New strategy chips away at Mexican police corruption
Region: Mexico
It is hoped that a new program in Mexico's Michoacan state will chip away at the rampant law enforcement corruption in the country. The idea is to make it financially possible for police officers and prison guards to purch... more
Views: 1691New Mexico Indians endorse Obama
Region: New Mexico
New Mexico's Indians have come out in support of Barack Obama. The All Indian Pueblo Council, the Mescalero Apache Tribe and the Navajo Nation made it official this week. The endorsement follows a meeting a day earlier whe... more
Views: 1018University student convicted of killing roommate
Region: Arizona
Galareka Harrison, 19, has been convicted of first-degree murder in the September 2007 death of her University of Arizona roommate, Mia Henderson. Both young women, members of the Navajo Nation of northern Arizona, were pa... more
Views: 2297Arrests made in Mexico Independence Day attack
Region: Mexico
Although details are sketchy, Mexican officials report that two men were detained in northern Zacatecas state as suspects in the Independence Day attack that killed seven and injured more than 100. Officials suspect th... more
Views: 85520 killed in Tijuana prison riots
Region: Mexico
A San Diego man told his father that cockroaches routinely bite him and rats as big as cats scurry inside his crowded cell in La Mesa State Penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico. Conditions like these had become tolerable to mos... more
Views: 1593Attack mars Mexico's Independence Day
Region: Mexico
It appears that nothing is sacred to organized crime in Mexico – at least if Mexican officials are correct in establishing blame for an attack on Sept. 15 that killed eight people and injured more than 100 (reports o... more
Views: 1134Will Mexican tycoon save the NY Times?
Region: New York
The second-richest man in the world, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu, is taking a chance on the New York Times by purchasing a 6.4 percent in the company. He now owns 9.1 million shares which are worth about $138.6 mi... more
Views: 1304Illegals in the path of Hurricane Ike
Region: TexasHurricane Ike is bearing down on the Gulf of Mexico, forcing Texas emergency officials in areas near the Mexican border to consider evacuating a million people. But many illegals, afraid of the evacuation process, are stay... more
Views: 1503Kidnappers of 14-year-old Mexican Boy Apprehended
Region: Mexico
The alleged kidnappers and murderers of 14-year-old Fernando Marti have been captured in Mexico City. The arrest of these five men sends a couple of messages to would-be kidnappers in Mexico. One, it IS possible to nab law... more
Views: 2193Indians want water stations for illegals removed
Region: United States
Mike Wilson of the Tohono O'odham Nation, near Tucson, Arizona has been ordered to stop providing water to illegal migrants crossing the desert from Mexico. It's not the first time he's been asked to stop and it's unclear ... more
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