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Maybe legalization with pharmacy control is the only way to keep the money out of the hands of the drug cartels. All I know is there are no other approaches that show any signs of success. Continue Reading
New Mexico has seen lots of government corruption exposed in recent years that involves stealing money from taxpayers. But the recent weapons-smuggling case involving Columbus village officials takes government corruption to a more egregious level. Continue Reading
A real live hero lives in Albuquerque – one who rescued a young girl from a kidnapper. But he is not in the United States with legal status. While Antonio Diaz Chacon is a fine human being and an exceptional credit to his country, Mexico, he has to answer for being in our country without legal status. Continue Reading
The debate over the DREAM Act is not an ideological struggle, and the common arguments against it are bogus. The DREAM Act will become law. The questions are when and how. Continue Reading
The U.S. attorney for Western Texas has taken over the firearms trafficking case against officials from the Town of Columbus and others. Continue Reading
Nearly 80 U.S. border officials have been arrested in the last five years for helping Mexican drug cartels, and hundreds more are under investigation. Continue Reading
I’ve already written much about the firearms trafficking charges against the Columbus mayor and others. Now Mayor Eddie Espinosa’s brother is facing drug charges. Continue Reading
States are grappling with immigration and border security, but it’s a no-win situation for them. Real solutions must come from Washington. Instead, Congress is doing nothing and the homeland security secretary is downplaying the cartel threat as an election year approaches. Continue Reading
U.S. District Judge William Lynch ordered today that most defendants charged with being part of an illegal firearms trafficking ring be held without bond, the Las Cruces-Sun-News is reporting. Continue Reading
The wife of a Columbus village trustee indicted last week on charges related to being part of an illegal firearms trafficking ring has become the 12th person charged in the case. Continue Reading
One of three Columbus village officials charged last week with being part of an illegal firearms trafficking ring says the federal charges against him are “politically motivated.” Continue Reading
In the wake of Columbus Police Chief Angelo Vega’s arrest last week in a firearms trafficking case, the Las Cruces Sun-News asks an interesting question: Why was Vega hired for the job in the first place? Continue Reading
Our country is made stronger when we attract people of other countries overtly and legally. The debate should be about making it easier to obey the immigration laws than break them as it is now. Continue Reading
UPDATED: The village of Columbus mayor and police chief, along with a city trustee and others, were charged today with being part of a firearms trafficking ring that was illegally smuggling guns into Mexico. Continue Reading
At least one Democrat in the Legislature says the state should repeal a law that allows undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. Continue Reading