Iran News ( Iran’s Intelligence Agency has sent text messages to political activists - watch their steps )

Intelligence Agency sends threatening text messages to public

Posted on: 20th June, 2013

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The Ministry of Intelligence & National Security of the Islamic Republic of Iran

HRANA News Agency – The Communications Headquarters of Iran’s Intelligence Agency has recently sent text messages to political activists and the general public, threatening them to watch their steps.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), during the last few days, the Communications Headquarters has broadcast text messages as a warning to the public. “Your behavior is unacceptable,” the message says. “Repeating it will have legal repercussions.”

NFL News ( Murder suspect wanted - Arrest Warrant Issued for Patriots’ Aaron Hernandez )

WASHINGTON – An arrest warrant has been issued for New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez in connection with the murder of his friend, Odin Lloyd, U.S. media reported Friday.

CBS News and other media cited police sources as saying the 23-year-old star player, who is of Puerto Rican descent, would be accused of obstruction of justice for allegedly destroying evidence in the case.

ABC News, meanwhile, reported that the player, who was selected for the Pro Bowl following the 2011 season, intentionally destroyed his home’s security system, including video cameras.

Police also want to know why Hernandez hired a team of house cleaners to clean his house on Monday and why the cellphone he turned in to police had been shattered, ABC added.

A jogger discovered the body of the 27-year-old Lloyd on Monday evening less than a mile from Hernandez’s house, which is located 65 kilometers (40 miles) south of Boston.

Police said Lloyd, who was apparently killed in the pre-dawn hours of Monday, had been with Hernandez and two other men prior to his death. EFE

Death wish ( Vigilantes Block Highway in South Mexico to Demand Safety )

CHILPANCINGO, Mexico – A vigilante group in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero on Friday blocked the highway between the Mexican port of Acapulco and Zihuatanejo to demand that the federal government enact measures to restore safety to the region.

Residents of the Tecpan de Galeana municipality, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Zihuatanejo, blocked traffic on the federal highway starting Thursday “to demand that the president (Enrique Peña Nieto) clear the area of organized crime,” Leopoldo Soberanis told Efe.

In a statement over the phone, Soberanis, a leader of the self-described Citizen Self-Protection Group, said the presence of the Caballeros Templarios crime organization in the region “has hurt tourism and the production of our villages.”

The leader complained that the governor of Guerrero, Angel Aguirre Rivero, has “ignored people’s reports on the presence of the Caballeros Templarios,” a group that operates in several of the state’s municipalities including the tourist areas of Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo.

For that reason at least 600 armed men have had roadblocks set up since Thursday on the Acapulco-Zihuatanejo highway in six villages of Tecpan de Galeana, which has left hundreds of tourists stranded on the road.

Soberanis said the “Caballeros Templarios are robbing locals of their mango and coconut crops, they’re stealing trucks carrying livestock and collect protection money from storekeepers, cattlemen and business owners” in the area.

He also said they are suspected of being behind the deaths of 45 people and of disappearing 19 others since the beginning of the year.

Up to now not a single local or federal authority has showed up at the roadblocks to talk with the armed men or to try and clear the highway.

The Caballeros Templarios, which appeared in March 2011 as an offshoot of La Familia Michoacana cartel, has been identified as responsible for kidnappings, homicides, and the extortion of storekeepers and truckers. EFE

Brazil ( Protests Leave 2 Dead in Brazil -300,000 people pouring into the streets of Rio de Janeiro )

Protests Leave 2 Dead in Brazil
A total of 62 people were injured in the protests Thursday night that drew more than 1 million people into the streets of about 80 cities across the country

RIO DE JANEIRO – At least two people were killed in the protests that drew more than 1 million people into the streets of about 80 cities across Brazil, officials said Friday.

A total of 62 people were injured in the protests Thursday night that sent 300,000 people pouring into the streets of Rio de Janeiro.

A protester was killed when he was hit by a vehicle in Riberão Preto, a city in São Paulo state, becoming the first fatality in the wave of protests that started last week over a hike in public transit fares.

The second fatality occurred in the Amazonian city of Belem, where a woman died from a heart attack after inhaling tear gas fired by police.

The grassroots movement that organized the protests, meanwhile, announced Friday it was suspending the demonstrations to evaluate the situation amid indications that groups with other interests had infiltrated the protests.

The government said it was concerned that the protests could affect next Pope Francis’s visit to Brazil next month.

Violent demonstrators tried to enter Congress and the Foreign Ministry, breaking windows and setting fire to exterior columns on Thursday night.

Other groups tried to force their way into Rio de Janeiro city hall and the seat of government in Fortaleza.

Protesters clashed with police in other cities, such as Salvador and Campinas.

Riot police used tear gas and charges by mounted officers to disperse the crowds.

