Arizona: Mexico’s firearm superstore

A how-to guide for illegal immigrants published by the Mexican government has raised the ire of Americans who are increasingly concerned about the porous border.

The real estate market in Mexico is booming — and it’s about to explode. That’s the message three Valley entrepreneurs are sending to potential investors in Arizona, across the nation and around the world.

A hundred and twenty-three Paul Strand photographs will be exhibited at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City at the end of this year.

As a young guy I participated in a computer store grand opening. The main attraction was a robot, manipulated by a man with a job stick who threw his voice into a Dixie cup decoy microphone. The robot appeared to talk. But the moving robot developed mechanical problems and stalled.

SANTA FE, N.M. - With just three words — ‘‘state of emergency’’ — border state Govs. Bill Richardson of New Mexico and Janet Napolitano of Arizona injected a sense of urgency into a long-simmering national debate over illegal immigration.

Since his last re-election in 2004, Rep. J.D. Hayworth has become a force on the national Republican political scene.

Since his last re-election in 2004, Rep. J.D. Hayworth has become a force on the national Republican political scene.

Mexican President Vicente Fox entered office in 2000 amid high hopes for a new era in politics with more openness in the federal government, less corruption and more economic stability.

Add Democrat Bill Richardson to the list of past and potential future presidents campaigning in the Valley this week.

MEXICO CITY - Felipe Calderon's slim lead in Mexico's presidential race was called into question as an official recount of vote tallies showed his leftist opponent slightly ahead late Wednesday. However, Calderon insisted he had won and even offered to include his rival in his Cabinet.

MEXICO CITY - Tom Cruise whipped off his sunglasses with flair and flashed a winning smile as he greeted a hotel ballroom packed with journalists in Mexico's capital.

Guest commentary by Jose de la Isla

Planning a trip to Mexico? Forget it.

President Bush's Rose Garden call for Congress to lift its longstanding ban on offshore oil drilling was as much politics as energy policy.

The adage goes that there is no such thing as bad publicity. While there may be some truth in that statement, attention can end up magnifying flaws instead of reaping positive light.

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration's Justice Department's actions were inappropriately political, but not criminal, when it fired a U.S. attorney in 2006, prosecutors said Wednesday in closing a two-year investigation without filing charges.

Up behind Don Kimble’s house in southeast Arizona, banditos lay in wait for the Mexican cartel drug shipments that crisscross his rugged, but beautiful ranch. Human mules carry the cartel’s “dope” in backpacks. Protected by “well-armed Coyotes,” they head to nearby highways for the handoff to the next carriers. That is, unless the banditos stalk and rob them first. Shoot-outs, Kimble tells me, are common.

Up behind Don Kimble’s house in southeast Arizona, banditos lay in wait for the Mexican cartel drug shipments that crisscross his rugged, but beautiful ranch. Human mules carry the cartel’s “dope” in backpacks. Protected by “well-armed Coyotes,” they head to nearby highways for the handoff to the next carriers. That is, unless the banditos stalk and rob them first. Shoot-outs, Kimble tells me, are common.

May 11, 2005

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Thursday blamed immigration policy gridlock on "political posturing and special interest wrangling."

TUCSON - Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik was thrust into the spotlight to face a nation demanding answers in the aftermath of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. He didn't mince words.

Expatriate Mexicans in the United States can vote in July's Mexican presidential elections, but barely any are registering to do so.

Ever wondered why citizens are gunned down in droves in Mexico every day? Citizens are not permitted to possess weapons to protect themselves there. They are unarmed sitting ducks because they have no second amendment right to do so. And yet, they are being murdered constantly by other citizens. Other citizens who are also not permitted by law to possess weapons. It’s not hard to connect those dots and predict what would happen in America if we were not protected by the second amendment, is it? So, why is even one American citizen willing to throw away the right to bear arms — much less a majority of Americans (if we can believe the percentages being reported as anti-gun nuts, that is) being willing to become helpless victims?