February 14, 2019
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1h 13m
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Mark Koernke discussed psychological operations (PSYOP) methodology, focusing on intelligence preparation of the battlefield (IPB) and analysis of target audiences. He covered factors including ethnicity, media influence, and regional perspectives, with detailed examination of how to assess radio, television, and print media infrastructure. The show included commentary on media bias regarding the Bundy ranch incident and Charlottesville, followed by administrative updates about his new phone and contact information for Robert Miner. The latter half featured news articles on Mexican drug cartel violence, poppy farming legalization efforts in Guerrero, and security challenges in El Salvador.
- psychological operations
- psyop
- intelligence preparation of battlefield
- media analysis
- target audience
- bundy ranch
- charlottesville
- mexico drug cartels
- poppy farming
- el salvador
- fentanyl
- preparedness
- robert miner
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future actions within that area. And the regional perspective is going to focus on the issues that are more immediately threatening the local security and the stability. And the key issues for a SIOP specialist include a regional organization so the country belongs. Regional treatment actors are going to choose and pursue policies based on their own perception of their national interests. And it's critical for your planners to know another actor's national interest, and the national interest can most often be identified in terms of survival, sovereignty, well-being. The next stop on our factors list would be the ethnicity, because within most nation states, there's going to be ethnic groups that may not belong to the political dominant group. maintaining their own distinct culture or social differences. And the ethnic differences may transcend all other political military factors. Your PSYOP team is going to determine whether ethnicity is a critical element and the behavior of the target audience. Reminding me of about the New York Times and I guess there for a while he was for the Gov. for demand and he had made something about driving around town and what did he say, the colored people on the porches and guns were being put in economics. Instead of realizing what he was trying to say and maybe he had used a term that had fallen out of fashion, they tried to do Mr. Bundy's statement because he used the term whether he said Negro or colored people instead of the new politically correct black African-American term that he was supposed to use. So it didn't matter about Mr. Bundy's cows anymore then regionally by because most about 50% of the people live on the East Coast and can't even sell their life depended on it that wind out of the sail of the Bundy by him as a term of the day racist not the biggest hater whatever it is and that they did with what happened down there in Charlottesville That's funny though that the news media on the one-year anniversary. That's all we heard about about oh Well, this has happened in these neo-nazis were having this rally and all this violence But they're not mentioned that the people had a permit to protest and it was anti-fop, but it's strangely though, about a year before what happened in Charlottesville, you had the guy in Black Lives Matter down in Dallas that got up in that parking garage and singled out five white police officers to shoot and kill with his S.K.S., but I didn't hear anything about the one year anniversary of that going on. So you can't tell me that the news media is playing to certain ethnic groups. whether it's the white, the blacks, the Hispanics, the Asians, the... happens to be. This other part here, it's going to be real important, is the next factor highway of the media. Obviously, the media, both the news and the literary, they're going to play a vital role in the society because the media and the other information networks, they increase the availability to society's leadership the population and the infrastructure can have a profound impact on the national will, the political direction, national security objectives, and the policy. And so your planners must understand the role of the media and its perception as it affects each potential target audience and the actors external to the operation. the PSYOP planners must also examine the literary media because literature itself conveys important and exploitable themes, symbols, and myths of that culture and society. When you're going to consider, and now this would pertain directly to the radio and television, now a pretty extensive amount of information, I think those We can continue to do the same thing, keep having Waco Texas over and over again. Or we can try to work some pieces that we missed or didn't, that can be addressed, intelligence preparation of the battlefield, and study radio and television. So A, are the key radio and TV transmitters who physically controls the site, owns the station and control programming. possible to buy advertising time or other time segments per program? 3. Who indirectly controls the viewpoints reflected in the programming? And are they pro-government? Or C. How is the site protected? Physical barriers? What is the power of the transmitter? E. What is the frequency or channel used to transmit? What is the frequency or channel capacity for transmission? What is the effective broadcast range? What major terrain features affect your transmission? Are there any repeating stations for the broadcast? And what are those locations? What type of antenna system is in use? What frequency does it use? And what is the configuration of the antenna? What type of equipment is at the site? Country produce the equipment. Two, how old is the equipment? Three, what is the maintenance record of the equipment? And four, what format and type of pre-recorded messages can the station broadcast? What is the on-site repair capability of the technician at the facility? A, how long can the facility operate without outside service? And what does its energy source the energy source originate? What is the listening or the viewing audience of the station? What type of programming does the station broadcast? One, does the station do live broadcast or record tape? Two, what type of audio and audio visual editing equipment does the station have? Three, what is the station's video broadcasting standard? And PSC 3.58 and PSC PAL or CCAM. Number four is, what is the station's video format? Beta-CAM, SX, Beta-CAM, ST, VHS, VHS. Number five, what type of music does the station play? Six, what are the operating hours of the facility? Seven, who is the point of contact with whom to coordinate station and equipment usage? 