[Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] C and I for Week April 24

Dear Members   ***************************************************** 1. No this is not about Afghanistan - IT IS THE USA and yet the border remains unsecured and illegal aliens are flooding our Country    http://www.examiner.com/county-political-buzz-in-san-diego/ied-device-found-outside-brownsville-texas-closes-highway-on-easter?CID=examiner_alerts_article IED device found outside Brownsville, Texas closes highway on Easter The Brownsville Police Department confirmed reports that an IED device was disarmed by bomb disposal experts on Easter Sunday. The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was located by a passerby who alerted authorities about the Highway 77/83 location. The scene of the IED bomb is located just 15 minutes north of the Texas/Mexico border. Bomb squad personnel used a robot to successfully dismantle the explosive that closed the  highway for several hours on Sunday afternoon. Public Information Officer for the Brownsville Police Department, Eddie Garcia said the device had no detonation mechanism attached. However, authorities say they are taking the IED device seriously as Mexico has seen an increase in the use of bombs by the drug cartels in Mexico. So far there are no leads in this case and an investigation is ongoing. Additional reports will be made available as officials release new details. *********************************************************** 2. Four women, teenage girl found stripped with throats slashed in Acapulco beauty parlor Mexico was stunned by a shocking new massacre Monday after four women and a teenage girl who worked in an Acapulco beauty parlor were found stripped and slaughtered. The 14-year-old and two of the women were found on the second floor of the shop Sunday with their hands bound - and their throats cuts. Two other victims were found elsewhere in the resort city - one dumped on a street behind a church and the other in an abandoned car. None of the slain women were identified; police said the teen had worked at the salon for just five days. A favorite stop for American tourists, Acapulco has been convulsed in recent months by violent turf wars between rival drug gangs that have left thousands dead in Mexico. Still, mass murders of women are not the way traffickers usually settle scores, police said. In this case, "a massage parlor was found where sexual acts may have been performed, although this is still under investigation," Fernando Monreal Leyva, chief of detectives for the Guerrero state police, told The Associated Press. Police in Mexico City were investigating whether the Acapulco massacre was connected to the discovery of a dismembered woman's body in the upscale San Miguel Chapultepec neighborhood. Her upper body was found on one block and her left leg and right leg were discovered on two other blocks, city prosecutors said. The body parts were stuffed into three plastic bags and the fingers of the victim's left hand had been lopped off, they said. Mexico City has experienced little drug gang violence and the discovery of the woman's body is all the more shocking because she was found in an area home to some of the country's top museums and several presidential palaces. More than 34,600 people have been killed since President Felipe Calderon declared war on the country's powerful drug cartels in 2006. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2011/04/25/2011-04-25_four_women__teenage_girl_found_with_throats_slashed_in_acapulco_beauty_parlor.html#ixzz1Ka5ORs8k ****************************************************** 3.   http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2011/04/mexicos-drug-money-addiction.html   Mexico's Drug Money Addiction Sunday, April 24, 2011 | Borderland Beat Reporter Buggs Counternarcotics, Terrorism & Intelligence Cash Wars II: Mexico's Drug Money Addiction Illegal finance animates Mexico's narco-cartels. So why isn't it being attacked?   ***************************************************** 4. http://www.vintoniowa.org/articles/News/article103326.html News :: Vinton dairy farmer fined $100,000 for employing illegal aliens A man who employed illegal aliens at his Benton County dairy farm was sentenced on April 21, 2011, to probation. His business was ordered to pay over $100,000.00 in financial penalties. Kenneth Birker, age 62, of rural Vinton, received the sentence after a January 10, 2011, guilty plea to one count of engaging in a pattern or practice of knowingly employing illegal aliens. Also on January 10, 2011, Kenneth Birker entered a guilty plea on behalf of his business, Birker, Inc., to one count of harboring illegal aliens for commercial advantage or financial gain. Click on link for full story http://www.vintoniowa.org/articles/News/article103326.html   ***************************************************** 5. From American Patrol - and we THANK THEM   The drug-cartel's intent in 2006 and today is identical to that of the Aztecs as described in Diaz's account of the Aztec counter-attack on the Spanish conquistadors..." -- Wake Up Call From Mexico – Chapter I Mass graves in Mexico reveal new levels of savagery     San Fernando, Mexico -- At the largest mass grave site ever found in Mexico, where 177 bodies have been pulled from deep pits, authorities say they have recovered few bullet casings and little evidence that the dead were killed with a gun.     Instead, most died of blunt force trauma to the head, and a sledgehammer found at the crime scene this month is believed to have been used in the executions, according to Mexican investigators and state officials.     They say as many as 122 of the victims were passengers dragged off buses at drug cartel roadblocks on the major highway to the United States.     The mass killings of civilians at isolated ranches 90 minutes south of the Texas border mark a new level of barbarity in Mexico's four-year U.S.