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Nostalgia and Reality Collide in Mexico
 Hector Becerra
Bobby Salcedo's killing shattered the romantic image many Mexican Americans shared about their homeland. Some say they won't go back; others refuse to give up hope or sever ties.
Mistaken Science Leads to Texas Executions
 Yana Kunichoff
An investigative report reveals that Texas continues to execute mentally retarded prisoners despite a US Supreme Court ban. The state has been basing its decisions on unreliable mental health testimony by a court-appointed psychologist.
Mexico Army Hands Control to Police in Drug War City
 Julian Cardona
Mexico's army, facing accusations of rights abuses, will give federal police control of security in the country's most violent drug war city even as cartel killings escalate.
A North American Security Perimeter on the Horizon
 Dana Gabriel
NAFTA has extended from economic integration into a political and regional security pact which has been achieved through the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) of North America, Plan Mexico, as well as other initiatives.
 Healing Suicidal Veterans: A Video Interview With Vic Montgomery
 Robert Corsini
Vietnam-era veteran Vic Montgomery III, author of "Healing Suicidal Veterans," spoke with Truthout's Robert Corsini about the growing tsunami of veterans' mental health needs.
Cartel Inc: In the Company of Narcos
 Robin Emmott
Late last year, Mexican soldiers raided a house in Rio Bravo, a dilapidated town just across the border from Texas. What they found was a kind of "back office" that belonged to the Gulf cartel, the country's most violent drug gang.
Her Crime? Sex Work in New Orleans
 Jordan Flaherty
Tabitha has been working as a prostitute in New Orleans since she was 13. Now 30 years old, she can often be found working on a corner just outside of the French Quarter. A small and slight white woman, she has battled both drug addiction and illness and struggles every day to find a meal or a place to stay for the night.
Mexico Holds Drug Suspect Accused of Grisly Tactics
 Marc Lacey
When it comes to gore, Mexico’s drug traffickers seem to compete among themselves for the title of most depraved.
Human Trafficking in Mexico Targets Women and Children
 CNN
Even before her 18th birthday, Maria had already been enslaved by a gang of human traffickers and held in captivity for four months in her homeland of Mexico. What makes Maria's story so special is that she was one of the lucky ones that were able to escape.
Halting Drug War Corruption: What Mexico Can Learn from Colombia
 Sara Miller Llana & Sibylla Brodzinsky
The town hall in the sweltering city of Apatzingan, Mexico, bustles with life. Residents file past colorful murals to contest fines and retrieve paperwork; bureaucrats type away in cubicles. But that quiet efficiency once hid a nest of corruption.
Canada No Longer a Haven for War Resisters
 Sandro Contenta
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is determined to send back the some 200 American asylum-seekers who have fled the Iraq war.
Activists Worried About "Secret" Internet Treaty
 Emilio Godoy
An international treaty to combat copyright infringement and piracy, being negotiated by Mexico and other countries, could curtail expansion of the internet, violate people's rights to privacy and freedom of expression, and undermine multilateral accords on intellectual property, activists warn.
Full-Body Scanners Used on Air Passengers May Damage Human DNA
 Mike Adams
In researching the biological effects of the millimeter wave scanners used for whole body imaging at airports, NaturalNews has learned that the energy emitted by the machines may damage human DNA.
The Militarization of Mexican Police Forces to Continue
 Frontera NorteSur
Whether active duty or retired, military men will continue to play a central role in Mexico´s drug war in 2010.
Mexico's Drug War Death Tally in 2009 Eclipses Civilian Deaths in Iraq
 Rob Kuznia
Mexico witnessed an astonishing 69 murders in a single day on Saturday, in a gruesome sign that the country's notorious drug wars are showing no signs of slowing down.
Fear and Paranoia as Guantánamo Marks its Eighth Anniversary
 Andy Worthington
On the eighth anniversary of the opening of Guantánamo, the fate of the 198 prisoners still held is, in many ways, no clearer than it was a year ago.
New Drug Law Changes Little in Mexico
 Dennis Wagner
Beneath a lofty debate, cops, treatment counselors, government officials, researchers and addicts interviewed last month said there have been no discernible changes related to the new law.
Bolivia: Evo Morales, the Best Ally of the Middle Class
 Franz Chávez
Just five years ago, an alliance between an indigenous leader and Bolivia's small but influential middle class seemed virtually impossible. But left-wing President Evo Morales was re-elected last month with an even more impressive landslide victory than his already unprecedented triumph in 2005, clearly reflecting growing support among the middle class.
