Texas - US and Mexico Border News - 9.27.2011

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Rick Perry defends record on immigration, border security Houston Chronicle (blog) The San Antonio Express-News reported that Texas towns that line the US-Mexico border have a lower violent crime rate than most major American cities, contradicting claims of rampant violence that have been made by Republican candidates across the ... See all stories on this topic » Houston Chronicle (blog)

Newspaper, bloggers stunned by killing in Mexico CBS News Nuevo Laredo, located across the border from Laredo, Texas, has been dominated for about the last two years by the violent Zetas drug cartel. Mexico's Human Rights Commission says eight journalists have been killed in the country this year and 74 since ... See all stories on this topic »

Steep yearly decline in apprehensions along NM border continues in 2011 The New Mexico Independent By Nicolas Mendoza | 09.26.11 | 2:52 pm Officials from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) say apprehensions of people illegally crossing the New Mexico section of the US-Mexico border have once again declined in fiscal year 2011. ... See all stories on this topic »

Border group warns that lack of customs staff could hamper US-Mexico trade Bizjournals.com However, the alliance, which counts Fortune 500 companies, bridge owners and government organizations along the US border, is touting a new US-Mexico cross-border program that local officials say could accommodate the increase in trade. ... See all stories on this topic »

Texas-Mexico border now combat zone say two retired U.S. generals in new report Examiner.com Tired of hearing from Obama White House that the Texas-Mexico border is more secure than ever, the Texas Department of Agriculture, along with the Department of Public Safety, hired two retired US generals to evaluate the true status. ... See all stories on this topic »

Sheriff on cartel murder: Body 'will never be found' 9NEWS.com Because the murder happened on the Mexican side of a lake that straddles the US-Mexico border, Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez Junior says it has been difficult to obtain information from authorities south of the border. ... See all stories on this topic »

Is Rick Perry's Bi-National Health Insurance Plan Too Ambitious? International Business Times (press release) The Bi-National Health Insurance Plan was Perry's own ambitious scheme to provide Texas-funded coverage for residents along the US - Mexico border. He wanted to implement "an important study that will look at the feasibility of bi-national health ... See all stories on this topic » International Business Times (press release)

Wife of Sinaloa drug lord Joaquin Guzman gives birth in California hospital msnbc.com MARK POTTER reporting: Just south of the US border, Mexico 's vicious drug war is unrelenting. Authorities say in the small town of Ascension , gunmen working for the ruthless Sinaloa drug cartel kidnapped and killed the police chief and then murdered ... See all stories on this topic »

Perry faces immigration hurdles in Iowa Los Angeles Times His stances on a US-Mexico border fence and college tuition don't sit well with conservatives who'll vote in the state's Republican caucuses. Republican presidential candidate and Texas Governor Rick Perry addresses the Blackhawk County Republican ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Government used taxpayers' money to buy guns, then sold them to Mexican drugs ... Daily Mail The practice erupted into the public consciousness in December last year when 40 year-old Brian Terry, a member of an elite US Border Patrol tactical team, was shot and killed during a violent gun battle in a remote Arizona canyon just north of the US ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Revitalizing the Border Governor's Conference Council on Foreign Relations (blog) This week the Mexican state of Baja California will host the two day Border Governor's Conference. Started nearly two decades ago, the annual meeting brings together governors from all four US and six Mexican border states to discuss the issues ... See all stories on this topic »

Illegal net kills 3000 sharks off Texas coast msnbc.com According to KGBT-TV, overfishing has destroyed the populations of fish on the Mexican side of the border, and Mexican fishermen regularly sneak into the US to lay illegal nets. "They get over here in a matter of two minutes and be back in Mexico in a ... See all stories on this topic »

Social network commenter beheaded by Mexican drug cartel WNEM Saginaw The victim, Marisol Macias Castaneda, is said to have worked as a newsroom manager for thePimera Hora newspaper, which covered the border town of Nuevo Laredo, located just across the US-Mexico border from Laredo, Texas, and about 160 miles Southwest ... See all stories on this topic »