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| GOP
House leaders increase pressure on Holder Fox News The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives program was created to send thousands of guns across the Mexico border to suspected arms dealers with the expectation that they would lead to organizers of Mexican drug cartels, allowing the US to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Journalist
kidnapped and killed in northern Mexico Boston.com May 18, 2012|Olga R. Rodriguez, AP The tortured body of a Mexican police reporter was found on the side of a road in the northern state of Sonora on Friday, a day after he was kidnapped by gunmen while waiting at a car wash, authorities said. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexico
Holds 4 High-Ranking Army Officers Pittsburgh Post Gazette Another general, Manuel Moreno Avina, and several soldiers he commanded are on charges of murder, torture and drug trafficking in a border town in northern Mexico. "There have been cases with military officials before, but I don't think this many at ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Marcos
Antonio Avila Garcia, Journalist, Kidnapped In Mexico Huffington Post Last week, gunmen opened fire on the offices of the El Manana newspaper in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. The week before, police found the mutilated bodies of three photojournalists inside plastic bags dumped in a canal in the Gulf coast state of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Kidnapped
Mexican reporter found dead gulfnews.com Mexico City: A Mexican newspaper reporter kidnapped in the northwestern border state of Sonora was found dead on Friday with signs of torture, local officials said. Marco Antonio Avila Garcia, a police reporter with the newspaper El Regional de Sonora, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Former
Sunland Park public works director indicted on fraud charges Las Cruces Sun-News The charges stem from Hernandez' alleged role in a Mexico border conference last November where he and three former city employees are said to have allowed an El Paso businessman to pay for their lodging, meals, transportation, alcohol and visits to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| JT
Ready's Case Exposes Ties Between Anti-Immigrant, White Supremacy
Groups New America Media PHOENIX -- Jason Todd Ready was a neo-Nazi who didn't try to hide the fact that he was ready and willing to use deadly force on the US-Mexico border to stop the incursion of undocumented immigrants. That his life came to a violent end was no surprise ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Mexico
Kidnapped Journalist Omaha World-Herald This undated photo shows Mexican police reporter Marco Antonio Avila Garcia. Avila Garcia's body was found inside a black plastic bag on the side of the road near the city of Empalme, south of Ciudad Obregon in Sonora state on Friday, May 18, 2012. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Journalist
kidnapped in northern Mexico Seattle Post Intelligencer MEXICO CITY (AP) — Masked gunmen kidnapped a police reporter while he waited at a car wash in the northern state of Sonora, authorities said Friday. State prosecutors' spokesman Jose Larrinaga said reporter Marcos Antonio Avila Garcia was waiting ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Breezing
across the Mexican border | Mexico Unmasked By Tim Johnson I've written here and here about humongous wait times to get across the border. ... On the U.S. side, the adjacent city is Del Rio, Texas. ... Two hours later, I don't think border formalities took any more than 30 seconds on the Mexican side. Mexico Unmasked |
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| Bride's
suspected killer may have fled to U.S.-Mexican border
... Bride's suspected killer may have fled to U.S.-Mexican border. May 18, 2012| Jared Taylor | Reuters. MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - A man suspected of killing his ... articles.chicagotribune.com/.../sns-rt-us-usa-bride-stabbingbre... |
| Mexico
Detains Third General in Cartel Probe Wall Street Journal AP MEXICO CITY—Mexico's army said it had detained a third general for questioning after a judge placed two other officers under a form of house arrest pending an investigation for possible links to the Beltrán Leyva drug cartel. See all stories on this topic » |
| Sacha
Cohen and Arab Minstrelsy Dissident Voice He was also exiled from the United States, his citizenship revoked and then re-instated; he was poisoned with drugs and tortured with electric-shock therapy, the latter while under American supervision in hospital custody in London. See all stories on this topic » |
| Smuggled
horses in West Texas found to be diseased North Texas e-News By Texas Animal Health Commission AUSTIN - US Border Patrol agents recently seized 10 adult horses and four yearlings as they attempted to enter Texas illegally by walking across the Rio Grande River near Indian Hot Springs, in southern Hudspeth county ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Phoenix
hearing to focus on drugs at border Tucson Citizen 18, 2012, under Arizona Republic News WASHINGTON – A congressional panel will meet Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Rep. See all stories on this topic » |
| 4th
high-ranking Mexican army officer detained U-T San Diego By MARK STEVENSON, AP MEXICO CITY — Mexico's army announced Friday that it had detained a fourth high-ranking officer during a civilian investigation into alleged military links to drug cartels. Three generals were previously detained. See all stories on this topic » |
| $1.4
million in cash found in Lower Valley home El Paso Times The case is one of the largest cash seizures by authorities in the city that is a hotbed of Mexican drug-cartel activity. Police officials said the cash was in 129 wrapped bundles found Tuesday by the West Texas Stash House Unit. See all stories on this topic » |
