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Dalia Santana Pineda, the cherubic-faced mayor of Huetamo, has been detained for investigation of extortion and homicide. Her honer the mayor, like most of the public officials who have been detained and arrested on corruption charges by the EPN government, is a Priista. From Informador...

Imputan extorsión y homicidio a alcaldesa de Huetamo

http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico/2014/543637/6/imputan-extorsion-y-homicidio-a-alcaldesa-de-huetamo.htm

Google Translation:

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Over many years, repeated attempts at forming a trustworthy federal police agency to deal with organized crime have ended in failure. Each time, the agency has degenerated into hopeless corruption. The latest attempt will be activated on Friday, when the Mexican Gendarmaria will mount its Jeeps and take to the streets.

The Gendarmaria was originally envisioned as the centerpiece of EPN's plan to fight organized crime and public corruption, and as a means to demilitarize the war on the drug cartels. However, the project has been delayed, mostly due to the fact that authorities could not find enough applicants who could pass the suitability test for police work. In the meantime, the government has continued to rely on the military to police the cartels. From the English-language version of El Universal...

Gendarmerie starts operating on Friday

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/in-english/2014/gendarmerie-starts-operating-93126.html

sorry but calderon envisioned this "gendarmerie" and epn has merely executed calderon's initial idea. suggest you go back and study a little history. some of us actually knew this was in the works near the beginning of calderon's presidency.
another thing that's in the works which may or may not happen in our lifetime is the forming of a special jalisco state police force which will make state vialidad , existing state police and local police forces redundant. they will receive proper training and[gasp!] proper pay for services rendered.

Meanwhile, the Fuerza Ciudadana took to the streets of Morelia, Uruapan and Apatzingan today (Monday). This is an elite police force meant to replace the state police. The Fuerza Rural, which is composed of former Autodefensas, will be under the command of the Fuerza Ciudadana. From El Universal...

Arranca nueva Fuerza Ciudadana de Michoacan

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/2014/fuerza-ciudadana-michoacan-castillo-1031260.html

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Photos of La Tuta meeting with Salma Karrum Cervantes, the mayor of Patzcuaro, and Dalia Santana Pineda, the mayor of Huetamo, have been released to the media. From Quadratin...

Difunden fotos de alcaldesas con La Tuta

http://mexico.quadratin.com.mx/Difunden-fotos-de-alcaldesas-con-La-Tuta/

Google Translation:

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Servando sure does get around and spends a lot of time politiking in addition to running his business. 

And I'm impressed with his progressive feminist proclivities. Not only has he offered equal opportunities to the female mayors of Michoacan, he really stood up for the rights of women when he doled out the estate of that dead hotel owner, Luis Miguel Estefan.

The Mexican intelligence agency has been spying on social media. Well...duh! From the English-language version of El Universal...

Beware, because Big Brother is indeed watching you

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/in-english/2014/cisen-monitors-comments-93185.html

why are you surprised? i have been fortunate enough to turn certain things over to the federales that may be dealt with. it's not a bad thing is it?

Pedro wrote:i have been fortunate enough to turn certain things over to the federales  that may be dealt with.

Alex,we better be careful,pedro might snitch us out to the feds for making negative posts about the government.

viajero wrote:

Pedro wrote:i have been fortunate enough to turn certain things over to the federales  that may be dealt with.

Alex,we better be careful,pedro might snitch us out to the feds for making negative posts about the government.

you don't gotta worry about that senor viagra. carry on-no problema

Who is working for whom? or whom is working for who?

Agents and double agents..... 

Oh yeah...these vigilantes were a lot of help. From Insight Crime...

Amid Vigilante Surge, Homicides Up 45% in Michoacan, Mexico

http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/vigilante-surge-homicides-rise-michoacan-mexico

"some vigilantes have become criminalized"....
If this is so, it is hardly surprising.

The Gendarmeria Nacional has finally gone to work. Some eight months behind schedule and half its intended size, the new national police force will initially be tasked with protecting the fresh produce business from organized crime. From El Universal...

Gendarmería hará hasta nueve operativos simultáneos: Galindo

http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico/2014/545360/6/gendarmeria-hara-hasta-nueve-operativos-simultaneos-galindo.htm

This video has been kicking around the Internet for a while but is receiving new scrutiny. It shows La Tuta meeting with Carlos Sierra Santana, leader of the infamous Los Viagras faction of the Autodefensas, and Luis Antonio Torres, alias "El Americano," both of whom are now members of the Fuerza Rural. From Informador...

