The young woman murdered along with her partner by the National Guard in Sinaloa was pregnant.

CHAR

JUNE 3, 2025 

LUZ NOTICIAS 

VIDEO TRANSLATION 

There is a strong outcry over the case of Jessica and Néstor, who were allegedly murdered and attacked by members of the National Guard in El Aguajito, in the municipality of Sinaloa. Jessica, her family says, was pregnant. It's a regrettable situation. The story with Ernesto Torres. 

Onward with the report. Very good morning. How are you? José. Good morning. Good morning. Auditor of Luz Noticias. As you already mentioned, Jessica, this 25-year-old woman was a psychologist by profession and practiced her profession, according to her family. She was 4 months pregnant and was murdered along with her 48-year-old partner, Néstor, a merchant dedicated to selling roasted chickens. 

Both lost their lives after being shot by members of the National Guard, allegedly in a confusion. This was in the municipality of Sinaloa. The unfortunate violent incident occurred in the afternoon. On Sunday, June 1st, on a dirt road near the town of El Aguajito, practically on the outskirts of the community. 

This, as I already mentioned, belongs to the municipality of Sinaloa. According to information gathered, the couple was originally from the community of El Alamito. At the time of the incident, they were heading to visit family in El Aguajito. While traveling on a dirt road, a country road, they were intercepted by members of a National Guard convoy who allegedly opened fire on the couple. 

Presumably due to a misunderstanding, at least this is the only explanation the relatives have found so far, since, according to them, neither of them was involved in illegal activities. The alleged misunderstanding that led to the death of this couple has caused, as you already mentioned, indignation and helplessness, especially among the relatives and the neighbors of these communities, who claim that Jessica and Nestor were civilians with no connection to illicit activities. Jessica was in a situation, because her pregnancy just happened over the weekend. Even though she was excited about her pregnancy, it's said that just the day before, on Saturday, she had shared with her family that she was pregnant, and yet, they would be parents, him and his parents, him and his partner. And unfortunately, this situation happened. Residents of Aguaquito claim that there are witnesses who saw the attack, because apparently the truck was driving when members of the National Guard had pulled them out of the vehicle and had both couples kneeling. Residents even tried to approach to intervene and tell the members of the National Guard that this couple was from another nearby community and that they had family in this same community, that they were acquaintances, and that they were good people. 

