Spring Break Terror: Student Kidnapped & Raped in Mexico; A Deal With The Right Devil; Guatemalan Girls Rescued from Sex Traffickers

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Travel Warning: Haiti 3/12/2014

This replaces the Travel Warning dated August 13, 2013 and provides updated information regarding levels of crime in Haiti. While violent crime has declined, travelers to Haiti should still exercise caution.
http://tinyurl.com/o7sfzbl (Full Report)
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Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Recife (Brazil),
Increase in Robberies around Shopping Rio Mar

The media has reported an increase in the number of armed robberies that have occurred as people exit the mall and find themselves stuck in traffic. Criminals have typically targeted smartphones, wallets, jewelry, and purses, but there have been reports of cars being stolen.
http://tinyurl.com/nj8mju3 (Full Report)
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DOMESTIC

Spring Break Terror: MSU Student Kidnapped & Raped in Mexico
http://tinyurl.com/pcs4fjl

Deportations come mostly from border, DHS chief says
http://tinyurl.com/nsokx7m

DHS using bogus deportation numbers to inflate Obama enforcement claims
http://tinyurl.com/mgxepa5

White House to look for more humane deportation practices
http://tinyurl.com/ovjp4lx

Testimony: DHS agents admit reports falsified
http://tinyurl.com/pyplc9v

Cartel connection? Senator presses agency on ‘Mexican military’ incursion into US
http://tinyurl.com/pyoy7u4

CUTLER: Tough questions about immigration ‘reform’
http://tinyurl.com/nr283p4

Obama Seeks Executive Options To Aid Illegal Aliens
http://tinyurl.com/nz9co42

U.S. Border Patrol Agents Under Attack from Rock-Throwing
http://youtu.be/odyhYBrjxbc

Video of Illegal Alien Rock Attacks on Border Patrol Agents
http://tinyurl.com/mfekazp

Little change seen in Border Patrol memo on use of force
http://tinyurl.com/l77oncu

Immigrant protesters cross San Diego border from Mexico, seek asylum
http://tinyurl.com/mc8jg78

Illinois Issues 14,000 Drivers Licenses to Undocumented Foreigners in 2 Months
http://tinyurl.com/mgg68ae

Lawmaker Forms Congressional Border Security Caucus
http://tinyurl.com/phtu6po

Arming U.S. Agents in Mexico Stalling Trade Agreement
http://tinyurl.com/mc4ktpc

TX
Border Patrol agent fires through own windshield at vehicle ramming his in Starr County, authorities say
http://tinyurl.com/kugvwj8

Wisconsin lawmakers combat state’s growing human-trafficking problem
http://tinyurl.com/pwhetw7

TX
Border Patrol: Immigrant attacks agent near Encino
“wrestled away the agent’s pistol, pointed the weapon at him and squeezed the trigger”
http://tinyurl.com/l9wqxy3

Head of Southern Command says he lacks resources to fight drug trafficking
http://tinyurl.com/ovgbn5e

DHS Needs to Assess Risks and Strengthen Oversight of Foreign Students with Employment Authorization
http://tinyurl.com/otb4pkb

Rising numbers of Mexicans seek asylum
http://tinyurl.com/mtynyvh

Deportees accused of gaming system by requesting asylum
http://tinyurl.com/k4usv38

Border Patrol Shifted $7M From Border Fence to Salaries
Government agencies largely avoided sequestration furloughs in 2013
http://tinyurl.com/ng2xb35

REPORT: NAFTA’s Deadly Legacy: Corporate Profits Over People And Planet
http://tinyurl.com/qj2z7os

Bi-national conference focuses on human trafficking
http://tinyurl.com/olwcr62

Treasury Puts Sanctions on Zetas Trafficker
http://tinyurl.com/o3fryca

Delays At The Tijuana Border Crossing Could Ease With New Partnership
http://tinyurl.com/pdp5f8y

