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Salem-News.com (Jul-28-2019 01:34)

Remembering Sculptor Gabriel Ponzanelli, Friend and Mentor

The most recognized and famous Mexican sculptor of the twentieth century has passed.

(COZUMEL, Mexico) - Gabriel Ponzanelli Gabriel Ponzanelli, regarded as one of the world’s greatest sculptors, passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Gabriel was a close personal friend for almost 50 years. We first met in Buffalo NY when I was working for the Voice of the Alchemist arts magazine in 1970.

Throughout his life, Gabriel created hundreds of sculptures in numerous cities in Mexico, the US and around the planet.

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Salem-News.com (Jul-19-2019 23:41)

Oregon Congressmen to US-Mexico Border with Delegation of Senators

Senator Merkley's first trip to McAllen, Texas 13 months ago pushed the issue of family separation to the top of the national debate.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Sen. Merkley Merkley helped lead the Senate Democrats’ on-the-ground mission to investigate the Trump policies that have created overcrowding and suffering, as Senate Democrats responded to the latest Trump administration crisis at the border.

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Salem-News.com (Aug-13-2018 01:42)

Radical Acts: The Art of Cheech Marin

Marin's personal collection of Chicano Art documents the cultural perspective of many Mexican-Americans.

(SOLANA BEACH, Calif.) - Cheech Marin The thing for a comedy team to be successful, what people don’t realize, is that it involves a great deal of compromise. -Cheech Marin

Creativity is a demanding lover and a loving task master. When Cheech Marin realigned his acting career following a string of successes with films home grown from comedy sketches about dope, among them the career making Cheech and Chong debut, “Up in Smoke,” he stepped away from the relationships and financial successes and into unknown territory.

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Salem-News.com (Jun-29-2014 11:40)

Netherlands Late Rally Stuns Mexico

Dutch delight at late turnaround.

(FORTALEZA, Brazil) - Netherlands Mexico World Cup Two goals in the final few minutes put the Netherlands through to the quarter-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil with a 2-1 victory over heartbroken Mexico in Fortaleza.

The team from CONCACAF were just two minutes from the last eight until Wesley Sneijder’s superb half-volley and a Klaas-Jan Huntelaar penalty put the Europeans through.

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Salem-News.com (Jun-27-2014 14:35)

Mexico Apologizes for Firing on U.S. Boarder Patrol Agents

The shots were fired at a Border Patrol vehicle.

(PHOENIX, Ariz. ) - Border Patrol Agents U.S. authorities are investigating after two shots were fired from a Mexican law enforcement helicopter when it crossed the border into Arizona, although no injuries or damage to U.S. property were reported, the U.S. Border Patrol said on Friday.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement the incident took place early on Thursday at the Tohono O'odham Indian Nation reservation in southern Arizona.

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Salem-News.com (Jun-23-2014 16:55)

Mexico Beats Croatia; Meet Netherlands Next

Croatia, despite producing some fine soccer in Brazil, head for home after just three matches.

(RECIFE, Brazil ) - Mexico Soccer Mexico booked their place in the knockout stages of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil with a 3-1 win over Croatia in their third and final Group A game in Recife.

Rafael Marquez, Andres Guardado and Javier Hernandez provided the goals and El Tri will now meet the Netherlands in the Round of 16, while the Croats head for home.

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Salem-News.com (Apr-10-2014 12:47)

High-Level Sinaloa Cartel Member`s Guilty Plea Unsealed; Zambada-Niebla`s Cooperation with U.S. Revealed

Zambada-Niebla remains in U.S. custody and no sentencing date has been set.

(CHICAGO) - Vicente Zambada Niebla A high-level member of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico pleaded guilty a year ago to participating in a vast narcotics trafficking conspiracy and is cooperating with the United States, federal law enforcement officials announced.

A written plea agreement with the defendant, Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla, was made public today in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

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Salem-News.com (Apr-06-2014 15:10)

Mexico Armed

“What does the government expect people to do? Lower their little hands?” - Luciano Segura Jauregui of Armed Mexico

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Armed man in Mexico More Mexicans are acquiring arms to defend their families and property. According to a university researcher, the number of firearms legally possessed in Mexico increased 53 percent from 2009 to 2012, jumping from 2,033, 749 to 3,118, 592 guns.

Ernesto Villanueva, researcher for the National Autonomous University of Mexico’s Institute of Legal Research, based his findings on data from the Mexican Defense Ministry (Sedena), which is in charge of registering firearms.

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Salem-News.com (Apr-03-2014 12:37)

Northwest Families Reunited after Crossing the United States and Mexico Border

Those returning home include Sandra and her three year old son from Nevada; Elvira and her daughter Paola from Washington; and Maria, a grandmother from Oregon.

(PORTLAND) - Family deported to Mexico Today five undocumented people from Oregon, Washington and Nevada will all be home with their families because of a huge outpouring of community support throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Over the past week, they were released from detention after crossing the US-Mexico border earlier this month.

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Salem-News.com (Mar-24-2014 10:45)

U.S. Radiation Leak Concerns Mexicans

Mexican whistle-blower Bernardo Salas Mar, a former employee of the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant in Veracruz, said important bits of information need to be confirmed about the WIPP radiation release...

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Nuclear danger Serious problems at a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear waste dump in southeastern New Mexico have caught the eyes of the press and government officials in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

The current round of troubles began February 5 at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, New Mexico, when six workers were briefly hospitalized for smoke inhalation after a truck caught fire.

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