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	<title>Border Reporter – News That Crossed The Line &#187; Organized Crime</title>
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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>Los Numeros de Phoenix</title>
		<link>http://borderreporter.com/2011/03/los-numeros-de-phoenix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michel Marizco</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://borderreporter.com/?p=3417</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE BORDER REPORT No, no, not those numeros. I&#8217;m talking about the official numeros de secuestros and home invasion rip-offs in Phoenix. The statistics seem to have turned into a hen-pecking party with allegations against the recently demoted former chief, Jack Harris for $2.4 million in federal funding. Here&#8217;s the latest: an independent panel has [...]]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[Organized Crime]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://borderreporter.com/2011/02/gunmen-knew-they-were-killing-a-u-s-agent/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://borderreporter.com/2011/01/dedos-muertos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michel Marizco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arturo Beltrán Leyva.]]></category>
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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>No Te Digo, Pues?</title>
		<link>http://borderreporter.com/2010/04/no-te-digo-pues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michel Marizco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chismes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://borderreporter.com/?p=2765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE BORDER REPORT So, the same day that the Mexican Army pulls out of Cd. Juarez, U.S. agents start spreading the rumor that the Juarez Cartel has been defeated? Anyone want to continue disagreeing with my assessment that the Sinaloa Federation is being protected and supported by the Mexican government? It&#8217;s been clear for some [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>129</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;A Veces el Cielo Niega La Lluvia&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://borderreporter.com/2010/04/a-veces-el-cielo-niega-la-lluvia/</link>
		<comments>http://borderreporter.com/2010/04/a-veces-el-cielo-niega-la-lluvia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michel Marizco</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://borderreporter.com/?p=2760</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE BORDER REPORT He looks damned good for 62 years old; chesty, thick working man arms, that haughty look, the upturned chin. Life must be pretty good for a man supposedly on the run. Pablo Escobar was burning piles of money to keep warm; he was over-weight, out-of-shape, paranoid and thoroughly spooked when he went [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>138</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Elephant and the Rabbit</title>
		<link>http://borderreporter.com/2010/04/the-elephant-and-the-rabbit/</link>
		<comments>http://borderreporter.com/2010/04/the-elephant-and-the-rabbit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michel Marizco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chismes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://borderreporter.com/?p=2756</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE BORDER REPORT The family of the man arrested for the murders of people connected to the U.S. consulate was beaten and held captive by Mexican federal forces for two days before being dragged into the spotlight as a suspect, his family says. If true, it suggests a gross setup in a high-profile murder case [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not One But Two Juárez Arrests?</title>
		<link>http://borderreporter.com/2010/03/not-one-but-two-juarez-arrests/</link>
		<comments>http://borderreporter.com/2010/03/not-one-but-two-juarez-arrests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michel Marizco</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://borderreporter.com/?p=2751</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE BORDER REPORT Looks like the media jumped to conclusions yesterday when it was announced an Azteca leader had been arrested in connection with the U.S. Consulate killings in early March. But what&#8217;s interesting is La Polaka gives a highly detailed account of the man&#8217;s involvement in the murders and in fact, posted the Attorney [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business as Usual Along the Border</title>
		<link>http://borderreporter.com/2010/03/business-as-usual-along-the-border/</link>
		<comments>http://borderreporter.com/2010/03/business-as-usual-along-the-border/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michel Marizco</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://borderreporter.com/?p=2722</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE BORDER REPORT The Feds&#8217; 2010 Drug Threat Assessment has been released and its findings are representative of some cynical assumptions I&#8217;ve carried over the past three years: Mexican cartel wars or no cartel wars, this border is business as usual. I&#8217;ve long said that the best assessor of success or failure in drug law [...]]]></description>
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