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Along Mexican border, US ranchers say they live in fear | The ...
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Along Mexican border, US ranchers say they live in fear. FALFURRIAS, Texas — While walking along a dirt road bordering his property, a South Texas farmer complained about living in fear of Mexican traffickers smuggling drugs and illegal ...
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Along Mexican border, US ranchers say they live in fear. FALFURRIAS, Texas — While walking along a dirt road bordering his property, a South Texas farmer complained about living in fear of Mexican traffickers smuggling drugs and illegal ...
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| LETTER: Governor needs to get her history right Farmington Daily Times She was raised along the Mexican border in El Paso, Texas, (her parents still living in El Paso with ties to Mexico), but she had never met her paternal grandfather who left no records, oral or written, as to what his immigrant status was. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Nephew takes five uncles to track grandfather's legacy My West Texas He knew his family came from a small town in Mexico near the Texas border and that his grandfather and uncles had lived near Big Bend National Park. What he didn't know was how big of a role his family played in part of the development of Big Bend. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Endorse Rick Perry Next Week ABC News (blog) Unlike the rest of the Republican field, Perry opposes the construction of a fence along the entire US-Mexico border. Instead, Perry he says the fences should be concentrated in metropolitan areas. During Texas' last legislative session, ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| CSI Mexico: Bodies of cartel victims found in abandoned trucks Examiner.com Los Zetas Cartel is arguably most powerful organized crime syndicate in Mexico and it's considered the most violent drug cartel and paramilitary enforcement group in Mexico by both US and Mexican law enforcement. While the Mexican police released ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Army kills 3 gunmen in central Mexico Middle East North Africa Financial Network The Mexican government has been battling the country's drug cartels for the better part of the past 10 years. A total of 15270 people died in drug-related violence in Mexico last year, and more than 40000 people have died since President Felipe ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Countess courts rich and famous to end drug war Scotland on Sunday By Tom Peterkin THE neo-classical splendour of Gosford House, one of Scotland's finest stately homes, would appear to be a far cry from the misery caused by armed drugs cartels in Mexico. But an aristocratic member of the family which owns the Robert ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ICC Called To Investigate Mexican President NPR A group of human rights activists in Mexico has asked the International Criminal Court in The Hague to investigate President Felipe Calderon in connection with the deadly war on drug cartels. The complaint, spearheaded by human rights lawyer Netzai ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Mexicans seek ICC probe of president Gulf Times More than 45000 people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico since 2006 as powerful cartels fight security forces and each other for control of smuggling routes into the neighboring US and other countries. “The violence in Mexico is bigger than ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ATF and DOJ Break the Law Canada Free Press ... field supervisor who oversaw Operation Fast and Furious that allowed over 2000 rifles to walk into the arms of Mexican Drug Cartels, were whisked away to the safety of ATF Headquarters fortress on New York Avenue in Washington, DC. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| US, Mexico try to reduce drug-related money laundering SignOnSanDiego.com ICE figures show a $300 million rise in declared currency heading from Mexico into California from 2009 through last year. A similar increase was registered along New Mexico's stretch of the US-Mexico border, while Arizona's was far smaller ($1.9 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Tough times may be ahead for border economy Middle East North Africa Financial Network "Our sources in Mexico believe that the PRI may be willing to negotiate with organized crime if a PRI president is elected." At least one political leader in the Mexican border state of Coahuila is using the Internet to sound an alarm over previous ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Corruption in Mexico casinos takes a toll in the US, too Kansas City Star Rojas-Cardona was charged with a far more serious crime two years later when Border Patrol agents staffing a checkpoint at Orogrande, a remote New Mexico outpost less than an hour from the southern border, saw a white Buick with no license plates ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Short-haul truckers work the border SignOnSanDiego.com If he's lucky, he'll be able to turn around and repeat that cycle two more times — for a total of nine hours spent inching back and forth across the US-Mexico border. Betancourt is part of an army of Mexican short-distance truckers with iron endurance ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| SENATOR JOHN McCAIN RELEASES NEW GAO REPORT ON WILDFIRES ALONG THE ARIZONA ... PoliticalNews.me (press release) Washington, DC -- US Senator John McCain (R-AZ) released a new government study conducted by the independent Government Accountability Office (GAO) on human-caused wildfires along the Arizona-Mexico border. The study determined that 30 out of 77 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Activists Slam Mexico's Calderón With War Crimes Complaint Fox News Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, shown here during a meeting with victims of violence in Mexico City, Thursday June 23, 2011, has been waged a five-year crackdown on drug cartels. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP Activists in Mexico filed a war-crimes ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Caribbean could become new drug route Middle East North Africa Financial Network Nov 25, 2011 (The Reporter - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- An official with the US State Department says that pressure from United States and Mexican law enforcement on drug cartels and smugglers in Mexico and Central America ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexican town's police force walks out over threats Middle East North Africa Financial Network Caracuaro is located in the so-called Tierra Caliente region, which straddles parts of Michoacan and the neighboring states of Guerrero and Mexico and is being fought over by the La Familia Michoacana and Los Caballeros Templarios drug cartels. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Despite violence, Americans feel safe in Mexico NewsOK.com Mexico continues to attract US residents including retirees, and only a fraction have been affected by the homicides blamed largely on drug cartels. EL PASO — Slightly more than a fourth of US citizens who died in Mexico during an 8 1/2-year period ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Grassley “digging and digging and digging” into “Fast & Furious” Radio Iowa Agents in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms monitored large gun sales in Arizona, with the goal of tracking the guns to the drug cartels in Mexico. Agents lost track of some of the weapons, one of which was found near the body of a murdered ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexican military seizes cartel arsenal, pot consignment Middle East North Africa Financial Network Mexico City, Nov 25, 2011 (EFE via COMTEX) -- Military units seized a drug-cartel arsenal and 3.7 tons of marijuana this week in two separate operations in the states of Tamaulipas and Sonora, Mexico's defense department said Friday. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| If this does not convince you, nothing will~ Gretawire (blog) The statement represents a rare admission of the personal dangers faced by Mexico's governors. None have been killed by drug gangs. But in 2010, the former governor of the Pacific state of Colima, Silverio Cavazos Ceballos, was killed by armed men a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Special forces man named Guatemala defence minister Buenos Aires Herald Perez, a conservative who swept to victory promising to crush street gangs and encroaching Mexican drug cartels, faces an awkward challenge because of the army's reputation for brutality during Guatemala's devastating 36-year civil war. ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Along Mexican border, US ranchers say they live in fear msnbc.com reporter: south of the texas border on the mexican side of the rio grande , surveillance video of what police say are smugglers loading illicit drugs bound for the united states . >> one, two, three, four, five, six, seven bundles. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| El Paso Has An Alternative To Black Friday Fox News In Texas, the Catholic Diocese of El Paso turned the Columban Mission Center, located only a few blocks from the US/Mexican border, into an alternative to shopping at a large chain stores and an opportunity for consumers to support local nonprofits. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Guatemala and the Black Market for US Weapons InSight Crime The trafficking of weapons over the US-Mexico border is well-documented -- lesser known but also significant is the sale of US weapons to Guatemalan government contractors, which are then siphoned off to criminal groups. The Mexican government has ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| 7 men charged with smuggling 9 tons of pot UPI.com 26 (UPI) -- Seven men have been charged with drug smuggling for allegedly attempting to take 9 tons of marijuana across the US-Mexico border near San Diego. Officials said the men -- five from Tijuana, two from San Diego County -- were caught Tuesday ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexican Rights Activists Seek ICC Investigation of President, Others Voice of America Related Articles Major Drug Tunnel Discovered Under US-Mexico Border Authorities seized 14 tons of marijuana during searches related to an investigation US Attorney General: 'Fast and Furious' Effects to Linger. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Faith Walk | Faith can leap border fences Kansas City Star As we talked, armed trucks watched us from three sides. US Customs and Border Patrol even sent a transport van and a helicopter. Facing one another and holding hands or fingers through the chain link fence, our Mexican friends said the Lord's Prayer ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Border patrol uses horses as new weapon for fighting crime KYTX Now they've been adopted by the Laredo Sector of the border patrol. "There's nine sectors along the 2000 mile US-Mexico border and six of the nine border patrol sectors have mustangs," Sector Chief Robert Harris said. He said they were first introduced ... See all stories on this topic » |
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Mexican Cartel Operating in Houston, Texas. - CNN iReport
11/24/11 Zeta soldiers launched Mexico-style attack in Harris County - Houston ... area to deliver a load of marijuana fresh from the Texas-Mexico border. ...
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11/24/11 Zeta soldiers launched Mexico-style attack in Harris County - Houston ... area to deliver a load of marijuana fresh from the Texas-Mexico border. ...