However, apparently, the same elements began to ask them to retreat. They say, according to one of the witnesses who mentioned that he saw that he could see that they had them kneeling and that even the couple was scared. He narrated precisely that at that moment Nestor asked him to go to the community to warn everyone so that they would come precisely to try to intervene since apparently they were threatening them. Let's listen to a little of what one of the witnesses said. José, they were chasing me, they were chasing me. So I came back to the ranch again to warn that they had him there in Cados with his hands on his head. When I returned back I heard some people throwing Gunshots and they chased me back. When I was about to arrive, they shot at me and they chased me back. Well, I had to go back, and I went back with an aunt and they told him the same thing. "Kick him back, knock him back, knock him stop." I saw that he was alive, dude. I saw that he was alive and he had him kneeling next to the truck, next to the passenger seat. He had him kneeling and he was yelling at me to tell him. Well, I saw him kneeling. And well, a pickup truck was seized from the scene, which was left with multiple bullet wounds. No authority, not even the National Guard, at the moment, no police force has released any information about it. It's worth mentioning that, well, at least yesterday, this happened on Sunday. However, yesterday, June 2nd, that is, in the morning, in the report issued by the State Attorney General's Office on the criminal acts. Registered the day before or in the last 24 hours, there was no information about what they have secured at this point. Nor was the murder or death of these two people, that is, Jessica and Nestor, eh, disclosed, presumably as victims of the crime of intentional homicide, but neither was it mentioned in any way. And I would like to tell you that later this happened, well, on Sunday, no? However, the family, well, yesterday, eh, around noon was when they were expressing their discontent, their helplessness, and above all, their demand for justice. And in this regard, José, during the afternoon, already after noon in the early afternoon, dozens of people came to demonstrate at the National Guard barracks in the city of Wasabe to demand justice for Jessica's death. There were dozens of family members, friends, and neighbors from two communities in particular. They were asking for an explanation of what had happened. However, they were ignored. They carried signs, mainly those they brought or looked at, demanding an explanation for the death of these people who, as I mentioned, were residents of the community of Aguajito, belonging to the municipality of Sinaloa. There were approximately 35 people, all of them residents not only of Aguajito but also of Alamito, two small communities in the mountains of Sinaloa. They carried the messages, which could be seen reading, "We want no more answers, no more injustice, Mr. Governor." They even asked that the governor intervene, so that he could clarify this situation. They mentioned that they only pursue their professions and wanted to be heard. These protesters accused the National Guard members, supposedly assigned to this Wasabe base, of having fired directly at civilians, apparently due to confusion while they were traveling on this road on their way to Aguajito to visit their family. As I mentioned earlier, they claim that they were not involved in any illegal activity. Jessica was this 25-year-old woman, a psychologist by profession, while Nestor, a 48-year-old man, was a businessman who owned a chicken shop and that right there in the chicken shop, he also sold roast chickens. And well, this practically happened last Sunday afternoon, more than 48 hours ago, and at the moment, no authority had They have spoken out about it yesterday, while they were demonstrating outside the National Guard base, they were asking for help. The members even asked them to withdraw, not to resort to violence. However, they never did, it was never violent, they were the only ones. They shouted slogans, they shouted "situations" but they didn't attack the National Guard members either, and there were moments of tension in which the members practically threatened to arrest the protesters if they didn't leave the area. According to what they told us, they remained stationed outside the National Guard base for about three hours, almost four hours, waiting to be seen, for some authority, a high command, to receive them, to explain what happened or why they shot, and above all because there are witnesses, as we already heard, who witnessed them being below. That is to say, it's not a situation that was circulating and that they could have been confused. That's what they mention. However, it's not clear because no authority has given more details about it, José. I would also like to tell you that unofficially it has been announced that Apparently, they even had a gun. However, as I mentioned, there hasn't been an authority to speak out regarding this situation. José, very well. Well, we'll be on the lookout for any statements from the federal authorities. It's a very similar case to what happened with two girls in Badirahuato on Mexico 24 who were accompanied by their family in a van where soldiers, apparently mistaken for criminals, opened fire and, unfortunately, two girls were killed, injuring four more members of their family. That was also a very high-profile case, that of Lady and Alexa Alexia, and, unfortunately, it's apparently happening again now in the municipality of Sinaloa in Aguajito, and they are demanding justice. Let's see what the authorities say because the case of the Birahuato girls was handed over to the federal government, and we haven't heard anything more. Ernesto: Indeed, and that's what 

They fear that a similar situation might happen, and that was what they were claiming and discussing yesterday, or what they were shouting in the slogans, "No more injustices, no more attacks on innocent civilians." This was what they shouted among the slogans, precisely to create an illusion or allude to forgiveness for the cases that have already been reported, where, apparently, innocent people have lost their lives. They point out that this couple, Jessica and Nestor, were not involved in anything illegal, that they were merchants in the community, and this is precisely what has caused outrage, and they are demanding an explanation from the authorities. Yesterday there were 35 people, however, they said or threatened to continue demanding, especially once they can carry out the funeral for this couple, who must be mentioned. Yesterday, some relatives were present, but most were focused on the topic of this couple's funeral. Very well,

thank you for this report. Good morning, José.

EL AGUAJITO, SINALOA 

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Claudia Sheinbaum demands that the US explain whether it gave refuge to the family of 'El Chapo' and Ovidio.

CHAR 

MAY 15, 2025 

VIDEO BY GRUPO FORMULA 

VIDEO TRANSLATION 

Navarro Heraldo Media Group President

Isn't it inconsistent what the United States is doing in this act of receiving certain individuals and, on the other hand, naming the organizations as terrorists?

They have to provide the information.

First and second, why is the information?

They haven't reported it, right?

Why did they enter?

We don't have official or public information that says why this family entered.

We must remember the issue of extradition again, and yes, indeed, there is a policy of not negotiating with terrorists.

They, in a decision to name some organized crime organizations as terrorists.

So, then, they should report if there is an agreement. If there isn't an agreement, they have to report it and they have to explain to the people of the United States how they are reaching an agreement.

