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Review: 'Cuatro Corridos' is a disturbing look at sex trafficking
LA JOLLA — It turns out that even those ripe, red, fragrant local strawberries that help make May farmers' markets so seductive can have, as beauty sometimes does, sad tales to tell. A new opera's undercover job is to taste the flavor of that...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Music Industry, Prostitution, Sex Crimes
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Lindsey Graham blames immigration woes on south-of-the-border 'hell holes'
The GOP’s effort to woo Latinos may have suffered a minor setback Thursday, thanks to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). Republicans have been trying to improve their standing with the fastest-growing voting bloc ever since last year's election, when...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lindsey O. Graham, Politics, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Justice System
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$75,000 Alpert Awards in the Arts honor marathon play directors
The annual Alpert Awards in the Arts give a $75,000 boost to midcareer artists who often aren’t well known but have earned respect in their fields. Among the higher-profile winners of this year's awards, funded by the Herb Alpert Foundation and...
Tags: Entertainment, New York City, Fine Arts, Arts and Culture, Bedford (Bronx, New York)
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Immigration bill survives first day of debate in Senate committee
WASHINGTON — After eight hours of debate, the bipartisan Senate immigration bill emerged mostly intact Thursday, despite Republican-led efforts to make substantial alterations in the first of what is certain to be many long committee meetings to...Tags: Ted Cruz, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Jeff Sessions, Chuck Grassley, Jeff Flake
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Many amendments, few changes to immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON -- Senators on Thursday began the arduous task of going through some 300 proposed amendments to the delicately constructed bipartisan immigration bill. By lunch, they had disposed of 17. With a packed audience of many pro-immigration...
Tags: Ted Cruz, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Jeff Sessions, Chuck Grassley, Jeff Flake
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Police testing in Mexico inspires little confidence
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Guadalajara police commander Juan Carlos Martinez took Mexico's national police vetting exam in April 2012. He failed. But no one in government would tell him why. A few months later, he received a phone call from a man...
Tags: Civil Rights, Executive Branch, Government, Local Government, Felipe Calderon
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Consulate building proposal tabled
Staff WriterCALEXICO — The City Council voted to table discussion of whether to authorize the Consulate of Mexico in Calexico to build a security office at the “Old City Hall” due to historical preservation concerns Tuesday evening. The consulate... -
Home builders struggling to find enough construction workers
The real estate bust idled hundreds of thousands of construction workers. Now, with housing on the mend, builders are hiring again. Trouble is, many workers aren't coming back. Years of sporadic employment drove many from the industry. Incomes aren'...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Services and Shopping, Employment, U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration
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Mexico bus crash reportedly kills 13
MEXICO CITY — At least 13 people were killed Sunday evening in a bus accident in the central Mexican state of Hidalgo, according to news reports. The accident occurred about 6:15 p.m. in a municipality called Mineral de la Reforma. It appears that...Tags: Mexico City
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Three sentenced in Mexico-to-California sex-trafficking case
Three men have been sentenced to three years in jail in a scheme that authorities said transported women from Mexico to work as prostitutes in five Northern California cities. The three, who were convicted after pleading no contest to pimping and...Tags: Punishment, Prostitution, Prisons, Sex Crimes, FBI
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Former Guatemala President Alfonso Portillo extradited to U.S.
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...
Tags: Prosecution, Corporate Crime, Embezzlement, U.S. Embassy, International Court or Tribunal
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Rep. Vargas introduces resolution supporting binational efforts to reduce Tijuana River Valley pollution
Rep. Juan Vargas, D-Calif., sponsored a resolution recognizing the importance of the United States International Boundary Water Commission, and its recent efforts to address trash, sediment, and water quality issues with its Mexican counterpart,...Tags: U.S. Navy
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