Wednesday, February 28, 2018

NARCOMEX CARTELS BOMB TOURIST

HIGHLY GRAPHIC VIDEO!




AMERICA’S OPEN AND UNDEFENDED BORDERS:
LA RAZA HEROIN CARTELS CUT HEART OUT OF LIVING MAN AND BEHEAD HIS PARTNER!
MEXICANS ARE THE MOST VIOLENT CULTURE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE!
Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute has testified before a Congressional committee that in 2004, 95% of all outstanding warrants for murder in Los Angeles were for illegal aliens; in 2000, 23% of all Los Angeles County jail inmates were illegal aliens and that in 1995, 60% of Los Angeles’s largest street gang, the 18th Street gang, were illegal aliens. Granted, those statistics are old, but if you talk to any California law enforcement officer, they will tell you it’s much worse today.

SHOCKING IMAGES OF CARTELS ON U.S. BORDERS:
“Heroin is not produced in the United States. Every gram of heroin present in the United States provides unequivocal evidence of a failure of border security because every gram of heroin was smuggled into the United States. Indeed, this is precisely a point that Attorney General Jeff Sessions made during his appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on October 18, 2017 when he again raised the need to secure the U.S./Mexican border to protect American lives.” Michael Cutler …..FrontPageMag.com

GRAPHIC — Two Cartel Gunmen Killed in Grenade Attack Against Mexican Cops




Police officers fighting off a grenade attack managed to kill two cartel gunmen in the Mexican coastal state of Veracruz. The area continues to be one of the most violent as rival criminal organizations fight for control of shipping ports.

The ambush took place in Rio Blanco when state police officers spotted a group of suspicious men began throwing grenades at them and shooting.
The police officers fought off the attack, killing two of the gunmen and injuring a third who managed to escape. Authorities were able to seize various weapons and a small sedan.
State investigators have not released which cartel the gunmen belong to.
Editor’s Note: Breitbart Texas traveled to the Mexican States of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nuevo León to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities.  The writers would face certain death at the hands of the various cartels that operate in those areas including the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas if a pseudonym were not used. Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles are published in both English and in their original Spanish. This article was written by Tony Aranda from Nuevo León.


You will hear a lot about these Mexicans in 2018



Over the next few months, the Mexican presidential campaign will hit the front pages.  The vote is in early July.
So let me introduce you to some of the names and the one issue that the winner will face.  The three major players are:
- José Antonio Meade-Kuribrena of the PRI.  This is the party that governed Mexico for over 70 years and the political home of incumbent President Enrique Peña-Nieto.  They are often known as the "partido oficial," or a cynical reference to their control of the bureaucracy.  They're the Mexican version of the "Deep State" party. 
- Ricardo Anaya-Cortés of the PAN.  This is a conservative party very popular in the north of Mexico.  A friend of mine calls them "los republicanos mexicanos," a reference to their ideological similarity to the GOP.  They are often accused of being too close to the Catholic Church and of promoting states' rights.
- Andrés Manuel López-Obrador of the left-of-center MORENA. 
This election, as my friend Allan Wall explained, is unusual because of political coalitions that have brought parties from different corners to support the PAN and MORENA.
One of these three men will be next president of Mexico.
At the moment, López-Obrador is leading in some polls, in large part because he's been around for a long time.  He was mayor of Mexico City and a candidate in 2006 and 2012 (Consulta Mitofsky poll, AMLO 27.1%, Anaya 22.3%, and Meade 18.0%).
At the moment, it's too early to tell, but I'd keep an eye on Mr. Meade, because he will have the PRI's electoral machinery on his side.
Meade and Anaya would be fairly conventional presidents.  López-Obrador promotes himself as the man who will stand up to Trump, but we're not sure what that really means.  López-Obrador was always opposed to NAFTA, whereas Meade and Anaya support it.
No matter who wins, he will inherit a violent nation, as my friend Patrick Corcoran wrote:
After a three-year rise in murders, 2017 was the most violent year in Mexico's recent history. 
The more than 29,000 murders registered by the National Public Security System represented a 27 percent jump from 2016, and a nearly 60 percent increase since 2014. 
As is usually the case, organized crime was the chief driver of this wave of bloodshed.
Every conversation I have with Mexican friends or visitors confirms that "inseguridad" or insecurity is issue number one.
PS: You can listen to my show (Canto Talk) and follow me on Twitter.


