Posted on 06/17/2009 9:40:35 AM PDT by AuntB
Julio Ledezma had been chief of police in La Junta, a town of 8,700 in northern Mexico, for barely three months when a pair of strangers paid him a visit.
They said an aide to the mayor had sent them, and they bore gifts: a briefcase stuffed with cash and a truck for Ledezma's personal use.
In return, the new chief was to distract federal police at security checkpoints with fake calls for assistance. He could take the bribe -- and be owned by the Juarez cartel.
As drug violence has worsened in Mexico, businesspeople, journalists and other professionals have been seeking refuge in the U.S. But few have as much at stake as law enforcement figures who defy the cartels.
No statistics are available on how many police officers have sought asylum in this country, but government sources and immigration attorneys suggest the number is increasing.
If their asylum applications are rejected, they can be deported to Mexico, to face near-certain retaliation from the cartels. To avoid such a fate, they can try to strike a deal with U.S. authorities to provide information about drug trafficking in Mexico. Or they can try to remain in this country illegally.
In recent months, judges have granted refuge to a few Mexicans fleeing drug-related violence, according to immigration lawyers. But none were police officers.
George Grayson, a professor of government at the College of William and Mary in Virginia and an expert on U.S.-Mexico relations, said that if immigration judges began to grant asylum liberally to people fleeing the cartels, "We'd have literally tens of thousands of police officers coming to the United States, not to mention some mayors, too."
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
I think the time of treating these cartle members like a Law enforcement problem are over. We need to fight them like a terrorist organization......
We need to fight them like a terrorist organization......
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Not with this administration.
Here in Mexico the saying goes.. You take the Plata (bribe) or the Plomo, (lead bullet)
Ah yes the old Pablo Escobar offer they can’t refuse..........
Mexican government quickly assembling a pamphlet to instruct fleeing officers to tell US officials that they are farm workers.....
Build the Fence!
This sent out by NAFBPO
DHS Launches “The Blog @ Homeland Security”
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Release Date: June 15, 2009
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: 202-282-8010
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today launched The Blog @ Homeland Security, a new addition to the Department’s web presence designed to increase transparency and facilitate the dialogue between DHS and the American public.
“The Blog reflects our ongoing commitment to communicate directly with the American people about the Department’s efforts across the country and around the world,” said DHS Secretary Napolitano.
The Blog will include frequent updates on the Department’s activities, including breaking news, public events and new initiatives.
The inaugural post, found at http://www.dhs.gov/theblog, features a video message from Secretary Napolitano outlining the Department’s five overarching responsibilities and an invitation for visitors to comment on and provide suggestions for The Blog.
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http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1245098052907.shtm
ping
Now, here’s a real surprise! Not!
Courtesy NAFBPO
DHS employees don’t get much satisfaction, survey finds
June 11, 2009
Naturally, a federal department as massive and multi-faceted as DHS will have unsatisfied employees and critics inside the federal bureaucracy, but, seemingly, DHS has more than almost any other large federal agency.
In fact, in the recently released study, Best Places to Work in the Federal Government, DHS ranked down in 28th place among the top 30 large federal agencies, in the survey that measured employee satisfaction and commitment.
The survey of some 212,000 civil servants was conducted for the Partnership for Public Service and American University’s Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation, and it used data from the Office of Personnel Management’s Federal Human Capital Survey.
Only the National Archives and Records Administration and the Department of Transportation ranked lower in the survey than DHS.
Two other entities with homeland security-related functions fared better. The “intelligence community,” regarded as a single entity, ranked fourth and the Department of Justice was in seventh place.
The top two spots in the overall ranking went, respectively, to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Government Accountability Office.
To see the entire Top 30, go to http://data.bestplacestowork.org/bptw/overall/large.
http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/features/news-analysis/2143.html
Lets at least give them a hand clap for reaching out to us. It did say PROVIDE SUGGESTIONS! So instead of just blogging about the problems, lets put on our thinking caps and together come up with suggestions-solutions...
Agreed!
Thanks..Also, I’m a new blogger and don’t know how to do it, but you could put this website in the Article “scandal at Americorp II, because in a way wouldn’t this fall under our Homeland Security problems...any wrong doings they need to be notified of!!
We should give them asylum and citizenship here and a job on the border fighting the drug cartels here with more and better protection and back-up than they receive in Mexico.
As drug violence has worsened in Mexico, businesspeople, journalists and other professionals have been seeking refuge in the U.S. But few have as much at stake as law enforcement figures who defy the cartels.
What makes them think they can find refuge here when the druglords have already established franchises on almost every street corner?
Good question. I think they’re looking for an excuse to go ‘El Norte’ with all the benefits it provides.
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