Heart-to-Hearth on the Drug War
Margarita López begins to speak about the horrible events that marked the end of her daughter’s life in a low, even tone. Some 40 women in a plush Washington, D.C. meeting room listen silently as tears roll down their cheeks. López narrates how her 19-year-old daughter, Jahaira Guadalupe Vaena López, was abducted in Tlacolula, Oaxaca. [...]
MexicoBlog Editorial: Debunking Drug War “Spillover”
An article published this week in the New York Times, “Money-Laundering Case Speaks to Border Fears,” originally published in the Texas Tribune, got us thinking about the hot topic of border “spillover.” The article provides an excellent description of a money-laundering scheme. But it begins with this sentence, “… when federal agents raided the stately [...]
Mexicans blast execution of criminal alien murderer in Texas
Mexicans on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are protesting the upcoming execution of a criminal alien rapist and murderer scheduled for July 7, 2011, in Texas. Because the convicted killer is a Mexican citizen, the Calderon government is questioning the procedures that were utilized in sentencing the death row prisoner, Humberto Leal Garcia. The [...]
Napolitano’s ‘Border Security Index’ an excuse for inaction, says lawmaker
“The President implying, we’ve done enough, the border is secure, does not make it so. Our border is definitely not secure. The Government Accountability Office has determined that only 15 percent of the border is under operational control. The time has come for real action, not words.” – Rep. Peter King (R-NY), chairman of the [...]
