Mexican Beauty Queen Killed in Narco Shootout
Mexican Beauty Queen Killed in Narco Shootout
By Hispanically Speaking News Investigators are trying to determine whether model and beauty queen Maria Susana Flores, who died in a shootout with the Mexican army over the weekend, was […]
One Latino Implicated in al-Qaeda Terrorist Plot
By Hispanically Speaking News Miguel Alejandro Santana Vidriales, 21, of Ontario and born in Mexico is one of four young men from Southern California that have been apprehended for planning a terrorist […]
Hector Camacho Brain Dead: Unlikely To Recover
By Huffington Post Latino Voices Former world champion boxer Hector “Macho” Camacho has fallen into a coma and may be diagnosed as brain dead, Puerto Rican media reported Wednesday. Rafael Rodríguez […]
Texas DPS’ Snipers Part of Agency’s Militarization Problem
By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer Since a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter sniper fatally shot two Guatemalan men and critically injured another last week during a high speed pursuit, the Hidalgo […]
Does Texas Agent’s Excuse for Killing Immigrants Make Sense?
By Christopher Sherman, Huffington Post Latino Voices McALLEN, Texas — Texas law enforcement agents were close enough to a pickup truck to see it was carrying people, not drugs, before […]
Texas DPS Helicopter Sniper Kills Two Men on Border Highway
By Melissa Del Bosque, Texas Observer First the armored boats with machine guns on the Rio Grande now helicopter snipers. Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, seems bent […]
Violence Spurs Central American Children to Migrate to U.S.
By Melissa Del Bosque, Texas Observer In January 2012, the number of unaccompanied Central American children crossing into the United States suddenly doubled. As months passed, the number of children apprehended […]
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 […]
Caravan for Peace Honors Drug War Victims with Grace, Love, & Dignity
By Latino Rebels Dear Average American Who Has No Clue: As the summer wound down and you were distracted with tales of staged conventions, private fundraising videos, Honey Boo Boos, […]
Daily NewsTaco
Wednesday October 10, 2012 By Victor Landa, Newstaco Survey: Latinos On Food, Sex and Money (NBC Latino): Three words that’ll get me to read a poll any day. Would you […]
