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The US-Mexico border crossing near San Diego is one of the frontlines in the battle against illegal immigration. KPBS reporter Ruxandra Guidi brings us the story of one US Customs and Border Protection official who patrols the San Ysidro port of entry into the United States. Download MP3
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Shannon Young reports that many ordinary Mexicans are so fed up with the level of violence in their country that they are increasingly speaking out against it. The protests are aimed not just at Mexico’s brutal drug cartels, but also at the government of President Felipe Calderón. Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
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Mexico’s Attorney General Arturo Chavez, a leading figure in Mexico’s drug war has resigned just 18 months after taking the post. His departure comes just weeks after Wikileaks cables revealed that US Embassy officials were puzzled about his appointment. Anchor Marco Werman gets the story from reporter Franc Contreras in Mexico City.Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Monica Ortiz Uribe reports on a New Mexico border town that was once attacked by Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. It is in the news now because some local officials were arrested recently on charges of smuggling guns into Mexico. Which town? That’s the question in our Geo Quiz. Download MP3
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In the Geo Quiz, we’re looking for a Mexican island where a lot of industrial sea-salt is processed. This island is in the Pacific Ocean, just off the coast of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula. The place got its name from Spanish explorers who mistakenly thought the island’s trees were cedars…Download MP3
The Land of the Rising Sun has become for some The Land of Rising Radiation Levels. The aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami has cartoonists morphing the red disc in Japan’s flag into everything from a radiation hazard symbol to a skull.
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Reporter Monica Ortiz Uribe profiles an artist from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, whose life and work have been changed by the drug-related violence that dominates life there. Download MP3
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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Fred Burton of the security company Stratfor, about how drug-related violence affects Mexico’s beach resorts. Stratfor has just issued a security report for Mexico during Spring Break season. Download MP3
Travel and Security Risks over Spring Break in Mexico
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Mexican drug traffickers have worked their way south into Guatemala. The Guatemalan army has been trying to beat them back. But some Guatemalans there feel loyal to the drug cartels. Which have provided services – even security – that the Guatemalan government hasn’t delivered. Lorne Matalon reports. Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
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Washington Post investigative reporter James Grimaldi talks with host Lisa Mullins about the gun laws in Arizona and how weapons purchased in the US end up in the hands of Mexican drug cartels. Download MP3
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Violence in Mexico is not just taking a toll along the border. It’s impacting tourism to the country’s interior.The World’s Jason Margolis has more from San Miguel de Allende, a popular tourist destination in central Mexico. Download MP3
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Mexicans have long been coming to the United States to work on farms. Many cross the border without papers — it’s estimated that about half of the agricultural workforce in the United States is here illegally. One Midwestern goat farmer thought that wasn’t right, that the system was unfair to his Mexican workers. So, he moved to Mexico. The World’s Jason Margolis has more. Download MP3
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