http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/mexico_latin mexico_latin news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2012 2012-05-21T07:23:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052012_mexico_zetas_elizondo/zetas-cartel-leader-arrested-killings-49/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052012_mexico_zetas_elizondo/zetas-cartel-leader-arrested-killings-49/ 00:13:00Z Priyanka Boghani Daniel Elizondo, a leader of the Zetas drug cartel in Mexico, was arrested in connection to the killings of 49 people whose decapitated and dismembered corpses were found dumped next to a highway last week. 2012-05-21T00:13:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052012_mexico_officers_cartel/fourth-army-officer-held-mexico-drug-cartel-probe/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052012_mexico_officers_cartel/fourth-army-officer-held-mexico-drug-cartel-probe/ 17:28:00Z Luke Browne A fourth high-ranking Mexican military officer has been arrested as part of an investigation into alleged army links to drug cartels. 2012-05-20T17:28:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_hostages_sentencing/man-gets-13-years-holding-illegal-immigrants-hostage/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_hostages_sentencing/man-gets-13-years-holding-illegal-immigrants-hostage/ 22:46:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 21-year-old Mexican man was sentenced Wednesday to 13 years in prison for holding illegal immigrants hostage inside a Tucson home. 2012-05-17T22:46:35+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_cbp_pot/woman-arrested-douglas-port-with-425-lbs-pot/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_cbp_pot/woman-arrested-douglas-port-with-425-lbs-pot/ 21:42:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 39-year-old Agua Prieta, Son., woman was arrested for attempting to smuggle 425 pounds of marijuana through the Douglas Port of Entry on Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. 2012-05-17T21:42:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051712_cross_border_bankrupt/mexican-firms-bankruptcy-case-has-cross-border-impact/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051712_cross_border_bankrupt/mexican-firms-bankruptcy-case-has-cross-border-impact/ 20:54:00Z Julian Aguilar Investors and financial analysts have their eyes on a bankruptcy case, pending in a Dallas courtroom, that they say could systematically shift how American firms do business with Mexican companies. 2012-05-17T20:54:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051712_mex_generals_cartels/2-mexican-army-generals-detained-over-alleged-cartel-ties/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051712_mex_generals_cartels/2-mexican-army-generals-detained-over-alleged-cartel-ties/ 16:01:00Z Allison Jackson Mexican soldiers have detained two army generals, including a former assistant defense secretary, over their alleged links to organized crime. 2012-05-17T16:01:45+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_texas_mex_mine/player-bows-out-texas-fight-over-mexican-mine/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_texas_mex_mine/player-bows-out-texas-fight-over-mexican-mine/ 16:58:00Z Julian Aguilar In what the leader of an environmental group said was a surprising and stunning blow to an effort to stop a Mexican company from mining coal on the Texas-Mexico border, an American Indian tribe has backed out of the fight. 2012-05-16T16:58:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_cbp_wheelchair_coke/7-lbs-cocaine-found-stuffed-wheelchair-cushion/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_cbp_wheelchair_coke/7-lbs-cocaine-found-stuffed-wheelchair-cushion/ 23:06:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 43-year-old Mexican national was arrested Sunday for trying to smuggle more than 7 pounds of cocaine into the United States using a wheelchair. 2012-05-15T23:06:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_human_smuggling_sentence/man-gets-5-years-human-smuggling/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_human_smuggling_sentence/man-gets-5-years-human-smuggling/ 20:01:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 26-year-old man from Chiapas, Mexico, was sentenced Monday in a Tucson federal court to five years in prison for human smuggling. 2012-05-15T20:01:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_mexico_journalist_killed/mexican-police-find-slain-journalist-car-trunk/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_mexico_journalist_killed/mexican-police-find-slain-journalist-car-trunk/ 15:02:00Z Allison Jackson Another journalist has been killed in Mexico, this time in the central state of Morelos. 2012-05-15T15:02:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_cbp_cocaine/man-arrested-after-attempt-smuggle-heroin-meth-coke/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_cbp_cocaine/man-arrested-after-attempt-smuggle-heroin-meth-coke/ 23:36:00Z Janet Rose Jackman An 18-year-old Mexican man was arrested after attempting to smuggle 57 pounds of cocaine, 3 pounds of methamphetamine and 2.5 pounds of heroin through the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales. 2012-05-14T23:36:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_wildfires_investigations/officials-unable-id-causes-monument-horseshoe-2-fires/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_wildfires_investigations/officials-unable-id-causes-monument-horseshoe-2-fires/ 19:52:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Fire officials have ended investigations into the sources of last summer’s Horseshoe 2 and Monument fires that burned more than 250,000 acres in Southeastern Arizona with no clear determination of how they began. 