Hispanic judge Trump once disparaged as 'Mexican' rules in favor of border wall construction

by  | Feb 27, 2018 U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel on Tuesday rejected arguments by the state of California and advocacy groups that the Trump administration overreached by waiving laws requiring environmental and other reviews before construction on a southern border wall could begin. (AP Photo/Elliott Spagat, File)


The federal judge whom President Trump once disparaged as “Mexican” ruled in favor of his administration’s efforts to build the U.S.-Mexico border wall.

U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel in San Diego on Tuesday sided with the Homeland Security Department, which leaned on waivers granted by Congress in 1996 and 2005 to bypass state and federal environmental statutes for construction along 14 miles of the border.
In his ruling, Curiel quoted U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts in his handling of cases “surrounded by political disagreement.”

“In its review of this case, the Court cannot and does not consider whether underlying decisions to construct the border barriers are politically wise or prudent,” Curiel wrote.
  Now, the Trump administration can continue waiving environmental regulations to build the border wall.
Plaintiffs in the case included the Center for Biological Diversity, the California Coastal Commission, and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.
"We will evaluate all of our options and are prepared to do what is necessary to protect our people, our values, and our economy from federal overreach. A medieval wall along the U.S.-Mexico border simply does not belong in the 21st century,” Becerra said in a statement in response to the ruling.
The Justice Department praised the ruling.
“Border security is paramount to stemming the flow of illegal immigration that contributes to rising violent crime and to the drug crisis, and undermines national security,” said department spokesman Devin O’Malley. “Congress gave authority to the Department of Homeland Security to construct a border wall without delay to prevent illegal entry into the United States, and we are pleased DHS can continue this important work vital to our nation’s interests.”
Curiel presided over a class-action lawsuit against the now-defunct Trump University. During the 2016 campaign, Trump attacked Curiel, calling him a “Mexican” — Curiel was born in Indiana, but his parents are Mexican immigrants — who said he was a “hater.”
“Look, he’s proud of his heritage, okay? I’m building a wall,” Trump said of Curiel in June 2016 to CNN's Jake Tapper. “He’s a Mexican. We’re building a wall between here and Mexico.”


'MS-13 gang members are being removed by our 
Great ICE and Border Patrol Agents by the 
thousands, but these killers come back in from 
El Salvador, and through Mexico, like water,' 
the president tweeted. 



MS-13 Resurgence Linked to UAC Arrivals and 
Lack of Interior Enforcement
Interactive map shows MS-13 violence in 22 states 

Washington, D.C. (February 21, 2018) – A new report by the Center for Immigration Studies examines over 500 MS-13 criminal arrests, 207 of which were for murder. The gang's resurgence is directly connected to two factors: the resettlement of more than 300,000 Central American youths and families that started up in 2012, and the de-prioritization of interior immigration enforcement that occurred around the same time. In addition, our analysis shows that many of the hot beds of MS-13 activity are also places where local officials have adopted sanctuary policies.
The more than 500 MS-13 arrests were spread across 22 states, but they were concentrated in the areas where many UACs were resettled by the federal government. This influx provided MS-13 with a new pool of tens of thousands of mostly male teenagers from which to recruit new members. According to local gang investigators, these gangs have been known to recruit recently arrived Central American children as young as 10 years old.

