Assignment 10: Mexico's Drug War

Today's non fiction reading deals with Mexico's drug war. We live on the Texas Mexico border and the actions of this war are impacting our lives whether or not we realize it. Please read the following articles and I would like you to find one point of interest in each article (an item to research). Give me some information on each point of interest (mini-research), which expands our knowledge base. That can be info on anything discussed in the articles.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-mexicodead9-2008dec09,0,6585998.story

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mexico10-2008dec10,0,2574405.story

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-monterrey7-2008dec07,0,5447755.story

Time magazine has a photo expose spotlighting the mexican drug war, very interesting.

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1651420,00.html

Assignment 9: human trafficking

Compare and contrast the last article on human trafficking with a new article you find and post it on your blog (new article must be on blog).

or

Find an article about human trafficking and post it to your blog. After doing that summarize the article and share some of your thoughts with me about it.

Due 12/12/08