2012-05-14T19:52:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051412_mexico_prisons/who-controls-mexicos-prisons/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051412_mexico_prisons/who-controls-mexicos-prisons/ 18:56:00Z David Agren Mexico’s prison problems stem primarily from a lack of control. Corruption is rife among guards and wardens, who have been implicated in abetting mass escapes and allowing mafias to charge inmates fees for simple comforts such as sleeping on bunks. 2012-05-14T18:56:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051412_mex_pres/mexicos-suave-presidential-front-runner-glides-ahead/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051412_mex_pres/mexicos-suave-presidential-front-runner-glides-ahead/ 18:40:00Z David Agren The Mexican presidential election is Enrique Peña Nieto’s to lose. The PRI candidate has projected polish, popular appeal and power in his drive to take the presidency. 2012-05-14T18:40:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051312_bodies_found_mexico/mexican-police-find-49-mutilated-bodies-near-monterrey/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051312_bodies_found_mexico/mexican-police-find-49-mutilated-bodies-near-monterrey/ 21:55:00Z Luke Browne Forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found in black plastic bags near Mexico’s northern city of Monterrey, apparently killed by the Zetas drug cartel. 2012-05-13T21:55:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051212_mex_cartel_violence/zetas-cartel-hit-man-arrested-over-marine-torture-slayings/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051212_mex_cartel_violence/zetas-cartel-hit-man-arrested-over-marine-torture-slayings/ 19:18:00Z Global Post Authorities in Mexico have arrested a senior member of the violent Zetas drug cartel who is suspected of being involved in the torture and murders of four marines last month. 2012-05-12T19:18:52+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051212_borderpatrol_sentence/aggravated-felon-gets-71-months-prison/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051212_borderpatrol_sentence/aggravated-felon-gets-71-months-prison/ 18:53:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 38-year-old Mexican man was sentenced to 71 months in prison for illegal re-entry of an aggravated felon. 2012-05-12T18:53:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051212_cbp_pot_meth/border-agents-seize-19m-pot-200k-meth/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051212_cbp_pot_meth/border-agents-seize-19m-pot-200k-meth/ 18:19:00Z Janet Rose Jackman U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized $1.9 million in marijuana hidden among produce Monday and arrested a 46-year-old Mexican woman Tuesday, who was accused of trying to smuggle $205,000 worth of methamphetamine through the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales. 2012-05-12T18:19:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051012_mayan_calendar/new-mayan-calendar-discovered-world-wont-end-2012/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051012_mayan_calendar/new-mayan-calendar-discovered-world-wont-end-2012/ 20:59:00Z Stacey Leasca Earth has a new reason to celebrate. It’s looking like we will make it past Dec. 21, 2012. Researchers have unearthed the oldest-known version of the ancient Maya calendar in the Guatemalan rainforest. 2012-05-10T20:59:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051012_atty_general_arpaio/asst-attorney-general-no-choice-but-sue-arpaio/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051012_atty_general_arpaio/asst-attorney-general-no-choice-but-sue-arpaio/ 17:32:00Z Thomas E. Perez The police are supposed to protect and serve our communities, not divide them. At its core, this is an abuse of power case involving a sheriff and sheriff’s office that disregarded the Constitution. 2012-05-10T17:32:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051012_arpaio_suit/fed-sue-arpaio-over-racial-profiling-retaliation/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051012_arpaio_suit/fed-sue-arpaio-over-racial-profiling-retaliation/ 17:05:00Z Dylan Smith The U.S. Justice Department filed a complaint Thursday against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, alleging racial profiling, discrimination in the Maricopa County Jail, and illegal retaliation against critics of the sheriff. “Arpaio ... intentionally and systematically discriminated against Latinos,” the department said. 2012-05-10T17:05:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050912_borderpatrol_terry/naco-border-patrol-station-named-slain-agent/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050912_borderpatrol_terry/naco-border-patrol-station-named-slain-agent/ 18:00:00Z Janet Rose Jackman The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill that will rename the Border Patrol Station in Naco after slain Agent Brian Terry. 2012-05-09T18:00:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_heroin_sentence/san-luis-teen-pleads-guilty-heroin-smuggling/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_heroin_sentence/san-luis-teen-pleads-guilty-heroin-smuggling/ 22:56:00Z Janet Rose Jackman An 18-year-old San Luis man pleaded guilty Tuesday to smuggling heroin into the United States from Mexico. 2012-05-08T22:56:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_borderpatrol_pot/agents-seize-more-than-1200-lbs-pot-arrest-4/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_borderpatrol_pot/agents-seize-more-than-1200-lbs-pot-arrest-4/ 22:39:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested four people and seized more than 1,200 pounds of marijuana valued at $633,500 in separate incidents Friday. 2012-05-07T22:39:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_perry_obama_immigration/perry-urges-obama-address-surge-immigrant-minors/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_perry_obama_immigration/perry-urges-obama-address-surge-immigrant-minors/ 22:09:00Z Julian Aguilar Citing an unprecedented level of unaccompanied illegal-immigrant minors breaching the U.S.