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US indicts 19 members of Hispanic street gang – Maryland branch of the “Latin Kings”

Leaders of the valley’s Hispanic community are taking issue with a Napa County Grand Jury report on gangs, saying the grand jury failed to seek their perspective before proposing solutions to gang problems and slamming local efforts to reduce gang violence.

HispanicTips » » Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 22nd, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Mexico’s violent drug gangs are increasingly kidnapping illegal migrants for ransom and forcing them to carry narcotics into the United States as they muscle into the lucrative trade of smuggling people across the border.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 24th, 2009

Threats from a street gang, MS-13, forced Pablo, Rene and Silvia Mira to flee to the U.S. in 2004 from their native El Salvador. – Now, the question is whether the government will consider resistance to joining gangs as grounds for asylum

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 12th, 2009

Police in the northern Mexico city of Monterrey have been told not to sit in parked patrol cars observing traffic, because officials suspect they could be spying for criminal gangs or drug cartels.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 10th, 2009

Selling tamales on the streets of Los Angeles is a dangerous game of hide-and-seek. Tamale vendors, or “Tamaleros,” have to avoid obstacles like gangs, traffic, police and health inspectors to make only about $30 a day.

Hispanic y Latino News for Friday June 5th, 2009

Mexican drug gangs are moving operations to Guatemala, where weak law enforcement and deep-rooted corruption provide fertile ground, officials and analysts say.

Hispanic y Latino News for Wednesday June 3rd, 2009

The rounding up of thousands of suspects in Mexico’s drug war has left the already unruly prison system overwhelmed with jailbreaks and struggling to contain deadly riots between inmates from rival gangs.

Mexico’s drug gangs drive film crew out of town – Escalating violence is forcing Hollywood and US tourists to stay away – roducers of a film about the murder of a cocaine smuggler, which would have starred Eva Mendes, Josh Hartnett and Sir Ben Kingsley, have been forced to abandon filming on the Mexican coast after the movie-makers received death threats.

Rural Mexican villages dig moats to repel gangsters – Ditches don’t always deter raids, but federal troops can’t be spared – Cuauhtemoc

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexico deployed 2,000 troops to this embattled northern border city Friday to reinforce a crackdown against drug gangs.

Narco War Next Door – (great video about the drug war in Mexico) -In this one-hour Vanguard report, Laura Ling travels to the border towns of Juarez and Tijuana, Mexico where drugs gangs are fighting for control of the drug routes into the United States.

The faces of El Salvador’s gangs

NUEVO PLAN DE AZTLAN: ROADMAP TO PEACE AND JUSTICE THROUGHOUT OUR AMERICAS

News Summaries for January 28th, 2009

Taking Back The Streets: ICE And Local Law Enforcement Target Immigrant Gangs

News Summary – January 23rd-26th, 2009

Democrat Joe Baca is heading into his sixth congressional term with high hopes following his party’s Election Day sweep. Baca, D-Rialto, said he plans to introduce more than 20 bills and resolutions, including initiatives to fight gangs, cut down on home foreclosures and ensure access to food stamps for the poor.

News Summary for January 21st, 2009

Mexican cartels have taken over most of the drug trade in the United States, and are working with 20 gangs, including the Barrio Aztecas, according to a just-released report by the National Drug Intelligence Center titled “National Drug Threat Assessment 2009.”

New Summary for Wednesday – December 3rd, 2008

Houston has become the top source for firearms going into Mexico, supplying drug cartel gangsters with weapons for their deadly battles, according to federal law enforcement officials.

News Summary for Tuesday – November 18th, 2008

Mexican schoolteachers victims of extortion racket – Gangs threatening teachers to hand over Christmas bonuses or see harm done to their families or students

News Summary – November 4th – 6th, 2008

Two top state police officers slain in Mexico – One of the killings occurs in Mexico state, where 12 officers have been killed in five days, apparently by gangs seeking a foothold in areas near the capital.

Blogante News Summary for October 20th, 2008

U.S. drug czar John Walters said Friday that Mexico’s drug cartels are crossing the border to kidnap and kill inside the United States, and promised that an anti-drug aid package to help Mexico to fight the gangs will be ready soon.

Blogante News Summary for October 15th, 2008

The U.S. government on Tuesday pledged to give El Salvador $2.6 million to fight violent gangs known as Maras.

