we're trying to take the different cultures that are mexican and from mexican americans and strengthen voices with those sounds and those feelings and textures. >> and you're kind of a full-blown cultural provider now. tell us about the things that you do. >> correct. we've been incorporated as a non-profit since 1994. we have an academy for kids in our neighborhood, music, dance accuracy, and crafts classes. we also have a touring group that's performed all over the world. even representing the u.s. state department. we also have productions. we've done 20 cds of cultural music as well as original music. and we make videos, which message the importance of the value that latinos bring to our current but also the courage that's required for us to step up and take responsibility as we become leaders in the country. >> we'll talk about one of those videos, your latest video. but i do want to show you because on your website you have a compilation of those -- it shows how big you guys have gotten because if you have the caliber of artists who come and help you guys out, it says a lot. so h

citizen or a mexican? i said, i am -- [inaudible] now, tonight on fox news, talking with senator alan, she's found 17 that maybe perhaps saw it and found or documented it, but we don't know, 17 -- there's been 17 korans found on the border. want to stop hezbollah from coming in. steve submit moved here from the midwest. it's all new. arizona, it's just all new, and the thing that bothers me is punch 2 for ease -- espanola bothers me. we're going to build our own arizona state law, and it's going to be expensive, but we'll have arizona extreme makeover. we're going to use prison labor to make it really cheap. tonight, we're talking with the sheriff, the tougherrest shall have in america. [speaking spanish] joe, you should understand these imgrants. exclusive if they want to live together. they don't want to follow our laws. on glenn beck tonight, and i don't understand the people, illegal is illegal, joe, and so, i mean, tell the audience, i mean, tell them how you know they're illegal. well, i don't know,

the mexico or mexican economy does benefit enormously from the mexican population that's in the united states but we've seen a tremendous shift in recent years that really illegal immigration from mexico to the united states is at its lowest level in decades which really stabilized. that has enormous implications. some of the other issues that are on the agenda perhaps would get higher priority because the immigration question is not as severe. it is still politically very sensitive. in the united states and in mexico. in terms of the numbers we've seen some trends that are quite encouraging. >> suarez: shannon o'neal, what about the trade ties between the two? nafta is almost 20 years oal. both sides say they're the others' among their most important trade partners. has the relationship gone about as far as it can go or is a growing mexico creating new promise? >> i think it's the latter. i think a growing mexico creates new promise not just for mexicans but for the united states. you've seen over the last 20 years with nafta, you've seen not just more trade go back and forth but a de

law enforcement and americans have a very sort of homogenous view of mexican law enforcement. people you talk about as being clearly corrupt and participating in criminal activities and other people you work with that you trusted that actually were key players in the actions you had taken. it speaks to the issue of cynicism and pessimism. >> i was actually applying with diplomatic affairs unit in mexico, mexico city for 28 years so i was on the ground in mexico for a number of years and did a major case that is covered in my book on a major trafficker with the nickname of hillsborough e --el zorro. law enforcement officials are like anywhere else, the unfortunate thing was many of them were very local, paid very low wages. the system itself pushed them through to take money in order to survive. we have to continue working with foreign countries because one thing we don't want to do. we have our own work to do inside the united states. they should be doing their own. we can support them and many people are willing to do that and we will be seeing that more in the future as we t

it has been hard hit by the mexican drug war.ce 2006 some of the army has led the fight against the drug cartels, but all too often, civilians alike for brothers have been caught in the crossfire. olga is a member of the movement for peace for judgment and dignity and calling in and to the violence and compensation for civilian victims of the fight. they have made little progress with the mexican government. they accuse the government of doing it too little to punish the criminals. they are turning a blind eye to the crimes of their own military, they say. >> we have cases where people have been abducted by state agents and have disappeared. we have seen executions that police and soldiers have taken part in. >> most victims' groups support the hard line of the mexican military. this initiative approves of how the government is handling the bottle and supports the monument. >> even human rights have their limits. of course, we cannot violate people's basic rights, but war is war, sometimes it happens. but we do have to make sure

