At the height of the 2008 banking crisis, Antonio Maria Costa, then head of the United Nations office on drugs and crime, said he had evidence to suggest the proceeds from drugs and crime were "the only liquid investment capital" available to banks on the brink of collapse. "Inter-bank...
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After years of emotional demonstrations, rallies, and interviews, the prominence of border watch groups and the nativist militias has diminished as a political force and now is fighting accusations of overt racism and anti-Semitism.
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I support the left though I'm leaning, leaning to the right. I support the left though I'm leaning to the right. But I'm just not there when it's coming to a fight.
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You load sixteen tons what do you get? You get another day older and deeper in debt. Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go. I owe my soul to the company store.
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Here is a primer on how to launder drug money through a major US bank, and not have anyone really go to jail. Wikileaks has released emails from the quasi-intelligent think tank, STRATFOR, detailing the 375 billion dollar Casa de Cambio run by Wachovia.
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10cc performs "The Wall Street Shuffle" live in Japan, 1994.
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February 14th is Arizona Statehood Day. Congratulations and happy birthday, Arizona!
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One of the best ways to increase profits and provide security for an illegal conspiracy is to work out a deal with the FBI, and become an untouchable. Like Whitey Bulger! Or the Mexican suspects of the bloody Fast and Furious gun running team! Or Arizona politicians!
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The Bisbee Wellness Initiative is a complementary and alternative therapies free clinic. Their therapies are offered to help maintain wellness, promote health, and educate the community as to their effectiveness. They are meant to complement, not replace, conventional medicine giving you a balanced integrative approach to health care....
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Today, Southern Arizonan and former Gabrielle Giffords District Director Ron Barber announced his candidacy for Congress in Arizona's 8th Congressional District. Barber pledged to continue Gabrielle Giffords' legacy of working across the aisle to solve problems for the people of Southern Arizona such as protecting veterans and seniors, investing...
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A second man charged in connection with the Brian Terry homicide was in jail on the night of the shooting. However, the sealed records do not show what charges were made, and he may have been indicted as part of a wider conspiracy.
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Admit it. We needed to save the auto industry, for both economic and national security. Clint Eastwood got the job to tell us this.
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Bisbee and Naco area residents were arrested on warrants during the last 48 hours, on indictments for trafficking marijuana. Nine homes in Naco, Bisbee and Sierra Vista were raided, and several arrests were made. KVOA leads with a lurid, hyperbolic headline: Feds take down members of a violent drug cartel....
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The Brian Terry family has filed a lawsuit targeting both the Gun Shop and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for his death last year near Arivaca.
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"Based on the evidence before the Committee, it is clear that ATF agents in Phoenix and prosecutors in the Arizona U.S. Attorney’s Office embarked on a deliberate strategy not to arrest suspected straw purchasers while they attempted to make larger cases against higher-level targets. Although these officials claimed they...
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Scenes from Naco, Sonora. The people and the cinematic vistas. Naco, Sonora - Escenarios de Hoy, la gente y buenas vistas cinematicas.
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Gabrielle Giffords and Gaston Glock are forever linked to both American history and culture. The tragedy of Gabrielle Giffords' near assassination in the Tucson Massacre is complex and full of missed opportunities. Gabby's personal firearm is a Glock, as was the shooter's weapon.
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U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords announced her plans to step down from Congress Jan. 22, 2011.
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