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JOINT TASK FORCE NORTH

OPEN SOURCE REPORT

22 July 2010

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NORTHERN BORDER

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A. Mexican Drug Kings Helicopter Seized in Spokane, WashingtonB. Report on the Crime Rate in VancouverC. Edmonton's Crime Rate Dropping

SOUTHERN BORDER

D. Sinaloa Cartel Threatens to Kill Innocent PeopleE.Weapons and Cash Seizure at San Ysidro Port of EntryF. Ton of Marijuana Seized in Rio Rico, ArizonaG. Violence in Monterrey, Nuevo LeonH. Army Seizes Marijuana in Tecate, Baja CaliforniaI. Nine Killed in Juarez, Chihuahua

CENTRAL and SOUTH AMERICA

J. Panama Seizes Nearly 3 Tons of Cocaine

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A. MEXICAN DRUG KINGS HELICOPTERSEIZED IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON

20 July 2010Chron

In his deal with the U.S. government, imprisoned Mexican drug cartel king Osiel CardenasGuillen surrendered a $ 1.3 million helicopter dubiously parked in Washington State the firstpublic clue his massive syndicate shuttles cocaine into the Great White North. A judge inHouston ordered the AS350 B3 helicopterthe same type to land for the first time on MountEverest's summitbe forfeited, part of a deal in which former Gulf Cartel boss Cardenas musthand over $ 50 million and tell what he knows about drug crimes.

Unlike millions in cash he's forked over in the Texas-Mexico border city of Brownsville theheart of the cartel's home turfthe helicopter was seized in Spokane close to Canada, and itprovides yet more evidence that Cardenas is offering up information on people who did businesswith his empire. According to court records, Cardenas concedes buying the aircraft with drugproceeds and keeping it in other people's names, even though when it was imported andpurchased from Japan, he was in a maximum security prison in Mexico. He never set eyes on theaircraft with tail number N61EH. Agents interviewed people coast to coast, and likely in Canadaand Guatemala.

Eurocopter calls the copter a high-performance craft for hot climate and high altitude. "As thematter is still under investigation, we are unable to confirm or discuss any other details of thecase," said a spokesman for Customs and Border Protection, which has the bird. The same goesfor the $ 27 million in cash Cardenas gave up in 10 installments.

Keeping silent

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Secrecy is the standard in the Cardenas prosecution. He privately pleaded guilty and wassentenced behind locked courtroom doors in Houston. Prosecutors have not granted a singleinterview about the case since he was extradited from Mexico in 2007. "They are looking for allthe people, all the assets, and they don't want them to suddenly disappear," said a retiredCustoms Service agent, now a criminal justice lecturer at the University of Houston Downtown.

"The feds don't want to talk about it, because the moment they do the chances of assetsdisappearing increases exponentially," he said.

A Houston Chronicle review shows that until February, the helicopter was registered to aCanadian company. U.S. agents interviewed people associated with the helicopter as recently aslast month in Washington and as far back as four years ago in New York, where they questionedpeople about why the aircraft was making unauthorized fights into Mexico.

Staff Sgt. David Goddard, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said Mexican cartels dobusiness with Canadian traffickers that use helicopters. Cocaine goes north and potent Canada-grown marijuana goes south to be sold in the United States, he said. "We have gangs that will

deal with the Mexican cartels, but they will go down there and deal with them," he said. Lastyear, a Canadian helicopter pilot hanged himself in a Spokane, Washington, jail rather than faceprison for trafficking.

Not in his name

None of the helicopter documents is in Cardenas' name, though the aircraft blazes quite apaperwork trail. Interviews and records indicate it was quickly owned or operated by at least fivecompanies in the United States and has been based out of Canada, Guatemala and perhaps theBahamas. A helicopter salesman, speaking on the condition his name not be printed, said hespoke with agents in Washington a few weeks ago. He said that in 2006, the aircraft was sold byhis firm to a brokerage company. "We were only told it was going to Texas," he recalled. "It wasa strange sale, I'll tell you that." "When you sell a helicopter or an airplane, you kind of knowwho is buying it and what they'll use it for; that was not the case with that helo. In this case, itwas very vague." ()

Source: [www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7115355.html]

Editorial Comment: This article has been significantly shortened. To view the full text of thearticle, remove the brackets from both ends of the source citation and cut and paste the URL intothe web browser.