Jessica Vaughan, the Center's director of policy studies, said, "Failed immigration policies are partly responsible for the rebound of MS-13, and immigration enforcement will have to be a key part of the strategy to combat them. Because so many of the MS-13 members are here illegally, they are more vulnerable to these tactics. If state and local law enforcement agencies are not allowed to cooperate fully with ICE, then they are missing out on an opportunity to put a dent in this gang's strength. In addition, Congress must act to fix our laws to give DHS more flexibility in dealing both with the influx of minors and families and with the sanctuaries."

The report provides recommendations, most found in the Secure America's Future Act (H.R.4760, commonly known as the Goodlatte bill), for Congress to combat the MS-13 resurgence.

View the report and map at: https://cis.org/Report/MS13-Resurgence-Immigration-Enforcement-Needed-Take-Back-Our-Streets

Key findings:
  • We found 506 MS-13 members arrested for or charged with crimes that were reported in 22 states. The largest number of cases were reported in California (92 cases), Maryland (84 cases), New York (80 cases), and Virginia (63 cases).
  • MS-13 crimes are not primarily petty nuisance crimes. 207 MS-13 members were charged with murder. In addition we found more than 100 accused of conspiracy/racketeering, and dozens of other arrests for drug trafficking, sex trafficking, attempted murder, sexual assaults, and extortion.
  • While most of the reports of MS-13 suspects in our case set did not include information on the immigration status of the individual, we could determine that 126 of the 506 suspects (and 38 of the 207 murder suspects) were illegal aliens.
  • The median age of MS-13 gang members identified was 23, and suspects ranged in age from 14 to 57.
  • The median age of their victims was 19, and ranged in age from 14 to 74. Sixty of the victims were under the age of 18, including 52 of the murder victims.
  • We could determine that 120 of the 506 MS-13 arrests in our case set arrived as UACs, including 48 of the murder suspects.
  • The location of these MS-13 crimes corresponds with locations of large numbers of UACs who were resettled by the federal government.
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ICE nabs 195 criminal illegal immigrants 

during workplace inspections in Los Angeles


by   In this 2017 photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by ICE aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants, and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. This week, ICE deportation officers and special agents took a total of 212 people into custody during 122 notices of inspection to businesses throughout the southern California region. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

Federal immigration agents arrested 195 criminals living in the U.S. illegally during a five-day worksite enforcement operation around Los Angeles Sunday through Thursday.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers and special agents took a total of 212 people into custody during 122 notices of inspection to businesses throughout the southern California region.
ICE said 195 of the arrestees were convicted criminals, had been issued a final order of removal and failed to leave the country, or had been previously removed from the U.S. and returned illegally.
About 100 in that group have been previously convicted of violent offenses, including child sex crimes, weapons violations, and assault, as well as serious misdemeanor offenses.
ICE Director Thomas Homan defended the agency's detainment of 27 noncriminal illegal immigrants and said those people were not the target of their enforcement operations. Due to Los Angeles' sanctuary city policies, which bar federal officers from picking up individuals at the jail, ICE is forced to find them at their home or workplace or find them in other ways.
"Because sanctuary jurisdictions like Los Angeles prevent ICE from arresting criminal aliens in the secure confines of a jail, our officers are forced to conduct at-large arrests in the community, putting officers, the general public, and the aliens at greater risk and increasing the incidents of collateral arrests," Homan said in a statement. "Fewer jail arrests mean more arrests on the street, and that also requires more resources, which is why we are forced to send additional resources to those areas to meet operational needs and officer safety."
The interior enforcement agency conducted 1,360 of these I-9 audits in fiscal year 2017, and carried out notices of inspection at 77 northern California businesses in January and February.
Notices of inspection informs businesses that ICE will audit their hiring records to verify employees' hiring eligibility. Businesses receive three days to produce papers confirming its employees' eligibility to work, and if they do not, immigration agents will conduct an inspection for compliance.
"Critics argue that giving amnesty to 12 to 30 million illegal aliens in the U.S. would have an immediate negative impact on America’s working and middle class — specifically black Americans and the white working class — who would be in direct competition for blue-collar jobs with the largely low-skilled illegal alien population." JOHN BINDER







"Additionally, under current legal immigration laws, if given amnesty, the illegal alien population would be allowed to bring an unlimited number of their foreign relatives to the U.S. This population could boost already high legal immigration levels to an unprecedented high. An amnesty for illegal aliens would also likely triple the number of border-crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border." JOHN BINDER

VIDEO: ‘F*ck All of You!’ California Open Borders Activists Surround DHS Agents


A group of open borders activists blocked and surrounded federal immigration officials in downtown Los Angeles, California on Thursday, preventing the agents from accessing a nearby detention center.

