Large Holes Forming Near The New Madrid Fault And A Giant Crack In The Earth In North Mexico

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Large Holes Forming Near The New Madrid Fault And A Giant Crack In The Earth In North Mexico Posted: 21 Aug 2014 06:17 PM PDT Did you know that the number of big earthquakes during the first three months of 2014 was more than double the yearly average of what we have experienced since 1979? And did you know that the number of earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S. has quintupled in recent years?  If you do not believe this, just keep reading.  We live at a time when earthquakes are increasing in frequency and severity.  And we are starting to see some very unusual activity in places that have been quiet for a very long time.  For example, large holes are starting to mysteriously appear in Indiana near the New Madrid fault zone.  And a giant crack in the ground nearly a kilometer long has appeared in northern Mexico.  Could these be indications that even greater earthquake activity is on the way? Most Americans don’t realize that the greatest earthquakes in U.S. history happened along the New Madrid fault zone.  Back during the early part of the 19th century, a series of immensely powerful earthquakes rattled the entire eastern half of the nation.  Documents that we have from that era say that those earthquakes were so powerful that they were felt more than 1,000 miles away.  And there are many that believe that if we had a similar earthquake today that the damage caused would almost be incalculable. That is why what has been happening in Indiana is so alarming.  According to reports, half a dozen mystery holes have been discovered on Mount Baldy… More than a year after a 6-year-old boy was almost buried alive in a popular sand dune,more holes are appearing and scientists still aren’t sure why. The 126 foot sand dune, called Mount Baldy, in Indiana, remains closed as new potentially dangerous holes are appearing. Three geologists arrived last week with high tech equipment in the hope of using radio waves and core samples to see if they can determine what’s causing the holes. Their plan? To eventually build a three dimensional map of the dune to try and see it’s internal structure. You can view a video news report about these mysterious holes right here… So what should we think about all of this? Well it could be something or it could be nothing. But any weird activity near the New Madrid fault always gets my attention.  This fault is so dangerous that it could literally change the shape of the country overnight.  For much more on how dangerous the New Madrid fault is, just check out this video. Most Americans never even give the New Madrid fault a second thought, but the federal government considered it important enough to hold a major five day simulation known as “National Level Exercise 11″ just a few years ago… In May, the federal government simulated an earthquake so massive, it killed 100,000 Midwesterners instantly, and forced more than 7 million people out of their homes. At the time, National Level Exercise 11 went largely unnoticed; the scenario seemed too far-fetched — states like Illinois and Missouri are in the middle of a tectonic plate, not at the edge of one. A major quake happens there once every several generations. … National Level Exercise 11, or NLE 11, was, in essence, a replay of a disaster that happened 200 years earlier. On Dec. 16, 1811, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit the New Madrid fault line, which lies on the border region of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. It’s by far the largest earthquake ever to strike the United States east of the Rockies. Up to 129,000 square kilometers [50,000 square miles] were hit with “raised or sunken lands, fissures, sinks, sand blows, and large landslides,” according to the U.S. Geological Service. “Huge waves on the Mississippi River overwhelmed many boats and washed others high onto the shore. High banks caved and collapsed into the river; sand bars and points of islands gave way; whole islands disappeared.” People as far away as New York City were awakened by the shaking. More quakes, of a similar size, followed. But the loss of life was minimal: Not too many people lived in the area at the time. Today, there are more than 15 million people living in the quake zone. If a similar quake hit, “7.2 million people could be displaced, with 2 million seeking temporary shelter” in the first three