-Mexico border, Gov. Rick Perry sent a letter Friday asking the Obama administration to address the “humanitarian crisis.” 2012-05-07T22:09:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_borderpatrol_rescue/agents-rescue-illegal-immigrant-from-desert/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_borderpatrol_rescue/agents-rescue-illegal-immigrant-from-desert/ 19:07:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a Guatemalan man found face-down and unconscious in the desert north of Sasabe on Saturday. 2012-05-07T19:07:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_rubio_immigration/sen-rubios-immigration-plan-under-inspection/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_rubio_immigration/sen-rubios-immigration-plan-under-inspection/ 17:04:00Z Marshall Fitz U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s plan to introduce a bill to provide legal status—but not citizenship—for undocumented youth ran into an obstacle when Speaker Boehner announced that such a proposal would not pass his chamber. 2012-05-07T17:04:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_walmart_lawsuit/pension-plan-sues-wal-mart-over-alleged-bribery-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_walmart_lawsuit/pension-plan-sues-wal-mart-over-alleged-bribery-mexico/ 16:57:00Z Talia Ralph Wal-Mart has been sued by the second-largest pension plan in the United States, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, over the retailer’s alleged mishandling and cover-up of bribery in their Mexico division 2012-05-07T16:57:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050512_immigrant_stash_house/115-illegal-immigrants-found-locked-texas-house/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050512_immigrant_stash_house/115-illegal-immigrants-found-locked-texas-house/ 19:40:00Z Amy Silverstein Police in Edinburg, Texas, received a phone call Wednesday morning from an immigrant trapped inside a so-called “stash house.” The caller said more than 100 people were locked inside and they had gone days without food or water. 2012-05-05T19:40:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050512_cinco_de_mayo/the-facts-cinco-de-mayo/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050512_cinco_de_mayo/the-facts-cinco-de-mayo/ 18:43:00Z Daniel DeFraia It’s Cinco de Mayo, and for millions of Americans that means drinking Corona instead of Bud Light. But the holiday has an interesting history, even if it is misunderstood by millions. 2012-05-05T18:43:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_mex_dead/14-decapitated-9-hanged-bodies-found-nuevo-laredo/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_mex_dead/14-decapitated-9-hanged-bodies-found-nuevo-laredo/ 01:09:00Z Dylan Smith The bodies of 9 people were found Friday morning hanged from a Nuevo Laredo bridge. The mutilated bodies of 14 others were found later in the day, reports said. 2012-05-05T01:09:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_mexio_journalists_dead/journalists-found-slain-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_mexio_journalists_dead/journalists-found-slain-mexico/ 16:37:00Z Global Post The dismembered bodies of two photojournalists were found in Mexico’s eastern state of Veracruz Thursday, less than a week after a magazine reporter was found dead in her home in the same state. 2012-05-04T16:37:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050312_jjt_ready/the-ignoble-death-arizona-racist-jt-ready/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050312_jjt_ready/the-ignoble-death-arizona-racist-jt-ready/ 21:45:00Z Jimmy Zuma Last week I offered Russell Pearce’s anti-Mexican jihad as an example of the kind of overt racism that is no longer tolerated in politics. Now just a few days later we learn that J.T. Ready, Arizona’s leading white supremacist, appears to have committed a murder-suicide. 2012-05-03T21:45:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050312_buckmaster/buckmaster-targeting-tourist-dollars-from-sonora/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050312_buckmaster/buckmaster-targeting-tourist-dollars-from-sonora/ 21:15:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We start things off with a conversation with Terry Bracy, Buckmaster Show Washington contributor. Then, we preview the Sonoran Region Business Development Conference presented by Tucson’s Caballeros del Sol. Also, Guy Gunther of CenturyLink. 2012-05-03T21:15:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_cbp_heroin_coke/cbp-officers-arrest-2-seize-cocaine-and-heroin/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_cbp_heroin_coke/cbp-officers-arrest-2-seize-cocaine-and-heroin/ 01:05:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Two Mexican nationals were arrested in separate incidents for attempting to smuggle 26 pounds of cocaine and 5 pounds of heroin into the United States through the DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales. 2012-05-02T01:05:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050112_latin_america_reporters/journalists-missing-killed-latin-america/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050112_latin_america_reporters/journalists-missing-killed-latin-america/ 19:36:00Z Alex Leff It’s been another week of chilling reminders of the high risks for journalists in parts of Latin America, with two killings turning the news lens on reporters. Now, a possible kidnapping in Colombia has put the danger further into focus. 2012-05-01T19:36:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_cbp_pot/265-pounds-pot-found-hidden-van/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_cbp_pot/265-pounds-pot-found-hidden-van/ 17:32:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 40-year-old Agua Prieta, Son., man was arrested Saturday for trying to smuggle more than 265 pounds of marijuana in the United States. 