Handcuffed Mexican kids steal U.S. border agent car

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2541132320070925

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Three Mexican minors detained in California on suspicion of smuggling drugs stole a U.S. Border Patrol car while still wearing handcuffs and drove it back across the border to Mexico.

Police in the Mexican border city of Mexicali said on Tuesday the three boys had been driving a pick-up truck on a remote Californian highway when a Border Patrol agent stopped them.

Suspicious they were carrying marijuana, he handcuffed them and put them in his patrol car while he searched their truck.

"As the agent was doing his search, he left the vehicle running and the keys in the ignition, so one of the lads, still wearing handcuffs, grabbed the steering wheel and they headed back to Mexico," a police spokesman said.

The Border Patrol, which plays cat and mouse around the clock with illegal Mexican migrants and drug traffickers, confirmed the vehicle was stolen in southern California on Sunday and driven over the border near Mexicali.

Mexican police used a helicopter to locate the patrol vehicle in a remote agricultural area near the border.

Cartel Tortured, Murdered Enemies, Document Says

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/14177889/detail.html

The Pictures below are of a Compound Across the Border, at Campo CA, which is owned and by the Felix Drug Cartel.The Building is in the center of the picture.

Cartel Tortured, Murdered Enemies, Document Says
New Info Surfaces In Arellano-Felix Case

SAN DIEGO -- Javier Arellano-Felix, an admitted drug smuggler, allegedly used propane tanks, tour buses and motor homes to pass tons of cocaine over the U.S.-Mexico border.On Monday, Arellano-Felix pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to launder money and operating a continuing criminal enterprise.The information is recorded in an 11-page court document that summarizes the case against him, including allegations that his cartel savagely tortured and murdered alleged informants and enemies.

Other details included in the court document revolve around the kidnapping and murder of a Tijuana policeman who was believed to be investigating the cartel, and the murder of a cartel member who stole $3 million from the group.

Border Fence or Border Farce? Pictures from Jacumba

Note the very stern warning about only crossing the international border at Points of Entry



Note the International Border:

Photos From the Border September 10,2007

Border Security?


An American Construction Company has added some height to sections of the fence, to protect the are where they are building.


Border Fence, Under Rocks


Border Fence, Buried





The people on the Mexican side, probably waiting for dark to cross the border.

Fire spreading fast in Cleveland Nat'l Forest (Pine Valley)

http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/news/breaking/2007/09/fire_spreading_fast_in_clevela.html

September 12, 2007

Fire spreading fast in Cleveland Nat'l Forest

A fire reported about 12:40 p.m. has spread quickly to about 30 to 40 acres in less than an hour, state fire dispatchers said.

The fire was initially reported to be seven to 10 acres spreading rapidly near Corte Madera Ranch and Pine Valley, the dispatcher said.

She did not know if any structures were threatened. State and forest firefighters are working together to battle the flames.

Mexican Trucks Enter at Otay Mesa, CA

While the Minutemen protest, the Teamster try to recruit the Mexican Drivers.

For More Pictures:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1893682/posts

Translation of the Teamsters’ flyer:

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ATTENTION DRIVERS!

The administrators of the US and of Mexico are using NAFTA to ignore the safety of American and Mexican drivers and of the public.

The workers in Mexico and the US need reform in commercial politics and labor law.

Now is when we have organizations for the improvement of benefits, hours, and work conditions.

The hour to resist this movement to open the (”fro...” “frontera” = border, perhaps?) and break the union is now!

Jumping the Fence at Campo, CA (pics)

Two of a larger group called in by Campo Minutemen this weekend - they came up to the camp to look in the tent and see if anyone was there.

Border Patrol Agent Killed By Wrong-Way Driver

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/14070091/detail.html

SAN DIEGO -- Two people were killed Friday morning when a woman driving the wrong way on the freeway slammed into a pickup truck driven by a border patrol agent, officials said.

Border Patrol Agent Neil Hepburn, 35, of Tierrasanta, was killed while on his way home from work on state Route 52 in Santee, according to the California Highway Patrol. The CHP said the wrong-way driver, identified as Shayne Leatherwood, 22, was traveling in a Toyota Prius at speeds of 100 mph.