days, FEMA Associate Adminsitrator William Carwile told a Congressional panel in 2010. “Direct economic losses for the eight states could total nearly $300 billion, while indirect losses at least twice that amount.” And officials at the U.S. Geological Survey recently released a report that stated that the New Madrid fault zone has the “potential for larger and more powerful quakes than previously thought“. That certainly sounds quite chilling. In addition, retail powerhouse Wal-Mart is so concerned about the potential for a major quake that it “participated in an exercise to prepare for an earthquake on the New Madrid fault line” earlier this year… Walmart Stores Inc., with its huge network of stores and facilities, has also taken note. “We are seeing increased earthquake activity in the central U.S. That is an area we are focusing on even more,” said Mark Cooper, senior director of emergency management at Walmart, in an interview. He explained that Walmart takes an “all-hazard” approach to emergency preparedness, but focuses on specific risks in areas of the country where those risks are particularly relevant, such as hurricanes in Louisiana. “A few weeks ago, we participated in an exercise to prepare for an earthquake on the New Madrid fault line,” he said. You can read much more about all of this in my previous article entitled “Why Is Wal-Mart Preparing For A Major Earthquake On The New Madrid Fault?” But the New Madrid fault zone is certainly not the only area to be keeping an eye on. Down in north Mexico, a giant crack in the ground about a kilometer long has recently appeared.  It is estimated to be approximately 16 feet across and 8 feet deep.  You can view some stunning aerial footage of this giant crack in the Earth right here… Some believe that an earthquake along the San Andreas Fault may be to blame for this giant fissure. Others believe that it is being caused by an underground stream. While footage of giant cracks in the Earth such as you have just seen can be quite spectacular, what is far more alarming to me personally are the cold, hard earthquake numbers. For example, as I mentioned above, the number of big earthquakes that we have seen this year has been far higher than usual.  The following is from a recent CBS News report… If you think there have been more earthquakes than usual this year, you’re right. A new study finds there were more than twice as many big earthquakes in the first quarter of 2014 as compared with the average since 1979. And this is not something that has just started happening.  As that same article explained, this is all part of a much longer trend… The average rate of big earthquakes — those larger than magnitude 7 — has been 10 per year since 1979, the study reports. That rate rose to 12.5 per year starting in 1992, and then jumped to 16.7 per year starting in 2010 — a 65 percent increase compared to the rate since 1979. This increase accelerated in the first three months of 2014 to more than double the average since 1979, the researchers report. In particular, things really seem to be heating up in the middle portion of the United States.  As I mentioned at the start of this article, the frequency of earthquakes in the central and eastern parts of the nation has quintupled over the past 30 years… According to the USGS, the frequency of earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S. has quintupled, to an average of 100 a year during the 2011-2013 period, up from only 20 per year during the 30-year period to 2000. Most of these quakes were minor, but research published by the USGS earlier this year demonstrated that a relatively minor magnitude 5.0 quake caused by wastewater injection after conventional oil drilling triggered a much bigger, 5.7 magnitude quake in Prague, Okla. “We know the hazard has increased for small and moderate size earthquakes. We don’t know as well how much the hazard has increased for large earthquakes. Our suspicion is it has but we are working on understanding this,” said William Ellsworth, a scientist with the USGS. What we are watching happen is truly unprecedented.  Oklahoma alone has experienced more than 2,300 earthquakes so far this year.  Scientists don’t really know what to make of this alarming increase in seismic activity. Could all of this be leading up to something really big? And what will things look like if we do get hit by a magnitude 8 or a magnitude 9 earthquake in a very heavily populated area? Please feel free to share what you think by posting a comment below…

