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Texas teacher held on drug trafficking charges - News 8 Austin

McALLEN, Texas - A South Texas fifth-grade science teacher remained in the classroom for more than a month after being indicted on federal drug trafficking charges. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents plucked David Rey Ramirez, known on the ...

Skyforce trade Brumbaugh, acquire Newsom - Argus Leader

The Skyforce announced today that the team has acquired guard Jared Newson from the Bakersfield Jam in exchange for forward Keith Brumbaugh. Newsom is expected to join the team today in McAllen, Texas, and be in uniform Thursday against the Western ...

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Dr. Atul Gawande has only been a practicing surgeon for six years, and he is still just an assistant professor at Harvard, but his game-changing New Yorker essay about the gobsmacking cost of healthcare in McAllen, Texas, became required reading in ...

Journalist Lisa Ling speaks at UTPA - McAllen Monitor

EDINBURG — Despite the myriad news outlets on television today, Americans have little opportunity to learn about the world around them, journalist Lisa Ling said Tuesday. That is what keeps her seeking out stories ranging from the adoption of ...

United Brownsville Board installed, Godinez contract approved - Brownsville Herald

The city’s Imagine Brownsville comprehensive plan spouted its first job Tuesday as the United Brownsville Board was formally installed at its first meeting. The board, among action at its first meeting, approved a consulting services contract with ...

Vipers To Host Road Game Watch Party Tomorrow At Jackson's - OurSports Central

MCALLEN, TEXAS - The NBA Development League Rio Grande Valley Vipers announced today that they are hosting a road game viewing party tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. at Jackson's All-American Sports Grill (corner of N. 10th and Dove in McAllen) when the Vipers ...

Several area residents convicted in federal court - Johnson City Press

GREENEVILLE — Several area men accused of operating in a marijuana trafficking ring in this area were convicted in U.S. District Court. According to a Department of Justice news release, Jesus Huerta and Wiley Barnett, both of Johnson City, were ...

Customs officers help deliver baby in Progreso - KGBT-TV Presents VALLEYCENTRAL.COM

MCALLEN, TEXAS (AP) -- Jorge Galvan’s typical work day consists of doing reports, filing memos and keeping watch of cars and pedestrians at the Progreso International Bridge. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) supervisor never expected to ...

Officials: Texas man taught after drug indictment - Austin American-Statesman

McALLEN, Texas — Federal authorities didn't tell a southern Texas school district that one of its fifth-grade science teachers had been indicted on drug trafficking charges, and he continued teaching for a month after his indictment, school ...

Texas teacher held on drug trafficking charges - News 8 Austin

Open Question: What are the people like in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas?

What are the people like in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas? (McAllen, Weslaco, Edinburg, etc) more

Voting Question: Why do illegals seem to end up involved in every kind of scam and fraud that can be thought of?

