10937_110708 BOSA

100 Pages·2011·6.47 MB·English

Reporting Period: 29 JUN – 05 JUL 2011
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Key Events and Findings
• Between 28 - 30 JUN 2011, CID-Garland, along with DPS AVN and the TX Air National Guard,
conducted a domestic marijuana eradication operation in Raines, Ellis and Dallas Counties. As a
result, 21,456 plants were seized in Raines Co, 469 plants were seized in Ellis Co, and 22,400 plants
were seized in Dallas Co for a total of 44,325 cultivated marijuana plants.
• On 6 JUL 2011. Montgomery Co Pct. 4 Constable’s Office discovered a broken-down tractor trailer
impeding traffic on US-59 in Kingwood, TX. A consent to search revealed 101 bundles (totaling 2,430
lbs) of marijuana co-mingled within a load of limes, avocados and mangos.
• The largest single cash seizure this period occurred in the RGV Sector where Roma PD Officers
seized at total of $102,662 USD in nine individually vacuum sealed and wrapped packages from the
center console and front door panels of a white Chevrolet Trailblazer.
• Since JAN 2011, there have been six incidences of former service and/or cloned vehicles used for
drug smuggling in the RGV Sector.
• In the RGV Sector, USBP Agents at the Sarita Checkpoint seized 26 lbs of cocaine in 10 bundles
wrapped in gray duct tape concealed behind an interior quarter panel of a 2007 Jeep Liberty. This is
the largest cocaine seizure in this reporting period.
• Mexican police arrested Jesus "El Mamito" Rejon, a top lieutenant of Los Zetas, who was linked to the
murder of Jaime Zapata, a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agent in FEB 2011.
• The Mexican Army seized weapons, cash and drugs inside a house on the Bugambilia neighborhood in
Reynosa. SEDENA reported seizing three vehicles, 12 assault rifles, 14 handguns, 529 ammo mags,
75,084 ammo rds, $224,776 USD, 316,150 pesos and 9,199 doses of cocaine in powder and rock
form.
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Sig. Mexico Events
TT Dallam Sherman Hansford Ochiltree Lipscomb
AABBLLEE OOFF 287 p. 72-85
Hartley 2M8oo7re Hutchinson Roberts Hemphill
Oldham Potter Carson Gray Wheeler Statewide Corridor Seizures
CC Deaf Smith Randall Armstrong Donley Collingsworth p. 65-71
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Parmer Castro Swisher Briscoe Hall
Childress
Hardeman
Bailey Lamb Hale Floyd Motley Cottle Foard Wilbarger Wichita Clay
Lubbock Montague Lamar
Cochran Hockley Crosby Dickens King Knox Baylor Archer Cooke Grayson Fannin Red River
Bowie
Delta
Yoakum Terry Lynn Garza Kent Stonewall Haskell Throckmorton Young Jack Wise Denton Collin Hunt Hopkins nilknarF TCitaums sirroM Cass
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Luna Nolan Callahan Erath Somervell Henderson Gregg Rusk Panola
Hidalgo El Paso Hudspeth Loving Winkler Ector Midland Glasscock Sterling Coke Runnels Coleman Brown ComancheHamilton Bosque Hill NavarroFreestone Anderson Cherokee Nacogdoches Shelby
Hudspeth Culberson Ward Crane Upton Reagan Mills Coryell McLennan Limestone Houston AugSuasnti ne
Irion Tom Green Concho Falls Leon Angelina Sabine
Reeves McCulloch San Saba Lampasas Bell Robertson Trinity
El Paso Sector Jeff DJeaff Dvaviiss Pecos Crockett Schleicher Menard Mason Llano Burnet Williamson Milam BrazosMGadriimsoens Walker Polk Tyler JasperNewton
Burleson San Jacinto
p. 05-17 Sutton Kimble Gillespie Blanco Travis Lee Montgomery Hardin