right does it make sense to go send federal mexican federal agents mexican military folks to the border to stop loads of marijuana can be bought and sold in cultivated legally into states in the country so i think you know what you're seeing on. the part of many mexican officials is you know that this is kind of an opening this is an opportunity to really have a rational dialogue about the war on drugs and yeah absolutely i mean. the cartels drug cartels are now involved not only in drug trafficking but all sorts of other crimes extortion kidnapping prostitution smuggling of pirated goods so by no means is marijuana their sole source of income but it's a very significant source has been dominant it doesn't. and you know if we were to take colorado. and expand. the country no doubt. and in that context in the little less than a minute we have left here any sense of how the department of justice the obama white house is going to react to this. you know it's interesting they haven't really you know other than saying that the force that controlled substances that they really haven't you kno

i'm sure this has got a lot of attention in the mexican press and among mexican commentators and i'msure this will be raised and discussed with president obama when peña nieto is here. it is had complications to the u.s. policy in latin america. there is an opportunity that perhaps is greater than when we wrote the report in april to make some progress on these issues. there is more space, little more pressure. at the same time, it is probably smart to keep expectations in check and under control. president obama, i think, has been shown to be pretty cautious when it comes to foreign policy. we still have a divided government and we also have to take care of this fiscal cliff that is looming, and that is the first order of business. not making any predictions, but i think it is just useful to see where we are and i do think the election results to have implications for some of the concerns that we outlined in this report. i will turn it over to peter and then margaret and manuel. >> thank you. a good introduction. let me start -- i want to focus on the pena nieto visit at the end of

i'm an amateur watcher of mexican politics.hen they were ousted, it was this thought of corruption had eaten at the core of the party and a lot of the public had soured on the pri. they're back. is it a new pri or are we going to see some of the old guard come back to power? >> i'm sure we will see some of the old guard come back together pena nieto and we'll see new faces. the main point, chuck, i think, though, is that mexico has changed. maybe the pri hasn't changed but mexico has. it is not the country of the 1980s or 1960s. this is not a country where there's no congress, where there's no media, where there's no unions, where there's no opposition or civil society. mexico has changed enormously these last 15 years. i think for the better. and so even if they wanted to go back to the ways of the past they couldn't and pena nieto probably doesn't want to. he seems to be a young forward looking fellow and i think he will try to do as best he can without all of the old guard but we'll see a bunch of old hacks with him inevitab

they held him in mexican federal prison in vera cruz, mexico for seven months before letting him go.ad an emotional press conference yesterday where he maintained his innocence and explained a bit more about what happened. >> i want to say thank you to everybody for the help. excuse me. >> everybody knows i was coming pack home. following the gps and i was watching the road at the same time, and it was a car on my left side, the driver's side. if i could have got over i would have probably hit somebody. >> there's very strict laws in mexico about firearms. randi, you've been along the border. there's signs everywhere along the border crossings, no firearms and no ammunition. one bullet casing, if you're caught with it, can land you in prison. his charge carried up to 30 years in prison. he was there rotting away for seven months he says. >> over the last seven months there's been some intense negotiations between the mexican government, the u.s. government. what was the turning point that led to his release? >> intense complications before the negotiations even started. the mexican m

because in your book, you talk about working with mexican law enforcement. i think americans have a very sort of homogenous view of mexican law enforcement. but some people you talk about his being clearly corrupt and participating in criminal activities and there's other people that you work with that she trusted that actually were key players in the actions you were taking. if he could speak to that because i think it speaks to the issue of cynicism and pessimism. >> for the audience, i was assigned with their diplomatic unit in mexico for eight years, so i actually was on the ground in mexico for a number of years and i did a major case covered in my book on a major trafficker with the nickname but also. i had to defend the law enforcement officials are a lot of them were paid very low wages, ultimately the system itself pushed them to take money in order to survive. we have to continue working because one thing we don't want to do, we have our own work to do inside the united states. they should be doing their own. we can support them and there's many pe

