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JOINT TASK FORCE NORTHOPEN SOURCE REPORT

26 July 2010

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NORTHERN BORDER

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A. Seven Charged Following Drug RaidsB. Drug Trafficking in LethbridgeC. Update on Cocaine Seizure in Edmonton

SOUTHERN BORDER

D. Clandestine Gravesite Discovered in Benito Juarez, Nuevo LeonE. Eight Executed in SinaloaF. Mexican Liaison to U.S. Law Enforcement Passed Information to TraffickersG. Marijuana Seizure in Sonoita, ArizonaH. Smugglers Abandon Van South of Mission, TexasI. Former Ministerial Police Officer Gunned Down in Monterrey, Nuevo LeonJ. Deadly Incidents in GuadalajaraK. Arrest of Luis Carlos Vazquez Barragn in Juarez, Chihuahua

CENTRAL and SOUTH AMERICA

L. Report on the Number of FARC and ELN Rebels

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A. SEVEN CHARGED FOLLOWING DRUG RAIDS

23 July 2010The Ottawa Citizen

Seven people are facing charges related to cocaine trafficking after Ottawa police executed twosearch warrants in Lowertown on Thursday. Police said about 25 officers with the tactical, streetcrime and neighborhood units executed the two Controlled Drugs and Substances Act warrantsin the 400 block of St. Patrick Street and in the 400 block of Old St. Patrick Street. Neighborssaid the arrests were good news after what had been years of anxiety caused by living next tohouses where an endless stream of people constantly flowed in and out. We've been dealing withthis for too long, said Natalie, who lives with her young children in a nearby unit in the row oftownhouses where one of the raids occurred. "I am thrilled that they finally got these people out."Natalie said dirty needles, used condoms, and empty or broken beer bottles often littered thefront lawn of the unit where people would loiter at all hours of the day and night. Sometimes thatloitering would turn into violent fights, with punches and foul language being tossed. () "I'mgoing to sleep a lot easier tonight, knowing that I don't have to worry about who's hanging outnext door at the local crack house."

Police were happy they could give the community a much-needed break from the drug-relatedactivity, Staff Sgt. Kal Ghadban said. Ghadban wasn't at the raids on Thursday, but said officerstold him that neighbors came out of their homes, some of them in tears, to thank police for theirwork. "It's such a nice feeling," Ghadban said. Rideau-Vanier Coun. Georges Bdard said theinvestigation into the two "problem addresses" began in the spring after police started to receivean increased number of complaints about activities at the residences. Bdard said neighbors

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C. UPDATE ON COCAINE SEIZURE IN EDMONTON

22 July 2010Edmonton Sun

City cops took $ 250,000 worth of cocaine off the streets after making a "significant" bust in thewest end, they say. "This is a very sizable seizure," said Const. Kelly Fradley, who helped leadthe investigation. "To get these drugs off the street is very significant for us and significant to thecommunity." Police moved in on the property after driving to the Cutts Court area, near 135Street and 155 Avenue, to investigate reports of shots fired. They arrived on scene to find abullet-riddled vehicle parked with no one inside. The vehicle led police to a nearby house, theysaid, which they entered to ensure no shooting victims were inside. That's when cops allegedlyfound a cache of cocaine worth $ 250,000. Around $ 11,000 in cash was also seized. Neighborswere on edge about the shooting, Fradley said, adding relief came after the drugs were removedfrom their area. "Shots being fired in their neighborhood caused an extreme concern for (thecommunity's) wellbeing," Fradley said. "Along with the drug trade comes violence. One comes

with the other." The city is now safer with those drugs off the street, she added. "If we are able tomake a dent in the drug trade that is bringing the violence to that community, that is verysatisfactory to us." Tommy Tran is charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking,proceeds of crime and three counts of breach of recognizance. He has been released, but willanswer to charges in court.