PUERTO RICO
After Boat Chase, 2 Drug Traffickers Arrested Off Puerto Rico with At least 1,500 Kilos of Cocaine
http://tinyurl.com/o69r3h6

TX
3 Mexicans Guilty in $1.2 Million Bribe of US Judge in Los Zetas Gang Case
http://tinyurl.com/pxz8jtp

TX
Authorities Dismantle Immigrant Stash House in Weslaco
http://tinyurl.com/oh3c6uw

CA
Border Patrol Busts Suspected Meth Dealers in Perris
http://tinyurl.com/pl9d789

FL
Boat lands near Juno Beach; authorities say 2 smugglers, 7 illegal immigrants in custody
http://tinyurl.com/nwrpwsl

CA
Two arrested on suspicion of narcotic smuggling
http://tinyurl.com/lvefwwb

AZ
CBP seizes $1M in hard drugs over weekend at Nogales ports
http://tinyurl.com/k9bukcm

CA
BP Agents arrest 3 for transporting drug-laced candy
http://tinyurl.com/pncoqa4

AZ
Ingenious Drug Traffickers Challenge Immigration Authorities
http://tinyurl.com/l4zbfnx

AZ
Border agents in Arizona find 1,600 pounds of pot in abandoned truck
http://tinyurl.com/lwl7sfw

AZ
Attempted murderer, 3 sex offenders arrested at border
http://tinyurl.com/orfwp9o
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MEXICO

A Deal With The Right Devil-good read
http://tinyurl.com/ooxc3ef

Fear And Violence Spur Boom In Bulletproof Gear And Armored Car Industries In Mexico
http://tinyurl.com/qcyeje6

Mexico tracked cartel kingpin to mountain hideout
http://tinyurl.com/p9mals9

In life, Mexican cartel boss was revered as a saint
http://tinyurl.com/otgb9bo

Son of feared Mexican drug lord Servando ‘La Tuta’ Gomez arrested in Michoacan
http://tinyurl.com/qbcxuwd

Was Mexico’s ‘El Chapo’ Betrayed by His Sinaloa Cartel Partner?
http://tinyurl.com/qe3fpzn

Why Mexican drug-traffickers started smuggling iron ore to China 
http://tinyurl.com/qfxlfrk

Violence against women ‘pandemic’ in Mexico
http://tinyurl.com/mzgnkaf

Mexico’s Foreign Reserves Fall by $54 Million
http://tinyurl.com/qy5u6uq

Mexico Earns $1.44 Billion from International Tourism in January
http://tinyurl.com/qck7wrw

Facing Risk Of Rape, Migrant Women Prepare With Birth Control
http://tinyurl.com/p567e8r

Opponent of Mexico’s Cartels Is Detained in Vigilantes’ Deaths
http://tinyurl.com/qaxov5s

Mexico’s main opposition party quits energy talks amid graft scandal
http://tinyurl.com/k7ap2ee

Vigilantes Hand Over Weapons in Mexico Murder Investigation
http://tinyurl.com/othhser

Mexico presents serious blueberry potential
http://tinyurl.com/kh5u5ql

Mexican Industrial Output Up 0.7% in January
http://tinyurl.com/pqht2oy
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La Jornada Mexico City 3/7/14

The article reports the detention in Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost state, of thirteen Salvadorans and Guatemalans, all illegally in Mexico and who’d been abandoned by their smuggler.

http://tinyurl.com/jvzorbq (Original Spanish)
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Proceso Tegucigalpa, Honduras 3/13/2014

From the “Migrantes” section of the newspaper:
It reports that 1,582 “undocumented” aliens, including 252 minors (113 of which were traveling alone), were found by Mexican officials between March 7 and 12 in 20 states of Mexico. Of the total, 662 were from Honduras, 581 from Guatemala and 295 from El Salvador. All were aiming to reach the United States without proper documentation.

http://tinyurl.com/jw6wfmu (Original Spanish)
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La Prensa San Pedro Sula, Honduras 3/10/14

