http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/mexico_latin mexico_latin news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2012 2012-02-04T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_naco_drug_arrests/12-arrested-alleged-drug-smuggling-ring/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_naco_drug_arrests/12-arrested-alleged-drug-smuggling-ring/ 00:19:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Twelve people were arrested after being charged with participating in a drug-trafficking organization that allegedly smuggled as much as $15 million in marijuana and cocaine into the country over the past year. 2012-02-04T00:19:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020312_mex_juarez_police/juarez-police-officers-hiding-after-cartel-threat/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020312_mex_juarez_police/juarez-police-officers-hiding-after-cartel-threat/ 19:33:00Z Simeon Tegel Even by Ciudad Juarez’s grim standards, a threat from a Mexican drug cartel to kill an officer a day until the city’s police chief steps down is being seen as an unusually terrifying escalation in the violence. 2012-02-03T19:33:37+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_borderpatrol_sentence/man-gets-3-years-being-us-illegally/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_borderpatrol_sentence/man-gets-3-years-being-us-illegally/ 18:46:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 27-year-old Guatemalan man was sentenced to more than three years in jail for illegal re-entry of felon, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Friday. 2012-02-03T18:46:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_coyote_guilty/coyote-found-guilty-human-smuggling/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_coyote_guilty/coyote-found-guilty-human-smuggling/ 23:25:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 26-year-old Mexican man was found guilty of human smuggling Wednesday for bringing a group of illegal immigrants across the border in November. 2012-02-02T23:25:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_borderpatrol_drugs/bp-agents-seize-680000-pot-heroin/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_borderpatrol_drugs/bp-agents-seize-680000-pot-heroin/ 22:03:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized nearly $680,000 worth of heroin and marijuana in separate incidents Wednesday, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol said. 2012-02-02T22:03:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013112_occupy_mexico/occupy-mexico-how-end-drug-war/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013112_occupy_mexico/occupy-mexico-how-end-drug-war/ 00:35:00Z Nathanial Parish Flannery Mexico’s Occupy protesters, who focus on poverty and workers’ rights, have failed to win many followers. The movement has been entirely ignored by Mexico’s mainstream politicians. And most Mexicans are more concerned with an end to drug violence. 2012-02-01T00:35:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013112_napolitano_border/napolitano-touts-border-crackdown-urges-dream-act-support/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013112_napolitano_border/napolitano-touts-border-crackdown-urges-dream-act-support/ 18:49:00Z Dustin Volz Calling the nation’s immigration laws “sorely outdated and in need of revision,” Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano pressed Monday for passage of the DREAM Act, saying it is the most-urgently needed change to immigration policy. 2012-01-31T18:49:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013112_borderpatrol_pot/more-than-ton-pot-found-with-stolen-suv/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013112_borderpatrol_pot/more-than-ton-pot-found-with-stolen-suv/ 18:40:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents found more than a ton of pot and a stolen SUV on Saturday after receiving a tip from an off-duty agent. 2012-01-31T18:40:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_mex_ambassador/mexican-ambassador-kidnapped-released-venezuela/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_mex_ambassador/mexican-ambassador-kidnapped-released-venezuela/ 22:00:00Z Girish Gupta The quick kidnap and release of Mexico’s ambassador to Venezuela Sunday night highlights the country’s issues with security. Caracas is often listed amongst the most dangerous cities in the world, ranked alongside war zones. 2012-01-30T22:00:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_immigrants_houston/a-divide-payoff-legalizing-immigrants/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_immigrants_houston/a-divide-payoff-legalizing-immigrants/ 21:26:00Z Julian Aguilar Granting legal status to the illegal immigrants living in one of Texas’ largest metropolitan areas would generate at least $1.4 billion a year in revenue for state and federal agencies, with Social Security and Medicare being the largest potential beneficiaries. 