Mar 31st, 2011 |
By Michel Marizco
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Category: General News, Politics
THE BORDER REPORT
No, no, not those numeros. I’m talking about the official numeros de secuestros and home invasion rip-offs in Phoenix. The statistics seem to have turned into a hen-pecking party with allegations against the recently demoted former chief, Jack Harris for $2.4 million in federal funding.
Here’s the latest: an independent panel has been reviewing the police department’s statistics and found that of 358 reported kidnappings in 2008, only 222 met the criteria for kidnapping and 136 did not. My Fronteras Desk colleague does a nice job of summarizing the breakdown of the numbers.
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Tags: assault rifles, bajadores, bandits, Beltran, beltrán leyva, borderreporter, cartels, Chapo, chapo guzman, cocaine, kidnapping, marizco, Michel Marizco, Organized Crime, phoenix, police, Sinaloa, Sonora, statistics Posted in General News, Politics |
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Dec 17th, 2009 |
By Michel Marizco
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Category: Chismes, General News
THE BORDER REPORT
One rumor I’m hearing today is that U.S. Marines were present with the Mexican Navy last night during the gunbattle with Arturo Beltrán Leyva.
It may or may not be true. I have it tertiary from sources within the Sinaloa factions working here in the U.S. that I talk to from time to time. And of course, every time a significant arrest or killing is conducted in Mexico, there is a healthy suspicion that Americans were somehow involved. This of course, isn’t helped by the fact that American federal agents have been spotted at some murder scenes, standing alongside their Mexican counterparts.
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Tags: Arturo Beltrán Leyva., beltrán leyva, border, chapo guzman, drug trafficking, marizco, Mexico, Organized Crime Posted in Chismes, General News |
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