See: They Got Guzman
"Mexico investigates march for drug lord; Officials say some were paid to help demand release" by Martin Duran | Associated Press February 28, 2014
CULIACAN, Mexico — Sinaloa state authorities said on Thursday that they are investigating who organized a march in which hundreds demanded the release of cartel leader Joaquin ‘‘El Chapo’’ Guzman, a display of public support for the crime boss in a state that many say he controls.
Governor Mario Lopez Valdez told Televisa that officials suspect Guzman’s family and friends, and there are also rumors that protesters were paid and given food and drink, a common practice in Mexico.
Translation: it was not organized by the western intelligence agencies for which this mouthpiece fronts.
At this rate I won't be staying long.
‘‘We don’t know at this time, but the investigation should reveal that,’’ Lopez said.
Hundreds of people marched Wednesday night demanding that Mexican authorities free the boss of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel. Many said he provides needed jobs in poor mountain areas.
Norteno musicians played trumpets while high school students in uniforms held up signs reading ‘‘We want Chapo free’’ and ‘‘We Love Chapo’’ as they paraded in Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state, which is the cartel’s bastion.
Demonstrators also said they opposed any attempt to extradite Guzman to the United States, where he faces several drug-trafficking charges.
Police officers tried to scatter the protest, and a few of the demonstrators began throwing water bottles at them as the march broke up. Officers responded with tear gas and took some protesters into custody.
‘‘We support Chapo Guzman because he is the one who gives us jobs and helps out in the mountains,’’ said Pedro Ramirez, who said he traveled in a group of 300 from Badiraguato, where Guzman was born.
It was a rare display even in a country where drug lords inspire folk songs and books.
Here in AmeriKa it is war criminal presidents.
Wednesday’s turnout may have to do with the uncertainty felt by Sinaloans over the future of the illegal drug business, which provides a boost for their agricultural state.
‘‘El Chapo’’ is widely considered the world’s most powerful drug lord. In rulings Tuesday, two federal judges said he will have to stand trial on separate drug-trafficking and organized-crime charges in Mexico. The attorney general’s office said Wednesday that he also faces organized-crime charges in six other cases in four Mexican states and in Mexico City.
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Also see:
BU mourns freshman killed in Mexico City robbery
O’Malley preaches support for immigrants at US border
Immigration reform becomes a Catholic ‘pro-life’ cause
"Navy rescues family off Mexican coast" | Associated Press April 07, 2014
SAN DIEGO — US sailors rescued an American family with an ill 1-year-old from a sailboat that broke down hundreds of miles off the Mexican coast, boarding them Sunday onto a San Diego-bound Navy ship so the girl could get medical treatment.
The baby girl, Lyra, was in stable condition Sunday when sailors helped her; her 3-year-old sister, Cora; and her parents, Charlotte and Eric Kaufman, to leave their sailboat and board the USS Vandegrift.
The frigate was expected to arrive in San Diego midweek, Coast Guard Petty Officer Second Class Barry Bena said.
The Kaufmans were two weeks into a sailing trip around the world when Lyra developed a fever and a rash covering most of her body and was not responding to medications.
With all jue respect, this looks like NOC cover to me. Who really sails around the world in these perilous times?
After their 36-foot sailboat lost steering and communication abilities about 900 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, they sent a satellite call for help to the Coast Guard on Thursday.
And they came a-runnin', huh?
Four California Air National Guard members parachuted into the water and reached the boat Thursday night. The crew stabilized the girl and stayed by her side until the Navy frigate arrived around 1 a.m. Sunday.
Sailors waited until daylight to move the family from their inoperable sailboat, which authorities were in the process of sinking Sunday because it was taking on water.
It was still not immediately known what illness the girl may have had.
Before the family left for the trip, Lyra had salmonella poisoning, but doctors cleared her to travel after she was healthy again, said Charlotte Kaufman’s sister, Sariah Kay English.
When her sister first mentioned plans to sail with two young children, English recalled, ‘‘I thought it was nuts.’’
But English said the couple was always careful. Eric Kaufman is a Coast Guard-licensed captain who introduced sailing to Charlotte Kaufman during one of their early dates.
