Los Angeles Times -- October 22, 2009      Probe of Mexican drug cartel leads to nearly 1,200 arrests in U.S.    Reporting from Washington - In a series of recent raids throughout the United States, federal authorities have arrested nearly 1,200 people who they say are connected to one of Mexico's most aggressively expanding and deadly drug trafficking cartels, known as La Familia Michoacana, law enforcement officials told The Times' Washington bureau...

Atlanta Journal Constitution -- October 22, 2009       Authorities arrest 38 members of drug cartel in metro Atlanta    More than 300 people were arrested nationwide Wednesday, including 38 in metro Atlanta, in the largest-ever enforcement operation against a Mexican drug cartel, authorities said. -- The operation dealt a severe blow to La Familia Michoacana, often called La Familia, a drug trafficking organization...

Dallas Morning News -- October 22, 2009     90 arrested in Dallas drug bust tied to 'La Familia' cartel    Federal and local authorities early Wednesday arrested 90 people in Dallas as part of a nationwide methamphetamine drug distribution bust tied to the notorious "La Familia" drug cartel. -- According to officials close to the investigation, authorities raided 38 locations in Dallas...

Newark Star-Ledger -- October 21, 2009      Honduran illegal alien admits sexually assaulting 8 year old    Wharton, NJ -- An [illegal alien from Honduras], whose bail became the subject of a New Jersey Supreme Court case earlier this year, pleaded guilty today to sexually-assaulting a 8-year-old girl. -- Manuel Fajardo-Santos, 31, admitted today to sexually assaulting his girlfriend's younger sister in Wharton on Aug. 24, 2008... [More of Obama's pet fiends]

NBC-TV -- San Francisco -- October 19, 2009      California going to pot    Pot smokers with proper papers in California can exhale in a sigh of relief. Federal drug agents won't be wasting their time raiding medical marijuana dispensaries here and in 13 others that share similar laws. -- The Obama Administration will release new guidelines Monday involving medical marijuana that discourage police... [Related video]

San Gabriel Valley (Calif.) Tribune -- October 19, 2009      Previously deported felon suspected in Covina burglary    A previously deported felon was arrested Friday on suspicion of breaking into a Covina camera shop, police said. -- Salvador Madrigal, 36, of Compton was booked on suspicion of burglary and was being held without bail, Covina police said in a written statement...

Los Angeles Times -- October 15, 2009      Border Patrol agents seize pot-packed SUV, arrest Mexican    U.S. Border Patrol agents seized more than $500,000 in marijuana stuffed into a sport utility vehicle on Interstate 5 near San Clemente, authorities said today. -- An agent patrolling the area Wednesday afternoon spotted the 2002 Toyota Sequoia with what appeared to be excessive weight in its cargo area...

Delaware Online -- October 13, 2009      3 illegals face drug charges in Hockessin    Three [illegal aliens] were arrested early Sunday when troopers found them parked in a lot in Hockessin with drugs in the car, police reported today. -- State police charged Ernesto Alvarado Calamaco, 27, his 24-year-old brother Gaston, and Pedro Pantoja Padilla, 30, all of East Chestnut Street in Coatesville, on charges of cocaine possession...

The Citizens Voice -- Wilkes-Barre, Pa. -- October 12, 2009      Shots fired, stabbing reported outside Hazleton bar    Hazleton police responded to reports of multiple gunshots in the vicinity of La Cantina, North Wyoming Street, early Saturday morning. -- Police also said a physical altercation occurred in front of the bar at about 2:30 a.m., during which individuals struck each other with handguns...

Connecticut Post -- October 9, 2009      Mexican convicted in child kidnap, attempted sex assault case    Milford -- A Mexican citizen was convicted Thursday of kidnapping and attempting to sexually assault a young girl in a local hotel as he was smuggling her into the country. -- The six-person jury found Francisco Pascual, 26, who had been living in Maryland, not guilty of two counts of sexual assault, but guilty on... [More of Obama's pet fiends]

Stein Report -- October 8, 2009      Charlotte investigation ties together DC, NC prostitution rings    The ACORN expose tapes may have been the first time that many Americans became aware of the pervasiveness of sex-trafficking in the U.S. The South Carolina News has a story today about how these smuggling networks are pervasive in the Carolinas...

Los Angeles Times -- October 8, 2009     Agents find 36 pounds of cocaine hidden in car driven by Mexican invader    U.S. Border Patrol agents uncovered 36 pounds of cocaine hidden in the doors of a car in a San Clemente rest area, authorities said today. -- Agents discovered the contraband Wednesday evening after following the driver, who was displaying suspicious behavior while traveling north on Interstate 5...

