Pakistan (U.S Drone strike kills 10 suspected taliban fighters )

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed at least 10 people suspected to be Taliban fighters in Pakistan's northern tribal areas on Sunday, intelligence sources said, days after another drone strike killed a top militant leader in the area.

The attack on three Taliban compounds in Babar Pehari, South Waziristan, killed between 10 and 12 people, six intelligence sources said. More militants were believed to be in the compounds when they were hit, officials said, meaning the death toll could rise.

Three of the intelligence sources and a Taliban commander said that Wali Muhammed, also known as Toofin, was among the dead. He supervised suicide bomb squads for the Pakistani Taliban.

The Pakistani Taliban has established sanctuaries in the mountainous Babar area, 140 km (87 miles) northeast of Wana, the main city of the South Waziristan region, they said.

South Waziristan is controlled by the Pakistani army, which operates under an uneasy truce with militants from the local Wazir tribe.

Sunday's strike followed the death of Mullah Nazir, a Waziri militant leader, on Wednesday. Nazir supported attacks on American forces in Afghanistan but had signed two peace deals with the Pakistani army. On Sunday, thousands of his tribesmen protested against his killing.

Many Pakistanis say drone strikes infringe the

country's sovereignty, and are angry over civilian casualties they cause.
            
Others say the drones are the only way of targeting militants who terrorize the local population in areas the Pakistani army is unwilling to patrol.

Drone strikes dramatically increased after U.S. President Barack Obama took office in 2009. There were only five drone strikes in 2007, but the number rose to 117 in 2010 before declining to 46 last year.

Exact casualty figures are difficult to verify. Most of those killed are militants, but some civilians have also been killed.

(Additional reporting by Jibran Ahmad in Peshwar; Writing by Katharine Houreld; Editing by Daniel Magnowski and Pravin Char)

San Jose ( Man takes law into own hands- kills burglar ) Charged with murder

01-03) 16:36 PST SAN JOSE -- A San Jose maintenance worker who shot and killed an alleged repeat burglar while intending to make a citizen's arrest was charged with murder Thursday, authorities said.
Luis Ricardo Hernandez, 26, is accused of murdering 36-year-old Christopher Soriano at the apartment complex on Lewis Road where Hernandez works.


The incident started when Hernandez got a call Monday morning from his boss, Salvador Orozco Saldana, who had spotted Soriano driving a truck into the apartment complex's garage, according to a police statement included in Santa Clara County court documents released Thursday.
Saldana, a maintenance supervisor at the complex, believed Soriano had burglarized his and other apartments in the past, documents said. He didn't think police had responded promptly to the burglaries and had no confidence officers would show up this time, so he told Hernandez to help him make a citizen's arrest, police said.
Hernandez armed himself with a gun he told police he had bought illegally for self-defense, investigators said. When he and his boss tried to hold Soriano, however, the suspected burglar broke free and Hernandez shot him, police said.
An autopsy indicated that Soriano was shot from less than a foot away and was either lying on the ground or crouching when he was hit, according to the Santa Clara County medical examiner's office.
Surveillance footage from the garage shows Hernandez fighting with the suspect while holding a gun, according to police.
Soriano died at the scene at 9:55 a.m., authorities said. Saldana has not been charged with a crime.


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PHOENIX Az ( FBI looking for this bank robber- See good photo's ) Robbed B of A

PHOENIX—Phoenix FBI Special Agent in Charge James L. Turgal, Jr. announced the FBI’s Bank Robbery Task Force is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a person of interest regarding the attempted robbery of the Bank of America located at 48th Street and Ray Road in Phoenix on Saturday, December 29, 2012. Also, the FBI is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an unknown male who allegedly robbed the U.S. Bank at 1159 W. Chandler Boulevard on the same day as the Bank of America robbery.