Coordinated by a slew of open borders groups, about 50 illegal immigrant activists stopped a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) van of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while they were on their way to a detention center.
The open borders activists shouted, “Stop the deportations!” and other pro-illegal immigration chants, as captured by Los Angeles Times reporter Marcus Yam.
“Hey hey! Ho ho! Deportations have got to go!” the activists can be heard shouting at ICE agents. Another open borders activists shouted at Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers, saying “F*ck all you n*ggas!”



Activists block an ICE van in downtown LA tonight. More to come. pic.twitter.com/45AJ8qyZJX
Around 50 people are gathered around the ICE van near Aliso and Alameda. pic.twitter.com/I85bHC3TUE

















LAPD issuing a dispersal order but protesters are down the street away from them and it’s barely audible. pic.twitter.com/354w1gONda


















Organizers with the open borders groups told the Times that the blocking of the DHS van was to protest the “machinery of deportation.”
“The original goal was to really loudly proclaim that we’re not going to stand for ICE destroying families … on Valentine’s Day of all days,” said Rabbi Aryeh Cohen, who is on the board of an organizing group.
“When the ICE/DHS van came, our group of people decided it was time to put their bodies in front of the machinery of deportation,” he said.
The “open borders” lobby has become increasingly outraged at the lack of immediate amnesty for the 12 to 30 million illegal aliens living across the United States.
Last month, for example, a group of activists with the George Soros-funded group “United We Dream” held a mock funeral where they blasted President Trump and conservatives for “killing our dreams” by not immediately giving them amnesty, as Breitbart Newsreported.
Critics argue that giving amnesty to 12 to 30 million illegal aliens in the U.S. would have an immediate negative impact on America’s working and middle class — pecifically black Americans and the white working class — who would be in direct competition for blue-collar jobs with the largely low-skilled illegal alien population.
Additionally, under current legal immigration laws, if given amnesty, the illegal alien population would be allowed to bring an unlimited number of their foreign relatives to the U.S. This population could boost already high legal immigration levels to an unprecedented high. An amnesty for illegal aliens would also likely triple the number of border-crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter at @JxhnBinder

THE LA RAZA INVASION:

The Washington-imposed economic policy of economic growth via mass-immigration floods the market with foreign laborspikes profits and Wall Street values by cutting salaries for manual and skilled labor offered by blue-collar and white-collar employees. It also drives up real estate priceswidens wealth-gaps, reduces high-tech investment, increases state and local tax burdens, hurts kids’ schools and college education, pushes Americans away from high-tech careers, and sidelines at least 5 million marginalized Americans and their families, including many who are now struggling with opioid addictions.   NEIL MUNRO


PARTNER WITH MEXICO, the LA RAZA DEMOCRAT PARTY and the PRO-BUSINESS GOP to keep wages for LEGALS depressed (today they are depressed to 1973 levels).

But you will still get the tax bills for the Mex welfare state and crime tidal wave!


“Illegal aliens are not supposed to work, and knowingly providing shelter for illegal aliens can be construed as harboring and shielding, elements of a felony under federal law, Title 8 U.S. Code § 1324.”  

