinyurl.com/p95zgwj

After ‘El Chapo’ arrest, focus turns to next Sinaloa drug boss
http://tinyurl.com/l7zbexl

How to Reach New Criminal-Political Equilibrium in Mexico’s Post-’Chapo’ Vacuum
http://tinyurl.com/mj4ftbo

Mexico Targets Gang That Infiltrated the Mining Industry
http://tinyurl.com/op6sgoy

Mexico seizes tonnes of minerals in port plagued by drug gangs
http://tinyurl.com/kct8v7h

Vigilantes Demand That Mexican Mayor Resign
http://tinyurl.com/pwut52y

Mexico Vigilantes Agree Not to Enter More Urban Areas
http://tinyurl.com/m9yoal5

Authorities Detain Over 1,400 Undocumented Immigrants in Southern Mexico
http://tinyurl.com/pmz7xd7

Six Bodies Found Inside Building in Western Mexico
http://tinyurl.com/o28pucn

Federal Forces Take Over Police Duties in Capital of Southern Mexican State
http://tinyurl.com/ocslbsx

Eight Soldiers Injured in Explosion at Mexico Barracks
http://tinyurl.com/ouglu3w

Border town violence ramps up after arrest of cartel leader
http://tinyurl.com/lvhbv58

2 bodies found in Mexico are of vigilante members
http://tinyurl.com/ofasgq5

Mexico cartel issues booklets for proper conduct
http://tinyurl.com/pmv9ke3

Mexican rail privatization has significantly improved sector
http://tinyurl.com/oqc5cyc

Scores of Agave Products Hit the Market in Mexico
http://tinyurl.com/pad2334

Six Die in Shootings in Central Mexico
http://tinyurl.com/ooqepsf

Feud splits Mexico ‘self-defense’ forces
http://tinyurl.com/ldn4ozl

Great Panther Silver reports illegal mine occupation
http://tinyurl.com/nc49a5t
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El Universal Mexico City 3/7/14

Mondragón meets with U.S. border authorities

The national commissioner for Security spoke with Alan Bersin, Sub-Secretary for International Affairs of the U.S. National Security Department (sic) to reinforce cooperation.

The governments of Mexico and of the United States agreed to continue the coordinated patrols between the Federal Police and the U.S. Border Patrol, established in June of 2013, as part of the Cross Border Coordination initiative.

According to the authorities of both countries the measure seeks to detect and attack the border crossings that organized crime utilizes for drugs, weapons and emigrants crossing.

The planning for the TransBorder Communications Network was taken up in a meeting between the National Public Security commissioner, Manuel Mondragón and with the subsecretary for International Affairs of the National Security Department (sic) of the United States, Alan Bersin, as well as with Sector Chiefs of the Patrol.

The TransBorder Network allows security personnel from both countries the possibility of responding in a coordinated and timely fashion in emergency cases along the international division line.

The meeting between the officials are (sic) part of the agreements with which it is sought to reduce the lawbreaking incidence and to improve the economic conditions in communities of the area, agreed to in the framework of the Declaration for the Administration of the Mexico-United States Border of the 21st Century.

The National Security Commission (“CNS”) (the Spanish lang. acronym) reported via a communique that the meeting was also attended by Antonio Garza García, head of the Regional Security Division for the Federal Police; Sean Carlos Cázares Ahearne, International Police Affairs director and Samuel Rivera Gutiérrez, head of the Northeast Region, while Rodolfo Karich, Del Rio Sector Chief and Raul Ortiz, Rio Grande Valley Sector Chief, were present from the United States Border Patrol.

http://tinyurl.com/mokru7q (Spanish)
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CENTRAL AMERICA

Panama Seizes More Than 2.5 Tons of Cocaine
http://tinyurl.com/ndb48na

Five Gang Suspects Die in Shootout with Honduran Police
http://tinyurl.com/oznrq24

Stopping drug cartels key issue in El Salvador election
http://tinyurl.com/pre8855

Gang Truce Over, Salvadoran Police Say
http://tinyurl.com/pn8she9

In El Salvador, a glimmer of hope for a stronger economy
http://tinyurl.com/ocvhh4j

Guatemala Arrests 7 in Death of Spaniard
http://tinyurl.com/ocb9jhx

Cops Among Gang of Hired Killers Busted in Guatemala
http://tinyurl.com/ojmzorm
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SOUTH AMERICA

U.N. Voices Concern Over Reports of Excessive Force in Venezuela
http://tinyurl.com/pjegzgg

Venezuela’s Maduro breaks diplomatic links with Panama
http://tinyurl.com/lk3ol5u

Eight Hurt in Protests in Colombian Capital
http://tinyurl.com/osz3lq4

Climate change could mean more malaria in …, South America
http://tinyurl.com/ndnz9zk

Venezuela: Tens of thousands march in anti-government protests
http://tinyurl.com/mhsgck9

At Least 21 Killed In Venezuela Anti-Government Protests As 2 More Killed In Clashes At Barricades
http://tinyurl.com/otqmjfl

Brazil Boosted by 2.3% Growth in 2013: Daily
http://tinyurl.com/mz5z9c8

Colombia Keeps Interest Rates Steady Amid Low Inflation
http://tinyurl.com/k476egp

Colombian rebels want US to participate in peace talks
http://tinyurl.com/nxh86kz

17 Peruvian citizens found working under slave-like conditions in Brazil
http://tinyurl.com/q9nprb3

Peru and EU promote alternative crops to fight drug trafficking
http://tinyurl.com/llv4t8a

Seven Police Hurt in Clash with Indigenous Activists in Chile
http://tinyurl.com/lkdurb2

Five Gunned Down at Party in Colombia
http://tinyurl.com/l7onz7o

Four Soldiers Dead, Four Civilians Wounded in Rebel Attack in Colombia
http://tinyurl.com/nzns2hd
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CARIBBEAN

Back To Violent Repression? Cuban Dissident Says Government Stormed His House
http://tinyurl.com/o7t8yda

Cuban Opposition Group Reports 1,051 Political Arrests
http://tinyurl.com/oxkzur5

Some Who Fled Cuba Are Returning to Help
http://tinyurl.com/l4st7u5

St Vincent police have no motives for second person in 10 days shot in their sleep
http://tinyurl.com/n7xgedj

Trinidad and Tobago struggling to deal with trafficking, use of illegal narcotics – US
http://tinyurl.com/kb6tlt8
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ELSEWHERE

Flood of Migrants an “Emergency,” Spanish Official Says
http://tinyurl.com/ot6phbc
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