Mexican national receives one-year prison term for health care fraud Comments 9 | Recommend 0 Middleman in Medicare, Medicaid fraud scheme came from humble roots January 26, 2010 7:26 PM Jeremy Roebuck The Monitor McALLEN — Raul Torres earned his living selling trinkets to elderly patients at adult day care centers across the Rio Grande Valley three years ago. By late 2007, the 60-year-old Mexican national was involved in one of the largest health care fraud schemes the region has ever seen, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. He was sentenced Tuesday to one year and one day in federal prison for helping McAllen cardiologist Dr. Fabian Aurignac bilk Medicare and Medicaid out of more than $1 million. “I didn’t know what the doctor was going,” Torres said in Spanish, dressed in a faded work shirt and slacks while pleading with the judge for leniency. “I sincerely did not know what he was up to.” But prosecutors disagreed. In several recorded conversations, Torres acknowledged his role in rounding up patients for the doctor and paying bribes to day care center staff for access to their clients, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Carolyn Ferko. Torres met Aurignac — who ran McAllen’s Cardiology Care Center on the 700 block of North Ware Road — while peddling his wares at the Valley’s adult day care centers. Since at least 2003, the doctor had been bilking the federally funded health care programs by hiring South American doctors who were not authorized to practice in the United States, giving them pre-signed prescription forms to hand out while he vacationed in Italy and Argentina, and later billing Medicare and Medicaid claiming he had overseen all of the patient visits, according to court documents. Torres’ contacts in the elderly care industry provided just the conduit the doctor needed to expand his fraud scheme, according to a 19-count indictment filed in their case. Aurignac paid Torres to win over management at these businesses and round up patents for treatments that were either unnecessary or never took place. Working as the physician’s middleman, Torres delivered bribes of $150 to $300 to day care managers and gave patients Walmart gift cards to submit to free health screenings. At one such business — La Familia Adult Day Care Center in Harlingen — Aurignac’s employees set up a camper in the parking lot to see patients, another violation of Medicare and Medicaid rules requiring all procedures be conducted in sanctioned medical facilities. The center’s manager — Martha Garcia Alaniz — pleaded guilty in July to one count of receiving kickbacks and was sentenced to one year of probation. For his part, Torres was paid $100 for each session set up with a day care center. In the year that investigators were tracking his activity, he received more than $40,000 from Aurignac. In May, Aurignac agreed to pay back $1.1 million to the federal government for his fraud. He is currently serving a prison term of four-years and nine months. The Texas Medical Board suspended his license to practice in 2008. Torres’ defense attorney maintained Tuesday that his client never really understood that what he was doing was illegal, but U.S. District Judge Randy Crane disagreed. “He was doing Dr. Aurignac’s dirty work to some extent,” the judge said. “But without this recruiter, Dr. Aurignac would not have had this business more

Resolved Question: I have been hacked by turbo tax I believe, there is no other explanation! Anyone heard of this?

I went to do my taxes on Turbo Tax Jan 23, I use Turbo tax every year. If you use Turbo tax then you know that you can have your w2's downloaded from your employer to Turbo tax without have to type all the info in yourself. When I got to the end, paid and hit he transmit button...An error came back stating that my social security number has been already used and taxes had been filed!?! I then check everything over again, everything was correct. So I went to "check e-file status" and typed in my soc# and zip code. It showed with my number, that the taxes were done on 1/16 and accepted 1/17! I went right down to the IRS office Monday morn and ALL of my info was in there name, address, employer, deductions EVERYTHING!! The only thing different....THE BANK ACCOUNT INFO was not to mine. In researching the bank info I found out that it was to a bank in McAllen Texas! The IRS put a flag up and gave me instructions..however it is not an easy or quick fix this will drag out and give me alot of headaches and I will not be seeing my refund for a long time! I have googled and ask the community on Turbo tax if anyone has had this happen I am not finding anything! I hope for everyone sake that this is just a hit on me, but have a hard time believing that they would only do one person! Anyone....Help please!!!!!Well Ryan how did they get my W2's and all child deductions? I checked with all the credit placWell Ryan how did they get my W2's and all child deductions? I checked with all the credit plac more

Voting Question: POLL:WHERE R U?WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

example: earth>usa>texas>mcallen>at home>in the computer>writing a question....wasting my points!!! more

Resolved Question: Is anyone here from McAllen, Texas?

im just curious. my friend moved from there and she says it's a small town. does anyone know a girl named karole who moved to new york??she curently just moved her from there. her last name starts with an O more

Resolved Question: i am traveling with my pet- this might be a dumb question but i dont know?

My family and i are going to brownsville texas and we are taking out pet chihuahua. we are coming from alabama. there is a check point in mcallen, tx coming back. i was wondering if they will tell me something because of my dog. do i need any kind of papers for him even if i am traveling within the state?i am driving more

Resolved Question: anyone from McAllen, Texas here?

I am moving to McAllen, TX in February.I am worried about AT&T signal. I am using iPhone 3GS from AT&T. Is the signal/AT&T network strong there in McAllen? Thanks much more

Resolved Question: If you are a pro-illegal supporter, would you change your mind if your child was raped by an illegal?

