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Baja California News- Prisoners of the Grid

US authorities are reportedly investigating the precise reason for the problem at the San Diego Gas and Electric company substation that set-off the cross-border energy crisis.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - The September 8 blackout provoked by a failure at a private utility company substation in Yuma, Arizona, rolled across the border and affected more than 1.3 million people in northern Mexico, according to press accounts.

For more than ten hours, chaotic scenes unfolded in the states of Baja California and part of neighboring Sonora. Workplaces ground to a halt, classes were canceled, traffic lights stopped functioning and water service was interrupted.

Immigration Special Report: New Mexico Immigrant Fight Widens

Immigrants aren’t taking matters sitting down... instead they're mobilizing in different New Mexico communities,

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Defying the stormy skies of a late summer monsoon season, immigrants and their supporters had a message for New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez:

Imperialism: Bankers, Drug Wars and Genocide

On one side of the “war on drugs” are the major Wall Street banks; on the other side, the White House and its imperial military strategists and in the ‘middle’ are 90 million Mexicans and 40,000 murder victims and counting.

(NEW YORK) - In May 2011, Mexican investigators uncovered another mass clandestine grave with dozens of mutilated corpses; bringing the total number of victims to 40,000 killed since 2006 when the Calderon regime announced its “war on drug traffickers”

Backed by advisers, agents and arms, the White House has been the principal promotor of a ‘war’ that has totally decimated Mexico’s society and economy.

Mexico`s Casino Boom, Corruption and Violence

Corruption of politicians and judges has emerged as an issue connected to the gambling boom.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Although the Mexican Congress has balked repeatedly at approving Las Vegas-style gaming, casinos and other gaming establishments have nonetheless spread like wildfire across the country in recent years.

The Mexican newsweekly Proceso has reported that the number of gaming enterprises-legal and illegal-exploded from 123 in 2000 to at least 790 in 2011. An estimated 12,000 people work in the industry.

US-Trained Assassin Teams Now Deployed in Drug War

The failed US and Mexican government’s strategy of attacking the so-called "kingpins" of the narco-trafficking industry has given rise to a slate of splinter narco-trafficking groups that have stepped into the power vacuums.

(COLUMBIS, N.M.) - A small but growing proxy war is underway in Mexico pitting US-assisted assassin teams composed of elite Mexican special operations soldiers against the leadership of an emerging cadre of ruthless independent drug organizations.

Sources tell Narco News these US supported Mexican assassin teams are, under Pentagon command, helping to identify targets for the Mexican hit teams.

Special Report: Acapulco 1967-2011

Acapulco is close to the breaking point and could even lose the national tourism that has kept it going in recent years if current trends continue.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - In 1967, the Mexican resort of Acapulco was shining in all its splendor and glory. Showered in fame and fortune, Acapulco was the playground of Hollywood stars and a must-shoot for Mexican filmmakers.

Enjoying a reputation as a peaceful but party-filled destination, the Pacific port became the model for an international tourism industry that gave millions of gringos their lasting impressions of Mexico, its people and its culture.

Men in Charge of ATF Fast and Furious that Left U.S. Agent Dead - Promoted

Run a senseless program to arm cartels, get the wrong people killed, get a raise...

(SALEM, Ore.) - It's like someone asked the question... what could be worse than knowing your federal government would ship guns to criminals in Mexico?

Three of the ATF&E supervisors involved in the failed 'Fast and Furious' federally authorized gunrunning program that saw deadly firearms from U.S. states delivered to drug cartels in Mexico, and used to kill at least one U.S. Border Patrol agent and a prominent Mexican lawyer... have been promoted.

Security News: The Applebee`s Assassination

The gunmen who shot down Ruvalcaba were able to escape the crime scene with no problem.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - A former Mexican police chief once known for his polemical jousts with the media and other authorities has been murdered in violence-torn Chihuahua state.

Jose Refugio “Cuco” Ruvalcaba Plascencia was gunned down in broad daylight August 10 inside an Applebee’s restaurant in Chihuahua City.

`Fast and Furious` turns `Slow and Seditious`

The bizarre and tragic U.S. DOJ program has absolutely damaged relations with Mexico, where the president has been battling the cartels in a war in which tens of thousands have died.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Most readers by now are familiar with the firearms that were transported to Mexican drug cartels in an undercover ATF&E program over the last two years called "Fast and Furious".

A Border Patrol agent died a shootout with a killer who used one of the actual guns, a Mexican attorney was killed with one, and a second U.S. agent killed in a cartel shootout may have died from a bullet fired by one of the weapons.

Former DEA and CIA Operatives: Los Zetas May Attempt to Overthrow Mexican Government in 2012 (Using U.S. Government Weapons)

Translated by Mario Andrade, DeadlineLive.info.

(MEXICO CITY) - Los Zetas use the Alliance Airport in Ft. Worth, Texas -the same airport where the DEA’s Air Operations Center is located- to fly weapons to Columbus, NM., El Paso, and Laredo, TX.

These were later smuggled into Mexico. CIA analysts say U.S. Government weapons are being stockpiled throughout Mexico for a potential upcoming overthrow of the Mexican government in 2012.