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 casino in Akela Flats, New Mexico. On Nov. 29, the tribe gave away a l955 Ford truck in a […]
Juarez police reporter gunned down
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 gunman who was waiting for him. The veteran reporter, known affectionately as “El Choco,” worked for […]
Mystery writer Tony Hillerman has died
New Mexico mystery writer Tony Hillerman died Sunday, Oct. 26, at age 83. It saddens me because he was a darned good writer and, by all accounts, a good man. But I also have a selfish reason to mourn his passing: He’ll never write an author’s blurb on the back of my own mystery book. […]
Evangelist’s enforcer is sought for beating followers
Jailed evangelist Tony Alamo, 74, faces new charges on reports that he ordered beatings at his Arkansas compound for those who committed even minor infractions against his teachings. 18-year-old Seth Calagna was beaten by John Erwin Kolbeck with a 2-by-6 wooden board because he apparently made a sarcastic remark about Harry Potter and one of […]
Top Mexican Crime Fighters Pass Information to Cartels
News of new arrests rocked even jaded Mexico crime watchers who expect corruption at every level: five officials of the Attorney General’s Organized Crime unit admitted they accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars each month for reporting the government’s planned operations to the Beltran-Leyva Cartel. This cartel is associated with the Sinoloa cartel, Mexico’s largest […]
Fat man gains a spouse
Sometimes simply shedding a few pounds can change your life. With a brand new silhouette, you might even land the man or woman of your dreams. 43-year-old Manuel Uribe of Monterrey, Mexico, found a new life – and a new wife – when he did just that. He went on a diet, lost some weight, […]
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