Word: azteca
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...just U.S. weapons that are moving south. Many of the thugs being picked up by the military are from the Barrio Azteca gang, which is based in El Paso but whose members are recruited to work for La L�nea in Ju�rez. That makes it all the more urgent for U.S. law enforcement to sap Barrio Azteca's strength on the U.S. side. Six Azteca bosses were recently convicted in El Paso on federal racketeering charges. Sheriff Wiles, a Democrat, believes that this attention to localized border strategies is deepening under the Obama Administration and Napolitano, who was governor...
...line of defense for the U.S., just as it's equally important that U.S. border police be better able to stop the flow of illegal weapons into Mexico. The U.S. also needs to be able to share more information with Mexico - like intelligence about [U.S.-based] gangs like Barrio Azteca, whose members are used by the Mexican drug cartels to commit so much of the violence here. (See pictures of Mexico's drug wars...
...pieces—since she is managing the show from backstage she won’t be able to spare the hour and a half necessary to create the traditional updo and makeup required of a Ballet Folklórico dancer—she will perform in the Danza Azteca piece “El Águila.” Wearing feathers and dancing as an eagle as a performance for the Aztec gods she will take part in a “tradition carried over for generations and generations...