Angela Kocherga's Border Bureau Blog


archives
October 2009
S M T W T F S
       
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

categories

immigration



Angela Kocherga: September 2009 Archives


Decriminalization pushed as War on Drugs turns 40

4:48 PM Tue, Sep 22, 2009 |
Angela Kocherga

It's been 40 years since President Nixon used the term war on drugs to describe the U.S. enforcement policy. Four decades later we're coping with the rise of well-armed, powerful drug cartels, an explosion in drug related killings in Mexico and prisons crowded with drug offenders in the U.S.

...



Security Tight as Mexico Celebrates Independence Day

4:14 PM Tue, Sep 15, 2009 |
Angela Kocherga

Juarez 004.jpgAuthorities in Mexico are on alert as the country celebrates Independence Day with drug cartel hotspots under the tightest security.

...



Mexican SWAT team rescues crew of hijacked plane

2:44 PM Wed, Sep 09, 2009 |
Angela Kocherga

The hijacked Aeromexico flight from Cancun landed in Mexico City with 104 passengers onboard. Federal police boarded the flight and removed 9 the suspects and rescued the crew. The hijackers had released the passengers shortly after landing.

...



Massacre at Rehab Center in Mexico

5:10 PM Thu, Sep 03, 2009 |
Angela Kocherga

Summer 338.jpgA heavily armed commando gunned down 18 people in a rehab center in Juarez. The mass murders stunned people in a city that has grown nearly numb from all the bloodshed.The amount of blood we saw at the crime scene was shocking.

...



Mexico City shares H1N1 lessons for new flu season

3:48 PM Tue, Sep 01, 2009 |
Angela Kocherga

Mexico Flu 001.jpgMexico City expects to see its first H1N1 flu cases this month. And as we all prepare for flu season the capital is sharing some lessons learned during the spring outbreak. Some of the changes in strategy may surprise you. I sat down with Mexico City's Health Secretary during a recent visit.

...


Angela Kocherga

Border Bureau Chief Angela Kocherga files regular news stories for KHOU-TV from our bureau based in El Paso.