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Obama Reducing Security at US-Mexico Border U.S. News & World Report (blog) The one place where there is agreement, however, is on the need to secure the southern US border. It's not just a matter of immigration, illegal or otherwise, but of combating criminal enterprises and ensuring national security. The porous US-Mexican ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Army Finds Tunnel Under Construction on US-Mexico Border Latin American Herald Tribune People traffickers and drug cartels often use clandestine tunnels to cross the vast US-Mexican border, which runs 3200 kilometers (1988 miles). On Nov. 15, US authorities announced the discovery of a drug tunnel linking San Diego and Tijuana. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Mexicans cry foul over US immigration law GlobalPost MEXICO CITY — Migrants and advocacy groups on both sides of the border urged the US Supreme Court to strike down the controversial Arizona immigration law that has sparked outrage in Mexico. The renewed calls against the law — known as SB1070 — came ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Mexico kills 11 cartel suspects near US border CBS News (AP Photo/Felix Marquez) MEXICO CITY - The Mexican army said Monday 11 suspected drug cartel members were killed and a soldier wounded in a shootout just south of the Texas border. Soldiers began engaging with the gunmen Saturday after they opened fire ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Meth stashed in nacho cheese and jalapenos, border agents say northwestohio.com by Michael Henrich A methamphetamine stash valued at approximately $140000 was found hidden in cans of cheese sauce and jalapeno peppers at the US-Mexico border, the LA Times quoted customs officials as saying. Officials said a driver at the San Ysidro ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Horse race celebrated sister-city camaraderie Middle East North Africa Financial Network On Cinco de Mayo 2001, a couple miles of the barbed-wire US-Mexico border fence were taken down and replaced by skinny white plastic pipes that marked the centerline for horse races. Nearly 20000 people lined the track on both sides of the border west ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Holder to push against voter-ID laws Hot Air To no one's great shock, Attorney General will take time away from trying to cover up figure out why his own department sent thousands of weapons across the US-Mexico border to go after a real problem in our country. I refer, of course, to the plague ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Mexican Officials Working To Lure US Tourists To Baja KPBS Less than 24 hours ago I was the victim of a $200 shakedown by two Mexican police officers on the streets of Tecate, Mexico. I am a USA citizen and had been in Ensenada for a couple of weeks on vacation. On my way to the border crossing yesterday I was ... See all stories on this topic » |
Border Patrol constructing unmanned Texas border crossing Reuters By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - There are no boots on the ground at the newest port of entry between Mexico and Texas, which is under construction on the Rio Grande in the remote Big Bend National Park. That's because people who are crossing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Study says U.S. undervalues its trade relationship with Mexico Nogales International And he noted that the United States opened three additional ports of entry along its southwest border in 2010: the San Luis 2 commercial port in Arizona and two more in Texas. However, he added, "during the decade from 2000 to 2009, there were zero new ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
DHS Scales Back Mexico Border Fence Plans InformationWeek SBINet was meant to cover nearly the entire border, including parts of Texas and New Mexico. While scaled back in scope, the towers project is still expected to meet a number of ambitious goals. The surveillance and radar technology should be able to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Exclusive: Texas Rep. Poe: 'F&F a ruse to go after U.S. gun sales' Examiner.com He is still astonished that Attorney General Eric Holder, after several months of Fast and Furious headline news and alleged investigation, cannot pin down who was ultimately responsible for allowing the facilitation of weapons smuggling into Mexico, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
High Court To Wade Into Immigration Debate NPR by Nina Totenberg A US Border Patrol agent patrols along the US-Mexico border in Naco, Ariz., in September. On Monday, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear a legal challenge to Arizona's tough new law on illegal immigration. A US Border Patrol agent ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
SPC Dec 13, 2011 0700 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook Newsroom America THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS WED AFTN AND EVE ACROSS PARTS OF CNTRL AND NE TEXAS INTO THE ARKLATEX REGION... ...SYNOPSIS... MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT A 90-100+ KT SOUTHWESTERLY 500 MB JET STREAK WILL NOSE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TOWARD ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Archdiocese welcomes immigrants San Antonio Express “For example, the church could do a lot to address the economic problems in Mexico and El Salvador, rather than criticize the United States for wanting to secure its borders.” Adriana Cadena, statewide coordinator for the Reform Immigration for Texas ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Congress appears poised to pass major spending bill Austin American-Statesman The bill covers everything from money to combat AIDS and famine in Africa, patrolling the US-Mexico border, operations of national parks, and budget increases for veterans' health care. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers, R-Ky., ... See all stories on this topic » |