2012-01-30T21:26:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012712_drug_war_numbers/mexicos-drug-war-by-numbers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012712_drug_war_numbers/mexicos-drug-war-by-numbers/ 17:37:00Z Sarah Childress A graphic breaks down Mexico’s drug war by the numbers — the victims, the weapons, the drugs and who controls them — and offers new insight into the dangerous, multi-billion-dollar industry of the drug cartels. 2012-01-27T17:37:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012712_borderpatrol_sentence/man-gets-more-than-6-years-being-us-illegally/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012712_borderpatrol_sentence/man-gets-more-than-6-years-being-us-illegally/ 16:31:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 44-year-old man from Michoacan, Mexico, was sentenced to more than six years in prison for being in the country illegally. 2012-01-27T16:31:34+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012612_borderpatrol_pot/bp-agents-find-nearly-ton-pot-abandoned-suv/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012612_borderpatrol_pot/bp-agents-find-nearly-ton-pot-abandoned-suv/ 23:21:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized nearly a ton of marijuana from an abandoned vehicle in the West Desert early Thursday 2012-01-26T23:21:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012512_borderpatrol_blotter/agents-arrest-man-wanted-manslaughter-ore/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012512_borderpatrol_blotter/agents-arrest-man-wanted-manslaughter-ore/ 22:35:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a man wanted in Oregon on a charge of vehicular manslaughter and seized 3,300 pounds of marijuana in separate incidents Tuesday. 2012-01-25T22:35:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012512_obama_sotu_facts/the-state-obamas-facts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012512_obama_sotu_facts/the-state-obamas-facts/ 17:15:00Z Factcheck.org The president’s State of the Union address got the facts right — mostly. Often the president’s facts and figures were accurate — but not the whole story. (with video) 2012-01-25T17:15:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012412_giffords_resign/giffords-resign-wed-after-final-vote/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012412_giffords_resign/giffords-resign-wed-after-final-vote/#When: 15:10:000 Dylan Smith Updated: Gabrielle Giffords will resign from Congress on Wednesday, but not before the House takes up her bill to apply anti-smuggling laws to ultralight aircraft, said U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake. “While it will officially be the Giffords-Flake bill, it is really Gabby’s legislation,” he wrote on Facebook. %2012-%01-%24GMT%22:%10:%00%Q http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012412_borderpatrol_pot/border-patrol-agents-seize-38m-worth-pot/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012412_borderpatrol_pot/border-patrol-agents-seize-38m-worth-pot/#When: 15:19:000 Janet Rose Jackman Updated: Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized $3,857,500 worth of marijuana and arrested four suspected drug smugglers in separate incidents since Saturday %2012-%01-%24GMT%22:%19:%00%Q http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012412_heroin_sentencing/man-gets-20-years-smuggling-heroin/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012412_heroin_sentencing/man-gets-20-years-smuggling-heroin/ 18:54:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 23-year-old Phoenix man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday for smuggling heroin hidden in a car’s drive shaft into the United States. 2012-01-24T18:54:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012312_borderpatrol_blotter/border-patrol-arrests-6-with-criminal-pasts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012312_borderpatrol_blotter/border-patrol-arrests-6-with-criminal-pasts/ 00:18:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested six men with criminal pasts and rescued a man suffering from severe dehydration in separate incidents since Saturday. 2012-01-24T00:18:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012212_venezuela_jails_deaths2/500-killed-venezuelan-jails-2011/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012212_venezuela_jails_deaths2/500-killed-venezuelan-jails-2011/ 17:39:00Z Girish Gupta With inmates wielding machine guns, rifles and grenades and guards often unwilling to enter the overcrowded buildings for fear of their own death, jails in Venezuela have become a lawless territory that magnify the violence outside their walls. 