8. What subjects for discussion are popular on the station? 9. What topics or taboo are avoided for broadcasting? 10. What are the peak viewing and listening hours for the population and which are credible in the eyes of the population? Does perceived credibility differ by economic backrooms, religious groups, or military in range? Does the populace listen to outside broadcasts from other countries or international entities and how are those received and perceived? What are the locations of the in-theater contractors and vendors who can provide services and supplies for audio and audio visual equipment? Just make sure you're still working. It looks like we're still on the air. Okay, very good. 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The first 30 minutes of today's broadcast, we started off with some of our admin stuff, just what observations, what we're doing. We continued our study psychological warfare operation, CyWars, CyOps, FISO, EPM, and starting to talk about the different factors that lead into what we're going to do to look at an area to see target audience, but all the different parts and pieces that go into that have to do with the history, civil environment, the political economy, the military, the ideology, the religion, foreign influence, leadership, the regional perspective, the nationalist principle of the media. We talked about some of the media analysis on the radio and television transmitters, frequencies, locations, spoolos that my email address is alphabead76 at hotmail.com and that's alpha, lima, tango, bravo, echo. I've got a new phone here and quite like the older one and it's got some figuring it out. I only got it turned on yesterday. It's here in the past because of The old one, been in service for quite a long time. The space plate went out on it. I could still make phone calls if I could remember what telephone numbers were. And that was pretty much it. Now I know there were a while that people would send me text messages during the broadcast with sporting documentation. And now those are available. That's it. Now I'll agree there's still a few minor issues. that need to be ironed out, but as far as I can tell, I did a couple of experiments in the last, how many ever hours, not even 24 hours with the telephone and trying to find the best sequence. I have a headphone with a swing down microphone, but it's a 2.5 millimeter, but the new phone has a 3.5 millimeter I've got an adapter, but running it yesterday, it was kind of intermittent. Sometimes it would sound fine. And then all of a sudden it would get all muffled and scratchy. That's one thing that needs to be fixed here. And we'll try and get that rectified here within the next few days. Ain't going to happen today and chances are it ain't going to happen tomorrow. So this is what we've got. I hope it sounds all right. You can hear what I'm saying. Everything appears to be running fairly well. So that's my story and I'm sticking with it. Robert Miner, you know, we've been talking about Bob here for the last year. His telephone number is 701-251-2365 and you know, you know the drill. If all that message comes on, 4-6 Robert Miner say your name you got seven to ten seconds now Hard way came on the Intel report yesterday afternoon Sure, what that I might have been D. I don't know. I don't know some yet sometime yesterday I don't think it was the first might have been the second hour before the evening, but he's asking if people because this deal with Bob Coming up, I think he said it's going to be in either June or August for this, or whatever surface you'd like to call it. He's wanting to know, supporters of Robert Minor and the Minor family could come up with 10 questions that they would like to see every school on their precepts. Now, some of them are quite obvious, but ideas and thoughts could be then to 9090909 at gmail.com. Hardway 90909 at gmail.com. And if you come up with some that would like to be forwarded to Bob's attorney, the potential to be beneficial. Just similar, but not the same of ours. We had covered over 40 youth TV and radio. And we also have a print media, kind of a section of questions to what are the major printed media in this country and then all media and number 101, the particular group of media, the government, the military, three media, the print supplies, and the facilities operate once the sign-off personnel set off the services. K is the on-site repair capability of the technicians at the facility. And what type of equipment is at the site? L1 is what country produced the equipment. L2 is how old is the equipment. L3 is what is the maintenance records of the equipment. L4 is what is the output capacity of the equipment. What type of paper can be used in the press and what colors can be used on the presses is what is the state of the media, bullets, or handbills or banners. What sophisticated are the outdoor media? E. Is there a system for making printed material in particular segments of the population? Do mailing lists exist and are they available to your But what are the locations of the in-theater companies that can provide services and supplies? But what are the major lines of communication? Railroads, highways located near the existing