CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION This document was created by Texas Department of Public Safety’s Border Security Operations Center in conjunction with federal, state, and local Unified Command partners as part of ongoing border security efforts and should be safeguarded and protected in accordance with the requirements of the above classification. The above classification CONTROLLEDincludes this UNCLASSIFIEDdocument andINFORMATIONany accompanying – LAW ENFORCEMENTattachments SENSITIVEand/or e-mails. Key Events and Findings • In the past two months, there have been two seizures involving marijuana concealed in the wall of ice chests: one in the Coastal Bend Sector and one in the Laredo Sector. • Since the end of JAN 2011, RGV and Coastal Bend Sectors continue to observe seizures of large amounts of marijuana over 1,000 lbs co-mingled with produce. • Since FEB 2011, there have been three incidences of narcotics (heroin and cocaine between 7 to 10 lbs) concealed in produce cans: one involving fruit cans and two Mahler Refried Black Bean cans. This week 7.76 lbs of brown heroin were concealed in fruit cans. • The largest single seizure occurred in the Marfa Sector involving $406,035 USD concealed in the gas tank of a 2003 Jeep Liberty. • The BSOC continues to observe DTOs targeting of parked law enforcement vehicles and officer‟s residences to obtain various types of weapons and tactical gear. • On 29 MAR 2011, Jaime Rodriguez Calderon, the Mayor of Garcia, survived a second attempt on his life involving armed men interdicting and shooting his motorcade. He survived a similar attack 32 days prior to this event. • On 26 MAR 2011, the Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA) said in a statement that the Mexican Army was able to capture Victor Emanuel Delgado Medrano, alias “El Chumil,” who is the leader of Los Zetas in Cancún, Quintana Roo. CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION – LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Sherman Dallam Hansford Ochiltree Lipscomb Sig. Mexico Events 287 p. 100-107 Hartley Moore Hutchinson Roberts Hemphill 287 Oldham Carson Wheeler TTABLEABLE OFOF Potter Gray Statewide Corridor Seizures Collingsworth Deaf Smith Armstrong Randall Donley p. 94-99 27 Parmer Castro Swisher Briscoe Hall Childress Hardeman Lamb Floyd ONTENTS Hale Motley Cottle Wichita ONTENTS Bailey Clay C Foard C Wilbarger Montague Lubbock Lamar Crosby Dickens King Knox Baylor Archer Cooke Grayson Fannin Red River Cochran Hockley Bowie Delta Franklin Morris Morris Jack Titus Lynn Garza Denton Collin Yoakum Throckmorton Young Wise Hunt Hopkins Terry Kent Stonewall Haskell Cass Cam Rockwall p Rains Marion Dallas Wood Upshur Grant Tarrant Palo Pinto Parker Borden Fisher Gaines Jones Shackelford Stephens Scurry Dawson Harrison Kaufman Otero Van Zandt Dona Ana Howard Mitchell Eastland Hood Ellis Andrews Martin Taylor Johnson Somervell Henderson Gregg Nolan Callahan Erath Panola Luna Rusk Hill Navarro Ector Comanche Cherokee El Paso Hudspeth Loving Winkler Coke Runnels Bosque Anderson Shelby Glasscock Coleman Midland Sterling Brown Freestone Nacogdoches Hidalgo Hamilton Limestone Ward McLennan San Augustine Culberson Mills Hudspeth Crane Upton Reagan Coryell Houston Irion Tom Green Leon Sabine Concho Falls Angelina McCulloch Lampasas Reeves Trinity San Saba Bell Robertson Jasper Madison Newton Schleicher Menard Burnet Crockett Polk Tyler Milam Jeff Davis Jeff Davis Mason Llano Williamson Walker Pecos Brazos El Paso Sector Grimes Burleson San Jacinto Sutton Kimble Hardin Gillespie Lee Montgomery Blanco Travis Washington p. 05-17 Terrell Liberty Bastrop Waller Orange Kerr Hays Harris Edwards Kendall Austin Val Verde Fayette Comal Caldwell Presidio Real Jefferson Brewster Bandera Chambers Fort Bend Guadalupe Colorado Bexar Gonzales Galveston Kinney Uvalde Medina Lavaca Marfa Sector Wilson Brazoria Wharton DeWitt Jackson Frio p. 18-27 Zavala Karnes Matagorda Atascosa Victoria Goliad Live Dimmit Bee Coastal Bend Del Rio Sector Oak Refugio La Salle San Sector p. 28-40 Jim Patricio Wells Duval Nueces Webb p. 83-93 Overall Assessment Kleberg Jim Brooks Kenedy p. 108-113 Laredo Sector Hogg Rio Grande p. 41-51 Starr Willacy Valley Sector Cameron p. 52-82 CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION – LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Operation BORDER STAR 23 MAR – 29 MAR 2011 CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION – LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE EL PASO UNIFIED COMMAND SECTOR 23 – 29 MAR 2011 EL PASO H P E T D S U H UNIFIED COMMAND MEMBERS USBP Horizon City PD CBP – OFO Ysleta Del Sur Tribal PD ICE El Paso ISD PD West TX HIDTA University of Texas El Paso PD EPIC El Paso Community College PD TMF El Paso Office of Emergency DPS Management TPWD US Army, Ft. Bliss CID Texas Tech University PD El Paso CO SO Texas Comptroller of Public Hudspeth CO SO Accounts Dona Ana CO SO (NM) Texas Attorney General, El Paso Grant CO SO (NM) Union Pacific Railroad PD Hidalgo CO SO (NM) Texas Alcohic Beverage Luna CO SO (NM) Commission Otero CO SO (NM) El Paso County Constables Anthony PD El Paso PD Full Map/Table of Contents CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION – –LAWLAW ENFORCEMENT ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE SENSITIVE El Paso Sector The Unified Command provided the following reports: Contraband Seizures Illegal Alien Apprehensions Marijuana 981.14 lbs IAs/Referrals 0 Cocaine 49.21 lbs IAs/USBP 248 OTMs 8 Heroin 0.002 lbs Guatemala 2 Methamphetamine 0 lbs Bangladesh 1 Currency $14,775.00 Germany 1 OTM Countries Hydrocodone-5 pills, Ecuador 1 Psilocybin-0.007 lbs, Other Ecstasy-9 pills, Honduras 1 Xanax-33 pills Brazil 2 Handgun(s) 1 Vehicles Stolen / Recovered Weapons Long Gun(s) 0 Stolen 31 Explosive(s) 0 Recovered 43 Absconds 0 Bailouts 0 Criminal Arrests 132 Fugitive Arrests 42 Gang Related Criminal Arrests 7 Pursuits 0 Scouts/Decoys 0 CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION – LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE El Paso Sector The Unified Command statistics over the past 4 weeks: El Paso UC Currency Seizures El Paso UC Marijuana Seizures $25,000 4,500.00 3,839.59 $23,680 4,000.00 $20,000 3,500.00 2,876.92 3,000.00 $14,775 $15,000 2,500.00 2,789.38 2,000.00 $10,000 $10,121 1,500.00 1,000.00 $5,000 981.14 Pounds of MarijuanaPounds Seized 500.00 Amount of US of US AmountCurrency Seized $0 $0 0.00 11-Mar-11 18-Mar-11 25-Mar-11 1-Apr-11 11-Mar-11 18-Mar-11 25-Mar-11 1-Apr-11 El Paso UC Cocaine Seizures El Paso UC Illegal Aliens 120.00 400 351 98.83 350 100.00 297 300 340 80.00 250 248 60.00 200 49.21 150 40.00 42.14 100 20.00 Pounds of CocainePounds Seized 50 24.51 of IAs NumberApprehended 0.00 0 11-Mar-11 18-Mar-11 25-Mar-11 1-Apr-11 11-Mar-11 18-Mar-11 25-Mar-11 1-Apr-11 CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION – LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Gang activity Seven gang-related incidents were reported during this period involving seven criminal arrests of members from six different gangs. The incidents involved: Assault Causing Bodily Injury/Family Violence, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Public Intoxication, Criminal Trespass, Failure to Identify, Assault on a Public Servant, Resisting Arrest, Escape From Custody, Terroristic Threats against a Public Servant, Criminal Mischief, and DWI. Sixth Street Barrio Azteca Barrio Meadow Trece Sureno Florencia 13 Varrio Glenwood FLORENCIA 13 is a California born Sureno gang. They originated in the Florence area of South Central Los Angeles. They are mostly seen in the Central and North East regions of El Paso. According to the El Paso PD’s gang data base, there are approximately 109 confirmed FLORENCIA 13 gang members in El Paso. CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION – LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE BARRIO AZTECA (BA) Update: JAN – MAR 2011 • In the first two months of 2011, there has been a significant amount of internal activity within the BA organization. There have been attempted kidnappings and assaults on both active and non-active members. • On 03 JAN 2011, BA member ERIC “SONNY” GOMEZ, DOB 03/17/1977, was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He attempted to kidnap and kill Ex-BA member OSCAR “LONELY” MARTINEZ, DOB 09/10/1975. Gomez has since bonded out of jail and was released on 02 FEB 2011. • Several weeks later, three BA members assaulted GILBERT MENDOZA, DOB 06/13/1961. In that assault, BA member ANGEL “SMALLS” HERNANDEZ, DAVID “CASPER” TREVIZO, DOB 08/27/1967, and another person, identified only as “POISON," were named as suspects; however, no report was filed. • During the final weeks of JAN 2011, the El Paso PD received information that there was a subject with a gun at a local gentlemen‟s club called “Tequilla Sunrise.” In that incident, RENE “FLACO” HOLGUIN, DOB 11/14/1979, a BA associate, was named as a suspect. According to witnesses, HOLGUIN attempted to force an unknown male out of the business and kidnap him; this incident did not generate a report. • On 07 FEB 2011, Socorro PD Officers were dispatched to a stabbing incident and found BA member PAUL “POLLO” CHACON, DOB 03/19/1973, severely beaten. • At a monthly gang meeting on 10 FEB 2011, it was reported that OSCAR “WONDERER” MORA, a well known BA, was assaulted and his money and drugs were stolen from his home. • On 17 FEB 2011, a murder victim was reported at North Loop and Nevarez. He was identified as JUAN JOSE ESQUIVEL, DOB 07/05/1979, a possible BA associate. If all of these BA ties are confirmed, there would be six criminal incidents involving BA members and associates in less than two months. CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION – LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE BARRIO AZTECA (BA) Update (cont) • In addition, the internal BA communications systems in the County Jails has been shut down for most of 2011. Obviously, internal communications must be occurring through visitation conversations.