Why has child molestation committed by illegal aliens become an epidemic? • October 15, 2009 Contrary to what President Bush often claimed, family values do stop at the Rio Grande for many illegal aliens. In addition to suppressing wages, bankrupting our hospitals, and over-crowding our jails and public schools, illegal aliens are preying upon our children. Source : EXAMINER.COM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Gibson April 21, 2009 Contrary to what President Bush often claimed, family values do stop at the Rio Grande for many illegal aliens. In addition to suppressing wages, bankrupting our hospitals, and over-crowding our jails and public schools, illegal aliens are preying upon our children In Operation Predator sweeps across the country conducted between 2003-2007, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents nabbed over 10,700 foreign national child molesters. Many of these predators had been previously convicted of other crimes, and many had already been deported once. The number predators apprehended in the sweeps actually only represent the tip of the iceberg. In fact, a study conducted by the Violent Crimes Institute reports that between 1999 and 2006, there were nearly 1,000,000 sex crimes committed in the United States by illegal aliens. Using U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration, as well as state and local law enforcement data, Deborah Schurman-Kauflin of the Violent Crimes Institute determined that there are no less than 240,000 illegal alien sex offenders currently inside the U.S. A very cursory search on the subject of illegal aliens committing acts of child molestation turned up countless examples of the growing problem. The following are two recent ones: On April 17, 2009, Judge Cecil Puryear in Lubbock, TX, sentenced illegal alien and Mexican national Julian Vasquez to 15 years in prison for a July 2008 incident in which Vasquez broke into an apartment and sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl. Vasquez broke forced his way into the dwelling located in Cora Apartments, and shoved the girl onto the bed, tore off her shirt and bra, and fondled her breasts, according to court documents. The girl was able to fight off Vasquez and ran into the bathroom, where she was able to call 911. When officers arrived, they found Vasquez still trying to open the bathroom door. The only defense offered by Vasquez’s attorney, Jesse Mendez, was that his client was drunk when he committed the frightening assault. Lubbock County prosecutor Jennifer Basset told reporters: “This is an appropriate sentence for a stranger who broke into a house to molest a child. And this is a case where the effects on this child will not be forgotten by her, and this is a serious crime in Lubbock County.” On April 14, 2009, illegal alien and Salvadoran national Isaac Mendez Ramirez, 24 was arrested in Largo, FL and charged with two counts of capital sexual battery. Ramirez is accused of molesting a 7-year-old girl in November 2008 and again in January 2009. According to the arrest report, Ramirez lives with the little girl but is not related to her. He is being held in the Pinellas County Jail. In 2007, Americans For Legal Immigration Political Action Committee (ALIPAC) tracked child sexual assaults committed by illegal aliens. In a 30 day period, they recorded 27 assaults by foreign nationals illegally inside the United States. The results are as follows: July 28, 2007 Milwaukee, Oregon Charged: Alejandro Emetrio “Alex” Rivera Gamboa, 24, and Gilberto Javier Arellano-Gamboa, 23 Charges: rape and murder Victim: Dani Countryman of Texas (15 years old) August 6, 2007 Trenton, N.J. Charged: Jose Carranza, 28 Charges: child rape (later charged with murder of Newark teenagers as well) Victim: child’s name withheld August 16, 2007 Huron, Ohio Charged: Lucio Sanchez-Martinez Charge: gross sexual imposition of a minor Victim: 8 year old girl August 20, 2007 Oregon City, Oregon Charged: Alejandro Hernandez-Flores, 19 and Mario Alberto Flores-Estrada, 20 Charges: rape, sodomy, and sexual abuse Victims: two girls ages 14 and 15 August 21, 2007 Franklin County, Alabama Charged: Alvaro Vargas, 38 Charge: rape, sexual abuse Victim: 11 year old girl August 23, 2007 Bryan County, Oklahoma Sought/Charged: Jose Retana Charge: rape by instrumentation Victim: 4 year old girl August 24, 2007 Indianapolis, Indiana Charged: Jesus Valenzuela, 19 Charges: child molestation and burglary Victim: 5 year old girl August 27, 2007 McAllen, Texas Charged: Jorge Alberto Escobar Charge: aggravated kidnapping Victim: 5 year old girl August 27, 2007 Rockville, Maryland Sought/Charged: Mahumbo Kanneh, 23 Charges: rape, sexual assault, and molestation (Dismissed due to lack of interpreter!) Victims: 18 month and 7 year old girls August 15, 2007 Indiantown, Florida Charged: Ruben Hernandez-Juare more

Resolved Question: Suggest Catering Services in South Texas or Rio Grande Valley? Getting Married Need an Affordable Events Cente?

