Bus travel is becoming very risky in Mexico for Americans. Recently an American is known to have been forcibly removed from a bus and kidnapped by criminals. His whereabouts are still unknown. Consequently, the US Consulate at Matamoros is once again cautioning the US citizens, through a warden warning message, from the dangers of bus travel in Mexico. Read Article
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Mexico’s undeserved stereotype for indolence is finally being chipped away, with a new study released this week finding that Mexicans work longer days than anyone else in 29 industrialized nations studied. Read Article
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The undersecretary of state for Mexico and Canada, Roberta Jacobson, said yesterday that the violence caused by criminal organizations in Mexico and 230 cities has impacted the United States. Read Article
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The agent of the Federal Public Ministry opened a preliminary investigation against Vladimir Gálvez AP/PGR/SON/STA-I/132/2011 Robledo, Carmelo Díaz and Carlos Gómez Corrales Cortez for his alleged role in committing the crime of violation of General Population Act, after being arrested with 25 Mexican Sonoyta. In response to a citizen’s complaint. Read Article
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To date there are already 10 confirmed dengue cases in Sinaloa, which is equivalent to just 12 percent of the total recorded at the same time last year. Still, according to the report of the Secretary of Health, Sinaloa remains in 16th place nationally in terms of incidence, a position he held almost all of […]
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With the equivalent of a dollar, without any official document can easily cross the border between Mexico and Guatemala, which Washington notes with growing concern about drug trafficking and undocumented and fear of terrorist infiltration. Read Article
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Three “narcopintas” yesterday evening and other more this morning, were left and where threats to the police leadership and the Delta of the Municipal Group. Read Article
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While along the coast of Mazatlan there are plenty of hotels in each heat season and holiday period hundreds of tourists are leaving significant profits, only 20 percent of lodging facilities with lifeguards or proper equipment. Noroeste.com reported that eleven guards have been certified among five hotels.Read Article
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I wanted so badly to include some other photos with this blog item. Our files are full of the most gruesome photos imaginable. There are dismembered corpses dumped on the sidewalk. There’s one of a mother and her child dead on the floor, their bodies bloodied and pockmarked by bullets. This one is the least […]
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The Secretary of Public Security, Damián Canales confirmed the arrest of suspected members of criminal group “Los Zetas”, operating in the municipalities of Tula Tulancingo and at least one of the insured is part of the important structure of this organization in the state, stressed the police chief. Read Article
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Another heavy blow to a group effective criminal law enforcement, intelligence work it through and derived from another arrest was achieved ensuring three criminals operating in the state, who include a woman, girlfriend “Commandant Molo” Manager Tulancingo Square Los Zetas. Read Article
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David Larios citizen filed a complaint with the Commission on Ecology and Sustainable Development OMR against property management projects SA de CV for the damage caused to the ecology, the environment and humans living in close proximity to hog farms. Read Article
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Mexican drug gangs branching out into new criminal activity are earning a steady stream of cash from the mass kidnapping of migrants, making the already arduous journey to the United States even more lethal. Read Article
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In separate incidents, two municipal police officers were shot and killed yesterday bringing the total to three casualties of elements in the Ministry of Public Security within 48, after the threats made in three narcopintas appeared in different parts of the city last Thursday. Read Article
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Yesterday at 18:30, the body of Michelle Ann Fales, age 47, was discovered on the shore of Playa Escondida. When paramedics arrived she had no vital signs. Aurthorities indicated she went for a swim after havinge eaten. The victim was reported as being from Los Angles, California Read Article
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During the period 1940 through 1960 the divorce laws in some parts of Mexico were so liberal that a thriving legal tourism industry was built around granting quickie divorces to North Americans. Read Article
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Nochistlán shootout, confirmed three dead NTRzacatecas.com NTRzacatecas.com Sábado 9 de abril de 2011 Saturday April 9, 2011 Un violento choque entre bandas rivales del crimen organizado tuvo lugar la tarde de este sábado, en las inmediaciones de la comunidad de El Sitio, municipio de Nochistlán de Mejía, en la franja limítrofe de Zacatecas y Jalisco, […]
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On a sunny afternoon last week, when the streets of this mountain mining city were filled with schoolchildren and parents hurrying home from work, gunmen entered a tiny apartment and started firing methodically. Read Article.
