Brisenia Flores Murderer Given 65 Years In Addition to Death Penalty

Brisenia Flores Murderer Given 65 Years In Addition to Death Penalty

NewsTaco April 27, 2011

I’m not sure how this works in the practical world, but in the halls of justice (and even symbolism) it’s a big deal. Shawna Ford, 49, who was sentenced to […]

Cholos, Gangs Are Serious Business

Mary Mata April 26, 2011

So, gang members are really concerned about their economic prosperity, more so than beating up rivals — at least that’s what this Funny Or Die video shows us. And, in […]

Obama Admin Deports Domestic Violence Victims, Non-Criminals

Mary Mata

So, this shouldn’t be news to you, but here it is: the Obama Administration’s Secure Communities didn’t just target the “criminals” supposedly meant to be deported through the program, but […]

Latinos In The U.S. Search For Loved Ones In Mexican Mass Grave

Mary Mata April 21, 2011

We wrote previously about the mass grave discovered recently in Northern Mexico, but what one reporter from the Fronteras: Changing America Desk News found was that people in the United States who […]

The Faces of the Anti-Latino Rants in Arizona

NewsTaco April 20, 2011

Have you got about 6 minutes or so? The Tucson Citizen posted a video produced by filmmaker Dennis Gilman that captures the rawness of the anti-immigrant movement in Arizona. It’s titled “Beyond 1070: The […]

New Jersey Man Goes To Jail For Threats To Latinos

Mary Mata April 19, 2011

A New Jersey man who sent threatening emails to Latino organizations from anonymous email accounts received a sentence of 50 months in prison and a fine of $10,000. We wrote […]

Hundreds Of Bodies Found In Mexican Mass Grave

Mary Mata April 18, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following story published on April 13, last week, details the discovery of a mass grave in Tamaulipas, México. Since, about 145 bodies have been found and about […]

Is The Texas Legislature Self-Destructive?

Mary Mata

By Henry Flores, Ph.D. You know I generally just study elections, concluding something about the electorate, how the campaign was run, why voters voted the way they did, the relation […]

Latina Politician Fights Human Trafficking

Mary Mata April 14, 2011

By Texas State Sen. Leticia Van De Putte Human Trafficking is the second largest criminal industry in the world. I’m sure that fact, from the Polaris Project, is surprising to many of […]

Wachovia Complicit In Laundering Mexican Drug Money

Mary Mata April 8, 2011

The Guardian in the United Kingdom wrote an extensive piece uncovering that Wachovia Bank, now a part of Wells Fargo, helped drug cartels in Mexico launder beaucoup bucks in order […]