Though it represents a 10% decrease in comparison with 2013, Mexican officials deported 10,771 Hondurans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans and Nicaraguans during the first two months of 2014. The total of Central American deported from Mexico in 2013 was given as 77,756. According to official estimates some 140,000 aliens, mostly Central Americans, enter Mexico illegally each year in an attempt to reach the United States in search of a better life. Some of them pay smugglers known as “polleros” (chicken herders) or coyotes to guide them via a clandestine route and many are victims of theft, extortion, rape, prostitution, kidnapping and murder by organized crime groups, as well as abuses from the officials.

http://tinyurl.com/mjps2xs (Original Spanish)
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La Prensa    San Pedro Sula, Honduras    3/7/14

Forty three more border crosser “wannabees” were rescued from a house in the city of Reynosa, state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. where they were being held for ransom by area criminals. This time the group included 23 Mexicans, 8 Salvadorans, 5 Guatemalans and 7 Hondurans. This is a quite common event in that area, located just a stone’s throw from the Rio Grande River in South Texas. The report adds that according to official estimates some 140,000 aliens, mostly Central Americans, enter Mexico each year in an attempt to reach the United States in search of a better life.

http://tinyurl.com/pqln54k (Original Spanish)
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El Sol de León Mexico City 3/7/2014

Mexico’s “INM” (the government’s Immigration Agency) reports that between February 24 and March 6 of this year they’ve rescued 1,746 aliens in 18 states of that country.
The aliens were in Mexico illegally and most had been abandoned by their smugglers who were supposed to have taken them to the United States. Although the overwhelming majority of the aliens were from Central American countries, they also included eight Somalis, three Sri Lankans, 2 Ghanaians and seven Bangladeshis.

http://tinyurl.com/l878rg5 (Spanish)
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CENTRAL AMERICA

3 Guatemalan Girls Rescued from Sex Traffickers
girls were about to be taken into Mexico by sex traffickers
http://tinyurl.com/nbhkvvn

Bodies Found Buried in Vehicles in Guatemala
http://tinyurl.com/m9unu55

Judge, Attorney Gunned Down in Honduras
http://tinyurl.com/kgmzmdd

Leftist Confirmed as El Salvador’s Next President
http://tinyurl.com/m79u4jy

Seven Foreigners with Assault Rifles Arrested in Honduras
http://tinyurl.com/nas8fnh
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Proceso Tegucigalpa, Honduras 3/7/14

At the Vatican in Rome Guatemala’s chancellor Fernando Carrera (equiv. to Sec. of State) met with archbishop Mamberti, the “secretary for Relations with the States of the Holy See,” and brought forward the need for the Pope to pay more attention to the immigrants’ problems in the United States.
The archbishop acknowledged the request and commented that without a doubt the issue of immigrants would be included as something relevant at the time the Pope may visit the U.S.

http://tinyurl.com/mu7zena (Original Spanish)
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La Hora Guatemala City, Guatemala 3/7/14

Immigration reform, a libertarian vision

The increase of the deportation rhythm in the last years worries or ought to worry all Guatemalans and Latin Americans. Aside from the important human and family aspect which is impacted in almost every case by the deportation, there exists the patrimonial detriment of the deportees due to the sudden interruption of their work income and the large impact this implies for the country of origin due to the resulting decrease of the individual monetary remittances which are so useful and invigorate the local economy.
Much has been said in the last three American administrations, Republican and Democrat, about finding an integral solution to the immigration problem, but the ideas and proposals that the traditional parties of the north have had in that regard have always been affected by the political problem that the road to citizenship implies. Many politicians consider that granting a road to citizenship for the illegal immigrants would imply a hard load for the benefactor State and that the new voters would do so for the Democratic Party. Further, they argue that the “new citizens” take away job opportunities from the Americans or that passing a reform of this type would only attract more immigrants into crossing the border illegally. Those are the true obstacles of immigration reform, and these obstacles will only disappear or lessen when the American politicians have a better vision of the solution to the problem and dedicate themselves to attack the problem by its root and not by the branches.