according to a report from a mexican newspaper.he was kidnapped on a busy street as terrified onlookers watched the scene unfold. the newspaper said she asked her captors not to harm he young child, who stayed behind crying hysterically. her body was found four days later. she switched political parties last year, deb, but mexican officials ruled out a political motive. also, at least two drug cartels are active around the state of michoacan but no one has claimed responsibility for her violent death. >> you know what's incredible is you would definitely think that she would have some sort of security around her. the bbc reported two dozen mayors have been killed in mexico since the recent drug war began six years ago. is there any sign the violence is easing up? or is it getting worse? and what are officials doing about it? >> well, the good news is that violence seems to be stabilizing in some of the worst states hit by the violence. i'm talking about the border states. but where she died, the state of michoacan, is in western me

police chiefs thanks what if they got a drone and there was a mexican drug lord who was living in a house in phoenix arizona to fly the drone over that house and take out the city block kill a bunch of people but hey they killed a mexican drug lord do you think the united states would put up with that. how long is eight a why can't americans get their head around you know this idea that the people in pakistan are a little upset with us about this i think that we all need to be protesting clifton in st louis missouri clifton what's up. i'm like to bring the subject back to catastrophic climate change i think as americans we should do our support behind any of. them and there's going to climb them and i've got. as the consumers the largest consumers of energy in the world we have the power to change. and so we need to go our support behind. the world i'm only saying about that i'm totally with you ron i appreciate your raising the topic i think the global climate change bill mckibben might happen tony you mentioned bill mckibben bill's been on this program many times in our radio show

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/mexican relations right now?reater trust in our relationship is first and foremost with mr. obama in this meeting. the main purpose is to get to know each other. i'm convinced a good relationship between the countries has to go through the people who -- they have a good understanding. and my purpose then is to create a relationship to build a relationship based on trust and relationship that would be positive, constructive that would allow us to understand the world affairs and the world matters that both peoples have to face. and based on this agreement will reach relationship of brotherhood. >> there have been record deportations in the obama administration from the united states of undocumented workers back into mexico. >> translator: i think we have to work on this issue. especially to get to proper treatment for the people who are deported because they'll have the proper papers. but also i see with great understanding the proposal president obama has offered to reach immigration reform. it's north american p

people and the mexican officials are so glad to see this happen so that the cartels down in mexico have no leverage to commit the crimes that they've done and kill all the people leave killed because you legal now we should grow it ourselves yeah you're absolutely right stephen i'm sure that the mexican government would have would appreciate your saying that as well because they issued a report about a week and a half two weeks ago we covered on this program that said that this was the the mexicans that said that if three states in the united states were to do you could decriminalize america just those three states where it was on the ballot they represent such just those states represented such a market it would pull five to six billion dollars out of the illegal drug trade in mexico and help put some of the narco traffickers out of business i mean you know prohibition creates john diligence modern day prohibition creates the narco narco gangs in mexico josh in montreal's canada a josh thanks for watching us and canada what's up. josh in montreal a little hey you're on the air what's u

given how frustrating the bouts have been for mexican fans.ts took another four years to come to be. and when it did last november, it would be held again at the mgm grand. over the course of the eight years since the first bout, the two sides have become well acquainted. perhaps too acquainted in fact for freddie roach. >> i did have something happen to me that never happened to me before in boxing. the opposing trainer came over to my dressing room and gave me seven items that he wanted manny pacquiao to autograph for him. >> okay, he is going to ask him to sign the gloves. >> and i said you have to be kidding me, in my mind, i'm like is this part of his game plan, >> gracias. >> if beristain was resorting to gamesmanship, it's because his fighter was a 9-1 underdog. pound for pound, pacquiao was a super star, defeating a large string of fighters. those surrounding pacquiao knew better than to look past the mexican. well aware that their fighter was not at his best. following a training camp full of personal distractions. >> manny was clearl

