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Tucson's ethnic-studies program violates Arizona law, judge rules

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Stephen Ceasar - Dec. 28 (News Report) - The ruling affirms a decision by the state schools superintendent and could end classes on Mexican American heritage.

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Journalism in Mexico Faces Threat of Being Completely Silenced

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

truth-out.org - By Maria Armoudian - Oct. 17 (News Report) - Last week, members of a Mexican drug cartel slew yet another journalist for attempting to serve her community. Maria Elizabeth Macias' mutilated remains were found beside a note apparently written by the Zetas cartel in which they claimed revenge for her online exposes and criticism.

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Gunwalker: The ATF’s Kenneth Melson Blows the Whistle on the Justice Department

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Pajamas Media - By Hans von Spakovsky - Jul. 06 (Breaking News) - Contrary to the Justice Department’s denials, according to Melson, ATF agents specifically witnessed transfers of weapons from straw purchasers to third parties without taking any further action. Melson claimed that it was not until the public disclosure of the operation that he personally reviewed the “hundreds of documents” related to the case. He said he became “sick to his stomach” when he learned the full story. Even more shocking is that some of the “gun trafficking ‘higher-ups’ that the ATF sought to identify were already known to other agencies and may even have been paid as informants” by agencies such as the FBI and the DEA.

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Horse welfare declines after closing of U.S. slaughter plants

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

billingsgazette.com - By Jan Falstad - Jun. 25 (News Report) - The closure of the last U.S. horse slaughter plants in the fall of 2007 has failed to reduce the number of horses shipped to slaughter.

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Mexican troops replace police in half a state that borders Texas

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Mariano Castillo - Jun. 25 (News) - Mexican troops fanned out across the border state of Tamaulipas this weekend, taking over security operations in half the state's cities and towns.

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Critic of ATF gun-trafficking program raised no objection when briefed last year

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Jerry Markon, Sari Horwitz - Jun. 22 (News Report) - A chief Republican critic of a controversial U.S. anti-gun-trafficking operation was briefed on ATF’s “Fast and Furious” program last year and did not express any opposition, sources familiar with the classified briefing said Tuesday.

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La Familia drug cartel defeated, says Mexico

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:27:54 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Sara Miller Llana - Jun. 22 (News) - La Familia leader, Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, has been arrested and Mexican authorities contend that the group's reign in the state of Michoacán has come to an end.

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New Report: U.S. Encouraged Gun Sales to Drug Cartels, 70% of Seized Mexico Guns Are From U.S.

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Jun. 15 (News Report) - Some 70 percent of guns seized in Mexico from 2009 to 2010 came from the United States, according to a new report from three U.S. senators. The report finds Mexican drug cartels are arming themselves with U.S. military-style weapons and urges a strengthening of U.S. regulations to stem the flow of guns to Mexico. It comes as lawmakers are holding hearings into a once-secret government plan to encourage U.S. gun shops to sell thousands of guns to middlemen for Mexican drug cartels. The operation, called "Fast and Furious," focused on using middlemen to gain access to senior-level figures within Mexico’s criminal organizations.

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Mexican Peace Caravan Arrives in U.S. to Call for End to Deadly Drug War Policy

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Jun. 15 (News Report) - A caravan of Mexican anti-violence protesters arrived in the United States over the weekend calling for a massive shift in U.S. drug policy. Mexican poet, Javier Sicilia, led the Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity following the brutal murder of his 24-year-old son by drug traffickers earlier this year. The caravan's demands include an end to the Merida Initiative, in which the United States provides training and support for the Mexican army in its "war on drugs." We speak to Laura Carlsen, director of the Americas Policy Program of the Center for International Policy, and play an excerpt from her interview with Sicilia as she traveled with him to document the caravan’s journey.

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American Banks 'High' On Drug Money

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Clarence Walker - Jun. 12 (Investigative Report) - A fraud investigator helped expose the shocking world of multi-billion dollar drug laundering by American banks and the surprising lack of oversight by the Feds. Martin Woods, an Englishman in his mid-40s, is blessed with a Sherlock Holmes instinct and demeanor. Woods is an expert at sniffing out "dirty" money passing through International Banking Systems. A police officer for 18 years and later a detective with London Metro Police Agency, Woods capitalized on his unique expertise as a fraud expert by joining Wachovia's London-based Bank in March 2005 as an anti-money laundering officer. It wasn't long after taking the job that he discovered that his own employer, one of America's leading banks, was a major player in aiding the "bloodthirsty" Mexico drug cartels to launder billions of dollars in drug money through Wachovia banks. Woods traced and identified a "number of suspicious transactions" related to Mexico-based Casa de Cambios (CDC).

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Global war on drugs has 'failed'

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Jun. 02 (News) - The global war on drugs has "failed" and legalisation would be a better option, according to a new report by group of politicians and former world leaders.

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28 dead, 700 flee as gang battles hit west Mexico

Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Gustavo Ruiz - May. 26 (News) - the Norway-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre... estimates about 230,000 people in Mexico have been driven from their homes, often to stay with relatives or in the United States

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"A War on Civilians": Mexico’s Drug War Draws Protests as Grueling Death Toll Grows

Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman, Molly Molloy - May. 11 (Interview) - A march against the U.S.-backed war on drugs drew 20,000 people into the streets of Mexico City on Sunday, calling attention to the country's gruesome drug war-related violence that has claimed more than 38,000 lives since Mexican President Felipe Calderón launched the campaign against drug traffickers and cartels in 2006. Congress has appropriated $1.5 billion for Mexico’s drug war since 2008. The march began in the central Mexican state of Morelos, led by the Mexican poet Javier Sicilia, whose 24-year-old son was killed by gunmen earlier this year. We speak with Molly Molloy, an expert on the drug war and U.S.-Mexican border issues, and co-editor of the new book, "El Sicario: The Autobiography of a Mexican Assassin." "I believe it’s a war on the Mexican people, carried out by the Mexican government," Molloy says.

