Juárez businessmen threatened on YouTube

The Internet ''narcomessages'' continue, say they will burn businesses.

This article appeared in El Ágora de Chihuahua on June 3, 2008. This translation is rendered as closely as possible to the original wording. (See the orginal article here).

Ciudad Juárez – June 3, 2008 – To all employers and to the community at large, Zaragoza family, Fuentes family, Vega family, Escobar family, Otero family. You already saw what happened with Willy Moya and that their businesses burn, the beginning of the video mentions. (READ MORE - CLICK LINK BELOW VIDEO)

In the next frame, the video says that they will begin to receive calls demanding they pay a fee for protection; if they fail to do so it states, ''we will begin to abduct you and you already saw that you don't play around with us – there are going to be decapitated bodies found laying around.'' The message is signed the drug traffickers known as ''La Línea.''

According to reports from the Deputy Attorney Justice of the state, in the northern village of Caseta, East of Juárez in the farming area of Valle de Juárez, two subjects were executed with bullets.

Meanwhile, on the main street of Villa Matamoros, in the southeast of the state, an individual identified as Enrique Nunez Barrón Núñez, aged 43 was executed with bullets.

In addition to these cases, the ejido Benito Juárez, at the town of Nuevo Casas Grandes, elements of the Ministerial Police located three terminated people, who were tied hand and foot with signs of torture over various parts of the body.

La Frontera News note: Here is the abovementioned YouTube video:

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Cartels take drug war to Internet - Video

Mexican Drug Cartels Take Drug Wars to the Internet

YouTube video with Spanish Audio - we will provide a transcription later...


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Drug Lords go after Feds - YouTube CNN video

A CNN report on the Mexican Drug Cartels' fight against the Mexican Federal agents:

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CNN Video from YouTube

Finally someone in the US sees what's going on!

CNN's Glenn Beck conducts a discussion of these issues:


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12 Executions in Chihuahua State

12 Executed in Chihuahua

8 of them in Juárez, narcoviolence has left 450 in Ciudad Juárez so far this year...

This article appeared in El Ágora de Chihuahua on June 8, 2008. This translation is rendered as closely as possible to the original wording. (See the orginal article here).

Ciudad Juárez – June 8, 2008 – The clashes between organized crime gangs left 12 dead in Chihuahua. Eight of the crimes occurred in Ciudad Juarez, adding up to 450 in this city so far this year.

The Ministry of Public Security in Ciudad Juárez said that during Saturday night, in the south of the city, a body was found tied hand and foot, with gunshot wounds in various parts of the body.

Also in Juárez, beside of the church of San Lorenzo, north of the city, they found a man with various impacts of firearm in the body; another man was executed aboard a Chevrolet pickup truck on Juan Gabriel Road and another man found murdered in the Waterfill colony, was inside a 1998 Ford Expedition without registration plates.

Two more yet unidentified men were killed in the Hidalgo colony, north of the city and to the west of Guadalajara colony.

According to reports from the Deputy Attorney Justice of the state, north, in Caseta Village, in the valley farming area of Juárez, two subjects were executed with bullets.

On the main street in Villa Matamoros, in the southeast of the state, an individual identified as Enrique Nunez Barrón, aged 43 was executed with bullets.

In addition to these cases, in Ejido Benito Juárez, near the town of Nuevo Casas Grandes, elements of the Ministerial Police located three people who were terminated, tied hand and foot and with signs of torture over various parts of the body.

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Civilians shot at army checkpoint

Civilian encounter at army checkpoint

There are 4 dead, soldiers lose their heads.

This article appeared in El Ágora de Chihuahua on June 8, 2008. This translation is rendered as closely as possible to the original wording. (See the orginal article here).

Cuauhtemoc – June 8, 2008 – Confusion triggered a confrontation shortly before 6 pm, at a military checkpoint at the village of Casa Colorada. Uunofficial information indicates that at least four people were killed in an armed confrontation led by elements of the Army, and two soldiers were transferred to an emergency hospital as well.

At present more than 300 soldiers remain in the besieged town.

According to statements by eyewitnesses, these events began when troops were reviewing a black pick up, and a sedan type car, also black, was unable to stop when it arrived at the checkpoint, and the tires squealed loudly.

Immediately troops without a word began firing against civilians in the sedan, causing the vehicle to impact against a pole belonging to the Federal Electricity Commission; the mishap is keeping the whole town without electricity.

Apparently the two people who manned the sedan lost their lives, as did two men travelling on board the black pick up mentioned above. Likewise, two soldiers were injured seriously in the crossfire.

Also it is known that the businessman Corral Salvador Perez was arrested, along with two of his security escorts, who apparently crossed the military checkpont at the precise moment that these events occurred.

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Lifeless body found in vehicle

Lifeless body found in vehicle

The authorities reported that the vehicle had at least 60 bullet holes.

This article appeared in El Ágora de Chihuahua on June 6, 2008. This translation is rendered as closely as possible to the original wording. (See the orginal article here).

Guachochi – June 6, 2008 – The lifeless body of a man was found in the interior of a vehicle abandoned on the road from Creel to Guachochi. Authorities who arrived on the scene informed us that the vehicle had 60 impacts from bullets.