Suggest food Catering Services in South Texas or Rio Grande Valley? Getting Married and I Need an Affordable Events Center with great Catering. I Used to live in the Weslaco, Texas AKA The Rio Grande Valley as a kid and haven't lived there for over 20 years but would like to return for my wedding. Anyone that lives there now Harlingen, McAllen or Brownsville would appreciate if you can recommend a good location. :) Thanks! more

Resolved Question: Where can i get a large female iguana in south texas?

im in the mcallen area. does anybody know where i can get one near buy? ive tried petland and petco and all i find are small iguanas. im looking for a large female more

Resolved Question: Good place to live? texaS?

Were thinking about moving to Tx.. Mcallen area,,, does any one know how safe it is over there?? and also san antonio,,, which is better?? more

Resolved Question: Question about Texas?

Were thinking about moving to Tx.. Mcallen area,,, does any one know how safe it is over there?? and also san antonio,,, which is better?? more

Resolved Question: American Eagle song - December 13th 2009?

ok, so I went to this store yesterday in McAllen, Texas and I heard a song that I had heard before, but I can't remember the name! It was a male singer, kind of alternative/dance/electronic style. I only remember that the lyrics says: "whatever.... so whatever" that's all I can remember :( any help, please?? more

Resolved Question: where can i find local ladies to have a relationship nsa?

nsa= no strings attached...looking for a website or anything with ladies local in mcallen texasand it has to be free lol more

Resolved Question: A VIETNAM VET DIED AND THE FUNERAL IS TOMMORROW DOES ANY KNOW A GOOD SPEECH OR POEM FOR THE FUNERAL OF A SOLDI?

Howard Gene Hatfield Share E-mail Visit Guest Book Howard Gene Hatfield, 81, of McAllen, Texas, formerly of Evansville, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2009, at Texas State Veterans Home. He was a veteran, retiring from the U.S. Navy. In 1946, Howard began his military career by traveling to the South Pole with the Admiral Byrd Expedition. He ended his military career after serving two tours in Vietnam. He was an avid golfer. Howard was preceded in death by his parents, Howard and Edna (Hare) Hatfield; and brother, Marion "Sonny" Hatfield. He is survived by his sons, Stan Hatfield and wife, Margaret, Howard Hatfield and companion, Donna, and Mark Hatfield and wife, Diane; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; sisters, Dorothy Barfield of Florence, South Carolina, Delores Helm, Mary Hahn, both of Evansville, and Sandra Ward of Ft. Branch; and brother, Gary Hatfield of Evansville. Friends are invited to a gathering in memory of Howard Hatfield on Sunday, December 6, 2009, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Alexander West Chapel. Arrangements by Alexander West Chapel, 2100 West Illinois Street.He was pretty much to himself I didn't know that much about himI am so sad that some of you disrespect a vietnam veteran. Maybe you need to inlist and find out what a real man is! more

Resolved Question: Funeral tommorrow what is a great goodbye speech or poem to an honorable soldier?

Is there a really nice poem or something for a vet. This is his obit. Howard Gene Hatfield Share E-mail Visit Guest Book Howard Gene Hatfield, 81, of McAllen, Texas, formerly of Evansville, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2009, at Texas State Veterans Home. He was a veteran, retiring from the U.S. Navy. In 1946, Howard began his military career by traveling to the South Pole with the Admiral Byrd Expedition. He ended his military career after serving two tours in Vietnam. He was an avid golfer. Howard was preceded in death by his parents, Howard and Edna (Hare) Hatfield; and brother, Marion "Sonny" Hatfield. He is survived by his sons, Stan Hatfield and wife, Margaret, Howard Hatfield and companion, Donna, and Mark Hatfield and wife, Diane; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; sisters, Dorothy Barfield of Florence, South Carolina, Delores Helm, Mary Hahn, both of Evansville, and Sandra Ward of Ft. Branch; and brother, Gary Hatfield of Evansville. Friends are invited to a gathering in memory of Howard Hatfield on Sunday, December 6, 2009, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Alexander West Chapel. Arrangements by Alexander West Chapel, 2100 West Illinois Street. more

Resolved Question: I NEED HELP! War Vet funeral is tommorrow. I didn't really know him, but somone needs to say something at his?

