By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat
Videos posted to social media showed several hundred migrants rushing past Texas National Guard and wire barricades to reach the border fence in El Paso, Texas.
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Thursday, June 6, 2013
Mexican Army rescues 165 migrants in Tamaulipas
By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com
A total of 165 migrants from central and south America were rescued Monday by a Mexican Army unit in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, according to Mexican news and official sources.
A news account in Milenio news daily of a press conference conducted by the Mexican Secreteria de Gobierno (SEGOB) or interior ministry said a Mexican Army road patrol was dispatched to Diaz Ordaz municipality Monday on an anonymous tip about the presence of armed suspects in the area.
On arriving in the area, a lone armed suspect was observed, who then tried to escape only to be detained at the scene.
The migrants, among them 77 Salvadorans, 50 Guatemalans 23 Hondurans, 14 Mexicans and one Indian, had been kidnapped and were being held captive in a safe house in Las Fuentes colony.Included in that number were 20 children and two pregnant women.
The kidnappers had forced their captives to call home and demand ransom while they were at the safe house. According to the report, migrants were afraid they would eventually be turned over to local drug cartels gangs that likely operate in the area.
The fear is well founded. Three years ago 72 migrants from central and south American were massacred by a local Los Zetas group in San Fernando when some of the migrants refused to give ransom. That murder was a precursor to an even more gruesome mass murder which took place over six months ending in June, 2011 which took the lives of 193 in San Fernando municipality. The San Fernando mass murder is one of the worst is Mexican history.
One suspect was detained at the scene, identified as Juan Cortez Arrez.
The Mexican government plans to move the migrants to a holding facility in central Mexico.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com and BorderlandBeat.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com
Monday, March 11, 2013
Mexican marines rescue 104 kidnapped migrants in Nuevo Laredo
Five alleged kidnappers detained by Tamaulipas state cops
A total of 104 kidnap victims were rescued by a Mexican Naval infantry unit in Nuevo Laredo Sunday, according to Mexican news accounts.
According to a news account which appeared on the website of El Diario de Coahuila news daily, the military unit had been dispatched to a residence in 150 Aniversario colony in Nuevo Laredo where marines found the victims, 91 men and 13 women. A total of 102 victims were from Honduras while two originated from El Salvador.
Meanwhile, a raid in Nuevo Laredo netted a total of five alleged kidnappers.
According to an account which appeared in a separate item on the website of El Diario de Coahuila, the raid came after investigations began following an armed confrontation between armed suspects in Nuevo Laredo March 7th. The gunfight involved Tamaulipas state Policia Ministerial, Policia Estatal Acreditable and Mexican Army units.
According to the report, the gang was responsible for at least 60 murders, as well as robberies and other violent crimes.
The detainees were identified as Fernando Araujo Flores, Carlos Aguilera Romano, Raul Murillo Fraga, Adriana Yacare del Toro Lopez, and José Juan Antonio Carvajal.
It is worth noting that José Juan Antonio Carvajal and Adriana Yacare del Toro Lopez died in the Nuevo Laredo Centro de Ejecuciones de Sancciones (CEDES) only a day after entering the prison. Antonio Carvajal was stabbed to death in a prison brawl while Toro Lopez was found hanged in her cell.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com
A total of 104 kidnap victims were rescued by a Mexican Naval infantry unit in Nuevo Laredo Sunday, according to Mexican news accounts.
According to a news account which appeared on the website of El Diario de Coahuila news daily, the military unit had been dispatched to a residence in 150 Aniversario colony in Nuevo Laredo where marines found the victims, 91 men and 13 women. A total of 102 victims were from Honduras while two originated from El Salvador.
Meanwhile, a raid in Nuevo Laredo netted a total of five alleged kidnappers.
According to an account which appeared in a separate item on the website of El Diario de Coahuila, the raid came after investigations began following an armed confrontation between armed suspects in Nuevo Laredo March 7th. The gunfight involved Tamaulipas state Policia Ministerial, Policia Estatal Acreditable and Mexican Army units.
According to the report, the gang was responsible for at least 60 murders, as well as robberies and other violent crimes.
The detainees were identified as Fernando Araujo Flores, Carlos Aguilera Romano, Raul Murillo Fraga, Adriana Yacare del Toro Lopez, and José Juan Antonio Carvajal.
It is worth noting that José Juan Antonio Carvajal and Adriana Yacare del Toro Lopez died in the Nuevo Laredo Centro de Ejecuciones de Sancciones (CEDES) only a day after entering the prison. Antonio Carvajal was stabbed to death in a prison brawl while Toro Lopez was found hanged in her cell.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com