DROUGHT-STRICKEN CALIFORNIA ATTACKED BY ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNISTS?

One Citizen Speaking...

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Posted: 21 Aug 2014 11:17 PM PDT Once again we are seeing the consequences of the original environmental movement being infiltrated by socialists and communists who are acting as a fifth column to destroy America from within – using lawyers and our own laws against us. All the while complicit progressive socialist democrats are aiding and abetting the cause and working against their citizen-constituents.         Fresno watchdog sues over Hetch Hetchy Reservoir  Targeting San Francisco's Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park, a Fresno group is asking a federal court to stop the Bay Area city's Tuolumne River diversions until the Endangered Species Act is fulfilled. The National Park Service needs to consult with federal wildlife agencies before allowing the city to take Tuolumne water because the river helps protected and dying fish species downstream in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, the lawsuit says.  <Source>   And, once again, we are seeing an environmental group attempting to manipulate California’s water supplies in the face of a significant and potentially catastrophic drought. We have already seen the decimation of much of California’s valuable Central Valley agricultural industry including a major loss of agricultural jobs that has spread into the broader economy as these workers move on to other locations. It is one of the central tenets of socialism that resources must be protected and managed by the government, ruled over by enlightened elites, for the protection and preservation of our planet. This gives rise to population control, curtailing medical interventions in pandemics, reduction of genetic modifications to agricultural products to restrict their growth, restrictions on fertilizers and pesticides, reduction in livestock production, the rise of veganism, the curtailment of energy production, and the management of water resources. The idea that the protection of a small, useless fish like the delta smelt should become the raison d'être for killing our economy and reducing our standard of living is ludicrous if not for the progressive socialist democrats and their cadre of self-serving ideological activist-scientists and lawyers who distort and misinterpret science to activist federal judges who are willing to rule against humanity and in favor of a worthless fish. Negotiated Settlements – a clear and present danger to America and Americans … You do not have to go far to see that progressive socialist democrats have permitted their agencies to further corrupt the process by engaging in a practice called “sue and settle.” A conspiracy that sees the environmental agency refusing to protect the interests of “We the People” and simply settling lawsuits to implement anti-human environmental policies and reward the non-profit organization with state funds in the process. Bottom line … It is time to throw the progressive socialist democrats out of the California Assembly, the California Senate, and the Governorship before they do any further damage. Not only do these corrupt politicians want to welcome an invading hoard of illegal aliens in order to destroy our financial and social infrastructure, they want to fund the unions with a trillion dollar train that will be a union-job creator for hundreds of years; possibly bankrupting the our formerly golden state in the process. Stupid and apathetic voters have already allowed the progressive socialist democrats to modify the voting process so no matter where we look – we are faced with voting for the two top vote getters, with little or no chance for a third-party – and in a democrat majority state, little or no chance for a conservative to be elected. But, there is a solution. Neel Kashkari, who as the interim Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability from October 2008 to May 2009, helped to save our economy from the ravages of the mortgage meltdown and the general economic recession. He is a moderate Republican – and one who voted for Obama. A man who is unafraid to stand up to the powers that be and speak the truth. Even though California is controlled by a socialist legislature – top heavy with illegal alien sympathizers and those who want to kill capitalism in favor of socialist – Neel represents an opportunity to turn the State of California around before it commits economic and cultural suicide. We must stop the socialists, the communists, the anarchists – and the activist judges who single-handedly issue rulings against humanity. Wake up – these asshats are turning off the water instead of drought-proofing our state with larger dams and expanded aqueducts. How many people know that one of Southern California’s main water supplies runs over the most dangerous and active fault in California. Want to see for yourself. Just drive North, up Interstate 5, until you get to Fort Tejon – going down the Grapevine -- look down as you cross over the California Aqueduct. The Fort Tejon earthquake occurred at about 8:20 am (Pacific time) on January 9, 1857 in central and Southern California. With an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9, it ruptured the southern part of the San Andreas Fault for a length of about 225 miles (350 kilometers), between Parkfield and Wrightwood. The earthquake was felt throughout much of California, as far north as the city of Marysville and as far south as the mouth of the Colorado River at the Gulf of California in Mexico, and as far east as Las Vegas, Nevada. Though the shock was centered near Parkfield, the event is referred to as the Fort Tejon earthquake, because that was the location of the greatest damage. This was the fourth largest quake in the Continental United States. <Source> Why worry about this? The Aqueduct, named for Jerry Brown’ father (Governor Edmund G. Brown Aqueduct) begins at the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta at the Banks Pumping Plant and its West Branch continues to head towards its terminus at Pyramid Lake and Castaic Lake in the Angeles National Forest to supply the western Los Angeles basin. Enough is enough. Throw the socialists, communists, politicians, unions, and their lawyers under the bus in these coming elections. It is now a matter of survival. Quit diverting funds to repair or replace our crumbling infrastructure into illegal alien social programs and union rail projects. -- steve Related articles California's Governor: Jerry Brown vs. Neel Kashkari: What difference does it make? Fellow Californians: Enough With Jerry Brown and the Progressive Socialist Democrats Pelosi's home city exempted from water restrictions imposed on rural farmers Nancy Pelosi's District Exempt From Water Restrictions Pelosi's home city exempted from water restrictions S.F. needs responsible future without Hetch Hetchy San Francisco water source subject of lawsuit Are We Ready to Kiss Our Big Dams Goodbye?

