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Congressman Still Has Chance to Redeem Himself in Juarez Kidnapping Case

July 4, 2008 - 9:00pm
U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes Should Call for Congressional Oversight Hearings in the House of Death Abductions and Murders

By Bill Conroy
Via The NarcoSphere
July 5, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/bill-conroy/2008/07/congressman-reyes%E2%80%99-still-has-chance-redeem-himself-juarez-kidnapping-ca

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León Torture Trainers Identified

July 3, 2008 - 9:00pm
Mexican Daily El Universal Reports More Details Behind the Training-for-Torturers Video

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere
July 4, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/kristin-bricker/2008/07/león-torture-trainers-identified

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Source: US Military Special-Ops Team, and Not the Colombian Army, Carried Out Hostage Rescue in Colombia

July 2, 2008 - 9:00pm
Months in the Planning, the Operation Included US Special Forces Posing as Members of a “French Humanitarian Group”

By Bill Conroy
Special to The Narco News Bulletin
July 3, 2008

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3153.html

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Plan Mexico: Uphill Battle Will Continue Against Failed Model

July 2, 2008 - 9:00pm
What to Expect Now that US President Bush Has Signed the Merida Initiative into Law

By Laura Carlsen
Americas Mexico Blog
July 3, 2008

http://americasmexico.blogspot.com/2008/06/plan-mexico-uphill-battle-will-continue.html

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So, That's Why McCain Went to Colombia

July 2, 2008 - 9:00pm
Colombia's Uribe Leaped into Partisan Quicksand; Why Mexico's Calderon Is Unlikely to Do the Same

By Al Giordano
The Field
July 3, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/so-thats-why-mccain-went-colombia

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US Private Contractor Leads Torture Training in Mexico

July 1, 2008 - 9:00pm
Warning: Graphic Content from the Training Videos Appear with This Story

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere
July 2, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/kristin-bricker/2008/07/us-private-contractor-leads-torture-training-mexico

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McCain Backer’s Firm Pled Guilty to Funding a Terrorist Group in Colombia

July 1, 2008 - 9:00pm
Chiquita Paid a $25 Million Fine After Convicted of Financing the Paramilitary Organization “United Self Defense Forces” (AUC)

By Nico Pitney
The Huffington Post
July 2, 2008

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/02/mccain-fundraiser-oversaw_n_110354.html

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Factual Plagiarism: The AP, NY Times, Washington Post & Washington Times Stole Their Work from Narco News This Week

June 28, 2008 - 9:00pm
The News Organizations Used an “Internal ICE Memorandum” on the Reyes Kidnapping Without Citing the Source

By Al Giordano
Publisher, Narco News
June 29, 2008

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3147.html

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Congressman Defends ICE's Rescue of Mexican Citizen Kidnapped in Juarez

June 26, 2008 - 9:00pm
Government Watchdog Group Asks, "Did ICE officials assist in resolving a foreign kidnapping simply because the victim is related to a powerful member of Congress?"

By Bill Conroy
Via the Narcosphere
June 27, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/bill-conroy/2008/06/congressman-defends-ices-rescue-mexican-citizen-kidnapped-juarez

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Immigration Issue About to Cross the Media Border

June 25, 2008 - 9:00pm
US Presidential Candidates McCain and Obama Will Either Frame Clear Positions on Immigration Reform, or Be Framed By It

By Al Giordano
Via The Field
June 26, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/immigration-issue-about-cross-media-border

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US Rep. Silvestre Reyes Sought US Help for Kidnapped Relative

June 25, 2008 - 9:00pm
Paper Credits Narco News with Breaking the Story; Quotes Copublisher and Former ICE Official Miguel Contreras

By Diana Washington Valdez
The El Paso Times
June 26, 2008

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_9695444?source=most_emailed

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A Hidden Agenda: John McCain and the IRI

June 24, 2008 - 9:00pm
US Presidential Candidate McCain’s Connection to the IRI Could Endanger Already Stressed US-Latin American Relations

By Sarah Hamburger
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
June 25, 2008

http://www.coha.org/2008/06/a-hidden-agenda-john-mccain-and-the-iri/

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Juarez Kidnapping Case Opens Pandora’s Box for Congressman Silvestre Reyes

June 24, 2008 - 9:00pm
Victim, Assisted by U.S. Law Enforcement, Was Relative of Congressman's Wife and a Mexican Citizen

By Bill Conroy
Via The NarcoSphere
June 25, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/bill-conroy/2008/06/juarez-kidnapping-case-opens-pandora%E2%80%99s-box-congressman-silvestre-reyes

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McCain to Travel to Colombia and Mexico Next Week

June 23, 2008 - 9:00pm
US Republican Presidential Candidate Has Colombian “Free Trade” Agreement and the Drug War on His Agenda

By Jill Zuckman
The Baltimore Sun
June 24, 2008

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/06/mccain_travels_to_colombia_mex.html

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Send Al to Denver

June 23, 2008 - 9:00pm
“We must not let others determine our fate... let him speak freely and come what may, I believe we will know that we have been participating in the American experience.”

By Jamaica Kincaid
The Field
June 24, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/a-message-jamaica-kincaid

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US Congressman's Family Member Kidnapped, then Released, in Juarez

June 22, 2008 - 9:00pm
Abduction of the Sister-in-Law of US Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) Met with Turf War Between Homeland Security (ICE) and DEA

By Bill Conroy
Via The NarcoSphere
June 23, 2008

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/bill-conroy/2008/06/us-congressman’s-family-member-kidnapped-juarez

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Two Years Later in Oaxaca: Part IV and Final

June 22, 2008 - 9:00pm
What’s the Difference - Law and Memory as Political Weapons

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca
June 23, 2008

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3137.html

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APPO and PRIistas Clash in Zaachila, Oaxaca

June 22, 2008 - 9:00pm
Protesters Accused the Father of the Current Municipal President of Having Fired Shots at Supporters of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca

By Eliza Ruiz Jaimes
Noticias Voz e Imagen de Oaxaca
June 23, 2008

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3136.html

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Charges Finally Dropped Against Father Gerard Jean-Juste

June 21, 2008 - 9:00pm
After Intense International Pressure Haitian Court Dismisses Unsubstantiated Allegations of Criminal Association and Firearms Possession of Popular Haitian Activist

By Wadner Pierre and Joe Emersberger
HaitiAnalysis
June 22, 2008

http://haitianalysis.com/2008/6/19/charges-finally-dropped-against-fr-gerard-jean-juste

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The House of Death: Now Available on Video

June 18, 2008 - 9:00pm
Major Overseas TV Network Tackles a Story the U.S. Networks Fear to Cover

By the People and Power series
Al-Jazeera English
June 19, 2008

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3134.html

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