O'Keefe Crosses Border With Mexico Wearing Osama bin Laden Mask

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A flamethrowing American conservative activist raised eyebrows in the U.S. on Monday by releasing a video of himself crossing the Rio Grande River from Mexico into Texas, dressed as the late al-Qaeda terror mastermind Osama bin Laden.
Guerrilla documentarian James O'Keefe's footage comes at a time when Americans are engaged in a national debate about border security. Tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors from Central America have entered the U.S. illegally in recent months, drawn by a confusing White House policy that appears to offer amnesty for those who make it safely.
In Monday's video release, O'Keefe focuses on the implications for national security: He illegally crosses into Mexico twice and returns – first in street clothes and again in army fatigues, wearing an Osama bin Laden Halloween mask
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The official White House website includes a claim that 'today border security is stronger than it has ever been.'
But O'Keefe told MailOnline that his stunt proves the federal government's policy is lax and needs a dramatic overhaul.
'President Obama is trying to deny the obvious,' he said.
'We proved that border security is national security. The fence is not complete. The border is not secure. In fact, the video shows the border fence is a joke.'

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'The border fence is a joke': Filmmaker crosses from US to Mexico dressed as Osama bin Laden as Border Patrol says 'we can't be everywhere at once'
James O'Keefe, known for guerrilla documentaries targeting liberals, says US Border Patrol was nowhere to be seen when he crossed border twice
The conservative firebrand wore a bin Laden mask to show the national security implications of unmonitored borders
A Border Patrol official said agents who ought to be on the 'front lines aren't even on the front lines anymore'
Texas sheriff showed how a section of border fencing ends abruptly, providing easy access for immigrants to sneak in from Mexico
By DAVID MARTOSKO, U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR

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PUBLISHED: 10:41 EST, 11 August 2014 | UPDATED: 11:04 EST, 11 August 2014

New York Man Suspected of Killing Wife and Two Children Caught Fleeing to Mexico

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A husband suspected of brutally stabbing his young wife and their two daughters to death as they got ready for church has been caught by police trying to flee to Mexico.
Miguel Mejias-Ramos, 28, was stopped by U.S. Marshals just before midnight driving a car with New York State license plates and attempting to get into Mexico, where he was born, police sources said.
His arrest came a day after he allegedly murdered his wife Deisy Garcia, 21, and their two daughters, two-year-old Daniela Mejia and one-year-old Yaslin Mejia, at their home in Queens, New York.
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Husband, 28, 'who stabbed his wife, 21, and their two daughters to death' as they got ready for church is caught fleeing to Mexico
Miguel Mejias-Ramos was caught heading for the border of Mexico, where he was born, just before midnight on Monday
His wife, Deisy Garcia, who was originally from Guatemala, and their two daughters, aged 1 and 2, were found stabbed in their Queens home Sunday
Friends said Garcia was terrified of her husband but was scared to call police because she was an illegal immigrant
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 08:14 EST, 21 January 2014 | UPDATED: 09:46 EST, 21 January 2014

Ten Tons Of Marijuana Seized In Arizona

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10 tons of marijuana seized at Arizona border
by The Associated Press
Video report by Steve Bodinet
Posted on November 19, 2013 at 10:45 AM
Updated yesterday at 6:50 PM

Mexican Government Uses CA Public School

Que Paso?

Mexican officials are ordering Americans around on U.S. soil, and it appears that there is not much we can do about it. The Santa Ana , CA , Mexican Consulate setup a mobile Mexican Matricula Consular ID center on UNITED STATES PUBLIC SCHOOL PROPERTY- Capistrano School District at the Adult English Language Development Center located at 31351 Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano , CA .


When the Minutemen arrived at the Capistrano School District Adult School there was a hub of activity. A mobile Mexican Consulate center was in full swing.

Legal resident Mexicans have U.S. issued green cards, for identification, matricula consular card.
Mexican Consulate Mobile Matricula Consular Cente
Mexican Nationals in the U.S. ILLEGALLY do NOT have a green card and therefore need a Mexican matricula consular identification card - matricula means: of a like group and consular means: from a consulate.


