11May2013
Organized Crime Harms Culture, Italian Cardinal Says on Visit to Mexico
EFE
Organized crime "is anti-culture" and sects associated with criminal activities, such as Mexico's Holy Death sect, are "blasphemous," Italian Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi said during a visit to Mexico.

11May2013
78,000+ People Apply to Move to Mars FOREVER
The Daily Mail
Though a lifetime trip to a Mars may not be a typical life plan, that hasn't stopped more than 78,000 people from applying to sign up for the chance to be one of the select to see the Red Planet up close.

11May2013
Andres Oppenheimer: What Obama Didn't Say About Latin America
The Miami Herald
I much prefer Obama over his Republican critics on most issues. But I find it unfortunate that, as Obama’s recent trade initiatives with Asia and Europe show, he looks East and West, but very little toward the South.

11May2013
Mexican Tycoon Carlos Slim Taunted by Kazoos at New York Public Library
Bloomberg News
After a group of protesters denounced Carlos Slim and marched out of the room playing Darth Vader’s theme song on kazoos, a companion of the Mexican billionaire smiled at him and said, “Welcome to New York.”

10May2013
Mother's Day in Mexico: Time to Reflect on Missing Children
USA Today
Hundreds of mothers and the relatives of missing persons marched through central Mexico City on Friday, marking Mexican Mother's Day with demands that the federal government take the cases of their loved ones seriously.

10May2013
UN Official Says Migrant Trafficking More Profitable than Drug Trafficking
Milenio
The lack of classification of the smuggling of migrants as a crime has resulted in its being a more profitable business than drug trafficking, according to Antonio Mazzitelli, a representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

10May2013
Senators Ban Border Fee at US Land Crossings
CBC News
The DHS had wanted U.S. Congress to authorize the study of a fee that could be collected from everyone entering the U.S. at land crossings bordering Canada and Mexico, but the Senate's judiciary committee has voted to ban the fee all together.

10May2013
'Over the Line': US Agents Shooting Dead Innocent Mexicans Across the Border With Impunity
Democracy NOW!
A joint investigation by The Washington Monthly and The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute has found over the past five years U.S. border agents have shot across the border at least 10 times, killing a total of six Mexicans on Mexican soil.


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