Guatemala has requested the extradition of former president Alfonso Portillo from Mexico on corruption charges. The Mexican deputy foreign minister, Miguel Hakim, has confirmed that his government has …
In the Border Brutality, Discerning a Bright Sid
Up in the clouds on the presidential airplane, Vicente Fox summoned the deep, defiant tone of voice that helped bring down seven decades of autocracy to talk about his government's fight against a …
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Mexican Priest Found Cuffed, Shot to Death
A Roman Catholic priest was found shot to death in his car with his hands cuffed in the rough border city of Tijuana on Monday, in what police said appeared to be an organized-crime killing. Tijuana …
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Brazilians Rush to Beat Visa Crackdown
Brazilians eager for jobs are pouring into Mexico hoping to cross from there illegally to the United States before Mexico imposes restrictions that will make the trip more difficult. Mexico, under …
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Richardson meets N. Korea’s No. 2 leader
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, met with North Korea's No. 2 leader Thursday as he tried to press Pyongyang for specifics on how it plans to dismantle …
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Wilma Strengthens to Category 5 Hurricane
Hurricane Wilma strengthened into a Category 5 monster early Wednesday packing 175 mph winds, and forecasters said a key reading of the storm's pressure showed it to be the most powerful of the year. …
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County backs ‘Operation Linebacker’
Val Verde County Commissioners and County Judge Mike L. Fernandez are backing the county sheriff’s participation in the Texas Border Sheriffs Coalition’s “Operation Linebacker.” County commissioners …
Federal task force to combat border violence
A federal task force is assembling today in Laredo to fight escalating violence along the Texas-Mexico border. Meanwhile, attorneys general from Mexico and the United States are meeting to discuss a …
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A U.S. Democrat to Go to North Korea for Nuclear Talks
Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, a United Nations ambassador in the Clinton administration who has long maintained contacts with North Korea, will travel next week to Pyongyang, North Korea's …
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Crop-dusting allegations are dropped
On April 23, 2005, Zacarias Moussaoui pled guilty to participating in the September 11 attacks on America . With Moussaoui?s guilty plea in the US Federal District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, the …