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Mayor of Nogales, Ariz., Arrested and Indicted by the FBI [FULL TEXT]
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Sept. 28) -- Octavio Garcia Von Borstel, the 29-year-old mayor of Nogales, Ariz., was arrested this morning at his City Hall office and charged with bribery, theft, fraud and money laundering. The FBI began investigating Garcia Von Borstel five months ago and discovered he was soliciting businesses in Nogales to hire him as a consultant, according to a statement from Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, who is running for governor against incumbent Jan Brewer. One business also admitted to the FBI that it was paying the mayor to send city contracts its way. Apparently Garcia Von Borstel ...
Arizona's Immigration Fight Fueled by Anger and Fear
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyArid, sun-baked and conservative -- and the nation's busiest and bloodiest border corridor for human and drug smugglers -- Arizona has gone on the attack, coming up with the most sweeping and harshest anti-illegal immigration legislation in the land, giving state officials new powers to stop and arrest people they suspect are undocumented immigrants. Or to put it crudely, it's now open season on Latinos in Arizona. Since Senate Bill 1070 was passed by the heavily Republican legislature on Monday, immigration-reform advocates across the nation have mounted a loud campaign to press Gov. Jan ...
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