2012-05-01T17:32:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_borderpatrol_pot/agents-seize-nearly-17m-worth-marijuana/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_borderpatrol_pot/agents-seize-nearly-17m-worth-marijuana/#When: 16:03:000 Janet Rose Jackman Updated: Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized almost 3,400 pounds of marijuana worth nearly $1.7 million in separate incidents over the weekend in the West Desert, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday. 2012-04-30T16:03:14-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_mex_guns/new-study-affirms-grim-role-played-by-us-guns-mexican-violence/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_mex_guns/new-study-affirms-grim-role-played-by-us-guns-mexican-violence/ 18:00:00Z Aaron Mehta South of the border, war is raging with guns mostly supplied by merchants in the United States. Mexico has estimated that almost 50,000 people have been killed since 2006, a toll that has made its top officials irate about the persistent flow of weapons south. 2012-04-30T18:00:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_mex_reporter_killed/mexican-crime-reporter-found-murdered-veracruz/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_mex_reporter_killed/mexican-crime-reporter-found-murdered-veracruz/ 15:13:00Z Global Post Regina Martinez, a crime reporter who covered drug trafficking for investigative Mexican news magazine Proceso, was found dead in Veracruz state on Saturday. 2012-04-30T15:13:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042812_mex_child_workers/report-3m-children-working-mexico-half-unpaid/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042812_mex_child_workers/report-3m-children-working-mexico-half-unpaid/ 18:12:00Z Global Post Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission on Friday said that 3 million minors work in the country, half without pay. 2012-04-28T18:12:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042712_borderpatrol_cocaine/agents-arrest-1-seize-41-pounds-cocaine-nogales/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042712_borderpatrol_cocaine/agents-arrest-1-seize-41-pounds-cocaine-nogales/ 23:01:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 32-year-old Mexican man was arrested after trying to smuggle nearly 41 pounds of cocaine through the DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales. 2012-04-27T23:01:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042512_sb1070_transcript/transcript-audio-supreme-court-sb-1070-hearing/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042512_sb1070_transcript/transcript-audio-supreme-court-sb-1070-hearing/#When: 12:10:000 Dylan Smith Updated: Transcript and audio recording of oral arguments before the Supreme Court on Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration enforcement law. 2012-04-27T12:10:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042712_cbp_forbidden_fruitf/border-agents-seize-forbidden-fruit/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042712_cbp_forbidden_fruitf/border-agents-seize-forbidden-fruit/ 18:14:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 46-year-old Florida man found himself in hot water on Tuesday when he tried to bring fruit into the United States. Forbidden fruit, that is. And some pork rinds. 2012-04-27T18:14:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042712_borderpatrol_sentence/man-gets-33-months-illegal-entry-into-us/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042712_borderpatrol_sentence/man-gets-33-months-illegal-entry-into-us/ 17:27:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 30-year-old Mexico City man, who was convicted of robbery in California in 2005, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for illegal re-entry into the United States by a felon. 2012-04-27T17:27:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042712_sinaloa_arrests/nephews-sinaloa-cartel-leader-arrested/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042712_sinaloa_arrests/nephews-sinaloa-cartel-leader-arrested/ 16:52:00Z Global Post More big fish have been netted in Mexican authorities’ battle against the country’s largest drug cartel. Two nephews of one of the leaders of the Sinaloa have been arrested on drug charges. 2012-04-27T16:52:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042612_dto_aguirre_sentencing/high-ranking-drug-smuggler-gets-20-years-prison/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042612_dto_aguirre_sentencing/high-ranking-drug-smuggler-gets-20-years-prison/ 00:22:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A high-ranking member of a Mexican drug trafficking organization was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for moving tens of thousands of pounds of marijuana and hundreds of pounds of heroin and cocaine into the U.S. 2012-04-27T00:22:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042612_atf_mexico_guns/atf-two-thirds-guns-recovered-mexico-from-us/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042612_atf_mexico_guns/atf-two-thirds-guns-recovered-mexico-from-us/ 21:16:00Z Julian Aguilar About two-thirds of the weapons recovered by Mexican authorities since 2007 and submitted to U.S. law enforcement for tracing had origins in the United States, according to data released today by the U.S. Department of Justice. 2012-04-26T21:16:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042612_mexico_tourism/mexican-vacation-more-than-beaches-and-violence/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042612_mexico_tourism/mexican-vacation-more-than-beaches-and-violence/ 15:29:00Z Matt Levin Mexico’s drug war has damaged its reputation with its most frequent visitors, U.S. travelers. As a result, Mexico is trying to change perception by any means necessary. 