“Where aliens and jobs are concerned, even many categories of nonimmigrant aliens (temporary visitors) including aliens who lawfully enter under the Visa Waiver Program or with tourist visas may not work in the United States and immediately become subject to removal (deportation) if they seek gainful employment.”  ----MICHAEL CUTLER – FRONTPAGE mag

NumbersUSA’s Rosemary Jenks: 

E-Verify Ignored in DACA Negotiations Because ‘Members 

of Congress Know It Will Work’



by ROBERT KRAYCHIK23 Jan 2018

Members of Congress broadly oppose a legislative nationwide E-Verify mandate for employers because “they know it will work,” said NumbersUSA’s Rosemary Jenks, explaining why E-Verify is not being pushed in congressional negotiations for an amnesty deal for recipients of the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Jenks further noted that both parties are beholden to special interests supportive of “mass migration.”

HAVE YOU EVER EVEN ONCE HEARD THESE AMNESTY POLS HOWLING AMNESTY! AMNESTY! AMNESTY.... TALK ABOUT THE CRIME THESE THUGS INFLICT? 



CAN WE GET A TOWN HALL FOR THEVICTIMS OF MS-13'S 207 MURDERS?


February 22, 2018






           
The unimpeachable moral authority of murdered teenagers somehow doesn't extend to MS-13's murder spree.
 As MSNBC's Joy Reid sneered after President Trump's State of the Union address, “He gives a speech tonight, in which he makes it sound like the biggest issue in the United States, the biggest threat is MS-13, a gang nobody that doesn't watch Fox News has ever heard of. So he makes it sound like they're the biggest threat.”
No one hears about it because the media maintains an embargo on the story. (Yes, we don't have a free press. We have fake news narrative operations controlled by a handful of major corporations.)
207 MS-13 members were charged with murder. In addition we found more than 100 accused of conspiracy/racketeering, and dozens of others for drug trafficking, sex trafficking, attempted murder, sexual assaults, and extortion.
While most of the reports of MS-13 suspects in our case set did not include information on the immigration status of the individual, we could determine that 126 of the 506 suspects (and 38 of the 207 murder suspects) were illegal aliens.
The median age of MS-13 gang members identified was 23, and suspects ranged in age from 14 to 57.
The median age of their victims was 19, and victims ranged in age from 14 to 74. Sixty of the victims were under the age of 18, including 52 of the murder victims.
120 of the 506 MS-13 suspects in our case set arrived as UACs (Unaccompanied Alien Children), including 48 of the murder suspects.
The location of these MS-13 crimes corresponds with locations of large numbers of UACs who were resettled by the federal government.
Just dreamers with a dream of beheading, torturing and mutilating teenagers. The media can't be bothered to talk about their victims because it's politically inconvenient. Many of the perps are illegal aliens or undocumented beheaders. The victims aren't people they could envision as their kids. And reporting on MS-13's crimes endangers their push for illegal alien amnesty. It also shines a harsh light on the policies of Obama Inc.
But while CNN won't have that town hall, conservatives should. Imagine President Trump hearing more from the Latino parents of MS-13 victims. The media would have to grit its teeth and cover the story.

Trump demands border wall to block vicious MS-13 gang 'killers' who flow back into the U.S. 'like water' despite deportations