asset? Is the printed media credible in the eyes of the population? Does the free credibility differ by economic background, solar storage units? And the communication languages were spoken within the country. D is what written languages are used throughout the country and how literate are the whole country and within different regions, states, and provinces. C, what media do the people trust most for obtaining the information and how accessible are the various groups of different media? And C1 is what is the availability of the TV to the population and to the specific target group? C2 is what is the availability of radios to the population and to the specific target group. C3, what is the availability of the printed materials to the population and to the specific target group. And C4, how many people have access to the printed needed materials. And D, what are the literacy rates for all the selected target groups. E, what are the key symbols within the country? Do they differ by ethnic group, religion, social group, social unit, and rank? Or the insurgent group? What are the visual or written taboos that might affect the audiences when they look at the print or other visual psychological operation products? G, what are the Internet or the websites in the country or in the country friendly to the target country? are assessments of the country's computer capabilities being collected and maintained. And finally, A, who are the internet service providers was going to be easy. So the next part would have to do with the psychological operation, intelligent preparation of the battle face and the product. because there are several products that your SIOP people produce during the intelligence preparation of the battlefield that are going to be extremely valuable. Now during step one, people help the analysts complete an environmental and area assessment and that's going to include an operational area evaluation, the train analysis and the weather analysis. Step 2 yields a detailed target audience area work speed which we'll cover up here in a little bit further. Step 3 results in the completion of your analysis which is the method that the PSYOP group uses to evaluate the opponent's propaganda and the products are the base intelligence documents that are going to be used to plan and execute your effective psychological operation. Now the environmental analysis and the area assessment because your study team is going to be the primary source of your environmental analysis. And in that category, the analyst delves into each of the 14 political military factors and addresses their role over time in influencing a society. And that information may be very detailed, but it is relatively enduring and is usually compiled over an extended period of time. Now the ICD typically begins with an evaluation of the area and the assessment considers the overall nature of the friendly and enemy forces in the operational environment. And the assessment normally entails a detailed analysis of your area operation and the SIOP area of ops is going to be tied to its targeted population and may surprise part of a country or the geographical region and the leaders select all information based on the staff estimate as a situation and that covers any future threat to any of your support operations. Now some of the various groups of people, they're going to assist with the analysis and they may choose to prepare a matrix identifying the groups, their leaders, media and these key issues have developed and a collaborative effort has been a result of the best possible analysis and that goes to exceed the select potential target audience, locate the mass media facilities in the area of operations that aid in the dissemination of the SIOP product and identify their operational characteristics. They want to evaluate the studios and the transmitters for amplitude modulation, AM, and the frequency modulation, FM radio and CD, and their operational characteristics, the wattage, the frequency, the programmage. Next is to evaluate the heavy and the light printing facilities, including the location, the type, and the capabilities and equipment to supplement the capabilities of your unit. They want to evaluate the accessibility of the facility. For example, who controls them and whether they will cooperate. You want to identify the ethnicity, racial, social, economic, religious, and linguistic groups in the area that are demographic. Next, you want to identify the key official and the unofficial leaders of the communicators in the area. You want to determine the cohesive and divisive issues within the community. Gray gained the literacy rate, the level of education, assessed the sites and the proportions of the media consumed by the community, and finally assessed the concentrations of third country nationals in the area of operation and their purpose. Now next on our way post, on our study here, the operational area evaluation because using the intelligence gathered, the analyst is a prepare an operational area evaluation and that's abbreviated OAE. And the analyst is going to determine the possible target group. He communicators within the target group prefer media to effectively reach the target group and the possible diop theme consideration target audience analysis. And some of the examples of the products that are going to help perform the operational area evaluation. The population overlay that you're operating in. The radio station overlays with the footprint include radio stations in nearby countries. TV station overlays with footprints that include TV stations from other countries. Language overlays, spoken. We lived in overlays within the target area. The ethnic group overlays that display the different elements within the target area, the terrain and weather with a focus on the effect on the target group and the product dissemination. Yeah, you could have a bunch of pliers, but if you close up to your, you can't get out the front door, then I guess all that product is not going to