Investigators are releasing store surveillance photographs from the Target store located near 48th Street and Ray Road in Phoenix for December 20, 2012, taken at approximately 7:30 p.m., of an unknown individual who is a person of interest regarding the attempted robbery of the Bank of America. At this time, the FBI is not releasing why it believes this individual is a person of interest due to the ongoing investigation. The Bank of America is offering a reward up to $25,000 for the arrest and conviction of the suspect(s).

The unknown male, who allegedly robbed the U.S. Bank, presented a demand note and left the bank on foot with an undisclosed amount of money. The robbery occurred at approximately 4:30 p.m. on the same day and within approximately five miles of the attempted robbery at the Bank of America.

The FBI Bank Robbery Task Force (BRTF) is composed of the Phoenix Police Department, Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, and the Mesa Police Department. The BRTF is coordinating its investigation with the Chandler Police Department regarding the robbery of the U.S. Bank.

Anyone with information regarding the identity of the person of interest or the unknown male, please contact the FBI at (623) 466-1366 or online at www.BanditTrackerArizona.com.

India ( Rape victim- Lying on the street naked bleeding beaten for 30 minutes )

Police in New Delhi have refuted comments made by the male companion of an Indian gang-rape victim that police officers debated jurisdiction for 30 minutes before taking the victim and her friend to a hospital.
At a news conference on Saturday, Joint Commissioner of Delhi Police Vivek Gogia said police vans had reached the spot where the rape victim and her friend were dumped within three minutes of receiving the alert.
The victim's male companion said in an interview broadcast on Friday on Indian TV station Zee News that police delayed taking her to a hospital, after passers-by neglected to help her even though she was naked and bleeding.
The 23-year-old woman died last weekend from massive internal injuries suffered during the December 16 attack.
Gogia said the police vans left the spot for hospital with the victims within 12 minutes and that time had been spent borrowing bed sheets from a neighbouring hotel to cover the naked rape victim and her friend.


"Zebra 54 [Police response vehicle] left the spot along with the victims at 10:39 [17:09 GMT]. This time was utilised in placing the victim in the van, after organising a bed sheet from a neighbouring hotel to cover the victims," Gogia said.
"Zebra 54 brought the victims to Safdarjung Hospital at 10:55 [17:25 GMT]. These findings have been ascertained through the logs generated by the multi-computer configuration global positioning system," he said.
Legislation criticised
The attack has sparked outrage and daily protests across India and led to calls for tougher rape legislation and reforms of a police culture that often blames rape victims and refuses to file charges against accused attackers.
A senior opposition figure in the Indian government asked on Saturday what kind of "teachings and training the government of India has given to its police in Delhi?"

Ravi Shankar Prasad, deputy leader of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) condemned police for the alleged delay in helping the victims.

"Saving the life of critically injured people is more important, or fighting over jurisdiction is more important?" Prasad asked.

Also on Saturday, a court asked police to produce five men accused of raping the student for pre-trial proceedings on Monday.

Police have charged them with murder, rape and other crimes that could result in the death penalty.

A sixth suspect, listed as a 17-year-old, is expected to be tried in a juvenile court, where the maximum sentence would be three years in a reform facility.

TEHRAN ( Iran Attempt's to control bloggers on twitter ) Hmm

Iran says it is developing software to control social networking sites

By The Associated Press | Associated Press – 2 hrs 45 mins ago

Iran attempt's to control bloggers ( hmm)

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's police chief says the Islamic Republic is developing new software to control social networking sites.

Gen. Esmail Ahmadi Moghadam was quoted in Iranian newspapers Saturday as saying the new software will prevent Iranians from being exposed to malicious content online while allowing users to enjoy the benefits of the Internet. He did not say when the software would be introduced.

Moghadam also did not specify which social networking sites would be affected, but both Facebook and Twitter are popular in Iran.

Iranians currently have access to most of the Internet, although authorities block some sites affiliated with the opposition, as well as those that are seen as promoting dissent or considered morally corrupt.

Iran created a government agency last year to oversee Internet usage in the country.

