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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Texas - US and Mexico Border News - 9.22.2011

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Border security
The Economist
NONE of the twinned cities that straddle America's southern border with Mexico are as historically close as Laredo, in Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, in Mexico. The settlement at Laredo predates Texas, and what is now Nuevo Laredo was originally part of it ...
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TEXAS AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER TODD STAPLES TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL ...
The Cherokeean Herald
The result has been lower crime rates in urban border communities like Brownsville and El Paso. But we must not forget the rural areas of our border, which cover nearly 1000 miles, or approximately 80 percent, of the Texas/Mexico border. ...
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You're More Likely to Get Murdered in Austin Than on the Texas-Mexico Border
Austinist
In May, President Obama said that his his administration's policies had largely secured the Texas-Mexico border. Not so, said Perry. Then he added that liar part. However, according to the Houston Chronicle, not only have the major border cities in ...
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ATF Official Admits His 'Fast and Furious' Testimony 'Lacked Clarity'
Fox News
Meanwhile, many of the high-powered rifles lost under “Fast and Furious” ended up in Mexico. In the case of Border Patrol agent Terry's murder, ATF was notified of the weapons' purchase three days after the sale. “As such, ATF agents could not have ...
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Redistricting, Rick Perry and the GOP presidential primary
Houston Chronicle (blog)
... similar to Arizona's draconian immigration reform (SB-1070) in Texas (the law “may be right for Arizona, but it ain't exactly right for Texas”), and disagreement with proposals to construct a fence/barrier along the entire US-Mexico border. ...
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Houston Chronicle (blog)
De la Isla: 'Bordertown' adds to immigration misinformation
ScrippsNews
The cable publicists say, "The explosive drama, violence and conflict that unfold daily along the US-Mexico border" is the story about "local cops, members of the Laredo Texas Police Department narcotics unit, who are waging a daily battle to protect ...
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Border funding bill named for slain ICE agent Jaime Zapata passes House panel
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Special Agent Jaime Zapata died while on assignment to the ICE Attache in Mexico City from his post in Laredo, Texas, when gunmen attacked the his vehicle on Feb. 15, 2011. (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement photo) A House committee approved a ...
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Houston Chronicle (blog)
Texas School Cancels Game, Citing Mexican Cartel Threat
Athletic Business (blog)
9, claiming that an anonymous caller (possibly a member of a Mexican cartel, authorities said) demanded $30000 for the team to cross the American border. "Due to reports of potential violence in Mexico and in the interest of safety for all parties, ...
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St. Philip's Church to explore US-Mexican border issues
Arizona Daily Star
Kirk Stevan Smith and three youngsters from St. Philip's, MollyAnne Hughes, left, Sidney Ryan and James Cockrell, have visited the US-Mexican border as part of the border series. Folks of all ages are welcome to participate. With border issues at the ...
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The Necessary Evils of Drug Investigations on Mexico Border
InSight Crime
On Monday, the El Paso Times reported on how two ex-FBI informants provided the newspaper with a long and detailed account of how US law enforcement allegedly turned a blind eye to drug trafficking along the Mexican border. ...
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House panel OKs bill for funds to beef up border task forces
San Antonio Express
By Gary Martin WASHINGTON — A House committee approved legislation Wednesday that honors slain Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent Jaime Zapata and directs funding to law enforcement task forces on the US-Mexico border. ...
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Dumping Of 35 Bodies Seen As Challenge To Zetas Cartel
Fox News
They have made a war zone of northeastern Mexico, drawing heavy presence of military and federal police in a special operation to stop the violence. Since then, Zetas from the Mexico border area have been showing up in Veracruz, the US official said. ...
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Fox News
Treated sewage in Tijuana prevents border spills
San Jose Mercury News
The San Diego upgrade was completed last year under a federal court order. Blumenfeld visited the San Diego plant on a tour to seek feedback on an eight-year plan to improve the environment along the 2000-mile US-Mexico border.
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2 Mexican nationals arrested by Border Patrol near Clallam Bay this month
Peninsula Daily
BLAINE — The Border Patrol arrested two Mexican citizens near Clallam Bay earlier this month, the federal agency reported this week. The two were arrested Sept. 6, the Border Patrol said in a report issued Tuesday. “Both subjects were illegally ...
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'Fast and Furious' Coverup at Justice Department?
Fox News
ISSA: One is horrible. Brian Terry being gunned down in Arizona... ISSA: A border patrol agent being gunned down in the prime of life is too much. One Mexican citizen having to face weapons that should not have gotten to drug lords is too much. ...
