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Monday, January 07, 2013  Undocumented students falling under the new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are gearing up to face a tough task...filling out those applications to ensure their rights and spot at school.  The Austin-based Texas Civil Rights project is teaming up with the University of Texas Law School Pro-Bono program to help.  Attorney Amelia Ruiz Fischer joined Sunrise to discuss the clinics they'll be hosting.

Monday, February 20, 2012  Officials say members of the hyper-violent Zetas drug cartel stabbed and bludgeoned 44 members of the rival Gulf cartel to death and then staged a mass escape, apparently with the help of prison authorities.

Sunday, February 19, 2012  A prison riot has left an estimated 40 people dead in the city of Apodaca

Wednesday, December 07, 2011  The hackers group Anonymous is claiming responsibility for a cyber attack against the website for a wealthy Monterrrey suburb.

Tuesday, January 04, 2011  A Mexican marine is recovering in a hospital following a shootout outside Monterrey where five alleged members of the Zetas drug cartel were arrested.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010  Mexican authorities are reporting the seizure of cocaine, a truck and $50,000 dollars in cash following a brief chase just outside Monterrey.