At least 8 dead across Mexico in drug killings (AP via Yahoo! News)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:13:03 GMT
Gunmen burst into a wake in the border city of Ciudad Juarez on Thursday and opened fire, killing 5 young men and wounding five others, including a 10-year-old girl.
Ex-El Paso man slain in NM is praised as educator (El Paso Times)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:27:00 GMT
EL PASO -- A University of New Mexico professor, who grew up in El Paso and was killed in Albuquerque this week, was a mellow person who had the ability to negotiate with anybody, his sister said Wednesday.
Beached pot smugglers had run out of gas, court documents say (Ventura County Star)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:20:00 GMT
Four men arrested after authorities found them and more than a ton of packaged marijuana on Santa Rosa Island got stranded there when their boat ran out of gas during a smuggling run from Ensenada, Mexico , to Santa Barbara County, according to documents filed in federal court.Jesus Efrain-Armenia, Francisco Javier Gracia-Esquivel, Jose Antonio Rodriguez-Lopez and Fidel Sanchez-Zavala are ...
Smugglers found stranded on Santa Rosa Island (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:52:53 GMT
A drug-smuggling vessel spotted 46 miles off the coast of San Diego County by a U.S. Navy helicopter last week wound up out of fuel and shipwrecked on the coast of one of the Channel Islands off Santa Barbara.
The hidden victims of Mexico's femicide (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:05:59 GMT
When Rubi Hernandez realised her 14-year-old daughter Iris was missing, she did not wait the mandatory 72 hours before going to the police.
Murdered couple ID'd as educators (KRQE & KASA FOX 2 Albuquerque)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:40:35 GMT
Police have identified the two people found murdered in a southeast Albuquerque home as a Bernalillo High School teacher and University of New Mexico professor who had been dating.
31 women on list of drug smugglers sought by DEA and FBI in U.S. (El Paso Times)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:12:11 GMT
EL PASO -- Thirty-one female drug smugglers are among the fugitives being sought by the DEA and FBI in U.S. border states. They are among 385 people in border regions wanted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Kidnapped, smuggled and worse (Los Angeles Times)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:56:11 GMT
A Mexican mother wanted only a better life for her daughter, 4, but the trip north took a terrible turn. The smuggler threatened to kill 4-year-old Nayli if he didn't receive $11,500 from her parents -- immediately.
Detectives Scrutinize Video Possibly Showing Missing Family Crossing Into Mexico (KPBS San Diego)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:42:46 GMT
A surveillance camera captured footage of a man, woman and two children resembling a missing Fallbrook family as they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border into Tijuana on foot last month, around the time they dropped out of contact with family, friends and business associates, a sheriff's investigator said today.
Partygoers Warned To 'Steer Clear Of Mexico' (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:50:55 GMT
American students planning a spring break in the sun are being warned to stay away from certain parts of Mexico because of a surge in drug-related violence.
