Word: mexicanization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...governor's San Antonio appearance came on the anniversary of Santa Anna's defeat of about 189 Alamo defenders, which included some Mexican-Americans...
...Alamo has been a controversial topic among Hispanics because a recent film made to commemorate the event downplayed the role of Spanish-Americans in defending the fort from the Mexican army. Protesters were expected to attend a rally at the Alamo yesterday...
...reporting this week's stories, Shannon joined U.S. Customs officers on a flight over the U.S.-Mexican border. She began her career in journalism as a reporter for the Nashville Tennessean while a senior at Vanderbilt University, then attended Harvard in 1974 and 1975 as a Nieman fellow. After four years as the Tennessean's Washington correspondent, she joined Newsday and then Newsweek. Since last April, TIME has become the fortunate recipient of her investigative skills and long experience in tracking the activities of U.S. drug enforcers. Desperados: Latin Drug Lords, U.S. Lawmen and the War America...
...drug-related corruption that has allegedly tainted Mexico's law-enforcement establishment. Gabriel overflows with stories of gunrunning, bribery, violence and death, much of it perpetrated by his old agency. Information provided by him has put U.S. investigators on the trail of major trafficking organizations abetted by corrupt Mexican officials. He recently met with TIME Correspondent Elaine Shannon to recount some of his adventures. "I was privileged to share in a lot of dirty laundry," he said...
...operation carried on by the DFS. According to Gabriel, the agency in the late 1970s acquired about 600 tanker trucks, ostensibly for ferrying natural gas from the U.S. for sale in Mexico. On the northbound leg of the trip, DFS men packed the empty trucks with marijuana provided by Mexican dealers and ran ten to twelve trucks a day into Phoenix and Los Angeles. At the border, several Mexican officials and U.S. Customs personnel were bribed $50,000 a load to let the trucks pass...