travel.state.gov - 12/16/2008
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular Affairs This information is current as of today, Mexico October 14, 2008 This Travel Alert updates security information for U.S. citizens traveling and living in Mexico. It replaces the Travel Alert for Mexico dated April 14, 2008, and expires on April ...
bloomberg.com - 12/15/2008
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bloomberg.com —
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- A federal grand jury
is investigating how a company that advised Jefferson County,...
Alabama, on bond deals that threaten to cause the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, did similar work in New Mexico after making ...
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Grand Jury Probes Richardson Donor’s New Mexico ...
strategypage.com - 12/15/2008
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strategypage.com —
December 15, 2008: This month, about 26 people
a day are dying from criminal and terrorist violence...
a day in Iraq. That's a bit lower than the death toll in northern Mexico, which on a bad day (like last November 3rd) saw 58 people killed. The police ...
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Mexico: Iraq Is Safer
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 12/15/2008
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For nearly four decades, Governor Bill Richardson claimed
that he had been drafted by the Kansas City...
Athletics baseball team... He wasn't . Now... New Mexico Governor and Obama Commerce Secretary Bill Richardson is being investigated on ...
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Oh Brother... Another Obama Team Member Investigated for ...
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US Kidnapping Expert Kidnapped in Mexico
Gateway Pundit —
... for ransom when he himself was seized, local authorities said. Unknown assailants grabbed him on Dec. 10, said Charlie LeBlanc, the president of the Houston, Texas-based security firm ASI Global LLC., where Batista is a consultant. "We have notified the FBI and Mexican authorities, and they are working on the case," LeBlanc said Monday. "What we are doing is we're offering our support to the family and hoping for the best." Sadly, Mr. Batista ignored the State Department's Mexico travel alert.
Drug-Cartel Murders in Mexico Double in 2008--American Security Expert Latest Kidnapping Victim
CNSNews.com Headlines —
... was quoted in a Dec. 15 Reuters story. We have requested help from the FBI and the Mexican authorities, LeBlanc said. The FBI, however, would not speak to CNSNews.com about Batista. We have no comment, Rick Colko, unit chief for the FBI press office, told CNSNews.com. I would refer you to Mexican authorities. Alday did not respond to CNSNews.com s request for comment on the case by press time. As reported earlier by CNSNews.com, the U.S. Department of State s Oct. 14, 2008 travel alert for Mexico reads: In recent years, dozens of U.S. citizens have been kidnapped ...
Drug War Tragedy in Mexico
Antiwar.com Original —
P erhaps it has taken warnings to U.S. college students considering where to undertake the traditional undergraduate (and beyond) practices of drinking too much and looking for sex in a warm climate during spring break to bring the situation home to Americans. Various colleges and even the U.S. State Department have warned that something close to open warfare [.pdf] is occurring in Mexico , and it just isn't a safe place for naive or fun-seeking college students, even those with little money who are not obvious candidates for ...
Travel Alert Sufficient for Americans Heading to Mexico, State Department Says
CNSNews.com Headlines —
... in their vehicles in border areas including Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros, and Tijuana," the alert adds. The alert also refers to two land-locked Mexican states where the U.S. government has restricted non-essential travel for government employees. "The U.S. Mission in Mexico currently restricts non-essential travel to the state of Durango and all parts of the state of Coahuila south of Mexican Highways 25 and 22 and the Alamos River for U.S. government employees assigned to Mexico," the alert says. "This restriction was implemented in light of the recent increase in assaults, ...
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fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com 1/9/2009 — This provides a very brief look at two excellent reports about Mexico. Excerpts from each appear below.
“Mexico Security Memo - Year-end Wrap-up“, Stratfor, 5 January 2008 — Subscription only.
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State of War
foreignpolicy.com 2/21/2009 — hat I remember most about my return to Mexico last year are the narcomantas . At least that s what everyone called them: drug banners. Perhaps a dozen feet long and several feet high, they were hung in parks and plazas around Monterrey. Their messages ...
Mexico: The Third War
stratfor.com 2/19/2009 — Mexico has pretty much always been a rough-and-tumble place. In recent years, however, the security environment has deteriorated rapidly, and parts of the country have become incredibly violent. It is now common to see military weaponry such as ...
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Mexican Drug Violence Spills Over Into US
huffingtonpost.com 2/11/2009 — Just as government officials had feared, the drug violence raging in Mexico is spilling over into the United States.
U.S. authorities are reporting a spike in killings, kidnappings and home invasions connected to Mexico's murderous cartels. And to ...
U.S. to blame for much of Mexico violence: Clinton
reuters.com 3/25/2009 — MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An "insatiable" appetite in the United States for illegal drugs is to blame for much of the violence ripping through Mexico, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday. Clinton acknowledged the U.S. role in ...
Obama Stimulating The Economy By Ticking Off Our Trade Partners
sayanythingblog.com 3/16/2009 — Most of the time when we talk about Mexico the political issue in question is illegal immigration. But it’s worth noting that Mexico, the illegal immigration problem aside, is an important trade partner. We benefit from a lot of Mexico’s national resources, and a lot of ...
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