Nobody really knew my grandfather except his sons, but what can I say or maybe a poem or something nice in front of everyone about the honorable way he served our country? Please HELP Howard Gene Hatfield, 81, of McAllen, Texas, formerly of Evansville, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2009, at Texas State Veterans Home. He was a veteran, retiring from the U.S. Navy. In 1946, Howard began his military career by traveling to the South Pole with the Admiral Byrd Expedition. He ended his military career after serving two tours in Vietnam. He was an avid golfer. Howard was preceded in death by his parents, Howard and Edna (Hare) Hatfield; and brother, Marion "Sonny" Hatfield. He is survived by his sons, Stan Hatfield and wife, Margaret, Howard Hatfield and companion, Donna, and Mark Hatfield and wife, Diane; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; sisters, Dorothy Barfield of Florence, South Carolina, Delores Helm, Mary Hahn, both of Evansville, and Sandra Ward of Ft. Branch; and brother, Gary Hatfield of Evansville. Friends are invited to a gathering in memory of Howard Hatfield on Sunday, December 6, 2009, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Alexander West Chapel. Arrangements by Alexander West Chapel, 2100 West Illinois Street. more

Resolved Question: Can anybody indicate how much money will this trail cost taxpayers Texas politician charged with harboring?

McALLEN, Texas — A south Texas politician charged with harboring illegal immigrants and called a "master manipulator" by a federal prosecutor can leave home to work but for little else after investigators alleged she tried to bribe witnesses. Hidalgo County Commissioner Sylvia Handy teared up Tuesday as U.S. Magistrate Judge Dorina Ramos clamped restrictions on her movements, but avoided spending the holidays in jail for violating the conditions of her bond. Handy and her husband, Juan Espronceda, were charged with harboring illegal immigrants who were given county positions and salaries, but only worked in the couple's Weslaco home, according to an indictment unsealed in April. Federal investigators alleged Handy defrauded the county of $111,000 in salaries for the immigrants. Some of their county salaries also went toward paying a $53,000 bill consolidation loan Handy took out in 2004, according to the indictment. Handy allegedly instructed a county human resources employee to prepare a fraudulent job application for one woman using an assumed identity, including someone else's Social Security number. At one point, Handy promoted her. The woman moved in 2004 into a house in Mercedes owned by Handy and continued collecting county paychecks. In June 2005, the woman withdrew $4,400 from her assumed identity's retirement account. http://www.star-telegram.com/448/story/1802643.html Can anybody indicate how much money will this trail cost taxpayers Texas politician charged with harboring illegal immigrants and called a "master manipulator ? more

Resolved Question: what is the song that plays when the RGV killer bees score?

the killer bees are form Mcallen,Texas, and a loud train horn sounds with this song. more

Resolved Question: Is the target black friday sale same everywhere?

Live in Illinois going to McAllen Texas for thanksgiving and wanted to get ODST,MW2, and AC2 for Xbox 360 more

Resolved Question: I will be taking a roadtrip from South Texas to Miami. Any tips?

I'll be going from McAllen, Texas to Miami in about 2 weeks. Anything I should look out for? Is it a nice drive? Thank you! more

Resolved Question: who from texas is going to see nevershoutnever at the Mcallen incubator on nov. 23?

Resolved Question: Does anyone know of a good hair salon in mcallen,texas?

For an updo more

Resolved Question: What is the distance from Mcallen, Texas to Mecca, Saudi Arabia?

Resolved Question: What are people like in Mcallen Texas?

