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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
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
Acting head of Mexico?s federal police shot to death
2008-05-09 03:33:00 The acting chief of Mexico ’s federal police was shot dead early today outside his home in the capital. The Public Safety Department said Edgar Millan Gomez was shot 10 times and died hours later in a hospital. Two of his bodyguards were wounded. A police official, who was not authorized to give his name, said Millan had ... More About: Security , Breaking News , Police , Acting
Phoenix gun dealer sold to Mexican drug cartels
2008-05-07 04:26:00 PHOENIX?The arrest of a gun shop owner on Tuesday broke up a suspected firearms trafficking operation that supplied violent Mexican drug cartels, authorities said. Agents raided X Calibur Guns and arrested George Iknadosian after undercover agents bought guns at the store indicating they were to be trafficked to Mexico, said Carlos Baixauli, a special agent ... More About: Security , Phoenix , Arizona , Drug
Racist Limbaugh Calls Mayor Villaraigosa a ?Shoe Shine Boy!?
2008-05-07 03:44:00 Rush Limbaugh appeared on Fox News this week and insulted Los Angeles? Hispanic mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Limbaugh said the first time he saw Mayor Villaraigosa he thought the Latino was a “Shoe Shine Boy.” He was shocked to learn this Latino held such a high office and was, in fact, the Mayor of Los Angeles. ... More About: Opinions , Immigration , Calls , Rush
Fake documents freely available on Houston streets
2008-05-06 20:33:00 Illegal immigrants fearful of being caught in stepped-up workplace raids are fueling a growing market in Houston for phony immigration and work documents. The result, experts say, is a glut of false, altered and counterfeit documents that are easily obtained at Houston-area flea markets, businesses and clandestine printing shops set up in homes and apartments. The ... More About: Life , Texas , Fake , That
El Paso commissioners pass anti-border wall resolution
2008-05-06 14:28:00 EL PASO ? County commissioners are opposing construction of a wall along the nation’s southern border with a resolution. The El Paso County Commissioners Court voted 3-1 Monday in favor of a resolution that calls for stopping the building of the border wall and says local law enforcement officials should not enforce federal immigration laws. The resolution ... More About: Security , Wall , Border Patrol , Pass
Customs agent accused of selling fake travel permits
2008-05-06 08:10:00 LAREDO ? A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent arrested on charges alleging that he sold a fake travel permit to a Mexican national made his first court appearance on Monday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Ramiro Villareal Jr., 27, was arrested Thursday on a charge of accepting bribes for making and delivering fake travel documents, ... More About: Travel , Selling , Agent , Fake
Cinco de Mayo 2008
2008-05-06 00:07:00 The 5th of May is not Mexican Independence Day, but it should be! And Cinco de Mayo is not an American holiday, but it should be. Mexico declared its independence from mother Spain on midnight, the 15th of September, 1810. And it took 11 years before the first Spanish soldiers were told ... More About: Culture , Nationalism , 2008
Rep. Tom Tancredo - Hypocrite, Racist and a Horses Ass!
2008-05-04 17:46:00 Or perhaps that is too strong of a statement because it disrespects a horse’s hind end. Tom Tancredo , Colorado representative who tried to run a Presidential campaign on one issue, ridding the US of all Hispanics, while in the past he hired illegals to remodel his Boulder mansion amongst other things. This man is a hypocrite ... More About: Duncan Hunter , Politicians , Horses
One dead in gun battle between Military and Narcos in Cd. Mier
2008-05-02 18:46:00 NUEVO LAREDO - A gunfight between military forces and alleged drug traffickers that lasted more than an hour in the predawn hours Wednesday left one soldier dead and at least three others injured, authorities confirmed Thursday.An unknown number of traffickers also were killed and injured, authorities said. The assault occurred in Ciudad Mier, about 60 miles ... More About: Security , Military , Drugs , Breaking News , Dead
Rick Flores takes it back; Sheriff wins by 133 votes
2008-05-02 18:25:00 Webb County Sheriff's Office - Laredo Texas More than 14 hours after the recount of the ballots cast in the April 8 runoff for the Webb County sheriff’s race began, a new victor has emerged.Sheriff Rick Flores was declared the winner over challenger Martin Cuellar by 133 votes. Flores garnered 13,128 votes to Cuellar’s 12,995. Flores ... More About: Breaking News , Election , Back
Lou Dobbs and Tom Tancredo Attack The Pope
More articles from this author:2008-05-01 03:29:00 On April 16, 2008, Lou Dobbs took his ?advocacy journalism?1 to a new low in mischaracterizing Pope Benedict XVI?s recent visit to the United States. False Claim: Pope Benedict supports ?amnesty? and wants the U.S. to ?ease any enforcement.? DOBBS: Well, Pope Benedict XVI is in the nation?s capital tonight, there to help the Catholic Church and ... More About: Culture , Tom Tancredo , Opinions , Immigration 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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