| Exclusive
Vending Contract Keeps Gourmet Food Trucks from Downtown KVIA El Paso By ABC-7's Matt Dougherty EL PASO, Texas -- Recent news reports show El Paso continuing to make efforts to be more like bigger cities, but when it comes to cuisine-on-wheels, downtown is being left in the dust. Gourmet food trucks have become a draw ... See all stories on this topic » |
| UPI
NewsTrack TopNews UPI.com In Operation Fast and Furious, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents allowed weapons to be illegally bought and circulated on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Two of the weapons turned up after a US Border Patrol agent was ... See all stories on this topic » |
| DEA
Recording Americans' Movements on Highways, Creating Central Repository of
... American Civil Liberties Union News and Information (blog) Part one is, we're currently deploying all along the southwest border. We're deployed in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and the eastern part of California.... We're also receiving additional LPR data from other sources who collect and store LPR data but ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Food
Rules! City Journal A whole chapter explains why the Mexican food in El Paso, Texas is so different from that in its sister city (sharing similar demographics and history) across the US-Mexico border, Ciudad Juárez. The chapter illuminates the effects of the more ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Feds
say Colorado wildfire started on camp stove KTVN In California, a blaze that started across the US-Mexico border advanced into San Diego County, where it burned about 150 acres of brush. Crews expected to have the fire contained late Friday. No homes were threatened. No significant injuries were ... See all stories on this topic » |
| California's
bad dream: Budget deficit hits $16B, unemployment 11%, businesses
... Human Events Even immigrants from Mexico have started returning home, despite the horrible violence in that country, because the economy South of the Border is growing faster than California's. Bucking national trends, California's unemployment rose in March to 11 ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Editorial,
5/19: Immigrant stories inspire Lincoln Journal Star ... Alvarez would get up before dawn at his orphanage in Juarez, Mexico, to begin a two-hour trek – first walking, then riding a bus -- across the border to the Lydia Patterson Institute, a private United Methodist preparatory school in El Paso, Texas. See all stories on this topic » |
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| ANTHOLOGY
« NewBorder: Criticism and Creation from the U.S. ... ANTHOLOGY. The idea behind NewBorder: Contemporary Voices from the Texas/Mexico Border arose out of a lack of creative work that highlights and collects ... newborder.org/anthology/ | ||
| Missing
Texas A&M student found near Mexico border -
Topix Texas A&M University police are seeking information on the whereabouts of student William Tubbs , who was reported missing. Share. Post. Leave a Comment ... www.topix.com/forum/city/harlingen.../TP1LL40UTR6H3612... | ||
| Protecting
Texas: Predator drones keeping border secure | kens5
... The two based at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station patrol the Gulf of Mexico and Texas border. Terrorist threats are the top priority, but the drones see a lot of ... www.kens5.com/.../Protecting-Texas-Predator-drones-keeping... |
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| Mexico
detains 3 generals with ties to drug cartel Bend Bulletin By Randal C. Archibold / New York Times News Service MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government detained three high-ranking army generals this week, including a former second in command at the Defense Ministry, suggesting the depths drug cartels have gone ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Three
Mexican generals arrested on suspicion of helping drug
cartels Denver Post By Rendal C. Archibold MEXICO CITY — The government detained three high-ranking army generals this week, including a former second in command at the Defense Ministry, suggesting the depths to which drug cartels have gone in trying to infiltrate one of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Four
Mexican officers detained in alleged corruption probe CNN By Mariano Castillo, CNN (CNN) -- Mexico's military, the heavy lifter in the country's battle against drug cartels, is under scrutiny following the detention of four high-ranking officers who are being questioned for alleged ties to those same gangs. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexico
detains 4th Mexican army officer for questioning, following drug
... Washington Post MEXICO CITY — Mexico's army announced Friday that it had detained a fourth high-ranking officer during a civilian investigation into alleged military links to drug cartels. Three generals were previously detained. The Defense Department said it ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Mexican
army captures 8 Gulf cartel members, guns FederalNewsRadio.com By MARK STEVENSON AP MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's army announced Friday that it had detained a fourth high-ranking officer during a civilian investigation into alleged military links to drug cartels. Three generals were previously detained. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Amid
Mexico drug war, three generals detained Tampabay.com MEXICO CITY — In a fresh blow to the prestige of the Mexican military amid a bloody drug war, three current or retired generals have been detained in Mexico as part of a government investigation of possible ties between ranking officers and organized ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Alleged
