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Environment News: Mass Slaughter of Marine Mammals Considered

Controversies over sea lion populations have erupted at different places along the Baja California Peninsula in recent years.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Arguably, it hasn’t been the easiest time for sea lions on the Pacific Coast of the United States and Mexico. In Washington state’s Puget Sound, several animals have been shot to death in recent months.

Last winter, the large sea lion population that usually dazzles tourists at San Francisco’s famed Pier 39 suddenly high-tailed it out the bay, only to gradually return in reduced numbers months later.

Baja California News: Outcry Follows Migrant`s Death

The death is currently under investigation by the San Diego Police Department’s homicide unit.

(SAN YSIDRO, Calif.) - A Mexican national who died after a confrontation with US border agents has become the latest symbol of the crisis surrounding US-Mexico relations and migrant affairs.

Anastasio Hernandez Rojas died in a California hospital May 31, following a violent encounter with US Customs and Border Protection and Border Patrol agents at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.

Commerce News: Migrant Remittances Down, Up

Long-term trends favor migrant remittances as Mexico’s principal source of foreign exchange in the future.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - In the first trimester of 2010, the amount of dollars sent by migrant workers in the US to Mexico registered the worst seasonal plunge in five years, the Bank of Mexico reported this week.

According to the country’s central bank, about $6.6 billion in remittances entered the country’s economy during the first four months of 2010. The sum was nearly 9 percent less than the $7.25 billion received during the same period in 2009.

Northgate Park Homicide and Stabbing Suspects Apprehended In Mexico

"These arrests show that you cannot run from justice" - Arthur Balizan, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Oregon

(SALEM, Ore.) - Salem Police report that two brothers, both fugitives from the law on major investigations, have been apprehended in Mexico.

Police say Lorenzo Garcia-Ceja and his brother, Manuel Salvador Garcia-Ceja, were apprehended in Zamora, Mexico on the morning of June 3rd.

20 to 25 Corpses, Many With Bound Hands and Feet, Found in Abandoned Mexican Silver Mine

Recovering the victims has proven both difficult and dangerous.

(TAXCO / SALEM) - daily updates on other international matters except Mexico are on the wire daily. Just received report that others around Juarez are Zeta targets for next weekend...(June 5th 10) estimated that seventy or more will be executed in the valley by Los Zetas to show they are a major force in Mexico..... The mainstream media has received this alert but plan not to cover the warning only if it happens and that coverage will be limited. I have to ask.., why?

Colonias to Get Centennial Boost

Bordering Mexico, Dona Ana County hosts 37 federally-designated colonias with a combined population of about 100,000 people.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - New Mexico state Senator Mary Kay Papen has taken many a memorable truck ride on the bumpy roads of the numerous communities in her district called colonias. The Dona Ana County lawmaker says she even once donned work boots to wade through a street where sewage was spilling onto the surface.

“Very deplorable conditions,” Papen recalls.

Clean Water Now In The Gulf? I Don`t Think So!

“Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated” - George Santayana

(LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.) - It doesn’t feel good or make me righteous to say “I told you so” when the results in the Gulf oil catastrophe are so devastating.

The predictive modeling and forecasts in recent technical updates are now beyond the dire warnings of those of us who gasped at it initially anyway. I’m no longer angry, that’s in my rear view mirror-----Just color me stunned.

Ciudad Juarez News: From Bullets to Books

“Let it be understood that only the people can save the people and that’s why they are organizing” -Ciudad Juarez actress Perla de la Rosa

(CIUDAD, Juarez) - A group of Mexican actresses traveled to embattled Ciudad Juarez this week to show solidarity with victims of violence and contribute to the construction of a new community library.

The three women, Luisa Huertas, Julieta Egurrola and Angelina Pelaez, are recognized stage artists and members of Mexico’s National Theater Company.

A Critical Resistance Boycott: Arizona and the Big Picture

The theft of a continent is not a closed chapter in human history (Nor has it become legal simply because of the passage of time).

(PHOENIX, Az.) - The first rule of any boycott is to keep your eyes on the prize; translated, this means never lose sight of the problem, the objectives, the solutions and the bigger picture.

Arizona is speeding towards an apartheid state. Some of this rush has to do with repressive laws (including the legalization of racial profiling and the elimination of ethnic studies) passed by the Republican-dominated legislature and recently signed by the governor.

Human Rights News: Mexico`s Other Disappeared

In the aftermath of a mass disappearance of migrants, several governors are asked to aid in the search.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - A Mexican lawmaker is demanding that government authorities pay more attention to a case of 31 missing migrants.

Juan Fernando Rocha Mier, a state legislator for the National Action Party (PAN) in the central state of Queretaro, said the same “emphasis” should be placed on locating the disappeared migrants as on safely returning former presidential candidate and millionaire lawyer Diego Fernandez de Cevallos.