America’s Open Arms

by Melissa del Bosque from the Texas Observer, where this story was first published. The Romanian WASR-10 assault rifle is a cheap, reliable killing machine. Since 2006, more than 500 […]

I can’t stop laughing long enough to be outraged. Wait…no, nope, can’t muster a frown. Turns out some schmuck in Los Angeles thinks that pot from Mexico is targeted to […]

So far all of the information that I’ve seen published about the shooting death of a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency in northern Mexico has been basic facts. The […]

Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were shot in Mexico City; Special Agent Jaime J. Zapata was killed and the other is in a hospital recovering. Borders book store […]

Lots of talk about the budget, the Middle East is still all aflutter with activity, prices are going up, authorities in Colombia found a drug submarine and men’s homes are […]

Somewhere between President George W. Bush announcing in 2007 that the U.S. would give México $1.4 billion dollars to fight drug cartels (Mérida Initiative) and now, just $362 million in […]

Guns purchased in Arizona and illegally smuggled into Mexico were among those used to kill a Border Patrol agent in that state in December. This information came as part of […]

Here’s a story that has been recently getting attention because of its lack of attention. The story of Brisenia Flores, a nine year old girl killed during a home invasion […]

One of our faithful readers, Linda Cuellar, sent us this incredible story reported in the Chronicle of Higher Education. A Border Patrol agent was fired for voicing his opinion on […]

I wanted to post this story about Mexico’s Wikileaks cables as a sort of repository for the info I could find on the subject. Of course Mexico hasn’t been the […]