Iran ( Man on Death row - for being a Yari faith follower )

Younes Aghayan on Hunger Strike in Solitary Confinement

Saturday, 05 January 2013 18:31 admin1

HRANA News Agency – Younes Aghayan, ethnic prisoner sentenced to death who was transferred from Mahabad prison to solitary confinement in Urmia prison on Wednesday, December 26, 2012, is on hunger strike from that day.

According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Younes Aghayan, a follower of the Yari faith (Ahl-e Haq), ethnic prisoner who is sentenced to death, was transferred from Mahabad prison to solitary confinement in Urmia prison. He is on hunger strike from the day he was transferred to solitary confinement. There is fear of his execution.

Younes Aghayan is a follower of the Yari faith (Ahl-e Haq) from the village of Ooch Tappeh, near Miandoab. In October 2004, police raided Ooch Tappeh village to remove signs with religious writings of Yari faith. When villagers resisted the raid and confronted the police, Younes Aghayan, 21, and another Yari faith follower by the name of Mehdi Ghassemzadeh (Aghayan’s uncle) were arrested. In January 2005, the two men were put on trial by Branch Two of Mahabad Revolutionary Court, and were sentenced to five years in prison on charges of “carrying ammunition and arms,” and to death on charges of “armed resistence against the Islamic Republic of Iran.” After the Supreme Court confirmed the sentences, Mehdi Ghassemzadeh was executed in 2008, and Younes Aghayan has remained on death row inside Orumiyeh Prison since then. Mehdi Ghassemzadeh was executed without the knowledge of his family and his court-appointed lawyer, and according to the source, his body was never returned to his family for burial.

Prison Break ( Cat busted bringing tools into jail- Duct taped to body ) Rio de Janeiro

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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A cat carrying a saw and a mobile phone was "detained" as it entered a prison gate in northeast Brazil, Brazilian media reported on Saturday.

Prison guards were surprised when they saw a white cat crossing the main gate of the prison, its body wrapped with tape. A closer look showed the feline also carried drills, an earphone, a memory card, batteries and a phone charger.

All 263 detainees in the prison of Arapiraca, a city of 215,000 people in the state of Alagoas, are considered suspect in the plot, which is being investigated by local police.

"It's tough to find out who's responsible for the action as the cat doesn't speak," a prison spokesperson told local paper Estado de S.Paulo.

The cat was taken to an animal disease center to receive medical care.

The incident took place on New Year's day but was first reported by national media on Saturday.

(Reporting by Walter Brandimarte; Editing by Vicki Allen)

Iran ( Two brothers were hanged publicly in western Iran ) At the Local Market ?

Two brothers were hanged publicly in western Iran today

Saturday 5 January 2013

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Iran Human Rights, January 5: Two prisoners were hanged publicly in the town of Shahr-e-Kord (western Iran) early this morning, reported the Iranian state media.
According to the state run news agency Mehrnews the prisoners who were brothers, were convicted of sodomy rape for kidnapping and raping a 17-year-old boy.
None of the prisoners were identified by name and their age is not announced in the report.
The public hanging was carried out at the Bazar (market) crossing of SHahr-e-Kord.

RENO ( Sad News - Body of missing girl found behind snow bank ) Alyssa Byrne UPDATE

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RENO, Nev. (AP) — The search for a missing 19-year-old California woman who disappeared on New Year's Eve at Lake Tahoe ended Friday when her body was found behind a snow bank about a mile from the site of a music festival she attended that night, authorities said.

Alyssa Byrne of Petaluma may have tried to walk three miles in freezing weather to the hotel where she was staying, and became disoriented or lost, Douglas County Undersheriff Paul Howell said. Her body was found along a road.

The cause of death has not yet been determined, but neither foul play nor suicide is suspected, he said.

Howell noted other concertgoers decided to walk back to a hotel in Stateline, a tourist destination on Lake Tahoe's south shore, because there were long lines for shuttle buses.

