TEXAS (U.S woman GETS JUSTICE after HUSBAND KILLED) DRUG Cartel member Arrested

Mexican authorities have arrested an alleged drug cartel leader known as Commander Squirrel who they say is linked to the 2010 murder of American jet skier David Hartley on a border lake, as well as to more than 200 other deaths in Mexico.

After a gunfight on Saturday evening in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexican Marines captured Salvador Alfonso Martinez Escobedo, AKA the Squirrel or Commander Squirrel, who earned his odd nickname for his permanent smile and allegedly helped direct operations for the violent Zetas cartel in Coahuila, Tamalapais and Nuevo Leon states.

David Hartley's wife Tiffany says that she and her husband were jet skiing on Falcon Lake on the Texas-Mexico border on Sept. 30, 2010, when unknown assailants shot David Hartley in the head. Tiffany Hartley says she sped back toward the U.S. shore of the lake, and was unable to pull her husband's body onto her jet ski.

Hartley's body has never been recovered, and a Mexican official who attempted to investigate the death was found beheaded. Authorities speculated that the Hartleys had interrupted a drug transaction on the Mexican side of the lake.

In a written statement, the Mexican Navy did not elaborate on Martinez Escobedo's alleged role in the Hartley killing, but did say he was believed linked to hundreds of deaths. They alleged that he ordered the killing of 72 undocumented migrants who were found dead on a ranch in Tamaulipas state in August 2010, and was responsible for hundreds of other deaths.

"Squirrel is credited with being the mastermind of the deaths of 72 undocumented migrants in San Fernando," said the statement. "[He] is the alleged perpetrator of the narco graves found in Tamaulipas state, with more than 200 bodies and the execution of more than 50 people by his own hand in different parts of the republic, [as well as] the murder of David Hartley, an American citizen killed at Falcon Dam on September 30, 2010."

IN and OUT BURGER (ABUSE of CATTLE Meat COMPANY) Shut Down

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investigating "disturbing evidence of inhumane treatment of cattle" at a California meat supplier, the agency said.

After receiving video from an animal welfare group, the USDA sent investigators to the Central Valley Meat Co. and found violations of humane handling, the agency said in a statement.

Jane Velez-Mitchell: Slaughterhouse video shows USDA needs to clean up its act

 

"We have reviewed the video and determined that while some of the footage provided shows unacceptable treatment of cattle, it does not show anything that would compromise food safety," said Al Almanza, administrator of the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service.

The USDA suspended inspections at the Hanford-based company, effectively halting slaughter operations there.

The agency said Wednesday it bought 21 million pounds of beef for federal food programs in fiscal year 2011, nearly one-sixth of its beef purchases.

Would you eat a burger grown in a lab?

Company officials have not seen the video, Brian Coelho, president of the Central Valley Meat Co., said Tuesday. He said he was "extremely disturbed" to learn that inspections were suspended.

COLORADO (AMBER Alert) Missing- Jessica Ridgeway

Authorities in Colorado are reviewing recent phone calls and social media clues in the disappearance of a 10-year-old girl.

Jessica Ridgeway left home at 8:30 a.m. on Friday to walk three blocks from her Westminster, Colo., home to meet friends for the walk to school. It was a route she took every day, but this time she never got there.

UPDATE (police have recovered her body 7 miles from the house) sad ending.

On Saturday, an army of eight hundred volunteers scoured trails and hillsides near Jessica's home.

"Right now they're just asking us to find anything that's out of the ordinary, any kind of evidence we could find," said volunteer Monty Yanker.

Police officers and FBI agents manned road blocks, asking drivers if they had seen or heard anything out of the ordinary.

Officers also canvassed neighborhoods, however the day yielded a frustratingly few leads.

No organized searches are planned for today, authorities said.

An Amber Alert was issued Friday night for the 10-year-old, nearly eight hours after she disappeared.

When Jessica didn't show up for class, school officials called her home.

But Jessica's mother, who works the overnight shift at a tech company, was asleep. She didn't get the message, which delayed her calling police.

"When we start with an eight-hour delay, or a delay as substantial as this, the distance that she could have wandered even on her own just gets huge," Westminster Police Detective Trevor Materasso said.

Police say that Jessica's father, who lives out of state, is in a custody battle with Jessica's mother. Police do not believe Jessica is with him, but are not ruling anyone out.

"We don't have a person of interest. And we are going to look at every angle multiple times," Materasso said.

Jessica was last seen wearing blue jeans, black boots, a black puffy jacket, and pink and purple glasses, ABC affilate KMGH-TV in Denver reported.

TOMBSTONE Az ( Deputy KILLS armed SUSPECT) Marshal's office

A man was fatally shot by a Tombstone Marshal's deputy early this morning after he was caught breaking into a home, authorities said.
The Marshal's office received a 911 call at about 4:40 a.m. from a resident who said that someone was trying to break into their home, according to a Cochise County Sheriff's Office news release.

The deputy responded to the home and encountered a man who appeared to be armed.
The deputy shot the man, fatally wounding him.
No further information was available.
The Cochise County Sheriff's Office is investigating the shooting

Cochise County Sheriff (Driving Drunk) When he crashed (Sad ending)

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Preliminary toxicology results regarding the death of Larry Dever suggest the late Cochise County sheriff was driving drunk when he crashed his truck.

The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office announced on Friday that the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office received lab results that indicate that Dever’s blood contained a level of alcohol associated with impairment.
The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office also announced on Friday that the Dever family had been informed of the toxicology results, and expressed “great sorrow at the findings.”
Larry Dever had lost his mother just four days prior to crashing his truck. Dever's family believes he was still struggling to deal with the loss of his mother at the time of the accident.
The Dever family added that they appreciate the support they’ve received from people all over the state and the country.
It was also revealed on Friday that the cause of Dever’s death was multiple injuries, and the manner of death has been ruled an accident.
Larry Dever died on the night of September 18 while driving near the town of Williams. He had been driving on a dirt road when he lost control of his vehicle and it rolled off the road.

FBI (CONFIRMS Border Patrol Agent killed by Friendly Fire)

BISBEE, Ariz. — Investigators into the shooting death of Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie are preparing to announce that he died as a result of friendly fire, NBC News is reporting.
George McCubbin, president of the National Border Patrol Council, a union representing about 17,000 border agents, said Friday that he has learned new details that make him believe friendly fire could have played a part in the shooting.

"The only thing I can say is that the possibility of friendly fire is a higher likely scenario," McCubbin told The Associated Press, declining to elaborate on the new details.
NBC Sources reported Friday afternoon that a comparison of ballistics indicates Ivie was killed by friendly fire and also indicates no criminals were in the area.

TUCSON Az (WALMART shoplifter Beats on Security) Stole $150 worth of Beef

TUCSON - Pima County Sheriff's deputies are looking for a shoplifter who stole $150 worth of beef from a southwest-side Walmart Neighborhood Market after getting into a physical confrontation with the store's security guard.

Pima County Sheriff's Department deputies responded to the Walmart Neighborhood Market at 2823 W. Valencia Road at about 9:15 p.m. on September 26, according to a news release from PCSD.
The store manager told deputies he saw a man enter the store, grab a shopping basket, then walk to the meat department and load up on $150 worth of beef. When the suspect tried to leave the store without paying, the security manager confronted him by the store's exit, and a "brief physical altercation ensued," the PCSD release states.