-backed drug war. [...]     The savage method of execution is also unexplained, with shuddering investigators left guessing at the mental state of the killers.   Monday, April 25, 2011 -- 7:00 PM ~~~ Next updates after 7-7:30 AM Pacific on Tuesday. Good evening ~~~ Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise              sc            Human trafficking a problem in Inland area, police say   Modern slaves usually don't wear shackles. -- But they live all around us, Inland law enforcement and social services experts say. -- Riverside County is a hotbed, with pockets of agricultural slavery, as well as being an artery from Mexico and South America to Los Angeles... Associated Press     Illegal alien tuition faces test in Colorado   A Republican-led committee in the Colorado House could put this year's attempt at lowering tuition rates for illegal [ aliens] to a halt. -- The House Education Committee planned to consider a bill Monday that would allow illegal [ aliens] from Colorado to attend state colleges without paying out-of-state tuition. The measure passed the Democratic Senate earlier this month... National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers          Latest NAFBPO update from south of the border   Mexicali, BCN, Mex. -- The situation of violence in Baja California now accounts for crimes that are never resolved by the authorities, especially homicides. Society is demanding a real investigation, with the capture of the criminals and justice. This was pointed out by the deputies of the PRI in the State Congress , and would require the Attorney General of the State (PGJE) to create a specialized unit for investigating violent homicides against women... Capitol News Service -- Tallahassee     Shameless baby-waving being used in Florida over immigration bill   Most of the kids are US citizens but some of their parents aren't. They fear immigration reform legislation would break up their families. Sixteen year old Cecilia Perez traveled to Tallahassee from Clearwater Florida. She says if the bill passes there's a bigger chance that her mom would be deported... Grace Wyler -- The Business Insider     Mexico's drug violence spiraling out of control   Cartel gunmen have been attacking Mexican border towns once thought to be safe from the country's rampant drug violence, according to the Houston Chronicle. -- The cities of Miguel Alemán, across the border from Roma, Texas, and Ciudad Mier came under siege last Thursday... [ Related Feature] CBS News    Connecticut governor fights for illegal alien   Connecticut's Governor Dan Malloy has joined a grass-roots campaign to stop federal officials from deporting an [illegal alien]. Malloy says the young man can contribute to the country, and he's proven it. -- CBS News correspondent Elaine Quijano reports that when Mariano Cardoso Jr.'s parents brought their ten-22-month-old son to America from Mexico... Alabama Live     Alabama program to deport illegals with criminal records   Alabama is the last state in the South to begin using a federal program for locating and possibly deporting illegal immigrants with criminal records. -- Thirteen Alabama counties will begin participating in the Secure Communities system Tuesday, while most states have had some or all of their counties on board for up to two years... Dennis Wyatt -- Manteca (Calif.) Bulletin     ICE is right to go after employers on illegal workers   There is a line in the illegal immigration debate that goes something like this: Illegal workers pay tons of taxes that help subsidize the rest of us because they can't benefit from them such as Social Security tax. -- This is pitched out to convince those who believe illegal workers are a massive tax burden especially in this day and age of shrinking revenue and government budget cuts... Dave Gibson -- The Examiner     Another illegal alien caught working as a police officer   On Thursday, Officer Rafael Espinoza of the Anchorage Police Department was arrested and fired from his job when it was discovered that the man known as Officer Espinoza is actually a Mexican national, Rafael Mora-Lopez, 47. -- Karen Loeffler, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska told reporters that the man's true identity was discovered when... Hazleton (Pa.) Standard    Illegals caught in Pennsylvania turned over to ICE   A traffic stop for a vehicle code violation revealed the driver and his passenger, both living in Hazleton, were in this country illegally. -- State police at Frackville made the discovery and said Gonzalo Ramirez Villegas, 32, and David Palacios Juarez, 27, were turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from Berks County... The Editors -- National Review          sc      Obama vs. free speech, again   In its Citizens United ruling, the Supreme Court held that Americans do not forfeit their First Amendment rights when they join together to form businesses. This hardly remarkable conclusion produced howls of indignation among Democrats, who summarily denounced both the justices and the "corporations," about which they are inclined to whisper darkly... [See Obama Watch] James R. Edwards Jr. -- Center for Immigration Studies     Insecuring the border   Fox News recently made an exclusive report confirming that Border Patrol and Homeland Security officials are manipulating apprehension figures. -- That is, border security agencies are forcing Border Patrol officers not to apprehend aliens attempting to cross the Mexican border illegally. You read that right: Let them go, never touch them... Ruthie Minnesotans Seeking Immigration Reform                                                          "Restore Order - Secure Our Border"                              www.mnsirproject.com minnsir@yahoo.com "The Ruthie Report" 8 pm CST every Thursday http://www.blogtalkradio.com/search/the-truth-squad/ and select the corresponding date from menu