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NIFI Comes to New Mexico

Examining a a contemporary movement to help immigrants become farmers in New Mexico.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Cecilia Tamez has worn many hats and lived lots of struggles. The resident of Radium Springs, New Mexico, once had a store in Las Cruces that sold custom-made dresses for traditional quinceaneras and weddings.

She’s run an independent trucking business, and battled cancer. But there is something that harkens Tamez back to the land.

The Ruins of Juarez

The world's most violent city, right next door to the U.S.A.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Approaching Ciudad Juarez from the south, passengers on a commercial bus got a hard look at the world’s most violent city.

Halted at a checkpoint outside the city limits, the bus was inspected by Mexican soldiers before being allowed to proceed.

Violence Threatens Border Elections

More violence over the weekend.

(CIUDAD, Juarez) - Upcoming state and local elections could become another casualty of the violence ravaging a rural region just south of Ciudad Juarez.

Less than three months before voters go to the polls to elect a new governor and other officials, no one has registered for the mayoral candidacies of the conservative National Action Party (PAN) in the municipalities of Praxedis G. Guerrero and Guadalupe Distrito Bravos.

Baja California Rocked by 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake

Dozens of aftershocks were also reported.

(MEXICALI) - A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Baja California, Mexico Sunday near the city of Mexicali. At least one person died.

The earthquake struck at 10:40 p.m. GMT at a depth of 20.1 miles (32.3 kilometers) and 16 miles (26 kilometers) south southwest of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California Norte, Mexico.

New Mexico`s Governor Orders National Guard to Patrol Mexican Border

The move follows the shooting death of an Arizona rancher.

(SANTA FE) - Governor Bill Richardson, after meeting with top law enforcement officials this morning, ordered the National Guard to patrol the border with Mexico and ensure the safety of New Mexico citizens.

Governor Richardson is also urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense to increase the federal law enforcement presence at the border and make that presence permanent.

Mexican Army Arrests Suspect in Murders of U.S. Consulate Officials

According to both U.S. and Mexican authorities, the suspect from the Barrio Azteca gang, works for the Juarez drug cartel.

(CIUDAD Juarez, Mexico) - Police in Mexico say soldiers have made an arrest in the recent murders of three people connected to the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juarez.

They arrested a ranking member in the Barrio Azteca gang. According to authorities, the Barrio Azteca gang works for the Juarez drug cartel.

All Hell is Breaking Loose in Mexico

"The Cartels now own Mexico and Juarez" - Cartel message from across the border, stating that El Paso Border Patrol, ICE, and local police were now targets, and that their wives and children were not safe in the US or Mexico... and to stay out of Mexico.

(JUAREZ / SALEM) - As American network news discusses tea parties, sex scandals and Britney Spears, all Hell is breaking loose on the U.S. border with Mexico.

In Juarez, the murder toll is rising on an equal footing with the fear and trepidation of a populace caught between the guns of police and drug soldiers with little disregard for collateral damage.

MPP Urges Discussion on Marijuana Prohibition at Secy. Clinton`s Summit in Mexico Today

Secretary of State Expected To Ignore Only Rational Solution.

(MEXICO CITY) - Today, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and several other high level U.S. officials are in Mexico City for a two-day conference that will focus on ways the United States and Mexico can “break the power” of drug-trafficking organizations.

The talks come just one week after the execution-style killing of three people, including two American citizens and their unborn baby, linked to a U.S. Consulate in Mexico.

Shooting Leaves Three U.S. Embassy Employees Dead in Mexico

These represent the latest deaths in the cartel drug wars, which Mexico is fighting with little success. Hungry demand for drugs in the United States, and laws that keep the various drugs illegal, literally fuel this violent tragic cycle of life and death in Mexico.

(CIUDAD JUAREZ / SALEM) - A shooting at the American embassy left two American citizens dead, as well as a Mexican national. All worked at the U.S. Consulate.

At Least One Journalist Missing in Wave of Violence in Tamaulipas State

Mexico is the western hemisphere’s deadliest country for the news media, with three journalists killed since the start of the year.

(TAMAULIPAS, Mexico) - Terrors reigns in the news media in Tamaulipas, a northeastern state that borders Texas, after more violent clashes between drug traffickers and after reports – not all confirmed – of a total of eight journalists being kidnapped or disappearing.