Texas - Mexico Border News - 11.9.2011

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Suspected driver caught in hit-run that killed 2 Mormon missionaries Salt Lake Tribune By bob mims The suspected driver in a Tuesday night hit-and-run crash that killed two bicycle-riding Mormon missionaries and critically injured a third turned himself in to authorities at a Texas-Mexico border point of entry early Wednesday. ... See all stories on this topic »

Holder defends ATF in 'Fast and Furious' Houston Chronicle Photo: J. Scott Applewhite / AP WASHINGTON - Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday told Republican senators that he regretted the death of a US Border Patrol agent in December 2010, but he stopped well short of attributing it to the Bureau of Alcohol ... See all stories on this topic »

Special Report: Kleberg County Border Security KRIS Corpus Christi News KLEBERG COUNTY - Just 45 miles from the Border Patrol's checkpoint in Sarita, Texas, Kleberg County deputies often provides backup for federal agents. In return for their assistance, the federal government provides funds to the county to help in the ... See all stories on this topic »

Two Dismembered Bodies Found in Mexican Border City Latin American Herald Tribune CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – The dismembered bodies of two men were found in a busy street in Ciudad Juarez, a border city in northern Mexico, and their heads inside two coolers, police said. Body parts, including arms and legs, were left in the street, ... See all stories on this topic »

Hunter seeking answers about Border Patrol agent's prosecution WND.com According to the FreeAgentDiaz.com website, Diaz was "maliciously prosecuted at the request of the Mexican consul in Eagle Pass, Texas." The legal case against the officer was "solely motivated by politics and is yet another example of prosecutorial ... See all stories on this topic » WND.com

UPDATED: Man Wanted for Colorado Assault Arrested in Texas ABQ Journal (subscription) Border protection officials report 21-year-old Roy Pena of Denver entered the US from Mexico Saturday as a pedestrian. However, border officers conducting the inspection found Pena is wanted in Adams County, Colo., on a warrant issued Friday. ... See all stories on this topic »

Fitch Rates Progreso ISD, TX ULT Bonds 'AAA' Texas PSF; 'A' Underlying MarketWatch (press release) These statistics are not atypical for border counties in Texas. Financial operations have remained consistently strong with healthy reserves and unreserved fund balances of 24%-40% of spending from fiscal 2007 to 2010. The fiscal 2010 audit posted a ... See all stories on this topic »

Despite the danger, US companies can't afford to ignore Mexico, Memphis World ... Memphis Commercial Appeal Mallory Alexander has had operations in Laredo, Texas, and Mexico since 1998. It maintains warehouse space in Laredo and has 800 trucks a month crossing the Mexican border. Kaden said new Department of Transportation rules on cross-border trucking ... See all stories on this topic »

US Attorney General: 'Fast and Furious' Effects to Linger Voice of America November 08, 2011 US Attorney General: 'Fast and Furious' Effects to Linger VOA News US Attorney General Eric Holder says the effects of a failed investigation into weapons-trafficking on the US-Mexico border will be felt for years to come. ... See all stories on this topic »

"Gunwalker": Agent's family wants death details CBS News Brian Terry was gunned down in Arizona near the Mexican border. Two assault rifles that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) allegedly let walk into the hands of Mexican drug cartels in the "Fast and Furious" Operation were ... See all stories on this topic »

Mexican-American UFC Champion Inspired By Immigrant Father Huffington Post I grew up in Arizona, only 30 minutes away from the US-Mexico border. I would spend many weekends in Mexico, to visit my family or just going to eat. That kept me close to my roots. You have one tattoo of the Virgin of Guadalupe and another that says ... See all stories on this topic »

Man injured in Mexico shootout flees to US Houston Chronicle By Jason Buch and Lynn Brezosky The wounded man was apparently a drug smuggler fleeing a confrontation between traffickers and Mexican troops responding to a call from US Border Patrol agents, authorities said. Sheriff Rene Fuentes said agents found a ... See all stories on this topic »

Border Mass unites Mexicans, Americans on both sides of fence Catholic San Francisco On the Mexican side of the border, on a lot surrounded by trash, wandering dogs, and food vendors, a handful of the 200 attendees paid little attention to the Mass but clung to the fence and stared longingly at the congregation on the US side. ... See all stories on this topic » Catholic San Francisco

Mexican produce plays up economic angle The Packer The Mariposa border crossing in Nogales is in the middle of a $200 million renovation, and David Higgerson, director of field operations for the Tucson field office of US Customs and Border Protection, said all eight new cargo lanes should be open by ... See all stories on this topic »