Florence (Ala.) Times Daily -- October 7, 2009      Illegal alien fiend sentenced for raping child    Russellville -- A Franklin County man accused of raping and abusing a 10-year-old girl has been sentenced to two 22-year sentences, authorities said. -- Gilberto R. Avarado, 34, 980 Franklin 60, Russellville, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree rape, according to Franklin Courthouse officials... [More "family values"]

Statesman-Journal -- Salem, Ore. -- October 7, 2009      Salem man to serve 46 months in federal prison for fraudulent tax refunds    Portland – Luciano Ramos DeLeon, of Salem, was sentenced today in federal court to 46 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. -- Ramos pleaded guilty in May 2009 to one count of filing a false claim and one count of failure to appear....

Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald / Review -- October 7, 2009      Offenses against kids get three arrested by agents    Border Patrol agents from the Douglas station on Monday arrested three illegal alien males from Mexico; all with criminal records for various offenses against children, authorities said. The arrests occurred in three separate incidents...

WSOC-TV -- Charlotte, NC -- October 2, 2009      Illegal alien accused in kidnapping plot    An illegal [alien] is accused of plotting to kidnap two Cornelius girls from a bus stop. -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg police arrested Ruben Garcia-Rosario, 25, on Tuesday. He's charged with two counts of first-degree attempted kidnapping, felony conspiracy, carrying a concealed weapon and driving without an operator's license...

San Bernardino County Sun -- October 2, 2009      Raid targets Hispanic gang in Victorville    Nearly 100 members of a local Hispanic gang with ties to the Mexican Mafia were targeted in a two-year investigation that culminated Thursday in a sweep that spanned two counties. -- About 100 law enforcement officers participated in "Operation Jokers Wild" to serve 75 arrest warrants for members of the notorious East Side Victoria Gang...

Associated Press -- October 2, 2009      Illegal alien pleads guilty in Kansas in human smuggling case    Wichita, Kan. -- A Mexican man accused of smuggling 12 illegal [aliens] into Kansas from Arizona has pleaded guilty to illegal re-entry and human smuggling charges. -- Jorge Elizalde-Juarez entered the plea Thursday in U.S. District Court in Wichita. A plea agreement with prosecutors calls for a 14-month sentence...

KZTV -- Corpus Christi, Texas -- September 30, 2009      Stolen vehicle full of likely illegals nabbed    The Department of Public Safety, the United States Border Patrol and officers from Constable Precincts Three and Five all helped chase down the people inside a stolen vehicle outside of Bishop before noon Wednesday. -- Officers said it all started when a county police officer saw the vehicle which he said looked suspicious...

Associated Press -- September 30, 2009      Suspected illegal alien pleads no contest in fatal Omaha collision    A 27-year-old man has pleaded no contest to charges stemming from a collision that fatally injured a 4-year-old Omaha girl. -- Eleazar Rangel-Ochoa made the pleas Tuesday to a charge of driving under suspension and 1 of misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide...

Austin (Minn.) Herald -- September 29, 2009      Illegal alien caught shoplifting charged with forgery    An Albert Lea man faces two counts of felony forgery after being stopped for shoplifting Friday and asked for his ID. -- Braulio Mendez Morales, 25, also faces a lesser count of theft. He appeared in court Monday on the charges and is scheduled for arraignment Oct. 8...

McAllen (Texas) Monitor -- September 28, 2009      Drunken dispute leads to fatal shooting; 2 Mexican illegals arrested    A drunken dispute over a small debt led to a Mexican national's fatal shooting Saturday, authorities said. -- Two Mexican nationals have been arrested in connection to the crime. The duo will face murder charges at an arraignment this afternoon. -- Deputies responded to a call of a man's body that lay in a ditch...

KCRG-TV -- Cedar Rapids, Iowa -- September 27, 2009     Drunk illegal alien driver crashes into semi on I-380    A car driven by a drunk driver crashed into a semi on I-380 in Cedar Rapids, slowing traffic on Friday morning. -- A car and semi collided around 10:40 a.m. Friday in the southbound lanes between the H Avenue and Seventh Street exits. Police say no one was injured...

Dave Gibson -- The Examiner -- September 26, 2009      VA judge sentences illegal alien rapist to life in prison    On Friday, Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Horne sentenced illegal alien Arnold J. Mancia-Morales, 25 to life in prison, plus 53 years. -- On March 12, 2009, a jury convicted Honduran national Mancia-Morales, of raping a 75-year-old woman in her Sterling Park home... [More 'family values' that should have stopped at the Rio Bravo]

The Examiner -- September 25, 2009      Illegal alien fights San Francisco drug charge    A San Francisco jury found a 23-year-old illegal [alien] guilty Friday of selling crack cocaine in the Tenderloin despite his claims that human traffickers forced him to do it. -- The case pitted the issues of human trafficking versus illegal [aliens] who commit crime in the sanctuary city of San Francisco...

