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Arizona Vigilante Found Guilty of Murdering Latino Family

UPDATE: Former Minuteman Shawna Forde Sentenced to Death for Murder of Latino Family

By Mariela Rosario | 02/23/2011 - 10:00 | 0 Comments

UPDATE: Yesterday, February 22, Shawna Forde recieved the death sentence for her role in the murder of 9-year-old Brisenia Flores and her father Raul. After four hours of deliberation over two days, the jury handed down a death sentence against Forde, 43. Forde's acoomplices will go on trial later this year...

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Mexican Women's Rights Crusader Susana Chavez Murdered
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Mexican Women's Rights Crusader Susana Chavez Murdered

By Mariela Rosario | 01/18/2011 - 13:30 | 0 Comments

Mexican womens rights activist Susana Chavez tirelessly fought to bring attention to the decade's long murder of women occurring in Ciudad Juarez. She was an active member of May Our Daughters Return Home, a local group...

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Kenny Ortega Set to Testify at Michael Jackson Manslaughter Trial
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Kenny Ortega to Testify at Michael Jackson Manslaughter Trial

By Mariela Rosario | 01/04/2011 - 18:00 | 0 Comments

Choreographer and director Kenny Ortega will testify at the trial of Michael Jackson's personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray this week, almost a year and a half after the King of Pop's tragic death on June 25, 2009.

Murray is charged with one felony count of involuntary manslaughter and his trial begins today, January 4, in Los...

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Food Network Star Juan-Carlos Cruz Facing Nine Years Behind Bars

Update: Food Network Star Juan-Carlos Cruz to Eat Prison Food for Nine Years

By Lee Hernandez | 12/13/2010 - 16:03 | 0 Comments

Former Food Network star Juan-Carlos Cruz pleaded no contest to charges of soliciting two homeless men in Santa Monica, California to kill his girlfriend, Jennifer Campbell, People.com is reporting.

Cruz, 48, was arrested in May...

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Technology Fills Gap in Reporting Mexican Drug Cartel Violence
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Technology Fills Gap in Reporting Mexican Drug Cartel Violence

By Mariela Rosario | 09/29/2010 - 09:30 | 0 Comments

Journalists have been murdered at an alarming rate in Mexico over the last few years, and the frightening trend has effectively paralyzed the local news industry. After the murder of a photojournalist at Ciudad Juarez's biggest paper, the Diario de Juárez, the staff responded with a front page editorial pleading with the cartels: "We need you to...

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Mexican Drug Cartel Stitches Rival's Face On Soccer Ball

By Dorkys Ramos | 01/12/2010 - 18:25 | 14 Comments

Last Friday, the body of 36-year-old Hugo Hernandez was found in seven pieces on the streets of Los Mochis along with a threat from one drug cartel to another: “Happy New Year, because this will be your last.” As if dismembering his body weren’t...

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