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Obama says border patrol has doubled the number of agents since 2004

Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

PolitiFact - May. 10 (Fact Check) - In a speech on immigration reform in El Paso, Texas, President Barack Obama boasted about an unprecedented number of border security agents along the U.S. border with Mexico, but he said critics probably still won't be satisfied. "Under Secretary Napolitano’s leadership, we have strengthened border security beyond what many believed was possible," Obama said in his May 10, 2011, speech. "They wanted more agents on the border. Well, we now have more boots on the ground on the southwest border than at any time in our history. The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents –- more than twice as many as there were in 2004, a buildup that began under President Bush and that we have continued." Obama said that commitment is beyond what was requested by some Republicans "who said they supported broader reform as long as we got serious about enforcement." "I suspect there will be those who will try to move the goal posts one more time," Obama said. "They’ll say we need to triple the border patrol. Or quadruple the border patrol."

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UC honor student faces deportation

Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Cincinnati Enquirer - By Mark Curnutte - May. 01 (News Report) - A University of Cincinnati student, described by an administrator as having once-in-a-decade talent in information technology, faces a May 20 hearing in immigration court in Buffalo, N.Y., that could lead to his deportation.

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How a Big US Bank Laundered Billions From Mexico's Murderous Drug Gangs

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - By Ed Vulliamy - Apr. 03 (Investigative Report) - As the violence spread, billions of dollars of cartel cash began to seep into the global financial system. But a special investigation by the Observer reveals how the increasingly frantic warnings of one London whistleblower were ignored

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How a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico's murderous drug gangs - The Guardian

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Ed Vulliamy - Apr. 03 (Investigative Report) - How a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico's murderous drug gangs The Guardian His speciality, he explains, was his application of a " know your client", or KYC, policing strategy to identifying dirty money. "KYC is a fundamental approach to anti-money laundering, going after tax evasion or counter-terrorist financing. ... ...

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Mass 'scareware' attack hits 1.5M websites, still spreading -

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

USA Today - By Michael Winter - Apr. 02 (Special Report) - A massive attack that's trying to scare computer users into visiting a bogus antivirus site has infected more than 1.5 million websites and continues to spread, according to an Internet security firm. Several pages on Apple's iTunes store have been infected. The so-called LizaMoon "SQL injection attack" began Tuesday and is being tracked by Websense. Such attacks redirect users by exploiting programming errors and poorly written code and scripts. eWeek says the attack is "out of control ... with no end in sight." Nearly half the compromised sites are in the United States. Other affected countries include United Kingdom, Kuwait, India, Australia, Turkey, Brazil, Israel, Mexico, Taiwan and Chile.

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Border agents unwittingly freed suspects near border with weapons from federal sting

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Center for Public Integrity - By John Solomon, David Heath, Ricardo Sandoval Palos - Mar. 24 (Investigative Report) - The episode — confirmed by the Center for Public Integrity through interviews, internal agency memos and court records — highlights major gaps in the U.S. war on Mexican gun and drug cartels: America’s frontline agencies aren’t always coordinated fully and often feel powerless to arrest suspected gun runners in the absence of tougher federal laws.

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U.S. Drones Fight Mexican Drug Trade

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Ginger Thompson, Mark Mazzetti - Mar. 16 (News Report) - Stepping up its involvement in Mexico’s drug war, the Obama administration has begun sending drones deep into Mexican territory to gather intelligence that helps locate major traffickers and follow their networks, according to American and Mexican officials.

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In Juarez, women just disappear

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - By Chris Arsenault - Mar. 10 (Special Report) - The story of young women who simply disappear is all too common in this border city, but in the last two years, gendered violence has been drawn into the broader blood pool in Mexico’s murder capital. A grisly drug war has claimed at least 7,800 lives in the city since 2008. But femicides, or targeted attacks on women represent something different from the killings affecting all residents, activists say.

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Bishop Samuel Ruiz García, Defender of Mexico’s Mayans, Dies at 86

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Julia Preston - Jan. 27 (News) - During his 40 years presiding over a Roman Catholic diocese in Chiapas, Bishop Ruiz cast light on abuses suffered by the Indians and sought to bring them into the church as equals with other Mexicans.

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Cross-Border Trucking Program Could Begin Again

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

texastribune.org - By Julian Aguilar - Jan. 26 (News Report) - A proposal by the Obama administration that would grant Mexican truckers greater access to Texas roadways — and far beyond — would be a boon to businesses in the state, supporters say. But unions, the Teamsters in particular, say the plan would cost American jobs.

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Mexico police: 7 slain at soccer game

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - Jan. 25 (Breaking News) - (CNN) -- A group of heavily armed gunmen opened fire at a soccer match between two local teams in western Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, killing seven people and wounding two others, according to a municipal

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Videotaped killing of grieving Mexican mother stirs a nation

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

McClatchy - By Tim Johnson - Dec. 18 (News Report) - A mother campaigning to bring the confessed killer of her 16-year-old daughter to justice was herself gunned down Thursday night in view of a closed circuit television camera, leaving images that shocked Mexicans over the impunity of the killers.

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