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Central American migrants attacked in Mexico
MEXICO CITY -- Central American migrants crossing Mexico’s Veracruz state were attacked by a violent drug-and-extortion gang, an activist organization said, the latest bloody harassment of people attempting to reach the United States. At least...
Tags: Political Corruption, Organized Crime, Politics, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice
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A death -- and a mystery for a writer
What ended up as Thursday's front page story in the Chicago Tribune started when I was reporting out the case of an accused extortionist back in November. Restaurant types up in Highland Park and Highwood already were speculating then that...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Media Industry
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Corrections reform never an O'Malley priority
With a straight face, the Maryland governor says the sex-and-drugs scandal at the Baltimore City Detention Center, including the alleged corruption of 13 corrections officers, is a "positive achievement." He claims his corrections secretary, Gary Maynard,...
Tags: Punishment, Organized Crime, Politics, Regional Authority, Prosecution
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Activists urge Obama to speak out on Mexico's human rights record
MEXICO CITY -- Activists are attempting to spotlight human rights issues during President Obama's visit this week to Mexico, urging him to publicly condemn what they describe as Mexico’s abysmal record of torture, killings and forced...
Tags: Politics, Labor Legislation, Mexico City, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace
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For South Korea, no respect, no Kaesong
It's time for South Korea to face facts: The Kaesong experiment has failed. The ideologically motivated joint business venture with North Korea known as the Kaesong industrial complex is not economically viable, nor has it achieved any of its political...
Tags: Employees, Seoul (South Korea), Politics, Lee Myung-bak, North Korea
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'Pain & Gain' a painful reminder for real-life gang victim
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.Paramount Pictures may stand to gain a great deal from its forthcoming "Pain & Gain," but for Marc Schiller, it's only generating pain. Schiller, an accountant who resides in Boca Raton, Fla., was a victim of the Sun Gym gang, whose exploits are...Tags: R Rated Movies, Transformers (movie), The Miami Herald, Action (Movie Genre), Crime, Law and Justice
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Trial for 1987 slaying of Jimmy Casino to wrap up
He was a smooth-talking swindler who operated Orange County's most notorious and lucrative strip club, the Mustang Topless Theater. Born James Stockwell, he rebranded himself Jimmy Casino and lived the extravagant lifestyle of a character from an Elmore...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Prosecution, FBI, Lifestyle and Leisure, Biotechnology Industry
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April 29 Letters: Bombings, tunnel tolls, gun rights, controls
Referencing the recent Boston bombing articles and the much-written-about decision of Williams-Sonoma to pull pressure cookers similar to the ones used in the bombing off of their shelves. This is so very typical of the American way, is it not? When we...Tags: Hampton Roads, Politics, National Rifle Association of America, Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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Mexican journalists march to protest violence against reporters
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican journalists on Sunday marched in this capital and several other states to protest violence that has claimed the lives of co-workers and silenced news media in parts of the country. Chanting “Justice!” and “...
Tags: Mexico, Murder, Mexico City, Journalism, Crime, Law and Justice
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Review: "Maya's Notebook" by Isabel Allende
As Maya Vidal writhes on a filthy mattress, hog-tied with an electrical cord, she wonders how much worse this confinement by killers is going to get once the pangs of her drug addictions kick in. Readers of Isabel Allende's new novel, “Maya's...
Tags: Isabel Allende, Chile, Chicago Sun-Times
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Horse track money laundering trial begins in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A multimillion-dollar horse racing and breeding operation run from an Oklahoma ranch was actually a front for a notorious Mexican cartel to launder millions of dollars in drug money, prosecutors alleged at the beginning of a trial for...Tags: Los Zetas Cartel, Autism, Organized Crime, Witnesses, Prosecution
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Letters: Crowding out justice in prisons
Re "Brown vows fight over prisons," April 13 Federal courts have found the overcrowding and inmate healthcare in California's prisons intolerable, even though Gov. Jerry Brown says officials are "doing the best job possible." Maybe they're both right...
Tags: Punishment, Jerry Brown, Politics, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice
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