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Medical Certificates now part of CDL Process
2008-12-02 14:44:00 The Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration issued a final rule that changes the way states must verify the medical certification for truckers either renewing or applying for a CDL. Phased in compliance deadlines for states, motor carriers and truckers start kicking in on Jan. 30, 2012. Once everything is up and running on the state level, ... More About: Medical , Part , Certificates , Process
Change we can live with - Cecilia Munoz named to top White House staff job
2008-11-27 05:37:00 President-elect Barack Obama has named a national Latina leader to a top White House staff job. The Obama transition team today announced the selection of Cecilia Muñoz as his Director of the White House Office for Intergovernmental Affairs. That office directs White House outreach to state and local governments, as well as constituency groups. The Detroit-born ... More About: Politics , Change
YRC seeks relief from National Master Freight Agreement
2008-11-25 14:36:00 Jimmy Hoffa must be needing a double helping of prunes this morning as word is emerging that Yellow Roadway Corporation is seeking economic relief from the National Master Freight Agreement . In a mailer sent out yesterday to rank and file members, The Teamsters said; YRC Worldwide Inc. management has been seeking economic relief in the National Master Freight ... More About: Relief
Texas DPS Trooper Arrested with Suitcases of Cocaine
2008-11-25 12:02:00 BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A state trooper has been charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine after police said they saw him accept two suitcases full of the drug in a parking lot. The U.S. Attorney’s office said in a statement that Department of Public Safety Trooper Jesus Rafael Larrazolo, 35, made his first appearance ... More About: Arrested , Drugs , Cocaine
HOS Rules affirmed by OMB - Hoffa pissed!
2008-11-21 12:57:00 Under the usual mantra of maximum pay for minimal work, Teamster’s Union President Jimmy boy Hoffa came out swinging today against the Hour of Service rules published by FMCSA. Hoffa said the Bush administration is undermining highway safety with its ?last-minute regulation? that lets truckers drive longer hours. Where’s Hoffa been the past 5 years? Last minute ... More About: Rules , Pissed , Teamsters
Jose Compean Resentenced in Federal Court in El Paso
2008-11-13 02:14:00 A US District Judge today resentenced Former Border Patrol Agent Jose Alonso Compean to 10 years for his conviction of using a weapon in the commission of a felony, plus two years for assault and other charges. Compean and former agent Ignacio Ramos were convicted in 2006 of shooting admitted drug smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete Davila and ... More About: El Paso , Court , Federal Court
FMCSA releases Independent Panels analysis of Mexican Cross Border Program
2008-11-07 00:37:00 An independent evaluation panel?s report on the U.S.-Mexico cross-border trucking demonstration project prepared at the request of Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters, definitively shows that Mexican domiciled trucks can operate safely and in compliance with all US laws and USDOT regulations. The report was prepared by Mortimer L. Downey III, chairman of the board of ... More About: Analysis , Cross , Independent , Program
Ex-border agent gets prison for civil rights violations
2008-11-06 04:06:00 A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a former Border Patrol agent convicted of violating the civil rights of two undocumented immigrants to one year in prison. Santiago Perez, 28, of Edinburg, Texas, admitted as part of a guilty plea in August that he assaulted a Guatemalan and a Mexican man on separate occasions. Perez admitted to ... More About: Agent , Rights , Civil Rights , Prison
Murder in the Desert - Judge declares second mistrial [BREAKING]
2008-11-04 22:58:00 Despite overwhelming evidence pointing to the guilt of Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Corbet in the murder of Francisco Javier Dominguez Rivera, U.S. District Judge David C. Bury declared a mistrial at 1345 today. More on this breaking story as it becomes available. The prosecution has not indicated whether it will try a third time. In the ... More About: Murder , Breaking , Desert
Murder in the Desert - Nicholas Corbett Trial - Daily Snapshot
2008-11-04 01:09:00 DAY 9 (11/03) UPDATE - The Jury has recessed for the day. 13 hours total time in deliberations. The jury got the case at about 1430 on November 30. Deliberations began for about two hours, adjourned, resumed on Friday and adjourned once again until this morning. the jurors sent a note to Judge David Bury with two requests. They ... More About: Murder , Daily , Trial , Border Patrol , Desert
Murder in the Desert - Corbett case goes to the Jury
2008-11-01 08:00:00 The fate of a U.S. Border Patrol agent Nicholas Corbett charged with murdering Javier Dominguez Rivera is now in the hands of the jury. U.S. District Judge David C. Bury handed over the case to a 12-person jury about 2:30 p.m. Thursday, after they sat through a morning of closing arguments that demonstrated contrasting accounts of ... More About: Murder , Case , Desert
