Warden Message: Ciudad Juarez (Mexico) Drug Cartel Violence Threat

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U.S. Consulate General Ciudad Juarez issued the following Warden Message on October 28:

This Warden Message is being issued to inform American citizens traveling to or residing in the Mexican state of Chihuahua that the US Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez received information on October 28, 2009 that drug cartels operating in the city of Ciudad Juarez may target random vehicles in drive by shootings or may call in bomb threats in an effort to distract law enforcement officials. The US government recommends exercising cautioning when driving through the city today. The threat of random targeting of vehicles is not expected to continue past today. There are also ongoing law enforcement operations against the cartels in the area near Avenida Gomez Morin and Puente Rotario also known as Puente al Reves. US Consulate employees have been advised to avoid the area until operations are complete later today. U.S. citizen victims of crime or their families are urged to contact the American Citizens Services unit of the Consulate for advice or assistance. During regular work hours, the American Citizens Services unit of the Consulate can be reached at (656) 227-3411, by fax at (656) 227-3264 or by email at cdjamericancitizens@state.gov. After hours, in the event of an emergency only, the duty officer may be reached at (656) 327-7877. Americans residing or traveling in Chihuahua are encouraged to register and update their contact information at the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez. Registration may be done online and can be done in advance of travel. Information on registering may be found at the Department of State’s Consular Affairs website: https://travelregistration.state.gov U.S. citizens should also consult the Country Specific Information for Mexico and the Travel Alert for Mexico at the Department’s website: http://travel.state.gov.

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Petition to Congress Protesting Illegal Alien Amnesty ‘Guest Worker’ Legislation and U.S. Social Security Totalization With Mexico

We, The Undersigned, urge that you do everything possible to STOP both illegal alien Amnesty “guest worker” legislation and the U.S. Social Security Totalization Agreement with Mexico.

Both of these would allow illegal immigrants, mostly from Mexico, to gain legal status and access to Social Security benefits. Worse, under both, these persons would be able to claim benefits for their relatives, children and other dependents, and our government has NO IDEA of the cost!

Given the problems already facing Social Security, ANY new outlays will only speed up the day when benefits will be cut and taxed. You MUST stop these two outrageous attacks on Social Security.

Join the 43096 people who have signed this petition.

Mexican immigrants who illegally worked in the United States would have a stronger claim to U.S. Social Security benefits under a totalization agreement with Mexico than what U.S. citizens enjoy. This disturbing finding is from a new legal analysis performed for The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) of the pending U.S.- Mexico Totalization Agreement.

The pending totalization agreement has been signed by both the Mexican and U.S. Social Security Administrations, but has not yet been sent to Congress for approval. It provides Mexican beneficiaries with a contractual promise made between the government of the United States and the government of Mexico, the legal analysis says.
Despite a 2004 law that prohibits the payment of Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants, a non-citizen may receive benefits, including benefits based on illegal work, if he or she meets one of the exceptions to the law. One of those exceptions applies to individuals who are residents of a country with which the United States has a totalization agreement. Under the agreement it appears that all illegal Mexican workers would have to do is to return to Mexico and file a claim for benefits.

http://www.tscl.org/action/illegalamnesty.asp

Latest M3 Foreign News report from our friends at NAFBPO. This is where you get the important news from south of the border.

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Friday, 10/30/09

El Diario (Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua) 10/29/09

“Joint Operation Chihuahua” deemed a failure

Nineteen months after the start of Joint Operation Chihuahua [the assignment of more than a thousand military to assist civilian law enforcement agencies in the area], the state of Chihuahua Secretary of Public Security now says that the war against organized crime is being lost. Since the start of the program, 3,670 persons have been assassinated. This includes 127 members of law enforcement, who are considered at a disadvantage because of being outgunned. The 1,200 soldiers currently assisting in patrolling the streets of Juarez will remain there until December 31.