I'm 16 years old and i'm moving to mcallen texas in 1 month. I am a 100% head-to-toe "girly girl". what are people like in mcallen texas? how do they dress? will i fit in or will people pick on me? Help! and were would you suggest for me to apply at a job at. i never had a job before so i have no experince. more

Resolved Question: how old do you have to be to go to scream factor x in mcallen texas?

i wanted to know because i want to go but i dont know if there is a age limit? more

Resolved Question: Does austin texas have alot pretty girls cuz im about to move their in 2 weeks?

and i currently live in mcallen texas!! but is their prettier girls in austin than their is in the rio grande valley?? more

Voting Question: lvn-rn online transition?

ive been an lvn for 10 years and im serious and focused about getting my rn, my work schedule and family time do not allow for classroom setting, im from south texas(mcallen) and need an online program to achieve my goal....thank you for your help more

Resolved Question: I want to drive to Tulancingo Hidalgo Mexico from McAllen Texas.Is there any mapquest for that city?

Resolved Question: where????????????????

where can is sell my computer or trade my desktop in mcallen texas ONLY IN MCALLEN TEXAS .thanks Low more

Resolved Question: is there any place to buy a power adapter for my HP?

I live near the McAllen area in Texas. I want to know if there are any stores that sell this type of AC Adapter: PA-1121-12H I really need one to charge my laptop because my old charger broke. I want to know if there are any stores around my area that sell them. Thank you very much!!! more

Resolved Question: work in mcallen,texas?

yes, is there any jobs in mcallen texas for a 14yr. old boy thanks! more

Voting Question: I NEED PRIVATE DRUM LESSONS! PLEASE!?

i live in the rio grande valley, south texas, and i desperatly need drum lessons, but i cant find ANY! please if anyone knows of any places around mcallen, weslaco, donna, harlingen, anywhere, where they have drum lessons, PLEASE tell me and if you have any tips, on drumming its, appreciated also, i need suggestions for a REALLY REALLY good drumset for under 600 dollars (the price range is VERY flexible, depends on how good the drums are) again, please i need info, and FAST! more

Resolved Question: driving to mexico, oaxaca mexico, help with directions and other info please?

am driving to oaxaca mexico,, putla de guerrero to be spacific.. what is the best route ? i am crossing at McAllen texas... what is best mexican insurance?? what should i expect at the border??? thanks more

Resolved Question: .UPS has 2,400 managers. CIP includes only 50 each year. How can the program make a difference if it includes?

Mark Colvard, a United Parcel manager in San Ramon, California, recently faced a difficult decision. One of his drivers asked for two weeks off to help an ailing family member. But company rules said this driver wasn’t eligible. If Colvard went by the book, the driver would probably take the days off anyway and be fired. On the other hand, Colvard was likely to be criticized by other drivers if he bent the rules. Colvard chose to give the driver the time off. While he took some heat for the decision, he also kept a valuable employee. Had Colvard been faced with this decision six months earlier, he says he would have gone the other way. What changed his thinking was a month he spent living in McAllen, Texas. It was part of a UPS management training experience called the Community Internship Program (CIP). During his month in McAllen, Colvard built housing for the poor, collected clothing for the Salvation Army, and worked in a drug rehab center. Colvard gives the program credit for helping him empathize with employees facing crises back home. And he says that CIP has made him a better manager. “My goal was to make the numbers, and in some cases that meant not looking at the individual but looking at the bottom line. After that one-month stay, I immediately started reaching out to people in a different way.” CIP was established by UPS in the late-1960s to help open the eyes of the company’s predominantly white managers to the poverty and inequality in many cities. Today, the program takes 50 of the company’s most promising executives each summer and brings them to cities around the country. There they deal with a variety of problems—from transportation to housing, education, and health care. The company’s goal is to awaken these managers to the challenges that many of their employees face, bridging the cultural divide that separates a white manager from an African-American driver or an upper-income suburbanite from a worker raised in the rural South. more

Resolved Question: What negatives, if any, can you envision resulting from CIP?

Resolved Question: How could UPS’s CIP help the organization improve its response to diversity?

