Fugitives from Mexico hide in the bustle of Los Angeles
The killers cross the U.S.-Mexico border, assume new identities, get jobs, blend in among Spanish speakers and sometimes enjoy freedom for years.
But these fugitives from the law aren’t border-jumpers heading south. As the recent arrest of one of Mexico’s most notorious fugitives at a modest home outside Los Angeles showed, some criminals escape justice by heading north.
In the last 10 months, federal immigration officials have helped locate 13 Mexican murder suspects, along with hundreds of other criminals, hiding in plain sight in the Los Angeles area.
Alfredo RÃos Galeana, wanted for bank robberies, kidnappings, murders and an audacious escape from prison nearly 20 years ago, was arrested in mid-July in South Gate, in southeast Los Angeles County.
On Thursday, a Mexican man was arrested in Palmdale, about 40 miles to the north, in connection with a 2003 shooting death that stemmed from a dispute over goats.
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Globalia teams up with Mexico's Grupo Angeles for local airlines bid
Spain's Globalia Corporacion Empresarial has teamed up with Mexico's Grupo Angeles to place a bid for two local airlines, Saturday's La Gaceta de los Negocios reported, citing unnamed sources close to negotiations.
Grupo Angeles, a real estate company, will hold 75 pct of the consortium while Globalia will hold the remaining 25 pct, the newspaper said.
The two airlines on the block are state-owned Mexicana de Aviacion and Aeromexico.
Source: forbes.com
Airlines flock to Mexico
Lured by a growing tourist trade and hopes of generous profits, U.S. airlines are taking a new look at an old destination — Mexico.
Full-fare operators including Delta Air Lines Inc. and Alaska Airlines, as well as discounters such as Frontier Airlines and JetBlue, are thirsting for more flights to cities and towns south of the border. The destinations include resorts and business centers, and much of the service will originate from Southern California — particularly Los Angeles International Airport.
Mexico has long been a popular market for both U.S. and Mexican carriers. The nation is by far
Health Net and Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles Address Health Care Gap among Latinos; First-Ever Cross-Border Plans for Individuals and Families
Health Net of California, in collaboration with theConsul General of Mexico, today introduced new and innovative productsand services specifically addressing the Latino health care gap inCalifornia.
The Mexi-Plan program and the Health Net Cross-Border Individualand Family Plans are the first-ever cross-border health care plansavailable to individual consumers who purchase benefits directly frominsurers. Both are part of Salud con Health Net, Health Net'sgroundbreaking initiative providing health care coverage and financialsecurity to the Latino community.
Mexi-Plan was developed through a unique collaboration
They had right to stay but were sent to Mexico
Carlos Guerra was only 3 years old when Los Angeles County authorities came to his family's house in Azusa and ordered his mother, a legal U.S. resident, and her six American-born children to leave the country.
It was 1931. The administration of President Hoover backed a policy that would repatriate hundreds of thousands of Mexican-Americans, more than half of them U.S. citizens.
Amid the economic desperation of the Depression, Latino families were viewed as taking jobs and government benefits from "real Americans."
In Los Angeles County, a Citizens Committee for Coordination for Unemployment Relief
Delta Adds Nonstop Flights From LAX To Mexico, Central America
Delta Air Lines announced Monday that it will add nonstop flights from Los Angeles International Airport to 11 destinations in Mexico and Central America later this winter.
The new routes are part of the airlines effort to accommodate Hispanic customers, officials said.
Los Angeles is at the heart of Hispanic culture in the United States and we are pleased to expand our service to meet the needs of our customers in this growing West Coast market, said Glen Hauenstein, an executive vice president with Delta.
Beginning in December, Delta Air Lines
Body Is That of Model; Lover May Be in Mexico
A decomposing body found at a storage facility was identified Friday as that of a 21-year-old aspiring model whose millionaire lover has vanished.
Iryna Singerman's body and purse were found in the bed of a pickup owned by her lover, Brian Joseph Cullen, 59, authorities said. Police believe Cullen has gone to Mexico.
A cause of death had not been determined, Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. David Smith said.
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School Squatter Heads Back To Mexico
Francisco Javier Serrano, 21, flew home to Mexico City. Last fall, an immigration judge gave him 120 days to leave the United States.
Several reporters met Serrano as he arrived at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Thursday afternoon.
"I'm nervous. I'm waiting to see my family," he said. "I called my mom yesterday, and she was very excited -- screaming and all.
He said he wasn't bitter. "I don't blame this country; I think it's the right thing to do for me to go back to Mexico," he said.
Herbert Igbanugo, Serrano's attorney, said Serrano
Mexico captures leader of bloody drug gang
Mexico has captured the leader of a drug cartel that has waged a bloody turf war near the U.S. border, the government said on Monday.
Attorney General Daniel Cabeza de Vaca said the arrest of Ricardo Garcia Urquiza, a surgeon known as "The Doctor," was a mortal blow to the Juarez cartel, a loose affiliation of drug gangs from the western state of Sinaloa prone to bloody feuding.
"This drug trafficker is probably one of the most important to be arrested in history," Cabeza de Vaca said. "Not only are we detaining an important drug
Globalia names partner in Mexico airline bid
Spanish tour group Globalia has joined with privately-owned Mexican firm Grupo Angeles to bid in the privatisation of two of Mexico's major airlines, Globalia Chairman Juan Jose Hidalgo said on Saturday.
Mexican holding company Cintra (CINTRAA.MX: Quote, Profile, Research) has said both Aeromexico and Mexicana, which account for around 80 percent of Mexican aviation, will be controlled by Mexican investors, and any foreign investor must join a Mexican-led consortium.
A Globalia spokeswoman said earlier in the week the unlisted owner of Air Europa had joined with a Mexican partner, but would not name the firm. She
Mass eviction to Mexico in 1930s spurs apology
Carlos Guerra was only 3 years old when Los Angeles County authorities came to his family's house in Azusa and ordered his mother, a legal United States resident, and her six American-born children to leave the country.
It was 1931. The administration of President Herbert Hoover backed a policy that would repatriate hundreds of thousands of Mexican Americans, more than half of them United States citizens.
Amid the economic desperation of the Depression, Latino families were viewed as taking jobs and government benefits from "real Americans." In Los Angeles County, a Citizens Committee for Coordination