US official: Drug traffic may return to Caribbean Boston.com Traffickers most commonly bring the drugs produced in Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and elsewhere north through Central America, or off its coasts, into Mexico and then over land into the US But Brownfield said the cartels are "in the process of being chased ... See all stories on this topic » Boston.com

Photographer David Taylor shows behind-the-scenes look at US-Mexico border UTA The Shorthorn Photographer David Taylor will present “Working on the Line: Physical, Social and Political Topography of the US-Mexico Border” at 12:30 pm in Fine Arts Building Room 148. Taylor's presentation is the last in the fall series, The War Next Door: ... See all stories on this topic »

Mothers search for missing migrants in Mexico Atlanta Journal Constitution (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Photographs of missing Central American migrants lay on the steps of the Basilica de Guadalupe after they were placed there by their mothers who are returning to Central America after traveling to the Mexico-US border, ... See all stories on this topic » Atlanta Journal Constitution

Editorial: Will the US ever have a secure border? Dallas Morning News (subscription) There are 650 miles of fence along the US-Mexico border, a fact often lost in the frayed discussion over immigration reform. Since 2004, the number of Border Patrol agents has doubled, to 18000, and more are being hired. To this growing security net, ... See all stories on this topic » Dallas Morning News (subscription)

Hacker group backs off from naming Mexican drug cartel members The International December 27, 2010 Members of the the prominent hacker group Anonymous have opted not to name a list of collaborators and members of the Mexican drug gang, Los Zetas, after threatening to do so in a video posted on the YouTube video-hosting service last ... See all stories on this topic » The International

Feds say drug cartel leader to face NY charges Wall Street Journal AP GARDEN CITY, NY — A fugitive identified as one of the leaders of the world's most powerful drug cartel, who fled to Mexico after his 2003 arrest, has been returned to New York where he will face federal charges of importing tons of marijuana into ... See all stories on this topic »

Anonymous force Mexican drug lords to release their kidnapped member NEWS.com.au A logo for the "hacktivist" group Anonymous, who have forced the Los Zetas drug cartel to release a kidnapped victim. Picture: Courtesy of Anonymous Source: Supplied A MEXICAN member of online "hacktivist" group Anonymous was released by a Mexican drug ... See all stories on this topic » NEWS.com.au

Valley drug bust leads to La Familia drug cartel ABC30.com In fact, investigators say they've been following the drugs all the way up from Mexico. And they blame the drug cartel known as the most violent in Mexico. "They have a direct link to La Familia, which is a criminal organization in Mexico," said ... See all stories on this topic » ABC30.com

Border Surveillance Plan Stumbles as Two-Thirds of Mexico Declared Unsafe Wired News “[Transnational criminal organizations] are getting squeezed tighter and tighter by authorities on both sides of the border,” explains Sylvia Longmire, analyst and author of Cartel: The Coming Invasion of Mexico's Drug Wars. “However, they still need ... See all stories on this topic » Wired News

Senate grills Holder on Fast and Furious gun-trafficking sting Los Angeles Times Republican lawmakers want to know when the attorney general first learned of the program that allowed guns to go untracked into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. He says he acted responsibly. Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. gestures while answering ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Online critic of drug violence beheaded in Mexico AFP Nuevo Laredo lies in Tamaulipas, once of Mexico's most violent states where the Zetas -- a brutal gang of former hitmen -- are fighting turf wars with their former employers the Gulf cartel and others. Police found the decapitated, tortured body of a ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Texas Law Enforcement Battle 15 Armed Mexicans Crossing Border At Least one ... Texas GOP Vote This is possible spillover Drug Cartel violence. My brother went to the scene to find a blocked off dirt road with dozens of law enforcement vehicles from several different agencies. I called the Starr County Sheriff Department but they could not ... See all stories on this topic »

Fundraiser Scheduled for Slain Border Patrol Agent's Family to Attend Court Dates Fox News The stated purpose was to allow the transfer of those weapons to Mexican drug trafficking operations in hopes of exposing the entire arms smuggling network and lead to the "bigger fish" or leaders of the cartels. Also speaking at the event will be ... See all stories on this topic » Fox News

Can Mexico win the war against drugs? Yes Americas Quarterly (blog) No one would argue that the Mexican government should turn its attention away from the drug cartels. However, since the inception of the current strategy, the government has never allowed citizens the legal tools to fight this battle. ... See all stories on this topic »