Right Wing looney tunes subverting the minds of America?s youth
2008-06-07 02:40:00 You hear it every night on late night talk shows such as Rollye James and Art Bell and George Noory and it’s expected that some losers actually believe the talk about North America n Unions, Superhighways to benefit Mexico and China and the like, and each time I hear these claims, I shake my head in ... More About: Tunes , Talk Radio , Opinions , Youth
Roadcheck 2008 begins today
2008-06-03 14:28:00 The annual three-day inspection blitz known as Roadcheck takes place this week at more than 1,000 inspection locations at weigh stations and roadside checkpoints across the U.S., Canada and Mexico . The annual event sponsored by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance is Tuesday through Thursday, June 3-5, and will involve tens of thousands of inspections by federal, ... More About: Today , Featured , 2008
Thanks in part to lax US gun laws, Drug cartels possess more firepower, tec
2008-06-03 14:05:00 Mexican police fighting the drug cartels face an enemy that is better funded, better equipped and better armed. The inequality was never more evident than earlier this year, when several unarmed Juárez police officers were fatally shot on their way home from work. The off-duty officers had no weapons to defend themselves because they had to share ... More About: Laws , Arms , Part , Drug , Cartels
Threats follow discovery of decapitated bodies
2008-06-03 13:46:00 Three headless bodies were found in the Valley of Juárez on Sunday and Monday while worries grew over a new Internet message demanding that prominent Juárez families and business leaders pay a “quota” to a drug cartel for protection. The validity of the message was unknown. It was posted last week supposedly by “La Linea,” as ... More About: Discovery , Juarez , Bodies , Threats
Mexico rejects conditions on U.S. aid for drug war
2008-06-03 13:34:00 MEXICO CITY ? The Mexican government warned Monday it would not accept conditions that the U.S. Congress has imposed on an aid package to combat drug trafficking. The Merida Initiative would provide $1.4 billion over several years to help Mexico , Central America, the Dominican Republic and Haiti combat drug trafficking. But the U.S. House and Senate have ... More About: Drug , Drug War , Conditions
The Truth behind the Narco Wars in Cd. Juarez
2008-06-03 05:41:00 Reputed Sinaloa drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, accompanied by an army of sicarios (hit men), strolled into Juárez one day claiming the city’s lucrative smuggling corridor as his own, so the rumor goes. Whether true or not, Juárez and other parts of the Mexican state of Chihuahua this year have become ground zero in ... More About: Truth , Wars , Juarez , Featured , Cartels
Outgunned, outmanned, Mexican Army brings the fight to the cartels
2008-06-02 05:08:00 CULIACAN, Mexico ? Automatic weapons at the ready, the platoons of federal police officers descend from the transport planes and high-step as neatly as majorettes into the searing heat. Gen. Rodolfo Cruz puts the officers through their paces as TV cameras record the event. ?Here we are, showing our faces,? said Cruz, 65, a career army officer ... More About: Mexican , Fight , Army , Featured , Cartels
NAFTA for Dummies
2008-06-01 21:39:00 The North American Free Trade Agreement has become a hot topic in the presidential campaign, with Democrats blaming it for lost jobs and Republicans praising it for boosting exports. Who?s right? More About: Dummies , Featured
Soldiers detained for taking guns into Mexico, released in Cd. Juarez
2008-05-31 20:24:00 "I have no bad feelings, but I just want to go home," he said. "I have no bad feelings against Mexico or the people of Mexico." More About: Guns , El Paso , Released , Detained
Mexican judge recommends alleged Tijuana cartel leader not be extradited
2008-05-31 09:40:00 MEXICO CITY: A Mexican judge on Thursday recommended that a reputed leader of a Tijuana-based drug cartel not be extradited to the United States, after his defense argued he should not be tried twice on the same charges. The judge made the recommendation to Mexico ’s Foreign Relations Department, which has overseen an increasing number of extraditions ... More About: Judge , Cartel , Leader
UPDATED: San Antonio police find illegals in parked 18-wheeler
2008-05-24 14:33:00 Authorities took a Smithway Motor Express driver into custody after several undocumented immigrants were found inside his 18-wheeler parked at a South Side convenience store. Undercover drug officers stumbled upon the 18-wheeler during a drug investigation Tuesday night, when they pulled over a man during drug bust at a Shell Gas Station in the 5800 ... More About: Police , Find , Texas , San Antonio , Antonio
Differences in a White and a Mexican Wedding
2008-05-24 08:49:00 A good friend sent this to me and when I was finished rolling on the floor laughing, I knew I had to share it. Enjoy. There is a lot of truth to it. The difference between white & Mexican weddings. WHITES: send out invitations. MEXICANS: send out maps. WHITES: receive their invitations 3 months in advance. MEXICANS: find out about ... More About: Wedding , White , Differences
Man loses head pretending to be what he?s not!