2012-04-26T15:29:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042612_sb1070_dc/justices-appear-skeptical-sb-1070-challenge/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042612_sb1070_dc/justices-appear-skeptical-sb-1070-challenge/ 13:46:00Z Dustin Volz Supporters of Arizona’s SB 1070 were buoyed Wednesday after a U.S. Supreme Court hearing in which most justices appeared skeptical of the federal challenge to central parts of the immigration law. 2012-04-26T13:46:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042512_mex_walmart_bribery/mexico-opens-wal-mart-bribery-probe/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042512_mex_walmart_bribery/mexico-opens-wal-mart-bribery-probe/ 00:16:00Z Global Post Federal authorities in Mexico announced Wednesday they would investigate to find if government officials at the national level were involved in alleged bribery by the U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart. 2012-04-26T00:16:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042512_mariposa_lanes/new-lanes-open-nogales-port-entry/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042512_mariposa_lanes/new-lanes-open-nogales-port-entry/ 19:58:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Travelers driving into Mexico next week through the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales will find a shift in traffic flow. 2012-04-25T19:58:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042512_grijalva_sb1070/grijalva-statement-sb-1070-supreme-court-case/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042512_grijalva_sb1070/grijalva-statement-sb-1070-supreme-court-case/ 19:40:00Z Dylan Smith U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva released this statement Wednesday afternoon, following the U.S. Supreme Court hearing on the constitutionality of Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration crackdown law. 2012-04-25T19:40:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042512_1070_supremes/justices-signal-parts-sb-1070-may-pass-scrutiny/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042512_1070_supremes/justices-signal-parts-sb-1070-may-pass-scrutiny/ 17:14:00Z Dylan Smith The Supreme Court showed skepticism over challenges to Arizona’s SB 1070 as justices questioned attorneys on both sides for over an hour Wednesday. A decision in the case is expected by June. 2012-04-25T17:14:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042512_texas_sb10710/other-states-eye-sb-1070-proceedings/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042512_texas_sb10710/other-states-eye-sb-1070-proceedings/ 16:51:00Z Julian Aguilar As the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday for and against SB 1070, several other states, including Texas, that have passed — or have attempted to pass — similar legislation are certain to keep a close eye on the proceedings. 2012-04-25T16:51:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042512_brewer_1070/brewer-statement-sb-1070-supreme-court-case/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042512_brewer_1070/brewer-statement-sb-1070-supreme-court-case/ 16:35:00Z Dylan Smith Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer released this statement on Wednesday morning, the day the state’s controversial immigration law, SB 1070, was being argued in the U.S. Supreme Court. 2012-04-25T16:35:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042512_mexico_immg_op/mexican-migration-down-now-what/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042512_mexico_immg_op/mexican-migration-down-now-what/ 16:12:00Z Dan Wagener Let’s get serious about resolving the status of our undocumented population. 2012-04-25T16:12:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042412_mex_walmart_bribery/justice-dept-probes-alleged-wal-mart-bribery-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042412_mex_walmart_bribery/justice-dept-probes-alleged-wal-mart-bribery-mexico/ 02:36:00Z Global Post Shares in the retailing behemoth Wal-Mart have continued to slide as the likelihood appears to grow that the company will face legal recompense for its alleged actions in Mexico. 2012-04-25T02:36:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042412_borderpatrol_pot/7-arrested-meth-cocaine-and-pot-seized/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042412_borderpatrol_pot/7-arrested-meth-cocaine-and-pot-seized/ 17:10:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Seven suspected drug smugglers were arrested and 40 pounds of meth, 3 pounds of cocaine and more than 1,700 pounds of marijuana were seized by border agents in three incidents over the weekend. 2012-04-24T17:10:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042312_new_world_order/immigration-new-world-order/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042312_new_world_order/immigration-new-world-order/ 05:14:00Z Roberto De Vido Was it something we said? For the first time since The Great Depression, more Mexicans are leaving the United States than entering. 2012-04-24T05:14:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042312_mexico_immigrants/study-mexico-us-immigration-standstill/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042312_mexico_immigrants/study-mexico-us-immigration-standstill/ 19:33:00Z Dylan Smith The net number of illegal immigrants from Mexico migrating to the U.S. has dropped to zero, and perhaps even lower, a study by the Pew Hispanic Center said. Nearly a million fewer undocumented immigrants lived here in 2011 than in 2007. 2012-04-23T19:33:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042312_brewer_1070_poll/brewer-touts-pro-sb-1070-poll-ignores-faulty-wording/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042312_brewer_1070_poll/brewer-touts-pro-sb-1070-poll-ignores-faulty-wording/ 18:25:00Z Dylan Smith Gov. Jan Brewer touted Monday a Fox News survey that showed national support for SB 1070, but overlooked a poll question that misstated the law’s effect. 