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MEXICOORGANIZED CRIME AND DRUG TRAFFICKING

Narco Banners Signed by Carteles Unidos (United Cartels) Posted inGuadalajara, Jalisco27 June 2010Bodies of Three Men Taken From Vehicle after Being Shot inMonterrey, Nuevo Leon27 June 2010Local PAN Party Leader Murdered in Tlacotepec, Guerrero27 June2010

MILITARYSoldiers Capture Sinaloa Cartel Cell Member in Ensenada, BajaCalifornia27 June 2010Soldiers Seize More Than 5 Metric Tons of Marijuana near Reynosa,Tamaulipas24 June 2010Soldiers Seize 4 Metric Tons of Marijuana in El Dorado, Sinaloa25June 2010Decapitated Body with a Message Signed by La Resistencia Found inTonala, Jalisco27 June 2010

FEDERAL POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENTMunicipal Police Discover Body of Mutilated Female in Plastic Bagnear Los Lirios, Nuevo Leon27 June 2010

Woman Wanted by U.S. Authorities Arrested in Ciudad Juarez,Chihuahua24 June 2010Federal Officers Arrest Individual for Possession of 1.5 Kilograms ofHeroin in Navojoa, Sonora27 June 2010Federal Police Dismantle Los Bon Ice Kidnapping Gang and ArrestNine Individuals in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua26 June 2010Federal Police Arrest Nine Members of the Beltran Leyva Cartel in
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CENTRAL AMERICAMan with $(USD) 3,000,000 of Undeclared Cash Arrested at the JuanSantamaria International Airport25 June 2010DIJ Captures Leader of Evolution Gang in Panama City, Panama 24June 2010


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MEXICO

ORGANIZED CRIME AND DRUG TRAFFICKINGNarco Banners Signed by Carteles Unidos (United Cartels) Posted in Guadalajara, Jalisco27

June 2010

Multiple narco banners signed by Carteles Unidos

(United Cartels) were posted in select areas of

Guadalajara [20.6667 -103.3333], Jalisco. These

messages were directed to the Governor of Jalisco.

Areas in which they were posted were listed as:

the intersection of Circunvalacion and Americas

Streets

the SAT building

bus stops along La Normal de Alcalde and Avila

Camacho routes the San Agustin Bridge.

The messages written on the narco banners read asfollows:This is a warning to those robbers and kidnappers

headed by:

PUSKI M1 Chief Leonel Tapia Solva or Rene Sanchez

PILO M2, Chief Agustin Reyes Garza or Elpidio Mojarro Juarez

Papirrin or Victor Zepeda Ortiz, aka El Chilango, or Victor Manuel Torres Garcia

Molca 7, Ramiro Pozos Gonzalez

Mosca Oscar Valencia Ramirez.

Kidnappers and hitmen working for these men are:

Jorge Orozco Hernandez, aka Proco

Gerardo Escoto Garcia, aka Grupis

Roberto Carlos Olvera Sainz, aka Nana

Santago Ayala Velazquez, aka Santi

Rodolfo Martinez, aka Rudy

Aldo Renteria Ruvalcaba, aka Aldo

Jose Antonio Renteria Ruvalcaba, aka Lalo, aka Eduaro

Gerardo Mendoza Chavez, aka El Tecato

Jesus Barajas Oliveros, aka El Tio, aka El Viejo Joto

Victor Manuel Sigala Hernandez

Alejandro de Alba or Martin Alejandro de Alba, aka El Negro, aka El Apa, former Judicial Police

Officer.

With all due respect Mr. Governor, this information is true, let us kill all these criminals that have

dismembered innocent people in our State.


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Comment: It is unclear how many banners were posted and whether the message was the same in all the

banners.

Spanish Source: http://www.oem.com.mx/eloccidental/notas/n1687202.htm

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Bodies of Three Men Taken From Vehicle after Being Shot in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon27 June

2010

On 27 June 2010 at 0030 hours, armed individuals aboard a

pickup gunned down three men who were travelling in white

Subaru Legacy (plates SDP-14-34). This incident occurred on

Sierra de Lampazos Street [25.6273 -100.2776] in the Sierra

Ventana neighborhood of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. After the

initial confrontation, a separate group of gunmen arrived at the

scene and recovered the bodies from the Subaru mentioned

above. In order to prevent authorities from getting to close to

the scene, these men threw a grenade to buy themselves time

to escape. This grenade did not detonate.

Spanish Source:http://www.reforma.com/nacional/articulo/562/1123197/

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Local PAN Party Leader Murdered in Tlacotepec, Guerrero27 June 2010Pedro Brito Ocampo, 50, a local PAN party leader, was violently removed from his house and shot four

times by a group of gunmen in the Tlacotepec municipality [17.7667 -99.9833], of Guerrero. His body

was later found on a Main Street in the El Calvario neighborhood. The motive for this crime is under

investigation.