Source: [www.edmontonsun.com/news/edmonton/2010/07/22/14795981.html]

D. CLANDESTINE GRAVESITE DISCOVERED IN BENITO JUAREZ, NUEVO LEON

23 July 2010El Universal

Authorities have discovered 15 bodies so far at a clandestine grave used by drug traffickers in themunicipality of Benito Jurez, Nuevo Len. Authorities indicate that other bodies may also befound at two other locations which appear to contain buried human remains. An official from theSeventh Military Zone stated that an anonymous tip reported the gravesite which is located morethan 500 meters from Colonia Las guilas in the municipality of Benito Juarez to the east of thecity. The soldiers found bones and remains of at least three bodies and evidence that at leastanother seven victims were cremated at the gravesite. Early Friday morning authorities hadtransported 15 human remains to University Hospital. This is the third clandestine gravesitefound in recent weeks in different parts of Monterrey metropolitan area. In the State of NuevoLeon, more than 200 people have disappeared in the last three years. Among them were 38workers for Mexican Petroleum (PEMEX).

Summary Translation of Spanish Source: [www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/697262.html]

Editorial Comment: The number of bodies removed from the gravesite now stands at 51, ofwhich 48 were men and 3 were women. The victims were between 20 and 50 years of age. Somewere cremated and others were dismembered. Within the last month, authorities have found

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more than 70 bodies at clandestine gravesites used by drug traffickers in Nuevo Leon. Less thana month ago, investigators found 13 bodies at a clandestine gravesite used by drug traffickers onthe La Leona ranch in the community of Santa Ana, located in the municipality of Benito Jurez,some 25 kilometers to the east of Monterrey. The ranch was secured by military personnel fromthe Seventh Military Zone. Two people were rescued but there were no arrests. Later on July 14,

military personnel from the Seventh Military Zone found eight clandestine graves and 3 barrelswith a 200 liter capacity which contained human remains. The largest clandestine gravesitefound to date was in the State of Guerrero. That gravesite contained 55 bodies. The municipalityof Benito Juarez has a prior history of organized crime incidents, including the Armys arrest ofseveral police who collaborated with drug traffickers. In addition, one of the founders of the Gulfcartel, Juan Garca brego, was arrested on a farm in this municipality in 1995 and subsequentlyextradited to the United States.

Spanish Source for Comment:[www.lacronica.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Nacional/26072010/460142.aspx] July 26, 2010

Spanish Source for Comment: [www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/77084.html] July 26, 2010E. EIGHT EXECUTED IN SINALOA

22 July 2010El Universal

Authorities in Sinaloa report that eight men were executed this morning (July 22) in differentparts of the state. Gunmen in a white Ford Lobo and a Jeep Liberty executed two men,approximately age 25 and 40, on Lzaro Crdenas and Mazatlan Streets in Colonia 20 deNoviembre. Gunmen in a vehicle killed another four people in the municipality of Scuinapa,located more than 60 kilometers to the south of Mazatlan. The victims are identified as:

Marco Lopez Soto, age 18Alonso Arenas, age 32Jorge Alberto Altamirano Vazquez, age 32Jos Efran Ulloa Patrn, age 21

The bodies of two more victims were found bound hand and foot on the Navolato-El Castillohighway. The victims had been shot.


Editorial Comment: Mexicos most powerful drug trafficking organizations, according to

experts, are the Sinaloa, Tijuana, Gulf, Juarez, Los Zetas and Beltran Leyva cartels, and LaFamilia Michoacana. The Beltran Leyva cartel is involved in smuggling cocaine, marijuana andheroin, as well as in people trafficking, money laundering, extortion, kidnapping, contract hitsand arms trafficking. After cartel leader Arturo Beltran Leyva was killed in a shootout withMexican marines on Dec. 16 in Cuernavaca, the capital of Morelos state, the criminalorganization split in two, with Edgar Valdez Villarreal taking control of one of the factions. The36-year-old Valdez Villarreal was the right-hand man and most ruthless gunman employed byBeltran Leyva. Valdez Villarreals faction has been battling the group led by Hector Beltran