A MUST READ: Maureen Scott Column---Obama Biography

A MUST READ: Maureen Scott Column---Obama Biography

 

Maureen Scott Column.............

 

 

Maureen Scott column

 Maureen Scott is an ardent American patriot who was born in Pittsburgh, PA, and retired to Richmond, VA, in 2000. Free from the nine-to-five grind of writing for employers and clients, she began writing political commentary to please herself and express her convictions. 

 The accomplishment of which she is most proud is her volunteer work at an Army base where she looked into the eyes and hearts of the service members who protect our country.

Our Pledge of Allegiance, a military band playing the National Anthem, and the wisdom of our Founding Fathers, inspire her passion and views. Her life is guided by a firm belief that truth is the most important virtue, and that God knows what He is doing with her. 

ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, could have described this President more accurately.  This is a brief biography that articulates the man, his life and his goals perfectly!  You owe it to yourself to take a couple of minutes to read and comprehend this.  It’s truly “right on”.   The Architect of Destruction   By Maureen Scott    Barack Obama appears to be a tormented man filled with resentment, anger, and disdain for anyone of an opinion or view other than his. He acts in the most hateful, spiteful, malevolent, vindictive ways in order to manipulate and maintain power and control over others. Perhaps, because, as a child, he grew up harboring an abiding bitterness toward the U.S. that was instilled in him by his family and mentors…it seems to have never left him.   It is not the color of his skin that is a problem in America.   Rather it is the blackness that fills his soul and the hollowness in his heart where there should be abiding pride and love for this country.   Think: Have we ever heard Obama speak lovingly of the U.S. or its people, with deep appreciation and genuine respect for our history, our customs, our sufferings and our blessings? Has he ever revealed that, like most patriotic Americans, he gets "goose bumps" when a band plays "The Star Spangled Banner," (no. he gets goose bumps when he hears the '''Muslim call to prayer"""(his words)))))or sheds a tear when he hears a beautiful rendition of " America the Beautiful?" Does his heart burst with pride when millions of American flags wave on a National holiday - or someone plays "taps" on a trumpet? Has he ever shared the admiration of the military, as we as lovers of those who keep us free, feel when soldiers march by? It is doubtful because Obama did not grow up sharing our experiences or our values. He did not sit at the knee of a Grandfather or Uncle who showed us his medals and told us about the bravery of his fellow troops as they tramped through foreign lands to keep us free. He didn't have grandparents who told stories of suffering and then coming to America, penniless, and the opportunities they had for building a business and life for their children.                                   Away from this country as a young child, Obama didn't delight in being part of America and its greatness. He wasn't singing our patriotic songs in kindergarten, or standing on the roadside for a holiday parade and eating a hot dog, or lighting sparklers around a campfire on July 4th as fireworks exploded over head, or placing flags on the grave sites of fallen and beloved American heroes.   Rather he was separated from all of these experiences and doesn't really understand us and what it means to be an American. He is void of the basic emotions that most feel regarding this country and insensitive to the instinctive pride we have in our national heritage. His opinions were formed by those who either envied us or wanted him to devalue the United States and the traditions and patriotism that unites us.   He has never given a speech that is filled with calm, reassuring, complimentary, heartfelt statements about all the people in the U.S. Or one that inspires us to be better and grateful and proud that in a short time our country became a leader, and a protector of many. Quite the contrary, his speeches always degenerate into mocking, ridiculing tirades as he faults our achievements as well as any critics or opposition for the sake of a laugh, or to bolster his ego. He uses his Office to threaten and create fear while demeaning and degrading any American who opposes his policies and actions. A secure leader, who has noble self-esteem and not false confidence, refrains from showing such dread of critics and displaying a cocky, haughty attitude.   Mostly, his time seems to be spent causing dissension, unrest, and anxiety among the people of America, rather than uniting us (even though he was presented to us as the "Great Uniter"). He creates chaos for the sake of keeping people separated, envious, aggrieved and ready to argue. Under his leadership Americans have been kept on edge, rather than in a state of comfort and security. He incites people to be aggressive toward, and disrespectful of, those of differing opinions. And through such behavior, Obama has lowered the standards for self-control and mature restraint to the level of street-fighting gangs, when he should be raising the bar for people to strive toward becoming more considerate, tolerant, self-disciplined, self-sustaining, and self-assured.   Not a day goes by that he is not attempting to defy our laws, remove our rights, over-ride established procedures, install controversial appointees, enact divisive mandates, and assert a dictatorial form of power.       · Never has there been a leader of this great land who used such tactics to harm and hurt the people and this country.       · Never have we had a President who spoke with a caustic, evil tongue against the citizenry rather than present himself as a soothing, calming and trustworthy force.       · Never, in this country, have we experienced how much stress one man can cause a nation of people - on a daily basis!   Obama has promoted the degeneration of peace, civility, and quality of cooperation between us. He thrives on tearing us down, rather than building us up. He is the Architect of the decline of America, and the epitome of a Demagogue. © Maureen Scott

