Latest from Mexico - please help!
I recently received the following email from Andres Tonini in Mexico. Please support Andres in any way you can. See email Mexican Embassy below.
EMAIL FROM ANDRES
Hello.
There are not significant advances.
If well the Senate finally aproved a exhort to ask to the President to "gather opinions and evaluations of research institutions and the scientific community interested can bring about the effectiveness and proper functioning of molecular detectors GT200, acquired by the Mexican government", his answer is completely voluntary. So, I don´t think anything will change soon.
http://www.senado.gob.mx/index.php?v...id=15123&lg=61
By the way, here's a picture of Felipe Calderón, the mexican president, watching the magic wand:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gobbc/5164515138/
And in my blog you can read a couple of phrases he has said about the GT200:
http://lonjho.blogspot.mx/2012/06/el...n-emblema.html
About the charges against Bolton, McCormick and friends, well, until this day only two media mentioned the case. Yes, only two: a local newspaper and one who are only available on Internet. No main newspaper, radio and of course no TV station said a word on this. And If these two did it it's because the first note's author ha's been interested on the subject from time ago, and the second because, was alerted by some collegues by Twitter (along many other media and journalists which at best gave a retweet, or, as mostly did, just ignored it):
http://www.zocalo.com.mx/seccion/opi...es-moleculares
http://www.reporteindigo.com/reporte...or-de-mentiras
The military and local governments continue using these devices with no shame, of course:
http://lonjho.blogspot.mx/2012/05/fr...ya-exhibe.html
http://lonjho.tumblr.com/post/269620...mamento-abc-de
http://lonjho.tumblr.com/post/286482...na-de-canje-de
http://lonjho.blogspot.mx/2012/01/pi...-culiacan.html
I found a note mentioning some "molecular detector" has been using by mexican customs, however, I can´t say is the GT200 or ADE651. Anyway, here is:
http://lonjho.tumblr.com/post/285827...-pais-han-sido
As you can imagine, we aren't exactly happy.
Finally and for your archives, here's a new iteration of the ADE650: behold the ADE680:
http://www.888858888.com/en/product_view.asp?id=66
EMAIL ENDS
May I suggest bombarding your local Mexican Embassy/Consulate with emails. I have just sent the following to the Mexican Embassy in London:
mexuk@sre.gob.mx
FAKE EXPLOSIVES DETECTORS
We understand that various so called detectors e.g. GT200, ADE651 and ALPHA 6 are still in use in Mexico, despite widespread publicity and warnings that these devices cannot and do not work.
The sellers of the GT200, ADE651 and ALPHA 6 have all been arrested and charged with fraud in the U.K.
It is incredible that anyone still uses these devices!
We urge you to join the calls to end the use of these devices immediately.