Murder Hit List Publicly Displayed in Chihuahua City
Region: Mexico
Twenty-one Mexican police officers were notified in a very public way on Sunday that they’re on a murder hit list. The Gente Nueva (New People) gang printed their names in bold, black ink on th... more
Views: 3169Entire Police Forces Defecting in Mexico
Region: Mexico
The question in Mexico’s Calderon-declared war against drug cartel violence is, who’s winning? The good guys or the bad guys? Which brings up another question: How do you tell the good guys from the bad g... more
Views: 1999Apaches Routed by the Feds in Southern New Mexico
Region: New Mexico
The US Federal Government demonstrated in an opinion announced this week that it still controls how the Apaches can use their land. According to Penny Coleman, acting general counsel of the National Indian Gaming Commissio... more
Views: 1851Canadian Tourist Killed in Mexican resort
Region: Mexico
When 29-year-old Vancouver resident Bouabal Bounthavorn answered the door at the Hotel Riu, a five-star hotel in Cabo San Lucas, he tussled with a lone gunman, who then fired three shots into his head, killing him. H... more
Views: 3718Swarms of Ants Bedevil Houston
Region: Texas
A few years ago, some creatures about the size of a grain of rice, caught a ride on a cargo ship docked in one of the Caribbean ports and disembarked, unnoticed, at the port of Houston, Texas. Their adopted home was so hos... more
Views: 2005Bullets Fly in Palomas Despite Police Presence
Region: New Mexico
Five more people have been gunned down in Palomas, the Mexico town bordering Columbus, New Mexico. News coming out of Palomas is sketchy, but New Mexico Luna County Sheriff Raymond Cobos confirmed that father and son Arnol... more
Views: 2851Mexican Policemen Assassinated
Region: Mexico
On Tuesday, gunmen armed with assault rifles, shot Juarez police commissioner Saul Pena as he left police headquarters. This, despite the fact that the army has a large presence in the violent city. Pena was due to be name... more
Views: 1139New Mexico Messiah Denies Child Abuse
Region: New Mexico
Wayne Bent, aka Michael Travesser, aka the Messiah is suspected of having inappropriate contact with minors in the 70-person The Lord Our Righteousness compound in northeastern New Mexico. Bent denies the allegations, alth... more
Views: 3174Fat Jail Inmate Sues For More Food
Region: Arkansas
When 19-year-old Brody Laswell entered the Bentonville, Ark. jail, he weighed 413 pounds. Eight months later he’s down to 308 – and he’s not happy about it. Not grasping the reality that he’s housed... more
Views: 2072Tijuana Shootout Leaves 13 Dead
Region: Mexico
The shooting began before dawn today. As several vehicles barreled along one of Tijuana’s main thoroughfares, triggermen fired rifles and automatic weapons at each other in a wild and bloody Hollywood-style shootout.... more
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