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El Universo (Guayaquil, Ecuador) 10/29/09

Russia & Ecuador: an association

The Presidents of Russia, Dmitri Medvedev, and of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, today signed a “strategic association” declaration. The document points out that this does not aim against any nation or group of nations and that it does not presume the creation of a politico-military alliance. At the same time, Russia and Ecuador declare their disposition to strengthen the “cooperation in the realm of security and defense, in particular by means of active consultation between the corresponding agencies.”

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Prensa Libre (Guatemala City, Guatemala) 10/29/09

Vigilante justice

Ten people were assassinated in various parts of Guatemala yesterday. One was a bus driver, shot in cold blood while at work; other bus drivers said this happened because the owner of the bus had failed to pay extortion demands. Officials believe a second bus driver, also killed, was carrying out extortions against his fellow workers.

Four other men who had assaulted and robbed a currency exchanger were tracked down by an enraged throng of local villagers; the four were beaten and then burned alive.

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Cuarto Poder (Tuxtla, Chiapas) 10/29/09

Mexican state relies on Central American field hands

The Mexican state of Chiapas [on the border with Guatemala] is currently expecting the arrival of 25,000 to 40,000 Central American farm workers, most of whom stay in Chiapas for the coffee harvest. Chiapas is both a recipient and place of origin of these workers. In the last few years, Chiapas has been “seriously affected due to the departure of young Chiapans, who seek new opportunities in the agricultural fields of the United States.” This has caused state officials to grant temporary work permits to field workers from Central America to meet the demand for field hands in coffee plantations.

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Diario de Yucatan (Merida, Yucatan) & El Sur (Acapulco, Guerrero) 10/29/09

Another hung from overpass

On the coastal highway between Zihuatanejo and Lazaro Cardenas, up from Acapulco: the body of a man, hung from an overpass. He’d been shot in the head and the killers left threatening messages on him.

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La Jornada (Mexico City) 10/29/09

News, or not?

An article described a firefight that ensued when military personnel attempted to search a locale near the Guadalajara airport. It mentioned the number of arrested thugs (14), the number and type of weapons and ammunition seized, as well as that of tactical equipment and vehicles. The article was then followed by this commentary from a reader:

“Gentlemen, please, this is not news. A real news item would be:

‘There has not been a single criminal act in 14 days. The citizenry is at peace.’

Until that ceases to be news.”

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Milenio (Mexico City) 10/29/09

“The importance of obedience” Full transl. of op/col. by Roman Revueltas, whose previous column appeared in the M3 Report of 10/28/09.

People throw out garbage. That means, we have to change the people. Imagine a country of very civilized people: people who don’t park their car in the middle of a cross street; people who take their turn in line; people who respect; people who do as they say; people who obey. Well, that country, of people who know how to behave, would be much more livable than another, for instance, where people do whatever they feel like doing without any consideration toward their fellow man.

Last week I was walking down the street and a fellow who was walking ahead of me stopped, picked up a plastic bottle dumped on the sidewalk and went into a store to put it in a waste bin. I waited for him to come out and congratulated him. I later thought that this is the way that all of us Mexicans ought to be. I ask you, then, to imagine a territory populated by orderly and reliable persons: almost paradise.

People usually follow rules for fear of punishment. This explains the colossal growth of criminality in Mexico due to the scandalous lack of punishment for the criminals: if you murder and nothing happens to you, well then, you kill again and you go on kidnapping. But, it’s not a matter of bringing up the death penalty scarecrow; it’s an issue of applying the laws, and nothing more. The great question is why is it that millions of citizens exist here who want to commit all sorts of infractions: throwing out garbage is a small transgression; ignoring a traffic light is a minor crime; assassinating a kidnapped child is a monstrosity perpetrated by a beast . Nevertheless, the common denominator of disobedience is present in all cases.

The more highly evolved individuals do not abstain from committing a crime for fear of jail but due to a clear conscience of what is right and what is wrong. Their personality has been structured based on moral values. That is precisely where our failure is as a society: Mexico is a jungle dominated by disobedient, quick tempered and irresponsible individuals, Calderon cannot change this. We change it ourselves.

http://impreso.milenio.com/node/8664651

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