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So how much did all that cost the US taxpayer?
NEXT DAY UPDATE:
The story becomes more outrageous:
"Sailing family back in US with ailing baby" by Julie Watson | Associated Press April 10, 2014
SAN DIEGO — A Navy warship carrying a family whose sailboat broke down in the Pacific Ocean with a sick toddler arrived Wednesday in San Diego.
The arrival came six days after Charlotte and Eric Kaufman used their satellite phone to call for help from 900 miles off the coast of Mexico as their 1-year-old daughter Lyra was vomiting and had diarrhea and a fever.
California Air National Guard members parachuted to the 36-foot sailboat last Thursday — the same day the distress call was made. The Navy rescue ship arrived on Sunday.
The girl responded to new medication for salmonella-like symptoms. Her 3-year-old sister was also on the boat.
JWho puts children in such harm's way?
The warship carrying the family docked at Naval Air Station North Island, Navy spokeswoman Lieutenant Lenaya Rotklein said.
The Kaufmans did not wish to speak publicly. They want to tend to their daughter first and get rest, said Charlotte Kaufman’s sister, Sariah English.
This is stinkola psyop cover story crap.
The Kaufmans’ decision to sail around the world with Lyra and her sister Cora has struck a chord with parents — angering some who accuse them of endangering their children and drawing admiration from others for having the courage and determination to follow their dream.
I'm not getting angry.
‘‘The rescuers have to risk their own lives to help people who do these kinds of stupid things on purpose, and I don’t think that’s right,’’ said Margaret Dilloway, a San Diego novelist who has three children, adding that she thinks the family should have to foot part of the bill for the rescue operation.
I didn't think taking an infant and toddler on a circumnavigation of the globe was a good idea when I first read it.
English doesn’t question the family’s decision. She says sailing is their passion. It’s what defines them. The family had lived aboard the sailboat, Rebel Heart, for seven years before it broke down.
A sailboat around the world. Smells like spy to me; I mean, they convicted Somali pirates for killing some folks doing the same thing and one must always consider the mouthpiece through which the information I'm receiving is flowing. We have reached the point of mocking when we type the AmeriKan media is a bird of an intelligence operation.
Rescuers had to sink it because it was taking in water.
I wonder if this story will sink as fast.
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Ah, the life of Jose!
"Deportations down under Calif. law" | Associated Press April 07, 2014
SAN DIEGO — Far fewer immigrants arrested by California law enforcement are being turned over to federal authorities for deportation since a new state law went into effect in January.
The law was pushed by immigrant advocates and directs law enforcement agencies to more quickly release those without serious criminal records rather than hold them so federal officials can take them into custody for deportation proceedings.
Already, according to a review by the Associated Press, the new law appears to be having a big impact in slowing deportations at a time when President Obama is looking to ease immigration enforcement policies nationwide and appease immigrant advocates who say his administration has been too tough.
He has to appease them, huh? Because of politics?
Until now, California has accounted for a third of deportations under US Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s Secure Communities program, which screens the fingerprints of arrestees for potential immigration violations.
Although the state law known as the Trust Act was expected to reduce the number of people held for possible deportation, it was not clear how significant the drop would be.
Since sheriff’s departments are responsible for most bookings, the Associated Press surveyed those agencies in 23 counties responsible for most of California’s deportations under the program.
Not all supplied data for the first two months of this year, but among the 15 that did, there was a 44 percent drop, from 2,984 people to 1,660. Those 15 counties included four of the state’s five largest: Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside, and San Bernardino.
In passing the legislation, California joined Connecticut and more than a dozen local jurisdictions in declining requests for immigration holds. State lawmakers in Massachusetts are considering similar legislation.
ICE declined to comment. The agency is evaluating the impact of the Trust Act.
Secure Communities has led to more than 300,000 deportations since October 2008.
Time to quit dicking around.
The program has immigration agents screen the fingerprints of arrestees and ask local law enforcement to hold for 48 hours those they want to deport until they can pick them up and take them to a detention facility.
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