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		<title>Mexico&#8217;s Hidden Drug War</title>
		<link>http://borderreporter.com/2011/05/mexicos-hidden-drug-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 14:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michel Marizco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE BORDER REPORT The following story was produced for the Fronteras Desk, public radio, Arizona. Click here for the audio version. Long known as Arizona&#8217;s beach town, tourists and business owners in Rocky Point, Mexico, say a recent State Department&#8217;s travel warning about this place is unfair. Victims say otherwise. They say cartel violence in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sinaloa Cartel Challenges the U.S.</title>
		<link>http://borderreporter.com/2011/04/sinaloa-cartel-challenges-the-u-s/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michel Marizco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE BORDER REPORT This story aired on KJZZ, public radio Arizona as part of the Fronteras Desk. For more stories, go to FronterasDesk.org. An accused Mexican drug lord being held on charges in the U.S. has filed a unusual motion in federal court. He&#8217;s challenging the United States, saying he&#8217;d been working with its own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Accused of Trying to buy Stinger Missiles, Anti-Tank Weapons for Sinaloa Cartel</title>
		<link>http://borderreporter.com/2011/03/3-accused-of-trying-to-buy-stinger-missiles-anti-tank-weapons-for-sinaloa-cartel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michel Marizco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TUCSON – Three people are accused of trying to buy anti-tank weapons in Arizona for a drug cartel in Mexico. Federal indictments were recently unsealed  in Phoenix. Court documents show the three also tried to buy a Stinger missile. Click here to download the Indictment. The accused were trying to buy the military weaponry for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nine Arrested in ICE Agent&#8217;s Killing, but Questions of Torture Persist</title>
		<link>http://borderreporter.com/2011/02/nine-arrested-in-ice-agents-killing-but-lots-of-questions-remain/</link>
		<comments>http://borderreporter.com/2011/02/nine-arrested-in-ice-agents-killing-but-lots-of-questions-remain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michel Marizco</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://borderreporter.com/?p=3401</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE BORDER REPORT The Mexican Army arrested nine suspects in the murder of an American federal agent working in that country. Officials are calling the shooting a case of mistaken identity. The Obama Administration has lauded the Mexican government for its fast work.  But some are suspicious of the arrests. Six of the nine suspects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen Knew They Were Killing a U.S. Agent</title>
		<link>http://borderreporter.com/2011/02/gunmen-knew-they-were-killing-a-u-s-agent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michel Marizco</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://borderreporter.com/?p=3399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE BORDER REPORT This is a story I produced for KJZZ, public radio, Arizona. Note, law enforcement sources I spoke with say police recovered more than 80 shellcasings at the crime scene. New details have emerged in the attack of two US immigration agents working in Mexico. People familiar with the case say the agents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dedos Muertos?</title>
		<link>http://borderreporter.com/2011/01/dedos-muertos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michel Marizco</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://borderreporter.com/?p=3391</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE BORDER REPORT This State Department cable out of Wikileaks caught my eye. 51 FBI informants and 10 DEA &#8220;liaison officers&#8221; were murdered in Mexico between 2007-09. When we talk about American law enforcement in Mexico, we generally view the Americans as not being part of the game; for the most part, this has held [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds Gather to Honor Murdered Border Agent</title>
		<link>http://borderreporter.com/2011/01/border-patrol/</link>
		<comments>http://borderreporter.com/2011/01/border-patrol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michel Marizco</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://borderreporter.com/?p=3385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Border Patrol held a memorial service in Tucson on Friday morning, paying homage to one of its elite agents, Brian Terry, who was killed during a gunbattle with bandits in a canyon along the Arizona-Mexico border. He was a man who friends called &#8220;Super-Cop.&#8221; (Click inside for slideshow of images.) This is a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Border Legacy</title>
		<link>http://borderreporter.com/2011/01/3370/</link>
		<comments>http://borderreporter.com/2011/01/3370/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michel Marizco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE BORDER REPORT TUCSON – When a gunman killed six people last Saturday in Tucson, he took the life of one of the hardest working judges along the U.S.-Mexico border. Federal Judge John Roll was truly impartial, even in a time when rhetoric dominates much of the politics of the border region. Those who worked in his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reina del Pacifico Absolved</title>
		<link>http://borderreporter.com/2010/12/reina-del-pacifico-absolved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michel Marizco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE BORDER REPORT I&#8217;m sitting in a conference right now but holy hell. All charges? Really? And Tigre Espinosa turned snitch?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Welcome home, Barbie</title>
		<link>http://borderreporter.com/2010/11/welcome-home-barbie/</link>
		<comments>http://borderreporter.com/2010/11/welcome-home-barbie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michel Marizco</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://borderreporter.com/?p=3318</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE BORDER REPORT No les digo, pues? Mexico has begun the process to extradite Edgar La Barbie Valdez Villarreal to the U.S. to stand trial. In September, when I first wrote about this, I spent a few days looking over his indictments in U.S. District Court. Based on that, and then an interview with an [...]]]></description>
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