B. REPORT ON THE CRIME RATE IN VANCOUVER

21 July 2010Vancouver Sun

An internal Vancouver police report blames the city's high crime rate on suburbanites. One-thirdof all criminals arrested in the City of Vancouver actually live outside the city -- with 30 per centresiding in the city's suburbs and four per cent from elsewhere, the report said. Just under half ofpeople stopped in "street checks" -- a method used by police to question suspicious people -- are

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from the suburbs, said the report. The 2009 report, obtained by the Vancouver Sun through theFreedom of Information Act, said increased gang enforcement may explain the large share ofsuburban residents stopped in street checks. "Gang members quite often frequent the clubs andbars in the downtown core of Vancouver," it said.

Source: [www.vancouversun.com/news/Suburbanites+blamed+crime+rates/3305413/story.html]C. EDMONTON'S CRIME RATE DROPPING

20 July 2010Edmonton Sun

If this keeps up, cynics won't be able to call our city Deadmonton for much longer. Crimecontinues to drop, according Statistics Canada, with Edmonton's crime severity index asystem that measures both the amount and severity of crime dropping 7% in 2009 over theprevious year. The severity of violent crime plummeted 10%. And the city police department's

clearance rate for all cases went up 3.6%, while its violent crime clearance rate improved by 9%.According to police stats, the trend is continuing in 2010. This spring, the overall rate in eightmajor categories of crime was 16% lower than spring 2009.

Meanwhile, the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) has arrested four peopleafter conducting a two-week undercover operation into a small criminal organization allegedlytrafficking cocaine. Arrests were made last Wednesday, with charges including trafficking,possession for the purpose of trafficking and proceeds of crime. "This investigation was a majorsuccess because we've effectively wiped out an entire group that was peddling cocaine acrossEdmonton," ALERT Staff Sgt. Jim Peebles said Tuesday.

As part of the probe, officers seized over $ 41,000 in cash and 80.1 grams of cocaine with apotential street value of approximately $5,600. ALERT is an umbrella organization establishedby the Government of Alberta to bring together the province's most sophisticated lawenforcement resources to tackle serious and organized crime. Close to 400 municipal police,RCMP and sheriffs work for ALERT.

Kevin Correia, 31, has been charged with possession of cocaine.Misty Dawn Williams, 33, has been charged with two counts of trafficking cocaine andbreaching parole.David Clarke, 24, has been charged with two counts of trafficking cocaine, two counts ofpossession for the purpose of trafficking, and possession of proceeds of crime.Benjamin Lucas Eldridge, 23, breaching house arrest, possession for the purpose of

trafficking, and possession of proceeds of crime.All are from Edmonton.

Source: [www.edmontonsun.com/news/edmonton/2010/07/20/14770356.html]

D. SINALOA CARTEL THREATENS TO KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE

22 July 2010

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DiarioSummary Translation of Spanish Source: CW3 Brian Woodworth

The Sinaloa cartel, led by Joaqun El Chapo Guzman, is threatening to kill innocent people ifthe State of Chihuahua doesnt fire the Police Intelligence Corps (CIPOL) commander, Fernando

Ornelas. The message was written on a banner and was addressed to the Governor, Jos ReyesBaeza, and to the State Public Security director, Gustavo Zabre. The message demands that thepolice official be removed from office and warns that innocent people will continue to die ifthe official remains in office. The banner was placed early Tuesday morning on a bridge onDivisin del Norte and Tecnolgico Avenues near the Chihuahua Technological Chihuahua andthe Carmen Romano grade school in the state capital. The message warned: GovernorReyesBaeza, Gustavo Zabre SSPE we dont want to kill innocent people, but ifFernando Ornelas isnot removed (...) were going to kill them all (...) even though accompanied by bodyguards. TheState Public Security director, Gustavo Zabre, stated that they are analyzing the message whichallegedly was posted by members of organized crime. This is the first time in the two and a halfyear conflict between organized criminal organizations in the state that a message has appeared

