Kidnappers Strike Terror in Mexican Heartland
Region: Mexico
US citizens are more and more likely to be victims of kidnappers in Mexico. Not directly, but through their relatives still living in Mexico. In November, men snatched an 80-year-old farmer from Felipe Angeles, Zacateca... more
Views: 2184Altercation leads to more misery for Palomas residents
Region: Mexico
Just getting by can be a struggle in Palomas, Mexico, a border town 30 miles south of Deming, New Mexico. The town lives and dies by the dollars spent by US customers in the town's shops and restaurants, but that commerce ... more
Views: 1624Richardson withdraws Commerce Secretary bid
Region: New Mexico
New Mexicans who were counting the days until Gov. Bill Richardson moved on to Washington are disappointed with the news this morning that he has withdrawn his name as Obama's Commerce Secretary. Richardson is being inv... more
Views: 978New Mexico Messiah receives 18-year sentence
Region: New Mexico
Wayne Bent, the so-called New Mexico Messiah, was sentenced today to 18 years in prison as a result of his Dec. 15 conviction for criminal sexual contact of a minor when he lay in bed naked with two teenage girls who were ... more
Views: 1143New Mexico “Messiah” Found Guilty
Region: New Mexico
After a six-day trial, jurors today convicted Wayne Bent, the leader of The Lord Our Righteousness Church, of one count of criminal sexual contact of a minor and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a min... more
Views: 879Juárez Writer Begs for Three Violence-Free Days
Region: Mexico
A Juárez, Mexico e-mail correspondent is trying to coax three days of peace out of the criminals who have turned the city into a murder capital, with more than 1500 homicides this year. A recent e-mail requests t... more
Views: 1555'New Mexico Messiah' Jury Undecided, Trial to Continue Monday
Region: New Mexico
Jurors in the trial of Wayne Bent, 67, aka the New Mexico Messiah, were sent home Friday after failing to reach a verdict on his molestation charges. Prosecutors in the Taos courtroom said in 2006 Bent lay in bed naked ... more
Views: 1693More Mexican officials accused of corruption
Region: Mexico
The names of people allegedly involved in Mexican corruption keep piling up. The latest: Mexico's former acting federal police chief Gerado Garay, who is accused of collaborating with the notorious Sinaloa cartel and... more
Views: 1520Apaches' giveaway riles New Mexico gaming officials
Region: New Mexico
The Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma continues to thumb its tribal nose at New Mexico gaming officials, this time testing the fine line between a legal sweepstakes and an illegal raffle at its Apache Homelands casi... more
Views: 1894Juarez police reporter gunned down
Region: Mexico
Armando Rodriguez, 40, was a police reporter in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, for 10 years. This morning he got into his car to take his older daughter, Ximena, to school, when he was struck by bullets, apparently fired by a gunm... more
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