News Roundup: Spillover Violence

By Curtis Prendergast

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Below is a roundup of news coverage of spillover violence in the Nogales and Santa Cruz County area of southern Arizona.

• Arizona Republic (AP): 3 Mexican men accused in Arizona teen’s killing surrender (January 31, 2011)
• Tucson Weekly: Smuggler’s Paradise: Perhaps Janet Napolitano should visit the Peck Canyon Corridor outside of Nogales—with an armed escort (Nov. 25, 2010)
• Yuma Sun: U.S. attorney: Border violence would be met with swift justice (Oct. 26, 2010)
• Arizona Daily Star: Border 101 (Oct. 24, 2010)
• Nogales International: Opinion: Fear and the facts (Aug. 20, 2010)
• Dallas Morning News: Arizona border towns not seeing violence spill over from Mexico (May 10, 2010)
• Arizona Capitol Times: Border towns say violent crime rate are low (May 10, 2010)
• Arizona Republic: Violence is not up on Arizona border, despite Mexican drug war (May 2, 2010)
• New York Times: U.S. and Mexican Officers Team Up to Quell Violence (March 25, 2010)
• Tucson Weekly: Borderline Madness: The city of Nogales, Ariz., struggles as narco violence spills in from Mexico (Feb 12., 2009)
• Inside Tucson Business: Violence surge is hurting economy and tourism in Nogales, Sonora (Sept. 19, 2008)
• Border Reporter: The rats leaving the rainstorm? (Sept. 1, 2008)
• Tucson Citizen: Gruesome slayings alarm Santa Cruz County sheriff (Aug. 30, 2008)
• Nogales International: War among drug criminals rages here (May 11, 2008)

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