How is it that they are doing it? And to Mexico, obviously, why? First They are Mexican, and secondly, one of their relatives was extradited, meaning there is an investigation file here.

There were even more members of the army who died in that operation. So that's why we say that there is information that we don't. The issue isn't whether we fight organized crime or not.

If we don't want that to happen, of course we do.

And we are doing our job. The issue here is what information there is and how they explain this.

So they have to inform. They have to inform, President.

Yesterday in the United States, the first indictment was made.

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Proposes Constitutional Reforms Following Cartel Terrorist Designations

"Socalj" for Borderland Beat

From an AP News Article

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday she will propose constitutional reforms aimed at protecting Mexico’s sovereignty after U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration designated six Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.

The U.S. designations have stirred worry in Mexico that it could be a preliminary step toward U.S. military intervention on Mexican territory in pursuit of the cartels, something Mexico sharply rejects.

“The Mexican people will not accept under any circumstances interventions, interference or any other act from abroad that could be harmful to the integrity, independence and sovereignty of the nation,” Sheinbaum said.

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‘Ruben Rocha Out!’ Protesters Protest Murder of Brothers Gael 12 Year Old and Alexander 9 Year Old in Culiacan. Another Violent Black Thursday In Culiacan, Sinaloa.

 "Char" for Borderland Beat

This information was posted by EL FINANCIERO 

Over the weekend in Culiacán there were five homicides: two occurred in the Los Ángeles neighborhood, when a family was traveling in a car; the driver and two of his children died.

JANUARY 23, 2025

WRITTEN BY: CARLOS VELAZQUEZ

With the slogan ‘Rubén Rocha Out!’, parents, teachers and students protested this Thursday, January 23 in Culiacán against the murder of a family, the father and two of his children, who were shot last Sunday.

The protesters reached the third floor where the office of Governor Rubén Rocha is located, who a few days ago said that in the state one can live perfectly well; the people broke a glass door in the government offices.

Hundreds of families dressed in white marched to demand justice for the murder of the children Gael and Alexander, 12 and 9 years old, respectively, as well as their father Antonio de Jesús, 32 years old.

They were traveling in a car on Agricultores Avenue, in the Los Ángeles neighborhood, east of Culiacán, when it seems that they tried to steal the vehicle. The driver accelerated the car and was chased with gunfire. Antonio de Jesús died on the spot.

The boy Gael was injured, but died while being treated in the hospital, while Alexander died this Wednesday. Another 17-year-old child is still being treated for gunshot wounds and is hospitalized.

What were the violent events recorded this Thursday, January 23 in Culiacán?

The city of Culiacán woke up agitated by violent events from seven in the morning: a device exploded at the tomb of Edgar Guzmán, son of Chapo Guzmán, in the parking lot of a shopping center.

In a central space there is a sarcophagus dedicated to Edgar Guzmán López, murdered on May 8, 2008 in the midst of the war against drug trafficking declared by then-president Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa.

An armed group arrived this morning and launched the explosive that caused damage to the mausoleum, leaving only a two-meter-high cross and pieces of cement around it.

A 2015 blue Sentra was parked on the side of the vehicle and one of the passenger side doors was damaged. The vehicle belonged to one of the City Club tire shop employees.

Violent day in Culiacán, Sinaloa. (Carlos Velázquez).

The firefighters, whose northern station is located one kilometer from the plaza, arrived to inspect the place, they only found the pieces of cement, however, the municipal police guarded the place.

Almost at the same time, on the other side of the city, south of Culiacán, a municipal police patrol was attacked with bullets by an armed group. Two uniformed officers were killed and two others were injured.

The events occurred at 8:40 a.m. on Mexico Avenue 68 corner with Álvaro Obregón, in front of the municipal park Culiacán 87. The police officers who died were identified as Isidro and Jasiel, while one of the injured is Francisco Eduardo. The uniformed officers were traveling in municipal patrol 0768 with logos of the Municipal Police of Culiacán.

The Public Security Secretariat confirmed the attack, which was directed against the police officers when they were conducting surveillance patrols in the southern part of the city.