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Leyva for control of territory. Arturo Beltran Leyva and another brother, Mario Alberto, sharedthe leadership of the Beltran Leyva cartel, which arose as a splinter group of the Sinaloa cartel,Mexicos oldest and largest cartel. The Beltran Leyva brothers reportedly broke with Sinaloa

cartel boss Joaquin El Chapo (Shorty) Guzman after the January 2008 arrest of Alfredo BeltranLeyva. The brothers blamed Alfredos arrest on Guzman and killed one of the Sinaloa cartel

chiefs sons in a grenade attack on a Culiacan shopping center. The betrayals and killingssparked a war between Guzman and the Beltran Leyvas, who allied themselves with the Gulfcartel, a bitter enemy of the Sinaloa cartel boss. The Beltran Leyva cartel managed to infiltratethe security forces and put Noe Ramirez Mandujano, who served as Mexicos drug czar, on their

payroll. Ramirez Mandujano was arrested in November 2008 during Operation Clean-Up, aninitiative to root out corruption in the upper reaches of the Federal Police and Attorney GeneralsOffice. The former drug czar had been taking money monthly from drug traffickers, officialssaid.

Source for Comment: [www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=360279&CategoryId=14091]

F. MEXICAN LIAISON TO U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT PASSED INFORMATION TOTRAFFICKERS

23 July 2010Seattle Times

A Mexican law enforcement official who worked with U.S. authorities was charged with passingalong classified information to drug traffickers and arranging the arrests of his drug boss' rivals,according to an indictment unsealed Friday. Jesus Quinones, a liaison to U.S. law enforcementwith the Baja California attorney general's office, was among 43 defendants named in the federalracketeering complaint that alleges murder, kidnapping and other crimes. The U.S. attorney'soffice released the indictment following raids in San Diego and Mexico in which 31 of thedefendants were arrested this week. Quinones was arrested Thursday in San Diego during atraffic stop.

Prosecutors allege Quinones and other defendants worked for Fernando Sanchez Arellano, anephew of the brothers who head the Arellano Felix cartel and one of the most wanted allegeddrug traffickers in Tijuana, Mexico. Sanchez's high-ranking lieutenant, Armando VillarealHeredia, was also named in the indictment, but U.S. authorities were unaware if Mexicanofficials had him in custody. Sanchez was not named in the indictment and officials declined tosay if he was facing any charges under seal. "We will certainly not tolerate the seepage of drug-related violence in our communities," a U.S. Attorney said. "We are committed to disruptingtheir operations."

Federal officials began investigating the defendants in January after an initial investigation bythe San Diego district attorney's office. A task force consisting of federal and local authoritiesparticipated in the sting, using wiretaps and other technology to collect evidence. Authoritiessaid Quinones was taped sharing information with drug traffickers but declined to elaborate onthe nature of the information. Raids conducted Thursday and Friday yielded a ton of marijuana,30 pounds of meth and 15 pounds of cocaine.

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Source:[seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012431020_apussandiegoborderviolence.html]

G. MARIJUANA SEIZURE IN SONOITA, ARIZONA

23 July 2010Arizona Family

Border agents busted almost 600 pounds of marijuana during two separate incidents this week.U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents assigned to the Sonoita Station were on Highway 82when they saw a suspicious car and initiated a traffic stop on Wednesday. Agents say that afterfurther inspection they suspected illegal activity. A cursory inspection was conducted with Non-Intrusive (NII) technology that revealed abnormalities within the body of the truck. Fifty-twobundles of pot were found hidden within the interior panels of the vehicle after an extensiveinspection of the inside of the car. The marijuana has a total weight of 502 pounds and an

estimated street value of over $ 400,000. The driver and passenger were turned over to the DrugEnforcement Administration and the car was seized.

