News Reports of the Year 2011
  Archive of News Reports on the Mexican American & U.S. Latino Communities

2011 MEXICAN AMERICAN / LATINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY NEWS - U.S. LATINO AMERICAN NEWS REPORTING - 2011 U.S. HISPANIC NEWS ARCHIVE

DATE ARCHIVED MEXICAN AMERICAN & LATINO COMMUNITY NEWS FOR THE YEAR 2011 - U.S. HISPANIC / U.S. LATINO NEWS ARTICLE SOURCES REPORT LINK
12-31-11 Mexico's Baja Penninsula's New Organic Agriculture Industry May Be Outgrowing Its Ideals - New York Times view report
12-30-11 Latino-Owned Businesses Increase And Give Major Boost to Economic Growth In The U.S. - Huffington Post view report
12-30-11 Six Gunmen of Los Caballeros Templarios Drug Cartel Killed in Clashes with Mexican Troops - Borderland Beat view report
12-29-11 Survey says Latino American Voters Are Sticking with Obama Because of His Democratic Party Affiliation - CNN view report
12-29-11 TUSD Loses Their Appeal on Banning of Mexican American (aka "Chicano Studies") Studies Program - Examiner.com view report
12-28-11 More Raw Video on Taser Death of Chicano Gulf War Veteran Ernest Atencio - LiveLeak.com view report
12-28-11 Latino American Owned Businesses Are Leading the Way to a U.S. Economic Recovery - Forbes view report
12-28-11 As Deportations Rise to Record Levels, Most Latinos Oppose Obama’s Policy - Pew Research Center view report
12-28-11 More Than Half of Latino Americans Highly Disapprove of President Obama’s Handling of Deportation Cases - KPBS view report
12-27-11 AZ Superintendent John Huppenthal Authorized to Ban Chicano Studies After Ruling by Arizona Judge - Three Sonorans view report
12-27-11 Latino Americans Bid A Loud Farewell 'Adios' To A Depressing 2011 - Huffington Post view report
12-27-11 AZ Superintendent John Huppenthal Authorized to Ban Chicano Studies After Ruling by Arizona Judge - TusconCitizen.com view report
12-26-11 Mexican Army Says It Has Arrested 'El Inge" Head of Security for Drug Cartel Chief 'El Chapo' - Fox News Latino view report
12-26-11 Law Enforcer and Sheriff Candidate Mike Stauffer Reacts to Death of Ernest M. Atencio Death - TusconCitizen.com view report
12-25-11 Celebrating Christmas Around The World - Latinos Show Diversity of Style in Christmas Celebrations - Huffington Post view report
12-24-11 Three U.S. Citizens Are Killed in Violent Robbery Spree Bus Attacks in Mexican Gulf State of Veracruz - Fox News Latino view report
12-24-11 Arizona's Self-Proclaimed "Toughest Sheriff in America" Faces New Setback Over Racial Profiling Tactics - ABC News view report
12-24-11 Arizona sheriff faces new setback over immigration - USA Today view report
12-23-13 AZ Judge punishes Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for document destruction in racial profiling case - KNXV TV, ABC 15 Phoenix view report
12-23-11 Especially Amongst Latinos, Birth Rates Have Experienced a Sharp Decline Due to the Bad Economy - Huffington Post view report
12-23-11 Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Punished For Document Destruction in Racial Profiling Case - NPR (National Public Radio) view report
12-23-11 Gunmen attack buses, town in Veracruz, Mexico, killing 11 - Los Angeles Times view report
12-22-11 President Obama Continues to Lose Support Amongst Latino Americans in Major Numbers Nationwide - Huffington Post view report
12-21-11 Mexico capitalizes on Mayan 2012 prophecy - CBS News view report
12-21-11 Study Finds That the U.S. Mexico Border Fence is Blocking the Migration of Black Bears - New York Times view report
12-21-11 Chicano Gulf War Veteran Ernest Atencio Dies After Fight With Deputies at Sheriff Joe Arpaio Jail - ABC News view report
12-20-11 Welcoming Message From North Carolina Bucks the Trend of Current Hatred to Immigrants in the South - Huffington Post view report
12-19-11 Ernest Atencio Dies: Latino Army Veteran is Taken Off Life Support After Critical Injury Given by AZ Sheriffs - Huffington Post view report
