Corruption flows freely along U.S.-Mexico border

latimes.com (1 year and 1 month ago)

May 13, 2012

Corruption flows freely along U.S.-Mexico border

In one New Mexico town alone, the mayor, police chief and a city trustee were guilty of gun smuggling — and it's probably not an isolated case. COLUMBUS, N.M. — From a small hill at a state park here, the border town of Palomas, Mexico, can be made out through the desert haze. It lies four miles to the south, but the corruption that roils Palomas and the rest of Northern Mexico may as well be a block away. full story

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U.S.-Mexico border: a 2,000-mile-long, $11.7 billion-a-year sieve

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miamiherald.com (3 months and 11 days ago)

Ex-official seized in Mexico corruption case in Reynosa

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Officials say the former treasurer of the state of Tabasco has been arrested on the U.S. border in an embezzlement investigation after nearly $7 million in cash was found in his off

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Ex-official seized in Mexico corruption case

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Once-touted corruption cases collapse in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Some of Mexico's most high-profile corruption cases have unraveled recently on thin or made-up evidence, reinforcing long-held notions that the Attorney General's Office is more focused on political vendettas or favors than justice.

elpasotimes.com (1 month and 24 days ago)

Once-touted corruption cases collapse in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Some of Mexico's most high-profile corruption cases have unraveled recently on thin or made-up evidence, reinforcing long-held notions that the Attorney General's Office is more focused on political vendettas or favors than justice.

boston.com (1 month and 24 days ago)

Scholars find US-Mexico border filled with potential gains, pitfalls

The U.S.-Mexico border, while often misunderstood, presents great challenges and even greater potential for border communities and the two countries, according to the recently released "The State of the Border Report" by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

elpasotimes.com (13 days ago)

Mexico prepares for more intense eruptions from Popo volcano

Mexico's giant Popocatepetl volcano may generate lava flows, bigger explosions and ash; officials prepare evacuation routes and shelters for thousands of people.MEXICO CITY- Mexico's giant Popocatepetl volcano may generate lava flows, explosions of "growing intensity" and ash that could reach miles away, the National Center for Disaster Prevention said Monday.

latimes.com (1 month and 5 days ago)

Mexico inks deal on gas line from AZ border

Mexico's president says a Japanese company has been tapped to build a pipeline to import U.S. natural gas south from the Arizona-Mexico border.

azstarnet.com (2 months and 11 days ago)

Time is right for Mexico, Iowa to build trade links

. Now that Iowa leaders have made good friends in China, it's time to pay more attention to our amigos south of the border. Mexico's economic engine is roaring, a story that gets lost amid headlines about violence and corruption.

desmoinesregister.com (1 month and 16 days ago)

High-profile corruption cases fall apart in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- In just one week, some of Mexico's most high-profile corruption cases have unraveled on thin or made-up evidence, reinforcing long-held notions that the Attorney General's Office is more focused on political vendettas or favors than justice....

ap.org (1 month and 25 days ago)

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