Mr. Ed Krayewski, associate editor of reason.com, proposes an interesting alternative from a libertarian point of view. Ed points out that the illegals’ problem in the United States would be easily resolved if immigration reform focuses on quickly resolving the difficulties that the illegals face in order to work and live in the country. What the reform ought to grant is a legalization, not a permanent residence or citizenship, that would allow the emigrants to obtain legitimate identification documents, take part in contracts, pay taxes formally and in general be able to participate in the economy and society. Government, says Ed, ought not to interfere between someone who wants to work and someone who wants to pay for a job. To eliminate the political problem, the legalization permit could not include the right to vote which would end the struggle between Democrats and Republicans for that political market.

Ed’s proposal also speaks about border security and indicates that the best border security policy has elements similar to the legalization of the production and distribution of drugs. Eliminating the prohibition of entering into the United States legally to work and facilitating the flow of workers would have as a result the disappearance of the current incentive of the “coyotes” and the entry of emigrants without identification. If doing it were legal, easy and cheap, it would not make sense to do it illegally. It would then be the market and not the government who’d be in charge of rating the efficiency and productivity of the emigrant worker.

Granting an easy and rapid route to legalization for the emigrants in the United States would certainly increase fiscal revenues and would generate more dynamics besides dealing with the family and personal aspect of those admirable fellow citizens with frank humanity. The libertarian vision of the immigration problem could be the key that may resolve this complicated matter.

http://tinyurl.com/p3ot9hh     (Spanish)
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SOUTH AMERICA

Death Toll Rises to 28 in Venezuela Protests
http://tinyurl.com/kdp87sn

Venezuela Says U.S. Seeking to Fund Unrest in Venezuela
http://tinyurl.com/oqf7wc8

Fears Spread That Venezuela Is Approaching Bloody Face-Off
http://tinyurl.com/o486poy

Three Dead in Protests in Central Venezuelan City of Valencia
http://tinyurl.com/q4uy8up

Venezuela Is One Step Away from the Ravine
http://tinyurl.com/pojtaa7

Colombian Police Seize 1.5 Tons of Cocaine
http://tinyurl.com/q9f6zku

Reputed Drug Queenpin Arrested in Argentina
http://tinyurl.com/kglxkc3

Argentinean investors keep eyes on tax, provincial attitudes and union activism
http://tinyurl.com/puztuny

Will Peru start shooting down suspected drug planes (again)?
Peru is the world’s largest producer of cocaine and only interdicts about 8 percent
http://tinyurl.com/ln3jdfu

Colombia’s teachers extorted by gangs
http://tinyurl.com/pe96uhn

Spanish Direct Investment in Brazil Almost Tripled in 2013 Compared with 2012
http://tinyurl.com/nqevwty

Peru has a hunger problem
http://tinyurl.com/oq69dwe

Peru arrests 2 Canadians for baring all in Machu Picchu
http://tinyurl.com/o7k9d8b

Security crackdown ahead of latest coffee harvest
http://tinyurl.com/n89jzd2

Brazilian Auto Production Rises
http://tinyurl.com/o5ytjlp
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CARIBBEAN

Second Triple Slaying of the Year Reported in Puerto Rico
http://tinyurl.com/n9q2kzq

Cuban Migrants Intercepted in Dominican Republic
http://tinyurl.com/ob78zwo

Fire in Eastern Cuba Expected to Spread
http://tinyurl.com/pj3hfdw

How Haiti Successfully Curbed Kidnappings
http://tinyurl.com/mmyox2l

At Least 20% of Teenage Dominican Girls Are Mothers or Have Been Pregnant
http://tinyurl.com/myp8szm
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ELSEWHERE

GREAT BRITAIN
Why we should be selfish about immigration – and unafraid to talk about it
http://tinyurl.com/novdunc
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