The patrol car was left with several holes in the body and windows from the gunshots and inside were the two deceased police officers, one was the driver and the other one of those traveling in the back.

Two other uniformed officers were injured and were taken to the General Hospital of Culiacán. With these attacks, there are now seven police officers who have been killed in Culiacán, since the confrontation between the criminal groups of Los Chapitos and the son of Mayo Zambada began.

Police officers have been killed in Mazatlán and Culiacán, the municipalities where the violent events have taken place since September 9.

PROTEST IN SINALOA GOVERNOR PALACE 

SOURCE: EL FINANCIERO 

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Claudia Sheinbaum Responds To Donald Trump: “We Will Never Be Subordinated”.

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This information was posted by EL PAIS 

President rejects intervention by U.S. forces in Mexico after Republican magnate announces he will declare cartels terrorist organizations

WRITTEN BY: Darinka Rodríguez,Zedryk Raziel

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum has responded to US President-elect Donald Trump's threat that he will declare Mexican drug cartels as “terrorist organizations” as soon as he takes office in January. Sheinbaum has affirmed this Monday that her government will collaborate on security matters with the Trump Administration without allowing outrages to Mexican sovereignty. “We collaborate, we coordinate, we work together, but we will never subordinate ourselves. Mexico is a free, sovereign, independent country and we do not accept interference. It is collaboration, it is coordination, but it is not subordination. And we are going to build peace,” Sheinbaum said from Mazatlan this weekend.

The president has stressed that drugs are consumed in the United States and that it is on that side of the border where the weapons that generate violence in Mexico come from. “I said it in the letter I wrote to President Donald Trump, who is going to take office in January of next year: drugs are consumed there, mainly; the weapons come from there, and here we put the lives. Not that,” the president mentioned.

Sheinbaum has referred to the letter in which she responded to Trump's repeated threats to unleash a tariff war as a pressure measure to force Mexico to contain the caravans of migrants, mostly Latin Americans, seeking to reach the US. In that text, written with forcefulness, the Mexican president, who assumed the presidency in October, alluded to the absolute lack of self-criticism of the United States regarding its co-responsibility in the problem of violence.

This is not the first time Trump has announced his intentions to exercise a heavy-handed policy to confront drug trafficking. “All foreign gang members will be expelled and I will immediately designate the cartels as foreign terrorist groups. I will do it immediately,” Trump declared this weekend during a forum of the ultra-conservative organization Turning Point in Phoenix (Arizona). “We will unleash the full power of federal law enforcement - ICE, Border Patrol, the narcotics agency [DEA], the intelligence community, and [apply] financial sanctions to remove the migrant criminal gangs that are murdering, raping and maiming our citizens. We will get rid of them [...] we will deport, dismantle and destroy that network operating illegally on US soil,” he added.

Trump's announced strategy to combat organized crime is laced with racist and xenophobic prejudices, very much present during the campaign that propelled him to the US presidency for the second time. The Republican has previously said that he will close the border with Mexico from “day one” of his administration to curb “criminality”, associating it with migrants, a group he has described on several occasions as rapists, thieves or murderers.

From Mexico, politicians, businessmen and analysts have warned that implementing such a measure would only damage the economy of the North American region as a whole. Additionally, the president-elect has promised to carry out the largest deportation in history of migrants, undocumented or not, including their spouses, children and other related family members. Mexico already acts as a safe third country and accumulates on its northern border thousands of people waiting for asylum in the US. Sheinbaum has added that, should such a scenario occur, she will ask Trump that migrants of nationalities other than Mexican be sent back to their countries of origin.

Several U.S. politicians have advocated for some years the designation of drug cartels as terrorist groups, which would empower their government to act beyond its territory, with the risk of encroaching on Mexico's sovereignty and straining the bilateral relationship to the maximum. Republican legislators are ready to pass such a law. In his first presidential term, Trump offered his then counterpart, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, to send troops to Mexico to fight criminal groups, a proposal that was politely declined.

One of the Republican's concerns is containing the fentanyl epidemic that is killing thousands of Americans. During the last campaign, already as a Republican candidate, Trump declared that the cartels have the power to “remove the president in two minutes; they are the ones running Mexico.”

