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Police are investigating the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens, gunned down while waiting to come into the U.S. at a border crossing near San Diego. According to the Baja, Calif., attorney general’s office, the two men were waiting in a white pickup truck at the San Ysidro border crossing on the Tijuana side when an unidentified man walked through the lanes of traffic and boldly unloaded five rounds from a 9-mm. handgun. 

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At least five people were killed and two others wounded in a wave of violence in Acapulco, a resort city in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, where gunmen engaged soldiers and police in a shootout, and set fire to a crafts market.

The 30-minute shootout occurred Monday in the Pacific resort city's Emiliano Zapata neighborhood, where two gunmen and a soldier died, the Guerrero state Attorney General's Office said, adding that another soldier and a police officer were wounded.…

Read the BBC article. Let's just say I don't have a lot of faith in the Bahamas police or Club Mickey. This young lady's family deserves a serious investigation.…

Abigail Wagner of Summit, NJ, has been reported missing in Matamoros, MX. She has been living there a little over a year, creating art and contacting other artists living locally. Her family last heard from her Thursday morning (3/24/11). Her landlord called last night and said he has not seen her since Wednesday. He is contacting the police today, and the family called the consulate this morning.

Anyone with information can call Abigail's mother, Katherine, at…

As the death toll from Japan's 9.0 earthquake and tsunami continues to rise, thousands of people remain unaccounted for, making it likely that large gaps exist between official and unofficial counts, according to this article in Time.

Japan's National Police Agency…

From the Dixon family:

The song COME HOME dedicated to Michael Dixon is now available for download from this link: http://www.facebook.com/l/c1d56qN2UJef9OMFdnJzohJq5hQ/www.helpfindmichaeldixon.com/content/music-campaign

UK residents can also purchase the song by texting TRACK COMEHOME to 80818 or text TRACK COMEHOME M to 80818 for Direct-to-Mobile download.…

While Arabs are ousting dictators, it's tyranny as usual in Cuba, where U.S. government contractor Alan Gross went on trial last week for espionage. Or at least that's what the Castro regime said took place. The civilized world doesn't know because the two-day proceeding was held behind closed doors. The regime simply announced that a verdict would soon be delivered, which could condemn the 61-year-old to 20 years in prison. Mr. Gross stands accused of bringing computer equipment to…

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Seventeen-year old María Luz Foguet was last seen on February 23rd and her mother believes she was abducted for human trafficking. According to her mother, the teenager disappeared after attending a meeting with a man who had "promised to make her famous".Read full article.

If anyone knows more about this case, please share.

Thousands of people have vanished without a trace – some caught up in violence, others for no reason anyone can fathom. Relatives remain in agonized limbo. Important article in the LA Times. Please read.

Real Lefebvre -- the Canadian sailor who was reported missing after leaving Roatan, Honduras -- has been found safe in El Bluff, Nicaragua. His boat, the Dorcilyn, apparently experienced a complete electrical breakdown.  According to this post on Riodulcechisme.com, Lefebvre is seeking assistance to repair his…