The protests continued even after the government rescinded the fare increase, reflecting widespread discontent over the situation in cities across Brazil.

Protesters are calling for measures to deal with corruption, more investment in health care and public education, and criticizing the huge sums being spent by the government on the 2014 World Cup. EFE

TIJUANA BC ( The body of a naked man was found - Cartel violence )

Friday, June 21, 2013 |






TIJUANA BC. - The body of a man, naked and with both hands cut off, was found on a ramp near the baseball stadium in the Cerro Colorado delegation.

Municipal Police Officers said the finding came after 17:00 hours, the body of a man estimated to be between 30 and 35 years old, the body was on the ramp up to the fractionation of San Carlos.
The victim was stripped of his clothes and was tied hand and foot, but with amputated hands.


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Iran News ( U.S has lifted some sanctions for - Private sector technology companies - Human Rights Bloggers )

The US Treasury Department issued a general license on May 30, 2013, “authorizing the exportation to Iran of certain services, software, and hardware incident to personal communications.” (Photo: The Treasury Annex, credit LobeLob/AgnosticPreachersKid cc)

Legal Payment Channels Still Needed
(June 3, 2013) Private sector technology companies should take immediate steps in facilitating and ensuring the availability of personal communications items to Iranians following the US administration’s issuance of a general export license for such items, the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today.
In addition, the Obama administration should address the need for proper financial channels for Iranians to access these personal communications tools, since current banking and financial sanctions make such fee-based transactions almost impossible for the Iranian people.
“We are very pleased that the Obama administration and the Treasury Department have followed our recommendations in issuing this general license. It is a critical step in providing Iranian citizens with safe and secure access to communications tools, enhancing their freedom of expression and access to information, which the Iranian government is trying to deny them at every turn,” said Hadi Ghaemi, the Campaign’s executive director.
Though it is now legal to export the communications tools and services to Iran, the current comprehensive banking and financial sanctions deny Iranian citizens a financial channel to purchase the fee-based services and consumer items listed in this general license.
The Campaign calls on the US to immediately select a European bank, trained, officially authorized, and supervised by the US Treasury Department, to handle all such transactions, as well as all humanitarian transactions of goods and services.
“This is an important achievement for human rights, Internet, and media freedom advocates. This positive action by the US should be complemented with legal financial channels for such transactions,” Ali Akbar Mousavi, former member of the Iranian Parliament (2000-2004) and an information communications technologies expert, told the Campaign.
For the past three years, the Campaign has been leading a comprehensive advocacy program to ensure Iranians have the ability to use modern technology and safe communications tools and can access the Internet, in order to confront their government’s ever growing digital censorship and restrictions.
As part of these advocacy efforts, on December 6, 2012, in a letter to the Obama administration, the Campaign called for a lifting of sanctions on personal communications tools, which was realized through the general license issued by the US Treasury Department on May 30. The letter was endorsed by Human Rights Watch, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the National Iranian American Council, United for Iran, and the Center for Democracy & Technology.
The general license lifts sanctions on personal communications tools such as mobile phones, PDAs, SIM cards, modems, routers, laptops, tablets, and personal computing devices, amongst other related software and hardware. Private sector companies may now legally export personal communications tools and services to Iranians.
“These actions taken by the United States recognize that access to information and freedom of expression should not be hindered by international politics,” Collin Anderson, an independent Internet security expert, told the Campaign.
“These changes reflect the strength of cooperation between civil society organizations on the pressing matters facing human rights in Iran, as well as the constructive role that governments can play in this dialogue. Now that the Obama Administration has done its part, the responsibility is on companies to ensure that they do their part to protect the free flow of communications to Iran,” he added.
The Campaign welcomes the Obama administration’s positive step towards facilitating access to information in Iran, and calls on the administration to follow through with legal financial channels for Iranians to access the communications tools.

BOGOTA Colombia ( DEA Agent Murdered During Robbery in Colombia )

BOGOTA – A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent was murdered in Bogota during a robbery attempt that occurred as he was riding in a taxi, Colombian officials said Friday.

The DEA agent was killed Thursday night in Parque de la 93, a popular nightlife and restaurant district in the Colombian capital.

The agent was fatally stabbed as he got into a taxi after watching Game 7 of the NBA Finals on television at a restaurant.

U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Peter Michael McKinley confirmed Friday that the DEA agent died, but he did not identify the victim.

Media reports, however, identified the slain DEA agent as James Perry Watson.

“What has been established in the past few hours working hand in hand with the police and the community in Parque de la 93 is that everything points to a robbery that ended in tragedy,” the ambassador told RCN radio.

The victim was a “DEA official” who went to eat at a restaurant with friends to watch the basketball game and took a taxi when he left the establishment, McKinley said.

“Everything points to a criminal robbery that had nothing to do with the official’s job,” the ambassador said. EFE