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| KWES NewsWest 9 / Midland, Odessa, Big Spring, TX: newswest9.com | Agency ... NewsWest9.com State officials are unsure why Los Angeles County has a higher rate of psyllid infestations than areas closer to the Mexican border. But officials are investigating whether the bugs are hitchhiking through airports and seaports. See all stories on this topic » |
| 'Heavy' load: Alert Texas deputy discovers one ton of pot on big rig KENS 5 TV The deputy inspected the load with a K-9 unit, which gave a positive alert for drugs. Weatherford firefighters and the Weatherford-Parker County Special Crimes Unit were called in to assist in cutting the metal containers the marijuana was found in. See all stories on this topic » |
| Independent trucker unaware he was hauling $7.5 million worth of marijuana in ... KETK The drug detection dog inspected the load and made an alert of narcotics. The Weaterford-Parker County Special Crimes Unit was then called in and firefighters were also brought in to assist That's because the containers on the truck are used for ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Obama proposes new rule for immigrant families Chicago Tribune Mexican nationals are required by the State Department to apply for their hardship waivers at the US consulate in Juarez, Mexico, a city plagued by drug cartel violence that saw about 2000 homicides in 2011. Abel Aguirre de la Cruz and his wife, ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Tonight: Reba McEntire CNN (blog) The Criminal Justice System has become the 'new' slave master. As sad as it might sound, there is a need and a purpose for young black brothers like these; never in the history of this country have blacks ever gotten injustices addressed without ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Man Denied Entry to US From Mexico to Bury Son, 10 ABC News Fidelmar Lopez has been waiting at the US-Mexico border at Laredo, Texas, since the fire. Lopez was an illegal immigrant who left the US voluntarily in 2008. He's in the process of getting his green card so he can rejoin his wife in Shenandoah. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexico: 2 Kids, Woman Killed In Saint Death Ritual NPR The grisly slayings recalled the notorious "narco-satanicos" killings of the 1980s, when 15 bodies, many of them with signs of ritual sacrifice, were unearthed at a ranch outside the border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Book sheds light on Patriot War WatertownDailyTimes.com “The Americans just finished supporting the Texas Revolution. They had sort of a democratic freedom fighter thing going on, especially among the young men.” The Texas Revolution, 1835 and '36, occurred when residents of Texas fought Mexico for their ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Lone Star State Of Mind: Could Texas Go It Alone? NPR Indeed, new immigration laws sailed through the Texas Congress. Immigrant workers are now legally crossing the border to frame houses, mow lawns and clean hotel rooms. "We now have a safe and secure guest-worker program that allows immigrants to come ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Americans bet nearly $1.5 billion Huntington Herald Dispatch Maria Fernandez, of Tijuana, Mexico, fills out a lottery ticket for her chance to win the $640 Mega Millions jackpot near the port of entry between Tijuana and San Diego Friday, March 30, 2012, in San Diego. Many Mexicans from the border city of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Americans bet $1.5B on Mega Contra Costa Times Many Mexicans from the border city of Tijuana joined their American counterparts in buying in to a chance at what could end up being the single biggest lottery payout the world has ever seen. (Gregory Bull / The Associated Press) CHICAGO - Across the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| America's Fattest City Is ... Newser Instead, the metro area of McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, close to the border with Mexico, tips the scales at No. 1 with a 38.8% obesity rate, reports MSNBC. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index estimates that obesity-related medical expenses cost ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Agency: Dreaded Citrus Disease Detected In Calif. NPR State officials are unsure why Los Angeles County has a higher rate of psyllid infestations than areas closer to the Mexican border. But officials are investigating whether the bugs are hitchhiking through airports and seaports. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Gaza man killed as thousands protest Israel policy WGME Violence during last year's protests left at least 38 people dead near the borders with Lebanon and Syria. A Gaza health official says Israeli forces shot and killed a 21-year-old as he approached the Israel-Gaza border. The official says a second man ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| WITHEY RISES TO THE OCCASION U-T San Diego Kansas' Jeff Withey, soaring high to swat a shot by Texas A&M's David Loubeau this season, has made some game-changing blocks for the Jayhawks en route to the Final Four. David J. Phillip • associated press Jeff Withey (24) was rated the nation's No. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| McMahon has stake in oil pipeline plan she supports Journal Inquirer President Barack Obama has blocked the cross-border leg of the Keystone XL project, calling for more studies of the plan to transport crude from Alberta to Texas that is opposed by environmental groups. McMahon, arguing that the pipeline is “in the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Mexico: 2 kids, woman killed in Saint Death ritual FoxReno.com ... many of them with signs of ritual sacrifice, were unearthed at a ranch outside the border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas. While Saint Death has become the focus of a cult among drug traffickers and criminals in Mexico in recent ... See all stories on this topic » | |