2012-04-23T18:25:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042312_immigration_environment_ad/calif-group-inflates-numbers-immigration-ad/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042312_immigration_environment_ad/calif-group-inflates-numbers-immigration-ad/ 18:03:00Z Brooks Jackson An ad from a group called Californians for Population Stabilization claims controlling immigration is “part of the solution” to global warming. 2012-04-23T18:03:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042012_borderpatrol_sentence/man-gets-57-months-being-us-illegally/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042012_borderpatrol_sentence/man-gets-57-months-being-us-illegally/ 22:52:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 33-year-old Mexican man with a prior human-smuggling conviction was sentenced to 57 months in prison for illegal re-entry into the United States, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced. 2012-04-20T22:52:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042012_mex_volcano/volcano-mexico-spews-ash-toward-puebla/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042012_mex_volcano/volcano-mexico-spews-ash-toward-puebla/ 19:55:00Z Global Post A plume of ash was headed east toward the state capital of Puebla from Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano, which continued its eruptions Friday. 2012-04-20T19:55:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042012_az_border_security/report-border-security-point-diminishing-returns/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042012_az_border_security/report-border-security-point-diminishing-returns/ 15:18:00Z Dustin Volz A dramatic buildup of security personnel on the Southwest border has contributed to a decline in illegal immigration, but more efforts will yield “diminishing returns,” according to a report released Thursday. 2012-04-20T15:18:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041812_cbp_family_pot/mont-mother-and-son-accused-trying-smuggle-pot/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041812_cbp_family_pot/mont-mother-and-son-accused-trying-smuggle-pot/ 22:58:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A Montana woman and her son were arrested Monday for allegedly trying to smuggle nearly 1,200 pounds of marijuana into the United States from Mexico. 2012-04-18T22:58:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041812_natl_guard_border/drawbacks-seen-stationing-natl-guard-border/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041812_natl_guard_border/drawbacks-seen-stationing-natl-guard-border/ 21:28:00Z Julian Aguilar When the Obama administration announced in December that it would draw down the number of National Guard units that patrol the southern border, critics said the decision would leave Texas vulnerable to spillover violence from Mexico. 2012-04-18T21:28:35+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041812_az_border_security/defense-homeland-security-grilled-border-policies/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041812_az_border_security/defense-homeland-security-grilled-border-policies/ 16:44:00Z Stephanie Snyder Pentagon and Homeland Security officials assured a House subcommittee Tuesday that they can continue border security despite a reduction in the National Guard. 2012-04-18T16:44:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041712_mex_remains/bodies-found-near-juarez-revive-fears-serial-killings/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041712_mex_remains/bodies-found-near-juarez-revive-fears-serial-killings/ 17:00:00Z Global Post An announcement Monday that the remains of 12 young women and girls were found near the Texas-Mexico border revives fears of renewed serial killing in Ciudad Juarez. 2012-04-17T17:00:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041712_closeprotection/close-protection/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041712_closeprotection/close-protection/ 15:15:00Z Roberto De Vido What happens in Cartagena stays in Cartagena ... until you decide to stiff the hookers and they complain. Loudly. To (eventually) your boss. The President. Of the United States. 2012-04-17T15:15:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041612_border_patrol_random/random-border-patrol-deployment-might-aid-enforcement/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041612_border_patrol_random/random-border-patrol-deployment-might-aid-enforcement/ 20:34:00Z Tia Ghose A little randomness in deploying Border Patrol agents might work best to prevent illegal border crossings, according to a study from the RAND Corp. 2012-04-16T20:34:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041612_drug_war_legalize/in-latin-america-critical-mass-urges-end-drug-war/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041612_drug_war_legalize/in-latin-america-critical-mass-urges-end-drug-war/ 16:50:00Z Alex Leff When leaders want to revise their drug laws, they go to Ethan Nadelmann for advice. GlobalPost interviewed him about the state of the “legalize it” debate in the Americas. 2012-04-16T16:50:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041612_obama_americas_op/cuba-policy-costs-obama-summit-americas/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041612_obama_americas_op/cuba-policy-costs-obama-summit-americas/ 16:04:00Z Nick Miroff Forget the horny Secret Service agents and their Colombian hookers. It was U.S. diplomacy that really got screwed at this weekend’s Summit of the Americas in Cartagena. 