do you too good. And the, and lastly is city maps. the grid graphics or the area of where you're operating it. The next mile post on our terrain analysis because your psychological operation terrain analysis that's going to focus on how the geography affects the population of the area of operation and the dissemination of your product. Because that portion of the ITB includes preparing a line of sight overlay for the radio and the TV station, and that's going to be derived from an obstacle overlay, the elevation and other line of sight information, LOS line of sight. As a SIOP, the terrain analysis, for example, this can focus on determining the respective ranges and the audibility of the signals from the most significant broadcast stations identified during your OAE. Now the engineer terrain detachment supports the, they're going to usually conduct a major portion of the terrain analysis and they're going to be combining extensive database information with the results of reconnaissance and the engineer main databases compiled maybe even by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency because some of these things available by Popo.com, Google Earth or who knows National Geographic, oftentimes you've got visitors here and cities or counties that are offer up maps and they'll have terrain stuff available. Exactly how I want to say this. The analysts evaluate the train through a map analysis and they, by using special relays like clear plastic, some of these alleys, radios, where they are, things like that. Are they, is the transmitter, is the antenna and the transmitter right there? on site where the station is. The station is in downtown Phil in the blank and then its signal is sent by a microwave up to the antenna on a high mountain, the broadcast. So some of the things also in the terrain analysis, you want to look at the cross-country mobility, the transportation system, the road and the bridge infrastructure, the vegetation type and distribution, and any obstacle is checking to make sure that we're still on. It looks like we may not have the strongest signal in the world, but it appears that we're still on. The next stop would be the weather analysis. Because the weather and the climate, they can play an important role in the development of your mission. Now in foreign countries, as the unconventional warfare mission, particularly weather and the climate affect your psyopedia and the disseminating operation. As an example, the wind direction and the speed at specific above ground levels and the increments are going to be required for a leaflet operation and the recruitment of locals in sub-dual weather is extremely difficult. At periods of drought, they may force the farmers to become bandits or insurgents, and the flooding can interfere with food and medicine distribution, and the effects of the weather and climate can be integrated within a terrain analysis. And the analysts can obtain the climatology-based overlays for the planning purposes. and the near weather team, they can prepare a similar but less detailed overlay depending on the availability of the data. Now, the wave pose on our study of psychological operations would be the correct evaluation. I see we're right down the spot up here. I don't know if we flew through these. I know we got to the top of the hour, but again, I'm running on. I'm not exactly. At least I can still watch time today now and then we're still on the air. 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Nature's answer to healthy teeth and gums and remember It's all completely natural, available at participating health food stores nationwide. cyclical and it requires a continuous evaluation and your people use the systematic and continuous process to analyze and to integrate your intelligence data regarding the characteristics of the population and your analysis process is going to build on the ITB. And, but it's oriented on the human aspect of the situation and the capabilities of the audience to receive and be influenced by the information. If people can't receive the information, what's the use of producing the information? So, sure if I'm even going to go there. I don't. I frequently go there, but... But we can start to see now that how important it is to analyze so many of these different things, the demographics, the religion, the area, the weather. You don't just grab your stuff and go get yourself into a jam. But we're going to shift gears here because I know that after a while, we, the human mind can only stand so much. Next 60 seconds to be an eternity. Hold on one second. Let me give you a drink of water. bit of coffee flavor in it. Borderlandbeats.com. 3 February 2019. Kamalisa CDN leaves two decapitated heads in a narco message. The northeast parto leaves human heads in the narco montas with threats to Borjolo Rodarte Concil, known as El Primito, of the CDG metro that has an alliance with the CJNG. On the cooler with two human heads, this was in Manuel Aleman Tama Lipa, a little bit of profanity for Rodante Tatiyo, aka Primito Tadoro, cousin. Here's proof that we've already entered Miguel Aleman. I also left you 27 golfers massacred weeks ago. They didn't, one battle. They all cried and cried like faggots. I even went as far as keeping all their weapons that they never even managed to use because those blank blanks threw it all away. Even if you ask, belly, you gang of blank blanks ever be able to overtake us. Keep sending more blank blanks like that to fight. Ella horses, operational, CAFS. the I didn't hear anything about this. The office of the Attorney General of the Republic of the State of Guerrero will investigate the murder of American marijuana activist John Galton in Acabusco, Mexico, February 3, 2018. The murder of U.S. citizens is the discovery of a drug processing laboratory in the municipality of Acabusco in the southern state of Guerrero are being investigated by the Attorney General's office of Mexico in the State Attorney General's office. These reported this