01/07 VIOLENCE TIJUANA THE RETURN OF THE HANKISTAS ! PROBLEMAS EN SAN QUINTIN ANOTHER GRINGO ATTACKED - THIS TIME THEY KILLED HIM

Don't Say Nothin Bad About My Baby Hank (courtesy AFN):

Not as though the Hankistas ever really went away, but they are back in the news. Zeta describes what happened here in Tijuana this last week in their latest edicion: The National Executive Committee (CEN) of the PRI arrrived in Tijuana represented by the eyes and ears of Delegados Enrique Martinez and Heriberto Ramos. The objective of the CEN was to whittle down and to evaluate all of the potential candidates and to choose those who had the best chances of winning in the upcoming elections.


To avoid internal elections and bickering CEN formed a "Junta" between authorities and party members privately to choose the candidates who will ultimately lead their party to not only State victory, but on the National level. The candidates for the Senate of Baja California signed an agreement which basically rejects individual interest and supports party unity - or a pre-nuptual agreement if you will. Fourteen of the candidates were present on 01/04 at the Hotel Lucerno in Tijuana to sign the pact except for Maria Elvia Amaya de Hank and the Federal Deputy Humberto Lee, who both had already signed the pact in private meetings.


And so it was that Maria Elvia Amaya de Hank made the list of pre-candidates for the office of Senate. The week before, the word was already circulating that Maria Elvia Amaya de Hank would be a candidate for the Senate and Frontera reports that the News commentator (Televisa) Joaquin Lopez Doriga famous for "Juay de rita" remarked that Maria Elvia Amaya's only political merit was that she is the wife of Jorge Hank Rohn. Y'all know who that is...however even if Sr. Doriga was being critical, this alone may prove to be a powerful asset:


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Which leads us to big daddy. For nearly two days this next article was front page news on AFN. Jorge Hank Rohn sternly objected to any attacks on Maria Elvia's candidacy during a short interview. He remarked that although such things happen in politics, it is mean, it is slander and it is libel linking him and his family to crimes such as the murders of Hector Felix Miranda of Zeta Magazine and daughter-in-law Angelica Cervantes Munoz or for having an arsenal of weapons in his home.


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Well yea...you don't want to mess with this guy....


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The Updates: (sorry I'm late, we had unexpected visitors)


- San Quintin, just south of Ensenada used to be known as the quiet little place down the coast where there was good fishing, good surf, beautiful beaches, vistas and immaculate open space, safe and relaxing camping, and of course who can forget the good crab dinners at the Cielto Lindo? We particularly loved El Socorro and even considered building down there at one time. Events from the past months and the comments by the Mexican people on the news sources (OTHER THAN JUST THE ONE WHICH I REFER TO HERE) indicate that San Quintin is no longer the way it used to be. This is tragic not only for the present security condition of San Quintin but for a positive prognosis of it's future.


- In San Quintin a commando group of six men kidnapped the owner of the grocery store "Luke" - which is just north of San Quintin in Ejido Padre Kino. Although witnesses stated that the vehicle with the hostage sped northwards, authorities have been unable to locate the suspects or the vehicle:


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- The only news source which has picked up these two stories coming out of San Quintin was El Vigia de Ensenada: Two men found dead in San Quintin, one of these was a U.S. citizen, 90 years old identified as Wallace James Medeiros. Medeiros was a native of Hawaii and had lived in the Ejido Juan Maria Salvatierra of San Quintin (also known as Granjas Salvatierra) for roughly the past ten years. The father of the boy who worked for Medeiros discovered the body inside of Medeiros home which was bound hand and foot and had been stabbed in the stomach. El Vigia reports that the home of Medeiros had been ransacked and suggests the intruders might have been looking for something "special". Our take on this was that maybe they were just looking for money. In addition, the assassins stole the two vehicles owned by Medeiros which were later found burned. No arrests, suspects still at large.


The other victim was found inside of his living quarters in Benito Garcia. An autopsy is being performed to determine the cause of death in this case. It is under this article where one Mexican respondent states that there are murderers hiding out in Maneadero, on the run from places like Sinaloa, Guerrero and Chiapas.