Nighttime temperatures have plunged to zero in the area in the past week, with daytime highs still well below freezing.

"If exposed to the elements you could succumb to that," Howell told The Associated Press. "We won't speculate on that (hypothermia) as the cause of death, but we're hoping to get an answer from the autopsy."

The autopsy also will determine whether alcohol or drugs were a factor, he said.

Byrne's disappearance prompted a dayslong effort by search and rescue teams, friends and family members who posted fliers and urged anyone with information on her whereabouts to come forward.

Byrne's father, Kevin Byrne, issued a statement Friday thanking those who helped.

"Our entire family is devastated," the statement said. "We were still holding out hope that she would be found safe. We will miss Alyssa and she will be in our hearts forever."

Chanel Kelly, a friend who was on the New Year's Eve trip in Tahoe, told reporters outside the Byrne home in Petaluma that the tragedy is everybody's worst nightmare.

"At the end of the day she's always responsible and safe, but this is one time that she wasn't," Kelly said.

Byrne worked as a hostess at Cattlemens restaurant in Petaluma, about 40 miles north of San Francisco, and was taking classes at Santa Rosa Junior College's Petaluma campus to become a firefighter/paramedic.

TUCSON Az ( Safeway - Man sprayed security with pepper spray ) Took off with booze

TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -
Deputies are asking for the public's help identifying a man who stole from a Safeway and sprayed an employee with pepper spray.
It happened on New Year's Eve just after 9:15 p.m. at the Safeway near Oracle and Ina.
According to the Pima County sheriff's department, the shoplifter put two vodka gift boxes with vodka and shot glasses, and other bottles of alcohol from a display, into a blue gift bag. After the suspect left the store, the Safeway's loss prevention officer followed him outside.
When the officer demanded he hand over the stolen items, the suspect sprayed him in the eyes with pepper spray.



The suspect was last seen walking towards Beyond Bread. Watch the surveillance video attached to this story to see if you recognize the shoplifter

TUCSON Az ( Woman wins jackpot at casino- Goes to collect and gets deported to mexico ) Without money

 Deported woman can still claim jackpot prize

Posted: Jan 4, 2013 5:07 PM by Lupita Murillo
Updated: Jan 4, 2013 5:18 PM

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TUCSON- A woman who won at the casino ended up losing big time when Border Patrol agents were called and she was deported to Mexico.
Mirna Valenzuela went to claim her $1,200 jack pot on December 2nd at Casino del Sol. She gave the casino an Arizona's driver license.
She was told to come back the next day with her Mexican passport. She did, and she took her daughter with her. After waiting for some time, Border Patrol Agents showed up and took them into custody.
The daughter was eventually released because of the Obama Dream Act, but mom is back in Mexico.
Valenzuela, 43, was a casino club card carrier. She received perks and other benefits for being a regular guest.
Her daughter tells News 4 she had won money in the past, and she'd always given the casino her driver's license as her proof of ID. It's the same driver's license that got her the casino club card.
Zamira Osorio the daughter says, "It's never happened before so we're surprised about the whole situation."
Now, the single mother of four is unable to collect the cash and is in Mexico without her children.
"My family and I feel devastated about it."

Wendell Long is the CEO of Casino Del Sol, he says "We think it's a very unfortunate incident. We hate to see anyone suffer any pain or grief." He adds, "We do not care if they are in the country legally or illegally. That's not what we do. We're here to provide great entertainment."
Long says, "If she had shown us her Mexican passport her valid Mexican passport there wouldn't have been any problem at all."

Osorio admits her mom has been deported in the past. But says she's a good person who came here to give Zamira a better life that was 20 years ago. "I didn't ask to come to this country illegal that's just the way my parents brought me here. It's not something that I chose."
She says she is thankful for the Dream Act because if hadn't been for that she would have been deported as well. "That would have been a very bad situation for my children and brothers and sister."
News 4 contacted the Border Patrol and Pascua Yaqui police.
Border Patrol would only confirm, "Agents determined the mother was previously deported from the U.S. in 2008 for illegal entry. Her prior removal order was reinstated and she was returned to Mexico through the Nogales Port of Entry on Dec. 4."
Pascua Yaqui police referred questions to the Attorney General's office. As of news time that office had not returned calls.