Mexican drug lord arrested, authorities say Los Angeles Times Mexican authorities on Friday confirmed that Cazares was in custody. Mexican authorities did not make the arrest public at the time. Cazares, 48, is believed to be a key lieutenant to Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman, leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Marco
Antonio Avila, Mexican Crime Reporter, Murdered And Stuffed Into A
... Huffington Post In total, more than 70 journalists have been murdered in Mexico in the last decade, according to the government-funded National Human Rights Commission. Drug cartels are thought to be behind many of the murders, but very few of the cases have been ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Three
Mexico generals held in investigation of crime ties Sacramento Bee Mario Acosta Chaparro, once accused but exonerated of drug links to a cartel based in Ciudad Juarez, was shot and killed in Mexico City. The most well-known modern case of ties between a general and drug traffickers was that of Mexico's drug czar, Gen. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexican
army captures 8 Gulf cartel members, guns Boston.com MEXICO CITY—The army says it has detained eight suspected members of the Gulf cartel and seized drugs, guns and hand grenades during investigations into the May 13 discovery of 49 dismembered bodies on a highway in northern Mexico. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexican
crime reporter kidnapped and murdered msnbc.com Avila covered police and crime issues for the local paper Diario de Sonora and had reported on drug-related violence. Sonora, which borders Arizona, lies on a key smuggling route for the Sinaloa cartel, led by Mexico's most wanted man, Joaquin "Shorty" ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Journalist
kidnapped and killed in northern Mexico Salon By Olga R. Rodriguez, AP MEXICO CITY (AP) — The tortured body of a Mexican police reporter was found on the side of a road in the drug cartel-plagued state of Sinaloa on Friday, a day after he was kidnapped by gunmen while waiting at a car wash, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Kidnapped
Mexican reporter found dead New Straits Times Police found Avila's tortured body on the side of a highway in northwestern Mexico 120 kilometers (75 miles) from where he was kidnapped with a message from one of the drug cartels, the prosecutor's spokesman Jose Larrinaga told AFP. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Eric
Holder should be fired Baltimore Sun When a government operation calls for the distribution of thousands of guns to Mexican drug cartels and results in the death of a US border patrol agent and at least 200 Mexican citizens, someone better start explaining. Unfortunately however, Attorney ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexico:
8 Held in Investigation Into 49 Dismembered Bodies New York Times The army said it had detained eight suspected members of the Gulf cartel and seized drugs, guns and hand grenades during investigations into the discovery last week of 49 dismembered bodies on a highway in northern Mexico. The suspects were apprehended ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Another
Mexican general is detained Sky News Australia The department did not indicate the charges against Gen Ricardo Escorcia Vargas, but it has come just days after two other military brass were questioned by the Attorney-General's Office about possible drug cartel links. The military personnel who ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Elisa
Castillo Gets Life In Prison For First-Time Drug Offense Huffington Post Few will argue that Elisa Castillo -- a 56-year-old grandmother -- is a high-level drug cartel kingpin, but she's spending more time in prison than many who are. She maintains she was tricked by a Mexican resident who wanted to start a bus company ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Mother,
sons' involvement suspected in large drug smuggling ring Fox News Chandler police said the mother, Grace Valencia Lara, and her sons were allegedly selling the drugs in the city as part of a larger ring with possible ties to Mexican cartels, MyFoxPhoenix reports. After receiving a call to the Valencia Lara's house ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Another
Mexican General Detained for Questioning Latin American Herald Tribune Ricardo Escorcia Vargas was placed under arrest on Thursday, but it came just days after two other military brass were detained and taken to the Attorney General's Office for questioning about possible links to drug cartels. The military personnel who ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 138
US Customs and Border Personnel Arrested For Corruption Since 2004 CNSNews.com By Edwin Mora (CNSNews.com) - There have been 138 US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employees arrested since 2004 for engaging in acts of corruption including drug and alien smuggling, in part, due to Mexican drug cartel influence. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Narconon
Arrowhead offers Solutions in Dire Time of Increasing Drug
Deaths DigitalJournal.com (press release) It's not surprising that New Mexico is in first place. Mexican drug cartels are housed just across the border and have their eyes on this lucrative market. They have been known to recruit Mexican schoolchildren who cross the border to go to US schools ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Mexican
ex-general held for drug-gang link Windsor Star A former general in Mexico has been arrested for alleged collusion with drug traffickers, following the arrests this week of two other generals, one retired and another active duty, on similar charges, officials said. The general Ricardo Escorcia, ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| No
