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Election Season Opens in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua

In hindsight, bloody riots that rocked the Ciudad Juarez prison during Murguia’s term as mayor, functioned as dress rehearsals for the all-out war that erupted between the Juarez and Sinaloa drug cartels.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Ongoing violence coupled with tight budgets might have prompted authorities to cancel this year’s spring fair in Ciudad Juarez, but the state and local elections will go on as scheduled.

Arizona Sheriff Calls New Law a `Nightmare`

Estrada opposes Arizona's new "Papers, please" law, calling instead for a more realistic, compassionate response.

(WASHINGTON D.C. MSNBC) - In 2005, John McCain sponsored comprehensive immigration reform that would have offered a path toward citizenship for illegal residents.

"No wall, no barrier, no sensor, no barbed wire will ever stop people from trying to do what is a basic yearning of human beings all over the world, and that is to have better lives for themselves and their families," the Republican senator from Arizona said.

Gulf Oil Disaster - Time to Demand Solutions and Cleaner Energy Policy

Gulf Oil Disaster – Time to Demand Solutions and Cleaner Energy Policy.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Thursday, May 20, will mark one month since BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 workers.

It sank two days later in a mile of water in the Gulf of Mexico. Since then, more than 6 million gallons of crude oil - probably much more - have gushed into the ocean.

Former Mexico Presidential Candidate is `Missing`

A former presidential candidate in Mexico has gone missing under suspicious circumstances, prosecutors have said.

(MEXICO CITY) - The car of Diego Fernandez de Cevallos was found abandoned near his ranch in the central state of Queretaro amid "signs of violence", they added.

Local media have been giving conflicting reports of his fate.

Immigration/Human Rights News: The Arizona Prairie Fire Spreads

“It’s dead” -Mexican merchant in Nogales

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Like the blazing sparks of a wild prairie fire, the political conflagration set off by Arizona's Senate Bill requiring police to demand identification and arrest anyone suspected of being in the state without proper immigration documents is burning.

First Good News Emerges from BP`s Gulf Oil Spill

A siphon has successfully been repaired, CNN reports.

(VENICE, Louisiana) - The first good news to come out of the BP oil spill was reported by CNN today: the tube end has been reinserted successfully into the damaged oil pipe that lies almost a mile under water, below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.

According to CNN, this means that a portion of the leaking oil is now being pulled to the surface, where it is being captured by a drill ship.

Gulf Oil Spill: Ties to Cheney and Acoustic Switch Not Installed

Ground work for Gulf disaster was established with a permissive tone with oil industry set in secret meetings in 2001. An acoustic switch to automatically shut down oil wells was reversed by Federal agency in 2003 may be a major factor in blowup.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - In secret meetings with the oil company officials in 2001, incoming Vice President Cheney set the foundation for a permissive, welcome mat with the oil industry.

Boycott Over Immigration Threatens Economy, Jobs:
Welcome to Arizona, Amigo

What do Arizona's Real Estate Agents Think? Arizona, Get Ready to Take it in the Shorts!

(LOS ANGELES) - "Tear Down the Wall" is the chant being heard by increasing numbers of Americans, as the U.S./Mexico border comes increasingly into view as a modern day Berlin Wall.

But nothing, absolutely nothing, has stirred emotions like Arizona's new criminal profiling law.

Barbie`s Bad Break-up: The Fight for Mexico`s Heartland

Violence threatens more than just Mexico's north.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - From the bustling, smoggy innards of Mexico City, the cities of Cuernavaca, Morelos, and Acapulco, Guerrero, long loomed as tranquil getaways for the harried residents of the Mexican capital.

For the rich, weekend homes and estates in and around Cuernavaca and on the beaches of Acapulco stood as status symbols of class privilege, economic might and political power.

A Day in the Life of an Illegal Alien

This essay is about an average day here for an illegal resident and worker.

(RESTRICTED) - First I would like to say that I tried to come here legally. I filed the visa/passport application with the US State Dept and paid my 1250 peso ($100 US) application fee. I was turned down and did not get that fee back.

I try to do things correctly, but really wanted to come here...so I did. I am an illegal alien, working illegally and getting numerous benefits... health care, assistance with my electric bill and while I am not on food stamps, I get a lot of free food from various sources.