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Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office said Saturday that 14 suspects are being held for investigation into organized crime, kidnapping and weapons violations in connection with the kidnapping of bus passengers March 25 and the subsequent discovery of clandestine graves near San Fernando, Tamaulipas. Read Article
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Due to the climate of insecurity and increasing stolen on some roads in the country, the states of central detailing a strategy to shield themselves and their tourism and trade flows are not affected, said the governor of Zacatecas, Miguel Alonso Reyes. A month ago, the official met with representatives of San Luis Potosí, Querétaro […]
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At 5:00 am this morning the U.S. Border Patrol was in pursuit of a Jeep Cherokee with two individuals who had passed into U.S. territory near San Luis, Sonora, Mexico. The jeep became stuck a few meters from the border and the two occupants escaped on foot into Mexico. Border Patrol discovered a truck equipped […]
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Mexico’s giant Cananea copper mine production increased to 90% capacity after three years of paralysis due to a strike that ended in 2010, said Wednesday the Southern Copper mining. The advance left the mine, renamed Buenavista del Cobre, near its goal of achieving full production in April. Read Article
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The whole forest fire that has damaged nearly 43 thousand hectares of Coahuila and became more severe in the country’s recent history. The phenomenon has not been fully controlled and so far there is no estimate of when it might be extinguished. Read Article
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State Fisheries Act is so important to the state of Oaxaca and the development of this activity, for which there was a town hall forum where they touch the critical points of this law that must govern the state of Oaxaca. Barenca Rubén Hernández, a fisheries technician, said one of the objectives of the Fisheries […]
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Telesur correspondent in Mexico, Aissa Garcia, reported through their social network account on Twitter that”the state of Tamaulipas Attorney advises that there are 59 dead bodies found in clandestine grave.” This new discovery coincides with a massive demonstration that took place in several locations in the North American country to protest the violence. Read Article
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More than 40 000 people dressed in white marched Wednesday chanting “We want justice!” To demand that Mexican President Felipe Calderon and other authorities of the country put an end to violence and insecurity that has claimed thousands of lives the last four years. The march was called by the poet and writer Javier Sicilia, […]
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The Department of the Navy Navy Mexico informed through a statement that was seized nine tons of marijuana in the border town of Puerto Peñasco, in northwestern Sonora.The report states that they were elements of Marines who claimed the drug on Thursday night at a home in the town of that name of the municipality. […]
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To act against pork producers who are making poor management in the disposal of dead animals on farm, causing heavy pollution, a report is required to act accordingly. Crimes against nature are not prosecuted ex officio. A spokesman for the Committee on Ecology and Sustainable Development of the State of Sonora (CEDES), reported that they […]
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In favor of implementing dealers fined public transport was Rep. Flores Eloisa Garcia, who highlighted the importance of turning on air conditioners in these days where you felt intense heat. Read Article
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Mexico – An increase in convictions for trafficking, 27 to 58 years in prison on anyone who commits this crime, was the result of reforms at the federal Act approved by the House of Representatives, and will be applied in this state that already has its own rules for trafficking in persons, as announced on […]
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The first question a traveler asks these days when considering a trip to Mexico is not the time-honored “How do I avoid getting turista?” or “How many pesos will I get for my dollar?” but “Is it safe?” Until recently, the answer was easy: Yes, if you keep informed and stick with the popular tourist […]
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he most dangerous city in Mexico — Ciudad Juarez — suffered one of its bloodiest stretches this year finishing with 41 homicides in a four-day period, among them a 10-year-old boy who was shot and killed during an attack meant for his father, the spokesman for the Chihuahua state prosecutors office told CNN. Read Article
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Two men killed by a gunman who opened fire while they waited at a Tijuana border crossing were U.S. citizens, a U.S. diplomat said Tuesday, and their San Diego employer described them as diligent workers who had moved to the border city so they could afford to live on the beach. Read Article
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Mexico announced a plan Monday to reward people who report suspected money laundering, under a program that will allow them to get up to one-quarter of any illicit funds or property seized. Read Article
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In the first two months of the year the United States repatriated 66 000 704 Mexicans, of which 63 thousand 970 are over 18 years and two thousand 734 were minors. Read Article