Trump's return to the White House represents a huge obstacle to President Sheinbaum's government plans. Her proposals to attract more investment through nearshoring, combat organized crime with social reintegration programs, and address immigration with a human rights perspective will run head-on into Trump's wall, which demands an iron fist and immediate results from Mexico.

This Sunday, the Republican referred to Sheinbaum, whom he defined as a “lovely woman”. “I was very hard on Mexico. I spoke to the new president, a woman who was charming and wonderful, President Sheinbaum, a wonderful woman. But I told her, 'You can't do this to our country,” Trump declared, referring to fentanyl coming in through the southern border. Much of Sheinbaum's six-year term will be marked by the pulse of the bilateral relationship with the US. The challenge will test the negotiating skills of the Mexican president, who has already shown much firmness before the Republican.

SOURCE: ELPAIS

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Trump Vows To Declare Mexican Drug Cartels Terrorists

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Alexandra Ulmer - Reuters

US President-elect Donald Trump says he will launch a new anti-drug advertising campaign emphasising the physical impact of taking drugs like fentanyl and has repeated a threat to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organisations.

"We're going to advertise how bad drugs are for you. They ruin your look, they ruin your face, they ruin your skin, they ruin your teeth," Trump said at a conference of the conservative group Turning Point in Phoenix, Arizona on Sunday.

Trump gave few concrete details about the ad campaign, which he does not appear to have mentioned before and that he likened to running a political campaign. He said his administration would spend "a lot of money" on the program but that it would be a "very small amount of money, relatively".

The Trump transition team did not respond to a request for further information.

Trump's plan has echoes of the "Just Say No" anti-drug campaign, led by Republican former first lady Nancy Reagan in the 1980s to encourage young Americans to refuse drugs.

Between 50,000 and 60,000 Americans are projected to die from synthetic opioid overdoses this year, most from taking fentanyl or closely related drugs.

The fentanyl crisis featured heavily in Trump's 2024 presidential campaign, even though synthetic opioid deaths more than doubled under his 2017-2021 administration.

Trump also revived a campaign vow to designate Mexico's drug cartels as terrorist groups.

"I will immediately designate the cartels as foreign terrorist organisations," Trump said.

While in office in 2019, Trump shelved such a plan at the request of Mexico's then-President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who said he wanted US co-operation on fighting drug gangs, not intervention.

Some US officials had also privately expressed misgivings that the measure could damage relations with Mexico and hinder the Mexican government's fight against drug trafficking.

Trump's official election platform says that when he takes office he will order the Pentagon to use "special forces, cyber warfare, and other covert and overt actions to inflict maximum damage on cartel leadership, infrastructure, and operations"

SOURCE:YAHOO

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Ken Salazar Admits U.S. Is “Part Of The Problem” Of Drug Use And Arms Trafficking

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This information was posted from PROCESO 

Leaving behind the scolding tone of last November 13, to which the Mexican government responded through a diplomatic note, Salazar echoed the letter that President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo sent to President-elect Donald Trump in response to his threat to impose tariffs.

WRITTEN BY: MATHIEU TOURLINE

MEXICO CITY (apro).- After the outspoken complaint regarding Mexico's security policy that he expressed two weeks ago, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, acknowledged today that drug consumption and arms trafficking from his country are “part of the problem”, which is why the governments on both sides of the border must address it “as partners”.

Leaving behind the scolding tone of last November 13, to which the Mexican government responded through a diplomatic note, Salazar echoed the letter that President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo sent to President-elect Donald Trump in response to his threat to impose tariffs when he takes office on January 20; the diplomat also qualified his criticism of the security strategy, stating that he said them “with great hope” that “the program that President Sheinbaum is developing” will work.

In a press conference held at the residence of the US Embassy, Salazar insisted on his agreement with the governments of Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo and her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, on migration issues, and emphasized that his government --that of Joe Biden-- continues to be committed to North America as a free trade zone.

Salazar repeated that Joe Biden's administration is “aligned” with the plans to invest in development projects in the South and Southeast of Mexico -he explicitly referred to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec-, as well as in the regions of origin of migrants, to address the roots of migration, and celebrated that he worked “very closely” with López Obrador on migration issues.