12-19-11 La Jornada Reports 80 Former Members of Mexican Government Working as Spies for the U.S. - Agencia EFE view report
12-19-11 U.S. Federal Judge Reacts to Block Parts of Alabama Immigration Law Citing Anti-Latino Remarks - Fox News Latino view report
12-19-11 AZ Sheriff Arpaio Has New Scandal After Arrested Man Clings to Life While Made Brain Dead in Jail - Fox News Latino view report
12-19-11 Cartels use legitimate trade to launder money, U.S., Mexico say - Los Angeles Times view report
12-18-11 AZ Family Seeks Answers to Gulf War Veteran's Beating While in Custody with Maricopa County Sheriff- Arizona Republic view report
12-18-11 CA's Poor Mexican American Kids Exposed to More Flame Retardants Than Most Worldwide - Environmental Health News view report
12-17-11 Kobe Bryant's Chicana Wife Vanessa (aka Vanessa Ubrieta) Files for Divorce from Lakers Star - Los Angeles Times view report
12-17-11 Maricopa County Criticizes Department of Homeland Security Over Report of Sheriff Arpaio Abuses - Fox News Latino view report
12-16-11 DOJ Probe Finds Ariz. Sheriff Violated Civil Rights - National Public Radio view report
12-16-11 Majority Whip Rep Sheryl Williams Stapleton Apologizes to NM Governor Martinez for Ethnic Slur - KRQE News 13 view report
12-16-11 Mexican City Tapachula Installs Digital Clock to Count Down Time Until Mayan Calendar End on Dec. 21, 2012 - CBS News view report
12-15-13 Probe Finds Arizona Sheriff Violated Civil Rights of Latinos - NPR (National Public Radio) view report
12-15-13 Chicago's Latino Workers Hit A 'Blue-Collar Ceiling' In Job Earnings: Report - Huffington Post view report
12-15-11 Black Politician Calls 1st Elected Latina Governor Susana Martinez 'The Mexican on the 4th Floor' - Fox News Latino view report
12-15-11 U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security Says Arizona Sheriff Arapaio's Actions Violate Civil Rights Laws - Reuters view report
12-15-11 Newly Discovered Ancient Ceremonial Offering Found Inside Mexico's Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan - Catholic.org view report
12-14-11 Drilling into the Core of Teotihuacan's Pyramid of the Sun, Mexican Scientists Find Ancient Offerings - Fox News Latino view report
12-14-11 Human Rights Watch Criticizes Alabama's HB 56 Immigration Law as Being "Grounded in Discrimination" - CNN view report
12-13-11 Latinas Are Giving Back: Latina Stars Who are Making a Huge Difference in the Community - Latina.com / Latina Magazine view report
12-10-11 Islamic Terrorists Plot to Attack U.S. From Mexico - U.S. Media Not Covering Story While Mexico Does - Examiner.com view report
12-08-11 Mexico violence claims another member of peace movement - Los Angeles Times view report
12-06-11 Chicago Mayor Names Mexican-American Activist Adolfo Hernández to Head New Immigrants' Office - Fox News Latino view report
12-02-11 La Colonia Mexicana: Mexican Americans in Houston - Houston History Magazine view report
12-02-11 Chicano Soul Legends to Perform Live in Concert at Universal City Amphitheatre for Winter Wonder Jam - Hot 92.3 FM view report
11-29-11 Wide Response Received for New York Times Article on Educational Plight of Mexican Immigrants - New York Times view report
11-27-11 U.S. Blacklisting of Mexican Individuals and Companies Seems to Have Little Effect in Mexico - Los Angeles Times view report
11-27-11 Mexico seeks to fill drug war gap with focus on dirty money - Los Angeles Times view report
11-27-11 International banks have aided Mexican drug gangs - Los Angeles Times view report
11-27-11 U.S. blacklisting seems to have little consequence in Mexico - Los Angeles Times view report
11-26-11 Activists accuse Mexican president of war crimes in drug crackdown - The Guardian, U.K. view report
11-25-11 In New York City, Children of Mexican Immigrants Lag in Education with 41 Percent Dropout Rate - New York Times view report
11-24-11 26 Bodies Dumped in Mass Slaying in Guadalajara - Borderland Beat view report
11-23-11 JOSE ARGUELLES: Visionary Leader José Argüelles Dies at 72 Years of Age - Mexican American News / Xcano Media view report