 

Blood & White Gold in Tijuana

Borderland Beat

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• Blood & White Gold in Tijuana
• Federal Police had "La Tuta" 3 times, and failed to arrest him
• "Junior Cortez" Rumored Killed in Internal War Within the Gulf Cartel

Blood & White Gold in Tijuana Posted: 21 Aug 2014 09:18 PM PDT There are bodies in the street, the blood seeps onto the concrete from open wounds where high velocity bullets have torn through cheap, often imitation or knockoff clothes.  'El Javi' This is where the battles are fought in Tijuana, outside homes, rural roads, colonias where hardworking families watch the red & blue lights of municipal police cars cast their ominous shadow.  It is a war of attrition, tit for tat style executions, the shooters unload upon vehicles in traffic, throw corpses on the street, and AFN writes about in the morning.  From Tijuana to Ensenada, the waves of unrest in the organizations working in Baja manifest themselves as bodies and limbs dropped in the street.  State police are attacked in Tijuana, and a severed head rolls down a road near the Guadelupe Valley in Ensenada.  Bodies are mutilated, burned, and dropped in the street.  One burned and one strang led found in Tijuana on August 14th, three found around the city two days earlier.  Two shot to death in Zona Rio, on August 17th.  Yesterday a body was found in a blue plastic co ntainer, reminiscent of the days of El Teo and his murderous, taunting messages to El Inge.  Members of the 'R's, during 2010 arrest. The cells of Sinaloa are not aligned, and have shifted, created and broken alliances, as the blood runs thicker down the concrete.  The twisted alliances and paths of the cells are as mutilated as the bodies of their halcones, 'The Rs' are a cell of Jose 'El Tigre' Soto, who came up as a hand of Teodoro Simental Garcia, 'El Teo', headed by Javier Beltran E' Javi' Adrian Caberera. They have been settling scores, murdering, and kidnapping for years, as 'El Tigre' rose from enforcer to trafficker, now sitting upon the DEA's most wanted list, with Alfonso Lira, 'El Atlante', Alfredo Azarte,  'Aquiles', 'and La Rana.  The latest reports state Atlante, and Aquiles have been fighting for control to Tijuana, and Rosarito, despite pleas from Sinaloa hierarchy to calm the plaza. There has been no calm, only continued executions, as 'El Tigre' and his 'R's have returned from Mexicali, standing against Atlante and Aquiles, for control of Tijuana retail sales, and trafficking to the US, through San Diego.  CAF cells are quiet, some switching to Sinaloa, some withstanding, no one knows what if any, infrastructure remains.  Or who answers to who. Aquiles leaves banners demanding all the cells answer to him, and denouncing the cells of Tigre, claiming they extort and kidnap.  Javier 'El Javi' Hernandez Beltran controls the R's, from San Diego, along with his half brother Isac Chavez Caberera, 'El Alio', who both answer to El Tigre, who remains in Mexicali.  They are said to be responsible for hundreds of murders throughout the city, in their camp aign to unseat their rivals. El Tigre Atlante is said to control the municipal police in Tijuana, slimming down and upping his profile, since 2013.  No one knows who will edge out the competition, Aquiles and La Rana have been the most high profile since 2010, images long being leaked to the press, moving from Tijuana, to San Luis Colorado, to Sinaloa, to avoid authorities.  But, they remain.  As does the blood.  Sources: BB Forum, Zeta Tijuana, AFN Tijuana.

