Here’s an interesting piece from Insight Crime about the evolving interests of criminal groups in our neighbor to the south.
Category: Mexico
You Can’t Tell the Players Without a Program
Here’s an article from Insight Crime profiling “the most important newer criminal actors in Mexico.” La Línea began life as
Border Boo Boos
By Kent Paterson We’ve withstood some pretty fierce winds in the region lately. But so far, fortunately, no wind has
Descanse en Paz, El Recreo
El Recreo closed. El Recreo opened in 1921. This year we should be celebrating its centennial. But El Recreo is
International Women’s Day Coverage in the U.S. and Mexico
by Kent Paterson Women’s Day Reporting Diverges in U.S. and Mexico What was the top story in Mexico and the
CJNG on Display
This is, purportedly, the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, displaying their firepower in Mexico. Here they are in the town of
People, Poverty, and Narco-Violence
Here’s a good article examining the root causes of Mexico’s violent drug trade. The narcos I spoke with do not
Orwellian Doublespeak
God bless those hardworking men and women protecting our nation’s borders. But this new biometric picture-taking program they have at
Mexico’s Dirty U.A.
Here’s an interesting piece from Insight Crime. A pilot study in Mexico is showing promising results for measuring the frequency and
The Storm That Swept Mexico
Here’s a cool two hour video that covers the history of Mexico, mostly the first half of the twentieth century.
Trump Takes Aim At Chiclets Vendors
In order to level the playing field with ambulatory vendors on the bridge, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has restricted the
Battle for the Claw
No, that’s not the new logo of the El Paso High School PTA. That’s the logo of the Gente Nueva
Rellenos
Despite Mexico’s reputation as a culinary destination, downtown Juarez lacks an abundance of great street food. Mostly the street food
Mexican Tiger Trap
La Polaka, Periodismo en Caliente, reports a wave of retaliatory violence in Western Chihuahua following the arrest of the drug
The CBC on the Mennonite Connection
Here’s a show from the Canadian news program The Fifth Estate about our friendly neighbors to the south, the Mennonites,
A Bar On Both Sides of the Border?
Maybe it’s just a PR stunt. From Mexico News Daily: They haven’t any permits yet but a Scottish brewery that
Lucha Libre in Cd. Juarez on Sunday
Here’s something for y’all jaded by the usual fare. This Sunday, August 8, there’s a big lucha libre match in
Tarahumara Drug Runners
This is a great story about an international humanitarian tragedy, out of Texas Monthly. Mexican cartels, meanwhile, recognized an opportunity
Salud!
I’m standing at the bar in a 97-year-old cantina in Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico. The whole bar is about fifteen feet