which specifically threatened innocent people if demands were not met.Just last Sunday, hitmen from La Linea, the armed branch of the Carrillo Fuentes cartel,threatened another car bombing in the next 15 days if police authorities did not act againstcorrupt federal police. The criminals accused the federal police of protecting people whoworked for Joaqun El Chapo Guzman. The message, which was addressed to the FBI andDEA, appeared last Sunday on a grade school wall located on Jesus Escobar and MunicipioLibre Streets in Colonia Leyes de Reforma, in Juarez, Chihuahua. The message indicated that thenext car bomb would contain 100 kilos of C-4.

Spanish Source: [www.diario.com.mx/nota.php?notaid=168a8b3e780bd29fa142925fc98bdd57]

Editorial Comment: On July 20, 2010, approximately 200 soldiers, supported by K-9 teams andGT-200 molecular detectors searched house to house in the heavily populated area in ColoniaHidalgo, Juarez. Supposedly, the suspects who left a car bomb in Juarez recently came from thisarea. Two helicopters flew overhead during the operation. For approximately two hours, soldiersclosed off an approximately three block area from Cinco de Mayo to Costa Rica Street andadjacent roadways. The operation took place near Colonia Partido Romero where a car bombexploded and killed three people. For the last two years, Colonia Hidalgo has been known as arefuge for the Los Ortiz gang (also known as Los Ortices), according to spokesmen forCoordinated Operation Chihuahua. The area searched is in the western part of Juarez, in thehistoric center of the city. The soldiers searched several blocks. Military vehicles were observedon the following streets:

Bolivia5 de MayoTlaxcalaChapultepecDavid Herrera Jordn, among others

After two years of patrolling Juarez, Army personnel were replaced with 4,500 Federal Police onApril 8, 2010.

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Spanish Source for Comment: [www.oem.com.mx/elmexicano/notas/n1716211.htm] July 21,2010

Spanish Source for Comment: [www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/696725.html]

Spanish Source for Comment: [www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/696628.html] July 20, 2010

Spanish Source for Comment:[www.diario.com.mx/nota.php?notaid=a686321296977fb46bf2e117547f1368] 21 July 2010

Editorial Comment: Some Mexican officials have attempted to minimize the significance of thecar bombing in Juarez. The Mexican ambassador in the United States, Arturo Sarukhn, claimedthat the bombing did not represent a new level in the spiraling violence in Mexico. It isimportant not to create the impression that this was an indiscriminate act against civilians. It wasnot located in a market place. Clearly, it was directed at the police, said the Mexican

ambassador, during a symposium at the U.S. Congress on violence in Mexico. The followingday, the Mexican Attorney General of the Republic, Arturo Chavez, insisted that there was noevidence of narco terrorism in Mexico or any ideological motive behind the attacks.

Spanish Source for Comment: [www.aldiatx.com/sharedcontent/dws/aldia/mexico/stories/DN-mexbomba_21dia.ART.State.Edition1.38e9eac.html]

E.WEAPONS AND CASH SEIZURE AT SAN YSIDRO PORT OF ENTRY

21 July 2010Sign On San Diego

Federal agents seized a cache of guns, ammunition and $ 51,000 in cash at the border over theweekend in the latest example of the flow of weaponry that heads south from the United Statesand often ends up in the hands of lethal drug cartels. In two separate but related arrests, agentswith Customs and Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement confiscated 16weapons, including assault rifles and pistols. Seven of the weapons were hidden in thecompartment of a Nissan car driven by 19 year, who was arrested Saturday afternoon at the SanYsidro Port of Entry (California) as he tried to cross into Mexico.

The Chula Vista man appeared in federal court Tuesday and was ordered detained pending ahearing Friday. According to court records, the Nissan he was driving was registered to a SanDiego resident. On Saturday night, agents monitored him as he drove a white pickup from thathome to a nearby hotel. The next morning he drove the pickup to a parking lot 300 feet awayfrom the pedestrian crossing into Mexico. It was there that a Border Patrol agent detained himand, after determining he was in the country illegally, searched the pickup with the help of adrug-sniffing dog. Agents found nine more weapons and the bundle of cash.

