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The Mexican army has confiscated guns from the entire police force of scenic Rosarito, Mexico, on the Pacific Coast between Tijuana and Ensenada. (One of four Rosarito residents are Americans, many retirees.) Officials suspect members of the Rosarito police to be in collusion with drug traffickers. The Tijuana police were similarly investigated one year ago. According to the U.S. government, an estimated 21 million Americans consume illicit drugs regularly.

The slump in the American housing sector, where sales of new homes have dropped to their lowest level in 12 years, may be discouraging would-be illegal immigrants in Latin America. Roughly 35% of undocumented workers are believed to be employed in construction, installation and repair.

The Los Angeles Times takes a long look at competition between African-Americans and Latino immigrants in Atlanta, Georgia's day labor market: "The black laborers speak of their Latino competitors with a mix of resentment, resignation and tolerance... [b]ut they also suspect that some old, familiar prejudices are energizing the anti-illegal-immigrant movement."

The New York Times visits the Dominican Republic to examine illegal immigration to poor countries from even poorer countries. The World Bank estimates there are 74 million “south to south” migrants, a term it uses to describe anyone moving from one poor or developing country to another.

The United Nations sent more disaster relief experts to Latin America in 2007 than ever before, a trend it relates, at least in part, to global warming.

Flo Rida's Low, featuring T-Pain, bumped Alicia Keys from the top spot on the Billboard singles chart. Shawty got low low low low low low low low.

Bilawal Bhutto, the 19-year-old son of slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, has become the chair of her party. Bilawal, who is currently a freshman at Oxford University in England, vowed to avenge his mother's assassination and to fight for democracy.