http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mexico-news/ en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:04:15 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051487/posts The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made public on Thursday a report according to which 1,013 Americans died after overdosing on an illegal version of the powerful prescription painkiller fentanyl. The report published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report focused on fatal overdoses from April 2005 to March 2007. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opiate analgesic similar but more powerful than morhine. It is typically used to treat patients with severe pain, or to manage pain after surgery. It is also sometimes used to treat people with chronic pain who are physically tolerant to opiates. In its... eFluxMedia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051487/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:04:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051446/posts WASHINGTON - U.S. health officials urged consumers on Friday to avoid only raw jalapeno peppers from Mexico, narrowing an earlier warning against eating any fresh jalapenos amid an outbreak of salmonella illness. The Food and Drug Administration now believes jalapeno and serrano peppers grown in the United States are not connected to the outbreak that has sickened more than 1,200 people, Dr. David Acheson, FDA associate commissioner for foods, told Reuters in an interview. Investigators seeking the source of the outbreak have been probing clusters of illnesses in various locations. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051446/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:46:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051322/posts CIUDAD JUAREZ - A group of hitmen armed with automatic weapons ambushed the head of a giant prison in a northern Mexican city on Thursday soon after he received threats on his life from suspected drug gangs, said police. Salvador Barreno, 66, was leaving work at the largest jail in Ciudad Juarez when a group of men with assault rifles chased down his car, killing him and a bodyguard who was driving. The car was riddled with more than 80 bullet holes, according to local media. Barreno made it to a hospital but died in surgery. His bodyguard was killed... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051322/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:33:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051303/posts HEREFORD — The founder of a new Web cast recorded in Cochise County that focuses on border and illegal immigration issues says the program is already popular among listeners and he is hopeful it will only get better. “On the Border with Al Garza,” which first aired July 14, is hosted by Garza, who is perhaps best known for his role as national executive director of the border watch group Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. Chuck Alton decided to start Cochise Talk due to the lack of local originated radio in Sierra Vista and Cochise County. Garza consented to be the... Sierra Vista Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051303/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:55:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051291/posts MATAMOROS, Mexico — Hurricane Dolly left large parts of this border city marinating in sewage-tainted storm water Thursday, and authorities scrambled to fend off possible outbreaks of disease — including dengue fever, a sometimes fatal virus. Car-swallowing pools left by Dolly receded from the main thoroughfares of Matamoros but 60 neighborhoods affecting 60,000 people still were flooded, officials said. “Yes, there is risk (of dengue),” said Rodolfo Torre, the health minister for Tamaulipas state, while visiting an auditorium-turned-shelter still surrounded by foot-deep water. “But we hope to keep it under control as we have in the past.” Dolly dumped 12... San Antonio Express-News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051291/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:35:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050944/posts WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama has picked up support from nearly all the Hispanics who voted for his rival Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries, giving him a nearly 3-1 lead over John McCain, according to a new poll. Results of the Pew Hispanic Center survey show Obama with 66 percent of the Hispanic vote to McCain's 23 percent. The results represent a ''sharp reversal'' in Obama's fortunes from the primaries, when he lost the Latino vote to Clinton by nearly 2-1, prompting speculation that Hispanics were leery of voting for a black candidate, said Susan Minushkin, the center's deputy director.... Miami Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050944/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:16:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050888/posts It is not often that undocumented immigrants sneak into the United States and then alert authorities to their whereabouts, but three men trapped in a sweltering rail car had little choice and used a cell phone to call 911. Smugglers had stashed two Mexicans and a Guatemalan in a grain hopper in the Rio Grande Valley and told them they would ride further north, said Daniel Doty, a spokesman for the Border Patrol's McAllen Sector. As the temperature climbed Tuesday, the dehydrating men feared for their lives and reached for the phone. "It gets hot very fast in those places,"... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050888/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:22:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050849/posts MATAMOROS, Mexico — Usually, the 9,000 people on Officer Arcadio Escobar’s beat aren’t too happy to see him go by. But as the deluge from Hurricane Dolly turned the rough Independencia neighborhood here into a nasty brown lake that filled people’s houses Wednesday, he suddenly became one of the most popular guys around. Escobar had exactly 12 hours and 10 gallons of gas — his allotment for the day — to follow a single order: Evacuate people. But the gas ran out before his city police shift did, and the floodwaters, already up to the doors of the patrol pickup,... MySA.