ICE spokeswoman said federal agents found the seizures of the weapons serious and alarming.It definitely shows what we have been concerned about regarding the illegal movement of

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weapons across the border, she said. The cartels are constantly trying to replenish their stock.

Spokesman said the weapons are the same type that Mexican law enforcement seizes when theycapture drug cartel members. Mexican government officials have complained about the illegaltrafficking of weapons from the U.S., and the President administration has emphasized crackingdown on the flow of money and weapons into Mexico. The arrests of both individuals came

about a week after another man was arrested at a border crossing in southeast Imperial Countytrying to bring two machine guns into Mexico.

Source: [www.signonsandiego.com/news/border/]

Editorial Comment: San Ysidro is home to the world's busiest land border crossing, where U.S.Interstate 5 crosses into Mexico at Tijuana. In the 2005 U.S. fiscal year, more than 17 millionvehicles and 50 million people entered the United States at the San Ysidro port of entry. Thegreat majority of these are workers (both of Mexican and U.S. nationality) commuting fromTijuana to jobs in the greater San Diego area and throughout southern California. There is also athriving reverse traffic, both of workers traveling to maquiladoras (assembly plants) in Mexico

and those purchasing services (vehicle repairs, hair and beauty services, childcare, medical ordental) or seeking entertainment in Tijuana. Crossing times are often slow at San Ysidro,particularly for those entering the United States in cars. For this reason many cross on foot, theline for which is frequently much faster than the vehicle line. Some foot travelers own a car ineach country, and keep them in one of the large parking lots located near the border post, or usethe respective public transportation systems of both cities (both systems have a bus station builtsolely to serve the border crossing point, and the San Diego Trolley runs from downtown SanDiego to the border crossing).

Source for Comment: [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Ysidro,_San_Diego,_California]

F. TON OF MARIJUANA SEIZED IN RIO RICO, ARIZONA

21 July 2010Nogales International

Two men are in federal custody after federal agents stopped them in Rio Rico and reportedlyfound more than a ton of marijuana hidden in their semi-truck. U.S. Immigration and CustomsEnforcement (ICE) says its agents stopped the truck on Old Tucson Road on the night of July 15.A canine handler with the U.S. Border Patrol arrived on the scene and the dog alerted to thepresence of narcotics, ICE said in a news release. A subsequent search of the truck uncovered100 bundles of marijuana weighing more than 2,400 pounds worth nearly $ 2 million on thestreet, the news release said. Martin Ignacio Contreras-Angulo, 46, the Mexican national driver,and () his U.S. passenger age 19, were arrested and charged with possession of marijuana with

intent to distribute. This seizure is another example of the outstanding enforcement teamworkalong the Arizona border to combat drug trafficking, said a special agent in charge of ICEHomeland Security Investigations in Arizona. Our joint efforts are preventing untold millions ofdollars in drugs from reaching the streets of communities in this state and nationwide.

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Source:[www.nogalesinternational.com/articles/2010/07/21/news/doc4c45bc97dedd2972993083.txt]

G. VIOLENCE IN MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON

21 July 2010El Universal

A police officer and a businessman were executed in less than 24 hours in Nuevo Leon. In thesouthern part of the state in the rural municipality of Montemorelos, four gunmen armed withrifles shot and killed a police officer as he traveled in his patrol car with his partner. The policeofficers were patrolling the downtown area of Montemorelos and were attacked at theintersection of Zaragoza and Abasolo Streets by gunmen in two vehicles. The attack caused thedeath of Jos Antonio Romero Bringas and wounded his partner.

In a separate incident, the State Investigative Agency (AEI) confirmed the execution of a

businessman in Monterrey. The victim, Jafet Ontiveros Tellez, age 44, was the owner of arestaurant chain. The victim was found inside his vehicle with two gunshot wounds to the head.