Spanish Source: http://www.milenio.com/node/474387

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MILITARYSoldiers Capture Sinaloa Cartel Cell Member in Ensenada, Baja California27 June 2010

On 25 June 2010, Mexican soldiers conducting operations near the Lazaro Cardenas village in Ensenada

[31.8667-116.6167], Baja California, arrested Adrian VAZQUEZ Becerra, 39. At the time of his arrest,

VAZQUEZ was walking with an AK-47. After questioning, he confessed to belonging to a cell of hitmen

for the Sinaloa Cartel. During these same operations, the following items were seized:

9 rifles
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(2) 9mm handguns

1 grenade launcher attachment

10 grenades

71 magazines 2,040 live rounds of ammunition

5 pickup trucks

3 four wheelers

Spanish Source: http://www.ensenada.net/noticias/nota.php?id=17787

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Soldiers Seize More Than 5 Metric Tons of Marijuana near Reynosa, Tamaulipas24 June 2010

On 23 June 2010, soldiers from the 8 th Military Zone conducting ground patrols located a grey Chevrolet

pickup full of marijuana packages. This vehicle was parked in an area full of overgrown brush near

Reynosa [26.0722 -98.2974], Tamaulipas. After discovering the truck, soldiers searched the surrounding

areas and found a green wooden shack that was also filled with marijuana packages. In total, 562

packages of marijuana with a total weight of 5,171.5 kilograms were seized from the shack and the

vehicle.

Spanish Source:http://www.sedena.gob.mx/index.php?id_art=4613

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Soldiers Seize 4 Metric Tons of Marijuana in El Dorado, Sinaloa25 June 2010On 25 June 2010, Mexican soldiers assigned to the 24 th

Mechanized Cavalry Regiment responded to anonymous tips

regarding activity in El Dorado [25.5333-108.4667], Sinaloa. As

a result of this, two residences were raided. Information regarding

these residences was reported as follows:

Residence one: Located on the outskirts of the El Dorado district

on a plot of land measuring 374 square meters. Seized from the

interior of the residence were:

410 marijuana bricks wrapped with brown adhesive tape.

The total weight of these bricks was reported as beingfour metric tons.

Residence two: Located in Las Arboledas neighborhood of El Dorado. The residence itself was situated

on a plot of land measuring 500 square meters. From this location, soldiers seized:

20 kilograms of marijuana seed

$(USD) 80,000.00 that was dispersed in four separate packages

$(MXN) 37,700.00
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1 AR-15

(1) 9mm sub-machinegun

1AR-15 magazine with 30 live rounds

17 vehicles 1 four wheeler

3 heavy duty construction machines

1service lift

1 tow truck

2 mobile trailers

121 engines for various type vehicles

66 vehicle transmissions

229 truck rims

116 truck tires

2 Motorola radiosIn other villages located throughout mountainous zones in Sinaloa, soldiers conducting land

reconnaissance seized the following items:

110 rifles

87 handguns

1,284 rounds of ammunition

77 magazines

20 blasting caps

32 detonators

2 explosive tubes

685 kilograms of processed marijuana 600 kilograms of unprocessed marijuana

35 kilograms of opium gum

Spanish Source: http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldemazatlan/notas/n1684766.htm

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Decapitated Body with a Message Signed by La Resistencia Found in Tonala, Jalisco27 June 2010

A decapitated body wrapped in a piece of carpet was found on a dirt road in La Calma neighborhood of

Tonala [20.6167 -103.2333], Jalisco. The severed was left inside a plastic bag next to the body. Also left

next to the body were a bucket with a saw and a message signed by La Resistencia. The message read as

follows: What happened traitors, you should be ashamed, besides being traitors, you are followers, you

should ask the government for a kilogram of eggs, sincerely, La Resistencia.

Spanish Source: http://www.reforma.com/nacional/articulo/562/1123244/
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FEDERAL POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

Municipal Police Discover Body of Mutilated Female in Plastic Bag near Los Lirios, Nuevo Leon 27 June 2010

On 27 June 2010 at 1500 hours, homicide detectives

discovered the mutilated body of a 50-year-old female along

an unimproved road off the 54 kilometer mark of the highway

that leads to Monclova. This unimproved road leads to Los

Lirios. It was reported that the remains had been placed

within five separate black plastic garbage bags on both sides

of the road. No further information was released regarding the

discovery.

Spanish Source:http://www.milenio.com/node/474391

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Woman Wanted by U.S. Authorities Arrested in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua24 June 2010

A female originally from El Paso, TX, and wanted by the DEA was arrested by federal police officers in

Ciudad Juarez [30.3167 -108.0833], Chihuahua. The arrest occurred at a house located on Himno

Nacional Street in the San Felipe del Real neighborhood. She was turned over to U.S. Marshalls on the

Paso del Norte International Bridge.

Comment: For the name of the woman, please refer to the original Spanish source document.