On Thursday border agents responded after receiving a report of backpackers in Nogalescrossing drugs into Arizona. The smugglers dropped their bundles of pot and fled back toMexico when they saw the agents. Two bundles of pot weighing a total of 90 pounds and with astreet value of approximately $ 72,000 were confiscated by agents.

Source: [www.azfamily.com/news/Almost-600-pounds-of-pot-busted-in-two-day-period-in-Sonoita-99053994.html]

H. SMUGGLERS ABANDON VAN SOUTH OF MISSION, TEXAS

23 Jul 2020The Monitor

Drug smugglers drove a van loaded with narcotics into the Rio Grande on Wednesday morningafter U.S. Border Patrol agents spotted them, according to a new release from the agency.Agents patrolling the area south of Mission found a Chevrolet Astro minivan backed up to a gateon the north side of the river. Upon seeing the agents, the driver backed the minivan through thegate and into the floodwaters. A getaway team of smugglers loaded the suspected narcotics fromthe sinking van onto personal watercraft, a raft and a boat and then fled across the river with thedriver. No drugs were seized or arrests made in connection with the incident.

Source: [www.themonitor.com/news/abandon-41106-grande-mission.html]

I. FORMER MINISTERIAL POLICE OFFICER GUNNED DOWN IN MONTERREY,NUEVO LEON

23 July 2010

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El Universal

Gunmen in a red Chevrolet Chevy shot and killed a former Ministerial Police officer and awoman early this morning (July 23) in the downtown area, according to police sources. Theformer police officer is identified as Jos Angel Hernndez Prez. The woman who accompanied

him has not been identified. The incident took place as the couple was travelling in a NissanTsuru in an area near the Macroplaza, on Zaragoza Street, between Juan Ignacio Ramn andMatamoros Avenues. The officer had worked for the police nine years ago. The profession of thewoman who was in her 40s is unknown.


J. DEADLY INCIDENTS IN GUADALAJARA

23 July 2010Pro 8 News

Drug violence hit central Mexico, yesterday with three separate and deadly incidents inGuadalajara. Two men were killed and three others injured after a shootout in the city. Policesaid gunmen in a pickup attacked two men, a suspected drug lord, and his bodyguard in anotherpickup truck. The targets jumped out of the truck. The bodyguard escaped, but the gunmenchased down the drug lord as he ran down the street. He was shot in the back along with twobystanders. In the second incident, a man and his 9-year-old son were hurt when someone threwa grenade into their house. Two men were arrested near the attack. Police say one was theattacker; the other, a taxi driver who drove the attacker to the house. In the third incident thebody of a man was found shot to death in an industrial area. Police found a note on his backsigned by a new drug cartel in the area.

Source: [www.pro8news.com/news/local/NL-Three-killed-two-injured-in-seperate-incidents-99063084.html]

K. ARREST OF LUIS CARLOS VAZQUEZ BARRAGN IN JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA

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

Over the weekend, Federal Police arrested Luis Carlos Vazquez Barragn, alias El 20 in Juarez.Since 2009, the suspect had been one of the most wanted leaders of the La Linea criminalorganization being sought after by authorities. Authorities believe that Vazquez is one of themain leaders of La Linea and was working under direct orders from Vicente Carrillo Fuentes,alias El Viceroy, the person who is responsible for shipping large amounts of marijuana andcocaine into the United States.