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Drug cartels leave a scarred forest legacy Mail Tribune By Chris Conrad Southern Oregon's forests carry the scars created by drug cartels that abuse them to make money in the lucrative marijuana market. An intense crackdown on Mexican drug cartel growing operations in Southern Oregon's hills appears to have ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Mexico navy catches a founder of Zetas drug cartel Newsday Click here Mexico navy catches a founder of Zetas drug cartel Originally published: December 12, 2011 11:04 AM Updated: December 12, 2011 7:40 PM By The Associated Press (AP) -- Mexican marines captured a founding member of the brutal Zetas drug cartel ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Mexico Poses 'Perps' With Guns Fox News Mexico likes to put on a good show for the press after arresting an alleged drug cartel member. The already infamous press presentation process, normally featuring detainees lined up in front hulking amounts of narcotics or guns, has taken on a whole ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
US indicts alleged drug smuggler tied to Hezbollah Sacramento Bee It alleges that Joumaa led a conspiracy to sell tons of Colombian cocaine to the Zetas drug cartel in Mexico, which ultimately sold the drugs in the US Joumaa also allegedly laundered the proceeds. Earlier this year, the Treasury Department designated ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Far Less People Entering US Illegally From Mexico Fox News Mexican drug cartels also may play a role in discouraging people. The cartels often ply the same routes to the US that undocumented immigrants use, making those paths violent and dangerous. Some crossers have been forced to serve as drug carriers for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Ex-mayor, 3 relatives murdered in eastern Mexico Fox News The incident occurred around 1:00 am Sunday in Cerro Gordo, a community located outside the city of Emiliano Zapata and some 330 kilometers (205 miles) east of Mexico City. Veracruz has been plagued by a turf war between rival drug cartels that has ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
News of the Day From Across the Globe San Francisco Chronicle 2 Drug war: Mexican marines captured a founding member of the brutal Zetas drug cartel Monday, the navy said. Marines arrested Raul Lucio Hernandez Lechuga in the city of Cordoba in the state of Veracruz, where the Zetas are fighting for control ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
SEND veteran Iraq equipment to secure our border Daily Caller Mexico's militarized drug cartels are a powerful army complete with narco-tanks, helicopters and a massive stockpile of dangerous weapons. The drug war has destabilized Mexico, yet the administration seems to think that the violence will not reach our ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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On the threshold: Mexican PPP bill to boost investment opportunities International Law Office Unfortunately, the 2008 economic meltdown and the war against drug cartels have seriously limited the availability of public funds. Government investment in infrastructure has shrunk and the president has been forced to shift his focus to other key ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Iran Expanding War Base on America's Doorstep? Christian Broadcasting Network Still closer to home, Hezbollah has reportedly established ties to Mexican drug cartels along America's porous southern border. "Hezbollah has been involved in narco-trafficking in the Western hemisphere for a number of years now," Cardenas explained. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
USDOJ: Assistant Attorney General Breuer Recognizes Criminal Division ... 7thSpace Interactive (press release) ... and Marlon Cobar of the Criminal Division's Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section for their extraordinary work in establishing a groundbreaking program and associated initiatives to address the security threat posed by the major Mexican drug cartels. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Q/A: Inside the murky world of arms dealing CNN (blog) Feinstein: Drugs and arms are often symbiotically linked. Many organised crime cartels operate in both trades. This is certainly the case in Mexico where drug cartels not only have access to huge supplies of weapons, but in some instances also trade ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Border crossing a hassle, so why bother? Middle East North Africa Financial Network Then, in 2009, the Obama administration beefed up checks of people and cars heading into Mexico, trying to stop the illegal exportation of guns, ammo and cash that help fuel the bloody wars between feuding drug cartels. Before Rivera meets friends from ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
News briefs Tulsa World Eleven suspected drug cartel members were killed and a soldier wounded in a shootout just south of the Texas border, the Mexican army said Monday. Soldiers engaged the gunmen Saturday after they opened fire from a building where they had holed up in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Breuer Says He Won't Resign Main Justice ... that contained inaccurate information about the investigation, in which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives allowed guns purchased in the US to make their way across the border and into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Mendte - MF Global: Its Not The Crime, Its The Cover-Up KPLR 11 Now, to Attorney General Eric Holder, who needs to explain to congress why the justice department first denied in a letter that they lost track of 600 automatic weapons that got into the hands of the mexican drug cartel and then withdrew the letter and ... See all stories on this topic » |