The diplomat, who stated two weeks ago that the strategy of “hugs not bullets” had failed, boasted that thanks to the joint work of both governments, the number of irregular migrant crossings between both countries fell by 65% to 75%.

SOURCE: PROCESO 

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'The Dead By Crime To Meet The Demand For Drugs In The U.S., We Put Them': Sheinbaum To Trump

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This information was posted from LOS NOTICIERISTAS

WRITTEN BY: TERY PEREZ 

11/26/2024

Mexico City - To kick off the 'morning' conference this Tuesday, November 26, Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo read a letter to be sent this day to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in response to his announcement to impose tariffs.

“I am writing to you, following your statement on Monday, November 25, on migration, fentanyl trafficking and tariffs,” the letter begins.

The federal president informs you 'in case you are not aware' that the Mexican government is developing a comprehensive policy of attention to migrants, and thanks to this, the migratory flow has been reduced by 75 percent between December 2023 and November 2024, according to CBP (U.S. Customs and Border Patrol) figures.

“By the way, half of those who arrive, it is through an appointment legally granted by the U.S. program called CBP One. For these reasons, caravans of migrants no longer arrive at the border. Even so, it is clear that we must arrive together at another model of labor mobility that is necessary for your country and of attention to the causes that lead families to leave their places of origin out of necessity,” reads the letter.

Sheinbaum proposes that if a percentage of what the United States allocates to wars were directed to peace building and development, “the mobility of people” would be addressed.

“On the other hand, and for humanitarian reasons, we have always expressed Mexico's willingness to prevent the fentanyl epidemic from continuing in the United States, which is a problem of consumption and public health in your country's society,” she said.

The president informed Trump that in this year 2024, the Armed Forces of our country, as well as the Prosecutor's Offices, have seized tons of various narcotics, 10,340 weapons and have arrested 15,640 people linked to violence related to drug trafficking.

He also explains that a constitutional reform is in the legislative process to qualify as a serious crime, without the right to bail, the elaboration, distribution and commercialization of fentanyl, among other synthetic drugs.

“However, it is publicly known that chemical precursors for the manufacture of this and other synthetic drugs enter Canada, the United States and Mexico illegally from Asian countries, for which international collaboration is urgently needed”, she clarified.

The chief executive reminded Trump that most of the illegal weapons entering Mexico come from the United States.

“Seventy percent of the illegal weapons seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country. We do not produce the weapons, we do not produce the synthetic drugs, we do not consume them. Those killed by crime to respond to the demand for drugs in your country, unfortunately we put them,” She sentences.

“President Trump, it is not with threats or tariffs that the migratory phenomenon or drug consumption in the United States will be addressed,” She emphasizes.

She considers 'cooperation and reciprocal understanding' necessary to face these challenges.

“One tariff will be followed by another in response, and so on, until we put common enterprises at risk. Yes, common. For example, Mexico's main exporters to the United States are General Motors, Stellantis and Ford Motors Company, which came to Mexico 80 years ago. Why put them at risk with a tax? It is not acceptable and would cause the United States and Mexico inflation and job losses,” She said.

Sheinbaum Pardo said she was convinced that the strength of North America, is the maintenance of the commercial partnership, to remain competitive compared to other economic blocs.

“I believe that dialogue is the best way for understanding, peace and prosperity in our nations, I hope our teams can meet soon,” the letter states.

SHEIMBAUM MORNING PRESS CONFERENCE 

SOURCE: LOS NOTICIERISTAS 

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“El Güero Pulseras” Is Not In Custody: Harfuch Gives Wrong Information About The Operator Of ‘Mayo Zambada And Mayo Flaco'

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This information was posted by Latinus 

In a radio interview, the Secretary of Security asked for “an apology for the misunderstanding” about the arrest: “It was a drafting error”.

NOVEMBER 11, 2024 

Jesus Esteban, alias “El Güero Pulseras”, is not in custody as mentioned by the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar Garcia Harfuch, in Tuesday's morning conference.

In an interview with Radiofórmula, Secretary García Harfuch asked for “an apology for the misunderstanding” about the arrest: “It was an editorial error”.

Sources consulted by Latinus affirmed that “it was a confusion” the information mentioned by Harfuch about this alleged operator of drug trafficker Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. 