  • President Donald Trump said Friday that MS-13 gang members are re-entering the United States as fast as the government deports them
  • 'El Salvador just takes our money, and Mexico must help MORE with this problem. We need The Wall!' he tweeted
  • MS-13 is a gang with tens of thousands of members in the U.S., whose motto is 'Kill, rape, control'
  • Trump said earlier this month that the only way to defeat MS-13 is to change America's 'sad, weak and pathetic' immigration laws
President Donald Trump renewed his war of words against the Salvadoran gang MS-13 on Friday, saying his long-promised southern border wall would stem the tide of murderers and drug dealers streaming into the U.S.
'MS-13 gang members are being removed by our 
Great ICE and Border Patrol Agents by the 
thousands, but these killers come back in from 
El Salvador, and through Mexico, like water,' 
the president tweeted. 
'El Salvador just takes our money, and Mexico must help MORE with this problem. We need The Wall!'
President Donald Trump went back on offense against MS-13 on Friday, complaining that a porous U.S. border is allowing the gang's members to enter the country at will
President Donald Trump went back on offense against MS-13 on Friday, complaining that a porous U.S. border is allowing the gang's members to enter the country at will
'[T]hese killers come back in from El Salvador, and through Mexico, like water,' the president tweeted
'[T]hese killers come back in from El Salvador, and through Mexico, like water,' the president tweeted
Trump said this month that in order to stop the gang, the government needs to change 'sad, weak and pathetic' immigration laws
Trump said this month that in order to stop the gang, the government needs to change 'sad, weak and pathetic' immigration laws
Trump's harsh rhetoric comes as the government's Citizenship and Immigration Services agency has quietly changed its mission statement to remove a reference to the U.S. as a 'nation of immigrants.'
That surprising move was first reported by The Intercept
He said earlier this month in a video message that the only way to defeat MS-13 is to change America's 'sad, weak and pathetic' immigration laws.
In a nearly three minute video posted to Twitter, Trump outlined his plan on combating the gang, which has tens of thousands of members in at least 40 states and is responsible for a steady drumbeat of gruesome deaths in the U.S.
MS-13, also known as Mara Salvatrucha, was started in Los Angeles during the 1980s by Central American immigrants, mainly those from El Salvador. The gang later expanded to include Mexicans, Hondurans and other Central and South Americans.
According to the FBI, its motto is 'Kill, rape, control.' The gang's members engage in a wide range of criminal activity including murder, rape, prostitution, robbery, home invasions and kidnapping.
MS-13, also known as Mara Salvatrucha, was started in Los Angeles during the 1980s by Central American immigrants, mainly those from El Salvador. The gang later expanded to include Mexicans, Hondurans and other Central and South Americans 
MS-13, also known as Mara Salvatrucha, was started in Los Angeles during the 1980s by Central American immigrants, mainly those from El Salvador. The gang later expanded to include Mexicans, Hondurans and other Central and South Americans 
Trump has been using gang violence as leverage to emphasize the three planks of his immigration policy platform
Trump has been using gang violence as leverage to emphasize the three planks of his immigration policy platform
MS-13 was declared a 'priority' last yer by the Department of Justice's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, allowing prosecutors to pursue any legal avenue to target members
MS-13 was declared a 'priority' last yer by the Department of Justice's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, allowing prosecutors to pursue any legal avenue to target members
Two weeks ago Trump tied MS-13's rise to his demands for a major immigration policy overhaul.
'My Administration has identified three major priorities for creating a safe, modern and lawful immigration system: fully securing the border, ending chain migration, and canceling the visa lottery,' he said. 
Trump said 'loopholes' in the immigration system has allowed for 'criminals and gang members to break into' the country because the laws are 'so weak, so sad and so pathetic.'
He said MS-13 and 'many other gangs' take advantage of those loopholes to not only enter the United States but find new recruits.
'The laws are bad and they have to be changed,' Trump declared. 
MS-13 was designated as a 'priority' last year by the Department of Justice's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said prosecutors are able to pursue any legal avenue to target the gang.

MEXICANS ARE A BORDER TO OPEN BORDER CRIME TIDAL WAVE!







THE ILLEGALS’ AND THEIR CRIME TIDAL WAVE!

Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute has testified before a Congressional committee that in 2004, 95% of all outstanding warrants for murder in Los Angeles were for illegal aliens; in 2000, 23% of all Los Angeles County jail inmates were illegal aliens and that in 1995, 60% of Los Angeles’s largest street gang, the 18th Street gang, were illegal aliens. 

DOJ: Mexican National Allegedly Led ‘Significant Drug-Trafficking Organization’ in U.S.