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Next week will be handed over patrols, surveillance cameras and more tools to work to address public security, fulfilling the commitment to ensure the safety of people. Read Article
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According to the Diariorepuesta.com.mx, there have been over 20,000 Mexicans jailed for offenses in foreign countries. Since 2010, the number has been 2,000 and approximately 10 percent are women. Most of the crimes they have been charged with are drug related. The organization that keeps tabs on these individuals is called ‘Proteccion a Mexicanos en […]
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The authorities corroborated it was suicide for the Bulgarian tourist died after falling from the floor 19 of the luxurious Emerald Residential Tower & Spa, located in the Hotel Zone of Cancun. This was announced yesterday morning, staff of Expert Services of the Attorney General of the State, since it came on the scene and […]
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A pair of teenagers were taken to Ensenada as part of an investigation into the murder of an American in the delegation of Bahia de Los Angeles this weekend. The deceased was a U.S. citizen by the name of Mark Stephen, age 48. Read Article
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A Top Gear episode which caused controversy with jokes about Mexicans has been cleared by the broadcasting watchdog. Remarks broadcast by the BBC presenters included branding Mexicans “lazy”, “feckless” and “flatulent”. Read Article
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As the violence spread, billions of dollars of cartel cash began to seep into the global financial system. But a special investigation by the Observer reveals how the increasingly frantic warnings of one London whistleblower were ignored. Read Article
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Despite the multimillion-dollar federal investments to strengthen border inspection ports, U.S. weapons are entering into Baja California through land customs. In 2010, his first year of operation in Baja California, the System Monitoring and Control Vehicle (SIAV) only managed to detect a pistol and 31 bullets. So far, 2011 have seized two pistols, 613 bullets, […]
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The first time Adela Navarro saw her longtime mentor cry was when a top editor at their muckraking newspaper was murdered leaving a health clinic with his two young children. “How many more deaths do I need to understand that we can’t do this?” asked Jesus Blancornelas, who narrowly escaped an attempt on his own […]
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Mexico’s top broadcaster Televisa (TV.N) is in advanced negotiations over a possible tie-up with Grupo Salinas’ cell phone operator Iusacell, a local newspaper columnist wrote on Monday. Televisa wants to buy a large chunk of Iusacell’s outstanding debt — currently held by secretive Mexican financier David Martinez — according to columnist Alberto Aguilar from daily […]
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Two headless bodies are dumped on a street in suburban Mexico City along with a message sent by a mysterious group called “The Hand with Eyes.” Days later, a severed head shows up in a car abandoned outside an elementary school in the same suburb. Read Article
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The report from the National Commission on Human Rights reported that from 2006 to 2011, it recorded a total of 5,397 people who have been reported “missing or absent.” The commission said that 3,457 were men and 1,885 women, while there was no data provided on 55 cases. Read Article
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The doctors said that to expand their prevention efforts on Monday will begin a special review of death certificates issued by the Registry Office in recent weeks and whose causes are accentuated acute respiratory infections. This, he notes, as a way to verify that all suspected cases have been addressed, thus ensuring that in case […]
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Beware of riptides, currents, and areas designated as dangerous. A Canadian tourist drowned after being swept away by strong currents and waves while bathing in the sea area that is located near the Riu hotel where was staying. The victim was identified by relatives as James Mescalsen, who was 53 years of age, and originally […]
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Monsanto has turned the drop in international corn reserves and the havoc wreaked on Mexican corn production by an unexpected cold snap into an argument for speeding up commercial planting of its genetically modified (GM) corn in Mexico. The transnational is claiming that its modified seeds are the only solution to scarcity and rising grain […]
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Reporters Without Borders is disturbed to learn that Noel López Olguín, a journalist based in the eastern state of Veracruz, has been missing for the past two and a half weeks. López works for the local weeklies Horizonte and Noticias de Acayucan and the daily La Verdad. Read Article
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Organized crime seems to have been responsible for the murders of two journalists on 25 March in Monterrey, in the northern state of Nuevo León – José Luis Cerda Meléndez, 33, a program host on the national TV channel Televisa, and Luis Emanuel Ruíz Carrillo, 20, a reporter for La Prensa, a daily based in […]