2008-05-19 15:04:00 Our friend Sean Mattson, Mexico correspondent for the San Antonio Express News, left this interesting tidbit on his blog this morning, concerning the severed head found on a car in Monterrey this past week. Honor amongst thieves perhaps? Who knows, but I got a chuckle out of the thing. Head left on car with warning for wannabe ...
Up in Smoke - 4 tons of drugs and pirated CD?s destroyed by Federal Authori
2008-05-18 16:31:00 Nuevo Laredo. - More than 4 tons of marijuana in addition to other drugs and pirated CD’s,were destroyed yesterday by personnel of the Army in the presence of federal, state and municipal authorities. Operativo Permanente, has resulted in the seizure of enormous amounts of narcotics in Nuevo Laredo, Nuevo Guerrero, Cd. Mier, Miguel Alemán, Díaz Ordaz ... More About: Drugs , Smoke , Featured , Marijuana
Pennsylvania House panel votes for Bush to end cross-border program
2008-05-18 14:50:00 ?Allowing Mexican truckers and long-haul rigs on highways throughout the United States ? absent the rigorous inspections and safety and training standards for U.S. trucks and truck drivers ? is dangerous to the public,? Surra said in a written statement. More About: Bush , House , Cross , Pennsylvania , Panel
Drug war shutters businesses in Tijuana
2008-05-18 00:09:00 Once a freewheeling city that has served Americans cheap tequila since the U.S. prohibition era, Tijuana is at the center of a three-way drug war between rival gangs and Mexico's military. Drug -related murders are a daily occurrence. The violence is scaring away tourists who came for everything from prostitutes and dental work to medicine. A lively artistic community is also dwindling. More About: Featured , Drug War , Businesses , Shutters
Mexico?s besieged police put to the test
2008-05-17 08:38:00 Calderon vows to press war on cartels despite the body count MEXICO CITY ? Mexico ’s security forces have been swept into the eye of the storm since President Felipe Calderon decided to get tough on the country’s drug-smuggling gangs. Once-untouchable federal officials have been assassinated in the streets. Out-gunned soldiers and police have battled gangsters armed with ... More About: Drugs , Police , Test , Calderon
U.S.-Mexican trucking experiment in slow lane for now!
2008-05-15 00:46:00 Back in February, Mexico Trucker received a request for an interview, an occurrence that is fairly common reflecting the success of this site. Jessica Meyers, a UC Berkeley Grad student expressed interest in talking to us about the Cross Border Program. On March 29, 2008, we spent a pleasant day with her and her accomplished photographer, ... More About: Journalism , Mexican , Experiment , Lane , Slow
Mexico?s top cop blames organized crime for killings
More articles from this author:2008-05-10 06:15:00 MEXICO CITY ? Mexico ’s top security official blamed organized crime for the brazen killing of an acting federal police chief, saying today his death shows a nationwide crackdown is hurting gangs. Public Safety Secretary General Garcia Luna said authorities would not be deterred by an onslaught of attacks against police as he presided over the funeral ... More About: Security , Breaking News , Crime , Killings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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