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| Feds: Mexican drug ring made Central Florida marijuana distribution hub Orlando Sentinel By Amy Pavuk, Orlando Sentinel Mexican drug cartels, responsible for widespread violence and more than 40000 deaths in that country, operate all across the US — and Central Florida is no exception. For the past three years, federal agents say, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexican presidential favorite vows to restore peace Chicago Tribune Pena Nieto, the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party's (PRI) candidate, is favored to succeed President Felipe Calderon, whose term in office has been dominated by the government's battle to crack down on brutal drug gangs. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Drug menace overshadows Mexican polls Oman Daily Observer By Dave Graham - A MONTH after taking office, President Felipe Calderon stood in military fatigues before a group of soldiers in western Mexico and pledged to put a stop to drug-related violence. Turf wars between drug cartels were spreading deep into ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Arizona man convicted in case tied to drug cartel Arizona Republic AP Authorities say a Stanfield man has been convicted in a drug-trafficking case that involved a Mexican cartel. The Arizona Attorney General's Office says Hilario Aguirre faces up to 62 years in prison when he's sentenced. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gunmen kill police chief inside his home in Mexico Sacramento Bee The big, mountainous state is one Mexico's most dangerous places, with homicides more than doubling over the past two years amid a turf war between the Sinaloa and Zetas drug cartels. Reader comments on Sacbee.com are the opinions of the writer, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gunmen kill police chief recovering in his northern Mexico home from earlier ... Washington Post Some of Mexico's most notorious drug kingpins are believed to be hiding in Durango. The big, mountainous state is one Mexico's most dangerous places, with homicides more than doubling over the past two years amid a turf war between the Sinaloa and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sizing up campaign ads in Mexico's presidential election [Video] Los Angeles Times The ads focus on specific Mexican states, highlighting their grandeur. In the spot on Veracruz, which has been a violent battleground between drug cartels, government forces and paramilitary groups, Peña Nieto begins extolling the state: "It's a port! See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Rep. McCaul Introduces Bill to Direct Designation of Mexican Drug Cartels as ... Targeted News Service (subscription) Michael McCaul, R-Texas, has introduced legislation (HR 4303) to "direct the Secretary of State to designate as foreign terrorist organizations certain Mexican drug cartels and submit a report on the activities the Department of State is taking to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Canadian who smuggled cocaine and pot between Canada and US gets 13 years Winnipeg Free Press American justice officials say the drug ring operated by Mario Joseph Fenianos had links to the Hell's Angels in BC and the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico. An investigation by US police determined the drug ring was moving up 900 kilograms of marijuana ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| High-ranking cartel member convicted KPHO Phoenix By Breann Bierman - email A high-ranking member of a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization has been convicted, according to the attorney general's office. Attorney General Tom Horne said in October of 2010, members of the Pinal County Narcotics ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Canadian man will spend 13 years behind bars in the US News1130 US prosecutors say Mario Joseph Fenianos had links to the Hells Angels in BC and the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico. They say his drug ring was moving up 900 kilograms of marijuana from BC into the States and up to 200 kilos of cocaine into Canada every ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The drug legalization debate heats up Latinamerica Press The region has started to feel the influence of the Zetas cartel of Mexico, according to police reports. An estimated 50000 people were killed over the last five years in Mexico due to the drug trade. “It's a shame that the region is so hobbled by the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Wilson Center Proposes Hyper-Focused Mexico Crime Strategy InSight Crime Mexico may make serious headway in its fight against organized crime by designating one criminal group as the "most violent," and then focusing most of the government's resources against them, according to a new report by the Mexico Institute at the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ga. police buy gear with seized money Police News Also boosting recent totals are big-time drug busts like Operation Four Horsemen, a multi-state investigation of two Mexican cocaine-trafficking cartels operating in the Atlanta area. That operation netted a total of $23 million over several years, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The President of non-specifics Beaufort Observer Wachovia actually engaged in money laundering with drug cartels that routinely decapitate the people of Mexico, and for this, the bank was penalized by being made to pay a fine that constituted less than 2% of their annual profits. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The threat of civil unrest in America Canada Free Press Mexico, fecklessness regarding the undermining of Mexico's government by the drug cartels and their threat to America. Worse still, is America to become hostage to radical Islamic hegemony and the threat of Sharia Law enforcing Islamic traditions in ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Analysis: Drug gang menace overshadows Mexican election ... By DenManiko Turf wars between drug cartels were spreading deep into Mexico, beyond the smuggling hotspots on the U.S. border; extortion was a growing menace, and hitmen had resorted to new levels of brutality, dumping severed heads in public. Healthcare Concerns | ||
| Borderland Beat: Army Finds Large Arsenal in Coahuila By Buggs Coahuila is one of the areas where Los Zetas, considered Mexico's most violent drug cartel, operates. Los Zetas was ... President Felipe Calderon declared war on Mexico's drug cartels shortly after taking office in December 2006. Calderon ... Borderland Beat | ||
| Americas MexicoBlog: Week's Top Articles on Mexico: Mar. 23-30 ... By Laura Carlsen Both incidents took place in the northern border state of Tamaulipas, a battleground for warring drug cartels. Read more. Human rights group accuses U.S. of abuses along Mexico border. Reuters: U.S. policing along the Mexico border ... Americas MexicoBlog | ||
| Parker County Sheriff's Department intercepts more than a ton of pot ... By Christina Rosales "This is a prime example of what lengths the Mexican drug cartels will go to in order to smuggle drugs into our country," Sheriff Fowler said in a statement. "It is a never-ending battle." Fowler added that at a street value of $3000 per pound of ... Crime Blog | ||
| Mexican presidential favorite vows to restore peace ... By Peter Trellis Pena Nieto, the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party's (PRI) candidate, is favored to succeed President Felipe Calderon, whose term in office has been dominated by the government's battle to crack down on brutal drug gangs. mainefarmsforthefuture.com |
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| US fugitives can be prosecuted in Mexico Chicago Tribune Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was skeptical of allowing Mexican prosecutors to try fugitives who were accused of crimes in his jurisdiction and fled across the border. But Baca and other American officials said their concerns were eased after ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Annual event unites US, Mexican manufacturers Monitor “It has given us the basis for continued growth.” Manufacturers on the US side of the border are heavily reliant on maquilas, often existing solely to supply raw materials and components for the Mexican plants. But Patridge said manufacturers are ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| America has a starring role in the drug war in Mexico in 'Murder Capital of ... Fox News This week five policemen were gunned down at a party in Mexico. It happened in the city of Juarez right next door to El Paso, Texas. And like we keep telling you, Mexico's deadly drug cartel violence is spilling over the border into the United States. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| 'Nobody can run forever' Chicago Tribune ... the border to avoid prosecution. US authorities say he cannot be brought back to Chicago for trial because he is charged with a felony — leaving the scene of a fatal accident — that is not extraditable under the United States' treaty with Mexico. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'Murder Capital of the World' documentary makes debut, goes 'On the Record' Examiner.com Juarez, Mexico borders the US state of Texas. And in times past, the US has always been more concerned about potential threats to Americans and our land when threats were most imminent—and didn't have a body of water to cross before they could be ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexico: 2 kids, woman killed in Saint Death ritual WRGB HERMOSILLO, Mexico (AP) -- Prosecutors in the Mexican border state of Sonora say eight people have been arrested for allegedly killing two 10-year-old boys and a 55-year-old woman in a ritual sacrifice to the cult of La Santa Muerte, or Saint Death. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Avondale police: Woman possibly kidnapped, may be headed to Mexico AZ Central.com Investigators believe Mondragon has fled to Mexico and may have arranged for someone to kidnap Rodriguez and bring her across the border, Avondale police said. Federal authorities at the US-Mexico border have been notified, police added. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Immigrant-smuggling attempt foiled near Hotel Del Coronado Los Angeles Times ... police and personnel from the nearby Navy amphibious base in Coronado, according to the US Border Patrol. The suspected boat pilot was arrested after being intercepted by the US Coast Guard trying to escape back to Mexico, authorities said. See all stories on this topic » |
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