11-21-11 Opinion: U. S. Government May Be Primary Suppliers of Mexican Drug Cartel Guns - Breitbart view report
11-21-11 Indian 'Shadow Wolves' stalk smugglers on Arizona reservation - Los Angeles Times view report
11-18-11 Mexico Request U.S. Government Extradition of Alleged "Fast & Furious" Gunrunners - Latin American Herald Tribune view report
11-17-11 U.S. Federal Agents Find New Large Mexican Drug Cartel Tunnel Operation Under U.S. Mexico Border - Reuters view report
11-17-11 Opinion: Mexican American Studies in AZ Needs No Defense, It Needs More Defenders - Jeff Biggers, Huffington Post view report
11-16-11 U.S. Federal Agents Discover Major Mexican Drug Tunnel at U.S. Mexico Border - Mexican American News / Xcano Media view report
11-16-11 Mexico nun is crusader for rights amid drug violence - Los Angeles Times view report
11-14-11 Cinco De Mayo Controversy: Federal Court Backs High School's Ban On American Flag T-Shirts - Huffington Post view report
11-11-11 Hip Hop Duo Calle 13 Sweep Breaks Two Records at the Latin Grammy Awards - Fox News Latino view report
11-11-11 San Diego Peace & Dignity Journeys Organizes the Chicano Park Spiritual Barrio Run Event - San Diego Indy Media view report
10-29-11 Mexican drug cartels strengthen ties with US gangs - El Paso Times view report
10-25-11 U.S. Agencies Infiltrating Drug Cartels Across Mexico - New York Times view report
10-20-11 Selena Gomez is a Fashionista! - Fox News Latino view report
10-19-11 Shadowy group says it targets cartel; some in Veracruz are glad - Los Angeles Times view report
10-17-11 Anti-Latino Hate Crimes Rise As Immigration Debate Intensifies - Huffington Post view report
10-14-11 Art Along the Hyphen: The Mexican-American Generation - Autry National Center of the American West view report
10-09-11 Fast and Furious weapons were found in Mexico cartel enforcer's home - Los Angeles Times view report
10-06-11 U.S. Troops Increase Aid To Mexico In Drug War - NPR (National Public Radio) view report
10-04-11 Latina Documentary Filmmaker Works For Social Justice - NewsTaco view report
09-27-11 From the archive: Wife of fugitive Mexican drug lord gives birth in L.A. County - Los Angeles Times view report
09-22-11 Fallout from deadly Mexico casino fire sparks political brawl - Los Angeles Times view report
09-22-11 Houston's Emerging Latino Elite Makes its Mark - Fox News Latino view report
09-20-11 Mexico says a top criminal gang figure has been captured - Los Angeles Times view report
09-16-11 Mayweather vs. Ortiz: Is it Worth Spending the Bucks? - Fox News Latino view report
09-09-11 Mapping Another L.A.: The Chicano Art Movement - UCLA / Fowler Museum view report
09-08-11 Battle of the Latino QBs - San Antonio Express-News view report
09-08-11 Romo and Sanchez: Two Hispanic Faces in the NFL - The Americano view report
09-02-11 Mexico woman presses case of missing federal police officer son - Los Angeles Times view report
09-01-11 2 Mexican journalists found slain - Los Angeles Times view report
08-26-11 52 killed in attack at Mexican casino - CNN view report
08-26-11 Mexico gunmen set casino on fire, killing at least 53 - Los Angeles Times view report
08-03-11 9 Mexican poll workers missing - Los Angeles Times view report
07-28-11 Suspicion in Mexico's Sinaloa cartel - Los Angeles Times view report
07-27-11 Flying high for the Sinaloa drug cartel - Los Angeles Times view report
07-26-11 The strands of the Sinaloa drug cartel web - Los Angeles Times view report
07-24-11 Unraveling Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel - Los Angeles Times view report
07-21-11 Ex-mayor of Cancun released as case appears to collapse - Los Angeles Times view report
07-10-11 At least 20 killed in Mexico bar, officials say - Los Angeles Times view report
07-07-11 Four men found guilty in 2010 killing of 15 at Mexico teen party - Los Angeles Times view report
06-23-11 Mexico arrest may do little to change the drug cartel equation - Los Angeles Times view report
