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| A border, and no fence, in their backyard Toronto Sun Bette's Texas home -- which the 76-year-old shares with her son, Jay -- backs onto a dusty and hot slice of Mexican border that's along a 13-mile gap in the high fence that separates much of this area's US-Mexico border. Bette's wolf-emblazoned T-shirt ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Republican presidential candidates on the issues The Associated Press Perry: Opposes complete US-Mexico border fence, which he calls "idiocy," instead wants more border agents. Supports continued US citizenship for US-born children of illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants can get in-state tuition at Texas universities ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Looking out for our neighbours Toronto Sun In his excellent series, The Fence, published by Sun Media and featured on the Sun News Network, QMI Agency feature writer Thane Burnett took a eye-opening stroll along the Texas-Mexico border barrier, and then looked north to Canada with Mark ... See all stories on this topic » |
| With One of the Highest Uninsured Rates in the Country and a Shortage of ... MarketWatch (press release) "The violence across the border in Juarez, Mexico has become a challenge in recruiting physicians to the area." In addition, the unemployment rate in El Paso is 10.9 percent which is higher than the national average of 9.2 percent, according to the ... See all stories on this topic » |
| UTEP Joins National Campaign to Restore the American Dream Sacramento Bee "For nearly a century, UTEP has provided a pathway to social and economic mobility for residents of this US-Mexico border region, including large numbers of low-income and first-generation Hispanic students," said UTEP President Diana Natalicio. ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Teams work to stem flow of money from US to Mexican drug cartels Las Cruces Sun-News It's a stream officials on both sides of the border say is key to the illicit drug trade - and Mexico's bloody drug war. King said a recent effort by attorneys general in four US border states is meant to curb the flow of drug-related money. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Border still busy with smugglers Toronto Sun When people think of being nabbed for drugs at the Mexican border this arrest is likely what they envision. But each region has its own peculiar traits -- crimes that seem to repeat regularly. Here in El Paso, explains Roger Maier, spokesman for US ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A border war in reverse News & Observer BY ROB CHRISTENSEN - Staff Writer Authorities were helpless as thousands of illegal immigrants poured across the Mexican border searching for economic opportunity. The illegals made no effort to assimilate themselves into the local culture, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Communities Remember Migrants Who Died Trying to Enter US Fox News An alter from the US and Mexico joined at the divide of the border fence. Holguin said every year over 500 people die attempting to cross the US/Mexican border. The migrants, many who remain unidentified, die due to extreme heat in the desert, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Lots to credit for quieter border traffic London Free Press Even a notorious stretch of US border highway into El Paso -- once, a favourite area for Mexican bandits -- is no longer feared by locals. There has been such a shift over a few short years, border patrol officials use this as a showcase of a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Photojournalist shares music inspired by border drug wars UTA The Shorthorn Musical Ballads written by narcocorrido singers tell the tales of life on the US-Mexico border. Shaul Schwarz, a photojournalist based in New York, talked with students and members of the Arlington community Friday about his documentary, NarcoCultura, ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Mexico, US need closer border cooperation, says DHS task force Fierce Homeland Security In the latter effort, the newly-issued set of recommendations from the Southwest Border Task Force suggests the two countries should permit the stationing of US personnel in Mexico and vice-versa to conduct pre-screening of people, goods and products ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| U.S. should help address Mexican drug wars Madison.com Herman Cain recently joked that he would build an electric fence along the Mexico-US border with alligators and a moat if elected. Putting aside these debates for the moment, everyone can agree mass Mexican immigration, and the enormous amount of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Document Justification, Costs of New Arizona Border Surveillance Technology ... HSToday CBP set up SBInet surveillance and communication systems along 53 miles of the Arizona border under the SBInet contract with The Boeing Co., Chicago, Ill. The agency targeted the Arizona border with Mexico for initial technology deployments due to the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US Working with Mexican NGOs to Prevent Human Trafficking Mexidata.info "Human trafficking is a global problem, one that affects people on both sides of the US-Mexico border. The governments of both countries are committed to cooperating closely to curb this criminal trade; however, governments alone cannot wipe it out. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Mexico says key figure in Tijuana drug gang caught Atlanta Journal Constitution AP NewsBreak: US limits troubled visa program Army spokesman Col. Ricardo Trevilla says 34-year-old Juan Francisco Sillas Rocha was captured in the border city across from San Diego, California. He said Monday that Sillas allegedly reported directly to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Signs of Mexican cartels in Kentucky WDRB Investigators say they're seeing signs the seven deadly Mexican Cartels are in our area. It's so dangerous, some local law enforcement wouldn't even talk to us about it on camera, partly because of scenes on the Mexico/US border where mass murders, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mr. Romney, tear down this wall Daily Caller What will that say about us? Will it contradict the Statue of Liberty? Or is there a better way for immigration hawks and doves to work together on the complex issue of border security and immigration? Romney claims he supports legal immigration and ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Preacher stays on Texas side of border Toronto Sun Jan Brewer tripped over her tongue by saying law enforcement had found decapitated bodies in the desert on her border with Mexico. While there are reports of increased gang activity and intimidation -- and even of Americans being kidnapped and taken ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Guatemalans Vote in Runoff Election Amid Mounting Violence BusinessWeek Now, Mexican gangs including the Zetas, Sinaloa and Gulf cartels are battling for drug routes in northern Guatemala, said InSight Crime's Dudley. The government blamed the Zetas for the killing of 27 ranch workers in May. Guatemala's location and weak ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexico jails soldiers for 2007 killings Gulf Times It marked the first time a military tribunal has handed down convictions against soldiers engaged in a nearly five-year-old campaign against Mexican drug cartels launched by President Felipe Calderon. The commander of the operation was sentenced to 40 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cartel leader makes Forbes' “Most Powerful” list…again Examiner.com In 1993, Guzman was arrested on murder and drug charges. However, he escaped from a Mexican federal prison in 2001, and has eluded capture ever since. He is believed to be directing the powerful Sinaloa Cartel from the mountains of Mexico's Pacific ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexico's missing consensus on fighting crime The Korea Herald These words deserve consideration and contemplation, but the drug gangs that torment Mexico won't pay them the slightest attention. Although it's obvious that the destruction of the social fabric creates conditions for the proliferation of crime, ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Anonymous backs off in clash with Mexican drug cartel Register By John Leyden • Get more from this author On-again-off-again plans by the Anonymous collective to publish details of the infamous Zetas drug cartel and their associates were finally cancelled over the weekend, following the supposed release of a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexican army arrests top Tijuana cartel lieutenant CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff Mexicans soldiers guard Juan Francisco Sillas Rocha, a top lieutenant of the Arellano Felix drug cartel. Mexico City (CNN) -- Authorities have arrested a top lieutenant of the Arellano Felix cartel, the Mexican defense ministry ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Newspaper office set on fire in Mexico Examiner.com Many of Mexico's traditional news sources have either greatly curtailed or even completely ended their coverage of the drug cartels, after dozens of reporters have been kidnapped and murdered for reporting on the incredible violence now gripping Mexico ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Reeling from Drug Violence, Guatemala Turns to a Former General Fox News Instead, voters supported Pérez's "iron-fist" approach to rampant crime in the country, which has been overrun by gangs, Mexican drug cartels and has one of the highest murder rates in the world. President Alvaro Colom had to send the military to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Record Pot Bust In Leon County - Mexican Drug Cartel Suspected KBTX Sheriff's Investigators say several men have been taken into custody including two undocumented workers from Mexico. A ranch hand walking the fence line discovered the patch and called it in. Leon County Sheriff's Office along with DPS Narcotics Unit ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gun Walking the Mexican Border New York Times It turns out that Fast and Furious, the foolhardy government operation that allowed high-powered weapons to cross the border to Mexican drug cartels, was not a one-off. The Bush administration used the same improper tactic in Operation Wide Receiver in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexico is Making Some Headway in Fight against Crime Cartels Mexidata.info The "drug cartels," as they are popularly labeled, have clearly demonstrated their diversity in turning a few (billion) dollars. Drug smuggling to supply a voracious appetite for drugs in the USA has been their previous mainstay. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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