Hispanic News Network U.S.A. News Quicklinks 012012

Compiled HNNUSA news brief links from Dec. 26, 2011 - January 14, 2012

By H. Nelson Goodson
January 15, 2012


"El Pitufo" Alleged Leader For The Aztecas Gang Arrested In Juárez http://ow.ly/8tOdf

Yang Charged With Lee's Homicide At Sheboygan's Walmart http://goo.gl/59IN2

"El Profe" From La Familia Cartel Arrested By Mexican Federal Police http://ow.ly/8tG7N

Tip Led To The Arrest Of Five Suspects Robbing Motorists Along The Acapulco Highway Stretch In Mexico http://tinyurl.com/highwayRobbers

Mexican Federal Judge Cited Double Jeopardy To Prevent Female Druglord Extradition To The U.S. http://ow.ly/8rUdx

Breaking: Two U.S. Marines identified in video showing 4 alleged Marines urinating on 3 dead Afghan Taliban fighters http://ow.ly/8qBsJ

U.S. Marine Corps Launches Probe Over Video Showing Alleged Marines Urinating On Dead Taliban http://ow.ly/8qBsJ

Ordoñez, Strong And Progressive 8th Adermanic Milwaukee Candidate Gets Spot On February's Primary Ballot http://goo.gl/fCajX

Former Milw. Police Officer Cates Found Guilty For Violating Woman's Civil Rights During Sexual Assault http://tinyurl.com/CatesConvicted

L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy Strikes Special Needs Woman On Metro Bus http://ow.ly/8q79A

"El Wicho," Matamoros Gulf Cartel Leader Pleads Guilty In Texas Federal Court http://goo.gl/W12PX

Deceased Suspect Connected To Maricopa County Sheriff's Deputy Homicide Identified http://tinyurl.com/73e526v

47-year-old Brookfield Woman Cited For Disorderly Conduct After Brief Confrontation With Recall Scott Walker Volunteer http://ow.ly/8nTsE

Recall Scott Walker Drive In Wisconsin Surpassed More Than 700,000 Petition Signatures Over The Weekend http://tinyurl.com/RecallWalker700K

Conceal Carry In WI Training Course Offered At Prior Badger Guns Shooting Range Facility In West Milwaukee http://goo.gl/zCGM8

21-year-old Suspect Arrested For Fatal Sheboygan Walmart Shooting Death http://ow.ly/8moaV

17-year-old Drunk Driver Charged For New Year's Fatal Crash That Killed Couple In Milwaukee http://ow.ly/8mmyZ

Banned 2012 Year Book Student Photo From Durango High School Leads To Facebook Account Overload For Spies http://tinyurl.com/SpiesPhotoCensored

Rivera Released After 19 Years In Prison For Allegedly Killing Holly Staker, 11, DNA Didn't Match http://bit.ly/xaBXZY

Mitchell International Airport Employee Connected To The Spanish Cobras Indicted For Heroin Charges http://goo.gl/Lxqg9

Oneida Medical Examiner Arrested For Taking Body Part From Deceased Person To Train Cadaver Dog http://tinyurl.com/OneidaCoronerArrested

Assistant Milwaukee Police Chief Winston Retires To End Internal Investigation Against Him Involving Another Man http://goo.gl/dzNhZ

Arellano Felix Drug Cartel Leader Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering And Racketeering Federal Charges In U.S. http://goo.gl/dttUv

Discua-Bados, Estranged Husband Wanted For Fatally Stabbing 24-year-old Woman In Milwaukee, WI http://bit.ly/A91ern

Ojeda-Jimenez, Quadriplegic Deported Illegally By Advocate Christ Medical Center Died On New Year's Day http://tinyurl.com/QuelinoDies

Edery-Crivosei, Major Cali Money Laundering Suspect For Mexican And Colombian Cartels Arrested http://tinyurl.com/EderyCrivoseiArrested

Benjamin Colton Barnes' body identified by Washington State Police, alleged killer of Mt. Rainier Park Ranger Anderson http://ow.ly/8g0xU

Barnes, Alleged Killer Of Park Ranger Anderson Found Dead In Mount Rainier National Park Forest http://ow.ly/8g0xU

Ornelas-Cortes Extradited To Mexico For 2005 Homicide In Guanajuato http://tinyurl.com/7lak24o