El Paso ( Convicted murderer stopped trying to enter the U.S on Thursday ) Juan Orduno 40

Murderer arrested trying to enter US illegally near Downtown El Paso

By Daniel Borunda / El Paso Timeselpasotimes.com

Posted: 01/04/2013 03:24:13 PM MST

Juan Carlos Eguino Orduno (Courtesy U.S. Border Patro)

U.S. Border Patrol agents stopped a convicted murderer trying to illegally enter the United States on a snowy Thursday in El Paso. Officials said agents arrested Juan Carlos Eguino Orduno, 40, during a failed attempt to cross the border near Downtown El Paso. An identification system check found that Eguino had served time in prison after being convicted of two counts of second-degree murder in Santa Fe, officials said. In a separate case Thursday, Border Patrol agents seized 25 pounds of methamphetamine found hidden in a vehicle stopped at the Interstate 10 checkpoint near Las Cruces, officials said. The vehicle's driver was arrested. The driver's name was not released.

MEXICO ( Drug rehab center attacked-one dead ) Drug wars

 

Torreón: Drug Rehab Center Attacked

Thursday, January 3, 2013 | Borderland Beat ReporterChivis

Borderland Beat

 

Authorities report that a group of gunmen attacked a rehabilitation center in the Coahuila city of Torreón, leaving one dead and three injured.

The Laguna delegation of the Attorney General of the State said that about 7:45 am on Monday, a group of armed men burst into “Oasis” the rehabilitation center for addiction, located on Rodríguez Triana Boulevard, in the colonia “las Julitetas”.

The gunmen opened fire on the patients, subsequently leaving one dead, an unidentified person, about 30 years old, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds in his chest.

The three injured were identified with names: Jose Mena Eleno Alvarado, 58, who is treated at a local hospital for gunshot wounds to the abdomen and chest, Carlos Alvarado Mena, 39, injured by a bullet in the knee and Pedro Rivas Palacios, 31, who was wounded in the left side of the torso..

Just last June, gunmen killed eleven people in the Torreón center called "“Tu Vida Sobre La Roca AC”.

Source: Narco Mexico Drug Gangs (Texcoco’s Blog)

South Korea ( Man stabs himself in airport to protest arrival of Japan envoy )

S Korean man stabs himself at airport to protest arrival of Japan envoy

PoliticsJan. 04, 2013 - 06:23PM JST( 65 )

Kim Chang-geun holds a knife after he stabbed himself in the stomach during a rally at Gimpo Airport in Seoul on Friday.REUTERS

SEOUL —

A member of a South Korean anti-Japan civic group stabbed himself in the stomach during a rally at Gimpo Airport in Seoul on Friday. Kim Chang-geun, 57, bleeding from the stomach, was led away by police.
The rally was held to denounce Japan’s conservative new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and demand an official apology for Japan’s war crimes during World War II. The group was at the airport to protest the arrival of Abe’s special envoy, veteran lawmaker and former finance minister Fukushiro Nukaga, who will meet South Korea’s President-elect Park Geun-hye later in the day.
“As both Japan and South Korea have new governments, I would like to play the role of mediator so that this year can be a good one for the two countries,” Nukaga told reporters at the airport.
“Prime Minister Abe believes that Japan-South Korea relations need to be solid for the stability of East Asia,” he said. “I want to convey that message.”
Abe, who took office late December, had planned to send the envoy earlier but the dispatch was delayed due to Park’s tight schedule, according to local media.
The territorial row flared last year following a surprise visit by South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak to the Dokdo islands, known by Japan as Takeshima.
It quickly degenerated into a familiar confrontation over attitudes to shared history, with Seoul accusing its former colonial ruler Tokyo of not being contrite enough for its wartime behavior.
Tokyo hopes the dispatch will help lead to a fresh start under the countries’ new leaders, and as North Korea’s successful rocket launch last month renews regional security concerns.