06-23-11 U.S. AK-47s linked to Mexican attorney's slaying - Los Angeles Times view report
06-22-11 Leading Mexico drug gang suspect arrested - Los Angeles Times view report
06-21-11 California Redistricting Maps draw Sharp Criticism from Latino Leaders - Latinovations view report
06-21-11 Mexican journalist, family slain - Los Angeles Times view report
06-18-11 Mexico says leader in kidnapping, killing of 72 migrants arrested - Los Angeles Times view report
06-15-11 In Mexico, ex-Tijuana mayor freed but faces new charge of murder - Los Angeles Times view report
06-13-11 Raid puts Mexican casino mogul in role of victim - Los Angeles Times view report
06-09-11 U.S. can't justify its drug war spending, reports say - Los Angeles Times view report
06-07-11 Recent Zeta arrests in Nuevo Leon - Borderland Beat view report
06-06-11 My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant - The New YorkTimes view report
06-03-11 Two years after fire killed 49 Mexico preschoolers, parents don't see justice done - Los Angeles Times view report
06-01-11 Cop show spawns real drama in Mexico - Los Angeles Times view report
05-21-11 Mexico poet an emblem of nation's drug war carnage - Los Angeles Times view report
05-20-11 Prosecutors seek to oust Tijuana drug kingpin's lead attorney - Los Angeles Times view report
05-19-11 Ultralight aircraft now ferrying drugs across U.S.-Mexico border - Los Angeles Times view report
05-14-11 Mexico military says drug lord's successor arrested - Los Angeles Times view report
05-13-11 Local filmmaker Juan Carlos Hernandez builds his dream in San Antonio - La Prensa view report
05-13-11 Mexico immigration agency fires top officials amid reports of collusion with kidnappers - Los Angeles Times view report
05-10-11 Mexico's president offers to meet with anti-violence movement - Los Angeles Times view report
05-08-11 In Mexico City, crowds protest drug violence - Los Angeles Times view report
05-07-11 Criticism of Calderon mounts over Mexico drug violence - Los Angeles Times view report
05-06-11 Human rights group reviewing police tactics at TUSD meeting - Tucson News Now / WorldNow and KHNL view report
05-05-11 Muñoz tops list of greatest Mexican-Americans in NFL history - NFL.com view report
05-05-11 Arizona youth occupy boardroom: ‘Save Ethnic Studies’ - Workers.org / Workers World view report
05-05-11 Riot Police at Tucson School Board Meeting(w/update) - Daily Kos / Kos Media view report
05-04-11 CHICANO STUDIES BAN: Tucson Unified School District Board Meetings Are Being Disprupted With Demonstrations - Xcano Media view report
05-04-11 Ethnic Studies Vote Delayed After Raucous Demonstration: Demonstators, Media Removed From TUSD Board Meeting - Tucson Sentinel view report
05-04-11 Riot Police Called in to Restore Order at Tucson School Board Meeting - The Blaze view report
05-04-11 Aftermath of another disrupted TUSD board meeting - Tucson News Now / WorldNow and KHNL view report
04-30-11 Parents back youths who stormed meeting - Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ view report
04-29-11 Mexican drug kingpin extradited to U.S. to face racketeering, drug conspiracy charges - Los Angeles Times view report
04-28-11 AZ High School Students Chain Themselves to Desks to Protest ‘Mexican-American Studies’ Change - The Blaze view report
04-28-11 Ethnic Studies Revolt: Students Take Over TUSD Governing Board Meeting - Phoenix New Times view report
04-27-11 La Raza Student Mob Shuts Down Tucson School Board Meeting - Stand With Arizona / YouTube video view report
04-26-11 Ethnic studies protest cancels TUSD board meeting - ABC 15, Phoenix, AZ / Scripps TV Station Group view report
04-25-11 Police, bus companies failed to act as graves filled in Tamaulipas - Los Angeles Times view report
04-23-11 Drug violence puts dent in Mexico City's Easter exodus - Los Angeles Times view report
04-16-11 Body count from mass graves in Mexico rises to 145 - Los Angeles Times view report