Gun Distributor For The Pacific Cartel And Sinaloa Cartel Arrested By Mexican Federal Police http://goo.gl/llo70

IL: Murry and Smith Charged In The Hernández Carjacking Homicide In Waukegan http://goo.gl/0ZhlI

U.S. Treasury Links Panama-based Money Laundering Network To Mexican And Colombian Drug Cartels http://bit.ly/trdX5H

Alvarado Charged With Hit and Run That Injured Milwaukee Police Officer Vrtochnick http://tinyurl.com/AlvaradoCharged

WI: Alvarado, Alleged Driver Arrested In Hit and Run That Struck Milwaukee Police Officer Vrtochnick On Christmas Eve http://bit.ly/tAWmcH

Tip Led Milwaukee Police To Vehicle Sought In Hit and Run That Struck Officer Vrtochnick http://bit.ly/tAWmcH

Suburban Chicago Area Teen Along With Two Others Burned Alive On Christmas Eve In Michoacan By Suspects http://goo.gl/dfO67

El Güero, Sinaloa Cartel Member Arrested By Mexican Federal Police; U.S. had a $5 million dollar bounty on his head http://goo.gl/HkiBG

Melee Frenzy At Mall of America Sparked By Rumors That Rappers Lil' Wayne And Drake Were Inside http://tinyurl.com/MallofAmericaMelee

Suspect Sought That Struck Milwaukee Police Officer Vrtochnick On Christmas Day http://bit.ly/rKyuuX

Mexican Feds And U.S. Special Agents Within Days Of Capturing Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera http://tinyurl.com/7aykrpe

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"El Pitufo" Alleged Leader For The Aztecas Gang Arrested In Juárez

César Lorenzo Roque Flores, aka, "El Pitufo," stands fourth from left.

El Pitufo

Photos: El Mexicano

Mexican military arrests an alleged leader of the Aztecas criminal organization.

By H. Nelson Goodson
January 14, 2012

Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México - On Saturday, the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena) reported that Cesar Lorenzo Roque Flores, aka, "El Pitufo" was arrested along with seven suspects from the Aztecas criminal organization at a residence in northern Juárez. A tip led the Mexican military to raid a home where a group of armed men were staying.
Flores is the alleged leader for the Aztecas gang associated with La Línea criminal organization, which is affiliated with the Juárez Cartel. Los Aztecas are the enforcers for the Juárez Cartel.
Along with Flores, the following suspects were arrested as well, Yerimi Luis Bayron, Enrique Moreno, aka, "El Kike," Lorenzo Fernández Martínez, Julio César Pérez Neri, Juan Manuel Hernández Ávila, Reynaldo Sánchez García and Ramiro Alfredo Pérez Chávez, aka, "El Pildoritas" or "Casanova." 
The military confiscated nine long rifles, three handguns, 7,206 cartridges of various calibers and several vehicles.

News video of El Pitufo and the Aztecas arrest at link: http://bit.ly/yTlFvS

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Yang Charged With Lee's Homicide At Sheboygan's Walmart

Kou Yang and Pheng Lee

Armed homicide suspect was a felon and on probation for a child abuse 2010 case, according to state records.

By H. Nelson Goodson
January 14, 2012

Sheboygan - Last Thursday, Kou Yang, 21, of Sheboygan was charged as a repeat offender, including three felony counts of 1st-degree reckeless homicide, one count 1st-degree reckless injuring and one count for pssession of a firearm by felon, in connection with the murder of Pheng Lee, 20, on January 8th. Yang is accused of discharging five 9mm shots at Lee and Cheng Lung Moua, 21, and his friends outside a Walmart at 3711 S. Taylor Dr. shortly after they approached Yang's vehicle, according to the criminal complaint.
The initial confrontation occured inside the Walmart around 12:30 a.m. at a cashier counter lane. Moua was in line and then Yang with his wife and a 16-year-old teenager stood behind him and exchanged some words. Moua told police he called his brother Lee to come over to the store because he was expecting trouble once they got outside Walmart.
Afterwards, Yang went to his vehicle where he was accompanied by his wife and the teenager. Moua, Lee and two other friends are seen by video surveillance going to Yang's vehicle. When they reached Yang's vehicle, they exchange words, then Yang pulls out a gun and fires at Moua who falls and shoots at Lee as he tries to flee. Lee falls from the gunshot wounds and Yang fled the scene.
Moua told investigators, that they went to tell Yang, to leave him alone. But, Yang opened fire at them.
Lee who was a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee later died at St. Nicolas Hospital in Sheboygan from a bullet wound through the heart and from another bullet on the right lung. Moua was shot in the jaw and lost two teeth and had reconstructive surgery at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa, according to Sheboygan police.
Yang was later arrested at his residence. Police say, it was investigated as an alleged gang related shooting.
State records indicate, Yang was convicted in 2010 for child abuse and was a felon.
Yang is facing more than 78 years in prison on the felony counts and a judge set a $750,000 cash bond.