Courthouse News Service -- September 25, 2009      Legal Mexican immigrant criminal loses removal appeal    A Mexican citizen living legally in the United States lost his bid to halt his deportation for trying to smuggle two illegal [aliens] into the country. The 7th Circuit denied his petition for review, saying he'd been given a "full and fair" opportunity to present his case...

Florida Times-Union -- Jacksonville -- September 25, 2009      Illegal alien busted trying to pick up minor     Baker County, Fla. -- A man is in jail on several charges after deputies say he went to a high school to pick up a girl. -- According to the Baker County Sheriff's Office, a woman called them saying friends of her daughter had called saying "Carlos" was coming up from Orlando to meet with the daughter last week... [More of Obama's pet fiends]

Waco (Texas) Tribune -- September 24, 2009      Two likely illegals held in alleged sex assault of boy     New charges were filed Tuesday against two brothers accused of videotaping each other as they repeatedly sexually assaulted a boy. -- Henry Andres Cortez, 42, and his 48-year-old brother, Jose Adan Olivera, were arrested June 19 and charged with the continuous sexual abuse of a child... [Related item] [More of Obama's pet fiends]

KDBC-TV -- El Paso / Las Cruces / Cd. Juarez -- September 21, 2009      Suspect tried to run over Border Patrol Agent    State Police, the Border Patrol, EPSD and Santa Teresa Police were involved in a high speed chase this morning after a suspect allegedly tried to run over an agent multiple times. -- Officials say the chase started around I-10 in Las Cruces near the Border Patrol checkpoint. The spotted a green Tahoe on a dirt road usually used by drug dealers and human smugglers...

North County Times -- Escondido, Calif.-- September 20, 2009     Drug smuggling ring leader geys 30 years (illegals involved)    A 34-year-old documented Encinitas gang member who headed a complex drug smuggling and distribution ring based in North County before his 2005 arrest has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, a North County Regional Gang task force official said...

Sacramento Bee -- September 20, 2009      Mexican marijuana growers boldly operate in California    Amid dense scrub oak and manzanita high above the Coloma Valley in El Dorado County, the marijuana growers were stocked to subsist in the steep, unforgiving terrain. -- They had seedlings, fertilizer and drip irrigation for thousands of high-grade plants. They had solar power, cookware and months of food...

Houston Chronicle -- September 19, 2009      Drunk driving suspect (a likely illegal) charged in woman's death    An man suspected of driving drunk was charged with killing a Huntsville woman in a head-on collision early Saturday in Montgomery County. -- According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Bulmaro Santos was headed south on the northbound side of Interstate 45 when his Chevrolet Blazer struck a couple's Toyota Avalon...

San Jose Mercury News -- September 19, 2009      Two Mexicans charged with killing smuggler to avoid paying him    Santa Ana, Calif. -- An [illegal alien] and his son have been charged in Orange County with killing a smuggler to avoid paying him for sneaking the son into the US nearly a decade ago. -- Manuel Hernandez Juarez, 58, and his son, 36-year-old Huber Juarez Vasquez, are charged with murder and attempted murder...

Deseret News -- Salt Lake City -- September 19, 2009      Drug peddling probe leads to arrest of 4 illegals    An investigation into a drug-dealing operation ended in a search of three homes, four arrests and the discovery of $65,000 in drugs Thursday. -- The investigation began eight months ago, after investigators received information about a drug-dealing operation being run out of an Ogden home...

KOLD-TV -- Tucson -- September 17, 2009     Carjacking suspect is an illegal alien with a long rap    An illegal [alien] arrested for a violent carjacking remains in the Pima County Jail facing several charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and armed robbery. -- Jesus Moreno-Clark is accused of carjacking a man, at gunpoint and then leading police on a chase the wrong way down Interstate 10 before he was caught...

Gaston Gazette -- Gastonia, NC -- September 15, 2009     Suspected illegals part of scheme to obtain hundreds of driver's licenses    Three Hispanics believed to be here illegally face charges of bribing a Gaston County driver license examiner with $300 to get a driver's license, according to arrest warrants and affidavits. -- DMV inspectors arrested Claudia Morales Rodriguez, 29, and Alfredo Lopez Hernandez, 29, both of Gastonia, and Juan Alberto Goddy Vasquez, 37, of Kings Mountain...