04-14-11 16 Mexico police officers held, accused of aiding cartels in massacres - Los Angeles Times view report
04-13-11 Death toll in mass graves in Mexico reaches 116 - Los Angeles Times view report
04-09-11 Key figure in ATF's Gunrunner operation cooperating in congressional inquiry - Los Angeles Times view report
04-08-11 13 more bodies found in Mexico mass graves - Los Angeles Times view report
04-07-11 Mexican officials find 59 bodies in mass graves - Los Angeles Times view report
04-07-11 Thousands across Mexico protest drug violence - Los Angeles Times view report
04-04-11 Ciudad Juarez's top police official accused of rights abuses - Los Angeles Times view report
04-02-11 How a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico's murderous drug gangs - The Guardian view report
03-31-11 Calderon replaces Mexico attorney general - Los Angeles Times view report
03-27-11 Mexico City an unlikely draw for those fleeing drug war violence - Los Angeles Times view report
03-25-11 Mexico news companies agree to drug war coverage guidelines - Los Angeles Times view report
03-26-11 Mexican Catholics in New York: Faith and Community - Mano a Mano view report
03-24-11 Relative of fugitive cartel chief captured, Mexico officials announce - Los Angeles Times view report
03-22-11 El Salvador becomes drug traffickers' 'little pathway' - Los Angeles Times view report
03-11-11 Tijuana's former top cop to tackle crime in Ciudad Juarez - Los Angeles Times view report
03-11-11 Mexico lawmakers demand answers about guns smuggled under ATF's watch - Los Angeles Times view report
03-08-11 U.S. agents short-staffed and under the gun in Mexico - Los Angeles Times view report
03-07-11 Mexico's drug war disappearances leave families in anguish - Los Angeles Times view report
03-04-11 U.S. gun-tracing operation let firearms into criminal hands - Los Angeles Times view report
03-02-11 Assault rifle used in U.S. agent's killing in Mexico traced to Texas - Los Angeles Times view report
02-26-11 Violent deaths in Mexico activist's family know no end - Los Angeles Times view report
02-25-11 MENDEZ V. WESTMINSTER - Sylvia Mendez Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom - Xcano Media view report
02-17-11 Agent's death may mean increased security for U.S. role in Mexico drug war - Los Angeles Times view report
02-16-11 The Lakers Are A Latino Tradition - Le Basketbawl view report
02-16-11 U.S. agent killed, second wounded at Mexico drug gang blockade, officials say - Los Angeles Times view report
02-08-11 Chipotle under fire for hiring illegal immigrants; chain fires hundreds after customs crackdown - NYDailyNews.com view report
02-07-11 Tejanos in Gray: Civil War Letters of Captains Rafael de la Garza and Manuel Yturri - The Civil War Monitor view report
01-30-11 More American States Prepare To Pass Laws Banning Automatic U.S. Citizenship - Xcano Media view report
01-26-11 U.S. missionary fatally wounded in Mexico - Los Angeles Times view report
01-20-11 SLIDE SHOW: Kat Von D's Sexy Tattoos - Fox News Latino view report
01-18-11 Mexico says Zetas drug gang figure arrested - Los Angeles Times view report
01-17-11 VIDEO: Latinopia Food Green Chile Recipes - Latinopia view report
01-15-11 14 killed in army raid in Mexico's Veracruz state - Los Angeles Times view report
01-14-11 Amid drug violence, Acapulco watches tourism recede - Los Angeles Times view report
01-10-11 For minorities, new 'digital divide' seen - USA Today view report
01-09-11 25 bodies found in Acapulco, 15 decapitated - Los Angeles Times view report
01-08-11 Rift in Arizona as Latino Class Is Found Illegal - The New York Times view report
01-06-11 Mexico has arrested a leader of Santa Muerte 'church' - Los Angeles Times view report
01-05-11 VIDEO: The evidence – TUSD board becomes accomplices in a Human Rights violation - Three Sonorans News & Analysis view report
01-04-11 Out of prison and into mortal danger in Mexico - Los Angeles Times view report
01-04-11 Could you pass a US citizenship test? - The Christian Science Monitor view report