The Secretary of Security said earlier that the subject was arrested on Monday in a raid carried out in Chiapas by the Secretary of National Defense, the Attorney General's Office, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of Security. 

The head of the SSPC commented that it was intelligence and investigation work that led to the location of “El Güero Pulseras” in a place that was used to store illicit objects and armor vehicles used by criminal groups.

During the raid, 935 kilos of marijuana, 54 long firearms, 545 magazines, 65 boxes with hundreds of cartridges, one armored vehicle, nine cars and three motorcycles were also seized.

The FGR also said that the property and the weapons seized were handed over to the Public Prosecutor's Office, which will open an investigation against whoever or whoever is responsible for the crimes of carrying a firearm and possession of cartridges and magazines for the exclusive use of the Armed Forces.

For several months, Chiapas has been suffering an escalation of violence and insecurity due to disputes between drug trafficking groups in the region. According to organizations and activists, the Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel - New Generation, as well as the self-proclaimed Chiapas and Guatemala Cartel, play a leading role on the border with Guatemala.

With information from EFE

SOURCE: LATINUS 

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AMLO's 6-Year Presidential Term Has Been Mexico's Deadliest

 "Socalj" for Borderland Beat

AMLO tasked the armed forces with building infrastructure and ensuring public safety. His term will end with newly constructed transport hubs, hotels and a museum, and more than 170,000 murders.

That was the headline from an April 2024 Bloomberg article. With now former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador term officially at an end, the number of murders in Mexico during his 6-year term is over 186,000; the highest of any Mexican presidents years in office.

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US Not Responsible For Surge Of Violence In Sinaloa, American Ambassador Tells Mexico

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U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar has rejected accusations by Mexico’s president that the U.S. shares some responsibility for cartel violence in Sinaloa state

ByMEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press

MEXICO CITY -- U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar rejected accusations by Mexico's president that the U.S. was partly responsible for a surge in cartel warfare in northern Sinaloa over the weekend.

Sinaloa has been eclipsed by violence as two warring factions of the Sinaloa cartel have clashed in the state capital of Culiacan in what appears to be a fight for power since two of its leaders were arrested in the U.S. in late July.

“It is incomprehensible how the United States can be responsible for the massacres we see in different places,” Salazar said in a news conference in Chihuahua on Saturday. “What is being seen in Sinaloa is not the fault of the United States."

The arrests startled many because it appeared that the son of notorious drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán abducted an elder cartel figure, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, and flew them both to the U.S. to be detained. Such a violent outburst was expected in the wake of the arrests.

As the warring cartel factions and authorities have clashed in firefights, helicopters regularly circle overhead and military rove the streets of the capital. Families have said they are scared to send their children to school.

Meanwhile, bodies have appeared across the city, often left slung out on the streets or in cars with either sombreros on their heads or pizza slices or boxes pegged onto them with knives. The pizzas and sombreros have become informal symbols for the warring cartel factions, underscoring the brutality of their warfare.

Local authorities said that as of Friday at least 53 people had been killed and 51 others have gone missing in Sinaloa state since the fighting started.

On Thursday, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador blamed American authorities in part for the bloodshed.

Asked at his morning briefing if the U.S. government was “jointly responsible” for this violence in Sinaloa, the president said, “Yes, of course ... for having carried out this operation.”

“If we are now facing instability and clashes in Sinaloa, it is because (the American government) made that decision,” López Obrador said.

López Obrador claimed American authorities “carried out that operation” to capture Zambada and that “it was totally illegal, and agents from the Department of Justice were waiting for Mr. Mayo.”

Salazar had previously denied that American officials were involved in the alleged kidnapping.

It was the latest blow to bilateral relations between the two regional allies.

Last month, López Obrador — a populist prone to lashing out at critics — said he was putting relations with the U.S. and Canadian embassies “on pause” after ambassadors criticized his controversial plan to overhaul Mexico’s judiciary by requiring all judges to stand for election.

Still, the Zambada capture has fueled criticisms of López Obrador, who has throughout his administration refused to confront the cartels and has falsely stated that cartels respect Mexican citizens and largely fight amongst themselves.

