Latina Rape Victim, 11, In Dire Straits, Family Seeking Donations
Latina Rape Victim, 11, In Dire Straits, Family Seeking Donations
A sad, sad story from Texas that is being complicated on all sorts of ways. The basic story is this: Starting in September of last year, an 11 year-old girl […]
DNA Bill Aims To Aid Wrongly Convicted
By Dave Mann The hearing room was packed for yesterday’s Senate Committee on Criminal Justice hearing, and it wasn’t difficult to figure out why. The committee heard one of the […]
Quelino Ojeda Jimenez And The Cost Of No Immigration Reform
Okay, this is a really, really sad story that takes us to the extremes of why we all need immigration reform in this country from The Chicago Tribune. Thanks to […]
U.S. Guns Used In Mexico To Kill Border Patrolman
Guns purchased in Arizona and illegally smuggled into Mexico were among those used to kill a Border Patrol agent in that state in December. This information came as part of […]
New Mexico Gov Martinez Violates State Constitution
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez — the first Latina governor of the U.S. — is breaking environmental laws in that state to protect her rich oil and gas donors, according […]
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s First Year
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke at the University of Chicago Law School earlier this week about her first year on the court. As the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, […]
Two Silicon Valley Men Charged In Hate Crime
Two men in Sunnyvale, Calif. are being charged with a hate crime after they launched an unprovoked attack on a Latino man in a back in November 2010. The men […]
Men Riding Mule, Horse Arrested For DWI
Two men in Austin, Texas were arrested Friday after police there determined they were intoxicated while they rode their mule and horse down 6th Street. If you recall, 6th Street […]
Border Patrol Agent Arrested For Harboring His Undocumented Father
¡Hijole! This is the stuff telenovelas are made of! San Diego-area Border Patrol agent Marcos Gerardo Manzano Jr., 26, allowed his father — Marcos Gerardo Manzano Sr., 46, who had […]
Tom DeLay Created Latino Democratic Party In Texas
Tom DeLay was sentenced to three years in prison by a federal judge for his illegal fundraising activities this week. In one of his last posts for NewsTaco, Carlos Guerra […]