Mexican authorities have arrested a former federal police officer accused of ordering 1,500 killings during a campaign of terrorism along the U.S.-Mexico border and masterminding the attack last year that killed a U.S. Consulate employee, her husband and the husband of another Consulate worker in Ciudad Juarez. Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez, charged with 34 other Barrio Azteca gang members and associates of murder, racketeering, drug offenses, money laundering and obstruction of justice, was captured Friday in the northern city of Chihuahua, Mexican federal police announced Sunday.
New Orleans has had a long tradition of diplomatic ties with Mexico. In 1824, New Orleans, Louisiana, became the first site of the Mexican-where the first Mexican-became the site for the first Mexican consulate in the United States. Isn't that interesting? Unfortunately, the consulate was closed in 2002. And so today we're reopening the consulate.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- The two families climbed into white SUVs and almost simultaneously left the children's birthday party put on by the U.S. consulate. One headed deeper into one of the world's most dangerous cities, the other toward a bridge to El Paso, one of America's safest. Neither made it.
The Central Rabbinical Congress of The United States & Canada NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Monday, December 12, Religious Jews will gather outside the Israeli Consulate in Manhattan to express outrage at the Israeli government's treatment of religious Jews in Israel.At the behest of Israeli government officials, the Israeli Police have been using harassment tactics and violence to silence and suppress the legitimate and peaceful demonstrations of religious Jews attempting to stand up for the holiness of the ancient city of Jerusalem, and other holy areas of the Land of Israel.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- A U.S. consulate employee and her husband were shot to death as they drove in this drug-plagued Mexican city with their baby in the back seat, minutes after gunmen killed the husband of another consular employee and wounded his two children, officials said Sunday. President Barack Obama expressed outrage over the killings, and Mexican President Felipe Calderon said he was indignant and promised a swift investigation.
Representing the Trinidad & Tobago Consulate, a strong proponent of the arts, was the Honorable Mrs. Cherry-Ann Millard, deputy consul general, and Andrea Chambers- WiIson, information attaché, who served as the event director. In addition, the Honorable Gail Guy, the chargé d'affaires, attended the reading on behalf of the Permanent Mission of Trinidad & Tobago to the UN. Amongst the special invited guests were: Ambassador Crispin Gregoire,permanent mission of Dominica to the United Nations; Leon Denmark, vice president programming, New Jersey Performing Arts Center; Caribbean record mogul Charles Rawlston of Charlie's Records; Wilhemina model Patricia Tracey; culture maven Victoria Horsford; educator Zakiyyah Ali; international booking agent Sandra Bell; ...
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Gunmen believed inspired by al-Qaida stormed a guard post at the U.S. consulate Wednesday, touching off a firefight that killed three police and three assailants in the latest sign of Turkey's difficulty in clamping down on homegrown militants. The bearded gunmen emerged from a car and shot a traffic officer dead, then swarmed the guard quarters at the entrance to the consulate, where two policemen were killed, according to security video. Officers fired back, killing three of the assailants -- all Turks -- as bystanders fled for cover. At least one attacker escaped in the car.
MEXICO CITY - The drug-cartel enforcer told an unsettling story: A woman who worked in the Mexican border's biggest U.S. consulate had helped a rival gang obtain American visas. And for that, the enforcer said, he ordered her killed. Nonsense, says a U.S. official, who said Friday the motive for the slaying remains unknown.
Symposium speakers are a distinguished set of scholars from Mexico and San Diego. Enrique Florescano, who will speak on the historic construction of the Mexican identity, is a revered Mexican historian and member of the Science Advisory Council of the Mexican Presidency; he has received many awards including the National Prize for the Social Sciences of the Academy of Scientific Research (1976). Eric Van Young, who will speak on the Other Revolution: Mexican Independence, is a historian and academic at the University of California, San Diego, focusing on colonial and nineteenth-century Latin American history, with an emphasis on Mexico. He chaired the Department of History (2000-2004) and served as Interim Dean of the Division of Arts and Humanities (2007-2008.) David Pinera, who will s...
DOCUMENTS: . Federal authorities have arrested five people - including two former Armenian Consulate officials - suspected of selling documents to at least 24 convicted Armenian felons in the U.S. to help them avoid deportation to Armenia.
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