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| Depleted Texas Lakes Expose Ghost Towns, Graves WCTI12.com A century-old church has emerged at Falcon Lake, which straddles the Texas-Mexico border on the Rio Grande. Steven Standke and his wife, Carol, drove to the old Bluffton site on a sandy rutted path that GPS devices designate not as a road but the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Peña Won't Seek Another Term in Texas House Texas Tribune On homeland and border security I once again stood at odds with some local, state and federal officials that believe sticking your head in the sand is a viable policy in confronting the violence that has ravaged Northern Mexico over the last few years. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Okla. ag secretary attends Tri-National Agricultural Accord High Plains Journal The lack of monitoring poses challenges for both the cattle and cotton industries and centers around security issues between the Texas and Mexico border. Paul M. Zmigraski, speaking on behalf of Frito Lay, encouraged an increase in the number of acres ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Protecting party above protecting our citizens Seguin Gazette-Enterprise Using a White House roundtable and Democratic forum, these law enforcement officials claimed the US-Mexico border region is not turning into a war zone. On the contrary, they blamed Republicans for creating fear. Their comments follow the lead by ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Mayors disagree about war-zone equipment on border Mayors of cities along the Texas-Mexico border intent on protecting the images of their communities are drawing vastly different conclusions about a proposal ... www.tucsonsentinel.com/.../mayors-disagree-war-zone-equip... |
| South Texas lawmen strongly dispute GOP's border “war ... - Infowars South Texas lawmen strongly dispute GOP's border “war zone” claims ... Republican claims that Mexican drug cartels have turned the U.S.-Mexico border region ... www.infowars.com/south-texas-lawmen-strongly-dispute-gop’... |
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| Fifty dead bodies discovered in two days in western Mexico drug vendetta National Post GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Fifty dead bodies have been discovered over the past two days in western Mexico, victims of a fierce war waged between the government and the nation's powerful drug cartels. The bodies of 26 young men were dumped in three ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Governor of cartel-plagued Mexican state says his children live abroad for safety Washington Post CULIACAN, Mexico — The governor of Sinaloa state, home to Mexico's most powerful drug cartel, said Thursday that his three children are living abroad for their safety. Gov. Mario Lopez Valdez says police have overheard cartel members on radio ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Mexican group asks ICC to probe president, officials Reuters "We want the prosecutor to tell us if war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in Mexico, and if the president and other top officials are responsible." Signed by 23000 Mexican citizens, the complaint names Sinaloa drug cartel boss ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Poll said 60 pct of Mexicans believe gov't losing war on cartels Fox News Mexico City – Six in 10 Mexicans say the government is losing the war on violent drug cartels, while just 20 percent believe the opposite to be true, according to a new survey by polling firm Mitofsky and the non-governmental organization Mexico United ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Mexico: Displacement due to criminal and communal violence Reuters AlertNet There are currently several situations of internal displacement in Mexico. Possibly the largest has been caused since 2007 by the violence of drug cartels and the government's military response. This has caused displacement in the states of Chihuahua, ... See all stories on this topic » |
| 26 bodies found in western Mexico CNN In a security report published before the games began, analysts said Guadalajara would probably be the next hot spot in Mexico's drug war, as the Zetas drug cartel tries to take over turf long dominated by the Sinaloa cartel. The analysis, published in ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Corruption in Mexico's casinos reaches across US border Sacramento Bee Its multimillion-dollar "investment" disappeared, adding the tribe to a list of victims that included a mammoth hedge fund in London, an Australian manufacturer of gaming machines, an Arizona investor and two Mexican textile tycoons. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexico sees life beyond US export market, NAFTA Vancouver Sun By Dave Graham and Michael O'Boyle, Reuters November 25, 2011 7:55 AM MEXICO CITY, Nov 20 (Reuters) - For years after the North American Free Trade Agreement came into force, the main road to riches for many Mexican entrepreneurs was across the border. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Violence tests US prohibition Philadelphia Inquirer Guatemala had to declare a state of siege along its Mexican border, and the leaders of Honduras and El Salvador warn that their countries are also in grave danger. Central America, off Washington's security radar since the end of the Cold War, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexican Truck Stop ThePopTort Public Citizen explains: In February 2001, a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) tribunal ruled that the US has been violating the terms of NAFTA because it has limited access of Mexican trucks to a 20-mile commercial zone along the border. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Quarter of American deaths in Mexico were homicides Las Cruces Sun-News Mexican officials have said that about 30000 US citizens live in the state of Chihuahua. Bob Ailes, 59, and John Eidschun, 58, are US retirees. Ailes has lived in a Mexican border community for more than 10 years, while Eidschun makes frequent visits ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexico: 6 prisoners caught trying to swim from island jail GlobalPost Authorities caught six prisoners at sea as they attempted to escape from an island jail off the Pacific Coast of Mexico. A National Guard specialist spots three men near the US-Mexico border near Sunland Park, New Mexico, on June 26, 2007. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Study Links Wildfires to Illegal Border Crossings The Epoch Times “This independent GAO study again confirms what US Forest Service and local officials in Arizona have long known: That some of the fires along the Arizona-Mexico border are caused by people crossing the border illegally,” said Sen. McCain. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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