Taking refuge in El Paso

In an <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100101101011242" title="El Paso" href="/topic/us/texas/el-paso-county-%28texas%29/el-paso-PLGEO100101101011242.topic">El Paso</a> park, Mexican exile Alejandro Hernandez leans on an iron monument that marks the old U.S./Mexico border before the course of the Rio Grande River was moved in the 1960s. The former Mexican videographer was kidnapped and beaten by drug cartel thugs. He fled to El Paso, where he's seeking political asylum.<br> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-elpaso-20101231,0,1783241,full.story"><u>See full story</u></a>

( Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times )

In an El Paso park, Mexican exile Alejandro Hernandez leans on an iron monument that marks the old U.S./Mexico border before the course of the Rio Grande River was moved in the 1960s. The former Mexican videographer was kidnapped and beaten by drug cartel thugs. He fled to El Paso, where he's seeking political asylum.
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