'El Americano' se reunió con 'La Tuta'
http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico/2014/545510/6/el-americano-se-reunio-con-la-tuta.htm

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(If you are following this thread in English, you may have noticed that the videos will not play from the translation page. If you want to watch the video, go to the original link and watch it from there.)

or go to borderland beat for the stills and the story in proper english. ain't that smurf ,americano et al, just swell fellas as fuerza rurales. ya still wonder why they turned on doctor mireles?

Yes, there is fallout from the latest La Tuta video, the one in which Mr. Tuta meets with two vigilante leaders. However, it's not really the latest edition in the series. This was posted to Youtube in November of 2013. Stills from the video have repeatedly been posted on Borderland Beat, as well numerous social media sites. You conspiracy buffs out there might want to consider who decided to make it an issue at this time. From Insight Crime...

Video Shows Mexico Vigilante Leader's Cartel Ties
http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/video-shows-knights-templar-mexico-vigilante-leader

The state attorney general has initiated a preliminary investigation into El Americano's ties to organized crime and asked the Fuerza Rural to relieve Mr. Americano of his official duties. The Rurales quickly complied with the request. At this point, the only one actually defending Mr. Americano is Hipolito Mora. Strange bedfellows indeed. From El Universal...

PGJ pide separar a El American de la Fuerza Rural
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/2014/americano-tuta-fuerza-rural-1033437.html

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Meanwhile, according to attorney Thalia Vazquez, Mr. Mireles has spent the last nine days in the hospital. She says that he is in good spirits but complained that jail food was affecting his diabetic condition.

Smartalex wrote:Meanwhile, according to attorney Thalia Vazquez, Mr. Mireles has spent the last nine days in the hospital. She says that he is in good spirits but complained that jail food was affecting his diabetic condition.

Jail food is never very good anywhere,but I was under the impression that in Mexico it was possible to have family or friends bring you food,I know that's the case at the maximum security prison at Puente Grande.Maybe he's getting special treatment...

There is a court order in effect which is supposed to guarantee Mireles medical treatment and a special diet due his diabetes. I do not think he is eating regular jail food. It would be difficult to supply him with fresh food since he's only allowed two visits a week...just like any other prisoner. He's jailed in Hermosillo, hundreds of miles away from home and family. And, judging by that diatribe in the last interview with the Mrs., she ain't gonna be much help.

Mr. Mireles has a court date coming up in about two weeks. I guess this will be something like a preliminary hearing in U.S. law. He could be released at that time. If he is held over for trial, his next opportunity for release could be one to three years down the road. According to attorney Thalia Vazquez, here is the defense that will be presented by Mireles' legal team in seeking his release at the upcoming  preliminary hearing.

Abogada de Mireles denuncia irregularidades en detención
http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico/2014/545768/6/abogada-de-mireles-denuncia-irregularidades-en-detencion.htm

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it's interesting that a poster on here needs to insult DOCTOR mireles by constantly referring to him as MISTER.
in any event,there is a world wide protest on aug. 31 on behalf of DOCTOR mireles. he has been hospitalized many times since he was thrown in gaol.

Another old video has appeared. This one purportedly shows Papa Pitufo meeting with Nicolas Sierra of Los Viagras. Well, that's a stretch. The video actually shows a group of Autodefensas, including Mr. Pitufo and Mr. Sierra, meeting with a group of citizens in Caleta on May 3 of this year. From the English-language version of El Universal...

'Papa Smurf' met with alleged criminal
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/in-english/2014/papa-smurf-met-with-an-alleged-criminal-93709.html

From Grillonautas...

Those two latest videos have left a lot of people scratching their heads. Mr. Americano, in a statement to prosecutors, denies that he is in the video with La Tuta. Mr. Pitufo says he welcomes an investigation and claims he is the victim of a smear campaign perpetrated by Mr. Tuta. And Chivis at Borderland Beat questions why Priscila at Grillonautas, who she identifies as "a close personal friend of Dr. Mireles," would even post a months-old video showing nothing.

My question is: Howcum the Sierra brothers aren't the ones being investigated here?