Spanish Source: http://www.elagoradechihuahua.com/Detienen-a-mujer-buscada-por-la,25211.html

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Federal Officers Arrest Individual for Possession of 1.5 Kilograms of Heroin in Navojoa, Sonora

27 June 2010

Federal police officers conducting routine inspections arrested David SANCHEZ

Garcia, 20, for possession of 1.5 kilograms of heroin. The arrest took place at

the 70th kilometer mark along the Mexico-Nogales highway in Navojoa

[27.1000-109.4333], Sonora, after officers stopped Sanchez for a routine

inspection. During this time, officers discovered three packages of heroin hidden

inside the doors of the gray pickup with Sonora plates ZWH1982 that Sanchez

was driving. The now arrested individual was coming from Guasave, Sinaloa,

and was headed to Nogales, Sonora.
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Spanish Source:

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Federal Police Dismantle Los Bon Ice Kidnapping Gang and Arrest Nine Individuals in Ciudad

Juarez, Chihuahua26 June 2010

Federal police officers dismantled Los Bon Ice kidnapping gang and in the process, arrested nine

individuals and rescued one victim. This incident occurred after officers located a safe house used by the

gang on Acapulco and Monte Mayor Streets in the Melchor Ocampo neighborhood of Ciudad Juarez

[30.3167 -108.0833], Chihuahua. The now arrested Los Bon Ice members were identified as follows:

Julio Cesar SANCHEZ Diaz, 18, aka El Bon Ice, identified as the leader of the gang

Jessica Giulianna CASTILLO Hurtado, 19, in charge of taking care of victims

David CASTANEDA Velazaquez, 18, El Cabe, in charge of kidnappings

Daniel Enrique RODRIGUEZ Trevillo, 26, aka El Peter, in charge of kidnapping victims

Maria Eduvina SOTO Fuentes, 42, in charge of taking care of victims Maria Luisa DIAZ Camacho, 36, in charge of taking care of victims

Oscar Antonio CASTANEDA Arreola, 46, aka Oscarin, in charge of taking care of victims

Corina (no last name), 17, in charge of charging ransoms

Carlos (no last name) 15, in charge of taking care of victims

Los Bon Ice gang selected their victims based on appearance and the vehicle they were driving. After

kidnapping their victims, they would hold them in rental properties or motel rooms. The gang is linked to

at least 14 kidnapping cases; the majority of these cases involved minors. Those items seized during this

operation were reported as a red 1996 Buick Skilank without plates and a gray 1991 Ford Aerostar

without plates.

Spanish Source:

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33_actionOverride=%2Fboletines%2FDetalleBoletin&_windowLabel=T57800187241244041542633&T

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Federal Police Arrest Nine Members of the Beltran Leyva Cartel in Mexico State28 June 2010

On 25 June 2010, federal police officers arrested nine members of the Beltran Leyva Cartel after a shortpursuit in the Cultura Romana II neighborhood of Tlalnepantla [19.5269 -99.2217], Mexico State. To

distribute drugs, these men employed boys that would deliver orders on motorcycles in the Naucalpan and

Tlalnepantla municipalities. They also carried out kidnappings and utilized a safe house in Tecamac as a

holding area. Three of the now arrested individuals were identified as follows:

Ismael ZUNIGA Valdivia, aka El May, responsible for storing and assigning weapons

Alan FERNANDEZ Ramirez, aka El Alan, responsible for providing cell phones to members of

the criminal cell

Aurelio Jesus MORENO, aka El Chuy, responsible for supplying drugs to minors for distribution

Those items seized from these men were reported as follows:

6 vehicles

1 motorcycle

6 rifles

3 submachine guns

1 shotgun

1 revolver

1 bulletproof vest

An undetermined amount of magazines and ammunition

10 cell phones

12 cell phone chips

$(MXN) 13,000

48 cocaine baggies

1 bag containing a pink substance presumed to be crack cocaine

Spanish Source: http://www.reforma.com/nacional/articulo/562/1123480/

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CENTRAL AMERICAMan with $(USD) 3,000,000 of Undeclared Cash Arrested at the Juan Santamaria International

Airport25 June 2010

Around 1400 hours on 25 June 2010, authorities arrested an individual for possession of $(USD)

3,000,000 of undeclared cash at the Juan Santamaria International Airport [9.9939 -84.2088] in Costa

Rica. The individual identified himself as the Consul of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (RDC) in

Mexico and was reported as having the last name of EMERICK. He arrived to Costa Rica on a flight

from Mexico.
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Spanish Sources: http://www.nacion.com/2010-06-25/Sucesos/UltimaHora/Sucesos2424008.aspx,

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2010/06/26/detienen-en-costa-rica-con-3-mdd-a-consul-de-rdc-en-

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DIJ Captures Leader of Evolution Gang in Panama City, Panama24 June 2010

On 22 June 2010, Judicial Investigative Directorate agents arrested Marcos

Antonio VILLALBA Ramos aka Markito, 30, an alleged leader of the

Evolution gang. Villalba is being investigated for cases involving illegal

possession of firearms, armed robbery, drugs, and multiple homicides.

Spanish Source:http://www.critica.com.pa/archivo/06242010/suc11.html#axzz0s9uK0BiM

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