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(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Frontera NorteSur now has our 2012 publications available in an easy-to-use package. By simply going to FNS’ home page, readers can click on 2012 Roundup and then scroll down month-by-month for last year’s articles and radio documentaries.

Big Media Discovers US Special Ops are Targeting Mexican Crime Organizations

Unlike Wine, Old News Doesn’t Improve With Age

(LAS CRUCES Narco News) - Earlier this week, the Washington Post and a series of other mainstream media outlets breathlessly reported that the Pentagon has set up a US-based special operations center that is focused on helping the Mexican government track down “cartels.”

The real nut-graph of the Post story, however, is buried at the end of the article...

Women March for Lives

“We are dead in life. What more could we lose?” - Karla Castaneda, mother of missing 13-year-old girl

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Mothers are demanding answers about their murdered and disappeared daughters.

The 'Walk for Life' took place in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.

Lopez Obrador`s New Challenge

According to MORENA activists, the movement plans to distribute millions of copies of its newspaper across Mexico.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Undeterred by the official rejection of his legal challenge to the July 2012 election results, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador presses on with his opposition movement.

Like he was still on the campaign stump, the left opposition leader is touring Mexico and building up his new political party, the National Movement for the Regeneration of Mexico (MORENA), as the latest political force on the scene.

Mexican Diplomatic Continuity with NAFTA Partners

“Few problems are as complex in the relations with the U.S. as this one” - Eduardo Medina Mora as Mexico’s new ambassador to the United States

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - With little opposition, the Mexican Senate ratified this week the nomination of Eduardo Medina Mora as Mexico’s new ambassador to the United States.

In a presentation to the Senate’s foreign affairs commission broadcast on the Congress Channel, Medina sketched out his views on the parameters, problems and promises of the Mexico-U.S. relationship.

Gasoline Price Hike in Mexican New Year

"Costs are going to increase more rapidly than last year," - Javier Altamirano, president of the National Association of Private Transport

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - The last scenes of Guadalupe Reyes are playing out in Mexico. A popular nickname for the holiday celebrations that commence on December 12, Virign of Guadalupe Day, and culminate on January 6, Three King's Day.

Down and Out in `America`s Finest City`

When do the arrests and the fraud and treason trials begin? Greedy parasites eventually kill their host...the beginnings of which I saw happening in San Diego.

(SAN DIEGO) - I saw a sign once that read "Bad ideas make for the best stories", and thinking how true that was. My bad idea for June 2012 was thinking I could hitchhike through California, from the Mexican border up to Oregon. I had done it 40 years earlier with no problems, so why not?

Were New Mexico Border Counties Short-Changed?

The Great Recession in 2008 left historic problems of employment. Access to services deepened for many in New Mexico’s border region.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Historically, New Mexico’s three counties sharing a border with Mexico have shown higher-than-normal rates of poverty, unemployment and underdevelopment.

In the late 20th century, an absence of affordable housing for low-income workers coupled with rising real estate prices pushed the growth of colonias...

The Blood of the Sierra

An upsurge in violence is impacting daily lives...

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Violence is down from previous months and years in northern Mexico's Chihuahua City and Ciudad Juarez.

Complaint Alleges Sinaloa Cartel Members are Framed for Murder

It is alleged that the leaders of Sinaloa Cartel, Joaquin Guzman Loera, Ismael Zambada Garcia and 22 others are indicted in Texas for murders they didn't commit.

(DETROIT, MI) - An email from a group apparently representing the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, declares the innocence of particular individuals arrested during a wedding in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

We are choosing to publish the letter in its complete form. We have received contact from Mexican cartels in the past, but the information contained here is unusual.