i didn't hate mexicans. i didn't hate indians. i didn't hate anybody like that. but when you go to these prisons and by the time you do ten years like me, if you're even halfway sane, it's a miracle. >> vanjlis garafolo was awaiting trial for the attempted murder of five police officers while on parole for an earlier conviction of voluntary manslaughter. >> the date i met vanjlis garafolo it was like meeting hannibal lecter with shackles. i saw his feet first and i kind of looked up i saw all the tattoos. this guy was huge, 6'3", probably about 235. i mean he was built like an nfl linebacker. he looked like a stone cold killer. what's even more fascinating is what came out of his mouth. >> the california department of corrections is solely responsible for the madness that goes on in this prison system. and i'll tell you why, because when a big white boy like me goes to prison, he is expected to do his part for the white cause and it's the same for the blacks, the mexicans, the indians, the orientals, asians, everybody else. they're expected to go to prison and do

too many chiefs, not enough indians, you know what i mean, or mexicans. i miss the mexicans.o much. mi so sorry. why did they have to leave. do you have a clean 1200 bill. >> jon: no, i don't, john hodgman, everybody, we'll be "i@zoekxkxú8,xct:9 jdz welcome back, my guest tonight is a staff writing at the new worker. his new book is called dogfight. 2012 presidentate campaign in verse please welcome back to the program calvin trillin, sir. mr. trillin always a delight to see you, my friend. >> thank you, you're looking well. >> thank you. >> i have to say something about this book. >> go ahead, say as much as you can possibly say. >> i have many authors on the program, many esteemed pulitzer prize winner, people of great renown. >> right. >> jon: their books are thick. very heavy. and they cause me great trouble during the day getting through them. yours, sir, is a breath of fresh air. >> that's the nicest compliment i've had since i did a book of columns and a friend of mine in florida said they were just the right length to wait out one of those drawbridges. so i really app

he was raised near the mexican border. one of the smallest players with one of the biggest arms he's known as a prankster. he wore what looked like an iconic beatles t-shirt with the words "the beaners" instead. his message yesterday echoed his t-shirt message. >> if there's one thing i've noticed about my team, we are a great example of this city. look at the diversity of personalities where we all come from, the different faces from different places. >> reporter: not everyone agrees with him. do you think he should have made that statement at that time? >> probably not. definitely-- he wanted attention, obviously. he got if. >> reporter: that's for sure. the southern california company which made the t-shirt is being asked to print more. it's exploding on social media. >> i heard it on twitter. i thought it was funny. to me instantly it didn't click as something that was bad. just going along with how he is normally. >> reporter: for someone used to throwing pitches it may be a fastball down the middle of a hot button is

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mexico's official name is united mexican states.ted states from is name is getting a lot of support south of the border. rafael romo joins me now. >> you never say i'm going on vacation to the united mexican states, right? it is only people who work in the diplomacy, maybe an ambassador who has to deal with official documents, where the official name is only used. but the reality is that everybody in the world knows mexico as mexico, and the mexican president, the incumbent mexican president, who, by the way, only has a few more days in office, the new president takes office on december 1st, one of the things he wants to do and maybe part of his legacy. >> here is the big question. why? >> well, what the president says is that when mexico took the name officially as the united mexican states in 1824, the united states had only been an independent country for a few decades. and mexican leaders of independence back then were very much admirers of what happened in the united states. that's way before -- two decades before the mexican-a

/mexican relations right now?-- good understanding and my purpose then is to create a relationship, to built a relationship based on trust and relationship positive constructive that would allow us to understand the world affais z and matters that both peoples have to face and based on this agreement, we'll reach relationship of brotherhood. >> i know it was tough to hear part of the initial translation, but you heard it, point being, make sure that the trust is there, build on the trust. how does he do that? >> okay, first of all, because of the declarations like this, because i told you one side of the story, in terms of economics there is numbers, there is growth, but there is a lot of analysts in mexico that think this is just a -- >> why? >> they think that's a way he should start, visiting the united states. why? we're neighbors and because -- >> trade partners. >> well, third in the world. and there is an economic trade between canada, u.s. and mexico. they have to take care of that. and when you think abou