Don Surber -- London Daily Mail -- September 14, 2009      Catch and release till they kill    Ashley Nicole Lilly, 24, of Inglewood, Calif.... was just a prostitute. Her murder on the weekend of Aug. 19-21 at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Anaheim was a tragedy -- a preventable tragedy. -- The Orange County Register said police arrested Cesar Gomez, 34, an illegal alien from Mexico, and charged him with her murder. Police said he is a gang member...

Suncoast News -- New Port Richey, Fla. -- September 14, 2009       Illegal Mexican alien gets 6 years in fatal excavator crash    A 20-year-old Mexican [illegal alien] was sentenced to six years in prison Friday, about a month after he pleaded guilty to killing a pickup driver by driving his construction vehicle the wrong way down U.S. 19 in Pinellas Park. -- On the night of April 21, 2007, Agustin Palma Trejo was driving a track hoe excavator the wrong way – and without its lights on... [See Crime Watch]

Orange County Register -- Santa Ana, Calif. -- September 12, 2009       Thrice-deported Mexican charged with Orange County murder    Garden Grove -- A man arrested and charged with murdering a prostitute at a Garden Grove hotel is a gang member who has been deported to Mexico three times in the last decade, Garden Grove police said at a press conference this morning. -- Cesar Gomez, 34, of El Monte, is scheduled to be arraigned on a murder charge...

White Plains (NY) Journal-News -- September 11, 2009      Illegal alien fiend admits Port Chester child-molestation    A 28-year-old illegal [alien] admitted in court todaythat he molested a 3-year-old Port Chester girl last year, according to the Westchester District Attorney's office. -- Saul Peralta, who was living in Hartsdale before his arrest, pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree criminal sex act, a felony... [More of Obama's pet fiends]

San Francisco Chronicle -- September 10, 2009      No death penalty for notorious Bologna family murders    San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris will not seek the death penalty for an alleged gang member accused of murdering a father and two of his sons, a prosecutor said Thursday. -- The announcement in San Francisco Superior Court means that Edwin Ramos will at most serve life in prison without parole if convicted...

Thousand Oaks (Calif.) Acorn -- September 10, 2009      Illegal alien murder suspect uses several different names     A man who allegedly has given police several names has been arrested and charged with attempted murder. -- Police have identified him as an undocumented immigrant who’s been working in Thousand Oaks as a day laborer. The names he has given to police are Genaro Hernandez, Fidel Robledo and Jose Rojas...

Douglas (Arizona) Daily Dispatch -- September 10, 2009     Border Patrol makes several arrests in Douglas area    On Wednesday, September 2, the Border Patrol arrested a male Mexican national west of Douglas. Records revealed he was convicted of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. -- In a separate incident, agents arrested a male Mexican national west of Douglas. Fingerprint records revealed he had been arrested previously on accusations of assault to commit rape and assault with a firearm... [More "family values"]

Quad City Times -- Davenport, Iowa -- September 10, 2009     Illegal alien sentenced to 5 years in rape    A Kane County judge has sentenced a Crystal Lake man to five years in prison for raping a woman in Carpentersville last. -- The 35-year-old defendant, Mario Lagunes-Rodriguez was convicted in a bench trial in May by Associate Judge T. Jordan Gallagher, who also handed down the sentence Wednesday... [More "family values"]

KATU-TV -- Portland, Oregon -- September 10, 2009     Suspected illegal alien accused of raping 5-year-old appears in court    Vancouver, Wash. -- A man accused of crawling into bed with a 5-year-old boy last Friday and raping him was in court Tuesday. -- Joe Juillermo Fajardo, 26, has no known criminal record according to prosecutors, but Mike Vaughn, a deputy prosecuting attorney, said allegations against Fajardo are disturbing... [More of Obama's pet fiends]

Columbus (Ga.) Ledger-Enquirer -- September 9, 2009      Drug investigation leads to 13 indictments    Newnam, Ga. -- Authorities have indicted 13 people and seized more than $2 million in drug money following an investigation by federal officials in Georgia. -- The Coweta County district attorney's office handed down the indictments Sept. 1. They were announced Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

Dave Gibson -- The Examiner -- September 9, 2009      Previously arrested illegal alien kills 74-year-old psychologist    On September 1, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol arrested Mexican national Roberto Salvador Alvelais-Torres, 28. He is accused of hitting and killing Beverly Duffield, 74, with his SUV, while she was riding her bicycle, and then fleeing the scene...

Nashville Tennessean -- September 9, 2009      Report: Three illegals sentenced on pot conviction    Three men in the country illegally have been sentenced to prison on marijuana charges, according to a Channel 4 report. -- Authorities arrested Jose Castillo, Julio Luna-Puga and Osvaldo Galvan-Robles in April 2008 after officers caught them with 500 pounds of marijuana in their possession...