According to a Federal Police report, El 20s drug production and drug trafficking area ofoperation included the following municipalities in the State of Chihuahua:

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PalomasAscensinCasas GrandesGmez FarasNamiquipa

BachnivaMadera

The police department spokesperson, Jos Ramn Salinas Fras, confirmed that VazquezBarragn had been arrested on Saturday in Juarez but declined to indicate the exact location. OnSeptember 25, 2009, authorities published a paid advertisement in the newspaper El Diariowhich included a photo of Vazquez Barragn with a caption which read, The most wanted.The names of other drug traffickers were also listed and they remain at large. They are:

Gabino Salas Valenciano alias El IngenieroNo SalgueiroLuis Pablo Ros Rodriguez, alias El JL

Jos Antonio Acosta Hernandez, alias El Blablazo or El Diego or El 10Jos Antonio Torres Marrufo or Antonio MarrufoOscar CarrascoJuan Pablo Guijarro Fracoso alias El MnicoEliseo Trujillo Estrada alias El Conde or El Junior

Federal Police issued a press release yesterday which indicated that Vazquez Barragn is 39years old and is from Nicolas Bravo, Madera. He is accused of being responsible for shippinglarge amounts of marijuana and cocaine into the United States and shipping money from the U.S.to Juarez. He was also responsible for planning and ordering the murders of members from rivalcriminal organizations. The murders were authorized by Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, alias ElViceroy. His main duty was to supervise the criminal activities of key leaders in the La Lineacriminal organization in order to control the Juarez Cartel drug market in the State. Those keyleaders are:

Jos Antonio Acosta Hernandez, alias El DiegoJuan Pablo Guijarro Fragosa, alias El MnicoJos BorundaOscar Carrasco Clis, alias El Gallo

According to investigations, Vazquez Barragn began his criminal activities under orders ofLoreto Molina Madrid, alias El Chombe, a member of the Juarez Cartel who was killed in 2006.

That person paid a fee in order to do business and was working directly with Amado CarrilloFuentes, alias El Seor de los Cielos. ()

By order of Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, El 20 arrived in Juarez in 2006 to reinforce La Linea afterthe organization had been weakened due to the death of Rodolfo Carrillo Fuentes, in September2004 and by the arrests of Ricardo Garcia Urquiza, alias El Doctor, in November 2005 andOrlando Garcia Urquiza, alias El Brujo in December 2008.

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Federal Police have determined that the criminal structure of El 20 consists of at least 30 people,10 of which were in charge of his personal security under the direct orders of a person known asEl Camalen, the right hand man for Vazquez Barragn. However, authorities are only reportingthe arrest of El 20. El 20 also had under his control a group of people who were responsible forguarding La Linea safe houses where drugs were stored near the town of Benito Juarez.

Following the arrest of Vazquez, Federal Police raided a safe house in Colonia AmpliacinLoma Blanca, from which they rescued an unidentified female kidnap victim, age 45. Fourminors who apparently were members of the Los Aztecas gang were arrested at the residence.They were responsible for guarding the kidnap victim and are identified only as Pedro N, SoniaN, Vanesa N and Jos Luis N.

Spanish Source: [www.diario.com.mx/nota.php?notaid=3a2a03a89ef75fdaa88f4c4e2324a84a]

L. REPORT ON THE NUMBER OF FARC AND ELN REBELS

25 July 2010

Latin American Herald TribuneColombian guerrillas of the FARC and the ELN currently have a combined force of 9,500members, less than the 14,500 they had in 2002, Bogota government officials said Saturday.Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva said that the Revolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC) had 20,000 rebels in its ranks in 2002, while the National Liberation Army(ELN) had another 4,000. Now the FARC has 8,000 and the ELN has 1,500, according to Silva,who announced the figures at a government communal council meeting led by President AlvaroUribe at the studios of the state-run Radio Television de Colombia (RTVC) channel. The declineis an effect of the power of our security forces, the defense minister said in giving a balance of

the sectors performance since 2002, when Uribe took office for the first time. Silva said that22,500 guerrillas have laid down their arms individually during Uribes eight years as president,which include his reelection in 2006 for a second term that will end next Aug. 7 when the rulingpartys Juan Manuel Santos takes office. He also recalled that more than 31,000 paramilitariesdemobilized collectively in that time within the governments peace process with the AUCmilitia federation

Source: [www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=361113&CategoryId=12393]

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