Sunday. Through a statement, the Guerrero Coordination Group indicated that the aforementioned laboratory was found and seized various objects and equipment enabling the home processing of cannabis. Amongst the materials found were white light radiation lamps for plant growth and a pressure cooker to sterilize material and to prepare culture. for February 2019. Monterrey Duomo Leon. CDN leaves body parts and message near prison. Mexico. This morning, coolers containing human remains were found next to the message signed by the Northwest cartel near the Apple gaka and Topo Chico Penitentiary in Monterey. The coolers were tied with blue tape and next to them there were two white cards with narco messages. As this happened to me for continuing to roll to with my dad's part and having turncoats with the metamoros golfes Don't follow those in charge of the prison people otherwise this will happen to them when they leave if this happens to this blank blank who was their lieutenant just imagine what awaits you when you leave I also take the opportunity to remind you all the Ministrel and civilian forces who no longer surround yourself with those flank-flanks those who collaborate with Elon Carter Fing around and line yourself with us. Go and leave that agreement that you asked of you where you already know What was discussed and we will stop the slaughter you decide if we continue or we can once again start over once you are ready to be frank First and last time you will be given the opportunity to align yourself with us. Sincerely, Sincerely Operative CDN, Northeastern Partell. Warning, extremely graphic video images dismemberment on following page. No further text. Orderlandbeat.com 5 February 2019, state of Mexico. Tech of Mass. Two municipal police officers executed. On Monday night at around 20-30 hours, two municipal police were shot dead while eating tamales at a street stall. The incident happened in the municipality of Polka-Mex on Aviande San Maria, Hano-Lusa at the height of Tallade-4-0 Diaz situated some 25 kilometers northwest of Mexico City Center. Reportedly, two unidentified subjects This embarks a gray Nissan Versa and directly approaches the policemen. Subsequently, they shot them in the head and stripped the executed of their weapons before fleeing in the Nissan. Once the window analysis, the background and the motive of the attack remains unclear. However, officials do not rule out that the settling of accounts by local organized crime led to the execution. Although a criminal background goes without saying, the reason for the assault and the perpetrator's affiliation remains open for speculation. Possible backgrounds range across the victim's affiliation to a rival criminal group. refused to cooperate with the killers, their involvement in the persecution of the criminal group's non-exhaustive list of possible motives. About two weeks ago, a notable security operation took place in this place, in the course of which nine people were arrested. Furthermore, drugs and weapons were confiscated. Generally, seeking the murders of filiation to a local, rather small-scale gang seems most likely. The fact that executed police officers were stripped of their weapons after being shot dead, supports the assumption as such groups usually have limited weaponry and strong contacts, contracts, power cartels, numerous as such groups operating in Mexico City. And then as an example, the criminal group called Los Focicos has reportedly been in the local news in recent times. They are operating in Taca, Mexico. are involved in flooded, trademark robberies, extortion, and for selling drugs. InsightPrime.org. AMLO jumping the gun with wild claims about Mexico's security. By February 2019. Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador hailed a massive improvement in the nation's security, but the gains he trumpeted had little real value. During a press conference on January 30, Lopez Obrador, known as Hamlo, announced that the prior day Mexico had registered only 54 murders across the nation, a drop of nearly a third from the average of 80 murders a day. He presented this as a sign that the purity policy, which de-emphasizes militarized conflict with criminal groups, was already having a positive effect. In the same conference he declared that there was no war against organized crime. However, it's impossible to base such analysis on a single day. Entire must have been statistical outliers in the determining whether purity improvement is taking groups. In April 2008, murders in Juarez temporarily plummeted to less than 60 amid a robust military deployment. But within weeks, the level of violence rebounded to its prior level of hundreds per month and the war for the border city continued unabated despite the troops patrolling the streets. The current data indicates that Mexico remains as violent as it was under Lopez Obrador's predecessor and Lique Nienenetos. In December of 2018, the first month with Lopez Opreador and the presidency, Mexico registered 2,916 murders, this figure taken from the National Public Security System, the SNSP, for its initials and represents a 9% increase from the same month in 2017. It is also the most violent month Mexico has witnessed since the SNSD began compiling these figures in the 1990s. And deriving any conclusion about Mexico's public security on the basis of a single day is fundamentally a flawed approach. The administration's determination to lower the number of murders is laudable But any data that will have outliers and it is impossible to know if a day's results are part of a broader trend that SNSD will not release the figures for January for several weeks, but there is little to suggest an instantaneous transformation. So it is, it is responsibility. It's too early for Lopez over the door's presidency to blame his policies. system bloodshed, but it is not too soon to assess this issue with clarity and honesty, and his comments last week fell well short. Both statements reflect two separate trends that have