2012-04-16T16:04:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041412_peru_drug_war/peru-backs-us-war-drugs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041412_peru_drug_war/peru-backs-us-war-drugs/ 00:30:00Z Simeon Tegel As some Latin American leaders call for legalization of narcotics, Peru — a leading coca grower — remains opposed. A former anti-drug czar-turned-dissident explains why. 2012-04-15T00:30:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041412_summit_americas_obama/obama-legalization-not-answer-drug-war/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041412_summit_americas_obama/obama-legalization-not-answer-drug-war/#When: 14:35:000 Global Post Updated: Speaking at the Summit of the Americas, President Barack Obama on Saturday told Latin American leaders that legalization was not the answer to the drug war. 2012-04-14T14:35:16-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041312_obama_summit/us-face-heat-from-friends-foes-americas-summit/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041312_obama_summit/us-face-heat-from-friends-foes-americas-summit/ 20:21:00Z Nick Miroff Barack Obama will likely hear pointed criticism from allies over the U.S.-backed drug war and monetary policy during the Summit of the Americas this weekend in Colombia. 2012-04-13T20:21:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041312_mex_exiles_texas/mexicans-flee-drug-violence-refuge-us/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041312_mex_exiles_texas/mexicans-flee-drug-violence-refuge-us/ 17:27:00Z Julian Aguilar Displaced Mexicans seek refuge north of the Rio Grande after fleeing a government-sanctioned drug war in Chihuahua, where thousands have been slaughtered since 2006. 2012-04-13T17:27:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041212_us_legalize/can-us-snuff-out-latin-americas-legalize-it-push/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041212_us_legalize/can-us-snuff-out-latin-americas-legalize-it-push/ 18:40:00Z Nick Miroff The growing backlash against the U.S.-led drug war, including bold new talk of drug decriminalization from some Latin American countries, will likely be chatter at this weekend’s Summit of the Americas. 2012-04-12T18:40:37+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041112_buckmaster/buckmaster-will-streetcar-make-tucson-more-livable-city/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041112_buckmaster/buckmaster-will-streetcar-make-tucson-more-livable-city/ 21:36:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Jan Cervelli, dean of UA’S College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture; Bill Doelle, head of Archaeology Southwest; Bill McDorman, of Native Seeds Search; and Keith Rosenblum, Buckmaster contributor on Mexico. 2012-04-11T21:36:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041112_borderpatrol_tx_crash/at-least-9-suspected-illegal-immigrants-killed-tx-crash/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041112_borderpatrol_tx_crash/at-least-9-suspected-illegal-immigrants-killed-tx-crash/ 19:57:00Z Talia Ralph At least nine suspected illegal immigrants were killed and six injured in a south Texas town when their van rolled over just after a Border Patrol traffic stop. 2012-04-11T19:57:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041112_borderpatrol_sentence/convicted-gang-member-gets-33-months-illegal-entry/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041112_borderpatrol_sentence/convicted-gang-member-gets-33-months-illegal-entry/ 17:51:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 29-year-old convicted gang member was sentenced to 33 months in prison for illegal re-entry into the United States. 2012-04-11T17:51:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041112_tex_mexico_trade/tx-lawmakers-want-include-mexico-trade-pact/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041112_tex_mexico_trade/tx-lawmakers-want-include-mexico-trade-pact/ 16:32:00Z Julian Aguilar A group of Texas lawmakers recently sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk asking him to consider including Mexico in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact. 2012-04-11T16:32:45+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041012_az_smith_immigration/freshman-state-senator-focused-immigration/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041012_az_smith_immigration/freshman-state-senator-focused-immigration/ 18:23:00Z Karen Schmidt State Sen. Steve Smith was focused on one issue during his campaign: illegal immigration. His colleagues say he hasn’t lost sight of what got him elected. 2012-04-10T18:23:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041012_az_tucson_sanctuary/tucsonans-have-long-history-offering-sanctuary/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041012_az_tucson_sanctuary/tucsonans-have-long-history-offering-sanctuary/ 17:34:00Z Diana Martinez While Tucson officials today say they do not consider the city a designated place of sanctuary, human rights work continues the path of the Sanctuary Movement through local organizations. 2012-04-10T17:34:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040912_dto_sentence/sinaloa-man-gets-nearly-22-years-drug-trafficking/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040912_dto_sentence/sinaloa-man-gets-nearly-22-years-drug-trafficking/ 22:39:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A Mexican man believed to be the leader of a drug-trafficking organization was sentenced Monday to nearly 22 years in prison for trafficking in cocaine. 2012-04-09T22:39:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040912_immigrants_shot/2-killed-when-camo-clad-group-attacks-illegal-immigrants/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040912_immigrants_shot/2-killed-when-camo-clad-group-attacks-illegal-immigrants/ 19:58:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Two people were fatally shot Sunday night when suspected human smugglers traveling near Eloy were ambushed by a group wearing camouflage and armed with rifles. 