By CNSNews.com Staff | February 21, 2018 | 9:54 AM EST







This shipment of methamphetamine, which had been hidden in a shipment of commercial candles, was confiscated by Customs and Border Protection at the Laredo, Texas, port of entry on the U.S.-Mexico border. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo)
(CNSNews.com) - The U.S. Justice Department says that a Mexican national allegedly led what it calls a “significant drug trafficking organization” inside the United States.
In an indictment filed last July, according to Justice, the 34-year-old Mexican national, Jose Raul Mendivil-Berrelleza, was charged in New Mexico along with seven others for trafficking methamphetamine and cocaine.
“The indictment was the result of a multi-agency investigation into a significant drug trafficking organization allegedly led by Jose Raul Mendivil-Berrelleza, 34, a Mexican national who resided in Hobbs, [N.M.] that allegedly imported methamphetamine and cocaine into Lea County from Mexico through Arizona,” the department said in a statement released yesterday.
“The 20-count indictment charged alleged ringleader Mendivil-Berrelleza and seven co-defendants with conspiracy, methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking, and money laundering offenses,” said the Justice Department. 
“Count 1 of the indictment charged all eight defendants with participating in a conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine and cocaine in Lea County and elsewhere between Nov. 2016 and July 2017,” the department said. “Count 2 charged Mendivil-Berrelleza and Roberto Rendon-Duran, 70, of Yuma, Ariz., with participating in an international money-laundering conspiracy.  Counts 3 through 5 charged certain defendants with methamphetamine trafficking offenses and Count 6 charges certain defendants with a cocaine trafficking offense.  Counts 7 through 20 charged certain defendants with using communications devices to facilitate their drug trafficking activity.”
One of the defendants in the case, Jeremy W. Gough, was sentenced on Tuesday to 120 months in prison.
“On Dec. 13, 2017, Gough pled guilty to conspiracy and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute,” said the Department of Justice. “ In entering the guilty plea, Gough admitted that from Nov. 2016 through June 2017, he conspired with others to distribute methamphetamine in Hobbs by having methamphetamine delivered to Gough’s residence from his source of supply, which Gough would then deliver to other individuals in Hobbs through the use of couriers.”
Here is the full statement on the case released by the Department of Justice on Tuesday:
Hobbs Man Sentenced to Ten Years for Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction
ALBUQUERQUE – Jeremy W. Gough, 41, of Hobbs, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
Gough and seven other residents of Lea County, N.M., including four Mexican nationals, and a resident of Yuma, Ariz., were charged in a 20-count indictment filed in July 2017, alleging federal drug trafficking and money laundering offenses.  The indictment was the result of a multi-agency investigation into a significant drug trafficking organization allegedly led by Jose Raul Mendivil-Berrelleza, 34, a Mexican national who resided in Hobbs, that allegedly imported methamphetamine and cocaine into Lea County from Mexico through Arizona. 
The  investigation, which was led by the DEA and included HSI and the Lea County Drug Task Force of HIDTA Region 6, was designated as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program, a Department of Justice program that combines the resources and unique expertise of federal agencies, along with their local counterparts, in a coordinated effort to disrupt and dismantle major drug trafficking organizations.  During the course of the investigation, law enforcement authorities seized approximately 13 kilograms (28.6 pounds) of pure methamphetamine and 1.45 kilograms (3.2 pounds) of cocaine, a firearm and $19,000 in cash.
The 20-count indictment charged alleged ringleader Mendivil-Berrelleza and seven co-defendants with conspiracy, methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking, and money laundering offenses.  Count 1 of the indictment charged all eight defendants with participating in a conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine and cocaine in Lea County and elsewhere between Nov. 2016 and July 2017.  Count 2 charged Mendivil-Berrelleza and Roberto Rendon-Duran, 70, of Yuma, Ariz., with participating in an international money-laundering conspiracy.  Counts 3 through 5 charged certain defendants with methamphetamine trafficking offenses and Count 6 charges certain defendants with a cocaine trafficking offense.  Counts 7 through 20 charged certain defendants with using communications devices to facilitate their drug trafficking activity.
On Dec. 13, 2017, Gough pled guilty to conspiracy and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.  In entering the guilty plea, Gough admitted that from Nov. 2016 through June 2017, he conspired with others to distribute methamphetamine in Hobbs by having methamphetamine delivered to Gough’s residence from his source of supply, which Gough would then deliver to other individuals in Hobbs through the use of couriers.  Gough further admitted that on Nov. 5, 2016, he possessed approximately 152 grams of methamphetamine which he intended to sell to other individuals in Hobbs.
Four of Gough’s co-defendants have previously entered guilty pleas and are pending sentencing hearings.  Two co-defendants have entered pleas of not guilty and are pending trial.  Miguel Angel Luna-Arredondo has yet to be arrested and is considered a fugitive.  Charges in indictments and criminal complaints are only accusations, and defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
This case was investigated by the DEA and HSI offices in Las Cruces and the Lea County Drug Task Force with assistance from the Lea County Sheriff’s Office and the Hobbs Police Department.  Assistant U.S. Attorneys Terri J. Abernathy and Dustin Segovia of the U.S. Attorney’s Las Cruces Branch Office are prosecuting the case.
The Lea County Drug Task Force is comprised of officers from the Lea County Sheriff’s Office, Hobbs Police Department, Lovington Police Department, Eunice Police Department the Tatum Police Department and the Jal Police Department, and is part of the NM HIDTA Region VI Drug Task Force.  The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program was created by Congress with the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988.  HIDTA is a program of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) which provides assistance to federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies operating in areas determined to be critical drug-trafficking regions of the United States and seeks to reduce drug trafficking and production by facilitating coordinated law enforcement activities and information sharing. 

