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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Texas - Mexico Border News - 11.15.2011

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Gaining Access to North American Markets: The Ohio/Texas Advantage
MarketWatch (press release)
Because Texas borders Mexico - almost 70 percent of trade from Mexico enters the US through Texas - it is a natural outpost for companies seeking easier serve to markets south of the US border. A strong work ethic, a skilled workforce and a higher ...
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Radiant Logistics Agrees to Acquire Isla International in Laredo, Texas
PR Newswire (press release)
Jonathan and his team are the experts when it comes to cross-border transportation solutions with Mexico and we are excited for the opportunity to bring these capabilities forward for the benefit of our 100+ locations across North America and the end ...
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CBP Officers at South Texas Ports of Entry Arrest Wanted Fugitives
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Hidalgo, Texas - US Customs and Border Protection officers working at South Texas ports of entry between Hidalgo and Roma arrested 11 persons wanted on outstanding federal, state and local arrest warrants during the first ten days of November. ...
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AP: Perry requested billions in federal aid as governor
CBS News
... that came as Perry lambasted the law that would provide the money; more than $100 million to protect against drug violence and illegal immigration on the US border with Mexico; and various aid dollars to help Texas deal with natural disasters. ...
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Propane gas leak causes evacuations at Texas Gulf port
Reuters
... worker suffered "minor injuries" and received medical treatment, Ortiz said. More than 230 companies operate at the Port of Brownsville, which connects to the Gulf of Mexico via a 17-mile navigation channel just north of the Texas-Mexico border.
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Desalination a big part of Texas' water future
Houston Chronicle
Most years, desalination is a small piece, as El Paso uses fresh groundwater and draws about half its water supply from the muddy Rio Grande, the international boundary running behind the 18-foot steel border fence dividing El Paso and Juarez, Mexico. ...
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Battle for the Border: Cartel Battle Heads North
KRGV
But for Norma Perez, the damage is done. The widow is left raising two young children alone. It's painful proof, even innocent lives are being lost as the battle for the border gets fought hundreds of miles away from Mexico.
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Immigration from Mexico in fast retreat, data show
Los Angeles Times
The number of illegal immigrants crossing from Mexico has fallen, statistics show. (Erich Schlegel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram / November 15, 2011) By Ken Ellingwood, Los Angeles Times North of the US-Mexico border, Republican presidential candidates are ...
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Los Angeles Times
Mexico's Interior Secretary Had Strong Ties To US-Mexico Border
Fronteras: The Changing America Desk
Looking somber, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said that Blake was “a great patriot” and the crash was probably an accident. Blake, the No. 2 official in Mexico, had strong to ties to the US-Mexico border. According to his official biography, ...
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Michael Baker Awarded for U.S./Mexico Border Fence Project
Patch.com
By Jenna Staul The Moon-based Michael Baker Corp. has been recognized for its work constructing a 500-acre fence along the United States/Mexico border. The Construction Management Association of America honored the firm ealier this month for its work ...
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Transplace Receives Corporate US Customs Broker's License
MarketWatch (press release)
The third-party logistics (3PL) provider currently manages more than 3000 shipments per month across the US -- Mexico border. By obtaining this license, the company is now a single source provider giving full visibility to its cross-border customers. ...
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Ally Insurance Offers Travelers Important Tips When Driving In Mexico
MarketWatch (press release)
MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- November marks the beginning of the holiday travel planning season, and industry experts say travelers from the US to Mexico who plan to drive across the border need to be aware of ...
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Desperate Search Finds Missing Son in Mexican Prison
Fox News
... in Mexico City, Tuesday Nov. 8, 2011. A group of mothers of Central American migrants who went missing during their journey north, retrace their children's steps every year to the US border since 2004, looking for clues into their disappearances. ...
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Growing Number of Migrants are Leaving US for Latin America
Fox News
Migrants walk through the Sonoran Desert after illegally crossing the US-Mexico border on January 19, 2011. They had wandered the desert lost for a week. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)2011 Getty Images AP Faced with a battered US economy and dismal ...
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Susana Martinez, New Mexico Governor, Releases Evidence On Her Grandparents ...
Huffington Post
"There was no secure Mexican border and people came and went with no problem." The research provided Martinez insight into a Mexican-born grandfather, whom she never knew while growing up in El Paso, Texas, along the US-Mexico border. ...
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Beheaded man wasn't one of us, say anti-drug cartel bloggers
Register
By John Leyden • Get more from this author A man tortured, beheaded and dumped close to Mexico's border with the US in a gruesome cartel-style murder was not the moderator of a local online discussion forum, contrary the earlier reports. ...
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Mexican drug cartels accused of greater aggression against US
AHN | All Headline News
American law enforcement authorities say they are tracking what appears to be a more aggressive approach toward the United States by Mexican drug cartels. The latest revelations show the powerful Sinaloa cartel was considering a military assault ...
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Mexico Says Drug Cartel Operator Arrested
ABC News
Mexican officials say they have arrested a drug dealer who controlled smuggling routes and ran a campaign of murder and intimidation for the Knights Templar drug cartel. The Defense Department says Juan Gabriel Orozco Favela was in charge of smuggling ...
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Mexican journalists report on drug cartels despite the risks
CNN International
(CNN) -- Three years after the killing of Mexican journalist Armando Rodriguez, his colleagues said they are more determined than ever to write about the nation's drug cartels despite the risks. "Those who ordered the killing of Armando were wrong ...
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New Study on Mexico's Drug Cartels and the Global War on Drugs
Cato @ Liberty
A new policy is needed to stem the violence and consequences of the Mexican drug cartels pervasive power. In a new study released today, Ted Galen Carpenter, senior fellow, argues that the only lasting, effective strategy for dealing with Mexico's drug ...
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United States and Mexico must join forces against drug cartels
San Francisco Examiner
America can't afford to let our leaders play politics when conditions in Mexico have become so serious. Transnational cartels are now so powerful and dangerous that they pose a real threat to national security on both sides of the border. ...
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Mexico election signals return of Figueroa's PRI
The Guardian
Luisa Maria Calderón, too, implied that the drug gangs were threatening her party's voters and poll watchers on behalf of the PRI in retaliation for its aggressive stance against cartels. She said her team would carefully review vote tallies in parts ...
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The Guardian
Mexican drug balladeer shot dead
AFP
Last May the government in the home state of Guzman's Sinaloa cartel banned the popular drug ballads in places serving alcohol, but they still ring out from radio stations and in music videos. A member of a.
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AFP
Ignore Mexico and We'll All Pay the Price
City Watch
ZOCALO PUBLIC SQUARE - Last Friday morning, the second most powerful man in Mexico's government, the cabinet member leading the war against the drug cartels, died in a helicopter crash. Mexicans were stunned: Francisco Blake Mora was President Felipe ...
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Mexico's Carlos Fuentes, on the record
Globe and Mail (blog)
Mexico is facing a dramatic security challenge. President Felipe Calderon has confronted the drug cartels by sending in the military. Has this worked? President Calderon arrived at the presidency five years ago and his victory was widely doubted ...
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