THE BORDER REPORT

Ahh, the border. It becomes the lunatic’s version of the office bicycle every time somebody wants to use it to prove their points. This particular trivialty carries the potential to go so wrong, it’s almost kind of right. A group of “activists” plans to cross the border without any identification on Saturday to prove a point against NAFTA and the Iraq War. The People United, some group out of Virginia, intends to cross the Sonora border somewhere between Nogales and Sasabe with whatever they can carry on their backs. I’m assuming they don’t mean dopeloads (that happens enough and I’m not sure the Sinaloans need the help).

It gets a little old with these "activists." Everybody's an activist these days and when it comes to the U.S.-Mexico border, apparently, the goofier, the better.

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SECRETO A VOCES

My column in The News of Mexico City

The hit, when it went down, was perfect. The photographer was shot five times, with a tiro de gracia to the head. He collapsed by the torta stand, his five-year-old son in shock, clutching the dead body.

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THE BORDER REPORT

The phrase is usually reserved for the Iraq War; but these days it fits quite nicely into illegal immigration (should I start capitalizing illegal immigration? Like so: Illegal Immigration? Like War on Terror, or War on Drugs. Something snazzier maybe? War on Mojados? Thoughts?)

The New York Times has noticed that with tax day coming, there are millions of people in the U.S. who won't be getting a return even though they had taxes withheld because they're afraid to file their returns for fear of deportation.

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THE BORDER REPORT

Keep your eyes on Douglas over the next few days. There's quite a little desmadre brewing over that way.

THE BORDER REPORT

This is fascinating; a federal judge has tossed out the case against Ivan Guzmán, son of Latin America's most wanted man because the Feds couldn't build a tight case against him, El Debate reports.

That's somewhat unfortunate for the guy's lawyers; if you recall in mid-March, a group of gunmen entered the law offices of Ivan Guzmán's representatives in Guadalajara and mowed down seven people, including his two lawyers.

The month before those killings, Ivan Guzmán had been sentenced to five years on money-laundering charges. The new judge says the evidence against him, a BMW and a million in pesos weren't illegally obtained and being the son of a drug lord is also not a crime. Both are correct.

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