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"El Profe" From La Familia Cartel Arrested By Mexican Federal Police

Emmanuel Díaz Rios and Viani Jaret Velásquez Pérez

Photo: SSP

Rios was wanted in connection with numerous homicides throughout five municipalities in the state of México.

By H. Nelson Goodson
January 14, 2012

Mexico City - On Saturday, the Mexican Federal Police (SSP) reported that Emmanuel Díaz Rios, 30, aka, "El Profe" had been arested. Rios orignally from Arcelia, Guerrero was wanted by the Mexican government for operating La Familia criminal organization in the municipalities of Chicoloapan, Chimalhuacán, Nezahualcóyotl, Los Reyes and Texcoco in the state of México.
Rios was taken into custody near the District of Izatalapa on Monday along with his girlfriend, Viani Jaret Velásquez Pérez, 18. Rios is facing charges for numerous homicides of rival cartel members, supervising and the distribution of weapons and vehicles, including the distribution of a ton of cocaine.
Rios' criminal operation stretched to five municipalities that he controlled as head of La Familia in the state of México.

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Tip Led To The Arrest Of Five Suspects Robbing Motorists Along The Acapulco Highway Stretch In Mexico

(L-R) Isael Villanueva Vega, Flavio Villanueva Vega and Sergio Navarrete Atrisco

Photos: SSP

Highway robbers nabbed by federal police.

By H. Nelson Goodson
January 14, 2012

Tierra Colorada, Guerrero, México - The Mexican Federal Police (SSP) confirmed the arrest of five suspects inconnection with a series of armed robberies along the Acapulco highway stretch in Guerrero. A tip led to the arrest of five suspects from the "Beltrán Leyva" criminal organization on January 4th near the Ocotito-Rincón de la Vía highway interchange.
They were identified as Flavio Villanueva Vega, 31, aka, "El Peinetas," the alleged leader who coordinated and handled the extortion of drivers held during highway robberies. The other suspects included, Isael Villanueva Vega, 20, aka, "El Isa"; Sergio Navarrete Atrisco, 40, aka, "El Chejo"; Omar Villanueva Vega, 25, and José Tinoco Brito, 28, aka, "El Pepe." Both Atrisco and Brito were wounded during a confrontation near the Tierra Colorada township, when they fired at federal police. The suspects are facing charges for armed robbery, extortion and drug possession.
Federal police conficated three vehicles, six weapons, 60 bags of white powder believed to be cocaine, cell phones and a variety of documents.

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Mexican Federal Judge Cited Double Jeopardy To Prevent Female Druglord Extradition To The U.S.

Sandra Ávila-Beltrán

U.S. government lost second attempt to extradite female druglord from Mexico.