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Borderland Beat: Drug Wars: This Isn't Your Mother's Cartel By Buggs Nearly three decades later, the modern-day Mexican drug cartels pose one of the biggest threats to the safety of American law enforcement officers not just on our southern border, but throughout this nation. Recently, I was privileged to speak ... Borderland Beat | ||
Call of Juarez: The Cartel, the first trailer of this controversial action ... Call Of Juarez: The Cartel, is the next bet Ubisoft studio. A frantic action game where you have to stop the dangerous Mexican drug cartels. For this very reason is why various Mexican authorities are trying the game is not sold in the Aztec ... Magazine about information technology | ||
Mexico navy catches a founder of Zetas drug cartel - Home » Other ... Mexican marines captured a founding member of the brutal Zetas drug cartel Monday, the navy announced. philstar.com - Breaking News | ||
Eric Holder's New Scandal: Money Laundering For Cartels By The Bear In a Monday letter to Holder, Issa noted that as in Fast and Furious “this same goal of dismantling Mexican drug cartels motivated the Drug Enforcement Administration in aiding and abetting these same cartels in laundering millions of dollars ... The Absurd Report | ||
Mexican Soldiers Kill 11 Suspected Cartel Members in Gunfight ... By John Glaser Mexican soldiers exchanged gunfire with suspected drug cartel members just south of the Texas border on Saturday, ending in the death of 11 gunmen and one injured soldier. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, the gunfight began ... News From Antiwar.com | ||
War News Updates: 5 Years Of War Against Mexico's Drug Catel Is ... By War News Updates Editor More News On Mexico's 5 Year War Against The Drug Cartels. Violence tops results of ... Mexico Busts Drug Cartels' Private Phone Networks -- NPR Mexican family ... Mexican Drug Cartel Violence Heading Towards America? -- FOX News ... War News Updates | ||
Barracuda Brigade: Mexican attorney general: "Obama more ... By Barracuda Brigade Operation Fast and Furious was a botched Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives covert operation initiated in order to track more than 2000 smuggled guns to Mexican drug cartels by allowing gang members to purchase them ... Barracuda Brigade | ||
PearPad - Report: Honduras outlaws motorcycle passengers to ... The country faces a rash of problems as Mexican drug cartels move to expand their influence. Honduras currently serves as a corridor for cocaine traffic from South America, and the presence of violent gangs in the nation has only serve to ... PearPad Content Shaker | ||
'Narco-Mania': A War on the War on Drugs | The Range: The Tucson ... By Mari Herreras In this video, the US State Department cooks up a plan from their drug-addled brains to break up the Mexican drug “cartels” by fixing up alleged “cartel boss” Chapo Guzmán with Yoko Ono. The “expert analyst” in the film, one Jorge MartÃn, ... Tucson Weekly | ||
Emails: ATF 'Sting' Just An Excuse For Gun Control | Impeach ... By Ben The guns the ATF allowed to be delivered to Mexican drug cartels have been used in hundreds of violent crimes and more than 200 murders, including the Dec. 14 killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. It then took U.S. Attorney ... Impeach Obama Campaign | ||
Rick Perry condemns Obama decision to reduce troops on Mexican ... By Richard Dunham “This decision is all the more appalling given the actions of Attorney General Eric Holder, who let thousands of guns fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels through the botched Fast and Furious program. Now is not the time to cut security ... Texas on the Potomac | ||
Protest AG Holder's Appearance at LBJ Library in Austin | Dprogram ... By sakerfa (KurtNimmo) – Obama's Attorney General, Eric Holder, who claims to have a faulty memory about Operation Fast and Furious, the effort to arm murderous Mexican drug cartels, will be in Austin, Texas, tomorrow, December 13. photo The LBJ ... Dprogram.net | ||
Link to FAST AND FURIOUS Investigation By Wanumba For Arizonans who want to follow the latest in the on-going investigation of the FAST and FURIOUS Obama Adminstration's Justice Department's appalling scheme to provide U.S. weapons to Mexican drug cartels. Committee on Oversight ... Arizona Politics for Conservatives:... | ||
U.S. Proposes Unmanned Border Entry with Mexico :: American ... Since they are not stupid they know that their policies will result in more illegal drugs and more illegal aliens as well as the importation of the brutal Mexican drug cartel dominance war. Obviously, they are complicit in the drug trade and only go ... American Renaissance News | ||
Big Day for Cartel Busters - TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime By Jeralyn There was a lot of action in the war against drug cartels today. The Mexican Army killed 11 suspected cartel members in a shootout in Valle Hermoso, 30 miles south of Matamoros, which in turn is south of Brownsville, Texas. The shootout was ... TalkLeft |
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Mexican drug cartel-related bust in Merced County | abc30.com Law officials in the North Valley have arrested 24 trans-national gang members who are accused of manufacturing and running meth labs. abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id... | ||
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How Mexico's drug cartels profit from flow of ... - The Long Good Read The weapons are used by the cartels to protect narcotics production in their battle with the Mexican police and army, and smuggle drugs north. Key to the cycle is ... thelonggoodread.com/.../how-mexicos-drug-cartels-profit-fro... | ||
The onset of Mexican Drug Cartels | Utrikesperspektiv.se The killings were carried out by members from a Mexican drug cartel, allegedly the Zetas, which is the second largest drug cartel in Mexico after The Sinaloa ... www.utrikesperspektiv.se/.../the-onset-of-mexican-drug-cartels... |
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