Mexican Army Arrives in Tijuana to Quell Cartel Violence


A total of 400 elements of the Mexican Army were dispatched to Tijuana to help crack down on the ongoing cartel violence that plagues the once-popular tourist destination.

Gabriel García Rincón, Commander of the II Military Region, stated that 400 arrived in Tijuana, Baja California, to support the local authorities responsible for security and the fight against organized crime which has been deemed responsible for the record-breaking violence. This announcement was made during a Day of the Army celebration according to local media outlets. Reports from social media indicate that military patrols have begun in the most affected areas where local law enforcement has been overwhelmed and are unable to stop daily killings between rival cartels. Helicopter surveillance patrols from the Baja California Attorney General’s office (PGR) have also been provided.
Commander Gabriel García Rincón stated during a press conference, “Our troops are working day and night to prevent drugs from reaching our children and our youth.” According to government sources, the Mexican Army will be working jointly with municipal and state police with the goal of bringing a halt to the violence that has terrorized this border city.
Francisco Rueda Gómez, the Secretary-General of Governance for the State of Baja California, emphasized the security arrangement will also include elements of the State Attorney General’s Office (PGR) and the Federal Police.
The mayor of Tijuana, Juan Manuel Gastélum Buenrostro, said during a recent press conference that they are having extreme difficulty in police recruiting for qualified candidates able to pass the required background checks. He mentioned that he was going to speak with the Secretary-General of Governance for the state to find a solution for the problem. Gastélum Buenrostro indicated that he was not going to ask for lower security standards but instead change the physical requirements which have eliminated numerous qualified candidates otherwise. The background check challenge has spread nationally.
Breitbart Texas has reported extensively about the ongoing cartel violence affecting the city. In 2017, Tijuana registered 1,734–smashing the 2016 record of 910. The murder rate continues to climb as rival drug cartels battle over control of key trafficking routes and street-level distribution, according to local media reports. The escalation can be attributed to the hostilities between the Sinaloa Cartel and their one-time ally, Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG).
Robert Arce is a retired Phoenix Police detective with extensive experience working Mexican organized crime and street gangs. Arce has worked in the Balkans, Iraq, Haiti, and recently completed a three-year assignment in Monterrey, Mexico, working out of the Consulate for the United States Department of State, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Program, where he was the Regional Program Manager for Northeast Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Durango, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas.)