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A total of 11 349 telephone extortions have been successfully carried out by criminals since January 2008, reported the Citizen Council for Public Safety and Law Enforcement Federal District. Read Article
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The Mexican Society of Bodyguard (SMG) reported that months ago had warned about a new modus operandi on the part of organized crime in the sense that, for the professional activities of police and bodyguards, would now be their families who were at risk. Read Article
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Eliminate immigration visas in Chiapas, asks J. Sabines, the governor of Chiapas. The governor of Chiapas, Juan José Sabines Guerrero, yesterday asked the Federation to address comprehensively the issue of migration in the southern border, including visas which is a central issue, with the possibility of elimination in the state, in order to they achieve […]
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Organizations and academics called for a ban on the use of endosulfan, a pesticide toxic, persistent pollutant sale in Mexico that is used on 20 crops, including maize and beans, and whose application has already been canceled in 73 countries. Read Article
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A group of 89 illegal immigrants from Central America were seized in eastern Mexico when traveling in the false bottom of a trailer, reported Wednesday the Ministry of Public Security of the state of Veracruz. The police, who arrested the heavy vehicle speeding, illegal immigrants found hiding in the false bottom of the vehicle with […]
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Controversial Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio launched a new operation on Wednesday that for the first time will include the use of small planes to detect the smuggling of drugs and undocumented immigrants across the border from Mexico. “Operation Desert Sky,” which will last several weeks, is being focused in the southwestern and southeastern corridors […]
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exico’s top airline, Aeromexico, will likely launch an initial public offering before Easter of this year, Chief Executive Officer Andres Conesa told Reuters on Wednesday. Asked if the IPO would come before Easter, Conesa said: “Yes, (that is) very likely.” Easter falls on April 24 this year. Read Article
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American teens and young adults are being recruited by Mexican drug runners to smuggle drugs into the United States, according to the Border Patrol. Special Agent David Jimarez says smugglers lure teens into the violent drug words with promises of fortunes to be made. He said teens are offered hundreds of dollars, told they will […]
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Mexico’s proven oil and gas reserves have fallen 1.4 percent to about 13.8 billion barrels of crude equivalent, as production continues to outstrip discoveries. Read Article
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Some Texas lawmakers, tired of cash and guns illegally making their way into Mexico and fueling violence in the northern part of the country, say they think they know how to help. They are proposing that southbound checkpoints be established where Texas law enforcers can stop and check vehicles about to cross the border for […]
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An American woman is demanding that the U.S. government do more to find the body of her husband, six months after he was presumably gunned down on a lake along Texas’ border with Mexico. Read Article
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Fabiola López Serra, host and resident of Nazareth, denounced the attitude of officials of the Federal Preventive Police located at the junction of the ejido El Huarache-Villa Juárez, because by not carrying a license, they asked 500 pesos “bite” *mordida, bribe), which to refuse, an officer ordered a hooded transit element withdraw the license plate, […]
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By performing espionage (like hawks) in the service of organized crime, two elements of the Monterrey Police Forces were arrested for Support of the State Police this morning. Read Article
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Hawker Beechcraft announced on February 24 the opening of a new $20 million facility in Chihuahua City, Mexico, that will be employed primarily in sheet metal fabrication. According to Hawker Beechcraft CEO Bill Boisture, the 180,000-sq-foot building is one of two at the Chihuahua site, where a third will be added later this year. By […]
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Social organizations reported on Monday before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) police and military abuses committed in the war on drugs for the management of Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon. “Since in 2006, President Felipe Calderon launched the national strategy against organized crime, there have been complaints from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) about the harassment, […]
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Authorities in Mexico’s Chihuahua state Announced Along the U.S. border Sunday Preventive Health Measures to stanch the return of an H1N1 Epidemic four people after recently Died of the virus. “School checks will Mil Following a Renewed Outbreak of H1N1 human influenza, as a Means of Protecting students from all possible Infection,” Said Javier Gonzalez, […]
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“Organized crime has used various ways to deliver messages to the opposing camps, public executions began to show its power and then chose to put blankets with messages in the cities, now in Nuevo Leon, for the first Once you have used a wall with graffiti. Without knowing specifically to criminal group they belong, on […]