Resolved Question: Do you think individuals can learn empathy from something like a one-month CIP experience? Explain?

Resolved Question: What kind of jobs are there for 16 year olds who live in Texas near mission and mcallen?

i cant seem to find any jobs....help plese!!! more

Resolved Question: Where can I get a Klee kai in Texas?

Does anyone know where I can get a Klee kai in Texas somewhere around mcallen or maybe even San antonio more

Resolved Question: What do U think border agents are pulled into corruption border under sized & controled by Mex Drug Cartel?

McALLEN, Texas • Corruption along the U.S.-Mexican border takes many forms. It can start as simply as a smuggler’s $50 gift to the child of a reluctant federal agent, quickly escalating to out-and-out bribes. “Everyone does it,” the agent, now in prison, recalls telling himself. Other times, county sheriffs greedily grab thousands from drug dealers. In a few instances, traffickers even place members in the applicant pool for sensitive border protection jobs. An Associated Press investigation has found U.S. law officers who work the border are being charged with criminal corruption in numbers not seen before, as drug and immigrant smugglers use money and sometimes sex to buy protection, and internal investigators crack down. Based on Freedom of Information Act requests, interviews with sentenced agents and a review of court records, the AP tallied corruption-related convictions against more than 80 enforcement officials at all levels — federal, state and local — since 2007, shortly after Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared war on the cartels that peddle up to $39 billion worth of drugs in the United States each year. U.S. officials have long pointed to Mexico’s rampantly corrupt cops and broken judicial system, but Calderon told the AP this isn’t just a Mexican problem. “To get drugs into the United States the one you need to corrupt is the American authority, the American customs, the American police — not the Mexican. And that’s a subject, by the way, which hasn’t been addressed with sincerity,” the Mexican president said. “I’m waging my battle against corruption among Mexican authorities and we’re risking everything to clean our house, but I think there also needs to be a good cleaning on the other side of the border.” In fact, U.S. prosecutors have been taking notice. Drug traffickers look “for weaknesses in the armor,” said former prosecutor Yolanda de Leon in Cameron County, Texas. One such weakness was her own county’s Sheriff Conrado Cantu. With his thick mustache, ample belly and Western hat, Cantu was a backslapping natural in the political machine of Cameron County, population 335,000. The county includes Brownsville, Texas, directly across the Rio Grande from Matamoros, Mexico. http://www.gazette.com/articles/intensifies-59830-agents-mcallen.html more

Resolved Question: So is Texas basically part of northern Mexico at this point? Should we just rename it 'Texico' or 'Tejaxico'?

I took a trip down through Texas recently, starting in El Paso and visiting lots of Texas cities along the way - Presidio, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Laredo, Zapata, Rio Grande City, Mission, McAllen, Harlingen, then finishing up in Brownsville. Everything was pretty much in Spanish. And not just Spanish, but the type of regional Spanish they use in a lot of northern Mexico. I can speak Spanish, so it wasn't a big deal for me. But it was strange to see hundreds of miles of America which were basically part of Mexico - in fact, at Eagle Pass, I crossed the border into Piedras Negras, in Mexico's Coahuila State, and it was pretty much the same as Eagle Pass. I didn't notice a lot of difference between them. I guess the road signs are in Spanish in Mexico, but that's about it. Should we rename Texas to something more fitting, like Tejaxico? more

Resolved Question: I'd like to buy Vegan cheese, where can I get it in Texas?

My daughter has milk allergy and she can't have eggs so breakfast is so difficult!!! We tryied Tofutti but it has a sour weird flavor she didn't like, so I'm looking for another option in the Laredo, McAllen, Austin or San Antonio Area.I named cheese because I don't know any other name for it, I know it's made with rice or soy so it's not strictly cheese. more

Voting Question: Please Help!!! Hair stylists: what are good hair salons in edinburg tx?

Help me out I just need hair salon you would recommend in edinburg or mcallen tx. People who have experience with hair answer this or people who are hairstylists in texas help! I will appreciate your answer! Thanks a bunch for the reasonable answers. more

Voting Question: Can anybody explain how amnstey is greatly needed when May-June joblessness up in 90 pct of metro areas our?

