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Safety compliance of Cross Border program participants
2008-02-19 17:34:00 FMCSA’s SAFESTAT database gives a comprehensive look at inspection results of all motor carriers authorized to operate in the United States. We decided to take a look and see how the Mexican carriers enrolled in the cross border program were doing to date, and the results showed no surprises. To the contrary, it appears enforcement ... More About: Safety , Cross , Program , Compliance
$1.2 billion fence adds little or no security
2008-02-11 04:42:00 Luis Alberto Urrea The Border Patrol agent was a 30-year veteran. He walked me across a patch of desolation to the Mexican border. There was no border fence there yet. Just Arizona desert, a dusty dry creekbed, and Mexican desert beyond, indistinguishable from the United States. If you want to hear philosophical reflections from an agent, you ... More About: Security , Fence , Billion
Arms cache in Miguel Aleman, biggest seizure in decades
2008-02-09 16:19:00 MONTERREY, Mexico ? A huge weapons cache found in a ranch building near the Texas border this week was the nation’s single largest weapons bust in 20 years, said the federal attorney general’s office, or PGR, in a statement Friday. A Mexican army unit found the stockpile, which included 89 assault rifles and more ... More About: Hummer , Aleman , Arms , Cache , Land Rover
Disorder in the Court - 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
2008-02-09 14:14:00 With Tuesday being the day oral arguments are scheduled to be held in case 07-73415 (Sierra Club v FMCSA) some interesting information surfaced about the Court this case is assigned to. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has the most decisions overturned of any Court in the Federal Judiciary. Of course, this can work to both sides ... More About: Supreme Court , Opinions
Mexico gunrunning to be probed
2008-02-09 03:03:00 WASHINGTON ? A congressional review of U.S. law enforcement efforts to halt gun trafficking into Mexico was ordered Thursday by a House panel overseeing a $1.4 billion Bush administration plan to fight international narcotics cartels. The review of U.S. law enforcement efforts to stop gun running along the 2,000-mile border, particularly in high-traffic corridors ...
TRINITY INDUSTRIES DE MEXICO drops from Cross Border program
2008-02-09 02:50:00 The first company to remove itself from the Cross Border Program was TRINITY INDUSTRIES DE MEXICO SA de C V the Mexican subsidiary of Trinity Industries with worldwide headquarters in Dallas Texas. Leonel Olivares, terminal manager at Trinity Industries in Eagle Pass, Texas, said its Mexican affiliate ?never had intentions of the drivers actually ... More About: Mexico
Felipe Calderon foresees a ?friendlier? US in 2009
2008-02-08 20:18:00 "It seems to me that the most radical and anti-immigrant candidates have been left behind and have been put in their place by their own electorate," Calderon said. More About: Politics , Felipe Calderon , Nationalism , Felipe
Mexico extradites corrupt former US Border Patrol Agent!
2008-02-01 00:17:00 MEXICO CITY .- The government of Mexico extradited to the United States, an agent of the United States Border Patrol , accused of collaborating with drug traffickers for the entry of Mexican drug shipments into the United States through El Paso, Texas. With the surrender of former CBP agent Arturo Arzate Jr.. aka “Tury”, this brings ... More About: Agent , Corruption , Extradition
Mexican Farmers march on Mexico City to protest NAFTA
2008-01-31 23:43:00 Thousands of Mexican farmers, some riding tractors and herding cows, flooded the capital Thursday to demand government protection against cheap U.S. imports.Trade barriers under the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, were lifted in January, opening Mexico for the first time to tariff-free U.S. exports of traditional food like corn and beans. Mexican farmers complain ... More About: City , Protest , Mexico City
New Border crossing rules in effect today.
2008-01-31 21:54:00 New rules for the types of identification U.S. citizens must present to enter the country go into effect today, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said ? A U.S. passport OR ? A trusted traveler card such as NEXUS, SENTRI or FAST Those without a passport must provide a valid driver?s license or military ID plus one of the following: ? U.S. ... More About: Security , Today , Rules , Border Crossing , Effect
A look at various Mexican trucking laws and regs!
