Mexico Juarez ( FBI's Top 10 - May be in Juarez or El Paso ) Homicide Suspect -Fidel Urbina

Man on FBI's Most Wanted list may be in El Paso-Juarez region

By Diana Washington Valdez / El Paso Timeselpasotimes.com

Posted: 01/03/2013 03:00:58 PM MST

Reporter: Diana Washington Valdez

›› FBI's Ten Most Wanted
A 37-year-old Mexican citizen who may be in the El Paso-Juarez border region has joined the list of the FBI's Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives - wanted in connection with the sexual assault and murder of one woman and the sexual assault of a second woman in Chicago. "Fidel Urbina is wanted for allegedly beating and raping a woman in March of 1998," the FBI said in a statement. "While out on bond, he also allegedly beat, raped and strangled a second woman to death in October of 1998. Her body was later found in the trunk of a vehicle that had been burned. Both crimes occurred in Chicago, Illinois." Officials said Urbina, who has relatives in Chicago, could be in the state of Durango, Mexico, or in Juárez, Chihuahua. Telemundo in Chicago reported that U.S. authorities are concentrating their search for Urbina in the Juárez area. Urbina is wanted on suspicion of first degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, aggravated sexual assault and failure to appear, the FBI said. The law enforcement agency is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to Urbina's arrest. Officials said Urbina has scars on his right cheek, had used numerous aliases, including the nickname "Tonorio." He is between 5-feet-11 inches to 6-feet-1 inch tall, weighs 165to 175 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes.
Tips may be submitted online at https://tips.fbi.gov, or by telephone at 312-421-6700. Diana Washington Valdez may be reached at dvaldez@elpasotimes.com; 546-6140.

Iran ( Two Mothers and babies go to prison - Charge setting up illegal group ) Babies going to prison ?

Two Infants along their mothers in grave danger in Semnan Prison, Iran

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HRANA News Agency – Two Baha'i citizens, Zahra Nik-A’in and Taraneh Torabi with their infants in Semnan Prison are in grave danger and need immediate medical care.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Zahra Nik-A’in and Taraneh Torabi, Baha'i citizens who were sentenced to 23 and 20 months in prison, respectively, are serving their sentences at Semnana Prison despite being mothers of infants. Zahra has a 11-month old son, and Taraneh has a five-month old son. All of them are severely sick and need immediate medical care.

Zahra Nik A’in: 14 Mar 2011; Arrested, 03 Apr 2011: Released on 100 millions Tomans bail, 16 Apr 2011: Summoned and interrogated, 15 Dec 2011: Sentenced to seven year in prison, but sentenced by Semnan Court of Appeals to 23 month in prison.


Taraneh Torabi: 20 Feb 2011; Arrested, 23 Feb 2012: Sentenced to 5 years and 10 months in prison on charges of "setting up and running an illegal group, 02 Jul 2012: Reported sentenced by Semnan Court of Appeals to 20 months.

South Lake Tahoe ( 19 yr old girl missing from Bar- Last seen tuesday ) Alyssa byrne of Petaluma

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(01-03) 10:05 PST SOUTH LAKE TAHOE -- Authorities were searching the South Lake Tahoe area Thursday for a Petaluma woman who disappeared after attending a music festival on New Year's Eve.
Alyssa Byrne, 19, was last seen by friends at a bar at the Horizon Casino Resort in Stateline, Nev., about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday after attending the three-day SnowGlobe Music Festival at Lake Tahoe Community College, authorities said.
Byrne last used her cell phone before midnight Monday, said Douglas County sheriff's Sgt. Pat Brooks.
"The circumstances of her disappearance are unknown," Brooks said Thursday.
Byrne's mother, Kim Byrne, 49, said Thursday that she was optimistic that her daughter would be found.
"I've convinced myself that we're going to bring her home today," she said. "My best-case scenario right now is that she's having the time of her life with some friends that she's made and that time just got away from her. I just have to focus on that. Today, hopefully, she's just going to come barreling through that door."
Kim Byrne said her daughter has never gone missing before and that she didn't know what has happened to her. "We just have no idea," she said. "That's the million-dollar question."
She said she is staying positive "because I have no other choice. There is a door that I cannot walk through right now."
Alyssa Byrne's father, Kevin Byrne, 44, is in South Lake Tahoe assisting in the search.
Family members and friends passed out fliers Wednesday and law-enforcement officials examined surveillance video, including from cameras at the hotel, Maura Duggan, a cousin of Byrne, wrote on a Facebook page dedicated to the search.
"Keep spreading the love, we will find you Alyssa," Duggan wrote.
Byrne is white, with black hair and blue eyes, 5 feet 3 inches tall and 125 pounds. She has an "infinity" sign on her left wrist and wears glasses. She was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, black yoga pants and black snow boots.
A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information leading to Byrne's whereabouts. Anyone with information is asked to call South Lake Tahoe police at (775) 782-9905.

Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: hlee@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @henryklee

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Petaluma-woman-missing-at-Tahoe-4164552.php#ixzz2GwC3mdWo

San Diego ( Homicide - Woman found mortally wounded in Lemon Grove ) See story

Woman mortally wounded in Lemon Grove

LEMON GROVE — Sheriff's detectives are investigating their first homicide of 2013 following the death of a woman who was found with head injuries on a Lemon Grove street early Thursday.