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Mexican National Caught After Taking School Bus Ride Into US
Fox News
A Mexican national reportedly did just that, catching a ride into the country Thursday on a school bus near the Columbus port of entry in southern New Mexico. The 18-year-old man he now faces several immigration violations from the US Border Patrol, ...
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ATF 'Fast and Furious' secret audio recordings reveal concerns about whistleblower
CBS News
At least two of his weapons were sold to a straw buyer before turning up later at the murder scene of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. Hope MacAllister, the ATF agent heard in the conversations, was the lead case agent. The ATF's controversial "Fast ...
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Lawmakers: Perry must deal better with his weaknesses to win
The Hill
The measure, which called for a 700-mile-long fence to be built along the US-Mexico border, was “a preposterous idea,” Perry said. Most Democrats voted against the legislation, but then-Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Joe Biden (D-Del. ...
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TX Agriculture Commissioner Staples to Release Results of Study Mon. at ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
WHERE: State Capitol ROOM 2E-9 Austin, TX WHEN: Monday, Sept. 26 Press Conference - 10:30 am Texas farmers and ranchers along the US-Mexico border are becoming victims of intimidation, aggression and outright violence by armed trespassers that often ...
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Mexican Officials Furious Over ATF Gunrunning
The New American
The US Congress was kept largely in the dark about the scheme until whistleblowers within the ATF started coming forward. And according to officials south of the border, the Mexican government was not informed of the scheme either. ...
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Request for Comment on the US-Mexico Border 2020 ....
U.S. EPA.gov (press release)
The mission of Border 2020 is “to protect the environment and public health in the US-Mexico border region, consistent with the principles of sustainable development”. As the home to over 14 million people and one of the busiest cross-border trade ...
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El Paso Students Make Daily Trek Across Border
Fox News
By Patrick Manning The drug war violence that has driven many to stay away from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, but hasn't scared off one group – the college students who make daily trek over the Mexican-US border to attend school in El Paso, Texas. ...
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Clash over militarization at border intensifies
Examiner.com
There is a battle taking place at the US-Mexico border, and it is not the one between border enforcement and would-be immigrants, nor is it the war against violent drug cartels. Rather, this battle is over the militarization of the border itself. ...
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Gunmen dump 35 bodies on busy street in Mexico
CBS News
PRI, the political party that controlled Mexico for about 70 years, had agreements with the cartels and drugs moved freely across the border. Those asking how that was possible need to be reminded that as I write, 125 US Border Patrol and Customs ...
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Mexican folk art in a socio-political context
Yes! Weekly
Cabrera has masterfully recreated the contents of backpacks seized by Border Patrol agents from Mexican immigrants. “[The backpacks] represent everyone from small children all the way up to grandparents,” Matijcio said. ...
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Yes! Weekly
Group's report alleges abuse by BP agents
Sierra Vista Herald
By Jonathon Shacat BISBEE — The No More Deaths advocacy group is releasing a report today in Tucson called “A Culture of Cruelty” that alleges abuse by US Border Patrol agents of illegal immigrants apprehended in Arizona along the US-Mexico border. ...
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Cops: Mexican national entered US on NM school bus
Houston Chronicle
DEMING, NM (AP) — A Mexican national is facing multiple immigration violations after authorities say he hitched a ride from the US port of entry on a New Mexico public school bus. The Deming Headlight reports (http://bit.ly/pjBcnW ) that US Border ...
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Widow sues for information on Falcon Lake killing
CNN International
Her information requests to the government agencies were simply an attempt to get information that she wasn't getting from investigators on either side of the border. A Mexican investigation to look for the body and find the killers dried up after the ...
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Gulf leases could hit snag in US
UPI.com
The BOEMRE said it would keep the bids for blocks 3 nautical miles from the Mexican border sealed until both countries reach agreement. Bromwich told Platts the potential snag developed because a lease sale and a treaty with Mexico were developing ...
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Congressional hearing focuses on border security
BusinessWeek
Four months after President Barack Obama went to the other end of the Texas-Mexico border to tally achievements in border security and call for comprehensive immigration reform, a Republican congressman said the border remains unsafe and convened a ...
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Texas whistle-blowers allege corruption
UPI.com
EL PASO, Texas, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Two former law enforcement officers say their allegations of Mexican cartels corrupting US law officers and politicians have brought no investigations. The El Paso Times reports Greg Gonzales, a retired Dona Ana County ...
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Does the Gunwalking of 'Fast and Furious' have a Drugwalking Equivalent in El ...