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050849/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:26:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050106/posts Mexican officials say a concrete barrier constructed by the U.S. Border Patrol in a storm-water tunnel beneath Nogales appears to be on Mexican soil and was the main cause of serious flooding July 12 in Nogales, Sonora. The flooding caused about $8 million in damage in Nogales, Sonora, the officials say. The 5-foot-high wall on the floor of the tunnel in front of a gate was put in without notifying the International Boundary and Water Commission, said Sally Spener, spokeswoman for the U.S. section of the commission. The commission requests that any agency doing work on the border that could... Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050106/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:50:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050089/posts Agency says getting all people, legal and illegal, to safety is its top priority The U.S. Border Patrol said today it is not checking the documents of individuals who are fleeing Hurricane Dolly, and it has no intention of using natural disasters as a pretext for rounding up and deporting illegal immigrants, 1200 WOAI news reports. Officials in the Rio Grande Valley have been worried about Border Patrol actions ever since a reporter spotted a Border Patrol official conducting a document check during a hurricane evacuation drill in McAllen in May. Some officials had expressed concern that Rio Grande Valley... 1200 WOAI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050089/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:24:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049719/posts Despite plummeting mortality rates for most infectious diseases over the last century, a group of largely overlooked bacterial, viral and parasitic infections is still plaguing the nation's poor, according to a report released this week. Many of the diseases are typically associated with tropical developing countries but are surprisingly common in poor regions of the United States, according to the analysis, published in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. latimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049719/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:05:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049565/posts Five Koreans ― four men and one woman ― had been abducted by several unidentified kidnappers who had disguised themselves as police officers in a U.S.-Mexico border city on July 14, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said Tuesday. The official, asking not to be identified, said the abductors have demanded $30,000 in ransom, but declined to give details about the whereabouts of the South Korean nationals and their condition. "As far as I know, the kidnappers have contacted one of the families of the hostages and asked if they were willing to meet their demands... The Korea Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049565/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:48:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049504/posts MERCEDES - An illegal immigrant tasked with guarding a convenience store shot and killed a teenager who attempted to burglarize it, Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño said Monday. Silvestre Delgadillo, 28, remained on the run and authorities had "no idea" whether he fled to Mexico, Treviño said. Delgadillo, who was convicted in 2005 on a felony drug charge, has been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, a third-degree felony. But the actual homicide is complicated by Texas' castle law, which allows people to use lethal force to defend themselves and their property. Delgadillo is accused of... The Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049504/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:38:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049476/posts McALLEN - The strain of salmonella that sickened people across the country was detected in jalapeños distributed by a Rio Grande Valley company, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported Monday. Peppers from Agricola Zaragoza carried the saintpaul strain of salmonella. This is the first time the agency found the strain in food since the outbreak was announced in June. The FDA has not determined how or where the peppers were contaminated, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. It has been testing produce from distributors all over the country. Agricola Zaragoza is recalling jalapeños it has shipped... The Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049476/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:52:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049249/posts Mexico will soon bestow its highest honor upon liberal Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) for his work in “defending the rights of immigrants.” The Mexican government announced last Friday that it intends to present Kennedy with the Order of the Aztec Eagle. Ricardo Alday, a spokesman for the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C., told Cybercast News Service that the award, the highest that Mexico gives to foreigners, will be presented “at a time that is convenient to the senator.” The presentation will laud Kennedy for his work on immigration, and “for (promoting) full political participation and increased access to health and... CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049249/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:48:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049196/posts TIJUANA – Badly hit by declining tourism revenues, Mexico's northern border states are joining forces with Mexico's federal government in a plan to revive the region. Baja California Gov. Jose Guadalupe Osuna Millan hosted a meeting Monday at an upscale coastal development in Tijuana attended by Mexican tourism secretary Rodolfo Elizondo Torres and the governors of Sonora, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas. The governors of Chihuahua and Coahuila sent representatives. Over the next two months, the states agreed to draw up a plan outlining measures to reverse the tourism decline. While tourism across Mexico is up more than 8 percent since... San Diego Union-Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049196/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:21:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048964/posts MIAMI (Reuters) - A hurricane watch was issued for the southern portion of the