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OAS Human Rights Commission Demands Protection for Activists

Chihuahua Governor Duarte reportedly pledged to provide protection for activists and their family members.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has requested that the Mexican government protect seven Chihuahua rural activists who are spearheading movements against water over-exploitation and mining.

The request was issued in favor of leaders of El Barzon, an organization of small farmers founded in the 1990s after two activists were murdered...

The Second Come-on... How Jesus Came To Guanajuato

And even madmen manage to convey
Unwelcome truths in lonely gibberish.
- W. H. Auden

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - Mexican history is complicated for a gringo, but understandable once you realize that it's more religiously straitjacketed than American history and almost as hilarious as Canadian history.

But it's necessary to decipher the past, at least in the State of Guanajuato...

What Really Happened to Jaime Zapata?

Drug War: U.S. and Mexico share protected witness central to murder of U.S. agent and investigation of Tamaulipas governors.

(CIUDAD Juarez CIP) - Miguel Ángel Soto Para, founder of the Los Zetas cartel, is one of more than 50 protected witnesses who U.S. and Mexican authorities have shared.

He was being transported by federal agents when they were attacked on a highway between Mexico City and Querétaro, resulting in the death of the American, Jaime Zapata.

Borderline Slavery

The IRP's to power raises questions of corruption.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - A conference this past week at the University of New Mexico (UNM) in Albuquerque was titled: “Borderline Slavery: Contemporary Issues in Border Security and the Human Trade.”

In a series of presentations, panelists dug into the problem of human trafficking within the socio-economic contexts of massive immigration, globalization, drug prohibition, border militarization, and the War on Terror.

Tropical Storm Paul Continues Weakening

Tropical Storm Paul is expected to slowly move off to the northwest, parallel to the Baja Peninsula's west coast.

(STATE COLLEGE,, PA Accuweathter.com) - Tropical Storm Paul will graze Baja California in Mexico today, helping it to weaken further in the coming hours.

As the center of the storm meanders along the coast, the storm will be thrust into conditions that will rip the storm apart. High up in the atmosphere, strong upper-level winds will create a disconnect between the top and bottom of the storm, weakening it.

Post-Election Shake-ups in Mexico

Morena will get a chance to show off its strength during protests in the country’s main cities against the inauguration of Enrique Pena Nieto.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - After last July’s disputed Mexican elections, new parties are taking shape while old ones grapple with questions of identity and direction.

On Saturday, veteran politicians formerly associated with parties of different ideological stripes made public their intention of launching a new party called Concertacion Mexicana.

Marijuana Legalization, Reefer Madness, and Mad Cow Disease at The Oregonian: Continued...

Oregon marijuana advocates want to get the Mexican drug cartels out of Oregon and the marijuana business.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The Oregonian has recently published three articles demeaning the effort to legalize marijuana.

They seem to ignore the fact that most Oregonians and most Americans are in favor of legalization. Why the newspaper has this position is just NOT understandable.

Stop, Frisk and Demolish in Ciudad Juarez

Ciudad Juarez surely needs to attract tourists from across the border again, but randomly stopping and frisking out-of-towners doesn’t seem to the best way to encourage return visitation.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - A friend and I had lunch in Ciudad Juarez last week. For a few bucks, we savored different versions of sumptuous fish soup.

States Respond to Deferred Deportation

The Obama administration’s deportation suspension program could benefit upwards of 1.4 million young people.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - California and Arizona have a lot in common. They both were once part of Mexico, share the Colorado River and exchange mutual passions over their National League baseball teams.

Both states were among the hardest-hit by the housing bust and Great Recession, suffering foreclosures and fiscal crises.

Border Coal Battles Continue

Denouncing the latest fatalities as constituting “industrial homicide,” Mexico’s National Miners Union said it would pursue criminal charges against AHMSA.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Mexican and U.S. opponents of a planned new open surface coal mine on the Texas-Tamaulipas border rallied August 10 on an international bridge between Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Coahuila.