Big Government
Compounding these issues is the fact that there are still outstanding questions regarding the rocket launcher, grenade launcher, assault rifles, and C4 explosives found near the Mexico/Texas border. There are still questions about the gun smuggling ...
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DOJ: Voting maps do not comply with federal law
Your Houston News
Police are also looking for the man's white 2000 GMC truck, Texas license plate 57T-NH6, and believe the vehicle has been stolen. BROWNSVILLE — Four months after President Barack Obama went to the other end of the Texas-Mexico border to tally ...
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Texas scientists try to rescue drought-threatened fish
Los Angeles Times
Meanwhile, a separate team rescued 110 federally threatened Arkansas River shiners and 60 peppered chubs from the Canadian River in the Texas Panhandle near the New Mexico border last week and took them to a federal fish hatchery in Oklahoma, he said. ...
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By: Metro News
Sports Radio ESPN 1420
Neither Governor and presidential hopeful Rick Perry nor President Obama are completely accurate about issues along the border with Mexico. (San Antonio, TX) -- A man is dead after his motorcycle crashed on San Antonio's northeast side. ...
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Bachmann criticizes Perry stand on border fence
Boston Globe
... Perry was wrong to oppose a fence on the US border with Mexico. Bachmann supports completion of the fence. She opposes allowing children of illegal immigrants to receive in-state tuition, a policy Gov. Perry supports in his home state of Texas. ...
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Bachmann, Tea Party go after Perry on immigration reform
The State Column
Campaigning in Iowa on Monday, Ms. Bachmann criticized Mr. Perry, saying the Texas Republican was wrong to oppose a fence on the US border with Mexico. Ms. Bachmann, who supports completing the fence, said she also opposes allowing children of illegal ...
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Jailed US Border Agent Scary Inside Look at Drug Cartels
ABC News
(Scott Olson/Getty Images) A corrupt US border agent sitting in a federal prison cell is offering a chilling view of the Mexican drug cartels whose drug shipments he protected for years in return for hefty bribes. He is so terrified of the cartel's ...
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ABC News
Mexico still waiting for answers on Fast and Furious gun program
Los Angeles Times
But American authorities concealed one disturbing fact about the case from their Mexican counterparts: US federal agents had allowed AK-47 assault rifles later found in the killers' arsenal to be smuggled across the border under the notorious Fast and ...
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Los Angeles Times
Collapse at US-Mexico border injures 17
Construction Week Online
A construction worker was seriously injured when a section of scaffolding collapsed at the busiest US port of entry, the San Ysidro border crossing between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. According to reports carried by the AP newswire, the scaffolding ...
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Congressional hearing focuses on border security
Forbes
"There are some in the federal bureaucracy who would have us believe that the violence is all in Mexico," Poe said. "These individuals know firsthand the violence is not confined to Mexico." Tiffany ( TIF - news - people ) Hartley, the Colorado woman ...
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Vegemite Gets Australian Foreign Minister Questioned at U.S. Customs
TIME
Australian foreign minister Kevin Rudd had a run-in with US border officials on Sunday after flying from Mexico to New York when he attempted to bring his Aussie spread into the big red, white and blue. US customs, notorious for being one of the ...
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Border arrests at lowest rate in 40 years
Poder 360
Arrests at the US-Mexico border are at their lowest in 40 years, according to the US Customs and Border Protection. So far this fiscal year, which ends September 30, 447731 illegal immigrants have been detained at the border. ...
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**MEDIA ALERT** US EPA Regional Administrator to tour San Diego Border Area
U.S. EPA.gov (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO – This week Jared Blumenfeld, US EPA Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest, is touring areas along the US-Mexico border, meeting with Tribal leaders and kicking off the public comment period for a new, 8-year US-Mexico Border ...
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Widow sues for info in Falcon Lake death
San Antonio Express
By Lynn Brezosky BROWNSVILLE — The widow of a Colorado tourist presumably killed by Zeta drug cartel operatives on a US-Mexico border lake said Monday she hoped a trio of lawsuits would force answers after a year of unheard pleas for justice. “It ...
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Many at Pentagon Want out of Border Patrol Responsibility
AllGov
Officials in the Department of Defense are frustrated over the continued use of National Guard troops to police the US border with Mexico, according to a new government report. There are currently 1140 Guardsmen patrolling the border. ...
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AllGov
Strengthening our continental economy
Philadelphia Inquirer
Foreign investment concentrated on the border, where it served as a magnet attracting migrants to northern Mexico and eventually the United States. If Mexico were to sustain growth at twice the US level for a decade, the income gap between the two ...
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