21Oct2015
United Nations Shelves Leaked Report Calling for Decriminalization of All Drugs
The Independent
Briefing paper argues that criminalizing drug use increases death rates among addicts and has led to the jailing of millions of people for non-violent offenses.

21Oct2015
Consulate Officials Call Recent Naco Cross-Border Shooting 'Worrisome'
Tucson.com
Mexican consulate officials in Douglas monitoring an incident in which a Border Patrol agent near Naco fired into Mexico say use of force in immigration control efforts should be a last resort.

20Oct2015
Doctors from Cuba, Costa Rica to Examine Student in Mexico's Ayotzinapa Case
Agencia EFE
Two foreign neurologists are scheduled to arrive in Mexico next week to perform a second examination on Aldo Gutierrez, an education student who has been in a coma since he and several classmates were shot in Iguala, a city in the southern state of Guerrero.

20Oct2015
In 'La Maestra,' a Mexican Teacher Sheds Light on Issues Facing Female Surfers
On The Water Front
A unique surfing movie told in the words of teacher/surfer, Mayra Agulair, who became the first Mexican woman surfer in her area.

20Oct2015
Samantha Pena: Grasping the Humanitarian Crisis at the US-Mexico Border
International Policy Digest
The crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border is currently a hot-button issue as liberals and conservatives argue about how U.S. immigration laws should be reformed. Upwards of 50,000 Central American children have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to escape their gang-controlled home countries and seek asylum in the U.S.

20Oct2015
Tattoos Help Survivors of Breast Cancer Heal Wounds
Agencia EFE
When Miriam Valderrama lost both breasts to breast cancer at the age of 40, she had to get used to seeing the scars of her mastectomy in the mirror on a chest she did not recognize. But a tattoo has helped Miriam improve her self-esteem, while her scars "were only a memory."

20Oct2015
Update: Catastrophic Hurricane Patricia Blasting Through Mexico
Weather.com
Hurricane Patricia became the strongest hurricane ever known to make landfall on the Pacific coast of Mexico after the center of its eye crossed the coast of Jalisco state early Friday evening.

20Oct2015
Facebook Account of Fugitive Drug Lord's Son Gives Rare Insight Into Mexico's Cartels
Daily Record
A Facebook account supposedly belonging to the son of Mexican drugs baron 'El Chapo' Guzman gives insight into the extreme world of the feared cartels.


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