The killing of the police chief in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, last weekend has alarmed officials on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border and raised fears that the vicious drug-cartel violence that has plagued other regions may be spreading to an area that, for the most part, has been spared the bloodshed. Luis Fredy Rodriguez Soqui, 40, a former federal prosecutor who became director of public safety two years ago, was killed days before the city was scheduled to be recognized as one of the safest in Sonora, the state south of Arizona. He is the first police chief killed in Sonora in recent memory, Mexican officials said. "Obviously, this is some violence that hits pretty close to home," Yuma Police Chief John Lekan ... Continue reading →
Democrats blowing �birther� bonanza No wonder Democrats are a woeful minority in the Arizona legislature. Republican Secretary of State Ken Bennett makes a laughingstock of the state by diving head first into the shallow end of the ‘birther’ pool (there is no deep end), and instead of taking full advantage of this political bonanza, and e-x-t-e-n-d-i-n-g it, one of the state’s top Democratic lawmakers wants to toss it all away by getting Bennett to do … the right thing. What is wrong with these Democrats? Bennett not only is Arizona’s new top birther (Secretary of state trumps county sheriff, doesn’t it?) but he is also the Arizona co-chairman of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. Campbell wants Bennett to resign from that post. Such a suggestion should ... Continue reading →