As border tightens, some U.S.-Mexico neighbors reach across the fence
NACO, Mexico - Mexican activist Maria Elena Borquez takes up a paintbrush and daubs a bright splotch of color on the rusted steel fence separating the small Mexican town of Naco from a neighboring town in the United States.
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Former Guatemala President Alfonso Portillo extradited to U.S.
He's accused of using U.S. banks to launder millions of dollars in public funds he allegedly embezzled while in office. MEXICO CITY — Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited Friday from his home country to the United States, where he faces long-standing charges that he used U.S. banks to launder millions of dollars in public funds that he allegedly embezzled while in office, according to U.S. officials and court documents.
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Mexican Official Defends Accuracy of Data on Organized Crime
Interior Secretary Miguel Osorio Chong insisted that Mexico was making real progress in reducing organized crime killings.
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Last Brother From Mexico's Arellano Felix Cartel Pleads Guilty in U.S.
Former Mexican drug lord Eduardo Arellano Felix, the last of four brothers captured or killed in connection with a once-powerful Tijuana-based cartel depicted in the Oscar-winning film "Traffic," pleaded guilty to U.S. drug charges on Friday.
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Mexico: Far Fewer People Disappeared Than Feared
Mexico's top security official said Friday that far fewer people disappeared during Mexico's drug war than were feared when the government released a list of about 26,000 cases.
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