2008-01-30 03:56:00 I’ve been thinking about translating various laws and regulations governing Mexican commercial carriers for some time, and I still may do it, but for now, I’ll point ya’ll towards the information and you can translate it yourself. Not that I expect many to let the facts get in the way of their ... More About: Laws , Trucking
Mexican police still patrolling without guns
2008-01-29 19:12:00 CIUDAD MIGUEL ALEMÁN, MEXICO ? Police in five Tamaulipas border cities continued to patrol the streets Monday without service weapons, nearly a week after military forces confiscated them in a series of surprise raids. But officers in Reynosa, Rio Bravo, Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo and Valle Hermoso have managed to maintain the peace armed only with nightsticks ... More About: Security , Guns , Mexican , Borderlands
Only 2 out of 1600 Police still under investigation
2008-01-27 20:51:00 Just two of some 1,600 police officers investigated after the army raided police stations in five border cities last week are being subjected to “a criminal process,” the Tamaulipas state government said. Most of the officers were back on the job Saturday. The fate of the two officers was unclear Saturday as city, state and ... More About: Police , Investigation
Mexican cartels feeling the pressure
2008-01-27 15:40:00 "There will be no retreat. We are not going to take a step back. The fight against crime is going to to be permanent, systematic." More About: Mexican , Corruption , Borderlands , Feeling , Cartels
Current HOS to stand - DC Circuit Court of Appeals denies motion to vacate!
2008-01-26 05:16:00 A motion asking a federal court to force the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to eliminate the 11-hour driving limit and the optional 34-hour restart provision was denied Wednesday, Jan. 23.The motion was filed Dec. 19, 2007, with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by Public Citizen, Citizens for Reliable ... More About: Current , Motion , Stand
Calm prevails - Military still in control of the bordertowns
2008-01-25 16:07:00 NUEVO LAREDO - The people of the Mexican cities along the Texas border have not been left unprotected in the wake of the disarming of more than 1,000 municipal police officers earlier this week, officials said Thursday.All of the city police are reporting to their respective bases and some are assigned to patrols “on foot ... More About: Military , Control , Borderlands , Nuevo Laredo , Calm
Suspect apprehended in death of Border Patrol Agent
2008-01-24 15:48:00 Mexican authorities said Wednesday they had arrested a man in northern Mexico in the weekend killing of U.S. Border Patrol agent Luis Aguilar. Jesus Navarro Montes, 22, was arrested in the northern state of Sonora on Wednesday, said a spokesman for Mexico’s federal Attorney General’s office who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with department ... More About: Agent , Death , Suspect
Tancredo using death of Border Patrol agent to push agenda
2008-01-24 15:37:00 Tancredo should be ashamed of using the death of this agent to push forward his on short sighted agenda. At least he's out of the field for the White House. Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson also. More About: Agent , Death , Border Patrol , Agenda , Tancredo
Mexico Crackdown - Federal forces in control of border
2008-01-23 17:00:00 They have us (stunned). If they know who to take, then they should fulfill their responsibility," said one officer, who asked not to be identified. "They have lists. They have been working for some time on gathering intelligence and they know the bad officers." More About: Breaking News , Mexico , Corruption , Control , Forces
Mexico captures 11 hit men from powerful Sinaloa drug cartel
2008-01-23 04:22:00 "Yes, the cartel is operating here in Mexico City," said Edgar Millan, top commander of Mexico's national federal police, at a news conference following pre-dawn raids on two houses in southern Mexico City. Eight men were arrested in one raid and three in the other. More About: Cartel , Drug , Sinaloa
History of Mexican Special Forces (GAFES)
2008-01-23 03:19:00 With the occupation of the northern frontier of Mexico by the Mexican military, I thought it would be interesting to see just who these guys are. What I found was a very proud, highly trained and specialized force that could stand shoulder to shoulder with any Army unit in the world. The Grupo Aeromóvil ... More About: History , Special , Special Forces , Forces
