Category Archives: International Relations

Immigration for Lunch

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Mexico Monday

Posted on 12/19/2011 by | Comments Off

Often times in law enforcement when you are looking to develop a case or even crack an investigation wide open it boils down to following the trail of money.  It has become quite the task to follow the money flowing south from the US to Mexico from the drug trade.  Many of the drug cartels have begun following the example of the Colu

mbian drug lords and funneling their money back into their countries through legitimate trade.  The purchase of fruits, vegetables and other commodities make the flow of money seem legitimate as it re-enters the country.  Even if the companies are suspected as having ties to the drug trade it is still very difficult to investigate and prove after the money is converted into food.  Law enforcement on both sides of the border needs to continue pouring resources into stopping the drug trade but with elections facing both countries it will be interesting to see what changes if any occur when new candidates take office.

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5 Demands for #SafeRoads in Mexico from Anonymous

Posted on 12/02/2011 by | Leave a comment

Last night I received a message from @AnonPrelations on Twitter inviting InformUSCitizens to view their demands before they are released to the public on Sunday. As part of their #SafeRoads (#OpCarreterasSeguras) they issued the following demands for the Mexican Government and Private Companies involved in bus transportation in Mexico.  Bus transportation in Mexico is very important and widely used because of the economic gap which exists within the country.  In the video of demands Anonymous states that only 5% of the people in Mexico are wealthy enough to travel by airplane.

DEMANDS FOR #SAFEROADS (#OpCarreterasSeguras) 

1. All buses should travel on toll highways to reduce criminal acts against passengers.

2. All buses install GPS location systems so that the bus can be located at all times, as a precaution in case of a kidnapping.

3. All buses install a realtime camera and silent alarm with a double back up that will recorded and monitored. Anytime the bus makes an unexpected stop or encounters danger a silent alarm can be tripped. Cameras will capture the image of persons responsible for any attacks against the bus.

4. A “bus marshal” will be placed on each bus to aid in keeping passengers safe and to deter possible criminal activity.  These bus marshals could be private security or members of the Mexican Army.

5. All Mexican citizens and foreigners traveling in Mexico be held under the articles of the Geneva Convention and be granted the immunities and humanitarian treatment set in the treaties.

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Update From Anonymous for #OpCarreterasSeguras

Posted on 12/01/2011 by | Leave a comment

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRESS RELEASE
December 1, 2011

SUBJECT:
#OpCarreterasSeguras (#SafeRoads) Video Release of the 5-Demands on the Mexican government and Bus Companies concerning kidnappings, rapes and robberies on Mexican highways. Operation to start December 10, 2011.
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We inform the English language media in the United States and the United Kingdom that we, ANONYMOUS SpyPeople Crew, will release a video of our 5-demands derived from #OpCarreterasSeguras (#SafeRoads) that will commence December 10, 2011 in Mexico. There will be two videos, one in English and one in Spanish.

We will allow you, the media, to view the video 48-hours before it is released to the general public so that you may report on it. We have chosen certain media outlets, preferably those that have maintained contact with us the last few days, as viewers. Therefore we ask the media to check your emails and twitter accounts starting Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. ending Friday, December 2, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. If you did not receive an email and you are media, please follow @AnonPrelations on twitter and make a request.

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Mexico Monday

Posted on 11/28/2011 by | Leave a comment

Drug War Takes Two

Americans realize the violence which is occurring in Mexico but many mistakingly think it is not the United States problem.  I wonder how many would be surprised to learn it is US Dollars and Firearms which continue to fuel the Drug War in Mexico.  The first issue of drug consumption by the US should be no surprise to anyone.  The sell of drugs in the United States has been estimated to be anywhere between around 8 to 25+ billion dollar industry.  Bottom line is that Americans are consuming drugs and in many cases are willingly to pay big money for those drugs.  Just like anytime within a free market economy a demand is met with a supply.  I think the less realized fact of the drug war is that American guns are being used by the drug cartels to wage this current war.  Guns are being crossed at alarmingly high rates and these same guns have been and will eventually result in more violence against innocent citizens of both Mexico and the US.  Mexico is not solely to be blamed for the drug war and neither is the United States.  If it has taken both countries to create such a mess what will it take for a solution.  Any reasonable person can realize that Mexico alone will not be able to stop the current spread of violence.

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USA vs Bolivia

Posted on 08/25/2011 by | Leave a comment

Despite the title this article is not about an upcoming soccer match.  Currently the United States and Bolivia are having some pretty contentious relations.  I will break it down like a soccer match and give you both sides complaints.

Bolivia’s Complaint:
Recently Bolivia has claimed the U.S. has be involved with native Indians in Bolivia and has encouraged them to protest the construction of a new highway across the Amazon rain forest which is also the natives land.  The land is supposed to be set apart from such development as protected land.  The complaint also includes worry from Bolivian leaders that with US involvement the people in the Eastern part of the country will be in confrontation with those in the Western part of the country.

United States Complaint:
Regarding the highway construction the US has said it was simply maintaining contact with different groups all over the country as it does in any countries the US has relations with.  The United States is however very interested into why a New York businessman Jacob Ostreicher who was in Bolivia looking into investing in Rice production has been jailed on accusations of money laundering.

This is actually a pretty contentious time for both countries.  Evo Morales the one time coca growing activist even indicated he would look into permission granted to the United States Agency for International Development to be in the country.  

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