Texas - US and Mexico Border News - 10.16.2011

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Mexico prison riot leaves at least 20 dead Los Angeles Times Matamoros, in Tamaulipas state, sits across the border from Brownsville, Texas. It has been the scene of a deadly battle between the once-dominant Gulf cartel and the powerful Zetas paramilitary gang, vying for control of the valuable drug- and ... See all stories on this topic »

Michele Bachmann Signs Pledge to Mexico Border Fence ThirdAge Michele Bachmann, signed a pledge Saturday to promote construction of a fence along the US-Mexico border by 2013, raising the issue of illegal immigration. Illegal immigration has became a critical issue in the Republican race, with Texas Gov. ... See all stories on this topic » ThirdAge

Film star Seagal to tackle W. Texas crime Houston Chronicle The sheriff's office said he'll be working full-time to help secure the US-Mexico border. Seagal called the department himself about two months ago asking for the job. "It became very clear to me that Mr. Seagal is not in this for the celebrity or the ... See all stories on this topic »

Mexico Soldiers Rescue 61 People Held by Drug Gang ABC News A statement released Sunday said one of the captive men is from Honduras, while the others are from various parts of Mexico. Piedras Negras sits across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas, in the Mexican state of Coahuila, which has been the scene of ... See all stories on this topic »

Drug trafficking a dark side of 'Texas Miracle' Houston Chronicle Clearly, drugs were flowing across the Texas border with Mexico long before Perry became governor and will continue long after he's gone. And drugs do not have the same level of economic impact on Texas as oil and gas, farming and ranching, ... See all stories on this topic »

Planned Parenthood Reels From Huge Budget Cuts Texas Tribune by Thanh Tan, Justin Dehn and Ryan Murphy Hidalgo County, situated along the border that separates Texas and Mexico, is home to one of the country's fastest-growing but poorest populations. Largely Hispanic and Catholic, the county also has one of the ... See all stories on this topic »

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United States

Twenty die in Mexican prison fight near US border The Guardian Mexican prisons: relatives and friends outside La Mesa state penitentiary as rioting inmates stand on the prison's roof in Tijuana in 2008. Photograph: Guillermo Arias/AP A fight in a prison in the Mexican border city of Matamoros has left 20 inmates ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

GOP Presidential Hopeful Michele Bachmann Promises Fence Along Entire US ... Fox News The document binds Bachmann to support the construction of a double fence along the length of the US border with Mexico by 2013. "I have been saying this all through the campaign,' Bachmann said. "Now you have my word in writing. ... See all stories on this topic » Fox News

Border drug war: Is it really out of control? Fort Worth Star Telegram Rick Perry's multifaceted law enforcement effort, which has operated along Texas' portion of the 2000-mile-long US-Mexico border for five years. Unique to Texas, and put in place because of what Perry said was inadequate enforcement by the federal ... See all stories on this topic » Fort Worth Star Telegram

Actor turned lawman: Steven Seagal is protecting the US border...for real thejournal.ie The sheriff's office confirmed to the Houston Chronicle that the martial arts expert will be working full-time to secure the US-Mexico border. Best known for his role as counter-terrorist expert Casey Ryback in the 1992 film Under Siege, ... See all stories on this topic »

STRICKLAND: Border with Mexico must be closed North County Times What's troubling, as previously suggested here and elsewhere, is that terror sponsors, in this case Iran, are trying to hook up with Mexican drug cartels to carry out plots by infiltrating the border with the US ---- something even the most amateurish ... See all stories on this topic »

Mexico sends its first long-haul trucks across the border under NAFTA Examiner.com Mexico's first long-haul trucking company received approval to cross the international border and compete with American trucking companies. A statement from the Mexican Embassy highlighted the first trucking company, Transportes Olympic, ... See all stories on this topic »

Reporter: Mexico's northern border epicenter of failed drug war Middle East North Africa Financial Network Martinez said the 3200-kilometer (nearly 2000-mile) US-Mexico border, a region that Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry said last week is home to "narco-terrorists," is a cause for concern for the United States. ... See all stories on this topic »

The American Dream Salina Journal Roughly 25 years after crossing the Mexican border illegally -- walking 30 miles across a desert with three friends into New Mexico -- Nevarez will soon be a citizen. He makes it official at 10:30 am Monday. In a ceremony at the Stiefel Theatre for the ... See all stories on this topic »

Mexico's newest export to US may be water Boston Globe Western states are looking south of the border for water to fill drinking glasses, flush toilets and sprinkle lawns, as four major US water districts help plan one of two huge desalination plant proposals in Playas de Rosarito, about 15 miles south of ... See all stories on this topic »

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