Teen, 2 others arrested for allegedly killing candidate, family in Mexican Gulf state

October 15th, 2009 8 arrested in Calif crackdown on smuggling ringLOS ANGELES — Eight people have been arrested in Southern California for allegedly smuggling hundreds of illegal immigrants into the United States. Federal agents served arrest warrants Tuesday night and Wednesday morning in Los Angeles and in Imperial County.

October 8th, 2009 Teen allegedly assaults family after phone takenFALMOUTH, Mass. — Authorities said an angry Falmouth teen kicked his mother in the throat, head-butted his brother and punched and bit his father after his mom took away his cell phone to punish him.

September 24th, 2009 Arizona teen fatally stabbed on high school campusMESA, Ariz. — A 15-year-old boy who was stabbed repeatedly outside his suburban Phoenix high school as he fought with another teen died Thursday, authorities said.

September 14th, 2009 31 Mexican police arrested for alleged drug tiesMEXICO CITY — Thirty-one police officers have been arrested in a central Mexican state on suspicion of collaborating with a gang of drug cartel hit men. The Public Safety Department says the officers were arrested as part of a months-long investigation into alleged ties between police and the Zetas in Hidalgo, a state north of Mexico City.

September 11th, 2009 Mexican ex-officials to be tried for drug tiesMEXICO CITY — A Mexico judge ordered eight former top police and prosecution officials in the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo to stand trial on charges of aiding drug cartels, the Attorney General's Office said Friday. The trial orders represent one of the most complete sweeps of top law enforcement officers in a Mexican state in recent memory, including the two highest officials of the federal Attorney General's Office in the state, who were arrested earlier this month.

September 9th, 2009 Journalists arrested for alleged drug gang payoffsVILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — Two rural journalists have been arrested for allegedly working as informants for a violent drug trafficking cartel, according to courts in the southern Mexico state of Tabasco. Newspaper correspondents Roberto Juarez and Lazaro Abreu Tejero Sanchez are being held on charges that they accepted thousands of dollars from the Zetas, a fierce drug gang aligned with the Gulf cartel, the state court system said in a news release.

September 5th, 2009 Mexican Gulf state candidate, wife, 2 sons killedVILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — Gunmen killed a state congressional candidate and his wife and two sons in their home Saturday in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco, in southern Mexico. Jose Francisco Fuentes Esperon, 43, was found dead along with his wife, 38, and two sons aged 9 and 13, in the state capital, Villahermosa, according to state Attorney General Rafael Gonzalez Lastra.

August 14th, 2009 Mexican bishop runs over 6 people, killing 1VERACRUZ, Mexico — One person is dead and five injured in Mexico after a Roman Catholic bishop apparently lost control of his vehicle and ran them over. Police in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz say Bishop Eduardo Patino Leal has been detained in the town of Huatusco.

June 15th, 2009 Teen pleads guilty in killing on Chicago busCHICAGO — A Chicago teen has pleaded guilty in the killing of a boy who was shot while he tried to shield a classmate aboard a city bus. The Cook County state's attorney's office said 17-year-old Kevin Jones pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to commit murder in the 2007 death of Blair Holt.

June 13th, 2009 5 arrested in killing of Mexican crime reporterMEXICO CITY — Five suspects have been arrested in the killing of a veteran crime reporter in northern Mexico, including one man who told authorities the journalist was slain as a warning against meddling with a powerful drug cartel, authorities said Friday. Eliseo Barron was abducted May 25 by gunmen who barged into his home in Gomez Palacio, a town in the drug-plagued northern state of Durango, and beat the newspaper reporter in front of his wife and two daughters.

April 28th, 2009 Pa. teen says he yelled slurs at Mexican immigrantPOTTSVILLE, Pa. — An eastern Pennsylvania teenager has admitted to instigating a brawl with an illegal Mexican immigrant who died in the fight with the teen's friends.

April 27th, 2009 Wis. teen allegedly steals from cars to pay lawyer BELOIT, Wis. — A teen allegedly broke into cars to raise money to pay a lawyer to defend him on other charges.

April 23rd, 2009 Mexico drops kidnapping case against US dad, sonsTIJUANA, Mexico — Mexican authorities say they have dropped a kidnapping case against a U.S. man and his two sons.

April 22nd, 2009 Mexican police: 3 US men arrested for kidnappingTIJUANA, Mexico — Police say they have arrested a U.S. man and his two sons for allegedly kidnapping the father's girlfriend.

March 25th, 2009 PATNA - Bahujan Samaj Party's (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate Arjun Ravidas was Wednesday arrested in connection with the killing of 10 policemen in Bihar's Nawada district last month. Ravidas, the BSP's candidate in the Jamui Lok Sabha seat, was arrested when he reached the district administration office to collect nomination forms, said an official.