Iran ( One drug dealer hanged in the prison of Yasouj - January 2 ) Southern Iran

One prisoner was hanged in southern Iran

Thursday 3 January 2013

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In possession of 74,917 pills                             In possession  of 20,050 ampullas of heroin

Iran Human Rights, January 3: One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Yasouj (southern Iran) yesterday January 2.
According to the Iranian state media, the prisoner who was not identified by name, was convicted of possession and trafficking of 20050 ampullas containing heroin and 74917 psychotropic pills.
Last week five prisoners were hanged publiclyin the city of Yasouj.

U.S Drone strike ( Taliban commander killed in strike )

WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed a key Taliban commander, his deputy and eight others in northwest Pakistan, intelligence sources and tribal leaders said Thursday, deaths that could substantially alter the power balance in the Taliban heartland of Waziristan.

Maulvi Nazir Wazir, also known as Mullah Nazir, was killed on Wednesday night when missiles struck a mud house in South Waziristan, near the Afghan border, intelligence sources and residents said.

He had survived at least one previous drone attack and was wounded weeks earlier in a bomb attack believed to have been launched by Taliban rivals.

His key commanders and his deputy, Ratta Khan, were also killed in the attack at Angoor Adda, near the provincial capital of Wana, sources said.

Nazir had expelled foreign militants from his area, favored attacking American forces in Afghanistan and had signed non-aggression pacts with the Pakistani military in 2007 in 2009. That put him at odds with some other Pakistan Taliban commanders, but earned him a reputation as a "good" Taliban among some in the Pakistan military.

   Lone wolf " Hits  Mark "

Nazir's successor was announced in front of a crowd of thousands at his funeral, a witness said. People will be watching closely to see if fellow Wazir tribesman Salahud Din Ayubi continues with Nazir's policies.

The military has a large base in Wana, where Nazir and his men were based. Nazir presided over an uneasy peace between the militants and the army there, but the truce was endangered by the military's alliance with the United States and drone strikes, a military officer said recently.

"The (drone) program is making things very difficult for us. Nazir is the sole remaining major militant leader willing to be an ally," he said.

"If he decides to side with (Pakistan Taliban leader) Hakimullah, thousands of fighters will come to the frontlines against the Pakistani military. It is in our interest to keep him neutral, if not on our side, because then we can direct our resources against anti-state militants with much greater efficiency."

New Mexico ( Politician Gary Smith behind bars for stalking and tire-slashing arrest )

New Mexico politician Gary Smith behind bars for stalking after tire-slashing arrest

The accused serial slasher was spotted idling outside Janice Arnold-Jones' home on New Year's Day, two weeks after he was caught on tape vandalizing her car, police said. Others, including Smith's former campaign manager, also accuse the one-time Congress hopeful of slashing their tires.

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Former candidate for Congress, Gary Smith, faces felony vandalism and stalking charges.

A one-time congressional candidate accused of slashing a former opponent’s tires has been arrested for stalking, police said.
Janice Arnold-Jones spotted Gary Smith idling in his car outside her home on New Year’s Day, two weeks after she’d caught him on video vandalizing her car, Detective Lorenzo Garcia of the Albuquerque Police Department told the Daily News.
“When he told me, ‘Oh, I have never been there before, and I just wanted to see what the residence looked like,’ I don’t buy that for a second,” Garcia said.
“His intentions couldn’t have been good.”
Smith was arrested Wednesday and charged with aggravated assault.
Last year, he faced Arnold-Jones in the Republican primary for New Mexico’s District 1 congressional seat. Arnold-Jones secured the nomination, but failed to win the general election.

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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.