The deceased, who responded in life to the name of Wilfrano Chaparro Aguirre, aged 43, was found dead from several gunshots in the body, aboard a pick up truck.
A man passing by the road informed the authorities about the incident, and they moved to the scene to establish the facts.

Police agents who arrived at the scene of the crime managed to secure 98 .223 caliber cartridges and 14 .308 caliber cartridges.

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Another execution in Ciudad Chihuahua

Another executed in the Capitol

This afternoon another person was executed between Americas and República de Cuba streets.

This article appeared in El Ágora de Chihuahua on June 6, 2008. This translation is rendered as closely as possible to the original wording. (See the orginal article here).

Chihuahua – June 6, 2008 – A man was executed this afternoon at the Pan American zone of the state capital right at the intersection of the streets Republic of Cuba and americas.

The deceased and another person were riding in a cherry colored Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck when they received the bullet wounds causing the death of one and the immediate transfer of the other to the hospital.
Witnesses stated that the assassins were aboard a blue pick up. According to un-official sources, the name of the person killed is Victor Chaparro, while the injured goes by the name of Carlos Munoz.
The injured was immediately transported to a hospital, and his status is not yet known.
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Yearly Narco Death Record Broken

Narco Death Record Broken

In Durango, Chihuahua and Sinaloa, war between cartels.

This article appeared in El Ágora de Chihuahua on May 21, 2008. This translation is rendered as closely as possible to the original wording. (See the orginal article here).

No Location Provided – May 21, 2008 – Yesterday the country experienced 34 executions, the most violent day of 2008, starring the narcotraffickers.

Chihuahua and Sinaloa, the entities with the greatest number of assassinations of the year, registered

together 14 executions; meanwhile Tamaulipas and Guerrero reported two assassinations in each state.

The nine assassinations in Chihuahua placed the state at 400 victims of organized crime. In Juarez, on the U.S. Border, there were six murders.

The violent acts were combined with a gunfight in Durango that left at least 16 fatalities, according to mayors, and one wounded, which brought the total to 1,356 executions in 141 days.

The North, especially, is the scene of a bloody war between the drug cartels. Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Durango have been converted in recent hours into the operations of a battle for control of territories.

These three states, together with Baja California, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosí accounted for 980 of the 1,356 victims so far this year.

The federal government maintains that the blows to the financial and operational structures of the cartels have forced the reshuffling of the same, which has generated violence and even executions of relatives of the leaders themselves.

For the Solicitor Justice of the state of Sinaloa, Luis Cardenas Fonseca, his state is experiencing a rise in executions and explains that this is due to two causes: one that responds to the reaction of criminal groups operating in the running in tandem the Federation and the states, and one that has to do with the rearranging of the cartels.

Given this scenario the government restructured its local commanders and police and put career military leaders at the head of the three major police organizations. In Ciudad Juarez a retired military officer assumed leadership of public security, after his predecessor was assassinated nine days ago.

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Three Men Riddled in Ojinaga

Three Men Riddled in Ojinaga

They lose their lives to hit men after intense chase.

This article appeared in El Ágora de Chihuahua on May 20, 2008. This translation is rendered as closely as possible to the original wording. The gory picture is a stock photo of two men in a car, not a truck and not the men in this incident. (See the orginal article here).

Ojinaga – May 20, 2008 - Authorities informed us that three men were assasinated by gunshot after an encounter with those chasing them on the city streets.

The acts occurred at 12 noon, when Aarón Alonso Flores Hernández, 16 years of age, Fernando Flores Solís, 25 years of age, and Alonso Flores Solís, 38 years of age were killed by gunfire.

The last two are brothers and the first, a minor, was Alonso's son (Comment by Frontera News: incorrect – Alonso was Aaron's uncle).

It seems the three men arrived on the streets of Ojinaga from Porvenir, a town located near Juárez City.

The victims fled in the direction of El Mulato, and although chased by the city police, succeded in fleeing without being detained.

The acts occurred on Tercera Street and Hombres Ilustres, in the Magisterial Zone, where the gunfight between the two groups was seen.

The bodies were picked up immediately by Red Cross paramedics. Two died at the hospital and one died in the ambulance during transport.

The deceased lived on 36^th Street and Justo Sierra, in the Porfirio Ornelas Zone, and according to neighbors, had been only arrived in Ojinaga a short while ago.

At the scene of the acts were found a pistol and a dark colored pick up truck with Texas plates and bullet impacts in its body.

Sergio Urías, valet and driver for the Isste Clinic was injured in the scuffle, presenting with a bullet wound in the neck.

He was transferred immediately to Chihuahua City aboard an Isste Ambulance to be attended in the State Capitol.

La Frontera News Note: The Flores (Flores-Solis) family has lived for years in Van Horn, Texas with Alonzo fleeing to México to escape US justice (being wanted by the law in Texas) a few years back. Their parents and many relatives are still living there. Alonzo had been living in Lomas De Arena (see the Geographical Information post earlier) and had fled elsewhere for a while, reportedly to Ciudad Chihuahua, in order to avoid persecution by the cartel. He had apparently recently returned to Ojinaga thinking things had cooled off for him and his family. Read more!