Mexican government ID transactions on U.S. public school property

Box of matricula consular application forms on US public school property



One Minuteman

After the Minutemen had been onsite for about an hour and a half, the mobile center was shut down - above photo.
Once Minutemen began to observe and report, documenting and photographing. The Mexican Nationals no longer ventured forth to the center and many, who had been in attendance, left the mobile center.
MEXICAN DIPLOMAT TELLS MINUTEMEN - LEAVE!



The Mexican diplomat, above, would not give us her business card nor her name
The Mexican diplomat, above, approached the Minutemen as the Minutemen were peacefully strolling about- on United States public school property - observing and taking photos of the event.






Minutewoman - peacefully assembling on public school property


The Mexican diplomat repeatedly said, "This a private event
for Mexicans only




You cannot be here . I am telling you nicely as I do not want to call the police. Please leave."






Minutemen assembled on U.S. school property




Minuteman Project National Rally Spokesman Raymond Herrera said to the Mexican diplomat, "No, we will not leave. We are guaranteed freedom of assembly under OUR Constitution."









I said to the diplomat, "The U.S. should adopt Mexico 's immigration policy."



"Oh," she agreed. " Mexico has a very good immigration policy."








Mexican diplomat south side of the mobile center




The Mexican diplomat was particularly vexed by our photographing of the event. " DO NOT TAKE PHOTOS," she commanded repeatedly.




Minutemen stated that in the USA , we have the right to photograph in public.



"No, you cannot take photos," she insisted. Herrera and the diplomat then entered into a lengthy discussion in Spanish.



GANG MEMBER with application in hand






The man, above photo, displayed gang hand signals and yelled out "THIS IS OUR TERRITORY!" The Mexican diplomat witnessed and seemingly approved of the gang member at the "Mexican Only" event.









He appeared to be filling out an application - in his left hand above. Many have informally been told that in the Hispanic community only gang members wear black shoes. Note in the photo above, the only man in black shoes is the self-professed gang member.




DIPLOMAT ASSAULTS!








The Minutewoman, above, had been quietly photographing...







Photo by Deb - Mexican Diplomat has a matricula consular card in her hand


Suddenly the door above opened, and the Mexican diplomat, came out yelling. The photo above is just before she lashed out.








To our utter amazement, the diplomat started to strike out at the Minutewoman! We were in a state of shock. As she yelled, she struck across the Minutewoman's lower right jaw and lip, several times.




The Minutewoman above, in her left hand, used her sign as a shield, while pulling her camera back from the assaulting Mexican diplomat



Ten minutes after the assault the Minutewoman still had a "stinging" sensation on her lip and jaw area.



POLICE ARRIVE




Police arrived after the assault.



The police said they had been called by the consulate as they had reported that the Minutemen were inside the building yelling and pushing about. We never entered the building and had been quietly moving outside, on school property.











Herrera spoke with officers then requested they interview the diplomat.



Per the officer's request, the diplomat came forward.












"They must leave," she said to the officer. But the officer replied, "No, this is a public school and they can be here."








The diplomat then said that we must stop photographing them.



"Ma'am," the officer informed her, "You are in a public area and they can photograph."









The officer then asked her, "Do you have the paperwork to use this facility."




"Yes," she replied.





"I would like to see it," the officer said,








"I don't have the paperwork with me," she said back to him.








"I would like to see your identification, " the officer said.










"No, you can't," she said to the officer. The officer at this point followed her inside of the building.



"I have no identification with me. I did not drive,"she finally said as the officer pursued the issue. At this point, the door shut and the officer remained inside of the building.





OFFICER ON THE PHONE








After the officer spoke with the diplomat, he returned to his vehicle and spoke on his cell phone for about 15 to 20 minutes.





After he hung up, he met with us. He said the consulate did not have paperwork but that he had spoken to the individual who had granted the use of the school. He said that we could continue to assemble on the school property.




He appeared sympathetic about the Minutewoman assault, but said the Mexican Consulate staff had diplomatic immunity.





CONSUL VEHICLE
















CALL!




