I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Arizona politicians have described the border country as a “war zone,” justifying their state’s controversial new law requiring residents to carry papers proving citizenship or immigration status.
But the border country is “one of the safest parts of America, and it’s getting safer,” the AP reported Thursday, describing an internal Customs and Border Protection study obtained with the Freedom of Information Act. In fact, violent attacks against Border Patrol agents declined in 2009.
The study shows that Border Patrol agents face much less violence than police in U.S. cities. Three percent of Border Patrol agents were assaulted last year, compared to 11 percent of police officers. Most Border Patrol agents were assaulted by individuals throwing rocks, while most police are attacked with guns or knives, according to the study.
After the murder of an Arizona rancher, President Obama and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson ordered the deployment additional security personnel to the border, including 1,200 National Guard troops.
But large border cities in California, Arizona and Texas have the lowest violent crime rates in the nation, the AP reported Thursday.
Arizona’s violent crime rate is among the lowest in the U.S. and is declining more rapidly than that of the rest of the country, The Independent reported May 3.