prevailed in his nascent presidency. You can get the rest of the article over it. Insidecrime.org. Borderlandbeat.com 5 February 2019. struggling to compete with Fentanyl, Mexico's poppy farmers act as for legalization. Just did you get that? Hernandez, who lives in the Sierra in the state of Guerrero in southern Mexico, farms a few hectares of Anajido, a collective farm set up after Mexican Revolution, where he grows corn, beans, and vegetables. But those crops are just for substance. Lower producer prices make them unavailable to bring the market. For Hernandez, like tens of thousands of others in the Sierra of Guerrero, the only source of income is pop of beer. Okeum poppies. Pop of beer. Growing poppies is necessary here, he told Filter. Not growing poppies means not having money. There are some little peon jobs here and there, but it's not enough. Need forces used to do this. Hernandez and his family maintain the plot of about half an eight hectare of poppies far away from the road and tucked away from behind all rows of corn to protect the plants from their main pests. Soldiers. The Mexican army, which has been on the street fighting the drug war since 2006, is a constant threat to farmers in the mountains of Guerrero, where patrols enter farms without permission to find and destroy illegal crops. Fernandez and other farmers in the area have an effective radio communication system that allows them to warn each other and avoid being caught by an army patrol, but there is nothing they can do to stop the soldiers from destroying the crops. You lose all hope when the army comes because they're going to destroy your plan and you're not going to get the money you were hoping for," he said. But you just have to step aside because if you don't, they could take your wealth away. a diminishing result. If the poppies can survive three months after planning, the bright-yet-pedal will drop off and the mature seed pods can be spliced with the razor blade to release leaf opium gum, which the family then sells to the drug trafficker who visits their remote mountain town. Fernandez expects poppies He has planted now will yield about a half a kilogram of opium a few years ago They can fetch as much as ten thousand pesos and that's about five hundred dollars But starting about two years ago traffickers began of offering less and less and rumors circulated that the price drop was due to competition from the nuisance synthetic drugs manufactured in China and also in some fentanyl producing laboratories detected in other parts of Mexico. fentanyl's impact on people who use drugs in northern Mexico. They say it's because of some other drugs fentanyl made in China, I think, Hernandez said. That's why they say the price went down. This year, Hernandez only hopes to get around six pesos per gram of opium. Hardly works time and effort of raising the plant. But for now, he plans to keep planting the maintain the habit with the hope that the price will rebound or a proposal to legalize the crop will materialize. Guerrero is Mexico's third poorest state in the center of the opium industry. If the state of 3.5 billion were to, were an independent country, it would be the top opium producer in the Americas. The roughly 50,000 hectares planted with poppies in the state support the economies of thousands of communities and hundreds of thousands of people. The case, the legitimized poppy. As drug-related violence increases in policies aimed at stopping opium production have failed, proposes to legalize the proper being taken more and more seriously. fall the state legislature of Guerrero has an advisory resolution to legalize poppy farming and the new federal government led by Andres Manuel Lopez Opreador is analyzing the idea. For Hernandez, legalization represents a chance to completely change his relationship to a government that has forced him into an illegal activity. but then persecuted him for it. The government does not help us in any other way with jobs or investment or anything. To destroy what we worked so hard to build, he said, it would be great if the government would come to buy our plants instead of destroying them. We got about a few minutes here. I got another article I'm not sure if exactly it has to do with the new president electing El Salvador. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Insidetime.org. New El Salvadoran president will face El Salvador problem. Bureau 5 2019, written by Steve Dudley. It's like in police playing. El Salvador's officers on red as some called on social media for extrajudicial execution of suspected members of street gangs and issues that will be front and center for the country's newly elected president, Naive Berkely. It was day after one of their own had been killed by suspected gang members, but at a police station in downtown El Salvador, you wouldn't have known the difference. There was no special meetings, no remembrance, or services to honor Omar and Rivas' time in the police. There was no special instructions given to the other beat-top who worked alongside him in El Salvador's historic center. No special investigation launch to see if Rivera's January 14 murder was related to his work down The presumption was that Rivera had been killed like so many others, surprised by an enemy that seems to be evolving and everywhere at the same time. He is one of nine police killed in January 2019, compared to 32 police and two administrators killed in all of 2018. The pace has policed on edge. Officers in the station that day were restless, but felt helpless and afraid. The suspected gang members who killed Rebus had reportedly entered his house where his wife and daughter were and shot him six times. The rumors circulating in the station that day unconfirmed was that they had been wearing police uniforms and sea mats and carrying high caliber weapons. That's my biggest fear, one policeman told Inside Crime on conditions of anonymity that they come dressed like us. 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