Lawyers - Only Guns and Money: Brady Campaign Shills For ... By John Richardson ... under their leadership, has done nothing to respond to the Mexican government's desperate pleas for the Congress to strengthen American gun laws to stop gun trafficking from American gun shops to the Mexican drug cartels. The House ... No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money | ||
| GOP
'doing the bidding of the gun lobby' on Fast and Furious, Brady
... By Richard Dunham Gross blamed the GOP for standing in the way of efforts to combat the illegal smuggling of U.S. weapons to Mexican drug cartels. “The House Republican leadership decries the failure of U.S. authorities to prevent illegal guns from crossing the ... Texas on the Potomac | ||
| Mexico
Detains Third General Tied to Drug Cartel | The Agonist NYT - The Mexican government detained three high-ranking Army generals this week, including a former second in command at the Defense Ministry, suggesting the depths drug cartels have gone in trying to infiltrate one of the primary forces ... The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely | ||
| Taylor
Kitsch: Bye Bye, NY! | Taylor Kitsch : Just Jared By Just Jared The drama, which also features John Travolta and Blake Lively, revolves around two friends who face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend. Savages hits theaters July 6! Like Just Jared on Facebook ... Just Jared | ||
| Three
Mexico generals held in investigation of crime ties - Americas
... In a fresh blow to the prestige of the Mexican military amid a bloody drug war, three current or retired generals have been detained in Mexico as part of a government investigation of possible ties between ranking officers and organized crime. ... The army has faced growing criticism as tens of thousands of soldiers have been deployed across the country to crack down on heavily armed drug cartels. The deployment has prompted numerous charges of rights abuses _ unlawful ... Stars and Stripes | ||
| LAWLESS,
ABOUT BLOOD AND BROTHERLY LOVE, SCREENS ... By admin ... originally planned to put the violence in perspective by opening the movie with a retrospective montage, beginning with the current wave of Mexican drug-cartel killings, then back through the cocaine and heroin wars in New York in the '80s, ... Studio Briefing | ||
| Iran
Gives Chavez Missiles To Hit The Us: Screwed! at DickMorris.com By dick The Iranian-Venezuelan alliance first came to public view when U.S. counter-terrorist officials thwarted an Iranian-Venezuelan plot to use Mexican drug cartel operatives to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the U.S.as he ate in a DC ... DickMorris.com | ||
| GOP
leadership piling the pressure onto AG Holder over Fast ... By Erika Johnsen ... be illegally “walked” into Mexico and into the hands of drug cartels. Beyond the horrific impact on the Terry family, there is no doubt that this operation has done serious harm to one of the United States' most important bilateral relationships. Hot Air » Top Picks | ||
| Borderland
Beat: THE SECRETS OF "EL AZUL" By Chivis This federation included most of the strongest and most influential Cartels to date. El Azul did not try to complete the desire of Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo to build a monopoly of drug trafficking in Mexico. After the death of Amado Carrillo ... Borderland Beat | ||
| ATF
Death Watch 149: House Speaker to Eric Holder: Please? | The
... By Robert Farago ... resulted in at least one death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent and unknown other consequences, because U.S. law enforcement agencies allowed thousands of firearms to be illegally “walked” into Mexico and into the hands of drug cartels. The Truth About Guns | ||
| How
does democracy in Mexico compare to other countries? | Geo
... By RR On 1 July 2012 Mexicans will go to the polls to elect a new president, who will hold office for six years, a new Senate and new Chamber of Deputies as well as numerous state and local officials. How does ... Among these are the legacy of authoritarian rule, a culture which tolerates corruption and impunity, the persistence of private and public monopolies, lack of political accountability and transparency, and perhaps most importantly the growing influence and violence of drug cartels. Geo-Mexico, the geography of Mexico |
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| Mexican
drug cartel dumps 49 headless bodies on highway - The
... Forty-nine decapitated bodies were found Sunday dumped on a highway connecting northern Mexico with the U.S. border. The incident appears to be the latest ... www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAPY2XNU_video.html?... | ||
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| Mexico
Detains 2 Generals Accused of Collaborating with Drug
... The Mexican military has detained and are questioning two army generals over alleged links to the country's drug cartels, according to local media reports. borderland-beat.924382.n3.nabble.com/Mexico-Detains-2-Ge... | ||
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| Mexico
drug war's latest toll: 49 headless bodies | CNSNews.com Mexico drug war's latest toll: 49 headless bodies ... Mexico Drug War ... region near the U.S .border where Mexico's two dominant drug cartels are trying to outdo ... cnsnews.com/.../mexico-drug-wars-latest-toll-49-headless-bodi... | ||
| Report
spotlights refugees of Mexico's drug war | carlos, spotlights
... Some 140000 people have been internally displaced by drug cartel violence since 2007, with the Mexican government still failing to acknowledge the ... www.themonitor.com/.../carlos-60927-spotlights-international.... | ||
| Mexican
Drug Cartels seem to say, “Off with their heads ... Mexican Drug Cartels seem to say, “Off with their heads!” If you've heard episode 5 of the podcast, you heard me talking about the 14 beheadings and 9 ... unapologeticallyright.com/.../mexican-drug-cartels-seem-to-sa... |
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