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overnor Ochoa Javier Duarte pleaded with leaders of organizations of taxi drivers in the municipalities of Veracruz and Boca del Rio to avoid contamination by organized crime gangs operating in the suburbs. When meeting with Labour members of Congress in this city, the president of Veracruz said he was struck by the participation of workers […]
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A lifeguard in the Mexican resort of Cancun says a tourist has been attacked by a shark after ignoring warnings to stay out of the water. Gaviotas beach lifeguard Lazaro Magana says the victim was taken to the hospital Thursday with an 8-inch (20-centimeter) wound in her foot. Read Article
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Peruvian President Alan Garcia announced on Sunday plans for Peru, Colombia, Mexico and Chile to create a new economic bloc, in an interview with El Tiempo. Garcia told the Colombian newspaper that plans are in place for the leaders of each nation to meet in Lima on May 2 in order to set out a […]
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Mexican authorities said Thursday they had arrested the local leader of the dreaded Zetas drug cartel along with seven other suspects in the Caribbean beach resort of Cancun. Read Article
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A fugitive doctor who was at the heart of a scandal involving the theft of human eggs at a University of California, Irvine, fertility center was freed from jail in Mexico City, where he was being held for extradition to the United States. Read Article
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Skyline Solar today introduced the Skyline X14 System and announced that it has been selected for a 500-kilowatt (kW) concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) plant to be built in Durango, Mexico. DelSol Systems, one of Mexico’s leading solar integrators, will construct the project, which will be the largest CPV plant in Latin America. Read Article
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Over the objections of DuPage County prosecutors, a Naperville North High School counselor and coach charged with sexually abusing a 16-year-old female student was given permission today to attend a family vacation next week in Cancun, Mexico. John Carbonaro, 33, of Warrenville, pleaded not guilty today to eight counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Read […]
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Mexican authorities have detained an in-law of top drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman who allegedly ran a transnational drug operation that reached as far as Ecuador. Suspect Victor Manuel Felix is both an in-law of Guzman and the godfather of one of the drug lord’s children. Read Article
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Given the climate of insecurity, the National Chamber of Commerce (Canaco) requested the support of local armed forces to protect tourists traveling by road to Nuevo León next Easter holiday period. The president of the private body, Juan Ernesto Sandoval Villarreal, said the escalation of violence in the state must be strengthened security measures to […]
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As the nuclear crisis intensifies in Japan, thoughts have turned to the atomic power industries in other countries and to questions of safety. There are 439 nuclear reactors the world over, six of which can be found in Latin America. Argentina was the forerunner in this regard and currently has two plants in operation. A […]
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Mexico’s stock exchange listed the country’s first real estate investment trust last week, allowing investors to make big bets on the local property market. The sale of shares in the first real estate investment trust (REIT) in Mexico came after years of frustration that saw the current deal stumble last month before finally reaching investors. […]
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Gunmen stormed the early hours of Sunday a security company stock in the Mexican city of Oaxaca (south) and stole an estimated 157 million pesos (13 million), a source of state prosecutors. Six men armed with shotguns “entered the premises of the Company Transfer Securities Mexicana on board a van with the logo of that […]
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The U.S. ambassador to Mexico resigned Saturday amid furor over a leaked diplomatic cable in which he complained about inefficiency and infighting among Mexican security forces in the campaign against drug cartels. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in Paris to meet with U.S. allies on Libya, said Ambassador Carlos Pascual’s decision to step […]
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who struggle with swallowing pills can now enjoy the benefits of Viagra after Pfizer revealed that it has developed a chewable form of the erectile dysfunction pill. Known as Viagra Jet, the drug will be launched in Mexico on March 21. Read Article
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The crime report describes the body of the shooting victim in the plain, unadorned language of the police: Thin. Black hair, light brown skin, purple blouse. Bullet wound in chest. Then comes the age: About 4 years old. Children, from toddlers to early teens, are increasingly falling victim to the brutal violence of Mexico’s drug […]
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), speaking at a conference on border issues Thursday, said 663 individuals arrested along the southwest border in 2010 were from countries designated as “special interest” or from countries known to have ties with terrorism. Read Article
