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As Feds Slow Deportations, Arpaio Continues Ariz. Raids
By Valeria Fernandez, New America Media PHOENIX – Miguel Venegas was certain he was being driven to the border for eventual deportation. But instead, federal immigration authorities let him off at […]
CA TV News Links UFW Flag with Gang Activity
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Taquista Benito Juarez alerted us to this story this morning. San Francisco television station KRON aired a report about an escalation in gang violence in East […]
Peña Nieto’s New Approach to the Cartels
By Scott Stewart, Stratfor Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s approach to combating Mexican drug cartels has been a much-discussed topic since well before he was elected. Indeed, in June 2011 […]
Legal Marijuana and the Mexican Drug Cartels
By Phillippe Diederich, Voxxi Now that Marijuana is supposed to turn legal in both Washington State and Colorado, it will be interesting to see how supply and demand, violence, arrests and […]
The Skeletons in Calderon’s Closet
By Kent Paterson, New America Media/Frontera NorteSur As outgoing Mexican president Felipe Calderon prepares to enter the Ivory Tower of Harvard, skeletons are rattling the walls of Mexico during the […]
How an Accused Guatemalan War Criminal Won U.S., Canadian Citizenship
By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica In May 1985, a Guatemalan Army lieutenant named Jorge Vinicio Sosa Orantes deserted, flew to San Francisco and requested political asylum, asserting that leftist guerrillas in his war-torn […]
Battling Flu In Mid July, Joe Arpaio Takes The Stand In Civil Rights Case
By Rebeldes, Latino Rebels In Phoenix, America’s Self-Proclaimed Greatest Sheriff, 80-year-old Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, took the stand in a racial profiling federal case against his sheriff’s office. According to […]
Our Press Freedom Is Under Fire
By William A. Collins, Other Words Yes, the truth Will set us free; But it’s not found On NBC. Freedom of the press, that inspired rallying cry of our democracy, […]
More Female Narcos Stepping Up To Management Roles
By Kalyn Belsha, Voxxi Women’s participation in Mexico’s drug trade is nothing new — in fact their involvement can betraced back to the 1930s. But now, female narcos are stepping up to management […]
Obama DHS Stripping Citizenship From Hundreds Of Latinos
By Bob Quasius, Cafe con Leche Republicans Marshall, MN – National pro-immigrant group Cafe Con Leche Republicans today blasted the Obama administration for stripping U.S. Citizens of their citizenship under […]