Terrell Washington Liberty
Presidio Brewster Val Verde Edwards Real KeBrrandera KendallComal Hays CaldwellBastropFayette Austin Waller Harris Chambers JeffersonOrange
Guadalupe Colorado Fort Bend
Marfa Sector Bexar Gonzales Galveston
Kinney Uvalde Medina Lavaca
Wilson Wharton Brazoria
p. 18-24 DeWitt
Zavala Frio Karnes Jackson Matagorda
Atascosa Victoria
Goliad Coastal Bend
Del Rio Sector
Dimmit LOivaek Bee Refugio
La Sector
p. 25-30 Salle San
Jim Patricio
Wells p. 57-64
Duval Nueces
Overall Assessment Webb
Kleberg
p. 86-99 Laredo Sector Jim Brooks Kenedy Rio Grande
Hogg
p. 31-37
Valley Sector
Starr
Willacy
p. 38-56
Cameron
CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION –LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE
Operation BORDER STAR
29 JUN – 05 JUL 2011
CCOONNTTRORLOLLELDE UDN CULNASCSLIFAIESDS IINFFIOERDM IANTFIOONR –MLAAWTI EONNF O–RLCAEMWE NETN SFEONRSICTEIVME ENT SENSITIVE
EL PASO UNIFIED COMMAND SECTOR
29 JUN – 05 JUL 2011
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UNIFIED COMMAND MEMBERS
USBP HorizonCity PD
CBP –OFO YsletaDel Sur Tribal PD
ICE El Paso ISD PD
West TX HIDTA
Universityof Texas El Paso PD
EPIC
El Paso CommunityCollegePD
TMF
El Paso Office of Emergency
DPS
Management
TPWD
Texas TechUniversityPD
US Army, Ft. BlissCID
Texas Comptrollerof Public
El Paso CO SO
HudspethCO SO Accounts
Dona Ana CO SO (NM) Texas AttorneyGeneral, El Paso
Grant CO SO (NM) UnionPacificRailroadPD
Hidalgo CO SO (NM) Texas AlcoholicBeverage
Luna CO SO (NM) Commission
Otero CO SO (NM) El Paso County Constables
Anthony PD
El Paso PD
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El Paso Sector
The Unified Command provided the following reports:
Illegal Alien Apprehensions
Contraband Seizures
IAs/Referrals 0
Marijuana 2,006.63 lbs
IAs/USBP 199
Cocaine 55.42 lbs OTMs 17
Heroin 0 lbs
Guatemala 7
Methamphetamine 0 lbs
Honduras 9
Countries
Currency $0.00
Vietnam 1
Other None reported
Handgun(s) 4
Vehicles Stolen / Recovered
Weapons Long Gun(s) 0
Stolen 17
Explosive(s) 0 Recovered 1
Absconds 0
Bailouts 0
Criminal Arrests 49
Fugitive Arrests 18
Gang Related Criminal Arrests 3
Pursuits 3
Scouts/Decoys 0
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El Paso Sector
The Unified Command statistics over the past 4 weeks:
El Paso UC Currency Seizures El Paso UC Marijuana Seizures
$4,000 3,000.00
de $3,500 $3,475 d 2,455.23
z e 2,500.00
ieS y $3,000 zieS 2,006.64
c a 2,000.00
ne $2,500 na
rr u 1,880.98
uC S $2,000 jiraM 1,500.00
U 1,371.37
fo tn $$11,,050000 fo sd 1,000.00
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m $500 oP
A $0 $0
$0
$0 0.00
17-Jun-11 24-Jun-11 1-Jul-11 8-Jul-11 17-Jun-11 24-Jun-11 1-Jul-11 8-Jul-11
El Paso UC Cocaine Seizures El Paso UC Illegal Aliens
120.00 250
97.18 d 205
d 100.00 e
e d 200
z n
ieS e 80.00 eher 194 167 199
n p 150
iacoC 60.00 68.21 55.43 pA sA
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nuo 20.00 ebm 50
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10.71
0.00 0
17-Jun-11 24-Jun-11 1-Jul-11 8-Jul-11 17-Jun-11 24-Jun-11 1-Jul-11 8-Jul-11
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Gang activity for the week of 30 JUN 2011 thru 06 JUL 2011
Six gang-related incidents were reported this period involving seven arrests of members from five
different gangs. There were three criminal arrests and four fugitive arrests. The incidents involved:
DWI, Unlawful Carry of a Weapon, and Traffic Offenses.
