15May2014
Santana's 'Corazon' Debuts at #9 on Billboard Chart
ClassicHitsAndOldies.com
It’s a good week to be Carlos Santana. The Grammy-winning guitarist’s new disc, Corazon, has scored a number-nine debut on the Billboard album chart, and topped the magazine’s Latin album chart.

15May2014
The United States and Mexico, Poverty, Drug War Violence and Narcocorridos
Reforma
The culture of violence stretches across the region where we live. Does it do any good for the government to ban hate music?

15May2014
Fugitive Owner of Bankrupt Mexicana Airline Asks for Asylum in US, Mexican Official Says
The Canadian Press
The fugitive businessman who controlled Mexicana airlines before it went bankrupt and was recently charged with illegal use of the airline's funds has asked for asylum in the United States, a federal official said Wednesday.

15May2014
Kevin Briggs: The Bridge Between Suicide and Life
TED Talks
As a member of the California Highway Patrol with assignments including patrolling the Golden Gate Bridge, Sergeant Kevin Briggs and his staff are the last barriers between would-be suicides and the plunge to near-certain death.

15May2014
Mexican Education Study Finds 'Exorbitant' Salaries, 'Ghost' Schools
McClatchy
Thursday marks national teacher appreciation day in Mexico, but new data about the salaries of some public school teachers may only make parents less happy with their schools.

14May2014
Mother of Slain Dutch Tourist Returns to Borderlands Bringing Hope
El Paso Times
The mother of Hester van Nierop, a Dutch tourist who was killed in Juarez 16 years ago, is certain that her daughter's death has not been in vain, whose slaying helped bring the issue of violence against women to the forefront in Mexico and in Holland.

14May2014
Government Cracking Down After Escalation of Drug-Related Violence in Tamaulipas
Postmedia News
After a recent surge of bloodshed, Mexico’s top security official said military commanders will lead a new security push in the northern border state of Tamaulipas.

14May2014
The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana
Amazon.com
The Last Pirate is a vivid, haunting and often hilarious memoir recounting the life of Big Tony, a family man who joined the biggest pot ring of the Reagan era and exploded his life in the process. Three decades later, his son came back to put together the pieces.


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