Federal Police had "La Tuta" 3 times, and failed to arrest him Posted: 22 Aug 2014 12:00 AM PDT Borderland Beat In 2009 the Federal Police could have arrested La Tuta 3 times....but failed to do so. The revelation, in contained in police reports, including the investigation PGR/SIEDO/UEIDCS/205/2009 the cases, 22 and 27 of January andFebruary 19th.  At the time, the capo was using a Jeep Compass with plates 327VES.  In 2009 the Federal police on  3 occasions,  in less than a month,  the opportunity to catch the leader of Los Caballeros Templarios, Servando Gomez Martinez, AKA La Tuta, but in a couple of them decided not to arrested and in one more.  At the time he was still a leader with La Familia Michoacana. Here is what went down. First The first occasions was in Lazaro Cardenas, when he was with Julio Cesar Godoy, brother of the Governor Leonel Godoy, and Julio was looking for a nexus with the Cartel, the other two opportunities for capture were in Arteaga, hometown of the Capo.  According with the preliminary investigation for PGR/SIEDO/UIDCS/205/2009, which was opened on January 22th, 2014 to integrate the record of La Tuta,  which La Razón reports they have a copy of;  six Federal agents reported to their superiors, that on March 2nd  of 2009 when they were watching a home in Lazaro Cardenas,  they noticed the arrival of a truck Jeep Compass, sand color, with plates of 327VES, from which  descended a male person, approximately 50 years old, dark skin, short hair, mustache and  silver haired goatee.   It was a person identified as Servando Gomez alias  La Tuta”,  along with two others persons, who carried short weapons on the waist.  Using the data bases to which it had access, of the Secretary of Public Security, they were able to identify the men as Julio Cesar Godoy Toscano (brother of then Michoacán governor Leonel Godoy)  and Jose Manuel Luna Avalos. Godoy was driving a ford escape and Luna arrived on foot.  Tuta was not stopped. Second On January 28th of that year four Federal Officers  reported the details of the arrest of Luis Servando Gomez Patiño, son of La Tuta.  On the  document PFP/EM/SIII/006/2009 integrated to the preliminary investigation, the agents report that on January 27th on down town of Arteaga, they went to a cock fight  held in the 268  Lazaro Cárdenas street,  in order to capture  Servando Gomez Martinez. The record revealed that night a white Hummer, without plates arrived.  Descending from the truck was a male person which agents identified as Servando Gomez Martinez, who was accompanied by two male persons that were heavily armed, with long and short weapons on their waist. In a determinate time, the cockfight (Palenque) attendants said “people began to run out of the Place“ realizing that Servando Gomez Martinez and his companions hurriedly boarded the white  Hummer” fleeing along with the agents vehicle following it toward the road that leads to the Municipality of Nueva Italia,  and a pursuit began. At a certain point in the road, the truck that la Tuta in was in , stopped so his occupants  could ditch the vehicle, and board  three different vehicles ( one of them the Jeep Compass plates 327 VES, referred on the first report)  at the end Tuta was able to lose the agents behind.  However the agents  were able to reach one of the vehicles and caught the son of La Tuta. The record  it  refers to February 19th of 2009,  two Federal Police, at the municipality of Arteaga, were guarding the Municipal Presidency,  to obtain information in relation to the activities of the Mayor Jairo Rivas Paramo and his directors of public security and works.  