Years ago when we lived in Ensenada, the son of our vet told us the same thing - except he said the "murderers" and "criminals" were all over the area - this was at the time prior to the major drug war outbreak in our area. The Mexicans always knew this, it is only just now that this fact is coming to light, and the promoters still do not want you to know about it. Google in title if URL doesn't come up:



El Vigia de Ensenada:
Hallan dos cadavers

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- El Mex reports the body of a 30 year old woman found in colonia Popular, San Quintin. The body was found in a lot used for pasture between the streets Lazaro Cardenas and Poligono. The victim had been stabbed fifty times:


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UPDATE 01/09: El Mex has updated this story, the woman was 18 years old, not 30 years old:


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UPDATE/Edit 01/10: El Mex is reporting an arrest in this case:


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- At the La Mancha Internet Cafe in Ensenada an armed robbery by two young men results in one woman woman being robbed of her purse. Police did arrest the two attackers, aged 17 and eighteen:


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- Also in Ensenada PEP officer Gerado Curiel Moneal making a routine inspection on Avenida Mexico in Ensenada was intentionally run down by a driver of what was initially described as a yellow VW Beetle. At first reported to be in serious condition, Officer Monreal is now reported to be out of danger. There was confusion regarding another vehicle which was parked in the area which matched the description, it turned out not to be the vehicle in question - it and the driver are still at large:


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UPDATE 01/09: Two people have been arrested in this case, both involved in selling drugs:


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Let's move back up the coast, as of 01/08 at 7:56pm Rosarito Beach remains quiet. And despite the combined forces of the Mexican Army, the Tijuana and other Preventive Police the assaults continue. Naturally most of these are drug war related, but there are many which are simply armed assaults and robberies, some of these ending up with people dead. So we're looking at not only drug war events but results of implosion due to economic and social factors. Please check the links so that you can get an idea of how many arrests are being made - all agencies contain"Policia" reports.


- All agencies reporting a "free" taxi driver shot and killed in a robbery attempt in colonia Esperanza. the robber was accompanied by his 15 year old son who was also shot and wounded during the scuffle inside of the taxi. Police have arrested the shooter in this case:


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- In colonia Emperadores two men shot to death inside of a home. Witnesses report the assassin wore a black ski mask over his face and was driving a Honda Civic which was later found abandoned:


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- Four young men shot and wounded on the corner of Justo Sierra and 20 de Noviembre in colonia Jardines de la Cruces, normally a quiet neighborhood by a man driving a white Ford Expedition, no arrests in this case yet:


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- UPDATE 01/09: El Mex reports one man executed in colonia Camino Verde, and there has been one arrest in this case:


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- Frontera reports a violent assault on the Nepcomex Company located on the old Tecate Road in La Presa by armed men who made off with 70K pesos and 3K dlls. meant for payroll. An oddity in this case is that the attackers were able to get past security without having to show their identifications of have their vehicle checked. No arrests so far:


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- A woman assaulted in the Villa del Prado area while walking home from work by three armed men in a vehicle. In this case, the three men were subsequently arrested; they were part of a street gang known as "Hondo Blanco" and the youngest member of this group was 17 years old - so an example of how the Police are working under a lot of pressure trying to protect the citizens and also the ages of the gang members, we're seeing again the young people being pulled into these groups:


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- Here is another example of young people acting as attackers: three minors aged 14, 15 and 16 involved in an armed attack on a gas station in Mariano Matamoros, all were arrested:


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- Outside of the landfill in Valle de Las Palmas one man executed by shotgun blasts. Witnesses report the attacker also stuck the body of the victim with a tube (AFN reports it was a metal tube):


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Here are the links for all of the news:


Zeta Tijuana: This week everything from illegal donations to the XOLOS to the
Corrizo Gorge Rail line, to the sentence received by Benjamin Arellano and how the Mexicans feel about that - should be online by Tuesday:

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AFN

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FRONTERA

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EL MEXICANO

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Noticias Ensenada.net - Ensenada News

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Encuentro 29.com - Mexicali News

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El Vigia de Ensenada - Ensenada News

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LA Times

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Mundo Narco - Formerly Blog del Narco

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See youy guys in a few days.

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