Under López Obrador, who leaves office at the end of this month, cartels have employed an increasing array of weapons and tactics, including roadside bombs, trenches, home-made armored vehicles and bomb-dropping drones. The criminal organizations have also seeped into new industries such as migrant smuggling and the lucrative avocado business.

While Mexican authorities said Saturday they had sent an additional 600 soldiers to Sinaloa as reinforcements, Salazar cast blame for the surge of violence in the state on Mexico's wider security crisis.

“The reality is that there is a problem of insecurity and violence” in Mexico, Salazar said.

SOURCE: ABC NEWS 

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AMLO Announces “Pause” In Relationship With U.S. And Canadian Ambassadors

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted from PROCESO 

The decision escalated to the refusal to engage in a dialogue requested by the U.S. diplomat, Ken Salazar, after speaking of the risks involved in the popular election of judges, magistrates and ministers, included in the reform of the Judiciary. 

WRITTEN BY: DALIA ESCOBAR

AUGUST 27, 2024 

MEXICO CITY (apro).- President Andrés Manuel López Obrador decreed a pause in the dialogue with the embassies of the United States and Canada in Mexico until they clarify that there must be respect in the decisions that correspond to Mexicans because it is in their Constitution. 

The decision followed the refusal to engage in a dialogue requested by the U.S. diplomat, Ken Salazar, after talking about the risks involved in the popular election of judges, magistrates and ministers, included in the reform of the Judicial Power. 

“That there be a clarification from them, however, that they express that in the matter of the Constitution of our government, in the application of our democracy, in the decisions taken by our legitimately constituted legal government, they have to be respectful”, he indicated.

He clarified that the relationship with both countries continues and that the pause only applies at embassy level, in spite of the fact that since previous days he assured that “it is not Ken Salazar”, but that the U.S. State Department is behind it. 

The relationship with Salazar “is still good, but it is in pause since he declared that. Pausing means that we are going to give ourselves our time, because hopefully the State Department, because it is not him either, what a coincidence that at the same time that they make a statement in Mexico through the embassy, the Canadians do it, which is also a shame for the government of Canada, it seems like an associated state, together”.

He considered that the attitude of the officials of both countries is because “they would like to interfere in matters that only correspond to Mexicans. It is from the State Department, the letter is from him (Ken Salazar), the relationship continues, but hopefully there is a ratification from them that they are going to respect Mexico's independence, the sovereignty of our country, as long as there is not that and they continue with that policy, there is a pause with the embassies”. 

Specifically, he said that also with Canada, “yes, of course they have to learn to respect Mexico's sovereignty, it is not just any old thing. We are not going to give them advice there, not to say what is right and what is wrong. We want them to be respected and for there to be a reciprocal relationship in terms of respect”. 

Again, he clarified that the pause is in the dialogue with Ambassador Salazar and not with the Biden administration because “it is only that they understand that it was imprudent to manifest themselves as they did”. 

Of the ambassador he recognized that “he is looking for us to talk. Imagine that he comes here -and I stress this is not a personal matter- he comes here, he is received by the President of Mexico, he is not Andrés Manuel, it is the investiture and suddenly he comes out to say 'I came to give you my opinion that the people of Mexico should not elect judges, magistrates, ministers because that is undemocratic, it complicates things even more', what a shame, now, as the philosopher would say: 'what a necessity', we better wait for time to pass”. 

“If there is no respect, as long as I am here, we will not allow any violation of our sovereignty. I am going to leave, there are already 30 days left, but as long as I am here I cannot allow our Constitution to be violated,” he added. 

President López Obrador considered that President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum will maintain this position because “any government has to defend the sovereignty of its people, besides, these are our things. What is more, the president-elect already said it and she said it well: 'Dialogue yes, but there are things that only concern our country”.

If we continue to allow foreigners to give their opinion on Mexican law processes, said the president, it is like allowing officials from any other country to do the same. 

At the beginning of these statements, the President said: “How can we allow the ambassador -with all due respect, this is not a matter of quarrel or enmity-, to give his opinion that what we are doing is wrong, but we are not going to tell him to leave the country, no, but we do have to read the Constitution to him, which is like reading him the card”.

SOURCE: PROCESO 

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