USA-MEXICO Border Prayer Alert
Eight drug kingpins, also known as "plaza bosses," were identified by a multi-agency effort earlier this month.
The bosses, covering a drug network spanning the length of the southern U.S. border, are members of the Sinaloa Cartel, according to a release from Customs and Border Protection.
The eight men were identified as follows:
- Cenobio Flores Pacheco (a.k.a. Luis Fernando Castro Villa)
- Jesus Alfredo Salazar Ramirez
- Guillermo Nieblas Nava (a.k.a. Adelmo Niebla Gonzalez)
- Ramon Ignacio Paez Soto
- Felipe De Jesus Sosa Canisales
- Armando Lopez Aispuro
- Jose Javier Rascon Ramirez
- Raul Sabori Cisneros
A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) special task force along with the Drug Enforcement Agency and the State of Department say these men helped oversee the illegal flow of drugs over the border.
PRAY:
- Mighty God, capture, convict, and bring down the operations of the Sinaloa Cartel Plaza bosses: Cenobio Flores Pacheco, Jesus Alfredo Salazar Ramirez, Guillermo Nieblas Nava, Ramon Ignacio Paez Soto, Felipe De Jesus Sosa Canisales, Armando Lopez Aispuro, Jose Javier Rascon Ramirez, Raul Sabori Cisneros.
- Capture and convict Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, known as Public Enemy No. 1.
- Give success to law enforcement and military personnel in the breakup and destruction of the TCO/DTO supply lines, distribution, and sales operations.
- We pray for key cartel leaders to come to repentance and faith in Christ and that word of their salvations would shake the trafficking underworld.
- Lord, protect our law enforcement as they carry out their God-ordained responsibilities to keep law and order and defend our citizens.
PRAISES!
May 13, 2013: Federal agents have arrested 12 Mexican nationals accused of smuggling drugs into the United States and seized hundreds of pounds of marijuana. The Border Patrol estimates the street value of the drugs at $282,000.
May 14, 2013: Border officers found more than 30 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in the rear bumper of a car being driven across the Nogales border crossing. A drug dog at the Mariposa crossing alerted officers to a sedan Officers pulled 33 packages of the drug from the bumper. The estimated street value was $512,000, the release said.
May 17, 2013: Federal agents intercepted more than 2,300 pounds of marijuana following a traffic stop in Nogales. A search of the van turned up 12 boxes containing more than 930 pounds of marijuana. Information provided by the suspects led agents to a warehouse, where a search led to the seizure of an additional 1,370 pounds of marijuana.
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USA: Congressional Investigations on IRS Underway
Capitol Hill aides spent their Memorial Day weekend scanning hundreds of pages of documents related to the IRS scandal in order to prepare their bosses for what will inevitably be a frantic month of June involving multiple simultaneous investigations into government wrongdoing. By the time lawmakers return to session next week, at least four different investigations will be underway. As The Daily Caller has reported, at least five different IRS offices including Cincinnati, Ohio; Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago, Illinois and El Monte and Laguna Niguel, California improperly targeted conservative nonprofit groups for extra scrutiny between 2010 and 2012.
Give thanks to God for bringing these questions to the light of inquiry so they can be examined. Pray that all corruption would be exposed and dealt with in a fair and equitable manner. Pray for the restoration of a rightly balanced Internal Revenue Service.
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USA: Supreme Court Rules DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) Unconstitutional 5-4 Vote
UNITED STATES v. WINDSOR, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF SPYER, ET AL. Click for PDF version. (http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-307_g2bh.pdf)
The Supreme Court's ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act provides some clarity about a fast-growing practice for banks: financial planning for same-sex couples. (http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/wall-street-doma-decision-93213.html)
The country's highest court handed down a landmark opinion on a section of the law that denies married homosexual couples the same federal rights and benefits as married heterosexual couples. For example, under DOMA, homosexual couples cannot file joint federal income tax returns, do not receive Social Security survivor benefits and cannot access federal estate and gift tax marital deductions - all important issues that factor into married couples' long-term financial planning.
Pray that our nation does not continue down this Sodom and Gomorrah path of destruction. Pray that sound voices of logic and reason would align with God's Word on the subject of homosexual sin. Pray that those who advocate the sin of homosexuality would bend their knees to the Lord's sovereignty and that the Lord would deliver their souls from the death-grip of Satan's domain while there is yet some time to do so. Pray, too, for God's mercy on the U.S., and that a heaven-sent, widespread revival will sweep through the Church in America and bring many to repentance and a true heart-change on these deeply divisive issues.
"You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination." (Lev. 18:22)
"If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them"
(Lev. 20:13)
"But God, who is rich in mercy because of His great love with which He love us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved) . . ." (Eph. 2:4-5)
First National House of Prayer in Melanesia
The "INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PRAYER-LINKING THE ISLANDS" in Queensland, Australia is officially launching the first National House of Prayer in Melanesia, in Honiara in the nation of Solomon Islands from July 10th-14th, 2013.
Delegations from five Melanesian nations of Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu and the two western nations of Australia and New Zealand and representatives from US, Africa & Asia will attend this historical event to pray, worship and celebrate with the church, the government and the people of Solomon islands on this great Kingdom Advance occasion.
The Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, Honourable Gordon Darcy Lilo will officially launch this SOLOMON ISLANDS HOUSE OF PRAYER on Sunday 14th at the National Stadium at Lawson Tama and his government will officially sponsor the International Leaders Breakfast, Prayer and Seminar on Saturday 13th July at the Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel... The vision of SIHOP is to encourage Prayer, Worship and to do Mission together as One Nation, One People, One Church and One Government under ONE GOD, THE LORD ALMIGHTY.
Prayer Requests:
- Pray for God’s manifest presence to be upon this gathering and that God’s name be honoured and be glorified.
- Pray for all the speakers for this four days of ministry activities in Honiara.
- For the seven nations that are currently part of this ‘IHOP-LINKING THE ISLANDS’ Prayer Network.
- For the development of the new IHOP-Linking the Islands’ base in Queensland Australia where God has recently and miraculously provided a large property for this ministry.
Brother Roy Funu
Founder/Visionary of IHOP-LINKING the Islands
