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La Casa del Migrante en Tijuana ofrece servicios humanitarios a los migrantes
30 de abril de 2012
Por Jorge Neri para El Nuevo Sol de California State University, Northridge
Oscar Ortega/ El Nuevo Sol
Pasa la media noche y una camioneta blanca ahuyenta a los perros callejeros mientras se estaciona a dejar más migrantes que llegan cansados, hambrientos y otros hasta moribundos a la Casa del Migrante en Tijuana, Baja California.
“Pedro” es un migrante que vivió por 14 años en Van Nuys, CA y prefirió guardar su identidad. Al tratar de regresar a California por Tecate, Baja California, con un grupo de ocho compañeros, sus planes no fueron como planeaba.
“Traían pistolas, inclusive me pusieron la pistola en la cabeza, una 3-57… ellos querían que dijera que yo era (el) guía y lo tuve que decir para que no me siguieran golpeando”, afirmó.
Al intentar cruzar La Rumorosa, todos fueron secuestrados por un grupo de delincuentes. Pedro dijo que les quitaron su dinero y violaron una joven de 23 años que venía con ellos.
Los secuestradores dejaron ir a los migrantes en las montañas, les dijeron que corrieran sin parar y sin voltear por que si en 15 minutos los seguían viendo, los iban a matar.
En Tijuana a unas cuantas millas de la frontera con Estados Unidos, hay una institución al servicio de los migrantes. Fundada en 1947, la Casa del Migrante aloja migrantes masculinos que buscan un mejor futuro.
Vea el reportaje completo en el sitio de El Nuevo Sol
Vea nuestra cobertura de la frontera en el sitio de El Nuevo Sol
Tucson Padres look south to boost interest in baseball
Tucson, April 30, 2012
By Charlie De Mar for Arizona Cat’s Eye, University of Arizona
The crack of the bat and the roar of the crowd are sounds that every baseball fan understands; no matter where they’re from.
Francisco Gamez,, The Director of Hispanic Marketing for The Tucson Padres said, “Our Hispanic community mostly coming from Sonora and Sinaloa are baseball people.”
Gamez, a former major league pitcher has returned to the game he loves.
“It’s fun to be back in Baseball again,” Gamez said.
Recent U.S. Census data show that nearly 40 percent of the people living in Tucson are Hispanic. For this reason, Vice President and General Manager of the Tucson Padres, Mike Fader is working hard this season to bring Latino fans to the ballpark. “We have to figure out what we could do in Northern Sonora, what we could do in Nogales, what we could do in Tucson to make sure the Hispanic community knows we’re real about what we’re doing.
The Tucson Padres held the inaugural “Vamos a Tucson” Mexican baseball fiesta this past fall, bringing teams from south of the border to play in Tucson.
Emmanuel Campa, reporter for the Hermosillo, Sonora based newspaper El Imparcial said he likes the Tucson Padres efforts to target the Latino community, and how these effort puts border tensions to rest, at least on the field. “Problems are going to exist outside the park and baseball is probably not going to solve them, but perhaps inside the park it will be a different community among fans, Campa said.
More than Words: Photojournalist captures the violence in Mexico
April 13, 2012
By Virginia Isaad for El Nuevo Sol de California State University, Northridge
Karla Henry/ El Nuevo Sol
Mexican photojournalist Julian Cardona presented his photographs illustrating the violence in Mexico and the economic turmoil its citizens face during his visit to California State University, Northridge on Tuesday, April 11.
Sharing photographs from his books including Exodus/Exodo and Juarez: The Laboratory of our Future, Cardona noted the ramifications of North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA), an agreement among the US, Mexico and Canada, and the risks migrants face when crossing the border.
“First thing I realized was that in the city there were external forces and transnational forces that were playing a role in the everyday life,” said Cardona.
Drug War a Ruse for Human Rights Violations by Mexican Government
March 20, 2012
By Virginia Isaad for El Nuevo Sol de California State University, Northridge
Carlos Spector & Saul Reyes Salazar speaking at CSUN Julia Cooke/El Nuevo Sol
Saúl Reyes Salazar, 43, lived as a baker in Mexico until the violence of the drug cartels led to the loss of six family members and his family’s move to the US under political asylum.
Since President Felipe Calderón declared war on the drug cartels in March of 2008, more than 60,000 civilians have been killed and according to Reyes Salazar, it is the military gunning down protestors and those in opposition of the government.
“We are not drug dealers, hit man nor do we have anything to do with organized crime but Calderón offends the memory of all those who died by saying they are criminals,” said Reyes Salazar.
In 2009, his nephew Julio César Reyes was killed with the military merely 300 feet yet no action was taken and on January of the following year, Reyes Salazar’s sister, Josefina Reyes was killed after protesting her son’s death. The family continued to protest and on August 18, his brother, Rubén Reyes Salazar was killed.
“We didn’t remain silent despite the fact that three of our family members were killed,” said Reyes Salazar. “We continued demanding justice and on February 7 they kidnapped my brother, sister and my sister-in-law.”
Pedro N. Hernández: la aventura trinacional de un soñador
21 de noviembre de 2011
Por Jacqueline Guzmán-García para El Nuevo Sol de California State University, Northridge
Pedro Noé el dia de su graduación en la universidad estatal de California, Northridge, clase del 2010.
De origen salvadoreño, Pedro, de 26 años de edad, obtuvo su licenciatura de biología en la Universidad del Estado de California, Northridge (CSUN), y después decidió viajar al país natal de su madre, México, al ver que en Estados Unidos sería muy difícil asistir a la escuela de odontología. El pasado mes de mayo, Pedro salió voluntariamente del Estados Unidos para poder lograr su objetivo principal. Después de investigar el proceso para ingresar a una universidad mexicana, en el otoño del 2011 comenzó su primer semestre en la Facultad de Odontología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Hoy en día, Pedro siente haber logrado parte de su sueño y darse cuenta que “Los sueños se logran en cualquier país”.
Vea el reportaje completo en el sitio de El Nuevo Sol
Vea la serie completa, “Logrando el sueño de un futuro mejor”, en el sitio de El Nuevo Sol
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