Bandidos Barrio Azteca Los Fatherless Lower Valley Hoodlums
Surenos 13
There have been recent changes in the leadership of the El Paso chapter of
the BANDIDOS. Carlos “C Dog” Chacon is the new El Paso President.
One of the up and coming support groups of the BANDIDOS MC are the
EMBUDOS MC based out of Las Cruces, NM.
Name: Chacon, Carlos
DOB: 12/30/1959
6’00” 200 Lbs. BrnBald
BandidosEl Paso President
“C Dog”
Tattoos: Left Arm: Dragon,
Fish, “Jacob”, “Aaron”,
Mexican; Right Arm: Roses,
Eagles, Skulls.
A recent restructuring of the BANDIDOS Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMG) in El Paso appears
to have resulted in a significant change in the command structure from the top down. As these
changes have occurred, there has also been a significant change in the behavior and activities
of the BANDIDOS. This change is best described as an increased public presence of
individuals and groups wearing the BANDIDOS colors in the form of riding vests, t-shirts, etc.
Additionally, the BANDIDOS are becoming more brazen in their conduct with the general
public and law enforcement with increased intimidation and harassment tactics.
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Gang activity (Cont)
Two notable incidents have occurred within a 30-day period. In June 2011, members of the EMBUDOS MC,
a BANDIDOS support group, were holding a meeting with the President of the El Paso BANDIDOS Chapter
at an establishment in Dona Ana Co near Las Cruces, NM. Two off-duty officers unwittingly entered the
establishment and observed the meeting taking place. The officers were confronted by several EMBUDOS,
and questioned as to who they were and if they worked for a law enforcement agency. The officers denied
any affiliation with law enforcement, but the EMBUDOS members confronting the officers photographed the
officers’ faces and the license plates affixed to their motorcycles. The officers were then allowed to leave
without further incident. While this occurred, the security guard working the front door of the establishment
was replaced by two EMBUDOS who were acting as sentries.
In the month of July 2011, a Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol Trooper conducted a traffic
stop on the Vice President of the BANDIDOS El Paso Chapter. The female passenger of the motorcycle
driven by the BANDIDOS VP immediately dismounted the motorcycle and began to make phone calls and
send text messages on her cell phone. A short time later, several BANDIDOS wearing BANDIDOS riding
vests arrived at the scene of the traffic stop in a pickup and set up surveillance a short distance away in a
parking lot. The Trooper confronted the BANDIDOS when they arrived and conducted a consent search of
the vehicle they arrived in. A High-Point 9mm handgun was located in the vehicle along with several locks,
including discus padlocks, tied to handkerchiefs. No arrests were made.
Officers are encouraged to remain vigilant and to
practice appropriate officer safety tactics if
encountering BANDIDOS or BANDIDOS support
group members, especially on traffic stops where
individuals are in possession of cell phones that can
be used to disclose the location of a traffic stop.
If any officer or agency has information regarding recent similar events involving BANDIDOS or BANDIDOS
support group members, please contact DPS CID Agent Steve Marks at 915-849-4000, or DPS CID Agent
Brandon Speed at 915-832-5367.
CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION –LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE
CBP-OFO Officers at the Ysleta POE
29 JUN 2011
52.56 lbs of marijuana
1996 Honda Civic
Concealed: Inside the
dashboard
01 JUL 2011
43.3 lbs of marijuana
2003 Honda Accord
Concealed: Inside the
dashboard
CBP-OFO Officers at the Santa Teresa, NM, POE
30 JUN 2011
109.35 lbs of marijuana
2003 Jeep Grand
Cherokee Laredo
Concealed: Floor board
and rear bumper
CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION –LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE