Young Immigrants Can File to Defer Deportation Aug. 15
NY Times: Julia Preston. Obama administration officials said Friday that they would begin on Aug. 15 to process applications from hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants expected to seek two-year deferrals of deportation. Applicants will be charged $465 for each request. Read more.
NY Times:
Karla Zabludovsky. CHERÁN, Mexico — The woman’s exhausted eyes
reflected the flames dancing in front of her. A 38-year-old grandmother,
she is also a leader of the civilian insurgency that has taken over
this mountain town in the state of Michoacán, 310 miles west of Mexico
City. Sixteen months of cold and sleepless nights at Bonfire No. 17, one
of a number of permanent burning barricades set up here, have taken
their toll.
But like the rest of the residents, she cannot afford to let her guard down.
On the morning of April 15, 2011, using rocks and fireworks, a group of women attacked a busload of AK-47-armed illegal loggers as they drove through Cherán, residents said. The loggers, who local residents say are protected by one of Mexico’s most powerful criminal organizations and given a virtual free pass by the country’s authorities, had terrorized the community at will for years. Read more.
LA Times Blogs: MEXICO
CITY -- In one of the most high-profile drug prosecutions of a Mexican
politician, a former state governor has pleaded guilty in a U.S. court
to charges that he helped launder millions of dollars for cocaine
traffickers.
The plea was entered Thursday by Mario Villanueva, former governor of Quintana Roo state, home to the posh resort town of Cancun.
Villanueva was extradited to the United States in 2010 and could face a sentence of up to 20 years. Read more.
A timely interview with Javier Sicilia from the Movement for Peace and Justice with Dignity with the upcoming US Peace Caravan
which will begin on August 12th in San Diego and continue across the
United States reaching Washington D.C. in September. The dialogue will
be about stopping gun trafficking, alternatives to drug prohibition,
tools to combat money laundering and bilateral cooperation in human
rights and human security.
Radio Netherlands Worldwide: Wim Jansen.
“My grief is Mexico’s grief” says Javier Sicilia. In a country where critical journalists risk their lives, this poet gives voice to a widespread discontent. He has motivated hundreds of thousands of his country men and women to protest against the violence, the drugs mafia and the government.
Javier Sicilia has not written another poem since the murder of his son and six friends in March last year. He holds the government responsible for the violence in the country and thus the death of his son. ”An absurd crime, born of corruption and impunity” is how he describes the bloodbath which has cost almost 60,000 Mexicans their lives over the past six years. Read more.
LA Times:
Officials say they have moved ahead with reforms to prevent problems
like those with the ATF's Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation.
Richard A. Serrano. WASHINGTON — Top Justice Department officials largely dismissed a new House Republican report on the Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation, saying Tuesday that they have moved ahead with major reforms to prevent future incidents of U.S. firearms being lost and smuggled across the border into Mexico. Read more.
LA Times Blogs:
Tracy Wilkinson. MEXICO CITY -- For years, conflict has simmered and
spiked between residents of a town outside Mexico City and the Central
American migrants who have taken refuge there, a stop along their route
northward.
Tultitlan has seen thousands of often bedraggled migrants arrive, hoping to hop aboard the freight trains that pass through toward the United States. Many end up staying for days or weeks or longer, and residents often blame them for crimes and vagrancy. Read more.
LA Times Blogs:
Richard Fausset. MEXICO CITY -- One of Mexico's largest retailers has
been unwillingly dragged into the hullabaloo over just how dirty the
nation's recent presidential election was, and now it's yelling "ya
basta!" -- enough already -- and accusing the runner-up of promoting
protests at its stores that have been marked by "aggressiveness and
violence."
The retail giant Soriana, which operates more than 500 grocery stores, quickie marts and Wal-Mart-style megastores, became entangled in the country's impassioned postelectoral narrative soon after the July 1 vote. At that time reports surfaced that supporters of the victorious Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, were jamming the outlets' aisles in the hopes of redeeming prepaid Soriana gift cards that the PRI had allegedly given them. Read more.
NY Times: Julia Preston. Obama administration officials said Friday that they would begin on Aug. 15 to process applications from hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants expected to seek two-year deferrals of deportation. Applicants will be charged $465 for each request. Read more.
Reclaiming the Forests and the Right to Feel Safe
But like the rest of the residents, she cannot afford to let her guard down.
On the morning of April 15, 2011, using rocks and fireworks, a group of women attacked a busload of AK-47-armed illegal loggers as they drove through Cherán, residents said. The loggers, who local residents say are protected by one of Mexico’s most powerful criminal organizations and given a virtual free pass by the country’s authorities, had terrorized the community at will for years. Read more.
Former Mexico PRI governor pleads guilty in drug-trafficking case
The plea was entered Thursday by Mario Villanueva, former governor of Quintana Roo state, home to the posh resort town of Cancun.
Villanueva was extradited to the United States in 2010 and could face a sentence of up to 20 years. Read more.
“My grief is Mexico’s grief”
Radio Netherlands Worldwide: Wim Jansen.
“My grief is Mexico’s grief” says Javier Sicilia. In a country where critical journalists risk their lives, this poet gives voice to a widespread discontent. He has motivated hundreds of thousands of his country men and women to protest against the violence, the drugs mafia and the government.
Javier Sicilia has not written another poem since the murder of his son and six friends in March last year. He holds the government responsible for the violence in the country and thus the death of his son. ”An absurd crime, born of corruption and impunity” is how he describes the bloodbath which has cost almost 60,000 Mexicans their lives over the past six years. Read more.
Justice Department shrugs off Fast and Furious report
Richard A. Serrano. WASHINGTON — Top Justice Department officials largely dismissed a new House Republican report on the Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation, saying Tuesday that they have moved ahead with major reforms to prevent future incidents of U.S. firearms being lost and smuggled across the border into Mexico. Read more.
Temporary refuge for migrants in Mexico also under threat
Tultitlan has seen thousands of often bedraggled migrants arrive, hoping to hop aboard the freight trains that pass through toward the United States. Many end up staying for days or weeks or longer, and residents often blame them for crimes and vagrancy. Read more.
Mexican retailer lashes out at losing presidential candidate
The retail giant Soriana, which operates more than 500 grocery stores, quickie marts and Wal-Mart-style megastores, became entangled in the country's impassioned postelectoral narrative soon after the July 1 vote. At that time reports surfaced that supporters of the victorious Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, were jamming the outlets' aisles in the hopes of redeeming prepaid Soriana gift cards that the PRI had allegedly given them. Read more.
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