The Sizzling Events of the Dog Days of Summer
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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US Launches Smuggling Probe into Deadly California Crash
XINHUA The traffic collision that killed 13 people in California near the border with Mexico on Tuesday, March 2, is now under human smuggling investigation by U.S. federal agency, local media reported Wednesday, March, 3. The burgundy Ford Expedition crossed the U.S. border with Mexico by driving through a hole cut into the border fence early Tuesday, March 2, local
Read moreNew Species of Whale Discovered off Mexican Shores
XINHUA Researchers believe that they have found a new species of beaked whale off Mexico’s western Pacific coast, a U.S. marine mammal biologist announced last week. Jay Barlow, a retired adjunct professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, said his team spotted three unusual specimens on Nov. 17 near Mexico’s remote San Benito Islands, about 500 kilometers
Read moreLaguna Beach, California’s Riviera
By LARRY ANTHONY PANNELL The small artist community of Laguna Beach is the Riviera of the West Coast. Its pristine white beaches, clear blue water and numerous rocky coves offer seclusion and a sense of privacy. Located halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, this seaside village is an oasis in the concrete jungle of Southern California. To reach Laguna,
Read moreCienfuegos, Another Notch in the DEA’s Smoking Gun
By RICARDO CASTILLO The denial for a $750,000 bail by California Federal District Judge Alexander F. Mackinnon to former Mexico Defense Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda on Tuesday, Oct. 20, in Los Angeles set the stage for a drawn-out trial. Now what remains for the 72-year-old former soldier is a long and windy road to hell. Cienfuegos has gone from riches
Read moreMexico, US Extend Restrictions on Nonessential Travel
XINHUA Mexico and the United States have agreed to extend a ban on nonessential cross-border travel by land until July 21, amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, Mexico’s Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE) said Tuesday, June 17. The decision to extend the ban, which began on March 21, by another 30 days followed an assessment of the outbreaks that are developing
Read moreCoronavirus Alters Life at World’s Busiest Border
XINHUA Clamping down on nonessential travel across the Mexico-U.S. border due to the novel coronavirus pandemic has changed life in the Mexican town of Tijuana, home to the world’s busiest border crossings. The constant flow of people and cars through the immigration check points between Tijuana and its U.S. sister city, San Diego, California, dwindled by as much as 86
Read moreMexico’s Emblematic Virgin Celebrated
BY THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS She is the patron saint of Mexico and the focal point of the world’s most visited Christian pilgrimage site. Her image is seen in virtually every Mexican Catholic church and is even caricaturized in hip teenage accessories ranging from school backpacks to chic little blouses. And, yet, for all her omnipresent influence in Mexican culture, the story
Read moreWhy AMLO’s Economic Border Plan Could Be Costly for Mexico
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreUS, Mexico Defy Expectations by Cooperating on Immigration
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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