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| US faces tough fight in cash-smuggling crackdown Utica Observer Dispatch Immigration agents report a rising number of cash seizures and arrests in the past half-dozen years as criminals, sidestepping scrutiny from banks over electronic transfers, resort to using cash to conceal proceeds from drug trafficking as they move ... See all stories on this topic » |
| AP News in Brief at 11:58 pm EST Newsday Nation Newsday > News > Nation AP News in Brief at 11:58 pm EST Originally published: February 11, 2012 6:07 PM Updated: February 12, 2012 12:01 AM By The Associated Press Whitney Houston, superstar of records, movies whose career was ravaged by drugs, ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Dominicans: Deadly voyage seemed doomed from start Boston.com Still, thousands hazard the journey every year, fueled by the same desperation that inspires people to risk their lives trekking through the desert along the US-Mexico border. Cortorreal, who planned to find jobs in Puerto Rico's underground economy ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| U.S. expands travel warning in Mexico Examiner.com Delta Air Lines and Sun Country Airlines both offer frequent non-stop service from the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport to numerous Mexican destinations. While many of the most dangerous regions lie along the US-Mexico border and are based on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Time's running out: Legislature could defeat all of governor's top proposals ... Las Cruces Sun-News But Martinez says licensing people who are in the country unlawfully threatens border and national security. A dozen states that had similar laws revoked them, and New Mexico must do the same for public safety, she said. Martinez also is fighting for a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Day 4: Savoring The Ocean, One Meal At A Time Fronteras: The Changing America Desk Tijuana, all the way to the north, is getting all the media buzz for its nouveau Mexican, European, border fusion cuisine. But drop into a marisquería (seafood restaurant), and you're almost guaranteed to get a fresh meal, served in a delicious fashion ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Golf has deep roots in state's history AZ Central.com But golf also was being played near the Arizona-Mexico border. Another course of sand and oil-soaked putting surfaces opened in 1908 in the Warren District of Bisbee, operating there until a new course was built down the road in Naco by the Works ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Arizona's song: Museum's 'I Am AZ Music' showcases state's influence, innovation Arizona Republic Norteño sounds came up from the Mexican border areas, and cumbia later arrived from South America. Young tribal members returned from boarding schools with a love of brass and woodwinds. From the hodgepodge, waila emerged as a precursor to world music, ... See all stories on this topic » |
| US faces tough fight in cash smuggling crackdown Fox News WASHINGTON – Jeanette Barraza-Galindo conspicuously left her bags of teddy bears and throw pillows on a bus during an inspection at the Texas-Mexico border — and professed ignorance about the $277556 officers found hidden inside. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Slain US couple 'spiritual soldiers' OneNewsNow AP - 2/12/2012 3:40:00 AM LEWISVILLE, TX - Friends have eulogized John and Wanda Casias as spiritual soldiers who gave their lives to God and hearts to Mexico, where the American missionary couple was slain last month. Hundreds attended the Wednesday ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| SCORE San Felipe 250 Start Order Released Side x Side News Round 3 of the 2012 SCORE Desert Series will be held March 9-11 in Mexico's picturesque fishing village of San Felipe, located 120 miles south of the US border on the East side of the Baja California peninsula along the azure waters of the tranquil Sea ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| State officials in the pocket of feared Mexican drug cartel The Independent One of Mexico's most notorious drug cartels paid $4.5m (£2.85m) in bribes to officials in a state run by the country's main opposition party, a US court case has revealed. The bribes were made by the infamous Zetas cartel in the state of Tamaulipas ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| McAllen drug unit receives national, state kudos Monitor Camarena, a US Drug Enforcement Administration agent, died at the hands of the Mexican drug cartels in 1985 while working as an undercover agent in Mexico. He is the driving force behind Red Ribbon Week. Each year the local Elks lodges sponsor a person ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ex DEA head: At least 3 other agencies knew about Fast and Furious Examiner.com Tony Coulson served as head of the South Arizona division of the DEA at the time the Obama Administration was conducting the illegal scheme of sending firearms to Mexican drug cartels. According to Coulson, the DEA, the FBI, and ICE--Immigration ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| 3 inmates killed in northern Mexico prison Fox News MEXICO CITY – Mexican authorities say three inmates accused of drug trafficking have been killed in a prison in northern Mexico. Durango state prosecutors say in a statement the inmates died in a fight Saturday inside the state prison in the city of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Court records follow