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After years of decline, the cooperative movement in Mexico is reviving as a relatively safe haven from the shocks of the neoliberal free- market model of production and the financial and food crises that have affected the country. “Cooperatives have had a positive impact on job creation, investment, education and health. They have helped drive […]
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Three U.S. senators are asking the Treasury Department to finish long-awaited rules on prepaid gift and credit cards that cross the U.S. border with Mexico bypassing anti-money laundering requirements that anyone transporting more than $10,000 declare his or her holdings. Read Article
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he Mexican government said Wednesday it has allowed U.S. drones to fly over its territory to gather intelligence on drug traffickers, but insisted the operations were under its control. The country’s National Security Council said in a statement that the unmanned aircraft have flown over Mexico on specific occasions, mainly along the border with the […]
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A New Mexico mayor, the police chief and a town official were busted in a scheme to supply Mexican drug cartels with guns, federal agents said. Eddie Espinoza, the mayor of Columbus, Angelo Vega, the police chief, and Blas Gutierrez, a village councilman, were arrested last week. Read Article
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Mexico put its school children on a diet at the beginning of the year. But as often happens with New Year’s resolutions, there are many ways to cheat. Here is some of what is allowed for sale in schools under new guidelines that are intended to combat childhood obesity: lollipops, potato and corn chips (in […]
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Mexico’s industrial output grew at its fastest pace in over a year in January, amid signs higher spending in Mexico could eventually pressure the central bank to raise interest rates. Read Article
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Last Friday, around 10 hours, a Boeing 800 F flying over the city of Toluca, causing great surprise among the Toluca, who were impacted by the steel bird, as it is the fourth largest in the world. “The fourth world’s largest airliner, the Boeing 800 F, walked through the valley of Toluca in the morning […]
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A Northern Arizona University professor is reported to be safe and back with her family in Mexico after being briefly kidnapped. School officials said Saturday that Veronica Perez Rodriguez was the victim of a kidnapping late Friday while visiting family members in Ciudad Juarez. Read Article
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Banners hung in a western Mexican state announced a previously unknown gang calling itself the “Knights Templar” on Thursday, less than a month after the local La Familia drug cartel said it intended to disband. The signs said the “Knights” will replace the cartel, which is considered Mexico’s leading trafficker of methamphetamines, and fend off […]
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MEXICO CITY, March 9 .- In Baja California Sur, the private airport in Punta Arena de la Ventana, La Paz is administered by an American convicted of drug trafficking in the United States. On 26 February, the governor of the state, Narciso Agundez Montano, attended the reopening of the airfield. The concession to operate and […]
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Members of the PRI and demanded Pt separately, revoke the grant, investigate and initiate appropriate proceedings against those who have committed a crime by the grant of a private airport in La Paz, Baja California Sur, given the American Angelo Joseph Bravo, convicted of drug trafficking in the United States. Read Article
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Authorities have reported that there have been three complaints regarding cash machines distributing worthless foreign currencies. The report did not indicate if the bills were counterfeit or were damaged making them worthless. There have been three recent complaints filed of the worthless currency. Bancomer at Comercial Mexicana HSBC at Zona Dorada Banamex at Zona Dorada […]
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On Tuesday morning masked men approached the nightclub Antares located between Avenida Insurgentes and Rafael Buelna in Mazatlan. Using AK-47’s they began spraying the crowd that was leaving the club. There were at least killed and twenty individuals injured. The nightclub was hosting a private party. Read Article
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U.S. law enforcement officials announced Wednesday that 10 Mexican nationals associated with a notorious criminal gang have been charged in last year’s murder of a U.S. consulate employee and two other people in Juarez, Mexico. Read Article
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An acclaimed documentary that shines an unflattering light on Mexico’s secretive legal system was back in the country’s theaters Wednesday after an appeals court overturned a judge’s order blocking screenings. Read Article
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Telefonos de Mexico (News – Alert) (Telmex), the nation’s largest fixed line telephone company, announced plans this week to separate its business into two distinct entities, one of which will handle the conglomerate’s investments in rural and low-income areas. Read Article
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