THE BORDER REPORT
Mexican FBI that is.
Turns out federal agents in the Mexican FBI had several "irregularities" in their search of a Sonoran state agent's home a couple nights ago. Like lack of a search warrant. And a couple thug madrinas engaging in the search themselves.
Turns out the home of
Lázaro González Cruz had been illegally searched, no warrant, by members of the Mexican FBI. Too bad too, there can, sometimes, be no shame in the actions of state government security employees in the state of Sonora. But in this case, the Feds screwed up. No warrant and no probable cause to go after González.
This has all led to Gov. Eduardo Bours to declare the Mexican FBI (Los
famosos AFIs) as a group of do-nothings,
"que no sirven para nada."
I've heard little about González, and cannot attest to his honesty. But I can tell you this, there are few law enforcement organizations operating in Mexico more frightening than the Mexican FBI. And, perhaps more disturbingly, with the help of the gringos.
Recall, if you will, that it was this agency who opened fire on the Hermosillo police station a few months ago. When state police officers responded, they found three AFI agents along with a couple hookers and madrinas in the car. This, at the time that the killing of Hermosillo police officers had never been higher.
But,
dejate de eso, this is also the same agency for whom the U.S. State Department, back in June, approved a $3 million contract to
Verint Technology, Inc., to wiretap every single cellphone, instant message, fax, landline and email coming into and out of the country. All on behalf of the AFI.
Very interesting. Oh, and three bodies were discovered over the past few days in Alamos, Sonora. I'm still waiting for the results of the identification tests. One may end up being a very, very, interesting person to find indeed. We'll find out.
In honor of the vaunted journalist Jesús Blancornelas, dead and forgotten now one year after his death, I'll leave you with this: "We are journalists and they are criminals and it's our job to cover the news. If they don't like it, they should find other work."
Cuidense.