11 Nuevo Laredo police officers, civilians, arrested by Federal Police
2008-01-21 20:25:00 Editor’s Note: Anybody who thinks President Calderon and his government are not serious about fighting the cartels and suppressing the corruption, needs to think again. It is a new era in Mexico. The people are fed up with the violence and corruption and demanding change. Four police officers and seven civilians accused of working for Mexico’s ... More About: Security , Arrested , Police , Corruption , Officers
Protests on the Border - Families of those arrested protest presence of GAF
2008-01-21 20:19:00 Families of the officers and civilian employees of the Nuevo Laredo Municpal Police, who were arrested Saturday staged a protest today in front of the military barracks and at the Bridge of the America’s. Saturday, 4 officers and 7 civilians were detained and accused of passing classified information concerning police and military movements to the ... More About: Security , Arrested , Presence , Protest , Families
Corruption! It ain?t just a Mexico thang
2008-01-21 05:35:00 Any body remember this assklown, that we reported on several months ago? Well, once again, Mexico trucker.com got it right! Landline Now is reporting, A former Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper will reportedly receive no jail time after he was indicated in October on 10 different counts tied to official misconduct, including allowing a motorist to perform a ... More About: Corruption
Mexico following US elections closely
2008-01-20 13:44:00 MONTERREY, Mexico ? Cecilia Reyes can’t say where the first Democratic caucus was held but knows Hillary Clinton took New Hampshire by three points over her main opponent ? whose name she can’t remember but she knows has Kenyan roots. Reyes, a Mexican citizen, can’t vote in November’s U.S. presidential election. But she’s pulling ... More About: Elections
In the line of duty - Border Patrol officer killed by fleeing vehicles
2008-01-20 02:52:00 YUMA, Az — A Border Patrol officer was run over and killed on Saturday as he attempted to lay a spike strip to stop a speeding Hummer in the sand dunes of Imperial County. Authorities in El Centro and Yuma, Ariz. said the agent was killed in the line of duty along the Mexican border in ... More About: Vehicles , Line , Killed , Officer
Why we need revised CDL standards, and now!
2008-01-19 02:51:00 In view of all the comments from those not qualified to make comments about Mexican drivers, I got a good laugh out of this article. This trainer is barely potty trained and has no business even attempting to train anyone else. At best, he has 4 years of heavily supervised OTR experience. Go figure! On that ... More About: Standards
Back to Mexico; U.S. hands over suspected killer
2008-01-18 15:26:00 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents met Mexican federal agents on the Lincoln-Juarez International Bridge on Wednesday to transfer custody of a prisoner wanted in Mexico for homicide and drug trafficking, authorities said.Officials with the Agencia Federal de Investigacion, who took custody of Juan Garcia-Flores, 36, said he is wanted in Guanajuato and the border ... More About: Killer , Hands , Back , Borderlands
Aeromóvil Special Forces Group (GAFES) deployed from Matamoros to Nuevo Lar
2008-01-18 12:04:00 Arriving on board military transport at Nuevo Laredo International Airport, 250 members of Aeromóvil Special Forces Group (GAFES), Mexico’s equivalent of the US Army’s elite Ranger’s, boarded a convoy of 32 military vehicles to be dispersed at various points around the city. The troops will be garrisoned with the cities 1st Motorized Cavalry ... More About: Breaking News , Special Forces
U.S. attorney general announces stepped up effort to stem weapons trafficki
More articles from this author:2008-01-17 04:12:00 The United States is giving Mexico access to an electronic database to help trace weapons smuggled from the U.S. into the hands of well-armed Mexican drug gangs, U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Wednesday.The database, known as e-Trace, has already been installed at U.S. consulates in the northern cities of Monterrey and Hermosillo and in ... More About: Breaking News , Weapons , Attorney General 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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