Texas coast on Monday as Tropical Storm Dolly emerged from the Yucatan over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and appeared likely to become a hurricane, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048964/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:37:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048769/posts BROWNSVILLE — The border barrier that soon will be built in the Rio Grande Valley hardly fits the Berlin Wall image conjured by its opponents. Rather, it’s a patchwork of permeable structures riddled with apertures for animals and people, with lots of gates and lots of keys. The Homeland Security Department’s Environmental Stewardship Plan for the Valley shows the agency has settled on locations for 21segments totaling about 70 miles, scattered from Brownsville to Roma. Seven segments will be 18-foot-tall cuts into existing river levees, reinforced with concrete. Three segments will be movable in case of hurricane-induced flooding. And one... San Antonio Express-News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048769/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:21:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048406/posts MEXICO CITY - MEXICO has awarded US Democratic Sen Edward Kennedy the country's highest honour for his work defending the rights of immigrants during his decades in Congress. The Mexican government said in its official gazette it presented the 'Aztec Eagle' honour to Mr Kennedy in Washington on Friday. 'He has denounced injustices suffered by immigrants,' and 'promoted initiatives to promote full political participation and increased access to health and education services for the Mexican-American community,' the official announcement said. The veteran Massachusetts senator fought for an immigration reform bill in the US Congress that failed to pass last year.... Asia One http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048406/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:46:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047590/posts Woman allegedly handed over fake documents to be screened for a job. HAMILTON — An illegal immigrant was arrested this week in the lobby of the Butler County Sheriff's Office when she allegedly passed fake identification while trying to get a background check for a job, according to sheriff's officials. Genesis Mahelet Garcia-Garcia, 25,(photo) of Sixth Avenue in Hamilton was arrested Wednesday, July 16. She is charged with two counts of forgery and one count of identity fraud. She is in the country from Mexico illegally, according to deputies. Garcia-Garcia is being held in the Butler County Jail and faces... middletown journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047590/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:44:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047163/posts REYNOSA -- Two Rio Grande Valley residents remained in a Reynosa jail Wednesday, accused of kidnapping a local businessman, Mexican authorities said. Police arrested the two Valley residents along with a Reynosa resident Tuesday after the trio retrieved a $50,000 ransom for the man, whom police suspect they kidnapped July 9 in Reynosa. The ransom was left at a mall on the city's south side. Authorities declined to identify the victim but said he was a Reynosa resident. Once in police custody, the three suspects led investigators to the hostage, who appeared badly beaten and malnourished, said Ernesto Eduardo Saenz... The Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047163/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:08:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047093/posts Father of victim says U.N. body's order 'don't mean diddly' Texas is refusing to bow to yesterday's World Court order to stay the Aug. 5 lethal injection of convicted rapist-killer and illegal alien Jose Medellin. (snip) Texas Gov. Rick Perry's office rejected Mexico's complaint. "The world court has no standing in Texas, and Texas is not bound by a ruling or edict from a foreign court," Perry spokesman Robert Black said. "It is easy to get caught up in discussions of international law and justice and treaties. It's very important to remember that these individuals are on death row for... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047093/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:46:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046959/posts In their speeches this week to the National Council of La Raza, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain illustrated why the American public holds Congress — and politicians in general — in such low regard, particularly on the issue of illegal immigration. WashingtonTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046959/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:28:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046586/posts Excerpt - Acting on a claim by Mexico’s government that the U.S. government has not done enough to assure the treaty rights of Mexican nationals facing execution for murders in the U.S., the World Court on Wednesday ordered the U.S. — by a 7-5 vote — to stop five imminent executions in Texas. Leaving it up to the U.S. to choose the way to carry out the order, the international tribunal — formally, the International Court of Justice that sits in The Hague, Netherlands — told the U.S. only to “take all measures necessary to ensure” that Texas does not... ScotusBlog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046586/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:01:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046536/posts Mexican authorities arrested two Rio Grande Valley residents for their alleged involvement in a kidnapping ring that terrorized the border city of Reynosa. Tamaulipas State Police told Action 4 News that three suspects were arrested in a kidnapping case on Tuesday evening. Police recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars, jewelry and other valuables. The group was allegedly arrested following an investigation into the July 9 kidnapping of a Reynosa businessman. The suspects were identified as: Agustín Edmundo Torres Flores (San Juan, Texas) Cantalicia Cantú (McAllen, Texas) Francisca Dianey Martínez Hernández (Reynosa, Tamaulipas) Action 4 News reporter Victor Castillo will have... KGBT 4 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046536/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:25:21 GMT