Officer Tom Stromer with the CHP said, "Approximately five minutes after we got our initial reports we tried to get into position to stop the vehicle." But it was too late, as the cars "proceeded to collide head on," Stromer said.Investigators are still trying to determine how she ended up on the freeway going the wrong direction and whether alcohol was involved. Border Patrol agents say Hepburn was just minutes from being home.Hepburn was on his way home from his shift at the Campo station, but had worked at the Imperial Beach station for most of his career with the horse patrol, his coworkers told NBC 7/39. He leaves behind a wife and two young children.

A co-worker, who did not want to be identified, told NBC 7/39, "His family was very important to him. He wanted to work and spend a lot of time with his family. He wanted to change his days off -- whatever benefitted his family -- to be with them the most. His boy, he was teaching him how to ride a horse. Also, his daughter, he was very involved with. It's just devastating to know they'll be without his father now."By noon Friday, word of his death had already spread across the Tierrasanta elementary school that his son attends.Hepburn's brother, who lives in Texas, told NBC 7/39 Neil was the first person in their family to become a U.S. citizen.

Hepburn was from Scotland originally and he became a citizen in order to pursue a career in law enforcement.Richard Smith with the Border Patrol told NBC 7/39, "That's the biggest part of this tragedy. He spent 10 hours defending our borders and doing a job he loved, and on the way home to his family -- it's such a tragedy -- it was a needless accident."

Teamster's Protest Otay Mesa - 9/6/07

THE TEAMSTERS WILL BE PROTESTING TOMORROW AT 6AM IN OTAY MESA. THAT IS CLOSE TO YELLOW HOUSE. IT WILL BE AT THE TRUCK SCALES. 2335 ENRICO FERMI DR SAN DIEGO

THE CONTACT PERSON IS JIM SANTANGELO

I JUST NOW GOT THE WORD.

SPREAD THE NEWS

GOD BLESS

DATE

Thursday Sept 6

TIME
6am

LOCATION

Truck Scales

2335 ENRICO FERMI DR

SAN DIEGO, CA

Federal Court Denies Injunction Blocking Unsafe Mexican Truck Project

Border agent stabbed during marijuana bust

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/tijuana/20070905-9999-1m5pubsafe.html

September 5, 2007

EAST COUNTY: A woman in a car carrying 186 pounds of marijuana stabbed a Border Patrol agent in the leg while trying to get away yesterday, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official said.

The agent disarmed the woman and detained her until other agents arrived. He was taken to a hospital and later was reported in good condition, a border official said.

The incident began about 11:50 a.m., when agents got a tip that people were loading something into the trunk of a Chevrolet Impala near Tierra del Sol, off state Route 94 in Campo.

Agents tried to pull over the driver, then used a spike strip to flatten the tires and halt the car on Route 94 west of Buckman Springs Road. The driver jumped out and ran, but the female passenger allegedly used a pocketknife with a 3-inch blade to stab an agent in the left thigh. Agents found marijuana in the trunk, caught the driver and arrested him and the woman. –P.R.

Kingfish Road Trip along the I-10 (pictures)

This truck was marked "Chihuahua, Mexico, Government vehicle.





These Three Trucks were Marked "Untitled Guatemala Vehicle" were loaded with new generators were spotted on the road out of New Orleans.








Note the very long train - all the cars are marked "China Shipping"




The border Crossing at San Clemente was very busy:

Border Patrol agents seize nearly 1 ton of marijuana

Thursday, August 30, 2007

(08-30) 11:45 PDT BARRETT JUNCTION, Calif. (AP) --

Seven rookie Border Patrol agents seized nearly a ton of marijuana from three vehicles abandoned near the U.S.-Mexico border.

The agents, who graduated earlier this month from the Border Patrol academy, spotted two sport utility vehicles and a pickup truck early Wednesday heading north from the border near the Tecate crossing, about 40 miles east of San Diego.

Other Border Patrol agents in the area were called to join in pursuit of the caravan, which turned back toward Mexico, an agency spokesman said. The drivers left the vehicles and ran across the border.

Agents seized 1,967 pounds of marijuana, a stolen Toyota T100 pickup, a Jeep Cherokee and an Isuzu Trooper.

No arrests were made.