2012-04-09T19:58:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040612_borderpatrol_sentence/man-sentenced-39-months-illegal-re-entry/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040612_borderpatrol_sentence/man-sentenced-39-months-illegal-re-entry/ 17:42:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 31-year-old Mexican man apprehended by Border Patrol agents in October was sentenced Monday to 39 months in prison for illegal re-entry into the United States. 2012-04-06T17:42:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040512_mex_narcocorridos/politicos-crack-down-mexicos-gangster-ballads/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040512_mex_narcocorridos/politicos-crack-down-mexicos-gangster-ballads/ 16:58:00Z David Agren As Mexico’s elections near, politicos are tightening the squeeze on “narcocorridos,” the country’s popular odes to drug cartel kingpins. 2012-04-05T16:58:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040412_sinaloa_drug_indictments/3-charged-with-drug-trafficking-money-laundering/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040412_sinaloa_drug_indictments/3-charged-with-drug-trafficking-money-laundering/ 00:38:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Three Mexican men accused of being part of the Sinaloa drug trafficking organization operating in Arizona were indicted Tuesday on drug and money laundering charges. 2012-04-05T00:38:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040412_borderpatrol_sentence/sonora-man-gets-41-months-illegal-re-entry-into-us/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040412_borderpatrol_sentence/sonora-man-gets-41-months-illegal-re-entry-into-us/ 16:06:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 42-year-old Nogales, Son., man was sentenced to 41 months in prison March 21 for illegally re-entering the United States. 2012-04-04T16:06:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040312_dupnik_border_gear/dupnik-bring-surplus-military-gear-border/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040312_dupnik_border_gear/dupnik-bring-surplus-military-gear-border/ 02:26:00Z Tarryn Mento Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik says military equipment left over from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could help bolster security in Arizona. 2012-04-04T02:26:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040312_cbp_unreported_cash/cbp-seizes-317k-unreported-cash-headed-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040312_cbp_unreported_cash/cbp-seizes-317k-unreported-cash-headed-mexico/ 23:29:00Z Janet Rose Jackman U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than $317,000 in unreported cash bound for Mexico in two incidents in Nogales. 2012-04-03T23:29:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040312_immigrant_rules/the-facts-new-hospitality-guidelines-detained-immigrants/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040312_immigrant_rules/the-facts-new-hospitality-guidelines-detained-immigrants/ 17:57:00Z Cora Currier The government’s new standards for more humane detention of undocumented immigrants have been criticized as too cushy. So what are they? 2012-04-03T17:57:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040312_gun_suit/trade-group-aids-suit-over-border-state-gun-reporting-rule/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040312_gun_suit/trade-group-aids-suit-over-border-state-gun-reporting-rule/ 17:19:00Z Julian Aguilar A national firearms trade association that boasts more than 7,000 members is helping finance a lawsuit in which a Texas gun dealer is challenging a federal reporting requirement for the sale of long rifles. 2012-04-03T17:19:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040312_arellano_felex_sentence/mexican-drug-kingpin-gets-25-years-us-prison/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040312_arellano_felex_sentence/mexican-drug-kingpin-gets-25-years-us-prison/ 15:48:00Z Jill Langlois Former leader of Mexico’s Tijuana drug cartel Benjamin Arellano Felix, 58, was sentenced Monday to 25 years in U.S. prison and ordered to forfeit $100 million. 2012-04-03T15:48:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040212_az_criminal_sweep/34-arrested-az-ice-sweep-criminals/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040212_az_criminal_sweep/34-arrested-az-ice-sweep-criminals/ 00:39:00Z Victoria Pelham Federal immigration officials arrested 64 criminals in Arizona, including six in Tucson, as part of a nationwide, six-day sweep that netted more than 3,100 people in the country illegally. 2012-04-03T00:39:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040212_energy_summit/obama-talks-energy-trade-with-canada-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040212_energy_summit/obama-talks-energy-trade-with-canada-mexico/ 23:24:00Z Global Post President Obama, Mexican President Felipe Calderón and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper wrapped up the “three amigos” North America summit Monday where energy and trade topped the agenda. 2012-04-02T23:24:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040212_cbp_pot_cucumbers/1800-lbs-pot-found-cucumber-shipment/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040212_cbp_pot_cucumbers/1800-lbs-pot-found-cucumber-shipment/ 18:09:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A Mexican national was arrested after more than 1,800 pounds of marijuana was found hidden in a shipment of cucumbers bound for the U.S. 2012-04-02T18:09:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040212_mex_cult_killings/8-mex-accused-killing-3-as-sacrifices-santa-muerte/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040212_mex_cult_killings/8-mex-accused-killing-3-as-sacrifices-santa-muerte/ 16:00:00Z Jill Langlois Authorities in Sonora have arrested eight people accused of killing two boys and one woman as human sacrifices for Santa Muerte — the saint of death. 2012-04-02T16:00:23+00:00