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Close call for Calgarian in Mexican Shooting

Mazatlan’s State Attorney has appointed a special prosecutor to the case.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - Calgarian Yves Guay, 52, who has traveled to Mexico by RV with his wife Sharon for the last six years was shot during a scuffle at their RV in the evening of March 4th, when two men tried to force their way in. They were staying at the Las Jaibas Trailer Park in Mazatlan.

He was shot in the upper right leg and the bullet just missed the main artery. He is expected to be released from the hospital over the weekend. He and his wife will fly back to Calgary, and a relative will drive the RV.

U.S.-Mexico Drug Summit Fails to Acknowledge Obvious Solution to Violent Drug Cartels

Ending Marijuana Prohibition Would Deal Crucial Blow to Mexican Drug Cartels, Drastically Reduce Border Violence.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, high-ranking officials from the United States and Mexico concluded a three-day conference meant to outline ways the two nations could reduce the illicit drug trade-associated violence that continues to plague the U.S.-Mexican border.

Unfortunately, officials concluded their talks without making any reference to the most sensible and guaranteed strategy for reducing that violence...

The Mexico We Have Found

"Aren't you afraid to live down in Mexico ?...Do you really think it is safe?"

(SAN BLAS, Mexico) - My wife Glenda and I live in the coastal town of San Blas in the state of Nayarit, Mexico about 1000 miles from the US border.

Radio Station Director Murdered in Mexico`s Jalisco State

The western hemisphere country where journalists are most in danger, Mexico was ranked 137th out of 175 countries in the 2009 Reporters Without Borders press freedom index.

(MEXICO CITY RFA) - The body of José Galindo Robles, the head of Radio Universidad de Guadalajara, was discovered at his home in Guadalajara, in the western state of Jalisco, on 24 November, after it was noticed that several days had gone by with no word from him. His body was found wrapped in a blanket and with the hands tied with cable.

The prosecutor’s office said the cause of death was a “deep contusion and fracture to the skull.”

Sweet Rides And Nothing `Green` About Them!

The beauty of these cars is one thing, but what they really offer us is a trip into a past long vanished; they are more like time machines than anything else.

(MEXICO CITY) - Vintage car buffs may not readily associate the sprawling megapolis of Mexico City with a haven for works of vehicular art from a bygone era.

California Edges Closer to Legalizing and Taxing Marijuana (VIDEO)

This proposal would regulate marijuana like alcohol. People who are over 21 years old would be allowed to grow, buy, sell and possess cannabis.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - California appears to be strongly courting the notion of legal marijuana. Advocates say it is about time, and that list includes State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano.

Mexican Healthcare now for American Citizens

Satori World Medical Signs Agreement with Cross-Border Health Plan SIMNSA to Provide U.S. Workforce with High-Quality Health Care in Mexico

(SAN DIEGO) - Satori World Medical, a global health care company in the emerging medical tourism industry, announced that it signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) with Sistemas Medicos Nacionales, S.A. de C.V. (SIMNSA), a comprehensive health care service plan that provides quality and affordable health care options for the growing, cross-border U.S. workforce.

The agreement calls for the companies to collaborate on marketing opportunities with the intent to participate in each other’s networks and products. SIMNSA is the first Health Plan to collaborate with Satori World Medical since the company’s launch of its innovative payer-supported, employer-sponsored and consumer-choice global health care network in January 2009.

The Lurid Artistry of the Mexican Lobby Card

A story about movie lobby cards and the joy of collecting them, particularly in Mexico City - where they are, as a rule, cheap as chips.

(MEXICO CITY) - Mention the name "Sean Flynn" to any savvy tween and the recognition is instant: "He stars in Zoey 101." Indeed, the teenage actor, grandson of Australian-born screen legend Errol Flynn, is more than recognizable to legions of young Nickelodeon viewers.

However history buffs, especially those cognizant with the Vietnam War, might associate the name with Errol's son, an enigmatic combat photographer who vanished in Cambodia in 1970 along with fellow journalist Dana Stone - presumably captured by communist guerillas. He was 28 at the time. Flynn was believed to have died a year later; he was declared legally dead in 1984.

New Anti-Drug Plan Doomed to Failure, Reformers Charge

Failure to Consider Fundamental Reforms Guarantees Cartels Will Continue to Dominate Marijuana Trade.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The new anti-drug initiative for the Southwestern border announced today by the Obama administration is doomed to failure because it simply dresses up failed policies in new clothing, the Marijuana Policy Project charged today.

"The new plan simply calls for rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic," said MPP director of government relations Aaron Houston. "The plan ignores the central problem, which is that our policy of marijuana prohibition has handed the Mexican cartels a massive market that keeps them rolling in cash, not just in Mexico, but according to the Department of Justice, in 230 American cities."

More Videotape Released in Alleged Border Patrol Checkpoint Beating of Preacher

This is a follow up to an earlier report about an incident in mid-April involving Border Patrol agents and police officers from the Arizona Dept. of Public Safety.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A Baptist minister from the Phoenix, Arizona area, received numerous injuries from police during a dramatic incident April 14th, that was an apparent result of his refusal to submit to what he considered to be, a violation of his Fourth Amendment Right to Privacy.

It wouldn't be a stretch to say that Steven Anderson is an American Civil Rights crusader.