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Monday, September 26, 2011

Texas - US and Mexico Border News - 9.26.2011

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State of Texas taking more aggressive stance against drug cartels
KVUE
A report issued Monday marks an aggressive stance by the state of Texas against Mexican drug cartels. The report was part of a bill passed to conduct "an assessment of the impact of illegal activity along the Texas-Mexico border on rural landowners and ...
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3 Die in violent weekend in Mexican border state
Fox News
The officer, who was identified by the department only by the surname of Maldonado, was driving his SUV down a busy street in Ciudad Juarez, a border city located across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas, when the gunmen cut him off and opened fire. ...
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Mexican journalist beheaded for using social media to cover crime
Fox News
Mexico City – The editor-in-chief of the Primera Hora newspaper in Nuevo Laredo, a border city in northern Mexico, was beheaded for using social media to report on criminals, prosecutors said. Maria Elizabeth Macias's decapitated body was found over ...
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A Texas-sized view of immigration
OregonLive.com
Perry pointed out that none of his rivals has as much experience as he does with border smackdowns. The Texas border with Mexico runs 1200 miles; he's all in favor of enforcement. To fence off a future, though, from children who grew up in the US; ...
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Nature Report: Massive Shark Kill near South Padre Island
KGBT-TV
"We have here probably two to three miles of gill net that was placed in our waters about four miles north of the Mexico border right off the beach," Sgt. Dunks said. "Unbelievable amount of sharks anywhere between two and three thousand black tips, ...
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Report catalogs abuse of immigrants at Mexican border
uuworld.org
An organization affiliated with the UU Church of Tucson aimed at ending death and suffering on the United States/Mexico border. (nomoredeaths.org) ESPN film examines curses and scapegoats Unitarian Universalist minister lends religious perspective to ...
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uuworld.org
Police commander, journalist, others killed in Mexican border cities
National Post (blog)
Unknown gunmen shot dead four men Sunday outside a home in the violent Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez and kidnapped a woman, state prosecutors said. The assailants, traveling in three small trucks and toting assault rifles, left three of the ...
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Report Documents Border Patrol Abuses
San Diego Reader (blog)
By Dave Rice | Posted September 26, 2011, 9:31 am No More Deaths/No Mas Muertes, a group based out of Tucson, Arizona that provides humanitarian aid to migrants crossing the US/Mexico border illegally, has released a new report documenting the abuse of ...
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Staples: Texans want action on border security
Austin American-Statesman
Despite empty assurances from Washington, communities along the Texas-Mexico border continue to face threats and violence from Mexican drug cartels. With the release of our commissioned report, "Texas Border Security: A Strategic Military Assessment," ...
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Rick Perry's 'heart' comment shows GOP shift on immigration
Christian Science Monitor
But immigration is a complicated issue for a governor whose border with Mexico is more than 1200 miles long. By Brad Knickerbocker, Staff writer / September 25, 2011 A member of US Customs and Border Protection searches for illegal inmigrants in El ...
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Christian Science Monitor
One year later: Hartley returns to lake where cartel members killed husband
9NEWS.com
"Falcon Lake is relatively safe on the US side of the border," Gonzalez said. "We have one of the best bass fishing in the nation." Violence on the Mexican side of Falcon Lake flared up again this year. In May, Mexican marines patrolling the lake ...
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US Government Bought and Sold Weapons During 'Fast and Furious,' Documents Show
Fox News
Instead, it heightens the culpability of the federal government as Mexico, according to sources, has opened two criminal investigations into the operation that flooded their country with illegal weapons. Operation Fast and Furious began in October 2009 ...
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Fox News
Texas Tribune festival: Politicians seek changes in border policies
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
They, along with leaders from other border communities, said what is needed is a system that allows a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, a hard look at how the US drug and gun policies have contributed to Mexico's struggles, ...
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