Nearshoring, Offshoring and the Maquiladora Industry
Even while establishing new industries, U.S. manufacturers kept using the term offshore to refer to assembling in Mexico
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AMLO Announces Semar’s Absorption of the AICM
The Mexican Navy will now have full administrative and operation control of the capital’s main transportation hub, as well as new jurisdiction over a handful of the nation’s other airports
Read more16 Soldiers Detained in Connection with Nuevo Laredo Executions
All 16 suspects have been sent to Military Camp Number 1 to await a court-martial trial, Sedena said in a written statement
Read moreVideo Surfaces of Mexican Military Killing Four Youths Execution Style
The video seemed to confirm what witnesses of the May 18 killings had claimed, that the five victims had been drugged from their black pick-up truck by soldiers after having crashed, and then forced to kneel as the officers shot them in the back of the head
Read moreU.S. State Department Releases Report on Mexico’s Human Rights Issues
The enmeshment of the Mexican Armed Forces in Mexico’s daily violence was also highlighted by the State Department, especially considering the growing number of military human rights abuse reports across the last several years
Read moreNuevo Laredo Killings Were Military Executions, Says SeGob
Eyewitness testimonies from the crime scene say the killings occurred after seven young people leaving a Nuevo Laredo nightclub ran into a military convoy
Read moreHuman Rights Commission to Investigate Army Killings in Tamaulipas
If the soldiers are charged with the deaths of the youths, under Mexican law they must be tried in a civil, not a military, court
Read moreMexican Army Mows Down Seven in Nuevo Laredo Shootouts
PULSE NEWS MEXICO In a new day of violence for the Mexican border town of Nuevo Laredo, the military killed seven gunmen on Wednesday, Dec. 7, all presumed members of the Northeast Cartel (CDN), in shootouts in various parts of that Tamaulipas city. All the armed confrontations occurred along a segment of the Nuevo Laredo-Monterrey highway. The area was later
Read moreCriminal Arrest in Nuevo Laredo Prompts Violence, Citywide Closures
By KELIN DILLON A series of violent attacks purportedly perpetrated by local criminal groups in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, during the early morning of Monday, Nov. 28, caused numerous disruptions to the daily lives of the Mexican border city’s population – including the closure of Nuevo Laredo’s U.S. embassy, a strike by public transportation workers and the partial suspension of its
Read moreHomicide Rates in Mexican Border Cities Much Higher than in US Counterparts
By MARK LORENZANA A few days after U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar warned that growing insecurity across a number of Mexican states could have a negative impact on foreign investment in the country, Mexican daily newspaper Reforma released a report on Sunday, Aug. 28, detailing the contrasting homicide rates between cities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, based
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