Colombian Woman Salvages Corpses at River Bend
 Frank Bajak
At this bend in the Cauca River, an eddy urges debris ashore. The rocky bank is scattered with sticks, reeds and plastic bottles, and vultures pick at the sodden, shiny white carcass of a small dog. It is here that the bodies wash up.
Privacy Activists Score Victories Against More Detailed Body Scanners at Airports
 David G. Savage
The US government has promised more and better security at airports after the near-disaster Christmas Day, but privacy advocates are not prepared to accept the use of full-body scanners as the routine screening system at the nation's airports.
Study: More Families Using US Food Stamps to Feed Kids
 David Goldstein
The United States has more poor children now than it did a year ago. As recession-hammered families increase, more are using food stamps to feed their kids, according to a study by the Brookings Institution and First Focus, a bipartisan child advocacy group.
US Officials Hid Truth of Immigrant Deaths in Jail
 Nina Bernstein
Silence has long shrouded the men and women who die in the nation’s immigration jails. For years, they went uncounted and unnamed in the public record. Even in 2008, when The New York Times obtained and published a federal government list of such deaths, few facts were available about who these people were and how they died.
Not Even Churches Escape Extortion in Mexico's Ciudad Juarez
 DPA
In Ciudad Juarez, just across the US border from El Paso, Texas, religious institutions are no different from restaurants, bars, funeral homes, butcher shops and used-car dealers, who risk being the targets of arson if they fail to pay their "dues."
33 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True
 Jonathan Elinoff
What follows are some of these most shocking modern conspiracy theories that turned out true after thorough investigation by our society. Some through congressional hearings, others through investigative journalism. Many of these, however, were just admitted to by those involved.
Mexico Says US Immigration Reform Unlikely in 2010
 Mark Stevenson
Mexico's ambassador to the United States said Friday he expects immigration reform is unlikely to pass in that country in 2010 because of unemployment and midterm elections.
Shock Study: 12% of Kids Sexually Abused in US Custody
 Daniel Tencer
Some 12 percent of minors held in government custody are sexually abused, and in some facilities the rate reaches a stunning one in three children, says a report released this week by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
US Targets Lipan Apache for More Abuse at Border
 Brenda Norrell
The US made new threats about the condemnation and seizure of Lipan Apache lands in Texas for the US/Mexico border wall, as the abuses of Indigenous Peoples in the borderzone continues unabated. President Obama continues the genocidal borderland policies of the Bush administration.
Triumph of Right-Wing Nationalism
 The Real News Network
Paul Jay speaks with Glen Ford of the Black Agenda Report about Obama's foreign policies, whos says the rise of right nationalism in US and abroad is the danger, and the Obama admin is a part of it.
Islam: 5 Things You Didn't Know
 Omid Safi
Islam continues to be in the news on a daily basis, yet many Americans are in the dark about the faith and its founder, the Prophet Muhammad. Even fewer of us are aware of how long Islam has been part of the American landscape - and the significance of its impact on American culture.
Mexico Must Remain Committed to Public Finance Reform
 OECD
Recent reforms have improved Mexico’s overall budget framework, helping it to withstand the current global crisis, but further reforms are needed to ensure long-term fiscal sustainability, according to a new OECD study.
In Mexico, Rights Groups March to Protest Activist's Slaying
 Tracy Wilkinson
Josefina Reyes, who was among the rights advocates who criticized alleged abuses by the Mexican military, had received threats. She was killed Sunday near Ciudad Juarez.
FOIA Request Filed for OPR Report on Bush's Lawyers
 The Robert Jackson Steering Committee
An organization of attorneys, journalists, and advocates today filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act requesting the long-suppressed report from the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) regarding the conduct of President Bush's top lawyers in the Office of Legal Counsel who authored memos purporting to authorize torture and aggressive war
The Great Airport Scanner Scam
 James Ridgeway
Scan, baby, scan. That’s the mantra among politicians at all levels in the wake of the thwarted terrorist attack aboard a Detroit-bound passenger jet.
 Mexico's Drug War Brings More Carnage To Border
 Jason Beaubien
Mexico's brutal drug war has played out all across the country. But no place has been as hard hit as Ciudad Juarez, the industrial city just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas.
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