Can anybody explain how amnesty is greatly needed currently we the people are in dire need of a better life. WASHINGTON — More than 90 percent of the nation's largest metropolitan areas saw their unemployment rates climb in June from the previous month. Some of the biggest increases hit college towns, where the annual summertime exodus of students causes bars, restaurants and other businesses to cut staff. The Detroit area, hit hard by manufacturing layoffs tied to the beleaguered auto industry, also got stung in June. Unemployment rates rose from May to June in 348 of more than 370 metro areas, according to an Associated Press analysis of Labor Department data released Wednesday. The figures aren't adjusted to account for seasonal trends, such as lifeguards hired during summer or retail clerks let go after the holiday shopping season. So they tend to be volatile from month to month. The Labor Department does not provide seasonally adjusted metro area unemployment data. It does adjust the national unemployment rate for seasonal factors. The U.S. jobless rate, which hit 9.5 percent in June, is expected to rise to 9.7 percent when the department reports the July rate next week. Tuscaloosa, Ala., home to the University of Alabama, suffered the biggest monthly increase in unemployment from May to June. Its jobless rate jumped to 12.5 percent in June, up 3.8 percentage points. Michigan's metro area of Detroit-Warren-Livonia posted the second-biggest monthly gain. The unemployment rate there climbed to 17.1 percent, a gain of 2.2 percentage points. Pocatello, site of Idaho State University, saw the third-biggest monthly rise. The metro area's unemployment rate rose to 7.8 percent in June, up 2 percentage points from May. Next were Laredo, Texas, home of Laredo Community College, with a June jobless rate of 9.4 percent; Lafayette, Ind., which includes Purdue University, with a rate of 10.5 percent; and McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, at 11.1 percent. Each saw its unemployment rate rise 1.7 percentage points from May. When the unemployment data is seasonally adjusted and viewed over the past year, all 372 of the largest metro areas saw their unemployment rates move higher in June for the sixth month in a row, the Labor Department said. Kokomo, Ind., suffered the biggest over-the-year gain in unemployment. Its rate rose to 19.2 percent in June, an increase of 11.8 percentage points from June 2008. Elkhart-Goshen had the second-largest gain. Its jobless rate of 16.8 percent was up 10 percentage points from last year. Monroe, Mich., the third-biggest gainer, registered an unemployment rate of 17.1 percent in June, up 8.6 percentage points from a year ago. much more @ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jSFgkQM9c6vFtgVgX78SAwzQvKvwD99OEJMO0 more

Resolved Question: HOW MUCH DOES THE AA12 AUTOMATIC SHOTGUN WORTH?

The gun is awesome and I would like to know how much money does it cost...Do they sell it in Texas;but I mean close to Mission;like Mcallen,or more farther,but not to much..If they don't then where do they? more

Resolved Question: Does anyone need a babysitter?

We live in mission texas and mcallen any where close to there. We are mature for our age. Also responsible, loyal and trustworthey. We love children and we have alot of fun with them (such as arts and crafts, board games and more)We have learned how to cook, so we can provide food.We also provide cleaning around thee house for no extra cost. So yes you can trust us with your children.As we have not had any certificatesor of what such , But yet we are starting to take classes. We do know CPR. We know much about first aid. more

Resolved Question: Good place to eat in McAllen, Texas?

Im looking for a very nice restaurant in McAllen, Texas to take my girlfriend to. Its going to be a surprise because Im back from being overseas for the military. Any kind of food. And kind of high class. Prices arent an issue. more

Resolved Question: Cheapest first class airline from Mcallen,Texas To LA ?

i would like to purchase tickets to La for the hollywood bowl korean music festival, but i would like to know which airline would provide cheap first class tickets . i know that first class tickets aren't cheap , but from all air line which is cheapest? more

Resolved Question: Are there any open Wiccan circles in McAllen Texas?

Or even in Weslaco or Harlingen Texas? Or am I totally out of luck down here in the Rio Grande Valley? Thank you for any reasonable answers, links, etc.Thank you both!Found what I needed, in a fairly close proximity. more

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