MEXICO CITY (AP) — The bull charged and matador Christian Hernandez took off – across the ring, over the wall and into controversy.

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Mexican federal police have arrested the mayor of the resort city of Cancun on drug trafficking, money laundering and organized crime charges, the latest blow to 2010 state and local elections already marred by violence and allegations of drug cartel involvement.

Gregorio Sanchez, who took a leave of absence from the Cancun mayoral post to run for governor of the Caribbean coastal state of Quintana Roo, was taken into custody Tuesday at Cancun's international airport after arriving on a flight from Mexico City.

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Though Latinos in Arizona and nationwide have mobilized in protest against the state's new immigration law, not all Hispanic Americans are opposed to it. In Arizona, many Latino voters see it as a much-needed crackdown.

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Gov. Jan Brewer R-Ariz. signed into law a ban on classes that are designed primarily for students of a particular ethnicity. The law targets any ethnic studies classes in the state s public school system that “advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals.”

via Ariz. Ban On Ethnic Studies Divides Educators : NPR.

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You already know how important an online presence is to your business. Do you know how to create the right online presence to effectively sell and market to those of Spanish or Hispanic origin? They represent a buying power of over 1 Trillion dollars in America alone and are over 12% of the American population or about 54 Million and growing at 50% per year.

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The pro-immigration rallies throughout the United States in March 2006 brought attention to a rarely heard voice in the debate: the immigrant. Journalist and former community organizer Thompson puts several of these unheard voices on record, writing an intimate and emotional portrait of a Mexican family he befriended in Brooklyn. The book follows the lives of Enrique, a 34-year-old livery cab driver, and his family, whom Thompson meets while working as a housing rights organizer. Thompson's authentic friendship with Enrique is evident, giving the book a more personal tone than most immigration writing by outsiders. In fact, the book is as much about Thompson's desire for understanding as it is about Enrique's struggles with his daughter's lead poisoning, his best friend's deployment to Iraq, his cousin's murder in Brooklyn and family drama in Mexico. Their engaging and affectionate story begins in the housing courts of New York City and ends in Mexico, where Enrique, now a legal U.S. citizen, confronts his conflicted feelings about his native land. While Thompson successfully engages the reader in a single immigrant's experience and psychology, he doesn't draw any larger societal conclusions. (Jan.)

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Michele Norris talks to Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon about the effect Arizona's immigration law will have on Phoenix's tourism industry. Gordon has said the law could cost the city $90 million in lost hotel and convention business over a period of five years.

via Phoenix Mayor Weighs In On State’s Immigration Law : NPR.

The hard work of Salvadoran immigrant Esperanza Monterrosa enabled daughter Cinthia Flores, in photos at back, to achieve academic success. Flores, UCLA's first Latina student body president, is keenly aware of the vast gulf between the world in which she grew up and the halls of academia. Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times

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