Geographical Information

Geography of the Region
Cities, Towns and Places Mentioned in These Articles

• Ojinaga - Across the Rio Grande from Presidio, Texas.
• Juárez - Across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas.
• Ciudad Chihuahua - The State Capitol of the state of Chihuahua, México, about 100 miles southsouthwest of Ojinaga.
• Zaragosa - East of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México.
• Guadalupe Praxedes - Across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas.
• Caseta - Across the Rio Grande from Tornillo, Texas.
• El Porvenir - Across the Rio Grande from Fort Hancock, Texas.
• San Antonio Del Bravo - Across the Rio Grande about halfway between El Paso, Texas and Presidio Texas.
• Bosque - Across the Rio Grande from Sierra Blanca, Texas.
• Babilón - Across the Rio Grande and roughly across the river from Van Horn, Texas. This is the name shown on Google Maps where Nuevo Porvenir should be.
• Ejido Emilio Carranza - Roughly Across the Rio Grande from Van Horn, Texas.
• Lomas De Arena - Across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas side-by-side with Ejido Emilio Carranza.
• Nuevo Porvenir - Roughly across the Rio Grande from Van Horn, Texas.
• Pilares - Across the Rio Grande and southeast of Nuevo Porvenir.
• Mulato - Across the Rio Grande from Presidio, Texas and southeast of Ojinaga, Chihuahua, México.

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Personalities

Mexican Officials, Mexican Cartel Personalities, and Other Known Participants
{Note about names in Spanish: The last surname is the mother's maiden name and
the penultimate (next to last) surname is the father's surname.}

• Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza - Attorney General from 2006 to present.
• Genaro García Luna - Secretariat of Public Safety.
• Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa - President from December 1, 2006 to present. (65th president)
• Vicente Fox Quezada - President from to December 1, 2006 (64th president)
  

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Governmental Organizations

Governmental Organizations in México

• PGR - (Procuraduría General de la República) - Attorney General of México. Wikipedia article is here.
• PFP - (Policia Federal Preventiva) - Federal Preventative Police; the uniformed federal police force in México. Wikipedia article is here.
• PAN - (Partido Acción Nacional) - The National Action Party - one of the major political parties in Mexican politics, founded in 1939.
  
• PRI - (Partido Revolucionario Institucional) The Institutional Revolutionary Party - one of the major political parties in Mexican politics, founded in 1929 as the "Federal Revolutionary Party" - changed to its current name in 1946.
  

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Cartels & Crime Organizations

Major Cartels and Criminal Organizations
Operating in México

Gulf Cartel - Based in
Juárez Cartel- Based in Juárez, Chihuahua, México.
Sinaloa Cartel - Based in Sinaloa, México.
Tijuana Cartel - Based in Tijuana, Baja California, México.
Los Zetas - A group of hitmen / enforcers drawn from trained special forces of the Mexican military.

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Terminology - Definitions

Definitions of English terms used

• Cartel - A formal (explicit) agreement among firms, usually agreeing on pricing, product output levels, allocation of customers and territories, and the division of profits. In the drug world, read "Narcotics Trafficking Organizations" for "firms." Drug cartels have the primary purpose of promoting and controlling drug trafficking operations.
  

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Terminology - Translations

Translations of Spanish words you will see in this blog

• El Ágora - (Ehl AH-goh-rah) - The Meeting Place; one of the major online news sites is "El Ágora De Chihuahua" - the meeting place of Chihuahua. A link is in the "Sources" links on the right hand side of this page.
  
• Acribillar - (Ah-cree-bee-YAHR) - To riddle, as in to fill full of bullet holes.
• Acribillan - (Ah-cree-BEE-yahn) - They riddle, they fill full of bullet holes; is riddled, is filled full of bullet holes.
• Acribillaron - (Ah-cree-bee-YAH-rohn) - They riddled, they filled full of bullet holes.
• Acribillaban - (Ah-cree-bee-YAH-bahn) - They riddled, they filled full of bullet holes.
• Calcinar - (Cahl-see-NAHR) - To burn up, to cremate.
• Calcinan - (Cahl-SEE-nahn) - They burn up, they cremate; is burned up, is cremated.
• Calcinaron - (Cahl-see-NAHR-ohn) - They burned up, they cremated.
• Calcinaban - (Cahl-see-NAH-bahn) - They burned up, they cremated.
• El Diario - (Ehl Dee-AH-rdee-yoh) - "The Daily." A newspaper, published in several cities, including Ciudad Juárez in the State of Chihuahua. A link is in the "Sources" links on the right hand side of this page.
• Ejido - (Eh-HEE-though) - Something similar to a rural commune community; a collective group of people that live and work on a determined piece of property as a community.
• La Plaza - (Lah PLAH-ssah) - The franchise to allow drugs to be moved in and through a particular zone or territory.
• La Placita - (La plah-SEE-tah) - same as la plaza.
• Sicario - (See-CAH-rdee-yoh) - Hitman - derived from Latin Sicarii via Italian.
  

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