Deputies were going to drive a prisoner to the downtown San Diego jail about 2 a.m. when they noticed a woman lying in the roadway on Pacific Avenue at Olive Street, homicide Lt. Glenn Giannantonio said.

The woman, who appeared to be in her 30s, had head injuries but was conscious, Giannantonio said. She was in front of an apartment complex parking area.

Giannantonio said investigators believe they know who the woman was, but they were withholding her name until it was confirmed and her family was notified.

Paramedics took the woman to Scripps Mercy Hospital in Hillcrest, where she died at 2:37 a.m., Giannantonio said. He declined to say whether the woman made any statements before she died.

He said the case is his agency's first homicide of the new year.

Deputies found one shell casing not far from the woman, but Giannantonio said it wasn't clear if it was connected to the homicide or came from a gun fired some other time. He did not say what caused the woman's head injuries.

The lieutenant said investigators don't know when the woman was wounded or how long she had been lying in the road. They were going door-to-door through the morning, looking for witnesses and security camera video.

The street is lined with a mix of houses, apartments and small businesses around the corner from the Lemon Grove sheriff's substation.

New Mexico ( Woman busted with 127 pounds of marijuana in car speakers ) Agents seize 770 pounds during week-end

US Border Patrol agents in El Paso seize 770 pounds of marijuana

By Daniel Borunda \ El Paso Timeselpasotimes.com

Posted: 01/03/2013 12:05:56 AM MST

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Some of the bundles of marijuana seized by U.S.... (Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

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U.S. Border Patrol agents in the El Paso area seized more than 770 of pounds of marijuana during the New Year's Day holiday period, officials said Wednesday.
The seizures were made in separate cases from the desert near Fabens to Southern New Mexico.
On New Year's Day, Deming station agents on all-terrain vehicles arrested two men from Mexico who were allegedly trying to smuggle 90 pounds of marijuana, Border Patrol officials said.
On Sunday, officials said agents patrolling the deserts near Fabens and in Southern New Mexico found several bundles of marijuana.
The marijuana was found hidden under rocks and plants at different locations in three incidents.
Smugglers will sometimes hide marijuana loads

Reporter Daniel Borunda

to be picked up later during desert crossings. In another case also on Sunday, agents seized 127 pounds of marijuana found in the speaker box in a vehicle at the Highway 70 checkpoint near Alamogordo.
A woman traveling with her two children in the vehicle was turned over to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
The children were handed over to a relative.
Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com; 546-6102. Follow him on Twitter @BorundaDaniel

Tehran ( 6 Sunni Kurdish prisoners hanged in Ghezelhesar prison ) Salafist group

IHR Strongly Condemns Executions of Salafi Kurd Prisoners In Iran Wednesday 2 January 2013 [English] [فارسى]   Iran Human Rights, January 2, 2013: According to unofficial reports Iran Human Rights (IHR) has confirmed, at least six Sunni Kurdish prisoners were executed in Ghezelhesar prison in Karaj (west of Tehran) on December 27. The group, Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) identified the prisoners as Bahram Ahmadi, Asghar Rahimi, Behnam Rahimi, Mohammad Zaher Bahmani, Keyvan Zand Karimi and Houshiar Mohammadi. The prisoners allegedly belonged to a Salafist group. Their official charges were, "Membership in Salafi groups" and "Participation in terrorist acts, such as the assassination of a Friday prayer Imam in Sanandaj (Iranian Kurdistan) in 2009". The Kurdish Salafist group did not claim responsibility for the assassination. Additionally, several other prisoners allegedly belonging to the same group are in danger of execution. IHR strongly condemns the execution of the Salafi prisoners and urges the international community to react. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of IHR said: "These prisoners were subjected to unfair trials, and we have reason to believe that their death sentences are solely based on their religious belief and affiliation to the Salafist groups. We urge the international community to condemn these executions and intervene to stop the execution of the remaining imprisoned members of this Salafist group."

INDIA ( Police are seeking death penalty- Brother of victim has called for accused to be hanged )

CHARGES EXPECTED

Five men and a teenager have been detained over the attack and police sources on Tuesday said charges would likely be filed on Wednesday or Thursday.

Police are seeking the death penalty against four of the accused, one senior police source told Reuters.

They will also likely be charged with gang rape, abduction and destruction of evidence, the source said. The juvenile cannot be executed under Indian law, although the victim's brother has called for all the accused to be hanged.

Anger at the brutality of the assault and the slow footed response from authorities spilled into the streets before Christmas, with police and protesters fighting running battles near the heart of government in Delhi.

The Indian Medical Association has questioned the decision to move the victim, who was suffering a massive blood infection and organ injuries, to Singapore, where she died.

On Tuesday police said they arrested a man who attempted to plant a low intensity explosive device near the house of one of the accused. The device was safely detonated, the force said.

(Additional reporting by Suchitra Mohanty in NEW DELHI; Writing by Frank Jack Daniel; Editing by Andrew Heavens)