trail of guns Brownsville Herald Both agents worked for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement out of Laredo and were on temporary assignment in Mexico when the attack occurred. Court documents also indicate that drug-trafficker-turned-informant Manuel Gomez Barba of Baytown ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Feds: Firefighter set up big drug deals KRQE Also on Friday KRQE News 13 obtained the latest court records detailing Chavez's alleged role in a drug ring with high-level connections to the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico. Those records show federal agents believe huge amount of drugs and cash passed ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Texans lash out at Obama, Cuellar, Pelosi; praise JFK, Rubio, Cornyn and Abbott Examiner.com She said her biggest concern is with the drug cartels and border security. “The Department of Justice, under Eric Holder, deliberately ran tons of guns to the Mexican cartels which have come back many times to bite us in the ass with crimes back here ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Kidnapped Musician Found Dead In Spite of Family Paying Ransom Hispanically Speaking News A singer who was kidnapped in Monterrey, the largest city in northern Mexico, was found dead even though his family paid ransom for his release, state officials said Sunday. Erick Garza Garza's family was contacted by the kidnappers, who killed him ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Texans on wrong side of border fence grow anxious CBS News Pons' concerns illustrate one of the complications in the government's 5-year-old effort to build a secure barrier along the border that would keep out illegal activity from Mexico without causing worse problems for the people living in the region. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexico Chooses Woman to Lead Federal Police Latin American Herald Tribune Calderon gave the Federal Police and the army the lead role in battling violent drug cartels shortly after taking office in December 2006. But despite the nationwide deployment of tens of thousands federal forces, drug-related homicides have ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Iranian photojournalist wins World Press Photo award Tehran Times Images of the drug cartel's war in Mexico by Pedro Pardo of the Agence France-Presse won the third prize of the category. Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda won the 2011 World Press Photo of the Year award for an image of a veiled woman holding a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cartels paid $4.5mn in political bribes Gulf Times Mexican drug cartels paid $4.5mn in bribes to buy political favours in a state run by the main opposition party, US court documents said, as the party leads polls to win the presidency in July. The money-laundering case in Texas charges Antonio Pena, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| DEA: Mexican governor got millions in drug cash North County Times US drug agents have evidence that cartel leaders paid millions to a Mexican border state governor and other figures in Mexico's former ruling party in exchange for political influence, according to a court filing in Texas. Confidential informants told ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Liberal Activists May Use Miramonte Elementary Scandal to Stump for Amnesty Big Government I know that the drug cartels are shooting people down there. But it's not our fault, it's the Mexician Govt's fault. It's "Cinco de Mayo", JimMcVeigh. The 'authorities' claim not to be able to find illegal immigrants for the same reason that school ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| MF Global collapse opens door to further Islamic finance infiltration Canada Free Press And by the way again, let's drop our unearned smugness about having less corruption in our system than Mexico and take a closer look at what happened to banks after the crash of 2008. Wachovia, which then became Wells Fargo is cited here, ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Cash Smuggling From Mexico Presents US With Challenge And Opportunity In ... Huffington Post Officials in both the US and Mexico are realizing that criminal enterprises, just like other businesses, can't operate without a steady cash stream, said David Shirk, director of the Trans-Border Institute at the University of San Diego, which promotes ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Texans on wrong side of border fence grow anxious Fox News For more than a year the tall steel bars and panels erected in segments on this stretch of the 1954-mile US-Mexico border created an effect that was more gap-toothed grin than impenetrable obstacle. When the gates are closed, the Texans on the other ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexican Governor got Millions in Drug Cash Fox News Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet US drug agents have evidence that cartel leaders paid millions to a Mexican border state governor and other figures in Mexico's former ruling party in exchange for political influence, according to a court ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Facing deportation to Mexico for a fourth time, he has NH roots The Union Leader By SHAWNE K. WICKHAM Four times, Alejandro Olvera-Corona has swum the Rio Grande, paid off the drug cartels that terrorize Mexican border towns, and crossed the Texas desert to make his way north. Just 29 years old, he's now in a Dover jail awaiting ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| U.S. EXTENDS TRAVEL WARNING FOR MEXICO U-T San Diego The latest advisory is less severe for Baja California than for the other five states along Mexico's northern border, where the department suggests that US citizens “defer nonessential travel” throughout Chihuahua, Coahuila, Tamaulipas and much of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near California-Mexico border Los Angeles Times A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Sunday morning seven miles from Ocotillo, Calif., according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 2:27 am Pacific time at a depth of 3.1 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 12 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Laredo CBP Officers Intercept Cache of Weapons Headed to Mexico Laredo Sun US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Laredo Port of Entry today stopped 11 weapons headed to Mexico from exiting the USinside a luxury vehicle. Laredo , Texas – US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Laredo Port of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Tamaulipas officials under investigation by Mexican, US agencies Monitor The memo also was sent to Mexico's Interior Secretary Alejandro Poire and Jaime Domingo Lopez Buitron, head of Mexico's Intelligence service-CISEN. The memo asks for any information on 39 public officials from the border state of Tamaulipas who might ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rich New Mexican histroy at NMSU Las Cruces Sun-News All are symbols of New Mexico's rich multicultural heritage, celebrated in two new exhibits opening with a reception from 6 to 8 pm Thursday at the New Mexico State University Museum. "Enchanting the Nation: New Mexico and the United States" celebrates ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ancient skills track modern drugs Calgary Herald In the seemingly endless desert wasteland of the Arizona-Mexico border, amid nine-metre-high cacti and thorny mesquite trees, an eagle-eyed Native American scout has found what he is looking for. A freshly dislodged leaf from a Creosote bush is his ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Attorney General focuses on border issues at Lincoln Day Dinner Sierra Vista Herald Noting he was given a tour of the border by the US Border Patrol, Horne said he also was told current figures indicated “800 people of Middle Eastern descent were apprehended along the border” between Arizona and Mexico. That means, based on the BP ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Mexico cartels paid $4.5 million political bribes: court Reuters By Isabella Cota | MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican drug cartels paid $4.5 million in bribes to buy protection and political favors in a state run by the country's main opposition party, US court documents said on Friday, as the party leads polls to win ... See all stories on this topic » | |
| TribWeek: Top Texas News for the Week of 2/6/11 Texas Tribune by Evan Smith A brawl is brewing in South Texas, but this one has nothing to do with cartels or drug smuggling — it's an environmental battle over a proposed surface-mining site that some Eagle Pass residents worry will ruin their way of life. See all stories on this topic » | |
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| Border officials: ID card program trims wait times Houston Chronicle The program — implemented by Customs and Border Protection to make it quicker for pedestrians to enter the US from Mexico — has reduced wait times by 26 percent at this West Texas crossing. Travelers swipe their cards or machine-readable documents, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US increases travel warning to 14 Mexican states Boston.com It advises caution for traveling in three other border states and many areas of central and western Mexico where drug cartels have been warring. The advisory issued Wednesday says US citizens have been victims of drug violence, including killings, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Canadian Company Swept Up in Suspected Plot to Smuggle a Qaddafi New York Times Paul Copeland, Ms. Vanier's Canadian lawyer, said that border officials twice conducted unusually comprehensive searches of jets that Ms. Vanier used to travel to and from Mexico, where she and her husband own a home. On Nov. 10, the Mexican police ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gabrielle Giffords' anti-drug legislation signed into law CNN For years, Customs and Border Protection officers have tracked small aircraft crossing the US-Mexico border to bring drugs into the United States. Between 2009 and 2011, more than 600 suspected ultralight aircraft were detected crossing the border, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| US State Dept. issues travel warning for Mexico KSWT-TV Officials say the warning has been issued because of Mexico's continued drug violence and human trafficking activities. People still wishing to travel to Rocky Point are urged to use the Louisville border crossing in order to limit driving through ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A writing life San Antonio Express “When I think of that word margin, I think about borders,” says Hong Kingston, who recently took an eye-opening tour of the Arizona/Mexico border area. “Where do I put that border between myself and others? And where do we put our national borders? See all stories on this topic » |
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