Category: North America

Mexico Arrests Top Zetas Leader In Veracruz Along With 5 Others

Today in Latin America Top Story — The Mexican navy arrested an alleged leader of the Zetas drug cartel in the Gulf coast port city of Veracruz. Carlos “The Bam […] Read More >

Restrictive Immigration Laws Undermine Job Growth, Study Says

NEW YORK — Restrictive immigration policies undermine job creation and may adversely affect the business environment in other ways, according to a study released Thursday. The Americas Society, a New […] Read More >

No Cooperation With Federal Immigration Enforcement, D.C. Mayor Says

Today in Latin America Top Story — Washington D.C.’s mayor Vincent C. Gray said Wednesday that the police and other public agencies in the nation’s capital will not cooperate with […] Read More >

Mexico City Legislators Push To Ban Bullfighting

Mexico City may soon follow the lead of the Spanish province of Cataluña and ban all forms of bullfighting. A pair of opposition politicians representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI, […] Read More >

Immigration Policy: ICE Detainers Challenged By Lawsuit

NEW YORK — Jose Jimenez Moreno has spent the last seven months in a jail in Winnebago County, Illinois, while he awaits trial for drug-related charges. If not for a […] Read More >

Mexico: Calderón Claims PRI Considers Deals With Drug Cartels

Today in Latin America Top Story— As election season in Mexico begins to heat up, President Felipe Calderón said that members of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) may work […] Read More >

Mexico Arrests Zetas Leader Suspected Of Ordering Monterrey Casino Attack

Mexican defense officials said Thursday that they captured a top member of the Zetas drug cartel, who allegedly ordered the arson attack on a casino in Monterrey that killed 52 […] Read More >

Obama Pushes For Jobs Act At Latino Heritage Summit

WASHINGTON D.C. — Speaking less then 24 hours after his American Jobs Act died at the hands of Senate Republicans, U.S. President Barack Obama addressed the White House Forum on […] Read More >

Mexico Aids U.S. To Foil Iranian Assassination Attempt Of Saudi Ambassador

Today in Latin America Top Story — After being denied entry to Mexico, an Iranian-American man was arrested by U.S. authorities for allegedly plotting to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to […] Read More >

Mexico: Activists File Complaint Against Calderón For Drug War Human Rights Violations

Human rights activists filed a criminal complaint with the International Criminal Court at the Hague against Mexican President Felipe Calderón for his alleged role in the commission of war crimes […] Read More >