Tuta successfully fled from federal agents Third On his report PFP/JEM/SIII/DG/302/2009 the elements state that about 15:00 hours the Mayor departed and boarded a truck that drove to the Glorieta ( roundabout) located on Lazaro Cardenas Avenue and parked  on the edge of the roundabout. The Agents report that then arrived two vehicles( a Grey Jetta and a Black jeep) from which  descended  three people, with short weapons on their waist,  only one of them approached the Mayor's vehicle.  The person who approached was identified as Servando Gomez Martinez alias La Tuta, who was carrying with him an envelope and a suitcase, he gave the two items to Jairo Rivas ( The Mayor) and with a handshake said goodbye, leaving the place traveling towards  the exit of the road Arteaga-Las Cañas, while the Black Jeep Cherokee  of which Servando Gomez Martinez was traveling,  entered the  San Martin Colonia. That is when agents lost sight of Tuta Medina Hernandez was to be Tuta's thrid wife Subsequent to 2009 Today, five Years later, La Tuta continues to be fugitive, and is now the premier leader of  the Caballeros Templarios, a group formed in 2011 after infighting within La Familia Michoacana. He is considered as the main generator of killings, kidnappings, corruption and extortion in the state. Through death threats and intimidation, he maintains a financial network, for "routes", piso, (or tax) payment from drivers, dealers and even Municipal Governments. (continues next page) It would appear that the government of Mexico has had who knows how many opportunities to catch La Tuta.  The Calderon administration had much greater transparency than is present in the Peña Nieto administration.  One wonders how many lives would have been saved, if only he was apprehended in one of these opportunities.  Perhaps there would not have been a Caballeros Templarios.  We will never know. Epic Fail! UPDATE: PRI wants former Michoacán Governor Godoy investigated…. And PRI weighs in, and is demanding to know the reasons Federal police did not arrest Tuta in 2009.  The pretense is absurd, why did it take the media to discover these “missed opportunities”?  And why has the PRI party also missed opportunities?  Seems they have missed a whole lot more, with all those Tuta Tapes, seems just one of the corrupt PRI mayors and government heads, the PRI governor, the governors son, or the interim governor, could have given PGR a heads up to just one of those meetings………just saying.   And if Castillo would have not been sent to Michoacán, to disrupt the progress of autodefensas, perhaps Tuta would have been captured, and crime would not be breaking long held records. From Quadratin The parliamentary group of the PRI in the Senate before the Permanent Commission that a resolution to urge the Attorney General's Office (PGR) to make known the reasons why which the Federal Preventive Police (PFP) drug trafficker Servando Gomez was not apprehended Martinez in 2009.  The  proposal, turned over to the Public Safety Commission of the Senate, lawmakers described as "shameful" the information derived from the investigation PGR / OFDI / UEIDCS / 205/2009, recently released by national media, in which he recognizes that the Federal Police in 2009, three times failed its responsibility to stop the drug trafficker Servando Gomez Martinez, alias La Tuta.   They call on the PGR, and the Attorney General of the State of Michoacán to conduct a “professional investigation”,transparent,timely and in accordance with law to clarify these criminal acts, where allegedly involved officials of the then Federal Police and former public servants of the state.  Senators demanded an investigation to its conclusion and if found responsible and networks, are to be punished to the full extent of the law.  update Huge thanks to Yahweh for the heads up and for an anonymous reader sending the Quadratin story Sources: La Razón and Meny Times-Reforma-Provincia