on the mexican government to maintain the status quo. i just sat down with the top dea official in the midwest last week and he was sort of openly rooting for the next -- mexican administration to continue working with the u.s. in the way it has. i really do think these two states passing this law, i think our people in mexico who are pretty happy about that. there was a study that just came out from a respected non- partisan organization in mexico that found just these states passing a law could cut the profits of cartels on marijuana profits, that is, by 30%. we're talking about a huge issue. look, the status quo gives money to people working in the black market. that is a key issue that is fueling the violence along the border of mexico. i really find hard to believe, especially for the mexican or and president,an presen i find it hard that he does not welcome the news. >> mick dumke, thank you very much for being with us, reporter for chicago's alternative newspaper "the chicago reader." he covers political issues including drug poli

drive north of phoenix, leah campos sees herself as a free-market conservative.mp the daughter of a mexican father and a spanish mother competed in a republican congressional primary and now supports mr. flake. >> congressman flake has always been steadfast in his defense of americas free-enterprise syste in the idea that what makesys america great and unique is that we have always championed economic liberty. >> reporter: campos also recorded a spanish language ad that alleges mr. carmona, who she has never met, has character

/mexican relationship that affects not only millions of mexicans but millions of millions of americansnamic. he's looking forward to meeting the president of the united states. he says they've never met before and working out a good, strong, steady relationship. >> as you know, it's all about relationships. did he talk at all about trade, the fact that we have so much trade so much produce coming from china, not necessarily from mexico? >> he thinks that we can make some improvements in nafta, north american free trade agreement, which went into effect during the clinton administration, as you well remember. he thinks there's a good opportunity for improved trade. he knows that these two countries are connected when the u.s. economy's strong, that's good for mexico vice versa. given the trade that goes on between these two countries. he'd like to see it strengthen. he has ideas that he's going to raise. he brought along his expected -- the person expected to be his finance minister, the person expected to be his interior minister, deals with security on those related issues. he's only

i come home every weekend to meet with new mexicans, old job fairs, raise my family. i am always fought for the things that matter most to the people of the state and if you send me to the united states senate i will continue that fight and be honored to have

firing the agent who blew the whisology the mission that allowed thousands of guns to get the hands of mexican drug lords. >> a dozen or hundreds of guns, you are talking about thousands of weapons. >> who authorized this program. >> at the very highest level at the department of justice, they knew what was happening. >> eric holder was sent.... >> i heard about fast and furious over the past few weeks. >> ten months before that. >> a cover-up and deception. >> allowing people that are not citizens of the united states to vote. >> these ballots are being in the name of the dead. >> he is registered to vote. >> it would require identification before they went to the i.d. against the poor, elderly. >> how the structure is putting in place. how they are distributed. whether it has an impact on people of certain race. >> why would it? >> it feels like a lot of these laws are in search of solution to a problem. >> would that be of interest in the f.b.i.? >> sean: welcome to that to a special edition. that was movie called district of corruption. we'll be showing you clips throughout the hour tonigh

wearing a t-shirt at the parade with the message i just look illegal a became a folk hero to many mexican- americans. >> nowadays where everything is censored that he could step out of that circle and speak his mind. >> he is an american and that's probably why he wears that shirt. >> reporter: this advertising executive says if romo was trying to make a statement about racial profiling it was a stroke of genius. >> the message is really simple. you can't make judgments calls on the way people look. it's a simple message. i think it's gotten so much play because many of us feel that way. >> reporter: romo is a u.s.- born mexican-american with farm worker parents raised in brawley california near the mexican border one of the smallest players with one of the biggest arms also known as a prankster. in 2010, he wore what looked like an iconic beatles t-shirt with the words, the beaners instead. his message to tens of thousands of fans yesterday, echoed his t-shirt message. >> there's one thing that i have noticed about my team is we are a great example of this city. look at the diversity of