
Just days after the U.S. Department of Treasury publicly outed a suspected Gulf Cartel money laundering and drug trafficking network active in both Mexico and Texas, Mexican authorities captured one of its main members.
by Ildefonso Ortiz27 May 2015, 10:00 AM PST0

Columnist and author of “Adios, America,” Ann Coulter stated that “there are cultures that are obviously deficient,” such as Mexico’s in an interview set to air on Tuesday’s “America with Jorge Ramos” on Fusion. Coulter defended her prior argument that
by Ian Hanchett26 May 2015, 2:54 PM PST0

Early Friday morning, Border Patrol agents arrested a man as he attempted to illegally force his way into the United States over the southern border near the Calexico Port of Entry. Upon a records search, it was discovered that he was convicted of sex offenses in Utah and is a citizen of Mexico.
by Michelle Moons23 May 2015, 10:31 AM PST0

The son of the former top leader of the Gulf Cartel and founder of Los Zeta has been sent to prison for trying to smuggle a batch of ammunition into Mexico.
by Ildefonso Ortiz21 May 2015, 5:37 AM PST0

Today started out like any other Saturday morning, which for me involves checking emails and Facebook. Shortly after starting to scroll through my feed, I saw my friend had shared a heartbreaking story: the strange sentencing dilemma of a heroin dealer who was complicit in the death of her son’s namesake—a teenage boy in upper middle class Middle America.
by Sylvia Longmire10 May 2015, 7:49 AM PST0

New autopsy reports from Mexican authorities suggest that a heart arrhythmia (or irregularity) may have contributed to Survey Monkey CEO Dave Goldberg’s death, in addition to head trauma caused by falling off a treadmill at a private villa resort in Punta Mita, Mexico.
by Adelle Nazarian7 May 2015, 12:37 PM PST0

On Tuesday, the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo will be celebrated in California, and despite the spate of drinking parties that will ensue, some want the holiday to return to a more sober celebration of Mexican independence from France.
by William Bigelow5 May 2015, 12:15 PM PST0

Three days after news of Survey Monkey CEO Dave Goldberg’s mysterious death, it has been reported that Friday he died while exercising at the gym of a private resort in Mexico.
by Adelle Nazarian4 May 2015, 11:58 AM PST0

In 2013, China was the top country of origin for recent U.S. immigrants at 147,000. Indian nationals accounted for 129,000 immigrants, and 125,000 were from Mexico, according to a new study reported by The Wall Street Journal.
by Caroline May4 May 2015, 8:30 AM PST0

The prosperity of Mexico is a key issue for Texas. The Mexican oil & gas industry is a major factor in the productivity of Mexico. On April 28 the Mexico Center at the Baker Institute at Rice University put on a comprehensive program on Mexico’s Energy Reform with 15 speakers and 300 attendees sponsored by the law firm Haynes Boone.
by Peter Maffitt1 May 2015, 9:15 AM PST0

In a span of just two days, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have discovered two drug tunnels—one complete and the other in progress—spanning the California-Mexico border.
by Sylvia Longmire30 Apr 2015, 5:44 AM PST0

Mexican authorities have recovered a piece of radioactive equipment that had been stolen out of a pickup truck in the state of Tabasco. This is the fourth time that radioactive material from X-ray machines has been stolen in Mexico.
by Ildefonso Ortiz24 Apr 2015, 2:03 PM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas – A Mexican news outlet unknowingly debunked a story that was circulated in U.S. news claiming that a former Mexican cop turned immigration advocate was killed by cartel gunmen, after his request for asylum was denied, and he
by Ildefonso Ortiz16 Apr 2015, 6:38 AM PST0

Shocking video surfaced this week of a ‘resurrection’ ceremony where a Texas pastor and self-proclaimed prophet allegedly tried to breathe life back into a dead toddler’s body. Now, authorities are investigating this macabre case that has all the earmarks of
by Merrill Hope16 Apr 2015, 5:00 AM PST0

Illegal immigration may be a big issue at the U.S.-Mexico border, but in one Mexican town it counts as a theme park attraction.
by Caroline May15 Apr 2015, 12:10 PM PST0

U.S.-China diplomacy over South China Sea turns vitriolic; 400 die as illegal migrants flood into Italy from Libya; Illegal immigration from Mexico down sharply, but not for lack of trying
by John J. Xenakis15 Apr 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

The lifeless body of 60-year-old Father Francisco Javier Gutiérrez Díaz was found Tuesday night with a gunshot wound to the head, dumped by the side of a road in a rural district of the central Mexican state of Guanajuato.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.9 Apr 2015, 6:02 AM PST0

Chechen Parliament Speaker Dukvakha Abdurakhmanov warned that Russia would supply arms to Mexico if America sends weapons to Ukraine.Chechen Parliament Speaker Dukvakha Abdurakhmanov warned that Russia would supply arms to Mexico if America sends weapons to Ukraine.
by Mary Chastain27 Mar 2015, 9:26 PM PST0

Mexican ruling party PRI Mayor Javier Garfio Pacheco has issued an apology after comments at a rally suggesting that female domestic employees not keep up with current events because “the news is not that good,” and instead to watch Mexican primetime soap operas, known as telenovelas.
by Frances Martel25 Mar 2015, 9:30 PM PST0

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) representatives reportedly traveled to Mexicali Friday on the hunt for foreign nationals who have previously been deported or removed from the United States in order to add them to a list of plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against two U.S. federal government agencies.
by Michelle Moons23 Mar 2015, 5:00 AM PST0

Attempted murder suspect Giovanny Santiago-Enriquez escaped to Mexico with his son in early March after stabbing a man multiple times, but in a recent attempt to re-enter the United States, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers screened and then apprehended the suspect for an outstanding warrant related to the violent incident.
by Michelle Moons20 Mar 2015, 7:07 AM PST0

Most drug war observers know that drug-related violence—especially in industrial and metropolitan areas like Ciudad Juárez—has a negative impact on the local community. But the University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) has recently published a report detailing the various short- and long-term effects of this violence on Mexican businesses, and how this has had some effect on Texas border communities.
by Sylvia Longmire18 Mar 2015, 9:42 AM PST0

ALAMO, Texas — Fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers of 43 kidnapped education students refuse to give up in their quest to find their loved ones alive despite what they call an ongoing effort on the part of the Mexican government to brush aside the case. Under the moto of “they took them alive, alive we want them” the relatives continue their quest for answers and justice.
by Ildefonso Ortiz18 Mar 2015, 8:14 AM PST0

The inability of US law enforcement agents to carry their duty weapons while in Mexico has been a controversy between the two nations for decades, especially as drug-related violence has escalated in various parts of the country.
by Sylvia Longmire16 Mar 2015, 4:32 AM PST0

In an exclusive interview Wednesday, the second anniversary of his election to the papacy, Pope Francis spoke on a wide range of topics, many of which revolved around Mexico. He said that “the devil doesn’t forgive Mexico because there [the Virgin Mary] revealed her Son,” referring to the appearances of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.13 Mar 2015, 11:04 AM PST0