"Junior Cortez" Rumored Killed in Internal War Within the Gulf Cartel Posted: 21 Aug 2014 05:32 PM PDT As reported by Chivis, the city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas is experiencing a number of shootouts and blockades.  While the full situation is still developing, it appears that recent tensions within Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel has reached a breaking point and a state of all out warfare has started anew. Reports are emerging that Sergio "Junior Cortez" Ortegón and three bodyguards were killed by the forces of "El Gafe", specifically, those under the command of Alberto "Guero Cleofas" Martinez Gutierrez.  This is said to have happened around the colonias of Vista Hermosa and Portillo, near Pavón park behind the Soriana Morelos, where "Junior Cortez" was struck twice in the chest by an AR-15.                                     Background Information "Junior Cortez", also known as "C2", is often confused in reports with his father who also uses the alias "Cortez".  The senior "Cortez", Sergio Ortegón Silva, is also known as "C1" and "El Loco" and is leader of the group "Los Ceros".  He is a long time member of the Gulf Cartel, going back to possibly twenty years. Past rumors indicated that senior "Cortez" had a falling out with Héctor "El Metro 4" Delgado Santiago, which led to "El Metro 4" being killed on January 15, 2013. "Junior Cortez" was said to have been an ally of Miguel "El Gringo" Villarreal and Jesús "El Puma" García Román, who were both killed on March 10, 2013 in a purge ordered by Mario Armando "X20" Ramírez Treviño and said to have been carried out by the senior "Cortez".  It was further said the senior "Cortez" was able to convince "X20" to spare the life of his son, as "Junior Cortez" did not provide aid to "El Gringo" once the fighting started. In April of this year, Juan Manuel "Juan Perro" Rodríguez García led a purge of forces loyal to Juan Fransisco "El Paquito" Martinez, who was plaza head of Reynosa.  It was rumored that "El Paquito" then went into hiding in southern Texas to escape death, though his lieutenant, "El Gafe", stayed, and took control of the Reynosa plaza.  "El Gafe" is a mysterious individual, with little said about him besides the rumor that he was once a bodyguard for "El Metro 4". Following the purge of "El Paquito", "Junior Cortez" was mentioned as plaza head of Diaz Ordaz and the senior "Cortez" as a possible sector commander in Reynosa, though other information placed "Junior Cortez" as in charge of the Pharr bridge area in Reynosa.  Things seemed calm for a while, though it was unclear if it was due to a truce between "Juan Perro" and "El Gafe", or if both forces were merely regrouping. Regardless, on June 26, Federal Police were ambushed in Ejido Periquitos.  It was said that the area was under the control of "Junior Cortez" and that his people were behind the attack, along with kidnappings and killings of innocent people.  The forces of "El Gafe" warned that such action would not be tolerated and suspected that "Junior Cortez" and his father were attempting to seize power by destabilizing "El Gafe". In the following days, it became clear that an alliance of father and son "Cortez", Guadalupe "El Tachas" Leal Flores, and Jesús Alejandro "El Simple" Leal Flores, had been formed to overthrow "El Gafe".  It was further reported that "Junior Cortez" controlled the colonias of Delicias, Unidad Obrera, Laguna, Lazaro Cardenas, and Loma Blanca.  At the time it was also said that "El Guero Cleofas" was part of this alliance, as he had been arrested and thought "El Gafe" had betrayed him, but in light of recent news it is uncertain if this report was a mistake or if he later changed sides, possibly convinced that "El Gafe" was not behind his arrest.  On June 29, "El Gafe" was said to have been shot in a failed assignation attempt.  It is unclear what happened to "El Gafe" thereafter, though recent information implies that the power of "El Gafe" over Reynosa would become somewhat diminished.  It is possible that "El Gafe" retreated from Reynosa and/or had to recover from his injuries. On the morning of August 8 there was a number of blockades in Reynosa as federal forces made an unsuccessful attempt at arrest the senior "Cortez".  A letter appeared online on August 17 denouncing recent actions by "Junior Cortez" to increase his power in Reynosa and asking for the return of "El Paquito" and "El Gafe".  In light of the killing of "Junior Cortez", it seems that this was all a pretext.  Conclusion It is very likely that the senior "Cortez" will seek vengeance for the death of his son and his allies will counterattack the forces of "El Gafe", who, quite possibly, is welcoming the return of "El Paquito".  The entire area under the control of Los Metros is currently under high alert as cartel vehicles are being mobilized for attacks and counterattacks.