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    Update: I don’t know why it’s so easy for me to forget that the U.S. engages in the same inanities as Mexico. See below.

    Having a conversation with an old friend last night, he made the point that with its level of political and social abuses, you would think Mexico would be a more powerful country. It’s a bit Machiavellian but I think he’s correct. Instead, the country acts like a 1980s banana republic.

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Take a look at this video interview of José Vázquez  Villagrana, El Jabáli, for a moment.

Captured last month in Mexico City, Mexico’s Ministry of Public Safety presented the clean-cut 40-year-old Jábali, a drug lord from Santa Ana, Sonora, sporting a turtleneck sweater. The interview bothers me for many reasons, not the least of which are his wild admittances about what exactly he did for a living and for whom. Jábali claims to work for the Sinaloa Federation, but some people I had an opportunity to speak with over the past few days say he actually worked for the Juárez Cartel, not Sinaloa.

And It Begins

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Update: The mayor of Cumpas was not killed; incorrect info.

The showdown between Dos Mil’s people in the Sierra and Mexican law enforcement has finally come to a head.

Sources are reporting that a gunbattle broke out between the two groups in the city of Arizpe about twenty minutes ago. I’ll keep you posted but you readers do so as well. The fight started sporadically last Tuesday southwest of Arizpe and Cananea and finally culminated this morning.


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¿Donde Va la Lana?

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So I thought I’d share a little of where your donations are going. Thanks to your donations, I’m now the proud owner of a new 23″ inch Acer LCD monitor I picked up at NewEgg.com using donations acquired from last month.

Got tired of peering at my laptop screen all day. You just helped BorderReporter.com not go blind; this is a much bigger deal than you may think.

Later this week, I’ll be using those accrued donations for a trip to Hermosillo to speak with a few people who have some interesting stories to tell about goings-on in Sonora.

Organized Crime

¿Arrangement?

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Take a look at this video interview of José Vázquez  Villagrana, El Jabáli, for a moment.

Captured last month in Mexico City, Mexico’s Ministry of Public Safety presented the clean-cut 40-year-old Jábali, a drug lord from Santa Ana, Sonora, sporting a turtleneck sweater. The interview bothers me for many reasons, not the least of which are his wild admittances about what exactly he did for a living and for whom. Jábali claims to work for the Sinaloa Federation, but some people I had an opportunity to speak with over the past few days say he actually worked for the Juárez Cartel, not Sinaloa.

Politics

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Update: I don’t know why it’s so easy for me to forget that the U.S. engages in the same inanities as Mexico. See below.

Having a conversation with an old friend last night, he made the point that with its level of political and social abuses, you would think Mexico would be a more powerful country. It’s a bit Machiavellian but I think he’s correct. Instead, the country acts like a 1980s banana republic.

Immigration

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us_borderpatrolAssuming everyone was in on the job, you can imagine the back-end dealings that went into this quiet negotiation. The Space Shuttle Discovery that’s set to launch will be carrying at least two flags onboard, the green, blue and yellow of the U.S. Border Patrol and the red, white and green of México.mexico_flag

The Border Patrol, that golden-haired child of the American federal law enforcement agencies, is riding high, shipping its colors off into outer space onboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, then sending the returning flag to the Border Patrol museum.

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