Five police officers were murdered during two separate attacks carried out by cartel gunmen in Guaymas, Sonora, on Thursday.
A convoy of cartel assassins with rifles attacked the Tactical Operations Group of the Municipal Police in Guaymas, leaving four officers dead and one seriously injured, according to local reports. An unarmed transit officer was also shot and killed. The attacks occurred shortly after noon on Thursday in Colonia Centro–an area surrounded by multiple schools–at the time students were being dismissed from classes.
In the first attack, gunmen in several trucks were tailing members of the Tactical Operations Group on Agustín García López Street and Calle Nueve. Shooters opened fire on the patrol. The officers attempted to repel the attack but were overcome by superior fire, according to witness accounts. Two members of the Tactical Operations Group died at the scene and three others were transported to a local hospital. One officer, identified as Dulce Alejandra Rojo, died aboard a helicopter while she was being transferred to a hospital in Hermosillo. Another officer died in hospital. The other officers reporteddeceased were identified as Enrique Alamillo Romero, Marlon Islas Dueñas, and Pedro Corral Vázquez.
As the cartel gunmen were fleeing the area, they opened fire on an unarmed Municipal Transit Police officer at Calle Catorce and Avenida Serdán, killing him instantly. The transit police officer was later identified as Abraham García Coronado and was assigned to assist school children and parents cross streets safely.
The attacks come nearly two months after more than 200 federal and state police personnel, supported by elements of the Mexican Army, were deployed to once tourist-friendly Guaymas amid violence and threats of a cartel war. A security alert was issued by the U.S. consulate in Hermosillo, prohibiting federal employees from traveling to the popular tourist zones in San Carlos, Guaymas, and Empalme “due to recent violent criminal activity.” Concerns were raised at the time regarding a possible cartel war in Guaymas over the presumed murder of three operatives belonging to “Los Salazar” within the Sinaloa Cartel. They were vacationing there when they were arrested by municipal police. The trio was handed over to a rival criminal group.
Los Salazar reportedly issued an order to retaliate against the Guaymas police for the presumed murder of their operatives. The order and a spike in cartel-related violence triggered the security alert.
Six Guaymas police officers were removed from duty pending an investigation and the department was subjected to an inspection of all facilities, vehicles, and personnel by federal authorities.
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.) You can follow him on Twitter. He can be reached at robertrarce@gmail.com
164 Migrants Arrested in 5 Hours at Arizona Border
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 164 migrants during a five-hour period Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. The sector is witnessing an increase of illegal border crossings–primarily consisting of family units and unaccompanied minors.
Yuma Station agents came upon two “huge groups” of migrants during a five-hour period that began shortly before midnight on Tuesday and ended a few hours later. The discoveries led to the arrest of 164 illegal immigrants in a small section of the border just west of the San Luis port of entry, according to Tucson Sector Border Patrol officials.
In the first incident, the agents found a group of 108 who crossed the border illegally about a half-mile west of the San Luis port of entry, officials stated. The incident occurred shortly before midnight Tuesday. The agents reported the group’s composition as mostly family units and unaccompanied minors from Central America.
About five hours later, agents came upon another group of 58 wishing to surrender to authorities. This incident occurred in about the same area during early morning hours Wednesday.
Officials reported that 88 children crossed the border with 76 adults. The children ranged in age from 3 months to 17 years. Eight of the migrants came to the U.S. from Honduras while 156 traveled from Guatemala.
The 164 migrants will be processed for immigration violations under Yuma Sector guidelines, officials reported.
The number of migrant families making the dangerous trek to illegally cross the border from Mexico into the Arizona desert nearly doubled from FY2017 to FY2018, Breitbart Texas reported.
A recent report released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reveals that the illegal crossing of Family Unit Aliens (FMUA) and Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) increased from 13,181 in Fiscal Year 2017 year-to-date (YTD) reports to 25,911 in Fiscal Year 2018 – a 98 percent increase, according to the August Southwest Border Migration report. Yuma and Tucson Sector officials reported these classes of migrants are crossing in large numbers from Mexico into the southern Arizona desert where at least 83 migrants died during calendar year 2018, the Missing Migrant Project reports.
Yuma Sector officials reported the largest increases in both FMUA and UAC categories. The apprehension of FMUAs in the Yuma Sector increased from 5,429 in FY2017 to 12,367 — a 128 percent increase, CBP officials stated. UAC apprehensions almost doubled in this sector, rising from 2,534 in FY2017 to 5,060.
“With the 128 percent increase in family unit apprehensions and 100 percent increase in unaccompanied alien children apprehensions in Yuma Sector, compared to the same time last year, we want to emphasize the extreme hazards that accompany crossing the border illegally during the summer months.” Yuma Sector Chief Patrol Agent Anthony Porvaznik told Breitbart Texas in response to an email inquiry. “With peak days reaching close to 130 degrees, parents who are planning on crossing the border illegally need to seriously reconsider the possibly fatal dangers they will not only be subjecting themselves to, but their children as well.”
Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior political news contributor for Breitbart Texas. He is a founding member of the Breitbart Texas team. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook.
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DACA Recipient Busted for Allegedly Smuggling Nearly 20 Pounds of Meth
Border Patrol agents in the El Centro Sector arrested a DACA recipient for allegedly smuggling more than 17 pounds of methamphetamine on Tuesday morning.
Agents assigned to the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint observed a Kia Optima approaching for inspection. Agents referred the 22-year-old Mexican man to a secondary station. The agents identified the man as a recipient of President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) amnesty program.
A K-9 agent alerted to the possible presence of drugs or humans in the trunk of the Optima. Agents reportedly discovered 14 vacuum-sealed packages in the trunk, according to U.S. Custom and Border Protection officials.
Agents examined the packages and determined they were packed with 17.14 pounds of methamphetamine. Officials estimated the street value of the drugs at $34,284.
The agents arrested the DACA recipient on drug smuggling charges and seized the vehicle and drugs. All were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration for investigation.
“Every drug seizure our agents make is an important step forward to secure our streets from dangerous narcotics and dangerous people,” El Centro Chief Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez said in a written statement. “I commend our agents for the hard work and dedication in keeping our communities safe.”
Officials did not disclose when the Mexican national illegally entered the U.S. or when he received DACA protections.
During Fiscal Year 2018, El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents seized nearly 1,650 pounds of the dangerous drug. The seizure of these drugs deprived drug cartels and dealers of approximately $4.3 million worth of drug sales at street value.
Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior political news contributor for Breitbart Texas. He is a founding member of the Breitbart Texas team. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook.
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Mexican Army Seizes Large Weapons Cache After Cartel Ambush
The Mexican Army discovered a large weapons cache on Tuesday after repelling an ambush by cartel gunmen in Sinaloa.
A Mexican Army convoy was patrolling a mountainous area in the municipality of Badiraguato before they discovered a large weapons cache at the scene of a cartel ambush, according to local media.
The suspected gunmen were able to wound three soldiers before fleeing. The soldiers were transported to a local hospital where one, an officer, died of his wounds. The others were airlifted to Culiacan and are in serious but stable condition.
The Army reported the seizure of 25 firearms to include AR-15s, an M-4, and AK-47s. Also seized were 68 rifle magazines of various calibers and 1,430 rounds. All weapons and ammo were transferred to the custody of the state attorney general’s office, according to the Ministry of National Defense.
Sinaloa saw a 34 percent increase in homicides in 2017 for a total of 1,561 cases—but a 31 percent decrease of the same occurred in 2018, according to local reports.
Badiraguato, Sinaloa, is known to be the birthplace of jailed drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, the infamous Sinaloa Cartel boss. Guzmán is currently in federal custody in New York waiting for a drug trafficking trail. Jury selection is slated to begin on November 4, 2018.
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.)
GRAPHIC: Gulf Cartel Gunmen Kill, Dump Woman in Mexican Border State
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Gulf Cartel hitmen tracked down and murdered a woman who is believed to be one of their former members who had gone into hiding in this border state. The cartel gunmen left the woman’s body on a dirt road and used a knife to stab a posterboard riddled with numerous threats.
A Nuevo León law enforcement source revealed to Breitbart Texas that a team of gunmen from Mexico’s Gulf Cartel (CDG) drove a pickup to the Bosques de La Silla in the suburb of Juarez to dump the woman’s body and flee the area. The posterboard identified the woman as “Luna” or “La Luna”.
The woman whose name has not yet been confirmed was found facing down on a dirt road. She had been tortured and is believed to have been murdered in another place and was dumped in the area. She had a tattoo with the name Renata in her right hand.
The message on the posterboard stated: “The world is small traitorous Luna this will happen to those who stand against the Metros from Reynosa wether its mafia or government, a betrayal is not forgiven. Atte Jefe Primito (Boss Little Cousin) and Comandante Mono (Commander Monkey)”.
Also over the weekend, a group of gunmen, also from the Gulf Cartel, under the leadership of Commander 23 placed several banners in the state of San Luis Potosi warning about upcoming murders targeting robbers and extortionists pointing to a shift in strategy by the Gulf Cartel in the region.
Nota Editorial: Breitbart Texas viajó a los estados Mexicanos de Tamaulipas, Coahuila y Nuevo León para reclutar a ciudadanos periodistas dispuestos a arriesgar sus vidas para exhibir a los carteles que amordazan a sus comunidades. Los escritores recibirían una muerte segura a manos de los carteles que operan en esas áreas incluyendo a el Cartel Del Golfo y Los Zetas si no usaran un seudónimo. Breitbart’s Las Crónicas De Carteles serán publicadas tanto en inglés como en su contenido original de Español. Este artículo fue escrito por Tony Aranda de Nuevo León.
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