Posted by Alex Sobieski
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Mexican authorities find tunnel at federal facility
TIJUANA — Images from a video surveillance camera led Mexican authorities to a suspected smuggling tunnel under construction in Tijuana inside a guarded federal customs facility at the Otay Mesa border crossing, authorities said yesterday.
Study: County’s immigrant Latinos have highest self-employment rate
Combined regional census and federal economic data show that in San Diego County, Latino immigrants have a higher rate of self-employment than that of nonimmigrant Latinos and even native-born U.S. citizens, according to a new report.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/27/study-countys-immigrant-latinos-have-highest-self/
Posted by Alex Sobieski
Vehicle checks at border paying off Authorities seize cash, guns bound for Mexico
SOUTH COUNTY — Last spring, U.S. officials announced a $400 million effort to tighten border security, this time with an emphasis on southbound inspections of vehicles headed into Mexico to check for contraband cash and firearms.
Posted by Alex Sobieski
Drug smugglers’ creativity grows
Hidden among truckloads of peppers, bananas, toilet paper and medical supplies entering from Mexico, customs officers have been finding another type of import.
NELVIN C. CEPEDA / UNION-TRIBUNE
Driver Juan Madero looked on at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry last week as an agriculture specialist inspected a box of cilantro.
PHOTO BY NELVIN C. CEPEDA - UNION-TRIBUNE
At the Otay Mesa cargo port, U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspector Eiichiro Ninmiya checked loads of goods last week with his partner, Cora.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/feb/15/drug-smugglers-creativity-grows/
Posted by Alex Sobieski
Baja village has become smugglers’ launch point
PEGGY PEATTIE / UNION-TRIBUNE
Popotla’s activity and proximity to the border make it an attractive spot for smugglers to take to the sea with their human cargo, U.S. and Mexican officials say
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/01/baja-village-has-become-smugglers-launch-point/
Posted by Alex Sobieski
Disminuyen las remesas
Disminuyen las remesas
Washington/EFE — Las transferencias de dinero de inmigrantes de América Latina y el Caribe a sus países cayeron un 15% en 2009, hasta los 58,800 millones de dólares, debido a la crisis económica en países como EE.UU., España y Japón.Según un informe publicado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), la recuperación de estas transferencias durante el último trimestre de 2009 y las estadísticas de empleo y migración revelan una estabilización del envío de dinero.
[ Zelene Valencia]
http://www.impre.com/laopinion/inmigracion/2010/3/7/disminuyen-las-remesas-176864-1.html
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Drug war clashes between Gulf cartel, Zetas may escalate, could affect North Texas
08:36 AM CST on Monday, March 1, 2010
NUEVO LAREDO – Longstanding tensions between the Zetas paramilitary group and their old employers, the Gulf drug cartel, have exploded into a full-blown war, worrying U.S. and Mexican law enforcement officials that a likely protracted battle will further threaten this stretch of the Texas-Mexico border. Parts of it are already under heightened security.
The resumption in violence shatters a three-year uneasy truce in this region and represents a potential menace to places such as North Texas where the Zetas and a rival drug trafficking organization known as La Familia are entrenched, according to a U.S. intelligence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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[Posted By Michael Felix]
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