01/27/12 VIOLENCE TIJUANA DOPE AT PLAYA SALDAMANDO EXECUTIONS CONTINUE AS DO THE ARRESTS

PLAYA SALDAMANDO, ENSENADA:

We always loved Playa Saldamando even though the water was a bit cold, you could either pitch a tent or rent a little trailer or pull your camper in and experience to this date how the northern coast of Baja was before all of the development. I always felt safe there, the owners had strict rules including no dopers, the gates shut at midnight, and it was very clean - probably still is. I thought the best time to go and camp was in August or September when the water was a bit warmer - I never did find good waves there, but it was fun for swimming and snorkeling. In fact, for the past several years with the drug activity and violence surrounding us and most places on our list eliminated of where we could still go and feel secure, Playa Saldamando remained an option. I'd prefer to think it still is, but then you have to consider if this next event which happened two days ago is a commonplace occurrence in that particular area or just an anomaly.

- According to the news sources here, the Mexican Army doing coastal recon seize two tons and 250 kilos of mota on the beach at Playa Saldamando. According to Frontera most of the dope was inside of two trucks which were parked on the beach and some of it had been loaded into a panga - my question is - was it the other way around? According to El Mex, all of the dope was inside of the boat, which was also seized. There were no arrests in this case, and no mention on any of the news sources if the two vehicles were also seized however it is noted that the boat seemed to have mechanical difficulties:


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- And more dope: In Villa Floresta, three people arrested, 26 kilos of mota seized, one rifle, 33 cartridges and one vehicle seized. In the Zona Norte: one woman arrested with 6 kilos and 997 gr. of mota. In Mexicali: Five people arrested with one kilo 970 gr. of crystal, two rifles, one handgun, one mag, 97 cartridges and two vehicles also seized:


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- In Mexicali, Mexican Army seizes 1/2 ton of dope, one man arrested with weapon. Had the dope reached the US, street value would have been 750K dollars:


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MORE UPDATES - PLEASE REFER TO THE LOCAL MEXICAN NEWS LINKS FOR MORE NEWS:


- Let's start off with the fuel syphoning, it still is happening. These are cases which were detected, however no arrests made in any of these cases. I mention this for a couple of reasons - months ago authorities stated that these clandestine operations were run by organized crime. We don't know how many more are out there, or how closely they are located to populated areas:

More fuel syphoning detected, one on the Rosarito-Mexicali pipeline near to Rumorosa, the other located in Tijuana however the exact location is not revealed:


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Two were found earlier this month, one in Ensenada and one in Tijuana:


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Edit: Some of the lanes at the San Ysidro POE and all of the pedestrian crossing closed and the pedestrian building evacuated due to a suspicious package. The package was reported shortly after 4PM, the closure was from according to El Mex 4:55PM - 5:12PM. San Diego Bomb Squad found nothing in the package and lanes were reopened:

Cierran filas de garita por paquette sospechoso


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- In Otay, the owner of an import shop shot and killed in front of family members as he resisted a robbery attempt. Witnesses say there were three assailants including a woman, no arrests yet:


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- In Nueva Tijuana the body of a man found burned inside of a vehicle which was afire. His hands and feet tied and a rope around his neck:


Hallan cadaver dentro de auto quemado

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- San Quintin: One man arrested for attempting to rob the vehicle of an American
family in colonia Playitas. El Vigia describes the attempt was made "...with great violence". Apparently neighbors came to their aid, and the man was arrested:


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- Two people executed in separate events: One in the courtyard of his home in colonia Obrera Segundo seccion, the other found in a lot in Matamoros. Witnesses say in the second case that the man was attacked by four gunmen who repeatedly shot him from their vehicle. No arrests yet:


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- Four people executed within a few hours: The first group included two women and one man who were attacked inside of their home in El Soler (Playas de Tijuana Delegacion) by an unknown number of assassins who it is reported, shot them repeatedly. Apparently the three people were according to AFN playing cards and taking drugs when they were attacked. Other news agencies said that residue from crystal was found inside of the house. A little baby was found unharmed in another room of the house. The next incident was the body of a man found beaten to death by the pedestrian bridge and the Tijuana River channel:


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- At K-114 on the Transpenisular Highway (San Vicente-Camalu area) the body of a man found, hands and feet tied, plastic bag over his head with several gunshots:


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- In Ensenada in the Villas del Sol I neighborhood, one man found executed inside of his home:


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- In colonia Rinconada I (Centenario) a family assaulted by two men with a loaded AK-47 in their home; the robbers take the family car and other items. There were arrests in the case after the family call the police: one of those arrested had recently been deported from the US and was a member of the San Diego street gang, "Los Paisas":


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- On Blvd. Insurgentes two men aboard a motorcycle rob a man at gunpoint and fire their weapon. There was one arrest in this case:


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- One man shot and killed inside of an abandoned house in colonia Rinconada de Otay:


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- One man shot and wounded as he was getting out of his vehicle close to the Regional south Command. there have been three arrested in this case:


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Let's take a look at news we've received regarding the migrants in our area:


- Rosarito Beach: A commercial Rosarito Beach police officer and his wife arrested for human trafficking and labor exploitation having brought a 14 year old from Veracruz here with promises of a good paying job. Instead, the minor was held captive to do housework with no pay. The victim managed to escape:


Detienen agente comercial y esposa por explotacion

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- In the Poniente area of Mexicali nine migrants who were malnourished and dehydrated rescued by the Grupo Beta and Municipal Police. There had been a report of an armed group who had kidnapped another group of migrants in the Bomba Cero area, however after a search by the Mexican authorities, no traffickers were found:

Rescatan a migrantes en zona fronteriza Mex-EU

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- In the Zona Central, two polleros arrested having a group of five migrants they were supposedly going to take into the States. Actually these migrants were lucky because many time the migrants are promised this journey and then kidnapped, tortured and their families extorted for more money.


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- The only way to fly...Polleros are now using light aircraft to smuggle migrants into the US. In El Centro three migrants paid 2K500 dollars (a considerably low amount by the going rate of sometimes up to 10K dlls these days) to be flown into the US. USBP remarked that this was the fourth airplane seized with smuggling migrants since last year in the El Centro sector. Other aircraft which have been seized in the area were bound for Long Beach and Santa Monica. In this last case, the smuggler was US citizen Lino Rodriquez of Hemet, California who pleaded innocent to the charges and was released on 20K dollar bail:


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Here's a good one:
"Free Mexican Air Force"


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Here are the local links for all of the news:


ZETA TIJUANA

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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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El Vigia de Ensenada - Ensenada News

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Encuentro 29.com - Mexicali News

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Mundo Narco - Formerly Blog del Narco

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LA Times

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