The Examiner -- September 6, 2009          Unstoppable Arpaio, busts piracy in a 'mercado'    Last night's raid at the El Gran Mercado, in Phoenix, Arizona resulted in 33 people arrested. Sheriff Joe Arpaio said to local reporters he had a tip vendors at this mercado were breaking the law selling counterfeit DVDs and CDs. The movies found at the site are the same just released to the Home Box Office while hundreds of copies were confiscated... [Related 'tweet' from Joe Arpaio -- 23 illegals nabbed] [Related item]

United Press International -- September 6, 2009      Mexican "immigrant" charged with murdering own daughters    Los Angeles -- A Mexican immigrant to California who was out of work and faced with finding a new place to live has been charged with killing two of her daughters. -- The bodies of Diana Moreno, 17, and her 12-year-old sister, Edith, were found Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reported. Their throats had been cut...

KDBC-TV -- El Paso -- September 5, 2009      CBP finds cocaine in motorcycle gas tank, Mexican busted    ...CBP officers arrested 35-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Provencio of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. He was turned over to ICE special agents after the case was accepted for federal prosecution. Rodriguez-Provencio was booked into the El Paso County Jail and is currently being held without bond...

KTRK-TV -- Houston -- September 5, 2009      Police crack down on day laborers    League City's top cop says his police department is getting tough on day laborers after years of letting them gather and find work right next to the police station. -- The city is finding itself in the middle of a heated debate that's raged on for decades. Some say the day laborers are being disruptive and trespassing...

Fox News -- September 5, 2009      Delta Airlines employees charged with smuggling illegal aliens    San Juan, PR -- A federal grand jury in the U.S. Virgin Islands has indicted two ticket agent contractors who worked for Delta Airlines and an airport employee on charges of conspiracy to smuggle illegal [aliens] into the U.S. -- The ticket agents, identified as Diana Telemaque, 33, and Felicia Browne, 22, were arrested Thursday along with luggage handler Daniel Confidente...

Fox 23-TV -- Tulsa, Okla. -- September 5, 2009      Suspected illegal alien with lengthy arrest record jailed in fatal crash    A suspected illegal [alien] who police say killed a cyclist with his car has a criminal past. -- Fox23 was the first and only media outlet to report this information Thursday night. -- Court records show 28-year-old Roberto Alvelais-Torres has been jailed three times in Tulsa County for several charges, including DUI...

Green Valley (Arizona) News -- September 5, 2009      Open-borders fanatics face trial for leaving water on refuge    Border activists who want to put water bottles on a Southern Arizona wildlife refuge have gotten to the negotiating table with federal officials this summer, but it hasn't been easy getting there. -- Agents in the Fish and Wildlife Department have ticketed 15 activists for putting water out on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge west of Arivaca... [See: Aiding and abetting illegals is a crime]

KTIV -- Sioux City, Iowa -- September 5, 2009      Oklahoma authorities arrest Iowa illegal alien murder suspect    ...Authorities in Oklahoma say 20-year-old Luis Angel Trujillo-Mendez was taken into custody on immigration charges and is now charged with first degree murder for the death of Lorenzo Nambo Garcia. -- For police, the case started when a passerby spotted the 27-year-old Garcia's body in a ditch off of Highway 30 near Dow City... [

Fox 5 TV -- Atlanta -- September 4, 2009           Teen's text message halts sexual attack by suspected illegal alien    A Gwinnett County man was in jail Thursday without bond, accused of attacking a teenage girl. Authorities said the attack could have been much worse had the girl not sent a text message to one of her friends asking for help. -- Jose Hernandez-Ruiz was charged with sexual battery, kidnapping. The victim in the case is 16-years-old... [More of Obama's pet fiends]

Sierra Sun -- Truckee, Calif. -- September 4, 2009     Feds arrest 12 in immigration raid at Lake Tahoe    Kings Beach, Calif. — Federal immigration officers arrested 12 suspected illegal [aliens] after stationing near a recent DUI checkpoint on Lake Tahoe's North Shore, a California Highway Patrol officer said Thursday. -- Sgt. Steve Bryan of California Highway Patrol said federal ICE officers stood by a highway patrol DUI checkpoint Friday...

Associated Press -- September 4, 2009      Mexican sentenced for repeated immigration violations    Arizona authorities say a Mexican man has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for multiple immigration convictions. -- Prosecutors say 39-year-old Miguel Angel Valenzuela-Valenzuela, of Sonora, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Phoenix to 98 months in prison...