Zune Marketplace Introduces Exclusive Fania Records Digital Store

Henry Dominguez of Anheuser-Busch Honored for Work with Los Angeles Youth

Spanish Broadcasting System Holds Telethon to Aid The Caribbean Victims

News Summary for Monday – September 8th, 2008

Blogante News Essentials for Monday – September 8th, 2008

Gangster Reveals Mexican Mafia Secrets – Rene Enriquez

News Summary for Monday – August 18th, 2008

Mexican gangs dominate Ohio drug trade – Columbus is key distribution center for cartel’s heroin

Blogante News Summary for Thursday – July 24th, 2008

Blogante Essentials for Thursday – July 24th, 2008

Tighter border security and a broken-down rail line on Mexico’s southern frontier are prompting thousands of U.S.-bound illegal immigrants to head north through thick jungles controlled by violent drug gangs.

SBS’s ‘EL CIRCO’ recognized by leading Marketing Association in Puerto Rico.

Op-Ed: The importance of McCain’s Latin America trip – Alex Burgos

McCain needs Latino votes, too

Blogante News for Wednesday – June 11th, 2008

120 suspected Latino gang members busted in Georgia – Did You Know? The arrests were part of a national effort in which 8,900 members of more than 700 gangs have been arrested since 2005.

U.S., Mexico fighting flow of firearms to drug cartels

Mexico’s War on Drugs is a Sham – Mexico’s strategy against organized crime is failing because it has not attacked the larger financial or political structure behind drug trafficking, writes La Opinión’s Mexico City correspondent.

Gothamist: Who’s Afraid of the Puerto Rican Day Parade?

What the Mexicans Might Learn From the Italians

Chino Hills artist Abel Izaguirre creates tiny tributes to his old home: South L.A. – The man who watched his brothers fall victim to the streets found refuge in art. Many of his Locsters — such as ‘Tattoo Tony’ — are real people depicted as toys.

Mexican Kidnappers are Operating in the United States

A ‘latino’ year at Cannes

Journey from Humboldt Park to Guthrie Park – Edwin Ruiz named Riverside’s police officer of the year – Chicago area

Mexican Citizens Alarmed as Drug Violence Escalates

Blogante News for Monday – May 12th, 2008

Spanish Broadcasting Announces Winter 2008 Arbitron Results

Mexicans conquer U.S. ‘meth’ trade – WHILE METHAMPHETAMINE LABS IN THE U.S. WERE BEING BUSTED, MEXICAN DRUG GANGS RAMPED UP THEIR OPERATIONS.

!Ask a Mexican!: Are Mexicans Like Scots?

Hundreds riot at LA detention center for illegal immigrants

Blogante News for Wednesday – April 16th, 2008

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, on April 4th, told a largely African-American audience in Compton that when Latino gangs are at war with black gangs over drugs and turf they are sometimes satisfied to kill any young black living in their rival’s territory in order to flex their criminal muscle.

Villaraigosa on immigration – The mayor is right to ask DHS to focus on crime-fighting instead of workplace raids.

‘Jamiel’s Law’ Targets Illegal Immigrant Gang Members – Los Angeles

Blogante News for Monday – March 31st, 2008

Latino families fight lure of gangs – A Portland officer teaches a national program in Spanish, reaching parents and kids – Oregon

Blogante News for Monday – March 24th, 2008

Former gangster turns life around – Cristian Martinez speaks to youth in Idaho

‘Zoot Suit’ cast of county teens dramatize barrio history – Monterey County, California

Kxol Latino 96.3 FM to Campaign Against Gang Violence in Los Angeles

Chicano films in the spotlight – Cine Chicano Film Festival – Arizona

Latino Street Fiction Hits L.A. – Urbano Publishing signs local author David Bueno Hill

Mexico rights official says army tortured, raped

Mexico, U.S. step up drug-war cooperation

Mexico gunmen target children in drug war

Sense of personal control influences Latinas’ decisions about sexual debut

Latino Gang Using Race to Target Enemies? – (audio)

A community at loss: Beloved priest to return to Mexico – Kansas City

Blogante News for Thursday – January 10th, 2008

Calderon: ‘Close ranks’ on Mexico’s drug gangs

Members of Mexican Mafia convicted on racketeering counts – San Diego

Blogante News for Wednesday – January 2nd, 2007

Los Angeles Combating Gangs Gone International

More Central American women immigrating to US

Immigration Issues in Virginia to Be Reviewed by State Subcommittee

Blogante News for Wednesday – December 5th, 2007

Gangsters turn their guns on the folk musicians who sing of drugs

Luis from Seward – Did you know one of Hollywood’s most celebrated Puerto Rican stars (Luis Guzman) lives on Grand Street?

Gang Violence Spreads Across US, Central American Borders

Injunction issued against Latino street gang in San Marcos – California

Blogante Headlines for Wednesday – November 28th, 2007

Five Mexican Lawmakers Receive Kidnapping Threats

Brig. Gen. Angela Salinas, Marine Corps to speak at El Hispano News’ ‘Parents Step Ahead’ Ceremony

Studies: Hispanic youth look for acceptance, often turn to gangs

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