2012-01-22T17:39:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012112_perfume_vendor_cartels/perfume-vendor-with-az-ties-gets-20-years-aiding-cartel/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012112_perfume_vendor_cartels/perfume-vendor-with-az-ties-gets-20-years-aiding-cartel/ 18:59:00Z Julian Aguilar A federal judge Friday sentenced a Texas perfume vendor with Arizona connections to nearly 20 years in prison for his involvement in a money-laundering scheme that prosecutors said aided the Sinaloa cartel. 2012-01-21T18:59:46+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012112_mex_drug_war/mexico-drug-war-survival-guide/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012112_mex_drug_war/mexico-drug-war-survival-guide/ 16:25:00Z Ioan Grillo While Mexico’s merciless drug war has scared off tourists and investment dollars, it has fed one niche industry: private-security services. 2012-01-21T16:25:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012012_bp_pot/7-suspected-smugglers-arrested-18m-worth-pot-seized/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012012_bp_pot/7-suspected-smugglers-arrested-18m-worth-pot-seized/#When: 17:25:000 Janet Rose Jackman Updated: Border Patrol agents arrested seven suspected drug smugglers and seized more than $1.8 million worth of marijuana in separate incidents Thursday. %2012-%01-%21GMT%00:%25:%00%Q http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012012_agent_drug_charges/border-patrol-agent-confesses-spying-drug-traffickers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012012_agent_drug_charges/border-patrol-agent-confesses-spying-drug-traffickers/#When: 14:56:000 Janet Rose Jackman Updated: A Yuma-based Border Patrol agent and a state corrections officer confessed to drug trafficking after they were arrested Thursday in a case that includes an alleged plot to kill a confidential informant. %2012-%01-%20GMT%21:%56:%00%Q http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012012_az_napolitano_sheriffs/napolitano-tells-sheriffs-border-security-priority/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012012_az_napolitano_sheriffs/napolitano-tells-sheriffs-border-security-priority/ 15:14:00Z Victoria Pelham Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano defended the government’s decision to funnel most of a federal border-security grant program to the southern border, telling a national sheriffs group Thursday that the government is “very serious” about stopping illegal traffic. 2012-01-20T15:14:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011912_honoduras_peace_corps/peace-corps-pullout-hits-honduras-worlds-murder-capital/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011912_honoduras_peace_corps/peace-corps-pullout-hits-honduras-worlds-murder-capital/ 21:40:00Z Sarah Childress The Peace Corps on Wednesday announced it was pulling out of Honduras — recently named the murder capital of the world — for safety reasons. 2012-01-19T21:40:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011912_mex_kids_freed/mexican-army-frees-children-kidnapped-by-suspected-gang/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011912_mex_kids_freed/mexican-army-frees-children-kidnapped-by-suspected-gang/ 21:15:00Z Talia Ralph Three children kidnapped by a suspected gang were freed by the Mexican army in a raid on a private home where soldiers also found the body of a decapitated man. 2012-01-19T21:15:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011912_fast_furious_subpoena/issa-subpoenas-us-atty-az-criminal-chief-over-fast-furious/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011912_fast_furious_subpoena/issa-subpoenas-us-atty-az-criminal-chief-over-fast-furious/ 18:53:00Z Dylan Smith Rep. Darrell Issa, continuing to push a look into the Fast and Furious gunrunning investigation, has subpoenaed the chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office criminal division in Arizona. Patrick J. Cunningham refused to voluntarily testify before a House committee, Issa said. 2012-01-19T18:53:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011912_az_mayors_immigration/rothschild-tells-mayors-sb-1070-bad-business/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011912_az_mayors_immigration/rothschild-tells-mayors-sb-1070-bad-business/ 15:15:00Z Dustin Volz Arizona faced unwanted scrutiny and economic harm because of SB 1070, Tucson’s mayor told a group at the U.S. Conference of Mayors convention. “Not only is it bad for business, it’s bad for politicians,” said Jonathan Rothschild. 2012-01-19T15:15:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011812_border_security/border-coalition-security-strategy-falling-short/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011812_border_security/border-coalition-security-strategy-falling-short/ 19:58:00Z Julian Aguilar The Texas Border Coalition, a group of elected officials and private-sector leaders, released a scathing report last week that says no matter how much the government spends on border security, the current “ad hoc” strategy doesn’t hinder cartels from moving their products. 2012-01-18T19:58:16+00:00