Navigating Mexico: It’s Now a Breeze for Tourists to Pass Immigration Services
Once the passport and the image of the person match up, the machine prints a ticket for the tourist to keep until departing Mexico
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Illegal Detention at AICM Amplifies INM’s Human Rights Woes
A review of the Mexico City Airport’s migration standards revealed a number issues with the National Institute of Migration’s operations, including several alleged human rights violations
Read moreState Department Issues Warning after Tourists Assaulted by Cancun Taxi Drivers
Other taxi drivers stopped the Uber vehicles and forced passengers to take their transport instead to their destinations
Read moreNavigating Mexico: Your Right to Snap a Pix
By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Most tourists and visitors to Mexico likely assume laws and customs are similar in here to their home countries. So what’s legal and what’s not when taking pictures or shooting video, especially in the context of younger generations documenting every move in life? The rules of the game are very different in Mexico when compared,
Read moreNavigating Mexico: The Perpetual Marijuana Fest outside the Senate
By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE An interesting dichotomy has been going on in Mexico since the summer of 2020 at the intersection of Mexico City’s two most prominent avenues: Reforma and Insurgentes. The large white building on that corner is the Mexican Senate, both the symbol and space to deliberate and pass laws that take into account the common good
Read moreNavigating Mexico: Dealing with the Mexican Police
By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE PUERTO VALLARTA, Jalisco — Online groups for foreigners and expats in Mexico are filled with questions like: What are my rights in Mexico? and What can I do if I feel I am being falsely targeted by a police officer? The level of misinformation out there is high. And as in most countries, there are
Read moreMexico Holds Central Asian Tourists in Airport for a Month
By KELIN DILLON A total of five families from the Central Asian countries of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan have reportedly been held at the Cancun airport’s immigration for more than a month, with officials demanding $3,000 per person for their release. After officials suspected their passports and travel documentation were falsified, the immigration officers then reportedly claimed the families were lying
Read moreA Missouri Southerner in King Kamehameha’s Court
By RICH GRANT In 1866, Mark Twain was virtually unknown, without a single published book. He had bright red hair and he talked and gestured in such an animated way that people meeting him for the first time often thought he was drunk. And then he got one of the greatest jobs in history. The Sacramento Union, the best newspaper
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