Summary Translation of Spanish

Source:[www.diario.com.mx/nota.php?notaid=9e0078fca45e08ec0fa032cbc3c70fda]

Editorial Comment: A leading Mexican newspaper, El Universal, reported on July 22, 2010,that a total of 6,435 people have been executed in all of Mexico so far this year.

Spanish Source for Comment: [www.eluniversal.com.mx/coberturas/esp207.html]

H. ARMY SEIZES MARIJUANA IN TECATE, BAJA CALIFORNIA

21 July 2010La Cronica

The Army seized 1,347 kilograms of marijuana, eight vehicles, two motorcycles and arrested sixpeople in the community of Felipe ngeles, in Tecate, Baja California. The names of thosearrested and the license plate numbers were not provided. The vehicles are identified only as:

Hummer H2, 2004, with California platesTaurus, 2000, with California plates

Ford Ranger, 1994, with Baja California platesToyota, 1986, with California platesFord F-150, 1995, with Baja California platesFord Mustang, 1970, with Baja California platesHonda Civic, 2001, with Baja California platesBuick, with California plates

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Summary Translation of Spanish Source:[www.lacronica.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/21072010/459433.aspx]

I. NINE KILLED IN JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA

22 July 2010DiarioSummary Translation of Spanish Source: CW3 Brian Woodworth

Nine people were killed on Wednesday in Juarez, Chihuahua. Among the dead and wounded are:

At 16:33 hours on Toronja Roja and Almendra Espaola Streets in Colonia El Granjeroauthorities found a body wrapped in material. The victim had been shot and victims head

was covered with a plastic bag. Caliber 9 mm shell casings were found at the crimescene.At 17:04 hours at the intersection of Violetas and Cromo Streets in Colonia Zacatecas, in

the Gustavo Diaz Ordaz viaduct authorities found the body of a victim who had beenbeaten. The victims head was covered with a plastic bag.At 22:00 hours authorities found the bodies of two men in an unpopulated part of the cityin a lot located at the end of Vicente Guerrero Avenue near the ADC assembly plant.At 22:30 hours authorities found the bodies of three men. The bodies were found in theback of a residence located on Juan Gabriel and Camino Real. A grey Hyundaiautomobile which had been impacted by bullets was found nearby. The men hadapparently been killed around 15:00 hours.A municipal police officer was wounded during a bank robbery at the Banorte bank onTecnolgico Avenue and Loma Azul Street. Hours later a police officer was killed. Thevictim is identified as Jesus Hernandez Talamantes, age 57.

At 01:12 hours, a person was killed on Erissal and ndalo Streets in Colonia El Mrmol.

Spanish Source:[www.diario.com.mx/nota.php?notaid=85b84bb8576740bfd7e96a6573475599]

J. PANAMA SEIZES NEARLY 3 TONS OF COCAINE

22 July 2010Latin American Herald Tribune

Panamas naval air service seized 2.69 tons of cocaine, supplies and military equipment in the

Atlantic City of Colon and arrested a Colombian linked to the illegal shipment, officials said.The drug bust occurred Tuesday in the Puerto Pilon section of Colon, where a speedboat carryingfour suspected drug traffickers crashed into a waterfront home during a chase by naval airservice members. A search of the 14-meter (45-foot) speedboat turned up several bales ofcocaine. Three of the suspects managed to escape, but officers arrested a Colombian. A childinside the house was injured, officials said. This is the largest drug seizure made this year inPanama, Public Safety Minister Jose Raul Mulino told reporters.

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I dont think its a coincidence that 15 people have been arrested north of Veraguas (a city

located west of the capital) for having links to drug trafficking and (that) this exact shipment ofhoods, knives and military equipment was apparently destined for these people, Mulino said.The security forces will continue monitoring both Panamas Atlantic and Pacific waters, usingnaval air stations to fight traffickers moving drugs through smuggling routes in these regions, the

minister said. Authorities have seized some 3.5 tons of cocaine so far in July, Colon provinceanti-drug prosecutor Franklin Amaya said.

Source: [www.diario.com.mx/nota.php?notaid=85b84bb8576740bfd7e96a6573475599]

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