Adult Education - San Juan Capistrano School District



949-489-7445


http://www.capousd.org/adult/




Express your stance on the issue of the Mexican Consulate's mobile matricula consular ID center and a Mexican diplomat assaulting an American woman on U.S. public school property





What is a Matricula Consular card?




http://www.house.gov/garymiller/MatriculaConsularCardsMythandFacts.html





Matricula Consular cards are identification cards issued by the Mexican government to

mainly illegal immigrants living in the United States. Currently, more than 350 financial institutions accept Matricula Consular cards as

proof of identification
thereby allowing thousands of illegal immigrants to have access to mainstream U.S. financial services.

Limbaugh on Mexico's President

Rush Limbuaugh analyzes Mexican President's comments about the Arizona immigration law. Limbaugh points out that Calderon's comments undermine his own position and Obama's.

7 Mayors Plus Local Police Arrested in Mexico

Seven Mayors Arrested in Mexico


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7 mayors charged in Mexico drug cartel probe
Ex-state attorney general, other officials also accused of aiding traffickers
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Habitat of the Monarch Butterfly Threatened

This is part of an ABC News (Nightline) feature about the threat to the Mexican habitat of the Monarch butterfly.

Mexican Navy Seizes 6 Tons of Cocaine on Submarine

Mexican navy seizes cocaine sub
BBC
July 18, 2008

More than 250 packages of drugs were found in the sumbarine

The Mexican navy says it has seized nearly six tonnes of cocaine found inside a 10m-long (31ft) makeshift submarine in the Pacific Ocean.

A naval spokesman said they had known about such submarines but this was the first time they had seen one. US intelligence helped in the operation.

Four Colombian crew members have been taken into custody.

In a separate development Mexico's army seized at least 12 tonnes of marijuana in the city of Tijuana.

The haul is the largest since President Felipe Calderon sent thousands of troops to the region along the border with the US.

US help

The submarine had been carrying its cargo from Colombia towards the coast of Mexico when it was intercepted on Wednesday. It took the navy two days to tow it to shore.

Packages believed to contain cocaine
The cocaine was inside sealed packages on board the sub
The US Homeland Security Secretary, Michael Chertoff, revealed on Friday that US intelligence had led Mexican forces to the submarine.

"We shared information with the Mexican navy, but the Mexican navy acted alone. It was actually their seizure, their marines, their helicopters and naval vessels that captured the submarine," Mr Chertoff said on a visit to Mexico City.

Mexican Vice-Admiral Jose Maria Ortegon Cisneros said that the drugs were in 257 packages wrapped in black plastic.

He said that the submarine was equipped with a global positioning system (GPS) and a compass.

"This is going to force us to intensify our aerial surveillance, because the freeboard (distance from the deck to the water) of this sub is not detected by radars or any type of electronic detection device," he told reporters in Salina Cruz in the state of Oaxaca.

"Four people were detained. Based on their statements they say they left from Colombia. They did not specify from what port. Three of them are from Buenaventura and the other from a town in the centre of Colombia."

He added that the navy had stepped up patrols in the area where the sub was seized.

The crew claimed to be fishermen forced by drug cartels to move the cargo, said Vice Admiral Cisneros. They said they had sailed from Colombia about a week ago.

'Symbolic' victory

Meanwhile, the 12 tonnes of marijuana seized in the border city of Tijuana was the single biggest haul of the drug since President Felipe Calderon sent more than 25,000 troops to the region last year to tackle trafficking.

Officials said that about three tonnes of the drug were found in a stolen car on Thursday while the rest was discovered on Friday.

So far in 2008 the Mexican army says it has confiscated more than 500 tonnes of marijuana in the state of Baja California alone.

Mr Calderon came to power in 2007 promising to rid Mexico of organised and drug-related crime.

But the BBC's Americas editor, Emilio San Pedro, says that despite celebrations at the military barracks in Tijuana, this seizure - no matter how large - is mostly a symbolic victory as it is far from a death blow to the cartel bosses.

Authorities say the traffickers are extremely organised and far from willing to give up their lucrative enterprise, which earns them tens of millions of dollars every year.

VIDEO AT


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