Mexican business leaders want to keep truck traffic on the Free Bridge, despite the United States General Services Administration’s decision
Category: Mexico
Border Theater
Yesterday the Mexican Army posted up on Avenida Juarez. What were they looking for? Fentanyl? Venezuelans? The approval of the
Tariffs, the Superbowl and Ecocide
By Kent Paterson President Donald Trump’s decision to delay for 30 days the implementation of tariffs on Mexican products averted
The Expected Environmental Catastrophe
Here’s a story (in Spanish) from La Jornada about the impending railroad accident that imperils Cd. Juarez and El Paso:
The Storms and Spirits of Mexican September
By Kent Paterson In Mexico, September boasts many historic dates with reverberations that continue shaping the nation today. Besides the
“La Señora” by Mariel la abogada featuring Emma Coronel
InsightCrime.com reports that Mariel “la abogada” Colon was a lawyer for both Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera and his wife
Mexico’s President Elect and the Time of Women
By Kent Paterson Appropriately dubbed the “Time of Women,” the 2024 Mexican elections ushered in the first woman elected as
Mexico’s Mega Elections: The Time of Women
By Kent Paterson Amid bots, bombast and border bullying, Mexico’s general election campaign kicked off March 1. An estimated 98.9
A Message From the Border
Check out this letter that appeared in the New York Times print edition, and on NYTImes.com: To the Editor: Re
AMLO and the Third Rail of Mexican Politics
By Kent Paterson If outgoing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has accomplished anything during his five year plus
Pollution at the Bridge of the Americas
Commercial traffic on the Bridge of the Americas is contributing a lot of pollution to the surrounding neighborhood, and there’s
El hermano mayor.
Check out this promotional video for Torre Centinela: No, it’s not a sci-fi movie about a near future dystopia. That
“I’m Too Busy for This”
Here’s a story from FrankNews about what happens to some of your El Paso neighbors. It’s strange. Something’s happening. It’s
Cartels at the Border
Here’s an enlightening article about corruption at the border from the author of El Narco: Since the Department of Homeland
Tornillo Truck Crossing to Resume in August
From BorderReport.com: A border crossing built to spare urban areas in El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, of heavy commercial
A Cruel Joke
Mexico has come out with some new banknotes. The 500 peso note is blue. It has a picture of Benito
Tobacco in Mexico
Here’s one you didn’t see coming. From the New York Daily News: Mexico now bans smoking in hotels, beaches, parks
The Three Mummies: A New Year’s Ode to Ghost Voices
By Kent Paterson They stand on an El Paso street like the shadowy, eerie artifacts of a forgotten ancient civilization.
THE BRIDGE OF STONES: A MIGRANT CHRISTMAS STORY
By Kent Paterson Carefully treading a crossing of slippery stones strung across the shallow Rio Grande between Ciudad Juárez and
Venezuela on the Rio Grande
By Kent Paterson Standing tall and stoic, Albert Silva gazed at the barbed wire topping the fence on the U.S.