By H. Nelson Goodson
January 12, 2012

Mexico City - On Thursday, Mexican federal Judge Jesus Chavez ruled that Sandra Ávila-Beltrán, aka, "La Reina del Pacifico" an alleged druglord can't be extradited to the U.S. due to double jeopardy. Ávila-Beltrán was acquitted in Mexico in December 2010 of charges for transportng and attempting to smuggling more than 9 tons of cocaine on December 2001 into the U.S. from Mexico. An appeals court in Mexico upheld Ávila-Beltrán's acquittal in August of last year.
The U.S. District Court of Southern Florida indicted Ávila-Beltrán for the same charges in 2004. On November 2007, she was indicted in the U.S. for two counts of conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine, stemming from the 2001 drug bust of a Mexican vessel "MACEL" carrying more than 9 tons of cocaine near the port of Manzanillo.
Ávila-Beltrán allegedly controlled major smuggling and trafficking operations between Colombian and Mexican criminal organizations. In 2007, she was taken into custody at a Cafe in Mexico City.
Mexican federal Judge Chavez said in his ruling, that most likely Ávila-Beltrán would be tried for the same charges in the U.S. she had been aquitted in Mexico. Chavez citing the Mexican Constitution, which prevents a Mexican national from being prosecuted in another country for the same crime prosecuted in Mexico, he denied an extradition request from the U.S.
Another Mexican federal Judge had previously denied a first request to extradite Ávila-Beltrán to the U.S.
Ávila-Beltrán is still being held in a prison at Tepic, Nayarit pending Mexican federal charges for money laundering. She is claiming that most of the money generated by her came from renting properties and selling clothes at businesses, which she owns.
She is the niece of Miquel Angel Felix Gallardo, aka, "El Padrino" who is serving a 40-year prison sentence in Mexico for drug smuggling, trafficking and for his connection to the February 7, 1985 homicide of U.S. DEA Agent Enrique Camarena-Salazar, 37, aka, "KiKe" in Jalisco. Gallardo was one of the main partners of the druglord Rafael Caro Quintero, aka, "El Numero Uno." Quintero, Gallardo, Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo and Juan José Esparragoza Moreno founded the Guadalajara and Sonora Cartels in 1984.
Camarena-Salazar based in Guadalajara was kidnapped along with his pilot, Alfredo Zavala who were later brutally tortured and then killed. Agent Camarena-Salazar was instrumental in striking a blow at the Quintero criminal organization.
In November 1984, Mexican federal police raided the "El Búfalo" a Quintero ranch in Chihuahua and burned 10 tons of marijuana plants costing Quintero more than $160 million U.S. dollars in loses. In retalliation, he had Camarena-Salazar killed.

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U.S. Marine Corps Launches Probe Over Video Showing Alleged Marines Urinating On Dead Taliban

Video surfaced depicting four elite Marines urinating on corpses. Military investigators have identified the Marines involved in desecrating the bodies of Taliban fighters.

By H. Nelson Goodson
January 12, 2012
(Updated)

Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, a 39 second video surfaced on Youtube depicting at least four men dressed in what looks like an U.S. Marine elite sniper unit urinating on corpses. Another man is videotaping the act of desecrating the bodies full of blood from three Taliban fighters. The details on the video are graphic and may have been recorded somewhere in Afghanistan, but doesn't provided a date when it was videotaped.
The information posted on the original video stated, "scout sniper team 4 with 3rd battalion 2nd Marines out of Camp Lejeune peeping on dead Taliban." The original video clip has since been removed, according to a Youtube notice. Numerous copies of the video posted by others and media outlets remain on Youtube and the Internet.
One of the men is heard saying "Have a great day, buddy," another one says, "You got it on, the video," "Yeah" yells another and finally one jokes around and says, "Golden, like a shower," referring to the three Taliban dead fighters killed.
The U.S. Marine Corps launched an investigation and the initial probe hasn't confirmed the authenticity of the video. But the preliminary probe found that two of the men are actually Marines, according to a report by CNN dot com.
Investigators later were able to determine the identities of the three other Marines involved in the video. Two Marines and their batallion commander have been assigned to another area and are no longer with the 3rd Batallion, according to investigators. Their identities haven't been released.
The alleged Marines on the video were assigned to the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marine Regiment based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. They were deployed to the Helmand province in Afghanistan in February 2011 and returned to the U.S. in September 2011, according to CNN dot com.
Military sources say, the men in the video are seen with 30-Caliber sniper rifles issued to Special Ops teams and the helmets being worned have a shorter front and sides to allow snipers to have their weapons closer to their face, according to Marine sources.
The men identified are facing potential war crime charges and court martial for their actions, which are deemed disgusting, disgraceful, horrid and actions not associated with the Marine Corps. The Geneva Convention prohibits the photographing and the desecration of dead bodies.
The Pentagon released a statement saying, "the actions portrayed are not consistent with our core values and are not indicative of the character of the Marine Corps."
The Marine Corps is a component of the U.S. Department of Navy and part of the Pentagon.

Youtube video of four men in Marine uniforms urinating on corpses at link: http://goo.gl/Hbmr1

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